Stitch Snap Sketch

Digital Project Life | Template Squared Away 9

other: Amy Tangerine Elements from Ready Set Go

Week 6 Page 2

Digital Project Life | Amy Tangerine Plus One Mini Kit

Digital Project Life | Template Squared Away 9

other: Amy Tangerine Elements from Ready Set Go

Here is how Week 7 came together:

Week 7 Page 1

Digital Project Life | Amy Tangerine Plus One Mini Kit

Digital Project Life | Just Add Color Overlays

Digital Project Life | Amy Tangerine Plus One Mini Kit

other: Mommyish Daily Flair

Week 7 Page 2

Last Day for my Pretty in Posies Spring Sale.

other: Mommyish | Daily Flair & Scotty Girl Designs | This Year 2014 Flair

Thanks for looking!

Last Day … Pretty in Posies Spring Sale

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Use code Spring2014 to receive 20% off your order. Have a lovely weekend.

Crushin’ On … Digital Designer | Pink Reptile Designs

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Hi there! I wanted to let you know that I’m starting a new series on my blog … Crushin’ On. It will feature my latest crushes & things I love. Anything and everything … from Digital Designers, scrapbookers, Etsy love, crafters, fashion, trends and artists. Each Crushin’ On feature will be categorized under the appropiate menu on my blog header for easy navigation!

Stitch: is where you will find all things crafty and DIY; whether it be creating pretty things for home decor, crafty tutorials, fashion, sharing recipes and ideas for dinner planning, updates on sales & new products in my felt accessories Etsy shop: Pretty in Posies, or lifestyle posts.

Snap: is where you will find all things photography, scrapbooking, memory keeping, and Project Life.

Sketch: is where you will find all things illustration and graphic design; I might share something from my sketchbook, a digital freebie, a tutorial, or some of graphic design work.

Today … to kick off my new Crushin’ On series ….

I want to share some fun pages with the amazing products created by Mirjam of Pink Reptile Designs. Mirjam has a fun, bold & eclectic look to her designs … which I absolutely adore. Her kits always have sweet, unique elements, with lots of had drawn pieces and the colors she chooses for her kits are so bright and fun! I’ve been a fan of her work for awhile … and I was thrilled when she invited me to guest on her Creative Team for the month of April.

Here are just a few recent products from Pink Reptile Designs, but go check out all the Pink Reptile Designs at The Lilypad … I’m sure you’ll fall in love, like I did.

Her latest release is this adorable set of hand drawn watercolor journal cards, Spring Is … that are perfect for those Spring Days ahead (which I am still waiting patiently for … it’s below freezing here at the moment!). These cards are a sweet center piece for your digital pages and are perfect to add to your hybrid pages too … as PDFs for printing are included!

Egg Hunt

Spring Is… | Journal Cards

The Kitschy Kit (part of the Retirement Sale)

Milaya – stitches (part of the Retirement Sale)

What A Wonderful Day | Collab with Michelle Godin

Basketful Of Love | Kit -title (part of Retirement Sale)

You might want to check out PRD’s Retirement Sale … as a few of those products are on sale at 50% and won’t be around for long!

This next page is almost all Pink Reptile Design. This page features some of my most favorite kits from PRD!

Simple Life

Pink Reptile Designs & Lynn Marie | BohoBliss Collab

Pink Reptile Designs | Lucky in Love, I Believe in Miracles, Capturing Fall, Simple Things, True to Yourself

Rachel Young | Love You Good, Capturing Fall, Love and Grace

*Watercolor Brush Set 2 by Fudge Graphics

This page is made with the kit, What a Wonderful Day, which is the featured sale item for Something Old, Something New at TLP today. It’s on sale for 50% … & it’s gorgeous!

This Day

Pink Reptile Designs & Michelle Godin | What a Wonderful Day Collab

Mirjam also features monthly challenges on her blog … often with a free template. Everyone who participates gets a coupon & one lucky winner gets a $10 shopping spree to the Pink Reptile Designs’ store! Awesome. Check out the current challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Memory Keeping … My Digital Scrapbook Gallery

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Hello … I hope you are easing into your week, now that Monday is behind us.

Today I realized I have not been very good at sharing my favorite digital layouts here … despite the fact that I’ve been creating so many each month in 2014. Seriously … I think this has been a record so far for the most pages created.

If you like my style you can follow my layouts on my Pinterest board or at my gallery over at My Scrapbook Art.

I won’t bore you with too many, but here a few faves from my gallery over at The Lilypad:

One of the Family

Rack & Ruin by Kaye Winiecki

They Once Were V4 Templates by Amy Martin

Legacy Collab by Valorie Wibbens & The Ardent Sparrow

How’s the Weather by Valorie Wibbens

Talk a Walk Elements by Rachel Young

Heartbeat at my Feet by One Little Bird

Hello 2014

Laurie Ann HGD | Fortitude Basics

Shannon Noel | It’s a New Day Mini Kit

Pink Reptile Designs | I Believe in Miracles, Dinner Date Elements

Amy Martin | Blanc Stitches, Jan ’14 Challenge Freebie Template

The Good Stuff

Valorie Wibbens & Karla Dudley Collab | The Good Stuff

Amy Martin | Templates: They Once Were Vol 4

What’s Cooking

Pink Reptile Designs | Dinner Date Elements, I Believe in Miracles

Laurie Ann HGD | Fortitude Basics

Shannon Noel | It’s a New Day Hybrid Mini Kit

so the story goes …

One Little Bird | How It Began Elements

Gina Miller | Stamped Lace

Splendid Fiins | Super Messy Masks

One Little Bird | Memory Collector

Thanks for looking!

Memory Keeping … Digital Project Life | Dear Lizzy Day Dreamer

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Hi ya! It’s Monday again. And as promised, I have another Digital Project Life kit to show you.

This week’s Digital Project Life release is the all new & gorgeous Dear Lizzy Day Dreamer Mini Kit. It is so soft and pretty, that I needed to do another little “event” scrapping page this week. Eventually, (next Monday wink, wink) I’ll get back to my weekly PL spreads.

Remember, as always … it is on sale for the week at DigitalProjectLife.com. Go check it out … along with the Creative Team’s lovely pages. There’s tons of inspiration over there for this kit!

Digital Project Life | Dear Lizzy Day Dreamer Mini Kit

Digital Project Life | Just Add Color Overlays

Digital Project Life | Midnight Edition Paper Pack 2

And the bow is from Creashens.

I’ll back with another gorgeous Digital Project Life release next Monday!

Pretty in Posies Spring Sale

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Happy Spring … I love this day because it means that warmer weather is coming. Green grass and leaves on the trees will be arriving soon. Flowers will bloom. My garden will grow. Even though it never really feels very warm this early in the season … the promise of a warmer tomorrow keeps me hopeful and waiting!

Celebrate with me and take 20% off your order … anything and everything in my shop! Sale ends March 28th. Use code Spring2014 at checkout.

Pretty in Posies’ flowers make darling additions to your little one’s Easter basket!

What’s for Dinner … Weekly Meatless Meal Planning

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I love making lists. But there is one list that I do every week, that I really dread.

It’s the weekly grocery shopping list. << insert groan>>

Constantly having to come up with new dinner ideas is not always fun when life is busy. There’s also the fact that we have lots of different types of eaters in our home … we have a meat eater, a vegan and 2 vegetarians. So, as you can imagine, it is a bit of a challenge to please everyone.

With today’s awareness of health & nutrition and food related diseases & allergies … I’m betting many of you can relate?

Combine the challenge of pleasing everyone’s dietary needs with Spring Sport Season, which basically means I have been running around an awful lot in the late afternoon/early evenings to get the kids to and from all their after school activities, and you have a recipe for complete lack of time being on my side when it comes to dinner preparations.

So I am always on the hunt for quick, easy but healthy dinner options that are adaptable to our varied needs.

After scouring Pinterest, here’s what the meals look like for this coming week.

Sunday 1-Hour Vegan Pot Pies [minimalistbaker.com]

Monday Slow Cooker Vegan Brown Rice Mexican Bowl [kalynskitchen.com]

Tuesday Harissa Lentils and Cauliflower [naturallyella.com]

Wednesday Mexican Bean Salad [kitchme.com] with Caprese Paninis (catered to the individual taste of each family member but usually with tomato, basil and roasted peppers … sometimes eggplant & fresh mozzarella)

Thursday leftovers, very classy!

Friday Zucchini, Black Bean and Rice Skillet [readyseteat.com]

Saturday Avocado Black Bean Enchiladas [cremedelacrumb.com]

I love that all of these meals can be catered to my families individual eating needs. For meat eaters, simply grill some chicken on Sunday. Slice, store in the refrigerator and add to a dish as needed through out the week. For dishes with cheese, for the vegetarian cheese-lovers, keep one side of the skillet cheese-free for the vegan eaters.

It’s easy to please many different dietary needs with these dishes. It’s easy to add in a bit of meat & change up the white rice with brown rice or quinoa.

I’d love to hear about what’s for dinner at your house this week?

Bon Appetit!

Memory Keeping … Digital Project Life | Strawberry Edition

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So the days are lighter, longer here on the East Coast. Loving that. The snow has tapered off. Loving that. But it still so darn cold. NOT loving that!

This week Digital Project Life released the all new & beautifully designed Strawberry Edition. It is so bright and colorful, that I needed to do a little “event” scrapping page. So I took a break from my weekly PL spreads to pair up the amazing Strawberry Edition with these fun photos from last year’s mini Summer Kickoff vacation in VT. Until Spring finally decides to grace us with her presence, I will live vicariously through these photos and this kit! Remember, as always … it is on sale for the week at DigitalProjectLife.com. Go check it out … along with the Creative Team’s lovely pages. There’s tons of inspiration over there for this kit!

My Mini Summer Kickoff Vacation with Strawberry Edition

Digital Project Life | Strawberry Edition

Digital Project Life | Squared Away Template 10

Digital Project Life | Midnight Edition Paper Pack 2

I’ll back with another gorgeous Digital Project Life release next Monday!

Memory Keeping … Digital Project Life | Week 5 with new Amy Tangerine Mini Kit

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So happy that yesterday was Daylight Savings Day here in the States. I will gladly give up an hour of sleep on Sunday morning to have that “extra hour” of daylight in the evenings! It was lovely to see the sun just setting around 7:30 pm last night! I have to admit though, this was a rough Monday morning … so dark that it made it very hard to get up and start the day. But Daylight Savings is a sure sign that Spring is coming … now we just need the weather to cooperate!

In the meantime, I’ve been busy keeping up with my Digital Project Life pages … today I have Week 5 to share with you using the latest release Amy Tangerine’s Mini Kit! It’s perfect for Spring with it’s bright yellows and fun color palette. It is on sale at DigitalProjectLife.com. Go check it out … along with the Creative Team’s lovely pages.

Here is how Week 5 came together:

Digital Project Life | Amy Tangerine Mini Kit

Digital Project Life | Days & Arrows Stickers