Warning: Enabler Alert!

Since our challenge this month is all about the boys, we wanted to share a few fun scrapbooking products that are out right now. I don’t know about you, but for these Real Life Girls it is a lot easier for us to buy girly products than it is the more masculine stuff - especially since we both had baby girls last year and we can finally justify putting pink on our pages now.  But don’t worry, there are plenty of cute items out there that will make you want to spend your entire scrapbooking budget on the guys in your life.  So without further ado, here are a few of the favorites that caught our eye…   

Warning:  There is a lot of pleasant eye candy coming up!!

Paper Posies - June Kit

 Bo Bunny - U Bug Me!
This is a popular one.  There have been several of these papers show up in our gallery this month.

Bo Bunny - Grease Monkey

Creative Memories – Make Believe and Construction Zone
The best part about these kits is that they are available as paper or digital.

Here is a little inspiration for you with a layout that Jamie made from this digi kit…

Ok, now back to drooling over all these fun products…

  
Scrap Within Reach - Industrial Park and Elliot

  
Making Memories – Just Chillin Boy and  We R Memory Keeper – MVP

Little Yellow Bicycle – Boy Baby Safari

Don’t forget that with each paper collection there are a lot of cute embellishments that coordinate with each line.  Be sure to stop by your local scrapbook store and pick up some of these cute new collections and get working on our Boy oh Boy! challenge this month.   We cannot wait to see all your fun layouts!

Oh and if don’t have a good LSS close by, here are a few of our favorite places to shop online…

• Memorable Seasons
• Memory Works
• Scrapbook.com
• Stampin’ Up!

Happy Weekend!

Need Some Inspiration?

Happy Friday, it’s Brianna again! Do you know you only have 2 more days to get your baby pages in? I have loved looking at all the baby layouts in the gallery and it has caused me to look back through Tyler’s first year album. I love to sit down and share these pages with him now that he is older. Here are a few of my favorites!

I hope I have been able to spark an idea for you to complete a baby layout for the challenge this month! Remember you have till midnight on May 31st!

For Mom…

Happy Friday Everyone!  This is Jamie and in honor of Mother’s Day coming up this weekend, I wanted to share a really simple album that I have created to showcase Mother’s Day each year. 

Ever since becoming a mom, we have tried to snap a photo right before we head out the door to church each year.  Please keep in mind that “tried” is the key word here. :) As I look back on the photos taken with my babies each year, I can definitely say that these are not the best photos of us together but just the fact that they are taken on Mother’s Day morning each year make them so special to me.

Here’s a peek at my Mother’s Day album…

Cover Page

And then I simply make a page (or two) each year to showcase a photo from Mother’s Day morning. 

 

I wonder what this year’s picture will hold with 3 little ones walking around?  Wish me luck!! 

And here is a little peek at the actual album…

This is a small 7x7 album from Creative Memories.  I got it back in 2005 when I was expecting my 1st child.  He was born the day after Mother’s Day so I had to wait a whole year to use it. 

As you can see, this is a very simple and easy mini album project.  I encourage you all to dig through your stash of Mother’s Day photos with your babies or perhaps even dig out some old ones of you and your mom for a gift idea for next year. 

Wishing all you moms out there a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend,

Earth Day Inspiration

Happy Friday everyone! As you all know this week we had Earth Day.  This has inspired our Goin’ Green challenge for this month and it also inspired us to do some other earth friendly layouts.

Jamie

With all the recent talk about our earth and environment, it has inspired me to make a couple of layouts about our switch last year to cloth diapers. 

Brianna

I was inspired to use some earth friendly products and packaging that came with felt shapes. I would have normally just thrown this away when I opened the product, but I thought I may be able to copy the design.

I traced and then cut out the design on my layout below.  I also “went green” by using patterned paper from Jillibean Soup, which is all made from 100% recycled stock.

We originally had this idea to use some non-scrapbooking related supplies on our layouts. We wanted to show you all that you do not have to have “fancy scrapping supplies” in order to create layouts.  Then we saw this great post over on The Scrap Review that shows lots of inspiration from Ali Edwards using junk mail.  You all know that there is no way to compete with Ali’s genius-ness (is that even a word?) so we just decided to link you all over there to check out this post to take a look some of the other neat stuff that the Scrap Review staff created. 

In honor of Earth Week, we also wanted to share a few links of other scrapbooking companies that make an effort to keep our earth clean and friendly so here goes…

• Jillibean Soup- Kraft Collection
• Die Cuts With A View- Green Line
• K & Company- Lotus Collection & Remake Collection
• Piggy Tales
• Tinkering Ink – Becoming Green Line

What are some ways that you are trying to stay “Green” with your scrapbooking?
Leave us a comment below and share some of your earth friendly products and ideas with us!

Oh and do not forget to enter the Goin’ Green challenge this month, you have until Thursday (April 30th) to get your submissions in!!

Be My Valentine

Love is in the air and Valentine’s Day is approaching fast. Before you run out to the store to buy your loved one a card, why don’t you consider hand making one this year. Take a look at the cards that Jamie and I made. These cards didn’t take any time at all to make and it will probably take you less time than it will to go out and purchase one(and it will cost less too if you use Jamie’s tip and use your scraps).

 Jamie

Here are the cards that I made for my 3 little valentines this year. 

 

 

 Brianna

Here are the cards I made for my husband and kids this Valentine’s Day.

  

So get out your trimmer and adhesive and get started on those cards. A handmade card will go a long way and will show your Valentine just how much you care!