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Ahh another session of school begins again.  I think I only really had an entire week off from not doing school work.  I am really getting so used to it that stopping feels unproductive, but none the less I will be ready to graduate when that happens!!!

My latest graphic design class that I am taking is all hands on. =D [angels singing]  I am over elated that I get to cut and past for 10 weeks and am taking advantage of it.  My new buddy silhouette will be making my cuts to put my project together (CAN WE SAY PROFESSIONAL!?)  I am excited to use all this scrapbook paper I spend all my paychecks on and just being able to do what i love essentially which is cutting and pasting.  As much as I love graphic design I wish it wasn't so computer based and go back to the old school ways of cutting out every letter and pasting ads carefully together.  Pictured above is some of my things for my first project of the class.  I am sure I will show it to you when I am done.

Scrapbooking has been on hold for awhile with the holidays and my creative fart.  I go through lulls of being overly anxious to create to sometimes months of not even touching paper. I am starting to get an urge again since I just recieved some new pictures so we will see if I end up having free time to devote to this hobby of mine.

yours until the headaches start
emily

Hello Strangers

Wow it has been a whole month since I posted.  It has been crazy, finishing up school and working at a grocery store you dont get much slack.

I hope you guys have not missed my feature on the cosmo cricket blog!  What an amazing honor after crafting so many projects!  I still have plenty I have not even shown yet. http://cosmocricket.typepad.com/cosmo_cricket/2010/12/3-random-things-foreign-toilets-gdt-contest-circa-layouts.html

Christmas was a great time because I recieved a Silhouette SD!  What a total surprise and its awesome, like a cricut imagine but 1000X better!  I have been cutting like carazayy!

bout time for a new layout.  I am unsure if i showed this layout previously but I had created it for my mothers surprise party.

I love this picture of me in the kiddie pool, pure innocence.

This layout started with a Jana Ebunk sketch I believe, shes got some great sketches!  I also participated in a studio calico challenge of using only circles for your title. 

Background and plaid is from basic grey olivia (obsessed), and is offset by some kraft and tim holtz pink.  The large pink piece is swiss dots with some glimmer mist.

A scalloped circle punch of basic greys paper is a great contrast for the "sunshine" title which are placed on pop dots and layered on popsicle sticks. KandCompany flowers finish off this page which is easily gorgeous.

14

This is from my 14th birthday when we traveled to NYC a mear day trip all the time.

Influence came from creating keepsakes december issue where most of this inspiration comes from.  I really loved the purple influence of the dat picture i took that really plays up all of the colors throughout.

All purple is from mitten weather by cosmo, butterflys are from tim holtz w/ vintage photo, background is basic grey basics, pink letters from heidi grace.

a few simple pictures with having the color play up the scenery.

Mitten Weather ornament

a quick and easy holiday fix! 

a semi flattened ornament from michaels that is plastic and swirled the paint within it and drained out the excess.  I then decorated with ready set chip and some dashed lines for the mitten strings. 

A great package topper or gift!

Peace Frame

This quick easy project is a great way to remember the holidays.

Using cosmos mitten weather I covered a chipboard frame with the paper and edged it with vintage photo.  I added some cutout pieces, and lace to the bottom.

I finished it off with "peace" from a hero arts small font stamp set.

quick and cute!

A Gift Tag

This is a sure fine easy gift tag!

I took a regular manila tag and covered it with soft green cardstock and some patterned paper from cosmos mitten weather.

I added a tag sticker from the sticker sheet  to easily put this together.  At the seem of the two papers I added a simple button border. 

A cute easy embelishment that I found was taking a piece of doiley and inking over it with fired brick from tim holtz.  A great color flash is simply added this way.

valley

I love to horseback ride,  anything with animals and the connecting like this that you are able to have with them is undeniable.

Cosmo mitten weather is always some sort of highlight latley, of course design team would be calling. ahh I just want to know who is going to win!  I really love this color combo and I did not expect it turning out aswell as I like it.

Backround red is from jenni bowlin that has a little black distress it really mimics the demask red from myminds eye.  The faint purple polka realy adds a contemporarty depth without overpowering the other papers.

The sketch comes from creating keepsakes and I mimicked from their christmas issue, let me know if you are able to find which one it is!

Embelisments include me and my big ideas tape ribbon, michaels resin leafs (normally the button ons)  recollections kids horse stickers (they were adorable and could not pass the not too cutesey stickers up!)  and as always there are some simple buttons. 

I love love this, again letting the pictures speak for themselves.