10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Chrissy, and Lindsay for their weekly link up.

1. Good news

2. We R Memory Keepers Mini Alphabet Punch Board

3. The weather

4. Spending time with my family

5. Advance movie screening of Everything, Everything

6. Winning a prize for Gabriel

7. Dave & Buster's

8. The moon

9. Kittens

10. Late nights

What made you happy this week?

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Currently List

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Currently List.

Watching: I love Instagram stories especially when people post tutorials and clips of their artwork. I think it's also a great way to catch up with family and friends.

Reading: I caught up on some blog posts. I'm still reading 10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac. Once I'm done with that book, I plan to read 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher.

Listening: I really love this song. It's been on repeat.

Making: National Scrapbook Day was on May 6 and there were so many different challenges from a lot of companies. I decided to participate in Studio Calico's online NSD crop and The Awesome Ladies Project crop. I may even try to complete some of the challenges from Scrapbook.com.

Feeling: Have you ever felt so sad and upset about something that you had no control over? That is exactly how I am feeling. I had something planned, but something ended up happening and completely changed all of my plans. #mothernaturesucks

Planning: I am planning on adding a bunch of cards to my shop. Don't forget that you can get 20% off your order with the code CELEBRATE in my shop. The code is valid until May 31.

Loving: My family is the best. We had a great weekend and celebrated my oldest son's birthday. I can't believe he's seven. Kids...they grow up so fast.

What are you currently up to?

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Good Times Mixed Media Layout

Happy Monday! Today I'm excited to share a mixed media layout that I made last week. I was inspired by this scrapbook layout that Jen Chapin made with a Studio Calico kit. I don't make a lot of mixed media scrapbook layouts, but I have been trying to step out of my comfort zone.

The boys and I went to the playground and took so many great photos. Of course I had to make a few layouts documenting our fun day.

I decided to use my Dylusions Paints for this layout. I used three different colors and then added a few dots on the cardstock. Then I spread the paint across the page. Once the paint dried, I added my photo and the transparent title. I used a ruler and added some journaling lines. Then I embellished the layout with some enamel dots and stickers. I felt that the bottom right of the layout was "empty" so I used a stamp set to add an additional title and used a wood veneer ampersand. To complete my layout, I added my journaling.

Below is a close up of my layout.

I plan to make a few more mixed media layouts and can't wait to share them with you.

How was your weekend?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Chrissy for their weekly link up.

1. New novelas

2. Super Mario Kart

3. Ice Cream Cones

4. Chicken noodle soup

5. Early Mother's Day presents

6. New art supplies

7. Coupons and deals

8. Grey's Anatomy

9. Coconut Juice

10. Prison Break

What made you happy this week?

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Currently Layout

Happy Wednesday! Last month, I made a few layouts, but was not able to share them on my blog. Today, I'm going to share one of those layouts.

For this layout, I documented things that I was currently doing and loving. I journaled about some old and new favorite things. To make this layout, I used a few different Freckled Fawn embellishment kits, a ruler, pen, and my date stamp.

I adhered my photo onto some patterned paper and then adhered it to the cardstock. Once my photo was in place, I placed several epoxy stickers onto the page. I love that the epoxy stickers has a word or phrase on them. I decided to use the epoxy stickers as titles for my journaling. After adding the epoxy stickers, I stamped some bullet points and plus signs underneath. I also added some journaling lines underneath a few of the epoxy stickers. Then I added the gold puffy arrow stickers and made sure that each one pointed towards to the epoxy stickers. Then I added some more colorful puffy stickers (heart and plus sign shapes) and added my journaling. To finish the layout, I stamped the date using my date stamp.

Below are some close ups of my layout. You can also click on each image for a closer look at the journaling.

A few things that I documented were my favorite books as well as what I was currently reading. I also mentioned my love for the Free Art Movement in my community.

I also mentioned my love for journaling as well as what types of art and art supplies I am currently loving.

I mentioned what I am currently obsessed with. A few of those things are Game of Thrones, Supernatural and Harry Potter. One of the epoxy stickers says "Me Time" and I wrote down how I think it's important to have some time to yourself.

I also wrote down a few of my new favorite things. A couple of my new favorite things are the new Jane Davenport Mixed Media collection and pomegranate juice. I also mentioned what I like to read.

What are you currently loving? What are some of your old or new favorite things?

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Currently List

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Currently List.

Watching: I've said it before and I'll say it again...Law & Order:SVU will never get old to me.

Reading: I just received a new book from Blogging for Books. The book is called 10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac. So far, I'm enjoying this book.

Listening: All Good Things is one of my favorite songs. I recently heard that Nelly Furtado is working on some new music and I'm so excited. I loved her album, Loose. During the weekend, I had her album on repeat.

Making: I'm hoping to have most, if not all, of my blog posts for this month drafted by the end of the week.

Feeling: Maybe it's because it's Monday, but I am feeling so weird.

Planning: I have several projects that I have to work on this month. I'm still working on my 100 Day Project and I just started a new project, but I haven't figured out what to call it. I posted this photo of the supplies I plan to use for my new project. I'm going to document some women who inspire me. Some of these women are writers, artists, and poets. I'm also adding some of my favorite quotes, poems, etc. that these women made.

Loving: John and I had lunch at Sonic. The chili cheese coney was good, but their frozen lemonade with mango was too sweet.

What are you currently up to?

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May Goals

Wow another month has gone by and now it's finally May! May is one of my favorite months and it's also a very busy month for my family and I. Even though this month will be busy, I still have a few goals that I want to accomplish. Ready to check out my recap of April and my May goals? Ok...here we go...

Recap of my April goals

• Declutter closets: This was a success. It felt so good to finally declutter some of my closets. 

• Donate clothing: This was a success. I was able to sell a few pieces of clothing and then donated the rest of the clothes. We were able to donate two big bags of clothing. 

• Exercise more: This was a fail. I definitely plan to try to work out more. 

• Read 2 books: This was a success. I read Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez and Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur. You can read my review of Things We Lost in the Fire here. I will post my review of Milk and Honey soon.

• Make 8 cards: This was a success. I made 27 handmade cards. I am very happy to say that I am on track with my 100 Day Project. 

• Post 20 blog posts: This was a success. I wrote exactly 20 blog posts for April. 

May Goals

• Read 1 book

• Post 15 blog posts

• Exercise more

• Declutter makeup basket

What are your goals for May?

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