Spring memories album last pages

Hi friends,

I'm here today to share the last few pages of my spring memories album that I made for Ruby Rock-it designs. I printed off some pictures of spring flowers that grow in my neighborhood and added them to the last two pages of my book.






and here is a look at all of the book pages.


I would also like to share a fun tip with you on how I created the banner flag on the front cover of my album.

First I took some bamboo skewers found in my kitchen pantry, and a banner from the Nostalgia collection.



with my scissors I cut 1 piece off of my banner.


last, using liquid glue I adhered my 'banner piece' to my bamboo skewer to make a fun flag for the front of my album.


I hope that you enjoyed my tip and spring memories album. Thanks for stopping by today!

Spring Memories book

Hi friends,

I'm here today to share a mini album that I am making for Spring using Ruby Rock-it designs. I love the Spring weather here in California and the last few days have been warm and sunny and perfect for long walks around the neighborhood.

Earlier this month I received the new Ruby Rock-it August Moon mini album. I knew once I saw it that I wanted to make a mini book about Spring.

I would like to share the first few pages of my Spring mini album with you.

I used papers from the Nostalgia line in my book.



and I added some Fundamentals vellum and Bella! Bling

Here is the front cover of my album:


I really love how the vellum and bling looks along with the Nostalgia line, so elegant and pretty. I also added some doillies and crepe paper streamers (that I picked up at my local party store) to the cover.



For my second page in the album I added a pack of sunflower seeds (one of my favorite flowers). And on the third page of my album I added pictures of wild mushrooms that grow freely in our backyard during Spring.



I will be back later in the month to share more pages of my album with you.

Thanks for stopping by today.

St. Patty's Day Instagram blog hop

*Update - winner of the IG Blog Hop announced:
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My name is evelyn you can find me on Instagram : geekgalz.
Evelyn, please send me an email @ myfrogprince@comcast.net so that I can mail out your prize. Thanks everyone for playing along.




Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by! I assume you are here for the St. Patty's Day Instagram blog hop - glad you found us!

We are a group of INSTAGRAM buddies that were invited to do an Instagram blog hop. Thank you Jessy Christopher for organizing this!

First I have something GREEN to share with you. Here is a recent layout that I completed using Ruby Rock-it's new Nostalgia line.


Did you notice that I used Instagram photos on my layout? I just couldn't help myself.
I Love the colors in this line and their GREEN textured cardstock was just begging to be sanded down. And because I love ink and texture so much, I added some canvas paper and Mister Huey's spray ink.

and now for the GREEN giveaway.....



Here is what I am offering up:

- Smash date stamp by K&co.
- Studio Calico paper
- 2 feet. of chevron grosgrain ribbon

fun stuff right? Here are the blog hop rules for your chance to win my giveaway:

- become a follower
- leave an answer to the question - Does your family celebrate St. Patricks day?
Do you have a special tradition that you do to celebrate the holiday?
- Be sure to leave your email address or link to your blog, so that I can contact you
if you win.
- Visit the line up of my IG buddies participating in the blog hop for chances to win the fabulous prizes that they are offering up!


Here is the line up of all my instagram buddies that are giving something GREEN away on their blog.

BLOG HOP LIST: (in no particular order)

YOU ARE HERE Gina Lideros IG name: ginalideros

Laura Banasiak IG name: laurabanasiak

Leah Farquharson IG name: bluebirdchicllc

Jamie Lee IG name: jyylee

Faridah Hajarmustika IG name: mustikmonkeys

Suryanti Halim IG name: isur

Katy Hedger IG name: polkadotlove

Wati Basri IG name: watibasri

Jenny Gecos IG name: mrsjennyg

Allison Waken IG name: allisonwaken

Kristine Davidson IG name: kristined

Sasha Farina IG name: sashafarina

Lindsey Hansen IG name: lindzeyhanzen

Leena Loh IG name: findingnana

Nina Burgess IG name: ladybugnina

Azura Alyssa IG name: azuraalyssa

Sophia Allison IG name: sophiaallison

Vee Jennings IG name: strawbvee

NattArida Smith IG name: tinynatt

Amy Lynne Lassiter IG name: amlynnelassiter

Helga Vergara IG name: helga_vergara

Michelle Lanning IG name: michellelanning

Juanna Sia IG name: juannahope

Daniela Dobson IG name: danieladobson

Jeanne M. Wigoena IG name: jeannew

Michelle K IG name: michellek

Vanessa Rupp-Hayden IG name: veerupp

Jessy Christopher IG name: jcchris

Blog hop starts 17 March, 7am PST and ends 20 March, 11.59pm PST. Happy Hopping and Good luck!

Sugar and spice and everything nice

Hi everyone,
I hope that your Thursday is off to a great start. I have some fun Ruby Rock-it projects to share with you. Earlier this week the design team was challenged to use something old (pocket and a tag) on a project and something new (banner). I created 3 projects using the new collection Nostalgia from Ruby Rock-it. Here is what I made with the challenge.

Sugar and spice layout:


I created a small banner on this page that incorporates the title and used Ruby Rock-it's paper twine and fundamental stickers to spell out the word spice.

Next up is a card.

You make me happy card:



I used 4 kraft tags on this card. Did you notice that I also snuck a banner in there? Super fun!



And for my last project I created another card.

Grow card:


This one features a pocket (behind the patchwork paper) with a tag sticking out of it. I thought that this would make a fun encouragement card for someone. Speaking of fun, did you notice that cute little chipboard house? It is part of the Bella Fundamentals line made by Ruby Rock-it.

Thanks for stopping by today. Don't forget that we have a great challenge going on. You can find out all the details here