I scrapped!

I must confess, I've been in a scrapping funk lately.  I mean, my blog, etsy, and every other aspect of my online identity is "meheartpaper" as in, I love paper.  I love pretty patterns, I love pretty textures, I love cutting it, gluing it, punching it, and putting it together.  But I just haven't been wanting to do any of that for a few months now.  Then I remembered a blog that's been on my Reader for years, but has been buried for a while in unread posts.  (You know, because my reader says I have 1000+ unread posts all the time...)

Well, I love shimelle.  She totally ignited my scrap-fire again.  I can't believe I've made 7 pages.  I've never been one to really follow a sketch, but a few of her's are really easy and honestly, hard not to rip off.  lol.  This reminded me of the days when I wished I were a Garden Girl on Two Peas.  Just typing that and I can't believe I've been scrapping for over 6 years.  That's a long time people!  Maybe I can, maybe I will, when I grow up!  Anywho...here's what I've been up to.

This started it all.  Two pictures, not normally my style, but I went with it.  I made the one on the left first, and had little inspiration to make another.  But I didn't want to be left out!  So I made another layout, same paper, same sketch, easy.  In 20 years I won't care that they look the same.  

Then I had some Hipstamatic prints to use up.  Mismatching the lettering has never felt right to me, but I think it looks great when other people do it.  And I'm happy with this.  

Again with the two pictures.  Thanks Shimelle!

Simple stats of where  Ava's at, at 22 months.  I want to make a quilt like this, but I'm a scaredy-cat.  So I made a layout like it instead.  :P

This is definitely out of my comfort zone.  And totally ripped off a sketch that I can't find right now...

Loved the fauxlaroid post.  This Hipstamatic print has been on my fridge for a few months without a home.  I love how the fauxlaroid boarder grounds it in the pattern paper.