April 2024 Highlights

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Here's what we were up to throughout the month of April 2024!
I needed some new spring-themed scrapbooking material so I asked Jane to pose for me. She's so darling.
I picked various flowers from around the yard and made a tiny bouquet for her to hold.
She looks about 16 years old in these! Only a few more years until she is!
Loving the sun rising earlier and earlier. I am an early bird and love getting a head start on my days.
After church selfie!
Since I'm a new golf fan, it was fun to see Tiger Woods tee off at The Masters. Cool that he's still playing! Nevermind that he came in dead last...
Scottie Scheffler is unbeatable!
Fox loves Sandy.
He's always sitting in random places for long periods of time on his phone.
Me and Jane at a church activity.
She's still crushing her spelling bees!
The trees blossomed bigger and more beautiful than ever this year!
We went to Target and all Jane requested was a jar of marshmallow cream. To dip graham crackers into. This was her breakfast one Friday morning when they didn't have school. Have to pick and choose my battles lol. Good thing we know a dentist ;)
I spied on Jane one evening during her math tutoring.
The closet makeover is finally happening! I pushed it back two weeks to accommodate Berry & Cherry - continue reading to find out what I'm talking about. First step, empty the closet.
Crazy how much bigger it feels without all the stuff packed inside!
Of course Amy & Sandy inspected every square inch.
Berry & Cherry are our resident house finches! Three years ago they built a nest in one of our porch lights and hatched two clutches of 5 eggs each in 2022. In 2023 they hatched 5, 5, and 4 babies. This year on April 1st they laid 4 eggs but only 3 hatched. I have absolutely no idea if it's the same pair of finches this time or any time, but until I'm told otherwise, I call them Berry & Cherry :)
Baby birdies aren't the cutest, but I still find it all fascinating and do whatever I can to protect them and make sure Berry & Cherry don't abandon them - hence shifting the closet install two weeks.
In just 2 weeks they go from hatchlings to flying the nest! As of April 30th though they still haven't flown away. Maybe tomorrow!
Berry & Cherry are always nearby, making sure their babies are safe. So we have now contributed 27 house finches to the neighborhood :) I'm guessing there will be at least 2 more clutches this spring/summer. The nest really needs to be rebuilt and the lamp washed out though, it's getting pretty gross lol.
I watched the eclipse on my computer. I think the next total eclipse is passing right over where we live in 21 years or something. I wonder if we'll still be in this house??
We didn't see any movies in April, too much going on.
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Amy + Sandy time! Sandy is so much bigger than Amy, it's pretty funny.
I was die cutting a bunch of things for kits and Sandy rolled around in all the paper bits.
She sure is a fun and entertaining kitty cat.
Amy's pretty face.
I love that she loves to snuggle me.
While in Texas I spoke through the kitty cam and Amy was super confused.
The cuddled together a couple times on my big blankie which always has to be documented.
They're simply the best :)
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Onto the scrappy recap for April!
I shared 14 of my own projects throughout March - 6 from classes, 3 for SCT, and 5 for my Make With Me Monday live YouTube series! Tap the links to see each project more in depth:
I did Make With Me Monday all 5 Mondays in April! Join me LIVE every Monday at 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern Time on my YouTube channel and learn how to make a layout in my new series called Make With Me Monday! My plan for 2024 is to base the layout on a sketch! Each live broadcast lasts around an hour, is free to watch, anyone in the world can join in the fun, and the videos are saved in this playlist so if you can't join the live you can watch it later and/or watch it again! I post the YouTube link and supplies to have on hand the Saturday before. Here are the 4 pages we made in March:
I flew to Texas and taught alongside Vicki Boutin! Read the recap HERE.
Teaching in-person is so fun! I can't wait for the Crop in Orlando, the Cruise & Crop, the Clue Event in Georgia, the Scrap & Learn Virtual Camp, and Tricks & Treats Weekend here in Colorado!
Every Monday I get prepped and ready for Make With Me Monday!
Finishing up the projects for the Cruise & Crop.
I was so happy to get all these boxes of supplies kitted and out the door and free up space in my Happy Scrappy Place :)
For a youth activity I was asked along with 10 others to set up a table and talk about my job. It was fun trying to explain what I do to 17 year old boys lol.
I spent the last few days in April working on a stitching project for iNSD 2024 - come back to see it here on Saturday!
I got the BEST happy mail!! Adventurous is in the house!!! I have a few pre-orders left in my shop HERE.
Which brings us to May! The best month of the year with my trifecta - our anniversary, Mother's Day, and my birthday, hooray!
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Cut and Bend Flower Layout by Valerie Bisson

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Hi friends! Valerie Bisson here and I’m so happy to share my next design team project with you featuring Paige's Bend Up Flower Petals Cut File and her Blooming Wild collection.
I have wanted to use the Bend Up Flower Petals Cut File for quite some time and I’m so happy I finally used it. I used white cardstock for the Bend Up Flower Petals Cut File, make sure to attach all the petals together before cutting if you use a Cricut like I do. Next I added Paper 17 behind the cut file and took a few minutes curling up all the petals so that you could see the background paper peeking through. I did add foil to the cut file with the foil transfer tool on my Cricut but most of the foil came off when I was curling the petals. It would have added a nice detail but, c’est la vie. Next I added my round photo to the center, followed by embellishing with the Rolled Paper Flowers Cut Files across my page in a diagonal. I added in additional flowers with the Floral Die Cuts, a title with the Puffy Phrase Stickers and Thickers, and a label from the Sticker Book for a little bit of journaling. I felt like my page needed something extra so I added some stencilling with Paige’s sold out Flowers Stencil and Distress Oxides in the colors Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet. Lastly, some hand stitching around the outer edge using a backstitch and French knots on a few Floral Die Cuts in a variegated DMC thread.
I enjoyed making this page and love how it turned out! I hope you are inspired to create something similar with the Bend Up Flower Petals Cut File and Blooming Wild collection!
SUPPLIES: Patterned papers, stickers, die cuts, embellishments: BLOOMING WILD; white cardstock; Distress Oxides; Cut file: Bend Up Flower Petals by Paige Evans
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Beautifall Layout by Paige Evans

Monday, April 29, 2024

Here is the finished layout that we made in today's Make With Me Monday featuring patterned paper pennant banners! I used my Bungalow Lane collection to create the banners and loved showcasing photos from our annual family photoshoot from 2023.
Here is the video for re-watching and you can find the Make With Me Monday playlist HERE.
Be sure to give it a LIKE and subscribe :)
PHOTOS: eight pennant-shaped sized to about 2x2.5" SUPPLIES (affiliate linked): Bungalow Lane collection: https://shrsl.com/31d9a SCRAPBOOKING BASICS:
12" paper trimmer: https://shrsl.com/334mc
foam adhesive: https://shrsl.com/3c26t
fussy cutting scissors: https://shrsl.com/43jzk
pencil & eraser: https://shrsl.com/4i2ic
journaling pens: https://shrsl.com/4i2ix
OPTIONAL SUPPLIES: paint brush: https://shrsl.com/4i2hp
white acrylic paint: https://shrsl.com/4i2hq
sewing machine: https://bit.ly/3UUyvLw
white all-purpose thread: https://shrsl.com/4i2j4

The layout is based on this sketch:
And the sketch is based on this layout which I made back in 2011 with an Amy Tangerine collection.
Sketches are a great starting point and then you can change the collection, shapes, number of photos, and more, for completely new and unique results! Thank you so much for joining me live today or in the replay!
See you again on May 6th for the next Make With Me Monday!
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Half Flower Layout by Sophie Delorme

Hello friends! It's Sophie Delorme here with you today to share a new layout for the Paige Evans Cut File Design Team! I used Paige's Half Flower cut file paired with her Blooming Wild collection.
First I cut the Half Flower from white cardstock and placed it horizontal on the lower half of the layout. I cut the Half Flower again, this time from the colorful radial Paper 22, and attached the inner pieces into the white cardstock flower with just a bit of adhesive so I could curl up the petals for a beautiful, dimensional effect. I chose a black & white photo to make sure that it didn't compete with the colorful page and created a few floral clusters around it with Floral Die Cuts and Cardstock Stickers. I fussy cut a few rainbows out of Paper 6 and placed them next to my title, which was created using the Puffy Phrase Stickers.
I hope that you like it and that you're inspired to check out the Half Flower cut file along with the Blooming Wild collection! Thanks so much for stopping by!
SUPPLIES: Patterned papers, stickers: BLOOMING WILD; white cardstock; Cut file: Half Flower by Paige Evans
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