First let's start off with our winner,
" Diana Fernandez said...

those papers are super cute!! Thanks so much for the chance!"

Diane, I've sent you an e-mail, I hope it was the right address.

And now onto other things.

If you follow me on Instagram, you saw this yesterday, but I've been playing around with some digital stamp brushes, and I feel like I've just tapped into a huge reserve of craftiness I have not explored.

I used brushes from the November kit last year which is no longer available, but they have the Here & There set currently available and the anchor is almost the exact same., along with other fun shapes and phrases.

I also played around with the PNG files in Silhouette and made some print and cuts. I'm working on a video tutorial on how to make both the patterned paper and the fold-over print and cuts (like the one below)

I made this anchor tag specifically for this layout of my dear friend Aly's little boy. Connor makes for a fantastic pirate. And the title is thanks to my sister Jenni. She actually didn't say it - but it's something I think she would have said, given the right circumstance :)

Thanks for stopping by today. If you missed out on the giveaway today, stop by the Scrapbook Circle Blog and enter for that one too!

XOXO,

Holly & Co.

So I've spent most of the day re-arranging our bedroom, which is also the home of my craft room. I've cleaned out boxes of stuff and I've got a great giveaway for you today!



Melissa was super generous when I was on the Pretty Little Studio Design Team, and I have more product than I can use, so I thought I would pass that goodness off to you! Make sure you check out her two new collections Birthday Cake and Nature Walk - both are adorable!

Please leave a comment, including a way to get a a hold of you, and I will choose a winner on Monday!

XOXO,
Holly & CO.

Last weekend, Zoe and I ventured to Idaho Falls to the Museum of Idaho to visit the carousel exhibit. The museum isn't very big, but the pieces were so beautiful.

Zoe had fun looking at all the different animals, and it was REALLY hard for her not to touch. Lots of pictures below. Enjoy!

This page is using the new Here and There line from Studio Calico. Perfect for all those travel layouts. This was about the longest road trip of my life, when I was moving from Oklahoma to California before Ryan and I got married. The labels are from Studio Calico's digital offerings, printed on sticker paper and cut with my Silhouette - Seriously love how easy that is!

I posted these on Facebook, but for those of you who don't follow me there, or just need a good dose of baby cuteness, presenting Miss Alice!






And I saved my favorite for last......

Um...Can you tell I'm a little obsessed with adding gold to this kit? I'm not normally a gold fan, but with the bold colors in this kit, it just worked out perfectly! Oh and those feathers? I thought I was going to have a hard time using them, but they were so fun!

I seriously think this is my all time favorite kit - These layouts just fell together!

The kit is still available and I would recommend the add-on for sure (the amy tan stiching kit is awesome!) you can purchase HERE

Sorry for the silence lately, life has just been so busy it leaves time for little else. My husband is deciding on an internship for this summer, while we're both still finishing up classes and preparing for a move in 6 weeks. I was able to go visit my sister and my new niece last week in South Dakota, which consisted of travelling through 6 states in 24 hours, 1- five hour bus ride, 2- flights, 1- 2 hour drive and then I had to do the reverse to get home again, I'm a little ragged to say the least.

Make sure to check back tomorrow for some fun pictures of little miss Alice.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

My sister is due to have a baby tomorrow, and several months ago she picked out the fabric and pattern. The original pattern was just NOT working, so I scraped that, and improvised a bit.

The back is some super soft minky, at my sister's request. I normally don't sew with minky because it's a hassle. It rolls and sheds, and it's hard to keep straight, but I had quite a long discussion with a very helpful lady at the quilt store about how best to sew with minky. I had been doing it all wrong. I followed her instructions and it worked just fine. It took a little more effort to push it through my machine, but it turned out great. Even Ryan commenting on how pretty it was.



Here it is in full. The fabric line is Dainty Blossoms by Riley Blake. I used a jelly roll quilt, sewing 3 stripes together. Cut squares and assembled with every other matching blocks. The border is 2.5" of some neutral brown leaf pattern from Jo-Ann's and the binding is from Simply Color by Vanessa & Co.

This year, we started just like last year, at Zoe's request - breakfast consisted of pink pancakes (with an addition of mini chocolate chips this year) pink applesauce and pink milk.

Zoe also got her choice of balloon - adorable right?

Hey everyone!

Today I'm super excited to celebrate my first DT gallery with Elle's Studio. The new collections are amazing, especially her patterned papers. They are to die for!



This project actually came to my one night while I was lying in bed trying to sleep. It's an accordion card and you can see the inside in my Elle's Studio Gallery HERE.

Make sure you check out the new collections, especially the stamps over at Elle's Shop.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

For this layout I used the story starters, which are great for inspiring you to scrapbook beyond the obvious. Jennifer does a great job each month helping stimulate your creativity.



This was made using one of the premium sketches. I love just picking my pictures and then picking which template coordinates with my pictures and sizes, it's awesome!


Use this link to enter a giveaway for a one-month trial subscription to Simple Scrapper: http://ow.ly/ctrlx Entries will be pooled and one winner selected at 11:59pm CST on Wednesday, February 6. You may enter from multiple blogs.

Make sure you visit the other DT blogs to enter for a chance to win as well.



Simple Scrapper (Jennifer Wilson)
Jeryn Carlisi
Lisa Corbin-Polak
Ronnie Crowley
Michele Holcomb
Holly Humbert (That's ME)
Margrethe Aas Johnsen
Amy Kingsford
Samantha Landay 
Pam Lozano
Aimee Maddern
Lauren Hague Madsen 
Jean Manis
Van Nguyen
Melissa Priest
Mandy Ross
Sara Case Strickland

The Premium Membership at Simple Scrapper provides skills and shortcuts to help you simplify and find more meaning in your memory keeping. Each month members receive a new collection of sketch templates and Story Starters, story-focused prompts for pages and projects.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

I'm a little late, but happy to see February.
This month I'll be adding a niece, going on an airplane, and dropping some more lbs.


Check back tomorrow for my February Simple Scrapper pages + a giveaway!

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

 After getting upset whenever I brushed her hair, I suggested to Zoe that we cut her hair short. This was a few days ago. This morning she asked me to cut it short, and I told her to think about it for awhile. She kept asking over and over and over, so I finally decided to cut it at her request.

I made her take before and after pictures, as I've never cut her hair shorter than her shoulders. Here is the before:

We were woken up this morning by our landlord banging on the door telling us to turn on our water so the pipes didn't freeze - the power was out. It was only out for a few hours, which normally wouldn't be that bad, except that it was -16 outside. Yep. By the time we took Ryan to school around 10, it had warmed up to a balmy -3.  So we are spending our days inside and snuggled up.

Which has it's benefits. I've been organizing and crafting for the past week, which lead me to make this project.

I loved this layout by April Foster at Studio Calico, and wanted to use Noah outline stamps.

I used a TON of different mist colors, but instead of spraying them directly, I sprayed a bit on wax paper and watered them down a bit, and "painted" the butterflies with a Q-tip. It took a few hours, but I really like the result.

I've also got some sneaks of some Elle's Studio projects, using her BRAND NEW patterned papers. I've been waiting forever it feels like for Elle to put out 12x12 papers, and I couldn't be more excited about the new lines.


You can see the full lines on the Elle's Studio Blog.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

This month I was scrapping on the road.
Thanks to my dear friend, Aly, for letting me use some adorable photos of her kids this month.





































I've got another page to share for this month, but I'm still working on some finishing touches so watch for it in the next few days!