Guest Blogging at Tater Tots and Jello (Summer Memory Box)

I'm sure you've all visited the Tater Tots and Jello blog before (yeah, it's pretty awesome)! I've been waiting for this day for a LONG time! I did a guest blog post for Jen using her collections from Pebbles. I've worked with her collections for a long time and I can say that I truly LOVE her products. When I was asked to do a post for her I knew I wanted to use the recipe box (I think it's adorable). Here's a little preview of what you'll find on the Tater Tots and Jello blog today:

Summer Blog Hop

Hello, welcome to the Summer blog hop! I'm so happy to have joined forces with some amazing designers to bring you some fabulous double page Summer themed layouts.

I chose to  make my layout about my son at the park. The funny thing about that time at the park was that we were there for about 5 minutes. Yep, we were there long enough to go down the slide a couple of times and go down the fireman pole. I documented this because of a lesson that my little man taught me in those short five minutes.

Elle's Studio June Gallery Reveal

Hey there! Happy Wednesday! Yesterday Elle's Studio's June designer gallery went live! For all of my projects this month I used the Shine collection. This is my very favorite of all the collections that Elle has released. That's kind of a big deal because I love the Cameron and Penelope collections a lot too. (Here are some of my more recent Elle's projects: Little Critter Love, My Day to Day mini Album, Snap Conference Mini Album, 100% Boy)
I'm so excited for you to see what I created but I'm even more excited for you to dive in and get creating with this line. Paper Issues has the Shine collection in stock. You can find it HERE. When you check out make sure to use the code: becki20 to get 20% off your entire order.
Here's what I created with the Shine collection:

 

I love the transparency I layered over this photo. Transparent overlays are new to Elle's collections. These are adorable! I have so many fun things coming up using these transparencies.

 

 I tried something a little different with this layout. I used a large portion of the grid patterned paper and embellished it with my photos, journaling and embellishments.

Here's the layout I designed with Elle's exclusive June kit. It's a must have kit for anyone scrapbooking summer photos.

 

It goes perfectly with the Shine collection

Have a great Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Summer Bucket List Mini Album

Good Morning and Happy Thursday! After a very busy Wednesday I'm happy to be spending the day at home with my littles, cleaning, cooking, creating, and sneaking in a few minutes for a few snuggles and reading some stories. 
We're planning a nice quiet Summer; we'll be spending lots of time at home. Home with my little family is my favorite place to be.
Over Memorial Day weekend I created this mini album to document some of the things that the kiddos put on their Summer Bucket Lists. 

I let them each choose 10 things that cost little or no money and then when we have a lazy day at home we'll check a few of the items off of their lists and take some photos. 

I let them look at this list from thecraftingchicks.com


By the end of the summer they'll have an album completed with summer activities. 

I left lots of room for journaling because I want the kids to do the journaling. Now that most of them are old enough to write or even draw. I love hearing their side of the story.

I can't wait to read all the stories that will be in this little book. We don't do anything elaborate or fancy for Summer Vacation but we have a lot of fun and spend lots of time as a family.
What's your favorite family Summer activity?

Summer Cards from Simple Stories {Paper Issues}

Paper Issues has a new issue today "It's raining cats and dogs" Think: animals, pets, cats, dogs, trips to the zoo, spring showers, rain showers, summer showers.

The kit I got from Simple Stories was adorable. I loved working with it and there was so much in it die cuts, stickers, and even letter stickers. I created a layout, 3 cards, and a small pocket page spread and I still have a few bits left.

We're just a few days away from Summer Vacation. Every year my kids start a count down to the last day of school. Then on the first day of summer vacation I hear the phrase, "Mooooommmm, I'm bored...." We like to remedy our summer boredom with trips to the park. We love to have a picnic lunch with cousins and friends. The moms sit on a blanket in the shade with the tiny kids and keep an eye on the little ones. Right now we're longing for those days.
I created a layout with a photo that I took of my little guy at the park. I love his cheesy grin.

 

After creating the layout I created the 3 cards. Here are some details of the cards. I love that the little kit included letter stickers. It makes card making/sentiments so easy!

Are you ready for summer? 7 more days until summer vacation!!!

Wishing for Warmer Days

Even though it's been a very mild winter here, I'm still wishing for a little warmer weather! When I pulled out my scrapbooking supplies the other day I chose to scrapbook photos from this past summer using the new collections from Imaginisce.

 I created this one with the Welcome Spring collection.

 This project I created with the Perfect Vacation collection

I know most of the country is buried under a mountain of snow and freezing cold weather. Do you scrapbook summer photos in the middle of winter?

Thanks for stopping by today! :)