just a little piece of me

promises of what i seem to be
only watch the time go by
all of these things
you said to me....

[-LOVE-]
if you know me, you know this song has my heart and always will

xoxo
Leigh

WCMD - American Crafts

today is World Card Making Day. i hit my scrapbook room armed with a soy pumpkin spice frappucino this morning READY to make some cards. and i made 7. whoa.

my two favorites, HANDS DOWN, are these two- both are a mix of American Crafts Botanique and American Crafts Dear Lizzy Enchanted. Two of my FAVORITE collections they have EVER done- it was a blast to mix the two!

"The Early Bird.."

"Love from the Nest"


xoxo
Leigh

From the Heart

aaah. The Pink Ninjas challenges, how i love them so. when i saw the current prompt was "Playlist" i was STOKED bc as i have said many times before, song lyrics layouts are WHAT I DO.
i used my Studio Calico Sept add-on kit, "Open Pasture" which was completely perfect (multi-colored music note paper & all). i knew almost immediately i wanted to finally document THIS song, that really means alot to me, and document it in its entirety. and i love it.

thanks for looking!
xoxo
Leigh

Happy Apple Farm

last sunday, on a simply beautiful day, we took a trip to the cutest orchard in rural CO (just about an hour away) it was a perfect day- picking apples & berries in the warm sun- me snapping pictures like crazy ;)
i developed the photos immediately and spent this past week scrapping them *all*. 4 layouts for my/Js album, 4 for our sons album.

here are the ones of myself/J/the orchard itself





thanks for looking :)
XOXO
Leigh

Seasons of Change Blog Hop!

Pamela and the wonderful ladies over at my one my favorite scrapbook communites, Scrapbook Challenges, are hosting a fabulous Seasons of Change Blog Hop this labor day weekend. There are many talented ladies particpating in The Hop (including my good friends Jamie & Shannon) and MANY great prizes to be won so be sure to HOP ON IT!!

there is also a fab sketch just for the hop,


and here's my take on it:


i loved the clean lines of this sketch, & i really loved the "masculine" colors and products i pulled. it was a total blast to create :)
xoxo
Leigh

Homemade Lemonade

mmm! nothing says "Summer" around here like pitchers & pitchers of sweet homemade lemonade!
i did this layout for the current "House Week Challenge" at the American Crafts Studio Blog. The Dear Lizzy Springhouse chipboard lemon shapes were too perfect! and how about that glittery Dear Lizzy lemon perfectly matching those Thickers?! awesome! you all know how much I love matchy-matchy.

i used 100% American Crafts here:
- Spring Cardstock pack (yellows)
- Dear Lizzy "Friendly Fern" PP
- Backyard "Boing!" PP
- Dear Lizzy Springhouse chipboard shapes
- Dear Lizzy "Flutter" Remarks
- yellow glitter "Niki Riki" Thickers
- honey chipboard "Regards" Thickers

xoxo
Leigh

RAH! - The Pink Ninjas

yep. that is 9 year old me, in 4th grade cheerleading. i know- HAHAHAHA! thanks to the FAAAABULOUS Pink Ninjas and their "Play Ball!" prompt, i dug these classic photos out and got 'em scrapped. which is keeping with my new years resolution to scrap more of my childhood/school years as well. it was really fun to remember my favorite memories of the squad, and document it all :) its the best feeling in the world to capture moments like this :)
xoxo
Leigh