I've been working on finishing up some pages I started (my to-finish page is huge!), and I posted today about getting out of a scrapbooking rut and making scraplifting your own:
http://www.thingsthatshine.com/2015/07/ ... g-rut.html

I finished up a layout recently and posted it on my blog, along with 5 tips to making a layered layout:
http://www.thingsthatshine.com/2015/07/ ... -your.html

haha, so funny! LOVE it!

You could write your title like it's really long journalling.. or I guess, write a very short piece of journalling as your title. Like these pages I did: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q0-YUAEXPVw/Uc4AGAYcrlI/AAAAAAAALVI/D4sH9XZ8mEg/s640/likethesoundofjoy_00.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XGG481wS4gU/UQv7...

Really cute! I think they look great they way they are!
 

Glitz Design, Bella Blvd, and K&Co/Smash, and Martha Stewart are not like real washi tapes -- they are paper tapes, like the tapes from  Heidi Swapp and 7gyspies that were popular around 2006-2008 or so. These brands are not translucent like real washi tape is, they are thicker, have a shiny fin...

Awesome page!! I really like the colours you used, especially when paired with white. 

I don't think people really do want those jobs or want to pay more money for our supplies.... because I know around here manufacturing jobs can't be filled. Same thing with fruit picking or working in a greenhouse -- people from here don't want those jobs, so they hire migrant workers. BTW, Heidi Sw...

Love the idea of sticking with greens and blues! If you are going to include it with other layouts from the same night/Christmas, you could probably add in some red, silver, or gold. Stars and trees would probably be great for embellishments, too. 

cort wrote:the only problem you had was that they were falling all over the place and needed organized..  the number that you have isn't the problem..LOL

I like the way you think!

My kids used to have a model of Fat Albert, the Blue Angels support plane.  The box it came in had giant lettering all squished together like this:  FATALBERT and I thought is said FATAL BERT.  I felt so dumb when I found out differently. Hilarious!!! Too funny about the bummer-summer. It does look...

Very nice!!! I like your blog design and the clean, spacious feel to it. Great projects, too!
 

Oh, no! That is really frustrating!! I've had that happen before (not here) and it is so discouraging. Shopping is so much WORK!

my tub of mini/small letter stickers was a MESS..so tonight I sorted them out by brand etc and put them away organized................I have *cough cough* 320+ sheets of mini/small alphas........ekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Oh, WOW!!! Love it. Those tiny letters are super usef...

Wow, you really put that paper to good use! I am impressed!

I am pretty sure the only time I've ever used a whole sheet of patterned paper is when I've used the whole piece as a layout background.

Maybe she meant your room was well laid out. haha.
 

So so tempting!! I love a sale. Need to go look at my basket and remember all of the awesome stuff I just have to have. 

Wow, that is a great storage piece! 

That is a big step! I think if you aren't taking the boxes out and opening them, then moving the cards to a more accessible storage solution was a very smart move!

I break it all up! I keep like embellishments with like -- die cuts together, brads together, enamel dots together, etc. And then I sort almost all of my paper by company. I don't sort by individual collection. I found it much easier to store everything this way (separated) as it was more space effi...