HAPPY

SO here I am back again!! It feels like forever since I have entered any challenges....3 months?
It has been a nightmare moving and I hope that I don't have to do this for a VERy long time!!!

I haven't scrapped much just because all my time has been taken to unpack the hundreds of boxes and find new homes for everything.  I got the second biggest bedroom in the house as a scrapbook room so I have been having lots of fun playing with that!!! Although I have to purge big time as I have already outgrown the room..... the kid's schools have been getting lots of boxes!

Anyway, as always I love the challenges over at Merly Impressions.

This month's can be found here: http://www.merlyimpressions.co.uk/blog/scrapbooking/february-2013-layout-challenge/

It's a great sketch which I had lots of fun playing with.  I have made only 3-4 layouts in 3 months so I am feeling a bit rusty getting back.  With my new room almost done I hope to start getting productive again!  One thing is for sure I have made a promise to myself to use my Cameo more.  I love it when I use it, but most of the time I am lazy... Here I used my Cameo to make the title!! That is a first for me!!!

For this I kept the tones to browns, yellows and whites.  I stamped the background with my favourite heart background stamp. Added a white and yellow doily and then just layered a few bits here and there. I wanted the feel to be quite homey as it's about my kids and my thoughts on motherhood (there is ALOT of journalling at the back) So I chose different things I had lying around that reminded me of home and just evoked cosy thoughts (doilies, wood veneer, sewn heart etc..)
The big sewn heart symoolizes me and the 3 little wooden ones are for my 3 kids

I then sprinkled some Heidi Swapp gold paint for the paint splashes and then added some heart confetti, wood veneer stars and some pearls

I was going to add a bit more here and there but then I wanted this one to be more simple than my usual ones just because I wanted the focus to be on the picture as its quite rare I get to take a pic with my kiddos!

I have more layouts on the way and I am just loving the fact that I can just leave everything out and come back to it the next day.  At my old place it took like 20 mins to pack everything away every evening so I am thrilled about that!!!

Thanks for looking!!!