eleven

sniff. sniff. yep today is my Collin's 11th birthday... in some ways I can't believe he's 11 already, but in other ways I totally see it {you know, the attitude, becoming more & more independent...}.  

Collin...it's been an interesting year... you've changed in so many ways, but there are always those times where you still need us & I love those times when you just come up out of know where to give me a hug or tell me you love me, or hug your sister.  I hope those times don't end any time soon.  I know there are so many milestones that are fast approaching over the next few years & I'm trying to hold on to every last bit of you!  We love you so much Collin!  you are a great big brother & a wonderful kid.... happy birthday.  {omg dude... I can't believe you're eleven}

about the layout:

created this page with some great pictures of Collin I took when we went to adventureland earlier this week. I loved how they turned out... I'll always remember how truly happy he was that day.  

journaling reads: "loved this day with you... an early birthday trip to adventureland. so happy. so silly. so much fun. love you. 7.10."

papers: red & stripe: songbird avenue-chipper. grey dot: miss mint-hot mama. ticket: carina gardner-design house digital.  stitching & photocuts mask: carina gardner-two peas. celebrate parentheses: katie pertiet-designer digitals.  life is silly: ali edwards-designer digitals.

playing with free stuff...

just did up this layout with this little moment i caught lydie in a few weeks ago.  love finding pics like this. definitely one of those that warrants being by itself on a page.  this little girl is always taking everything in around her... journaling reads:

"crazy blonde hair. chipped polish. summer tan. lots of chatter. just another day watching you... trying to figure it all out." 7.10

so i thought i'd show you what i did with some freebie goodies from pugly pixel.  you can download them too... i can spend lots of time there drooling over her site :)

so i used the tape strips... super cool. love this look, especially on a clean layout like this

i used one of the little starburst medallions... lots of patterns

& used one of the shipping tags... {but i did recolor it a little}

font: splendid 66

patterned paper, "L" & polaroid frame: my designs

{robyn}

autumn forest

i'm proud to show you a glimpse of the product line autumn forest that's being released at cha summer + a layout I created with some of the papers & stickers from the line!  

did i mention that you can hop over to the reminisce blog all this week & post your comment under each release for your chance to win prize packs?  sounds like a good deal to me! + you get to see all the great releases we have coming your way soon!

reminisce making the grade

okay, so I'm a day behind {Meagan posted the sneak peek on the Reminisce blog yesterday}... but just wanted to let you all know about this great new school line from Reminisce!  tons of papers, amazing dimensionals & sticker sheets to get you from preschool to senior year!  

here's a layout I did with the goods...

{robyn}

new digital kit! hello summer fun

well here it is!  remember the blog post from yesterday?  I had to make up a paper kit with these fun colors & papers!  it's available in my etsy shop here!  i think it's a perfect compliment to any fun summer pictures, for cards, invitations or crafty projects!

have a fun friday:)

{robyn}