#StoryOfMyLife...is running behind! Last month (okay...LAST YEAR) I was paired up the one and only, most amazing, CJ's Corner Scraps for a Renea Bouquets scrapbook.com oversized tag swap!
I was so excited! Let me tell the backstory that begins back in May 2019...there I was, no *bleep* no lie, working the Great Arkansas River Flood of 2019 (also known as the "One Where It Didn't Rain"). I am a spokesperson for my state's emergency management and homeland security agency, and as a one person show, I was a little busy doing on-air interviews, hauling news media around to the places where water was (that it shouldn't have been), trying to keep my sanity, etc. One day, CJ messaged me on FB and asked "Did I see you on the news today?". I responded yes, and she was excited...not because she saw and recognized me...but because her husband didn't believe one of her scrapbook friends was the same person on tv! 😂😂😂
Then we finally were paired up! I originally felt a little down because I had always hoped that when we were finally paired up it would be a peaceful, "slow" month and we could meet up to exchange. Luckily, the cards and the stars were in our favor! We managed to meet halfway and had a great day exchanging cards, tags, and making new memories (still have some $$$ on my wine card!)
However, since I didn't mail the tag out, and since I moved my brother 6 states away the next day, I'm just getting around to posting these!
So, without further ado:
I used plenty of Renea products on here. I love vintage winter and so many of Renea's products are so pure vintage and so pure yummy! I have a few stashes that I don't let intermingle with my other scraps...two of those are Christmas and Vintage Winter. In case you're wondering, regular winter has a visible location on my Clip It Up...
However, even though I keep my vintage winter locked up for most of the year (it makes it seem like a new gift every year), I always tend to dig around and find other vintage items to use, such as the ket in the picture below. If you've never met me, you might not know that I have a huge obsession with enjoy using tons of flower clusters on my projects. Some of the red poinsettias are Renea's. The gold ribbon and the white lace are Hobby Lobby specials (I think).
Below, more lace, more leftovers from previous vintage winter kits and vintage winter finds. The chipboard snowflakes had actually been in my "regular" winter location for a bit, but they fit in perfectly here!
Finally, some of Renea's beautiful printed Beautiful Board layered onto some "snowish" colored mosaic tiles and this card was good to go!
There you have it! I hope you enjoyed the pictures! And I can't wait to be paired back up with CJ...or just meet up for another afternoon of fun!!! 💓💓💓
Xoxo, Mel
