small wonder

Here is another layout that I recently found when I was unpacking.  I had nearly forgotten about it!

This photo of my daughter, now age 13, was taken about 12 years ago.  I think this layout is one of my favorites -- I love those pinwheels!

All of the patterned paper on this layout is Bella Blvd.  The alphas are as well.

The tape (directly underneath the photo) is an older product by Pink Paislee.  Still love that stuff!  I pleated it and stitched right through it.

The buttons are from my stash -- I have a huge stash of buttons.  The doily is just a plain ol' doily that I bought in the baking aisle of a craft store.

I made the banner by cutting teeny little triangles out of Bazzill cardstock. 

Don't you just love those little pinwheels?  And they are so easy to make!  I'll probably be making more of those in the very near future. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope to see you again next time.

my girl

Last week I put together a layout for the first time since moving into our new home.  It felt so good.  I didn't use my paper trimmer for the challenge over at Noel Mignon.  And I used the sketch over at Elle's Studio.

*Edited to add:  I'm sorry that the photos look blurry and/or pixilated.  I understand that blogger is having some issues with this lately.  The photos look fine on my computer (before uploading to blogger). I'll see what I can do to fix this. Thank you!

October Afternoon's Sidewalk collection is one of my most favorite recent collections and it was so fun to finally use it in a layout!  I've been using it exclusively in my Project Life pages, but this is different because I can use the bulky items -- which I love!

Loving the My Mind's Eye Wood Banners!  I can imagine using these in all of my projects.

 

I used some Elle's Studio tags and I really need to replenish my supply!  Their tags are so fab!

For the title, I used Pink Paislee's Wood Shop in Timber and Making Memories Mini Shimmer Alphas.

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beautiful

This is the first of my newly found layouts to share with you.

{I mentioned previously that I had found some layouts that were kind of forgotten until I unpacked my scrapbooks in our new home.}

This photo of my daughter was taken 5-6 years ago and I finally got around to using it.  It was a favorite of mine and I actually had it printed right after I shot it, just never scrapbooked it.  ((shame shame))

I love that Martha Stewart butterfly punch!  I probably use that one more than any of my other punches and it never gets old. 

All of the patterned papers in the project are of Bella Blvd's Socialite, Lovey Dovey, and Hello Beautiful lines.  The letter stickers are from that line, as well

Other embellishments include:
Martha Stewart Doilies
Distress Stickles - Worn Lipstick
Martha Stewart Tinsel Glitter - Turquoise
K & Co.  pillow stickers
Prima flower
Maya Road Leaf Trinket Pin
Martha Stewart border punches - double scallop and doily lace
Bazzill cardstock

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope to see you again soon!  ((wave))

new projects + photos

Lately, I have been on a mission to try my hardest to keep my blog updated.  One of my goals in doing this is to take better photographs of some of my projects.  Last week I started doing just that... although I am far from done.

These are all just little sneak peaks because I didn't want to inundate my readers with too many photos of many different project in one post.  So I thought I would just share a little snippet of each of the projects today. 

Within the next week or so I will be updating my gallery page here on my blog.  I'm excited to do this as there are quite a few projects that I've never shared before.

These three photos above are all projects never before seen.  They've sort of been hidden away and I rediscovered them when I was unpacking all of my crafty supplies and scrapbooks.  And I'm so glad I did! 

Please stay tuned... there should be more photos coming soon! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I'll see you next time.  ((wave))

tantrum

As mentioned in a previous post, I finally finished a layout! It's been a long while since I've actually done some layout work, so it felt really nice to complete one.

These photos have been printed up for nearly a year waiting to be used. And they were actually taken four years ago in 2007. Yikes!

It felt a little strange doing a layout again (even though I love doing them) and so this layout didn't come together all that smoothly. Even still, it feels as though it's missing something.

This was the first time I used acrylic paint on a layout (besides using it on an embellishment). I used Ranger's Adirondack Paint Dabber in Pitch Black to "ink" all the edges of my papers and some of the embellishments. Having acrylic paint in a dabber makes it so easy to apply paint... I guess that's the point! ::laugh:: I really don't think I would have used paint in this manner if I didn't have it readily available in a dabber.

The following embellishment was created by layering different elements together. I started with some Tim Holtz tissue tape (I changed the color with Distress Ink), added a starbust punched shape, followed by a Tim Holtz gear, a punched star, a Tim Holtz game spinner, and finally a brad to hold it all together. Then I trimmed the tape with some pinking sheers.

This was the first time I tried splattering paint on any of my projects. Maybe a layout wasn't the best place to do this for the very first time? It was a lot harder than I had anticipated. Perhaps because I wanted the splatter in specific places... not sure.

The splattering didn't turn out exactly as I had planned, but I'm OK with that.

I'm definitely loving those American Crafts Thickers and I think my supply of those needs to grow significantly. ::laugh::

Something that I learned through the process of creating this layout, having it be so difficult for it to come together, and me not being entirely happy with it is this: I love this process and it's really OK if it doesn't turn out the way I had planned. Hopefully this message will stick with me.

The patterned papers I used in this layout came from several collection of Sassafras and Bo Bunny's Block Party collection. The cardstock is Bazzill.

life is sweet ... yes it is

The theme over at Paper Issues now through July 30th is Life is Sweet. I am so excited over this theme. I love scrappy things that are sweet-themed: ice cream, cupcakes, fruit, popsicles, the list goes on.

Here is my sweet layout, Lunch is Served (a layout of my little guy eating strawberries):

Fantastic projects have been linked up so far! Here a just a few of my favorites:

Melissa's Happy Shabby 4th Album



Lowri's Springtime Cupcake Flowers



Chris' Cherry Garcia layout



Cathy D's Birthday Card

Joanna's Ice Cream Card and Gift Bag

Don't forget to link up your project before the 30th.

Remember, your project doesn't have to be new to be linked up at our party. You can link up to older projects as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you next time!

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