Pretty Pirate

As luck would have it, Renee got in two wearings of her Halloween costume this year! YAY! Her school was doing a Pirate Play this year for the Spring Concert. She got the part of Dalmation Beard in the Play. She had a couple of speaking parts and did a really great job! She also had the outfit to go with it! I was very impressed that I didn't have to go out and buy anything new! LOL! I did this one for a  sketch challenge at Frosted Designs. I am also going to enter it into the Lasting Memories Challenge where you had to use layers! Well, I have lots of layers of paper, ribbon, flowers and leaves, so I think that qualifies as layering!

Materials- Patterned Paper- My Minds Eye On the Bright Side, Cardstock- Bazzill, Flowers- Recollections and Unknown, Ribbon- Dollar Store, Brads- Bo Bunny, Cricut Storybook Cartridege for Title, Letter Stickers- Echo Park For the Record, Leaves- Recollections, Ink- Ranger-Tim Holtz

A New Year!

Big party people that we are, we celebrated New Year's this year in style! Tacky plastic leis, party hats, noise makers and of course, we poured our champagne/ sparkling juice in our best fancy paper cups to toast 2012! Chantal thought she was being funny and wore her party hat on her belly, so that baby-to-be could celebrate too! LOL!

A party wouldn't be complete without decorations, so we had to have that too! Renee decided that she should make a banner and get some balloons put up!

Well, it isn't all ritzy and glitzy, but it's US! We had a great time and there's really nothing better than hanging out with family and just enjoying these little moments in life! I did this layout for a challenge at Unique Crafters.  Their very first challenge is an anything goes, so you can do any kind of project you want. I'm also entering it into the Frosted Designs challenge which was to use numbers! Well, clocks have numbers!

Materials- Patterned Paper- Bo Bunny Timepiece, Chipboard Stickers and Combo Stickers- Bo Bunny Timepiece, Cardstock- Bazzill, Flowers- Prima, Distress Ink- Ranger ( Tim Holtz), Perfect Pearls Mist- Ranger, Rubons- Kaiser Craft, Brads- Making Memories,  Metal Embellishment- Bo Bunny Trinkets, American Craft- Thickers Alphabets, Leaves- Bazzill, Journal Pages- Bo Bunny Noteworthy

True Love

We all got together on Valentines Day for dinner and of course you know that Mom had to take some pictures. This is Chantal, Bryce, Laya and Aaron. I used the sketch from the challenge going on at Page Maps. I'm also going to enter it in the challenge going on at Frosted Designs. It is the Shape it Up challenge and you had to pick a geometric shape and use it 3 times on your layout. I chose a heart. Perfect for this Valentines layout. I also used the new Kissing Booth paper pack from Basic Grey! It's great for Valentines Day, but I also think it would be great for other kinds of layouts! Very versatile!

Materials- Patterned Paper- Basic Grey Kissing Booth, Element Stickers- Basic Grey Kissing Booth- Stickers- K&Company, Cardstock- Bazzill, Brads- Making Memories, Distress Ink- Tim Holtz, Punches- Martha Stewart, Liquid Pearls- Ranger, Tags- K&Company, Doily- Dollar Store, Glimmer Mist- Tattered Angels,  Perfect Pearls Mist- Ranger

Take Note

This is a layout I did of my future son-in-laws birthday. They had decided they wanted to try making something out of fondant and settled on the Muppet cupcakes. They turned out so cute! I used some Echo Park For the Record materials and did this one for a sketch over at Frosted Designs.

Materials- Echo Park For the Record Patterned Papers, Element Stickers, Alpha Stickers, Bazzill Basics Cardstock and Borders, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Buttons and Flowers Dollar Store, American Crafts Journalling Stickers