Laya's Birthday

This layout is going into Laya's album. It's some family photos from her birthday. I used a sketch from Sketchabilities to do this one. I'm also entering it into a few other challenges. Scrapfit had a challenge to use a doily on your layout and it worked perfectly with this sketch. Unique Crafters had a challenge to use ribbons on your layout and I incorporated some little ribbon bows into my flowers. The Paper Variety had a challenge to use handmade flowers on your layout. I made some little rolled flowers as well as made some flowers out of the patterned paper and then added another flower to the center of these. I used an older line of Crate paper. Love using up some of my stash!

Materials- Patterned Paper- Crate Paper Cottage Collection, Cardstock- Bazzill, Punches- Martha Stewart, Liquid Pearls- Ranger, Stickers- Crate paper Cottage Collection, Flowers- iamroses, Ribbon- Dollar Store, Ink- Ranger Tim Holtz

I Heart You All

Ok, well what you see here is the product of my madness! LOL! Every so often, I get this weird idea in my head that I need to learn/do something different. I kept thinking about the challenge at Scrap Our Stash, It was the February Leap challenge. I thought I should take a leap and try something new. So I found some very lovely flowers to make on the Bo Bunny blog and tried them out. They turned out pretty darned cute if I might say so myself! LOL! I was looking through my drawers and found all this glitter I had bought ( heaven only knows why) and thought maybe I should use that. Needless to say, I'm absolutely covered in pink and green glitter right now and so is everything else that I touch!  I brought out the stickles ( another thing I thought I should have and didn't know why). All the mists, Perfect pearls and inks etc. all came out. These are all things that I don't use all that often, yet have tons of. I just may have to start, on occassion, getting some use out of them. I also had a Martha Stewart vine punch that I had bought last year and never used, so I tried that out and quite liked it too.  I knew I wanted to scrap these wedding photos from my nieces wedding. The challenge at The Paper Variety was a photo prompt and in it the girl was holding a box with an engagement ring. Perfect fit with this challenge! Then of course, I needed a sketch because well, I love sketches. :) I found one that fit my photos at Scrappy Sketches. Last, but not least, off to find a title and again a perfect fit was found at Bird is the Word where the challenge word for  February is Heart! So there you have it! It's fun to try something new once in awhile!

Materials, Patterned Paper- Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue, Cardstock- Bazzill, Pink Paislee -Ephemera, Mistables ( Resist Alphabets, Scallop Ribbons, Die Cut Tags), Brads- PInk Paislee, Michaels,  Glitter- Martha Stewart,  Doily- Dollarstore,  Stickles and Ink- Ranger, Tattered Angels- Mist,  Perfect Pearls Mist- Ranger,  Chipboard- Maya Road, Small Alphabet Stickers- Echo Park- For the Record

Naughty or Nice?

Renee was very excited when she saw this little make up bag filled with some beauty products. My little girl is growing up. This year, she didn't want toys. She wanted clothes, jewellery and make up. I still think she's abit young for the make up, but I have to accept the fact that she's getting older.   I did this layout based on a sketch from Creative Scrappers. It is sketch # 191. I'm also entering it in the Paper Variety challenge. The challenge was to use fanfold embellishments. I'm not even going to get into the issues I had making these, but let's just say it was a comedy of errors. Originally the one at the bottom was supposed to be on the other side, but when I glued it and turned it over, I saw the pretty pattern that I was going to cover up. I quickly tried getting all the hot glue off so that I could turn it around to show the pattern. My fingers are still sore! LOL!

Materials- Echo Park Seasons Greetings Patterned Paper and Element Stickers, Twinery Baker's Twine, Buttons ( Dollar Store), Bazzill Cardstock

Spring is in the Air

I did this layout for a challenge at The Paper Variety.  It was an Anything Goes project, so didn't have to be of a Christmas nature. Can you tell that I'm waiting for Winter to be over and it's barely even started here? I'm already longing for the sun and warmer days of Spring! This is Renee and Noah at the lake last Spring. They were getting some Pussy Willows for the house. Noah was very impressed with the soft little parts and kept wanting to "pet" them!


Materials- Bazzill Cardstock, Martha Stewart Botanical Paper Pad, Twinery Bakers Twine, Gems and Pearls (Dollarama), Prima Resistant Canvas, Tim Holtz Distress Stain (Peeled Paint) and Distress Ink, Liquid Pearls ( White Opal), Maya Road Sheers, Kurio Chipboard Letters, Prima Flowers, Perfect Pearls Mist, American Crafts Rub ons, Making Memories Brads, Gelly Roll white pen,

My Girl

During the summer I was figuring out how to use my camera and I took some photos of Renee. She's always a willing subject! LOL! I used some really old papers from my stash from Heidi Grace. I've had them for years. The letters were kind of an accident, but I still like how they turned out. I had some white chipboard alphabets and decided to paint them with Glimmer Glaze, but it was kind of copper and didn't really match, so I then chalked over them with a purple. IRL they kind of sparkle, which is cute. I did this following a sketch from The Paper Variety. I turned it around a bit and instead of 4 pictures, did just 2!

Gingerbread Men

Laya and Renee wanted to make some Gingerbread Men before Christmas. I used some of my Basic Grey Jovial line for this one. It was done for a challenge at The Paper Variety. They had a really fun sketch, so I decided to give it a try.

Wonder

There is nothing better than a baby sitting under a Christmas tree playing with ornaments. Even though this was technically Noah's second Christmas, he really wasn't aware last year of anything. This year however, he was fascinated by all the decorations and of course wanted to touch each and every one of them. I sat and watched him for hours as he discovered all the wonders of Christmas and then I had to put everything back where it belonged! LOL! I did this one for a challenge at The Paper Variety. The challenge was to use snowflakes on your project. Easy to do this time around!

La Famille

My Moonrise Collection has really come in handy for all these Fall photos! This is my Sister and her Family on Thanksgiving of this year. I did this LO for a challenge at The Paper Variety. The challenge was a 123 challenge. You have to use one color of paint or mist. Use 2 flowers or diecuts and at least 3 patterned papers. I think I've covered it all!