Zoe Layout-Second Try:)

I just finished this layout and I couldn't be more pleased with it!  I love how it turned out.

I am excited to be entering this into a contest over at page maps.  There is a sketch that we can basically do whatever we want with.  I'm not super creative so I pretty much stuck to what was shown.

I picked up this gorgeous paper at Winners the other day.  It's called "Follow Your Heart" from My Mind's Eye.  I've been having all kinds of luck there when it comes to paper lately!  The layered flowers and 'beautiful life' sticker are from a paper set called "Serenade" from Basic Gray.  I thought they matched very nicely.  The pink lace, buttons, and Opaque Pearls are from CTMH.  The burlap string is also from Winners.  I think it's American Craft.

I think this is going to be one of my favourite layouts ever!

Thanks for looking-now that you could- and have a great day!

Family Picture

Good Morning!

As I'm sitting here having chocolate cake and coffee for breakfast, I want to share with you our newest family picture.  My darling sister-in-law took this picture for us at beautiful Bridal Falls on Labour Day this year.  Didn't she do a good job?  We love it.

 

 

I've been decorating our family pictures like this for a couple of years now, and I have to say that I never thought I would have paper-crafted decor in my house, but I love how they've turned out!

 

Here's a close-up of the embellishment:

 

It took me 2 hours to decide what paper to use for this project.  Then I was finished in less than one hour:)  I used CTMH barnboard paper for the background (2 sheets).  It's from the Dakota Paper Pack.  The blue and green paper is called  Welcome Home from BoBunny.  The adorable banner is from a paper line called Serenade by Basic Grey.  The cardstock is just some random textured that I had layin' around.  I like to distress all my edges using the Edge Distresser from CTMH.  It just adds to it:)

 

The embellishment cluster constists of: Opaques Flourishes and pin clips from CTMH and a burlap flower from Prima Marketing.

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

 

Sean's Favourites- Board Book

Hi, all.  I've been sitting here feeling guilty because I haven't posted anything lately, so I thought I should at least say hi to let you all know that I'm still around (no baby yet:))  Then as I was going through my pictures just now I came upon an awesome project that I made a couple of years ago.  It's still one of my favourites, too.  This here is an old board book that was falling apart at the seams-literally.  I thought it would make a cute showcase for my son's favourite things.

I used an 8" board book and some old paper from Close to my Heart

I found the S at our local paper store.

Ribbon, buttons and hemp are also from CTMH.

I think he was 3 when I put this together.  His favourite activity was/still is puzzling.

His best friend was Rwar(his trusted teddy).

He also enjoys reading and playing with his buddies.

Sean loves/d to line up his animals on the table and have baths with his sisters:)

His favourite footwear is/was his crocs and morning just wouldn't be morning without Chocolate milk and a cookie:)

If you're wondering what kind of glue could keep a project like this together, I used Zip Dry Paper Glue and so far it's stayed together very well.

Thanks for looking and have a great day further!

Stella and Courtney

Here is the second layout I did at my mom's the other day:

For this layout I used the Stella Paper Pack, Trinity Stamp Set, Stella Compliments-Canvas Shapes, Baker's Twine-Paradise Assortment and Cocoa Ink.  The layout is a sketch I found online-sorry, I can't remember where right now... Enjoy!  Thanks for looking:)

Pemberley Layout

Good Afternoon!  I hope you've had a good day so far!  I have, although I think I worked too hard this mornin' and now have the sore body to prove it:)  Only 4 weeks to go though, so I need to whip this place into shape.  I think I may be nesting a little! 

Anyways, we spent a day scrapbooking at my mom's this week and I wanted to share with you a layout that I made.  I knew when I took these pictures that I needed red and blue paper to go with them.  I was so happy to see the Pemberley paper in the new idea book and decided to pair it with some tulip cardstock.  How do you like it?

I'm not sure why the pictures are showing up a little blurry on here...must be because I cropped them a bit before I posted.  Oh, well......

Materials used: all CTMH
Paper: Pemberley Paper Pack, Tulip cardstock, White Daisy cardstock
Stamps: Trinity Alphabet
Ink: Black
Embellishments: Pemberley Zipstrip, Outdoor Denim Bigger Brads, Just Blooms-Spring Blossom

This layout is from the Cruisin' WOTG on page 61 of the 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book.  I altered the measurements to fit my pictures.  My pictures on the left page are 3 x 3"-to give you an idea if you want to give this a try.  If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me:)  Have a good one!

Victory Layout

Here is a layout I did last night using the Victory Paper Pack.  The plaid paper in this pack is fast becoming a favourite.

Materials used: (all CTMH)

Paper- Victory Paper Pack

Stamps- Keepsake Alphabet, Victory WOTG, Free Spirit

Ink- Olive, Outdoor Denim, Barn Red

Embellishments- pewter brads, Durables Square Studs

Elemental Layout

Hey, all!  I hope you've all had a good Christmas with friends and family.  I sure did!  I just wanted to quickly share with you a simple layout I made of my son.  I've been wanting to scrap these photos for some time, now, and I couldn't believe how little time to took to put this layout together!

I'm not so good at taking pictures of my artwork, yet:)

Materials used:
Paper- Elemental (Close to my Heart), Navy and yellow textured cardstock, Lagoon cardstock
            (CTMH)
Stamps- A Typeface (CTMH)
Inks- Lagoon (CTMH)
Embellishments- Milepost Shapes, Colonial White Grosgrain, Lagoon Brads, pin clips (all CTMH).

Thanks for looking and have a Happy New Year!