Adventure

I love scrapping pictures of my daughter and her family. These pictures are of my daughter, her husband, and my granddaughter at the park. So sweet!

Most of the papers for this page came from the Echo Park Hugs &Kisses collection. I love the pinks and reds!  

I used a sketch from Sketch~N~Scrap for this layout. I changed it up a bit and added an extra picture.

I love using flair on my on my pages. This piece of flair has been in my stash for awhile. I'm glad I was able to use it. I also used gold rub-ons from Jubilee all over the page. Lots of fun to work with!

I thought about adding mist, or doodles to this white space, but in the end I decided to leave the white to give the eyes a break; a resting place. I used gold ink to edge all my papers, and I also used it to stamp the date in the page.

I adore these little crochet hearts. So cute! I also added a gold rub-on heart, some little confetti hearts, and some gold enamel hearts. Lots of fun in a little corner of the page!  

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So Awesome

 Oh man, I love this little face! This is my adorable son, William. How cute is he? He's ten-years-old, but he still loves to spend time with me cuddling and talking. I adore him so much! I took this picture of him a few months ago. I love the little freckles that you can see across the bridge of his nose. Too cute!

I created this layout for a challenge from The Studio Challenges. I loved the simple sketch that allowed me some freedom, yet gave some great guidelines. 

I used Echo Parks Jack and Jill Boy collection for this layout. I love the oranges and blues together. I used what looks like several layers of paper, but really only used two full layers, and then used little pieces of paper around the edges. I inked all the edges with Quick Quotes chalk ink in Orange Slice. I used a white Uniball pen to outline some of the layers, and a Zig Writer in navy for some others. Lots of little details in this simple layout. I used a set of Thickers with blue glitter. Fun!

I used Heidi Swapp Color Shine in both navy and peach for this page. I took the cap off and just tapped it to disperse the ink o the page. I used different circle embellishments from the Jack and Jill line to add fun elements to the page. I love how simple this page is. It allows my son's adorable face to be the star of the page. Perfect!

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Love This Boy

Good Saturday morning everyone! Today I'm finally getting a chance to load some layouts I recently finished. I'm still working through my son's first year pictures. This layout is one of my son when he was about 10 months old. Don't you just love watching babies sleep?

I used Echo Park's Jack and Jill collection for this layout. The "boy" colors are perfect for layouts of my son. I used sketch #120 from Let's Capture Our Memories to create this page. I loved the simple sketch that allowed me some freedom, while giving some great guidelines.

I used washi tape, rub-ons, die-cuts, a tag, enamel dots, and some stickers, but they didn't overwhelm the page. Just some simple elements to compliment the simple picture.

I'm loving Queen & Company's new titles! This was so simple to adhere. No muss, no fuss. It's perfect!

I've learned to journal on all of my layouts even though I really don't like my handwriting. Sometimes I type my journaling, and sometimes I handwrite it. I'm always nervous putting pen to paper. This drawn guidelines helped me to keep the journaling straight.

I hope you enjoyed my layout. I had a great time making it. Please leave me some blog love and let me know your thoughts. Thank you!

Welcome Home Little Man

I'm working my way through all the left-over photos from my son's first year. It's so much fun to remember what he was like when he was tiny. So adorable! These were pictures of my son the day he came home from the hospital. He was just a day old. 

I used the Echo Park Jack and Jill Boy collection for this layout. I added the yellow paper from my sketch. I love the "boy" colors.

The sketch for this layout came from ScrapMuch?.  It reminds me of a Laura Whitaker sketch even though it's not tagged as one of hers. I love it's simplicity with the ability to add more to make it your own. I stayed pretty true to the sketch, but I used three photos instead of two. I had to get the pictures of my little guy's face, hands, and feet on the layout. He was just so cute!

Once again, I used two different alphas on this layout; puffy, glitter Thickers, and simple yellow block letters. I created a little embellishment cluster to draw the eye to the picture of my son's feet. I love how tiny they were! I used a heart paperclip, and various scrap stash. 

To get the circles on the background I traced a plate using a pen to make stitch marks. I created another embellishment cluster to cover up a bright green cup that was in the background of my photos. I really detracted from the subject; my son. I love how the embellishments add to the layout and doesn't detract from it.

I adore this little sticker. It was perfect for this layout. My boy stole my heart the moment I saw him! 

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**This layout was featured at Scrap Much? on April 16, 2015. Thank you Scrap Much?!

Hold Your Hats Boys, This Swing is Flying

It's been awhile since I've had a chance to post some layouts to my blog. I'm loving this layout of my son when he was tiny. I'm determined to get his first year scrapbook completely done!

I used a sketch challenge for this layout, but I didn't get it done in time, so I never submitted it to the site. Now I can't even remember what site the sketch was from! My memory seems to be in overload. But, the layout turned out awesome, so I'm happy anyway.

The layout is pretty simple. I wrote my journaling down the edges of the blue paper. I like that it makes it look like an accent instead of detracting from the layout.

I used Echo Parks Jack and Jill Boy collection for this layout. As soon as I saw the airplane papers I knew I wanted to scrap these pictures. The reds and blues are perfect "boy" papers.

Using multiple alphas is one of my favorite things to do. This long title allowed for three different alphas. So much fun! 

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Knights in Cloth Armor

It's fall again, which means it's time for Halloween pictures. I love that my son still wants to dress up. He was a knight a few years in a row, but he loved it so much that it made me smile. My wonderful husband had an awesome knight costume too, so my boys got to be knights together.

I used Echo Park's Arsenic and Lace line to do this layout. I love the papers! I used Sketch 415 from Scrapbook Challenges, but I turned it in its side. I love having the ability to play with sketches.

I used the embellishments that came with the kit to add depth to the page. I also used three different types of Thickers. I'm an alpha nut!

You just hav to love the that grin!

I added sequins to the page to add bling, but not let it be too 'girly'. 

Thank you for taking a look at my page. Please let me know your thoughts if you can. Happy Halloween!