Trying Solid Foods

Good morning everyone. It's been a long time since I've done a two-page layout, so this one was a bit difficult for me to do. But, I found a great sketch by one of my favorite sketch designers, and I had way too many pictures to fit on a one-page layout, so I went for it.

I used a sketch from Scrap Much? that was designed by Laura Whitaker. I adore her sketches and just can't resist working with them. I used papers from my Noel Mignon kit for this page as well.

I covered chipboard stars in chalk ink, then used a Versa Mark stamp on them. I then sprinkled them with ultra-thick embossing powder and heated them up. They have great color and shine.

I'm a big fan of using multiple types of alphas on my layouts. I have plenty to choose from, that's for sure!

Isn't that face adorable?

These stars made perfect, simple accents.

I hope you enjoyed looking over my layout. I enjoy getting the chance to do a two-page layout once in awhile, but overall, I'm good with going back to one-pagers. It's difficult to make the pages flow the way I want. I like how this one turned out those. Please leave me your thoughts. Thanks!

Sweet Dreams

I'm having fun going through my son's old photos and finally scrapping them. It's good to remember how little and adorable he was.

I used one of my Noel Mignon kits for this layout. The papers were from the summer kit. It was fun to be able to use them for non summer pictures. I added embellishments from my stash, white mist from Dyllusions, white chalk ink from Quick Quotes, and a white Signo pen for accents.

The sketch I used for this layout is from Stuck?! Sketches. It's another Laura Whitaker sketch, which I love! Her sketches allow people to have some guidelines without being stuck (see what I did there?) within a set of parameters. I love her sketches!

I used a dropper to add some big drops of the Dyllusions white ink to the page. The dropper makes it easier to control the ink and the splashes.

I love using flair as embellishments. To create these subtle circles I freehand drew them with a glue pen, then sprinkled clear embossing powder over them. I like the effect a lot.

These Thickers are so much fun! The stitching effect inspired the "stitching" I added to the page with the white pen. I wish I had another set of these Thickers!

I used the last of my Jillibean buttons on this layout. I adore them! I may have to get some more. Again, I created a subtle circle with glue and embossing powder.

Thank you for looking at my layout. Please leave me some blog love and let me know your thoughts. Thanks!