Together is Where I Always Want to Be

I'm in love with this layout. It's rare that my husband and I get pictures, but we took a couple small trips last year and finally had some time together. I love getting a chance to scrap us!

I used various papers and embellishments from past Noel Mignon kits for this page. I created the page for a sketch challenge on the Facebook Group page SG Scrap Squad. I had tons of fun creating it!

Okay...I see the mistake in the title now. How did I not see the double "want" when I made the page? Who knows?!? The white alphas that spell Want have now been removed. I didn't feel like taking the photos again, to be honest, so just image it's gone. 

I used a set of phrase Thickers for the title, along with three different types of alphas. I love mixing alphas on layouts!

I added gold accents to the page to break up the blues and teals. I adore this acetate strip of gold arrows that I stitched down with my sewing machine. I pop-dotted the gold hearts on the page to give them dimension.

I love these colors! Blues, teals and whites are my colors. Beautiful! The doodling just kind of happened as I went. The page called for lots of straight lines, so I went with it. I also used Dyllusions White Spray Mist to add accents to the page.

I hand wrote my journaling on this little note card. I'm not always fond of my handwriting, but I think it's important to be on my pages now and again. 

And, the two of us "together", even if we are in separate pictures. I love how happy and relaxed we look.

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Christmas Clean-Up

I'm loving finding these older Christmas pictures. These pictures of my son cleaning up the pine needles from our Christmas tree were from 2009. He would have been five. Such a cute little man!

I created this layout for a challenge from a Facebook group called Sketchy Board Challenge. Each month they post a sketch and some inspiration. I don't always get a chance to participate, but I loved this months sketch. I knew I had the pictures that I wanted for it.

I used my Noel Mignon kit for this layout. I love her kits! The colors in the paper were just what I was looking for. I had this chipboard 'Christmas' in my stash for awhile. I painted it green, and then used some Ultra Thick Embossing Powder to add some shine and depth to it. 

After painting it I stamped it with a Versa Mark stamp to get the embossing powder to stick.

After heating it up, it melts and looks like this. I did the process twice to give it lots of shine.

This is the embossing powder I use. I found it at a scrapbooking show a few years ago. It's a big bottle, and it will last forever!

I framed the pictures with a Kelly Green cardstock to help them standout on the vanilla paper. The green went perfectly with the green and teal plaid paper.

I love typing my journaling in strips. It makes the journaling part of the design instead of detracting from it. 

I used a dropper and some Mr. Huey's color mist in 'Pickle' to create these splats of color on the page. Sometimes I have problems getting the splats to go just right, but these turned out perfect!

I used my sewing machine to add stitching to a few places on the page. After that, I attached  this adorable snowflake clip to the page by hand sewing it on. I added the title over the top of the stitching. If you look closely you can see some teal washi tape under the word 'Christmas'. I love all these layers!

Here's another look at the layers of goodness. I also used snowflake sequins and enamel dots to add detail to the page.

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Let it Snow!

I'm bringing you another Christmas layout today. I'm having a great time going through old pictures and getting them in my scrapbooks.

These are pictures of my beautiful daughter several years ago when we had a "blizzard" at our house. The snow was blowing like crazy, and we ended up with several inches by the time it was done. I was able to snap these pictures of my daughter and I love them!

Isn't she beautiful?!? And this was years ago. She's only gotten prettier throughout the years.

I created this page for a challenge from a Facebook group called My Scraps & More Challenges and Contests. The challenge was to use outdoor pictures. I used my Noel Mignon kit for this page. I loved that the teal papers and embellishments went so well with my daughter's coat. I used red as an accent to compliment of her lovely hat and scarf.

 I used two different kinds of alphas for the title. Both are Thickers, but one is puffy and one is glittery. Love! I love them both! I used this adorable red striped paper behind the pictures. Too cute!

The red striped papers had this adorable little blue bird in the corner. There was a branch on the paper, but I used a piece of this Tim Holtz holly branch trim that I had in my Noel Mignon kit. I adore how it turned out! Here you can see the date of the pictures; 2008. My daughter would have been 14 at the time. So long ago!

These rosettes are the star of the embellishments. So much cute! I added the wood veneer snowflakes for extra detail. To make them shine I used some ultra-thick embossing powder. I kept them natural so they wouldn't detract from the rest of the layout.

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