Feeding Time

Awwwww...I adore this picture! This was my daughter in 1999; she was five. She's now twenty, and even though she's now beautiful, I love pictures of her at this age. 

We try to go to the zoo every summer. Crystyl loved the goats. She had to feed them whenever we went. For this layout I chose to use just one picture because it was all that was needed. I used lots of layers of papers that I had in my stash, and embellishments that had been sitting around for awhile. For once, I didn't use a sketch. I just created as I went. It was a little nerve racking, and freeing at the same time. Lots of fun!

This little word phrase is from Heidi Swapp. I love her embellishments! The little flowers are from her same line. 

I'm learning to love to write on my layouts. It's taken me awhile, but I'm starting to be less critical of my handwriting. I think it's important to write on my layouts so my children will see that piece of me.

These corrugated Thickers are awesome! I love the sweet detail they add to the layout.

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Loving the Veggie Soup

I had so much fun making this layout; and it just seemed to go together so quick! The pictures are just adorable, and I love the colors of the papers.

The pictures with the bowl on my sons face are my favorite! He really liked the soup. 

I only needed a little bit of journaling. The title and pictures spoke for themselves. I absolutely love my son's little face!

Flags, banners, enamel dots, and brads...oh my! Layered right under yellow glitter Thickers....wow! This corner just makes me happy.

I added this little cluster of embellishments to draw your eye to these adorable little photos. Plus, I just love groupings of embellishments.

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Love You Always

This layout was inspired by a Facebook friend who found a Pinterest layout and challenged me to scraplift it. I'm so glad she did, because this layout was fun!

These are pictures of my husband reading to our granddaughter for the first time. This was a very special time for him (I'm pretty sure he cried). I love that I was able to capture it on film. 

This little grouping of flags and embellishments draws the eye to the photos. I love all the happy colors, too!

The title is made from Heidi Swapp phrases. I normally use chunky letters for titles, but I really liked the simple, pretty words.

I wanted to frame out both pictures, but I didn't want two glitter frames. So, I created a frame out of pink polka dot paper for the second photo. I love the effect.

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Darling

Scrapping pictures of my daughter and granddaughter makes me happy. They are so adorable! Add in beautiful paper and embellishments and I'm in love!

I created this layout weeks ago, but just finally got a chance to post it. I love the simplicity of it, but that it has such beautiful paper from my Noel Mignon kit.

Thickers are one of my favorite scrapping embellishments. I love these phrase Thickers!

One of my favorite things about this layout is that my dad made these heart embellishments for me. I showed him a few that I had in a kit and he went downstairs for about five minutes, came back up, and handed me about thirty hearts in different styles. How awesome! 

Seem aren't these girls adorable? And the papers? Yummy!

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Pup Pup!

Good afternoon everyone! It's been a long time since I posted here on my blog. The life of a school teacher in late August and Early September is crazy! Today I'm posting some layouts that I did while on vacation in early August. It's nice to finally get a chance to show them off.

I love pictures of my son when he was so little. Such a cutie! My dad gave William this stuffed dog, and right away he named him Pup Pup. 

These corrugated Thickers are so much fun! I used a little cluster of enamel dots, wooden hearts and brads to draw attention to the title.

These little accent cards worked perfect with the layout. Again, I added more embellishments clusters. They really draw the eye to the pictures.

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Lego KidsFest

Good morning everyone! Today I'm revealing my layout for this month's challenge on ScrapStuffz "Inspired by" Challenges. 

This month we changed things up a bit and we have a wonderful sketch to work with.

Stacia also challenged the Design Team members to use one of her awesome cuts from her shop, ScrapStuffz. After looking through all her cuts I found this Lego KidsFest one she made and knew it would be perfect! Stacia makes these all herself, and can design just about anything you need. And, they are beautifully done. I was so excited when I got my piece to play with.

Look at all those Legos! We had so much fun playing at Lego KidsFest.

See how awesome the die cut is!?! I love it! Instead of the honeycomb in the sketch I used scraps of Lego paper I had in my stash. I cut out the individual bricks and used them around the layout. So much fun!

You still have a few days left to enter this challenge (enter by August 31st), so head on over and get started! The sketch us so much fun to play with. You will also need to include a die cut; either one of Stacia's or one that you create or have. It's time to pull out those cutting machines! 

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The Blue Cast

Good morning! Today I'm revealing my Design Team layout for the August Challenge for Three or More. This is our second challenge, and it's a fun one! The challenge? Use pockets on your layout. I chose to create my own pockets. I created "Shaker Pockets" using Polaroid frames and acetate. I filled them with seed beads, sequins, wood veneers, and other scrappy goodies. I had a lot of fun making them! 

The pictures I chose to use are from 2003. My daughter is now nearly 20. I love looking through my old photos. I remember the story like it was yesterday. I love the details the journaling added to my page.

My daughter was such a crazy little kid. I love her goofiness.

Of course the word "blue" had to be in blue Thickers. I love using multiple types of alphas on my pages.

These little pockets were so much fun to make. I had to stop myself at two! 

See all the cute things you can add to these pockets?

The August Challenge goes on until the end of August. Don't forget to head on over and take on the challenge yourself. I can't wait to see what you create!