At the Playground

These are actually the last two layouts I made in 2008. For some reason I forgot to post them and didn't notice until looking through my photobucket pics for another layout I had missed posting in my IB gallery. The pictures are some of the very many that my dear SIL took of us at the park with her little camera. I printed less than half of them and still ended up with so many, lol! This top layout is of Audrey on the slide. It was and still is her favorite thing to at the playground.

For this layout I really did my best to come up with a design that used a lot of photos up but showcased a couple bigger photos that I didn't want to crop as well. I fit 14 photos between these two pages! They are a bunch of different shots of the girls playing and a couple of Paul and I helping them around the playground. I added in journaling to each page, the left Cait's and the right Audrey's about how they like to play at this age, with Caitlyn being more confident now and Audrey still timid but trying harder to keep up with her big sister. Anyway, I hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!!

Once Upon a Day . . .

This is the last layout of the five, but was actually the first layout I made. Out of all the papers I got on sale these were my favorite. Both are so glittery, and I love the pink theme and those flowers. I've had this once upon a day accent for a year and have always had a hard time trying to find a way to incorporate it into a layout until now. Of course I hadn't thought of cutting it before. The 'details' journal prompt below was actually part of once upon a day tag accent. When I flipped through these photos I knew I just had to use them with this paper and somehow get that accent on there. I love the blur of Audrey's dress as she twirled and her sweet little pose. She is definitely a darling little princess! Now that I've used up most of my new stuff maybe I can concentrate on getting those IB layouts finished ^_~ I have loved the last few sketches but have just had a hard time finding pictures I want to use. Anyway, enjoy and thanks for popping by to see my work! Have a fabulous Friday!

Stylish

Like Audrey's pics with this hat, Cait's pics were adorable as well. And her's were a bit easier to scrap with since her shirt matched her Aunt's hat. Of course Caitlyn has to make all sorts of funny faces. Sadly the one picture with her really smiling was blurry so I didn't use it. I really love how this layout came together though, mostly because the paper's colors coordinated with the colors in the pictures perfectly. The Noteworthy journaling prompt is from another set, but matched this one so well I had to use it. I love how interchangable all the little accent pieces are between the MME's different lines. This page also has a lot of glitter on it that is lost in the picture. Quick, easy, and cute. . . I can totally go for more scrapping like this, lol! Thanks for stopping by and have a great Thursday!

Simply Adorable

Audrey loves hats, she always has. And I have to say I adore taking pictures of her wearing them! I have been wanting to scrap these pictures from the summer for a while as I think they are just so cute, but the colors in the pictures have always stumped me. She's wearing her darling apple shirt that we both miss (she cried when I finally had to pack it away because it was way too small this autumn), and then her Aunt's very vintage cap. I pulled another fun accent piece from one of the old sets I had gotten last year and then the rest of the accents are all new. The journaling prompt is actually a days of the week accent I turned vertically and hid the names of the days behind the picture so I could use it as a journaling box. This layout took me the longest because I was having trouble deciding how I wanted to place the pictures. I finally took a cue from the layout I made with Cait wearing that same hat (posting tomorrow) and clustered the photos. And while I don't think the papers went 'perfect' with the pictures, the combo created that graphic vintage feel I was going for and made a darling layout. Anyway, hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Thanks for visiting!

Pure Happiness. . .

. . . is watching you dream. I adore sleeping baby pics! They always look so sweet and angelic. My favorite part is their long eyelashes. Both Cait and Audrey have the prettiest long lashes! They get that from their dad. This page went together in a flash and everything on here is from MME. I added a couple accents that weren't in the set I put together in the beginning - the title and the journaling box, which are both from an older set that I got last year. The title was a perfect starter to the journaling I wanted to add which was simply that I love to watch her sleep. I wish you could see the glitter that is in all these papers. The Laundry Line is so pretty. All the papers are glittered and so are many of the accents. It ups the price comparatively hence my not buying any until they went on sale, but after playing with them I have to say they are probably worth it! I'm more than happy to only pay half price though ^_~. Thanks for stopping by and have a happy Tuesday!

But!

I finally got some time to scrap. And while I should be working on some of the IB sketches, I couldn't help but use up some new papers I got. Pebbles was having a 50% all My Minds Eye products this last week so I bought some of the goodies from the Laundry Line that I had been eyeing for quite some time now. I find that I have to shop for my supplies by sets. I pick out paper, then peruse around the store to find accents, embellishments, and ribbon to match. The funny thing is when I get home, instead of keeping the sets together I put everything away according to product, so when I go to create I have no idea what sets I had made at the store and am starting from scratch. I buy that way to make it easier for me to scrap, but by putting it all away I'm essentially sabotaging myself, lol. But this time I decided to keep my sets together, and boy did it make my scrapping go by fast. I completed 5 layouts in a single evening! Now I'll have something to share each morning this week :D For fun, how do you like to shop for your crafting supplies? What do you do with yours when you get them home?

This first layout I'm sharing today is about Cait's #1 bedtime stalling tactic last year. It always began with the phrase "But, I can't!" followed by her doing anything and everything she could to show us that she is just too cute to be sent to bed. At the time I didn't think she could get much worse with the staying up thing, but she is constantly finding reasons to get out of bed now. Like 'I need to wash my hands!', 'I can't find my blanky!', 'There's monsters in the walls!', the list goes on forever some nights, lol. Other nights she simply sneaks out of bed and reads or plays really quiet in the hallway. A few months ago it was easy to tell when she did this as she was really noisy, but now she has become super stealthy! We won't even catch her until we are walking down the hall for something, and when she sees us she pops up like a bunny and hops off to her room, lol! I'm sure I'm only in for more creative antics in the future, and when Audrey gets a bit bigger it'll be double trouble!!