Sweet Family Layout

Hello friends! Happy Monday! In my area we are celebrating a statutory holiday called Family Day so the schools and most people have the day off work.  In honour of today, I thought I would reflect on what my family means to me.  This is a layout of my two older children that are now 30 and 27 but in this photo, they were 14 months and 3 years old.  They were such buddies and are still very, very close.  They live quite a distance away from where I live, but they live close to each other so they see each other more often.  I sometimes reminisce about being a young mother and miss those times.

This layout is the second layout I have made with these hearts as the layout I posted yesterday was the first layout.  Yesterday, I used a cut file from The Cut Shoppe and watercolored the cardstock to make my own background.  For this layout, I used the cut out design as a stencil and watercoloured some hearts onto the white cardstock and also used some of the hearts from the original cut design and popped them up with some dimensional squares.

I used soft pastel watercolours and added some patterned papers from the Fancy Pants Be Loved Collection to mat my photo and then added some chipboard that I painted with acrylic paint and then added some cute wood veneer hearts. These are all from Creative Embellishments.

Finally I added some sequins from the Fancy Pants Everyday Circus Collection and a flair button from A Flair For Buttons.

I don't think the photos actually do this layout any justice. It really does look nicer in person.  Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

Published In Let's Get Sketchy Get Inspired Magazine!

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I am super excited to tell you that the Let's Get Sketchy Get Inspired Magazine Issue #3 is live and I have two layouts published in this issue.  The first layout is on Page 72

and the second layout is on Page 83

The entire magazine can be viewed at the link below.

http://www.joomag.com/magazine/lets-get-inspired-may-issue-3/0458203001398802899

This is a great magazine full of lots of scrapbooking inspiration so be sure and check it out.

Have a lovely day!

Friday Challenge #11 At Scrapbooker's Paradise

Happy Friday!  Today my fellow design team member Pam is hosting a challenge up at Scrapbooker's Paradise.  The challenge is to use a black and white or sepia photo and create a layout or a card with a splash of color.

Here is the layout that I created of my daughter

This layout was fun to do.  I created a stencil with my Silhouette Cameo and sprayed it onto white card stock with Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mists in Primrose, Peach, Sweet Cherry and then added some splatters with Black Velvet.

I then added a circular photo, which I cut with a circle cutter and a 4X6 photo in black and white and matted it with a pink piece of patterned paper and added a sheer pink ribbon and some large sequins.

 I adhered some of the die cut butterflies that were from the stencil and then some mini letter stickers.

I matted the white card stock background with a black sheet of card stock that I had used to cover the areas of my stencil so there is a a little spray on it.

I love these bright happy colors and hope you are inspired to join the challenge at Scrapbooker's Paradise.  Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out what my fellow design team members created with this challenge here.  Happy creating!

Supplies

Adhesive - Beacon 3 In 1 and Dimensional Squares by 3L
Cardstock - American Crafts - White, Black
Circle Cutter - Kreaxions
Diecuts - Silhouette America
Mini Letter Stickers - Teresa Collins
Patterned Paper - Fancy Pants Be Loved Collection
Ribbon - American Crafts
Sequins - Teresa Collins
Sprays - Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mists - Black Velvet, Peach, Primrose and Sweet Cherry

Bee Mine Layout

Happy Saturday!  Today at Stuck?! Sketches is the reveal for the February 15 sketch created by an amazing lady and friend Laura Whitaker

For my layout I rotated the sketch and used only one photo.

This is Hanna.  She is known by the nickname "Hanna Bee".  She is my daughter's niece and I wanted to scrap this adorable little girl and her big blue eyes.  This layout was created with the Be Loved Collection by Fancy Pants as well asa some crocheted hearts by Bella Blvd., some paint splatters with Heidi Swapp's Colorshine Collection of mists.

 I also cut some vellum hearts with my Silhouette Cameo.  I love the way it cuts vellum like butter.

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to check out the entire design team's take on Laura's sketch here and link up this month for a chance to win a great prize.  Happy scrapping!

Practical Scrappers Blog Hop - Scrapping Our Stash

Happy Valentine's Day!  Today at Practical Scrappers the design team is having a blog hop and we are scrapping our stash to the theme of love.  You are at the end of the hop and should have arrived here from the blog of talented Wendy Coffman, but if not you can start at Practical Scrapper's blog.  I created a layout of my hubby and I on our 14th wedding anniversary.

I used Fancy Pants Be Loved Collection of papers and stickers for this layout and cut some hearts out of the corrugated paper.  

To be eligible for a prize on my blog, simply leave a comment on this post and also become a follower of my blog.  My giveaway consists of a set of   three 6X6 stencils from The Crafter's Workshop!  These stencils are great for scrapbook layouts, mixed media, cards and art journals.  *Please note that only  U.S. and Canadian residents are eligible for my prize.  Thanks for your understanding.  My contest closes at 11:59 pm CST on Monday, February 17, 2014.

I hoped you are inspired to use up your stash and create a loved themed page.  

Also, don't forget to enter the Practical Scrappers giveaway.  You can find all the details for that prize here.

Good luck and thanks for hopping!

  

Asia I Love You Layout

Happy Sunday!  Today at Kreaxions it's the design team reveal and the theme for February is "love".  For my reveal, I created a layout of Asia, my family's kitty that we had for twelve years.  She passed away last September and I promised my son I would create a layout of her.

I used Kreaxions Punch #905 for the vellum border on the top of the photo and also the photo corners which are difficult to see.  I love the softness of vellum and love to use it a lot on my layouts.

I wanted to give the layout a "love" theme so I used Fancy Pants "Be Loved" Collection for the papers and stickers and added a feather for softness and painted with some Heidi Swapp Colorshine Mist in Mint Green for a pop of color to the otherwise pastel color palette.

Thanks for stopping by the entire design team reveal is on the Just Imagine Crafts blog here. Have a great day!

"Look" Layout

Happy Sunday!  Do you ever get so inspired by a sketch that you have to go straight to your studio and create a layout?  That was me last night.  Sue Sykes shared her sketch for the February Canadian Scrapbooker Sketchy Challenge

 and I absolutely loved it and knew that I wanted to create something with my Cameo and some papers from the Be Loved Collection from Fancy Pants.  I flipped the sketch so I could use a landscape type photo instead of a portrait photo.

I love my son's blue eyes and this is a snapshot of when he was eleven years old.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies

Acrylic Paint Dabbers - Ranger (Lemonade & Pebble)

Cardstock - American Crafts

Flair - The Paper Bakery

Mists - Heidi Swap Colorshine - (Mustard and Tinsel)

Patterned Paper - Be Loved Collection by Fancy Pants

Sequins - Teresa Collins

Twine - My Mind's Eye

Wood Embellishments - Basic Grey and Studio Calico

Silhouette Cameo Electronic Diecutting Machine

Stuck?! Sketches January 15 Sketch

Hello friends!  I hope your week is going well so far.  Today I am sharing a layout I created for the January 15 sketch over at Stuck?! Sketches.  This is a photo of my three kids.  I don't have them all together very often because my two older ones are married and live a few hours away so I was grateful to capture this photo of them last Christmas.  I did a simple layout for the sketch and used my Silhouette Cameo a lot for for the title, the borders and the shapes.  The papers are part of the Fancy Pants "Be Loved" Collection.

Here is the sketch I used designed by Stuck?! Sketches owner Laura Whitaker.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the entire design team reveal and play along here.  There is a fabulous prize from Creative Embellishments and also one from May Arts.  The contest closes January 29.