Flower Punches

Have you seen the new dimensional flower punches that are making their way into the papercraft stores?  I absolutely love the new punches by EK Success.  I bought the Dahlia shaped one yesterday and thought I would try it on a beachy layout.  I thought it could double as the sun.

I used 12X12 sheets of cardstock and punch a strip of both orange and yellow cardstock to make this one.  So fun!  I can't wait to try the other three punches too.  Oh the crafting possibilities!  Check out this video:

The entire layout was made from the Echo Park Splash collection.  Have a great day and thanks for popping  by!

Twelve Years Ago I Married My Best Friend...

Twelve years ago I married my best friend.  He means the world to me and he has shown me what true happiness is.

Lee-Anne and Rick - September 5, 1999

I look forward to many more wonderful years with my bestie.

To celebrate our twelve years together, I made a layout of our wedding day:

I know it is quite girly, but I wanted to portray a garden layout with all the flowers and butterflies.  I wanted the layout to have lots of dimension:

Now I will have to decide how to frame it and where to display it in our home.

Have a wonderful day!

Love Le Cirque

Graphic 45 is my latest obsession and I am loving the vintage look right now.  This layout of my daughter was created with the Le Cirque collection.

I distressed and inked the edges with Vintage Photo (Tim Holtz Distress Ink).  I layered the photo and inked the edges of three doilies (Little Yellow Bicycle).  I then used some vintage buttons (Jenni Bowlin) and adhered some black pearls (Prima) and finished the layout with a black flower (Petaloo) and some paper roses (Prima).

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Twisted Sketches Layout #117

The Twisted Sketches Layout #117 is posted on www.twistedsketches.org.  Here was my submission this week for the sketch:

The twist for the layout was "long".  My take was that I am looking forward to having a long and happy life together.  I used Cosmo Cricket's Circa 38 Collection, Prima Flower, Kaisercraft Doily, Fiskars Scalloped Border Punch, Kaisercraft Pearls, Jenni Bowlin Vintage Buttons, Distress Inks Black Soot (Ranger) and Bazzill Cardstock.

Please check out Twisted Sketches and play along with us.  Have a great day!

First Day Of Junior High School

Well my youngest son went back to school on August 29.  It was his first day of junior high school and first day being in grade seven.  Where does the time go?

He really had the jitters, but it turned out to be a great day.  It was really great that his dad was home to take him to school.