Loveliness Layout

Hello friends! Life has been busy but I still try to find time to be creative so I decided to join some of the monthly challenges that Paper Issues has.  This one is for the Take 5 Tuesday challenge. The challenge is to use five or more items on the list on a layout.  I thought I would do some stash busting while I'm at it.  

I have been hoarding this Pink Paislee Bella Rouge Collection for two years and thought it was time to break it out.  I am really digging pink at the moment and softer colors.  This layout is of my daughter and her bridesmaids on her wedding day.

I added a flair button from A Flair For Buttons

My sewing machine always gets a workout and I love the texture that just a little sewing creates on a layout.

Recently I purchased a pink Typecast typewriter from We R Memory Keepers to add some journaling to my layouts.  Journaling is something I usually hide or write on the back of my layouts, but I am trying to add more journaling strips.

Bella Blvd. always has some of the cutest embellishments so I dug into my stash once again and pulled out an pink enamel heart and a pink felt bow.

I love these silver phrases that I had in my stash and thought the word "loveliness" would be perfect for my title.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed your visit and have a chance to do something you love.  It is soothing for the soul.  Have a great day!

Happy Lovely Beautiful

Hello friends! It's Wednesday and I have another layout to share with you today.

This past June, my sister-in-law got married again.  To explain things further, my brother passed away 9 years ago at the age of 38 leaving behind his wife Pam and his two children Laine that was 4 years old and Dylan that was 2 years old.  It was a very hard time for Pam and my family but life goes on and this past summer Pam got married again to a wonderful guy that we have welcomed into our family.  We are so happy that Pam found love and happiness again and we know that my brother would have approved of her choice in a new mate.

I thought I would document this special time for Pam so I created a layout of her on her wedding day.

For this layout I used a Fiskars Hexagon Paper Punch, a 6X6 paper pad of the new Crate Paper's Wonder Collection, the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board to make the paper bows, some mist splatters from Heidi Swapp Colorshine Mists in Seafoam, Blush and Black Velvet, a 12X12 piece of white card stock, a doily, some old Basic Grey chipboard alphas and some old Fancy Pants buttons and sequins in my stash.

 I love using 6X6 paper pads for layouts.  The prints are a little smaller than the 12X12 papers and I love to use my paper punches on these.  Patterned paper has to be my favorite scrapbooking item.

The paper bows are a great way to embellish the layout give it a feminine touch.  They are so fun and easy to make using a We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.  

Thanks for stopping by and hope you are having a good week.

Practical Scrappers March Blog Hop - Scrapping Our Stash

Hello scrappy friends!  Today at Practical Scrappers we are having a blog hop and there is lots of inspiration to get your scrap on.  You should have arrived here from Erin's blog but if not, you can start back at the beginning at the Practical Scrappers link.

I created a layout of my daughter on her wedding day.  I used lots of die cuts and feminine papers that I had left over after creating some cards and a layout with the Tea Break Collection from 

Kaisercraft. 

 There was a lot of layering and I also used a stencil and coloured some modelling paste with some Tim Holtz Distress Paint and sprayed the roses with some Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mist in Primrose and added some lace and pearls.  The title "beautiful" was cut with my Silhouette Cameo.

Thanks for hopping by.  I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Next on the hop is the talented Bobbi Smith.

My Layout Was A Gallery Gem This Week!

My layout was one of the Gallery Gems over at Scrapbook Challenges this week.  You can see all the layouts that were chosen here  by Cathy Sanders.  Thanks Cathy, that was really sweet of you!

Get Creative With Circles

Happy Friday!   Over at Scrapbook Challenges it was my turn to share a challenge so my challenge was to create a layout with circles.  Anyhow and anyway.  You can get as creative as you like. The sky is the limit!  Some suggestions to get you started are to use your circle punches, doilies, buttons, bling, stitching, stencils, masks, buttons, flowers, ribbon, scraps of paper, confetti, sequins, paint etc.

I created this simple layout of my daughter on her wedding day.

Dream Big

In this layout I used a piece of embossed white card stock to give the layout texture.  I then got busy with my scalloped punch and circle punches in different sizes and punched some circles out of scrap paper.  I then went into my stash and found some buttons, jewels, pearls, flowers, a doily, some round letter stickers and a pocket watch embellishment.  Easy peasy!

Come play along with us at Scrapbook Challenges and join in the fun.  We would love to have you join our forum and upload your creation to the June Wildcard thread in the forum and our gallery. Hybrid, digital and traditional scrapbookers are all welcome and it doesn't matter where you are from because we are from all over the world and it's such a friendly place.