Snooze

Mack is a very spoiled dog. He basically gets what ever he wants. In this occasion, he stole my spot on the couch. He was just too cute to kick off, so I crawled on the floor and took this photo:

This layout is designed by Crystal, with a few changes from me.
3 things I like:
1) The colours - I don't use purple very often, but this layout is very soft because of it.
2) Flower ribbon - I LOVE this ribbon, but have only used it once before.
3) Painting behind my title. On occasion I do this when I just don't know how to anchor my title any other way. So simple!

Scraplift

Isn't it wonderful how much inspiration a single layout can provide? Take, for instance, this layout:

This layout really isn't my style. I rarely use a white background and even though it has a lot going on, it still seems kind of plain for me. But, I was attracted to the red hounds tooth pattern running vertically and thought I'd give it a go.....

The result was this layout, of Ryan's birthday cake! I used a mix of Sassafrass and Cosmo here, as well as some puffy stickers from Wal-mart.
3 things I like:
1) This layout was really fast to complete - thank you sketch!
2) The title - I feel fancy when I mix multiple letterings in one title.
3) I used a few supplies here I had been hoarding because I loved them so. Example: the music note paper :)

Then, I took a class of Crystal's at the scrapbook store. One of the layouts we made was this one here (click to see). The first half of the layout is based on the same sketch! All 3 look so different!

Cherish Frame

I've been a bad blogger lately, I'll admit. School and Christmas and all that have been really catching up to me. One more week of school until January though! I am quite excited to have a few weeks of relaxation.... Last night, while procrastinating homework I completed this frame for Mom and Dad for Christmas:

The photo is one taken last Christmas. The frame is clear... it has no backing, so your wall colour shows through. Clear projects totally freak me out! Had I known this Fancy Pants frame was clear when I purchased it, I may not have. That being said, with the help of Crystal I totally pulled it off, and may attempt another one. (I actually want to keep this for myself, it will be quite hard to give it away!) We ended up sewing (well, Crystal did) for some texture. I struggled for a while with how to cover up the seam between the two pieces of transparency (the frame is 18" long and scrapbook paper is only 12"). The photo covers it nicely, and the border along the bottom covers up a bit of a paper trimmer mishap.

The bottom corner was looking a little empty, so I tucked this quote in. I've had it kicking around for a couple years so it was nice to use. Actually, it came from a book full of clear quotes, shapes, etc, and I might not be afraid to use them anymore.

Just a close up of the title. Crystal had a bit of crooked sewing, and I had a bit of crooked glueing, so between the two it looked terrible. I was rescued by Crystal once more, who sewed the "mother-you know what", out of it. I quite look the additional sewing.

Ladies Day Out

June and I had a great day together! We went to Ladies Day Out and checked out several local/home based businesses. We each picked up a few items (I finally got my Christmas Pickle!) and I think have planned out a few purchases for later. It was all making me feel very Christmas-y right down to the Sugar Cookie hand scrub :) Thanks for all the fun Junie!
I haven't posted a layout in a while, because I had high hopes of creating computerized sketches for all these, but with school and life it just isn't happening. This is a very easy layout! I struggle with full page patterns like this so I chose to embrace it. I cut the clouds and sun from a second sheet, inked them, and popped them up for dimension. A couple strips of paper, a journal spot, and some gems and it was complete!

Vacation Layouts

I completed several layouts today at June's place. It was rainy and the perfect day for scrapbooking!Mom and I got our toes done at Bliss. June came up with the great idea of journaling on a flip flop. Thanks June!

I love the colours in this one. June and I played around with the Cricut markers. They are pretty cool. I was surprised by how fine a print you got from such a thick marker.

Banana boats! Yum!

It took me forever to decide on this one. I kept switching the pages around.

Sometimes it's good to be a hoarder

Yet another puppy layout. I got inspiration for this one from this layout at 2peas. I had originally seen it in Scrapbooks Etc. Very cute idea. The following is a list of reasons why I like this layout:

1) It has my beloved Mackie in it.
2) I used really old paper. I mean really old. The baby blue lined stuff is Sassafrass from like 4 years ago. I've thought about purging it a few times, but hung on.
3) I didn't use pop dots. (Did that just for you Crystal).
4) Another old product - the little doggie in the flowers. That's from BG's Mellow line. About 2 years old.
5) I used another transparency.
6) I used my Cricut.

Thanks for looking!

3rd post of the day

I'm on a roll. Three posts one day. Wowza. I just created this layout and thought I would share. Thanks Crystal for the paper! Love how it turned out. I kind of feel that it's a bit bottom heavy, and may add something to that empty space on the top of the first page, but not sure yet. I usually am against the whole red and pink together thing, but it was in the paper so I went with it. I also usually never mix colour and black and white photos. But for some reason I did. I'm also happy that I used a bit of that really old KI Valentines paper (the white with the x's and o's). Made a big dent in my black prima swirls too. Anyhow, going to go read. Perhaps I'll get around to another page tomorrow.