Fresh-Picked Memories

Here's a quickie little page I made to capture some of those oh, so cute clothes my baby has worn this year.  I love this little milk outfit with the milk truck on the zipper and the cuffs of the jeans. 

I wanted to accentuate the green and blue color combo, so I stuck with the Simple Stories summer line and accented with some pieces from the elmwood park kit from Studio Calico.

I love that there is burlap paper in the summer line - I'm not allergic to it, so no sneezing or sniffles were involved in the making of this page!  :)

And....I believe I hear that little one crying for some milk, so this little milk maid has to run!

Washi starburst

Okay, so I'm trying to embrace this starburst rage (I love the look....just not good at creating it!) and do it well on a layout.   If you have any tips for creating this look successfully (without taking hours of time...) I'm all ears.  Well, all eyes in this case!

 Anyway, I got this idea to create a page and start with this little sunburst title.  I used the starburst to guide the placement of the washi tape.  Once I had the washi on my layout, I masked off each section to spritz with mr. huey.  I wanted to leave a few sections open for my journaling.

I used Bonnie Blue and Pony Mr. Hueys to spritz.  I took Barnwood and splattered on the other two spots.  The patterned paper is Authentique and the Starburst  and Washi is My Mind's Eye.

Project Life....catching up!

I'm starting to get caught up on all of my Project Life weeks.....this is the middle of April here.  I used some scraps from a Studio Calico kit and some Echo Park stickers for this page.

Note the bottom picture....my daughter took a doll brush and decided to play the handle of our wood stove as an instrument.  It makes for a rather interesting version of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, I must say!!!

Here is my brother and his first son meeting my new baby boy.  And the bottom picture is one of my little boy meeting his brand new baby boy the first day he was born!  Cousins....a month apart!  I love the way the sequins look on my journling spot - they give it a bit of pep and pizzazz!!

Oh, the glare....grrrr.....

I bought some fun new Fabulous pieces from Simple Stories at Archivers, so they were just perfect for these pics of our bike ride and some spring flowers.  I love the stickers that are made to look like Washi tape!  Too cute!  The Dear Lizzy sticker was quite appropriate for the bike card....that's exactly what my daughter says every time she wants to go  for a ride!

1st Smile

Ah, what an age - our sweet little boy is 4 months old tomorrow - about 2 months ago he started flashing those first smiles and has been all smiles and giggles ever since!  Now he's started blowing bubbles....they are just so very adorable at this age - I just want to eat him up all the time!  ;)

Here's a quick page I made last night to remembber this sweet moment - I used the So Cal kit from Studio Calico to create this page.

My Mind's Eye paper, chipboard, and buttons, Studio Calico paper and letter stickers, October Afternoon letter stickers

Lovely Day

Can I just say that I had the very best time this past Monday?!  One of my best friends from high school came to see me - we hadn't seen each other in close to 20 years!  And who would have thought that her little girl was the same age as my daughter?  They played nearly all day long together without fussing - amazing!  And as for us...we had a super duper chatfest!  So much fun!

So....I know you're looking at these pictures and thinking....okay, what does that have to do with these pictures on this layout? 

Nothing!

It's the paper and embellishments on the paper that have to do with her!  We had a swap of supplies - who would have thought that we would both be major scrapbook people?  No one in a million years!  Anyway, I fixed a huge box of duplicates I had from a Studio Calico hosted crop I went to in Bowling Green.  She brought me a ton of fun items including these great October Afternoon papers and embellishments.  Can I just say I was in HEAVEN!??!!? 

And how perfect were these papers for this page about one of our bike rides lately?

I think most of the OA items were from either the Cakewalk or 5 and dime collections.  The buttons are from Basic Grey and the letters are mostly Thicker (AC).  The large L is a Tim Holz Grungeboard that I spritzed with the OA mist and covered in crystal effects.  I added pink chunky glitter (SU) on top to make it really sparkly!

My World

I love this picture so much!  We took this picture at a doctor's appoint when Owen was first born and still had a bit of jaundice.  We had to go nearly every day for about a week or two!  When I printed this picture out, I loved the way he looked so tiny snuggled in the my arm.  We took the picture with our phone, so you can't usually get those pictures too much bigger, so I just decided to keep this as a focal point.

I have been wanting to try this sunray effect in my scrapbooking for a while...I was just scared to do it!  I still need to work on it, but overall I was really pleased with the way this turned out.  To make this page, I took several scraps from my Handmade and Brooklyn Flea kits from Studio Calico and went to work. 

There are My Mind's Eye papers, Washi Tape (My Mind's Eye, and Smash tape), and a few other scraps making the sunray effect. 

I used an Amy Tan journaling spot to help my title stand out.  Title is made with AC Thickers, a Pebbles circle for the O, and a My Mind's Eye brad.

In the top corner is another My Mind's Eye chipboard sticker and a handmade butterfly from another one of my kits. 

I can't believe he has already doubled his weight since then!  They grow so quickly!

Perfect just the way you are!

I just adore this picture of my daughter kissing her daddy.  I don't even know who took it - probably Aunt B!  I think she had the camera.  This is right before I had the baby, so I was getting a spinal tap - who's having more fun here?!?! 

Even though they are in the background, I think the look of adoration on the janitorial staff's face is priceless, too!  

I guess I got all of the Simple Stories papers and stickers I wanted at Archivers the other day!  Mission accomplished.  Here's the first chance I had to play with it.  I entered the contest Pin it to Win it at Studio Calico - I believe I may have purchased nearly everything on the list already!  ;)  I made my own kit, eh?

I used the Fabulous line by Simple Stories for the main pieces here.  The large banner pieces are from Pretty Little Studio - Summer Gingham Bunting.  The smaller banner is from Dear Lizzy and the center of the flower is a Pebbles stitched circle.  The flowers are Stampin up punches with some scraps of paper.

By the way, did you notice my little wood veneer birdies (studio calico)?  I set them up to look just like daughter and daddy giving each other a kiss!!!  I know...I am a total cheeser....just can't help myself sometimes!