Safari

Here is the lone page I've made in the last week or so.  I don't know if it is because I'm pregnant or what...I keep falling asleep at 9 p.m.!  That's my usual scrappy time!

Here's the left side of the page - that rhino was literally only a few feet away from us on this safari ride!  I used supplies from my recent field guide (appropriately!) kit from Studio Calico for this page. 

Here is the left side - it is rather unusual for me to make a page without any pictures of us, but I wanted to make sure we remembered how incredible this safari ride at Animal Kingdom is!

Easy Canvas Prints

Recently I was contacted by Brendan Bailey, who works for Easy Canvas Prints. I have always loved the look of pictures and art on canvas, but always dismissed it as too expensive. I have a few canvas paintings, but I never thought about putting one of my pictures on canvas. When Brendan asked me about trying out one of my pictures on canvas, I thought this was the perfect opportunity for me to try putting one of our pictures on a canvas. So, since we had purchased a Disney Photopass while on vacation, I decided to use one of my favorite pictures for the canvas.

Here's what the original picture looks like:

To me, this is such a sweet, almost angelic picture of our daughter. You can't even tell we are at DisneyWorld! I love her sweet expression and the way the sun is glowing and reflecting off of her golden hair.

So, this is what the actual canvas looks like (minus the tablecloth!):

You can see it is just perfect! In fact, we just put up our fall decorations this week and I set in on an easel right in the center of all of our other decor. It blends perfectly, but it makes such a gorgeous impact!

You can see some of our handmade pumpkins - including Halleigh's pumpkin from when she was in preschool - they make such a nice little frame around the picture.

Here are just some side views and views from below. I love that you can create a mirrored image to wrap around the edge of the picture so you don't have to lose any part of your actual picture. How clever!

I have been thrilled with my canvas and my entire ordering experience at Easy Canvas Prints. If I had any regrets, it would only be that I didn't know how gorgeous it would be - I would have gotten a bigger canvas! Easy Canvas Prints has some really great deals and there is lots of variety from which you can choose. In fact, right now they are offering 25% off AND free shipping! WOW!

I personally think these great products are just perfect for that little holiday coming up....Christmas! I have a feeling some of those grandparents out there would be delighted to have a canvas with all their babies on it!

Go on and check it out!

Spurtability scrapping

I believe I have spurtability when it comes to scrapbooking!  I have a spurt when I actually make it down to the scrappy nook and get a ton of pages done...then I have one like this that sits for a while until I actually have a little time to do something I actually enjoy! 

So.....this page came from some magic pics from our Disney photo CD.  They make a pose and then add the special magic into it - in this case, it was Simba.  Pretty cool, if you ask me.  Or if you ask Halleigh....it is probably super duper cool! 

Here's a closeup of the lion.  I colored him with my copics.  I was mostly pleased with how it turned out.  I kept pretty true to the colors of Simba.

By the way, we took Halleigh to see the movie.  She loved it, of course.  We've been listening to the music, so she elbowed me every time one of the songs came on! 

Supplies:  Studio Calico Mind the Gap kit, Zoo Review stamp set, baker's twine - Stampin Up, yellow ribbon - Crate Paper, buttons - Pebbles, Basic Grey. Markers - Copic

Belle

I must say that this top page was made specifically for my daughter.  We have now seen the Beauty & the Beast show live at Hollywood Studios twice.  She was mesmerized both times and proceeded to sing along with all the songs this time!  She love to sing the songs from the movie!

And here is the official picture of her meeting Belle in her princess dress when we went to eat lunch with all of the princesses.  She had a wonderful time and loved every moment of the character dinings!

Kits:  Studio Calico, Sweet Peach Crop Shop

Rhinestones:  Michaels

Butterflies, Buttons:  Pebbles, Studio Calico

Letters:  Making Memories, Studio Calico

Ink:  Stampin Up

Patterned paper not in kits:  October Afternoon

Tree of Life

I made these two pages to go next to each other in the album.  I had two 5X7 pictures and I honestly debated putting them on the same page, but in the end I decided they both needed to be separate. 

For this top page, I used Pink Paislee mistables for the tree and scallop.  I used the same piece of Sassafrass lass paper on both pages. 

It already had this great scalloped border on the right edge, so just left it there and added a sheer, peach ruffled ribbon to it.  I couldn't resist adding some foldies to the page also. 

Kits:  Studio Calico, Sweet Peach Crop Shop

Other supplies:  Blue rhinestones, Lemonade Mr. Huey (SC), Solid colored paper for photo mats (SU)

Star Wars duo

Halleigh is a daddy's girl 100%.  Which means that before we even got to Hollywood Studios, she decided one of her tasks for the day was to hunt down the Star Wars ride to take her daddy on.  Mind you, she hid her eyes for most of the ride because it was too scary....but she was proud to ride it with her daddy!  They had to get a photo op on the storm trooper thing, too.  Don't ask me what it is....I am not a fanatic! 
Supplies:  Paper Moon, Mind the Gap kits ( Studio Calico)

Nap Time * Parade Time

I squeezed 8 pictures onto this 2-page layout so I could get all these parade pics in.  I kept the layout pretty simple so that the pictures wouldn't get too lost in the layout. 

Here's the first side - it has 3 3X5 pics on the left and 3 3X3 pics on the right.  I put a ribbon down the center and tied some ribbons to that for an easy accent.

Here's the right side of the page - I typed my journaling and added some brads above and below.   I used some leftover pieces from my CTMH paper kit to make some tags to create the title.

Paper:  CTMH

Brads, Eyelets, Ribbon: Stampin Up

Stickers:  October Afternoon, American Crafts