Christopher 2008

Hi!  I just have a quick post for today of a layout I was working on last night. 

I've had this paper for quite a while and just couldn't find any pictures that worked with it.  These are actually Christmas pictures of Christopher and his momma so don't look too close or you'll see the lights on the tree in the background with this totally un-Christmas paper!  There were four or five double sided patterned papers in this line but they almost blended too much.  I know that sounds kinda odd, but I was having a terrible time getting the layout to work. I'm pretty happy with the result, but it was not easy!  The only embellishments are the circles I punched from a couple of the papers. 

 

My Buddy

Good afternoon, did everyone have a great weekend?  The weather has been perfect here.....sunshine and temps in the mid 80's with low humidity.  I've been driving around all weekend with the windows down and the sunroof open.  That's definitely a rarity for August. 

I mentioned in my last post that I was going to work on birthday cards this weekend and I did, but I don't want to post them till the recipients have then in hand.   

I used Bella Blvd's Super Stud papers for this picture of Christopher.  I cut the top note frame using my Gypsy and Cricut.  I haven't been using many die cuts lately and forgot how much they can add to a layout.  I also used one of my favorite color combo's - orange and blue!  Here's a close up shot.



I spent a little time today matching pictures with papers so I should have a few more layouts to show this week.  Till then......

Moving Day

Good Afternoon!  It's sooooo close to the weekend....I can't wait.....hopefully this headache I've had all week will go away.  But enough of that, there are pages to share! 

For this layout, I used the Family Keepsake line from We R Memory Keepers.  I've moved quite a few times since I first left for college many moons ago.  I've moved in the heat of summer, the cold of winter, rain, snow flurries, down the road, two states away and with and without pets.  This is the first time I moved on a holiday.  Yep, New Year's Eve.  With six inches of snow on the ground.  Oh yeah, it was a Friday of a holiday weekend that no one wanted to be working anyway so getting utilities, internet and cable was a bigger hassle than usual.  I remember those first moves.......just the basics.  Pretty much everything was moved in a couple trips with a pickup truck.  This time, two trips with a 17 foot U-Haul truck.  We were exhausted. 



I need to make a few birthday cards this weekend and I'm thinking something with sparkly cupcakes.  Come back and check it out.



Goodbye

Hi, thanks for joining me today.  The layout I'm sharing represent one of those odd little slices of life.....saying goodbye to the old so you can say hello to the new.  Now, to most people this is probably just a couch.  But for me, every time I look at that couch, I see Theo sleeping.  On the end, curled up in a ball, with his paws hanging off the edge (yet ready to jump up and bark at the mailman the very second he turns onto my street).  His spot.  It's been a few years since he was there, but that didn't make giving the couch away any easier.  So, without being any more dramatic, here it is. 

I used Bella Blvd's Man of the House papers and Basic Grey alphas.  It's simple, but these little memories are what scrapbooking is all about.  

 

I Do

Ugh, this has definitely been a Monday!  Cloudy and rainy, rude people at work, nothing in the fridge for dinner.....I'm ready to end this day and start fresh tomorrow.  But first I do have a layout to share.



I used Echo Park's Be Mine papers for these wedding pics.  These bridesmaid dresses always reminded me of Pepto Bismol, but the brides favorite color was (and still is) PINK!  You can tell it was the early 90's.....look at that hair! 

August Christmas Cards

Hello all....As promised, the second Christmas card design I worked on yesterday.

Very simple, but I love the color combinations in the Winter Mittens line from Cosmo Cricket.  A little traditional with red and green but a little modern thrown in with purple and mint green.  I also used a small strip of the main pattern from the front of the card on the inside. 

That's it for today.  I'm heading outside to do a little yard work clean up but the humidity may chase me back into the craft room for a layout a little later tonight.  I have a couple pictures and paper already picked out just waiting to be put together......Till next time.

July Christmas Cards

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.  The temp has cooled down in this neck of the woods from all the miserable 100+ temps and high humidity levels we were having.  I haven't been working on any scrapbook pages after all those I finished during July, but I have been purging/organizing my supplies.  With all the pages from July, I never worked on the monthly Christmas cards!  Completely forgot about them.  So I'm making up for it this weekend.  I made 8 cards this afternoon based on two different designs (one for July and one for August).  I'm showing the first one to y'all today and I'll post the second one tomorrow. 

 I love the layering on the tag, but it's not too thick so I can still send it through the mail. 



See ya back here tomorrow with the second card!