So Cute

Hi everyone! I just had to pop in and share this LO that was totally inspired by Kelly Purkey and her first sketch in the Sketchbook 2 download. I don't ever download classes but when I saw that Kelly was offering the Sketchbook 2 class on her blog again, I just couldn't pass it up. Boy, was that the best decision I have made in a long time. I just know now that I will be patiently waiting for her next class to be offered because I am hooked now.

I have to say, this is a pretty simply LO, but I just love it to pieces. And it works perfectly for my vacation album. None of my pages in there are too time consuming, otherwise I would lose the motivation to complete it. I can't wait to use more of her sketches to help me finish this project.

Supplies:

cardstock, button, ric rac die - Papertrey Ink

patterned paper, cloud die cut, journaling card - October Afternoon (Road Map)

pen - American Crafts

letter stamps - Stampin' Up!

die cut machine - Cricut by Provocraft (Graphically Speaking cartridge - "cute" letters); Epic Six by Quickutz

ink - Tsukineko

border punch - EK Success

Kissable, Huggable

When you see that cute little smile, how can you not kiss those cute, dimply cheeks. When I saw this picture of Gavin, it just made me want to pick him up and give him hugs and kisses all over. So to convey those feelings, the title was created. I had gotten this new alphabet stamp set and I thought it would look great with this layout, but I went above and beyond and cut out each letter to make the title stand out more. Very long process but so worth it because I love the final outcome.

And what better paper to go with this page than the Lil Man line by Cosmo Cricket. So stinkin cute, it was hard to pick which paper from the line I wanted to go with. And did you notice the embossing on the orange cardstock? I love this embossing folder by Cuttlebug, so perfect for this page. My new favorite.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up

patterned paper - Cosmo Cricket

stamps - kiMemories

ink - Colorbox

border punch - Fiskars

embossing folder - Cuttlebug/Provocraft

My Boy

To go along with my last post, this is a scrapbook page I created for the Hero Arts my message challenge. If you remember, we had to custom make our own messages using a variety of Hero Arts sentiments or make our own sayings using their letter stamps. I chose again to use a variety of their sentiment stamps to create my one of a kind journaling. I didn't win anything with this page, but was very proud of it. I had a blast making this page and loved working with the bold colors. To me, those colors describe Gavin's personality. He is a rambunctious, go getter kind of kid and the scallops that border around the picture displays his softer side because because he is so affectionate and loving.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Hero Arts

letter stickers - American Crafts

border punch - Fiskars

ink - Memento

thread - DMC

other - Cricut cartridge Doodlecharms for ladybugs

Halloween Layout

I thought I would leave you here with another layout I created before we head off this weekend for Minneapolis. (The kids are so looking forward to this, should be quite the adventure.) Anyway, I know these pictures are from Halloween, but I'm sure you have caught on that I don't get my pictures scrapped on time. I don't feel I am very far behind though because my oldest pictures to scrap are from the fall. That isn't too bad considering how many pictures I take. Anyway I had an old kit from October from Scarlet Lime (awesome monthly kits) and the Halloween themed stuff in there was great and everything came from the kit to create this LO.

Products used:

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics Paper

Patterned Paper - Cosmo Cricket, American Crafts, Glitz Design

Owl - Maya Road (only thing not from this kit)

Stickers - Cosmo Cricket

Letter Stickers - Adornit

Journaling Card - Collage Press

Autumn Fallin' From Trees

I thought I would share with you one of my favorite layouts. I made this a few months ago for a challenge and I was so thrilled when I got a comment on it by one of my favorite scrapbookers/cardmakers, Jennifer McGuire. She is one of the Hero Blog top designers and has her own column in the monthly Creating Keepsakes magazine. Her work is amazing and she inspires me in so many ways.

Anyway, for this challenge we had to pick a sketch to go off of and with the sketch I chose I knew exactly what pictures I wanted to use. And yes, I said pictures, plural. So many people thought that this was one big picture of the kids but really it is four pictures put together. In case you can't read it the title is Autumn Fallin' From Trees (a title to one of my favorite songs by Jaymay) and the journaling says, "How could you not love the autumn with these cute faces peekin' out at you?"

Products used: CS - Bazzill, PP - BasicGrey, Stamps - Hero Arts, Letter stickers - Making Memories, Die cut letters - Ellison Sunset die cuts, Ink - Memento, Pen - Zig

So True

Here is my most recent LO (layout) of Gavin in all his cuteness. I submitted this for a challenge with the HeroArts Blog and the challenge was to create a LO or a card using hearts. My idea of using a heart was not a "lovey-dovey" thing but an "I will love you no matter how crazy you make us" thing. :)

The journaling reads: You may wear us out some days, but when you shine that little smile of yours we are reminded of how much we love you and every little thing about you.

If you can see on the LO I circled the saying on his shirt that says "my parents are exhausted" and then I made an arrow to my title So True.

Products used: CS - Bazzill, PP - ?, Brads - Making Memories, Stamps - Hero Arts, Stickers - Doodlebug, metal gems - Mark Richards, Adhesive - TomBow & Paper Studios, Typed font - Ali Edwards writing