Sisters - Clear Embellishments

This week on Practical Scrappers, I was challenged to use clear embellishments or transparencies.  I had never used either one of these items so of course I had no clue what I was going to do.  I toyed with the idea of doing something with a transparency but came across these cute bottle cap embellishments at the store and thought of doing this instead.

The pictures are of my little girls who are now 12 and 9 years old.  I drew the flower freehand and then added small circles cut from black and white striped paper.  The bottle caps were placed on top of the larger circles and brightly colored gems were added to the smaller circles. I also added a black gem to the center of the flower to finish the look.

This challenge definitely pushed me out of my box and who knows, I may even try to use a transparency sometime soon.

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Heart Punch

My Ten Things challenge at Practical Scrappers this week was to use a heart punch.

I started by using a 1 inch heart punch and several different patterned papers in various shades of pink, red, black, and white

Originally, I had the idea to sew on the border at the bottom of the page and wasn't quite sure what else I was doing with the layout. But I did know that I wanted to do something fun to frame this adorable picture of my daughter at her Aunt and Uncle's wedding.  I started layering punched hearts around the edged and came up with this ruffled frame that I love! 

Layout Sketch 12/20

My take on this sketch by Krissy for Practical Scrappers.

These pictures are so old but I could never really figure out what I wanted to do with them.  Somehow this sketch seemed to work.  I wish the actual photos where a bit sharper but I do like the contrast of the bright pink and lime green with the craft.

Papa's Girls

Micaiah, Alyson, and Paige all getting a horsey ride from Papa Ronnie.

SWEET

This background was made by using a jar lid to stamp the circles.  Close to My Heart's Purple Haze ink was used on lavender cardstock.  I used my Cricut to cut out the word Sweet and layered with Momenta papers.

Alyson Pre-K

This was already posted to Practical Scrappers and is my first official layout that I have done in ages!!!

The paper is mostly Fancy Pants Designs - Baby Mine Collection.  The flowers were cut using my Cricut and the leaves at the bottom are a felt piece that I have had in my stash for ages.

Micaiah's True Love

This picture was taken of Micaiah in the petting zoo at our county fair. 

I used Daisy D's paper, I love the weathered appearance of it.  The branch and blossoms were cut using the Serenade Cartridge and my Cricut Expression.  The letters were cut using my Alphalicious Cartridge. 

I added chocolate brown brads to the center of each flower to add some dimension.

The picture was matted using color core card stock.  I added texture by using my Cuttlebug and the Paisley folder.  I finished the look by running some sand paper over the pattern.

Cousins

Micaiah and Baylee

This tree was cut using the Serenade Cartridge.  The circles were cut with the Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge and then run through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder.

I also cut this "frame" using the parenthesis key on the Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge and finished it off with a little sparkle via Stickles.

Title? . . . No title?

Lately, I have been contempating title or no title.  Personally, I don't always mind a layout without a title.  However, I have friends that feel that every page needs a title.  What do you think?

A few more layouts

This is one of my favortie pictures that I have taken of Micaiah.

These two are actually a double layout.  I used vellum and a square punch to fram Alyson's face in the small pictures.  This is an affect that I love.

Valentines Day

2010 Calendar

I make a calendar for my Mother In Law every year for her birthday which is in January.  I buy a blank calendar so that I can start it in February and end it in January.  I don't always love the pages because my MIL thinks that the more pictures the better and I tend to be more of a minimalist.  I am hoping to finish it today, but here are a few of the pages so far.

FEBRUARY

APRIL

MAY

Christmas Is Coming!

Christmas is coming and I thought I would work on getting some old Christmas pictures onto layouts, to get me in the mood. These are of Micaiah the year she turned 3. The tree was cut using the Cricut Christmas Solutions cartridge, and the letters were done using All Mixed Up.

Letter Sticker Challenge

I did this layout of my girls for Practical Scrappers challenge to use up letter stickers. I never use X's any other time so I thought X's and O's was a perfect way to use them up. Of course I didn't actually use letter sticker O's because I don't have as many of those to use up.