I started scrapbooking about a year ago while still on maternity leave with my one and only baby girl - Charlotte. As I like to tell my friends, I fell hard and fast for this hobby. It is a way for me to preserve amazing memories while playing with pretty paper and embellishments. Call it grown up craft hour. As a student of history, I also love that I am somehow chronicling our family's stories. When I finally finished Charlotte's first year album a few weeks ago, I felt as proud as when I completed my college senior thesis.
Here are two of my all-time favorite layouts:
First Easter. The inspiration for this layout was the Mid Week Mojo sketch #46 by Kristy Lee (over at scrapbooksteals.com). Most of the paper is from We Are Memory Keepers Hippity Hoppity. I think my favorite element in this layout is the banner along the middle. And it was the perfect excuse to use up some brads I got from the Target $1 bins years ago.
Our Family Portrait. This layout was recently featured on my guest design post for scrapbooksteals.com (which can be found here). I got to play with the Hello Sunshine collection by American Crafts. I think that Hello Sunshine may be my all time favorite collection. So stunning and the style is distinctively me. And I must be a sucker for banners because my favorite element on this page is the string of lanterns along the top. I fussy cut the lanterns from printed kraft paper. To create the sense of twinkling lights, I swirled some white paint (using a paint dauber) behind each lantern and then sprayed the white swirls with glimmer mist.
If you're so inclined, you can visit me on my blog, Like the Car where I ramble on about Charlotte, crafts, cooking and whatever else is on my mind.
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