Words of Inspiration

For my Mother In Laws birthday I found a picture frame/album that I absolutely loved! I also came up with an idea to include each of her grandkids a number of times. The following is the result:

Work: Optional

This dress was so cute - I miss all the cute little girl clothes....

Anyway, nothing much to explain about this one, except that I had to paint over the chipboard letters. All I had were purple letters, and of course, that just wouldn't have worked!

Original design found here.



SUPPLY LIST:
Cardstock: Blue - Close To My Heart (Winter Cozy)
Maroon - Close To My Heart (Autumn Garden)
Black - Paperbilities
Patterned Papers: DCWV (Fall Stack)
Chipboard: Kurio
Paint: Apple Barrel (Black)
Paper Design on Journaling Block: Shabby Princess (Smell My Feet Digital Kit)
Brads: Stampin' Up (Vintage)

Family

I love these family pictures for one reason: both sides of hubby's grandparents are represented. It is such an awesome thing to have a picture of.

I used the layout found here.




SUPPLY LIST:
Patterned Paper: DCWV
Journaling Font: Book Antiqua
Stamps: Stampin' Up (Priceless)
3 Bugs In A Rug (Loud & Clear)
Stampin' Up (Sheltering Tree)
Title: Cricut Cartridge (Tear Drop)
Flower & Circle Diecut: Cricut Cartridge (George & Basic Shapes)
Ink: Stampin' Up (Brocade Blue)
Paint: Folk Art (Engine Red)

The Best Thing

Love, Love, Love this picture with me and my kids. It was taken Halloween night, but that didn't mean I had to make it a "Halloween" layout.

I loved the look of this layout and knew it would be perfect for this picture. And I also like how the color combination turned out, though I was scared to use it at first.




SUPPLY LIST:
Eyelet: We R Memory Keepers (Love Set)
Patterned Papers: DCWV
Brad: 3 Bugs in a Rug
Title: Cricut Cartridge (Cuttin' Up Serifs)
Journaling Font: 2ps Scrapbook

Friends - Tile

My big brothers birthday present.

I am not so sure I like the color combo, but I was trying to stay within the lines of our clothing.



SUPPLY LIST:
Cardstock: Unsure
Patterned Paper: DCWV and/or ATD
Chipboard Letter: Stampin' Up
Font: LD Vanilla
Floss: Close To My Heart
Stamp: Stampin' Up Much Love
Ink: Stampin' Up Brocade Blue
Stampin' Up Basic Black
Other: Zig Memory Marker
Quote Transparency: Erica Hernandez of 2ps

Big Brother Birthday Card

A birthday card made for my big brother, following an example found at kwernerdesignblog.com.

Sadly, the way it turned out looks like it might work better for a child, however...

Oh well...



SUPPLY LIST:
Cardstock: Best Occasions
Close To My Heart
Patterned Paper: ATD Vibrant Paper Pad
Design: Jennifer Pebbles of 2ps
Ribbon: Offray
Graphic: Graphic Garden
Stamp: Stampin Up' Simple Wishes

LadyBug

Still Halloween time.

Because my daughter was still too young to really make a decision on her Halloween Costume we decided for her.

My parents always called me, "Shilobug" and referenced it to lady bugs, so when I found a ladybug costume, I had to use it!

I love the fact that even though this is a "Halloween" layout, I was able to steer clear of the regular Halloween colors!

The original design can be found in Creating Keepsakes Magazine, August 2009 issue, Page #80, The Bridge Layout.



SUPPLY LIST:
Cardstock: Unknown
Patterned Papers: DCWV Christmas Stack
DCWV The Stack (Unsure of #)
Title Font: Forte
Name Font: Flik
Foam Heart: Unknown (Another item I've had for many years)
Ribbon: Stampin' Up
Ladybug Diecut: Cricut Cartridge Doodlecharms
Other: Staples

Spooks

Halloween Time! One of my favorite times of the year.

I really like how this ended up!

The original idea can be found here.



SUPPLY LIST:
Cardstock: Unsure
Patterned Papers: DCWV The Fall Stack
Title: Cricut Cartridge Cuttin' Up
Stamp: Stampin' Up
Moon Die Cut: Cricut Cartridge George and Basic Shapes
Brads: Making Memories
Ghost: Unknown (I've had it for many years)

Smile

A fairly simple layout for another fave picture of mine.

I didn't have glittered s's for the title, so I improvised and painted a letter 's'. I am not sure that I am not CRAZY about how it turned out, but I like it enough.

The original idea can be found here.



SUPPLY LIST:
Cardstock: Unknown
Patterned Paper: ATD Vibrant Paper Pad
Chipboard Letters: Kurio
Paint: Apple Barrel Liberty Blue
Font: Don't Remember
Stickers: Stampin' Up Island Blossoms Kit
Ribbon: Stampin' Up Celery Green

Sunday Best

The continuation pictures of the previous post (well, if you actually read the journaling).

I love these pics of my cute little kids and I am so pleased with the result.

I didn't have enough "blue" chipboard letters (I made 2 of this layout), so I took some "green" letters that I had and simply painted over them. For the circles on the bottom, I used the dotted paper and cut the circles that were already there.

This is a "scraplifted" design that I originally found here.



SUPPLY LIST:
Cardstock: Unknown
Patterned Paper: DCWV and/or ATD
Chipboard Letters: Kurio
Paint: Apple Barrel Liberty Blue
Stamp: Stampin' Up Priceless
Other: Zig Memory Marker

Express Yourself

Ah, my lovely daughter...She was and still is a very emotional thing. I used this layout (after transferring blog, lost the original link) to finish mine.

The end result:
(Sorry about the bad coloring...Dealing with an ornery baby and little sunlight...I may reshoot it some day...)



SUPPLY LIST:
CARDSTOCK: Close to My Heart, Other
JOURNALING FONT: Minya Nouvelle
STRIP FONT: Segoe Print
STAMP: Stampin' Up Girlfriends Set
INK: Hampton Arts Black
BRADS: Making Memories (I think...)
EMBROIDERY FLOSS: Close To My Heart

Look-A-Like

I was so happy when I saw this original idea (I apologize, I transferred this blog over to this name and in doing so I lost a few links) , because I always have a hard time figuring out how to scrapbook individual photos. (I am a chronologic scrapbooker, so there are many times I have this issue)

This is how my version turned out:




SUPPLIES USED:
BLUE CARDSTOCK: Close To My Heart
SCRAPS: Stampin' Up, Creating Keepsakes, Others
BRADS: Three Bugs In A Rug
STAMPS: Stampin' Up Sheltering Tree Set
INKS: Stampin' Up Glorious Green
Stampin' Up Brilliant Blue
VELLUM: Paperbilities
TITLE FONT: 2Peas Fragile
JOURNALING FONT: Trebuchet MS

Mother's Day Then and Now

Just before Mother's Day I found an idea prompt in one of Creating Keepsakes magazines. The prompt said something to the effect of "Do a page comparing your mother's life with your life." Immediately an idea came to mind...This happens rarely for me, so I knew I had to run with it.

The following is what came of it and ended up being my Mother's Day gift to my mom.



SUPPLIES USED:
Brown Cardstock: Unsure of maker/company
Flowered Cardstock: Three Bugs in A Rug
Brads: Three Bugs in A Rug
Chipboard Letters: Kurio
Big Flower Chipboard: Stampin' Up
Font: Unsure of Font