Waiting for Dad

I made cute little shirts for the girls to wear and added a few decorations around the house as we waited for James to return from his last 6 month deployment.  The plan was for us to drive to Ramstein and greet him when he arrived just after lunch time.  However his flight was delayed and we stayed home.  His co-workers dropped James off just after midnight and our girls were sleeping.  I had printed the photos though so he could see how happy they were that their daddy was finally coming home. 

Since James is deployed, again, I figured I better get these photos onto a layout and in our albums.  I recently found Sassy Lil’ Sketches from some fellow Club Creating Keepsakes peeps and decided to give it a shot.  This layout is from the July 28th Reveal and I am pretty pleased with the way it turned out. 

I used My Mind’s Eye patterned paper and embellies for this one.  The cardstock is Bazzill as well as the brads.  Cosmo Cricket stickers and American Craft Thickers for the title.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

CHA Favorites

I have been stalking some of my favorite scrapping blogs all month for sneak peeks of the new lines they would be releasing this week at the CHA-W convention. There is so much out there to buy but Cosmo Cricket has my favorite lines so far! I hope I can get the Joyride Paper Crafting kit soon, it is adorable. Jenni Bowlin has managed to come out with another stunning line, Homespun. The page was designed by one of my favorite bloggers, not only for her amazing talent but also a fellow military spouse, Stephanie Howell. If you haven't checked out her blog you really should. I love her style! Finally, have you seen the new line by Elizabeth Kartchner? She worked with American Crafts to come out with a beautiful spring line with adorable papers and embellishments. This is definitely on my gotta have list!

If you want to see many other products being released this spring you should check out the Creating Keepsakes Blog and the Paper Crafts Blog because they posted some great videos on their sites.

Sorry there are so  many links but I didn't want to add photos and violate any copyrights that are in place.  Wanna share your favorites?  I love reading comments!