You Make Me Happy Layout

Wouldn’t you know my scrappy mojo came back just a couple of weeks before the movers come and I don’t have much time left to scrap.  That is my luck, for sure!

I checked out Frosted Designs this morning and saw they still have some NSD challenges open so I played along with Heather’s challenge to use strips of paper on a layout.  I had so many strips leftover from the layout I completed yesterday so I went to work to use up as many as I could. 

 

All the products used are, once again, from the Echo Park “This & That Graceful” collection.  I think Echo Park knocked this line right out of the park.  I love it!

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Beautiful Sisters Layout

It has been nearly 6 weeks since I have completed a layout and while I was missing my scrapping time, I was busy and just couldn’t get to it.  We returned from a trip to Disneyland Paris last week and I was ready to jump back in.  I had a box of new supplies waiting for me from Emma’s Paperie when we got home full of Echo Park’s This & That Graceful along with some fun ribbons and the new Dear Lizzy line as well. 

Club CK posted a 1 hour recipe challenge and I knew I wanted to play along this week.  I remembered the cute sketch from Frosted Designs and pulled my supplies together and got to work.  I loved using this sketch and the gorgeous Echo Park papers.  I even used my sewing machine and stitched a quick border along the page and a zigzag stitch around the circle.  The yellow ribbon is from Maya Road and I just love it!  I bought a bunch of colors. 

I think this was the perfect challenge to jump back into scrapping.  I better spend more time on my hobby before all my stuff is packed up for a few months!  We are waiting for JG to get his orders so we can schedule the movers and then get our airline tickets to fly back to the USA.  Ohhhhh boy, I cannot wait to be back in the states..only 3 more months left here! 

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Not Too Spooky

I made this layout using the Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesdays Sketch #34.  I stuck pretty true to the sketch only changing up the photo sizes and rather than adding a banner I across the middle I swirled a bit of twine. 

I have been waiting to scrap these photos from this past Halloween and I knew this was the perfect sketch for them. The photos make me smile!  I let the girls choose their own costumes and they picked a rather boyish monster and dragon so I just added tutus to girly them up a bit.  They were cute and many people remembered them when we went around trick or treating on Halloween. 

I used Bella Blvd.’s Too Cute To Spook papers along with Making Memories corrugated alpha and Cosmo Crickets Tiny Type stickers as well.

Don’t forget about the giveaway I have open here.   I extended the deadline to tomorrow and if I get to 50 followers (I am just one away) I will draw 2 winners!  So go become a follower of my blog and comment on the post to enter to win so fun scrappy goodies!

Her Smile

 

I always get sad looking back on pictures of the girls.  Lolo’s sweet smile just melts my heart.  She was just 5 weeks old when this photo was taken in May 2008.  Time is moving at lightning speed and my heart is begging for it to slow down. 

I played along with Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesdays Layout Sketch 22 from August 23rd.  I am just under the noon deadline and glad that I played along.  I changed up the circle part of the sketch but kept the cluster of embellishments and the flourish.  I hand stitched the flourish's and used stickles on the top of the white flowers to make them stand out.  I printed a quote I found online onto a transparency and added it below the cluster.  It reads “Her smile beams like sunshine, which fills our hearts with love.” 

 

 

Here is the original sketch:

 

 

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Home for the Holidays

This is a quick layout I made while playing along with Frosted Designs  Sketch Along Tuesdays June 28 sketch challenge.  I used a sheet of Cosmo Cricket's Mitten Weather along with the coordinating Ready Set Chipboard embellishments.  The green twine is from Martha Stewart, the cute pom pom trim was from a friend on the Club CK board.  I busted out my sewing machine and stitched down the edges.

Easy.  Simple.  Quick!  Here is the sketch:

 

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