Remember

Happy Memorial Day everyone! May you be able to find a few moments to think about and be thankful for the sacrifice so many men and women make and have made to protect us and our country and what it stands for. May the meaning of this day not be lost on you.

Loving posts from this woman and this woman (scroll thru the 5 most recent posts) that speak to the importance of this day.

An oldie but a goodie

Here's something I have been meaning to post for some time. Another baby album I did for a friend's shower. It uses the same paper line as the last album I posted. While there are quite a bit of similarities, I think you'll agree they're still individual and unique pieces of work. (please excuse the awful pictures. I was up late into the night before the shower and had to take the pictures in bad light)

Note to self (regarding picture below) ... don't use Stickles to adhere crystals. Or if you do, make sure you don't accidentally bump the page when photographing. If you can believe it, I didn't catch this mistake until I uploaded the photos. Meaning yes, I did give my friend the album in this condition. Ugh! To this day, I am so mad at myself and have not contacted her about it. I don't know what I should do. She lives out of state. Should I tell her to fleck the crystals off and send her new ones that she can glue down. That seems kind of tacky. Yet I hate that she has this messed up page in her album.

Teacher Appreciation Week

If you haven't heard, it's this week. My daughter goes to preschool Tues/Thurs. Thursday I happen to know that there's a Mother's Day thing they're doing for us, which means tomorrow is the big day. So what am I doing right now, when I should be in bed? Yep, making cards. Cuz you all know I can't buy a card. (1) they're WAY too expensive and (2) I have WAY too many supplies not to use them on occassions such as this.

So here's what I came up with for Hannah's teacher. It's rather difficult to see in the picture, but I used some KI Memories lace paper as the background for my card. It's adds a very nice, subtle touch in person.


And here's what I came up with for the director of the preschool. Because they need some major appreciation as well.

I will swing by a Starbucks on the way to school and grab some gift cards to put in the envelopes.

FYI: the font I used on the cards is called Penmanship Print and I am sure I downloaded for free somewhere. I don't pay for fonts. Google it if you're interested. I love it for school themed projects.

School Days

This layout came together really quickly. I used My Little Shoebox papers on this. Everything was inked with Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress Ink) -- love that color! I simply layered the papers, matted the pictures, and popped them up. The letter stickers are from S.E.I. I have to admit, I am proud of myself for getting this layout done. My daughter is actually still in this class, which means ... (wait for it) I AM ON TOP OF SOMETHING! It's a miracle I know.

Peaceful Sleeping

This is probably my favorite layout of from my scrapbook weekend adventure. It just came together so well. A couple of the papers are from SEI. I can't recall the bottom patterned paper. The stick pin and butterfly is Jenni Bowlin. The tag is SEI. The crystals are SVA and they were in a pain in my butt. It took me forever to get them right because they flopped all over the place and stuck together. GRRRR. The diecut shapes are AccuCut. I don't have an AccuCut machine but my local scrapbook store does. So I took some chipboard, cut out the shapes I liked most and now use them as my templates. It works great when you're away from the machine.

Simple Things

This layout uses all American Crafts paper. I love it. It's fairly simple. I used one of my favorite EK Success punches again. The letter stickers are from Scenic Route. The journal spot is from SEI. I can't recall where the tag is from. The popped up stickers are from K & Co. I made that turquoise flower out of white crepe paper. Then I Glimmer Misted it to give it color. There's a million tutorials out there for these so just Google "how to make crepe paper flowers" and I am sure you'll come up with something. They're super EASY!

Do I Detect A Pattern?

This layout just makes me laugh! Once again, I don't really know who makes all of the papers. I think the crossword is Sassafrass. It's killing me that I don't know who makes the green floral and the blue floral. Oh well. I'll do my best to next time take better notes about my paper usage. :)

You Got That?

There's some Cosmo Cricket Girlfriend paper on here. Is this owl paper Sassafrass? I think it is. Whatever! It's cute! The flower stickers are old and their from Me & My Big Idea.

So I have decided that this layout only makes sense to me. If you look at her expression and where her hand is pointing, it's like she's making sure I remember she's sweet. Hence the "You got that?" title. What's funny is that this was one of those random clicks of the camera. She wasn't really posing like this. I am sure she was in mid flight or something and this is what that exact moment caught. You know? Like when you're snapping pictures and one of them shows someone with the most awful expression on their face?

High Energy

Here's another layout done with an eclectic group of patterned papers. Some of it is Heidi Grace Designs. The rest? Who knows? I was very bad about cutting the bar codes strips off the papers I was using. I guess the women who design for magazines must be really good about documenting that part. Me --- terrible! Regardless, I had a lot of fun with this layout. These pictures have just been begging for a page to be done. My Hannah can't sit still And this series truly shows how difficult it is for me to get a good, happy shot of her. Sigh! I used my new favorite item on this layout. Jenni Bowlin's crystal stick pins (can't find a link because they're sold out at all the reputable places I shop at)! They are so pretty and add just the perfect touch.

SEI Love

I love love love this picture of my little girls. It was taken in December 2008 when I was trying to get a Christmas card photo. This was the winning shot. I used the lovely papers in the Jolie Chocolat line by SEI. I remember when this paper line came out. I drooled over it! I still have so much of it left and I know I will love whatever project I ever use it on. This layout is pretty simple. Some layered papers. A few die cuts popped up. Some glitter brads by Dress It Up.