Continuing On...

Funny how a trip to the local pumpkin patch resulted in many cats being held and not any jack o' lanterns picked. Thus began my oldest boy's love for anything with four legs and fur. He's got a gentle soul, as my grandmother says.

I figured I will continue to share some layouts as long as I am working on them while my mother is here. It's been a lot of fun, reliving these memories of when my babies where "smallish" yet. This could get addicting, I must work on my skills for photographing anything bigger than an A2 size, or find a scanner that works with my current system.

The layout for this page was based on design at Sketchy Thursdays. The pennants were cut by hand and outlined with a journaling pen, the same as the patterned paper.

YeeHa! Layout & Man Card

A cowboy themed party is what we had for my youngest on his first birthday. I am very biased when I say he made the cutest buckaroo in town.

The layout's colors were derived from The Scrap Doctor's Jolly June Yellow Challenge.

And to not forget the men in my life, I made a masculine yellow card as well for the challenge.  The design is inspired by this bag at SandBoxStudio's Etsy Shop, for the Etsy Inspired Challenge.

YeeHa! Layout: Supplies Used: White Scrapbook Page (Creative Memories) Cardstock: Yellow (Recollections) Patterned Paper: (Creative Memories) Stickers: YeeHa (Hobby Lobby) Other: Black Journaling Pen, Corner Round Punch (Creative Memories)
On Your Birthday Card: Supplies Used: Cardstock: So Saffron (Stampin Up), Green (Close to my Heart) Pattern Paper: (Creative Memories) Rubon: Chit Chat (Stampin Up) Other: Twine (PTI) Tools: Corner Round Punch (Creative Memories), Staples

Be Easy On Me...

Long gone are the days of chubby legs and diapers. He's now long and lean, smart beyond his almost four years. This is why I love to scrapbook. I can remember and he can remember. We can laugh and we can see how similar, yet how different he is. The stickers

Scrapbooking was my first crafty love. I've always felt a bit timid showcasing layouts here on my blog since I do not add a lot of embellishments or raised product to my cards. I've admired from afar the scrappy blogs of Natalie, Valerie and Amy (to name a few) and how they can make it work by showcasing layouts and cards. I'm still learning on the photography end of things, so please be patient with me as I try to figure this process out. Since I scrap on white bases and needed to show the edges, the shadow defines the scope of the 8.5x11 page.

I was inspired to create a sticker border on my layout for the challenge at Method Playground. I've hoarded these fun stickers and I was glad to finally use them. The stickers themselves have all these quirky words of  advice, in animal terms, so I thought it would be fitting to journal about how I can teach my boys things about life, yet they teach me even more.

Since these stickers were just so darn cute, I also created a card featuring a cute little clam. The sketch at Limelight Papercrafts was a great choice to feature the sticker with a lot of white space. I also enjoyed using string on my layout, which was a required element for the challenge.

You Teach Me Layout- Supplies Used: White Scrapbook Page: (Creative Memories) Cardstock: Yellow (Recollections), Stickers: Actopus to Zelephant (K&C Co.) Tools: Black Maker (Pilot) Scallop Border Punch (Fiskars)

Happy as a Clam Card- Supplies Used: Cardstock: Yellow, Green and Orange (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific), Stamps: Woodgrain Background (Stampin Up) Pigment Ink: Old Olive, Really Rust, Summer Sun (Stampin Up) Sticker Sentiment: Actopus to Zelephant (K&C Co.) Other: Baker's Twine, Thread