Two Page Layout - "Together is a Wonderful Place"

 We try to get away as an extended family with my husband's siblings once a year. Last year, we rented a small house in Holland, MI for two nights. We had a great time together. I love that we make time for each other even though their parents have been gone for several years.  Our time together is usually spent sitting around the table talking, eating, and playing games. Sometimes we split up and the girls and guys do separate activities for a few hours.

This layout features pictures taken at a downtown restaurant. We had such a great time goofing off.

 

Two Page layout - "Playtime"

What a beautiful day! Loving this sunshine! I think it's a great day to play.

 These photos were taken last summer at a local park. Scarlet was definitely enjoying some fun with her family. This fun paper with the adorable tree is Little Yellow Bicycle.  I punched a bunch of flowers out of similar colors with my StampinUp flower punches, layered them up in different ways, and spread them around the layout to mimic the flowers on the tree and give the layout some dimension.

 Such cute pictures for us all to look back on and remember the fun we had together. I used  little bit of Washi tape with the same colors to balance the layout on the right and added journaling down he side in bright pink. The gemstones in the flowers are Bazzill Basics.

The "Playtime" title was cut with Cricut's "Nate's ABC's" cartridge from a scrap of pink paper.

I hope this inspires you to go out and play today. =)

Altered Guest Book

My husband's sister and brother-in-law celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in July! What a milestone!! They had a big party in their back yard. I offered my help, of course, and she asked me to decorate a guest book for her, to make some tags for the food, and a few decorations.

I bought a plain white guestbook at Hobby Lobby. First I covered the inside flaps of the book with matching red paper. I stamped it all over with watermark ink in a vintage floral pattern. Sorry, I didn't take a picture of the inside.

I attached some adhesive backed burlap ribbon all the way around the front flap. The ready made flower came from Meijers and I added a corner of burlap behind it as I attached it. The square brad was lurking in my stash and looked nice on top of a small square of fringed burlap. The white scrappers floss tied in a bow with multiple loops, attaches a decorative key.

 

The place cards were made with Stampin Up's Cherry Cobbler paper and ink. I used Close to My Heart's "Frame it Up" stamp set which coordinates with Cricut's Art Philosophy cutting cartridge. This was such an easy project!

I also made a few tags for her wedding party. She wrote each of their names on the tags, along with their role in the wedding, and attached it to their bouquets. These were made with two different SU punches, and then hole punched.

Last but not least, I made a few decorations with cupcake liners, Styrofoam balls, straight pins, and a glue gun.

 

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a productive weekend.

 

 

Pop Up Owl 1st Birthday Card and Altered Frame

Our grandbaby turned 1 year-old in April!! Can't believe how quickly time flies, even with grandchildren. Of course, I made her a card to celebrate!! Her nursery has an owl theme, complete with a tree mural hand painted by her Daddy (my oldest son). It's really not my fault that I have become a bit obsessed with owls!

Who doesn't love a pop-up card, especially with an owl? :) Here's the front.

Here's the inside, complete with baby girl owl and scalloped oval banner.

 If you've never made a pop-up card, it's really not hard. You'll have to check out a few of the tutorials  like this one. I didn't take pictures of each step, but basically you cut two matching slits in the fold of the inner card layer (brighter pink) for each item you want to pop up.

 You can see the slits between the owls feet. The section of card between the slits is folded towards you (the opposite of the fold in the card) which creates a stand for this baby owl.  It's really as simple as that. I used stickers for the sentiment. I used pink glitter cardstock for the "1st".

Her birthday party theme was Minnie Mouse and there were lots of polka dots and zebra prints! So much fun! I can't remember where I got this frame, but I decided to add a few pretty flowers and we used it at the party with a cute baby picture of our birthday girl, Scarlet Rose.

 The flowers were made with my three SU scalloped circle punches and brads. Super easy. I crumpled the paper to give them more texture.

 Three simple flowers added a lot of pizazz to this frame.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! 

Two double layouts - "Bath Time" and "It's a Girl Thing"

Hope you are all having a wonderful day. Mine has been filled with a busy, busy work day, emptying dishwasher, making dinner, and now time it's time to share a couple of layouts.

Once again, sweet Scarlet is the center of this Grandma's scrapping attention. She's a doll and these pictures are too precious....Rub-a-dub-chubb! LOL! I can't get over how she's changed. She's walking now and no longer bathes in my kitchen sink. =)

 The Chevron patterned paper is My Minds Eye. The bottom border may be from a Martha Stewart baby pack. Cuteness!

 Her smile melts my heart! The duckys were cut with Cricut, layered together, and then run through Cuddlebug for a feathery look. The title is also cut with Cricut's "New Arrival" cartridge. (Thank you, Jodi!)

This next layout is really old. Not sure why I haven't posted it until now. It's obviously pre-Scarlet! We had so much fun with the baby shower and had great pictures....My son, husband, and Brother-in-Law drank milk from baby bottles for one of the games. 

Yes, I'm now kind of an owl freak!  If you want to see the posts about the decorations, you can check it out here and here. These two posts are some of the most frequently viewed on my blog. Apparently there are other owl freaks out there. =)

 The fabric flowers and punched and stamped owls were leftover decorations, so it seemed appropriate to use them on the scrapbook page. We were just so tickled to get a girl for our first grandbaby!!! My husband and I raised to wonderful boys, and I grew up with a brother (no sisters). I've been deprived of all things pink and ruffly. We sure are making up for lost time in the pink side of life!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Stay cool!

Feminine Cards

My husband is away on a business trip this week. This is my first time home alone for several days since we've been empty nesters. Very strange, but honestly, it has also been good. I've been getting some projects done here at home. Solitude can be a refreshing experience when you know it's only temporary.

Here are some cards that I made quite some time ago, but never shared on my blog. I guess I was busy sharing all the new scrapbook pages of my sweet granddaughter! =)

The butterfly was cut with Indie cartridge (Cricut). It's such a pretty shaped butterfly! It was fun to bling it up with a few rhinestones and sheer black ribbon. The sentiment, and decorative label and oval punches are from StampinUp! I love that their punches are made to work directly with their stamps. It makes things so much quicker when you're trying to pull a card together. I'm not a fan of cutting things out by hand, if I can help it.

This one is not quite as flashy, but still very girly. The background stamp is from Glitz Designs. I used several different SU punches and stamps to create the layered flower, then dropped a rhinestone in the center. You're probably assuming I sell SU..LOL! Nope, but one of my best friends does...I'm actually just a big fan.

Now for a little critique...I'm thinking a brighter pink would have "popped" a bit more. =)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a wonderful week. =)