Happy Birthday Bro - One Page Layout

 I thought I'd take a quick break from posting my Grand Tetons layouts. Here's one from several years back that I've never postged. Note: My youngest has since cut his hair and beard...lol...way better now! 

We met the boys for a quick birthday lunch at Taco Bell!!!! Too funny, but we knew we could all step away from our work day long enough to be together on their birthday! We celebrated it again on another day so the spouses and grandkids could join.

Yes, they are birthday brothers! Two years apart, but both share the same date of birth. I'd like to take the credit for that, because I think it is so fun that they share their special days. But you know, they decide when they'll make their entrance in the world, with absolutely nothing Mom can do about it. 

I used several different scraps on the page and layered them up as a backdrop to the picture. I took my cue from the wall mural in the photo and used those colors. I added three different types of washi (love the mustaches!) and a vintage looking happy birthday image from Design Space, along with strip journaling. The white Jelly Roll pen is a great way to add quick faux stitching. I used baker's twine for the bow in the upper right corner and my old revolving date stamp on a ticket to mark the year.

Here's a closeup so you can more easily see most of the details.

Thanks for stopping by!! Enjoy your week and be crafty!

Take the Scenic Route - Two Page Travel Scrapbook Layout

 Here's another layout from our rafting trip in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This was the last full day of our trip, so we wanted to do something a little different. As I mentioned before, we didn't see much wildlife, but we had a good time and the views were beautiful from the Snake River. And did I mention, our guide did ALL the paddling. 

While the raft looks like it might be comfortable. Me and my knees were struggling with it, but it was still enjoyable.

The Cricut journaling is a bit time consuming with their current program, but it makes the story so much more legible.

The paper is Close to My Heart "Aurora", "Timber" and Scrapbook Customs "Camping Things". 

I'm not sure which brand the washi is (black wood grain), but I used that to border my patterned paper, and cut the other epehemera from Design Space. I used some miscellaneous scraps and zip strip for the banners in the corner.

I believe the mountain scene was a sticker from the Scrapbook customs paper set.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your week.

Teton Village - Two Page Travel Layout

 Here's another layout from our Wyoming trip in 2020. The Teton Village is just outside the entrance for the Teton National Park. Our group stayed at The Terra Hotel. It was beautiful and we loved our stay there. In fact, I'd like to book another meeting there in the future with one of our groups. There were lots of other accommodations available, as well as some shopping and eateries. Of course, the Teton Mountain Range is the most scenic back drop for the entire area!

This was a pretty simple layout. All pictures were matted on white for definition and I added black and white washi tape to highlight a few of the pictures. I like the black and white with the green plaid patterned paper.

I created the title in Design Space and cut it with my Cricut along with Mr. Moose. The dark green banners on both sides of the layout help to anchor the photos. Circut journaling for the "win", so that future generations can actually read it. I also added a few black and white tickets from my stash

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Have a lovely rest of the week!

Living Nativity - Two Page Christmas Layout

 This is my week for sharing layouts of our Christmas activities. This one was very meaningful and tells the wonderful story of Christ coming to earth!

One of the churches in our area hosts a wonderful live nativity scene. This was our first time going, but hope we can do it again!  The kids that there were lots of live animals including camels! The line was long down the street to get in. Seriously, it was over a mile long, but so worth it.

For this layout, I cut some strips from scraps of Christmas paper that all shared the same color combination and wrapped them with baker's twine. I used a small leftover bit of the red paper to add a little banner on the left to balance it out. The silhouette of  Joseph walking the donkey carrying Mary was straight from Design Space and cut on kraft paper. 

As usual, I printed some of the pics as wallets so that I could use more pics on the page. 

Look at those crazy kiddos!! We adore them and our time together is such a blessing. 

Apple Festival - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

 Fall is my favorite, as I'm sure I've mentioned before.🍎🍁🍂 Today, I'm sharing another fall layout from a few years back. This one is featuring pictures from the Kendallville Apple Festival. It was a beautiful day and I have such great memories from being together as a family. 

I am such a sucker for woodgrain paper. Most of the embellishments I used are from a fall stack of paper, including some stickers. I cut the title and swirl with my Cricut. Typically, I'm not a big fan of stickers, but they do make for a quick page that coordinates easily.

I loved the banner on one of the extra paper scraps, so I just cut it out the best I could and slapped it up in the corner. I'm still not sure that I'm a big fan of how it turned out. I added a few word banners which were also from the same fall paper pack.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Hope you have a productive and happy weekend. 

Easter Basket - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

 Easter comes early this year? What a celebration it will be.

Thought I should break from my Hawaii album in order to share a few Easter layouts with you. This one features my most favorite little people. 😍 How can these cuties be two years older already? 

I used several different spring patterned papers and various stickers from Echo Park "Sweet Girl".

The birds and title were cut with my Cricut and placed around the page. 

I love to mix patterned papers. Do you like the look? This layout was super simple and probably not one of my favorite, to be honest. Mostly because I'm not a huge fan of stickers since I got my Cricut. However, they do make for a quick page where everything matches and falls into a theme. So I use them on occasion and typically mix them in with cut images of my own.

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Paradise - Two Page Hawaii Scrapbook Layout

 Long time no post!! Sorry...Trying to get back into the habit of posting my layouts more often. 

Happy New Year!! It's already been crazy. I'm praying for our nation!

I think it's time for some more beautiful sun shiny layouts from Hawaii. We had dinner at a neighboring restaurant  from our hotel. Man was it good. We ate in an open area and watched the most gorgeous sunset! To die for!!

**Scrapbook layout photos removed for publication** See it here on June 18, 2021!!

I couldn't resist using this tropical floral paper, along with some more subtle patterns. I love how it came out. I do love to coordinate my patterned papers! It was almost too pretty to use, but hey...I can always buy more. 😁

They didn't have enough extra menus to let me take one with me, so I asked permission to take a picture of both sides of the surfboard menu, then cut around them and popped them up on my layout. Notice the cute pineapple border! That was the bottom part of the 12 x 12 paper. I love it when the manufacturers print that strip with a coordinating pattern. 

If you ever get to Duke's be sure and share a piece of Hula Pie....oh...my...word!

Thanks for stopping by today. See you again soon!

Owl birthday cards

I've been making a lot of birthday cards lately, so I thought I would share a few! I'm not a huge fan of coloring in stamps, nor am I very good at it. However, I'm not too proud to share them anyway. Where are my owl fans?? Anybody?

 I made the purple card for a friend whose daughter was having a Quarantine birthday and was asking for cards to make it a special day. The pink one below is for my sweet 8 year old granddaughter! She asked me some questions and wanted to know how I made it. She's a crafty little one, and I can't wait until we can spend some quality time creating together.

As mentioned above, I'm really kind of bad (inexperienced) at coloring stamps. I used Stazon for the stamp outline and a blending pen with SU ink to color the owls. For some reason, the pink owl turned out a little splotchy in the middle, but it's okay. She loved it and that is the main thing. I did the purple one second and that one turned out a little better. I used some patterned paper scraps down the center of the card, cut out the owls and popped them up with adhesive foam, and added the sentiment banners below.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Hope you enjoy your weekend!

"Birthday Girl" - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

Wow! I don't know how time is flying so fast! Indiana is on a Stay at Home order and I've been working my full time job from home for over a month now. We don't go out unless necessary to pick up supplies, occasional fast food pickup, or even more rare drive to work to handle something I can't do at home. 

Thankfully, I do love being in my home. But, I am ready for things to start moving towards "normal" again!! I know I'm not alone on that feeling. I miss my family, friends and coworkers. 

We're all tired of hearing and reading about the virus, so I will move on to something more fun like sharing a scrapbook page! Today, I have another birthday page. This is my youngest daughter-in-love. She's a keeper and we are proud to have her in our family!

 She's not a huge fan of being in the spotlight, but she puts up my need to celebrate all things birthday!! I believe this paper is from Glitz design, including the green strip with black owns. I believe that was the edge of the 12x12 paper. I love owls!!

 Every time I see pictures taken in our Dining Room, I really want to get our ship lap project started. The wall is not very flattering to those sitting in front of it. Although, when this was taken, it probably had more to do with my old cell phone camera. In spite of the dreary background, she is a beauty and we so enjoy having her in our family.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I hope your week is starting out great!

Celebrate - Two Page Wedding Scrapbook Layout

Here is the last page of my son and daughter-in-law's wedding album! I've been sharing these pages for several months now and we've finally come to the end. :)

 They had so many great pictures during the reception, it was really hard to choose just enough for a two page layout! I trimmed a few of them down to 4x4 in order to pack a few more in. Wallet size pics are also a good choice for a page like this with so many awesome pictures to choose from. You will notice I mixed color pictures with black and white throughout this album.

 Oh to be this young again!! 😍 They had such a great time celebrating. My son was part of an a Capella group at Ball State and many of them were at the wedding. I kept waiting for them to all break out in song for us, but the upper right picture is the closest they came. Look at all that hair!!

 The paper here is a metallic wood grain! It's hard to see it in these photographs, but it is so pretty! One of those papers you almost hate to use (or is that just me??)!

I cut some banners to use down the center of the project to highlight the picture of them dancing together and added a little bit of twine around the banners for the finishing touch.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and checking out this wedding album. If you'd like to see all of the layouts for this wedding album in one place, you can find them on Pinterest: My Scrapbook Pages - Wedding

Stay safe and enjoy your additional time with family during the days and weeks ahead!

Let us Eat Cake - Two Page Wedding Layout

My son and daughter-in-love's wedding reception was unique in many ways. They served breakfast food, and even the desserts were breakfast foods.  It was all really good! After they fed each other, the wedding party served the desserts to all of their guests. They did this instead of a reception line.

 This floral paper was one of my faves to use in their album. It brought in the colors of their wedding so nicely. I just used little pieces of it as embellishments here and there to add a bit of color.

 I saved this lace-topped paper especially for this layout.😍 I added a plain Kraft banner across the top and few more pennants to mark the date. I'm sure we won't forget the date, but I try to add it anyway for future generations.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope these layouts inspire you in some way.

Celebrate - Two Page Wedding Scrapbook Layouts

I've been posting these layouts in chronological order and we're at our first reception layout! Hope you enjoy it!

 You can easily tell the extraoverts in the bridal party. If it were me, I'd be walking in normal, because I have a hard time letting loose in front of a group. Guess I worry too much about what others think. I also don't enjoy the center of attention very much. I do love watching those who seem to enjoy the lime light! I secretly wish I could be more like them. 😄

 I changed the color scheme of the paper a little bit due to the lighting in the reception hall.  The images are from Design Space, including the title and the banners. Simple, but elegant is what I was going for.

Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy your week.

Family is Forever - Two Page Wedding Scrapbook Layout

The lighting outside of the chapel after the ceremony was so amazing. There were some clouds starting to roll in, but it couldn't have been better for the outdoor family pictures.

 I kept the layout simple, matting the photos in the same color as the bridesmaids' dresses. The pretty floral was perfect to add a little pizzazz and balance the page, along with the owl embellishment that came with the paper.  I am so happy that my DIL's sweet Grandma was able to be there for the wedding and for this precious photo. Sadly, she has now passed on, but this page will help keep her memory alive.

 Are you lovin' this title? I thought it was perfect for the page. I sized it in Design Space to fit the corner of my page and cut it with my Cricut in colors to match the wedding party. I also used my Cricut to write out the quote.

Oh my word, I love owls so much! I know the craze is pretty much over, but I don't care.😍

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Have a very crafty and productive week!

Rescue Bots - Birthday Banner

My daughter-in-love asked me to help with my grandson's birthday party by making a banner. The theme was Rescue Bots!! He lives and breathes Rescue Bots! 

 I found the images on Pinterest and printed 2 copies each on white cardstock.

 Then came the laborious task of cutting around the outside of each character. Then I cut another layer of whichever body part I wanted to accentuate. Above I popped cut a second layer of the character's right arm, head and chest. I used foam dimensionals to pop them out.

 I cut Happy 5th Birthday out with my Cricut and large letters to spell out his name.

 The banner pieces were also cut with my Cricut and I layered the white on the larger black piece. The Cricut image also cut the holes at the top for the string.

My grandson was pretty ecstatic about it!! It's now hanging in his bedroom (minus the first Happy Birthday piece). It was a labor of love, but I had a great time doing it, and love how it turned out. The smile on his face, was priceless.

 I also created a banner a few weeks later for my sweet granddaughter with L.O.L. Dolls! Oh my goodness! It's so cute! I will be posting it some time soon. 

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Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "Sea of Galilee"

Ever been to Israel? Is it a bucket list trip for you? We never thought we'd fulfill this dream, but in 2017 we were invited to go for a work trip! What a surprise and great blessing!

 First day of touring was a short sail on the beautiful Sea of Galilee! It was smooth as glass that day and it was hard to imagine that is where Jesus calmed the storms and waves and Peter walked on the water.

 What a great group of people to experience this with. We read Bible verses and sang praises as we crossed to our next destination.

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Two Page Birthday Layout - "Another Birthday"

We've officially been in our new home a full year! How exciting!!! Time has flown by, but we're loving this new chapter of our life called empty nesting. Sometimes it's a little lonely, but I'm not home that much to really think about it or get lonely.

This celebration is the first one in our new home! We had only moved in a few weeks prior, but we managed to celebrate my sweet hubby in the midst of it all.

 These are my favorite humans right here! We even rocked the group selfie with my oldest creeping on me! I sure do love them all! There are so many families who struggle to get along, but most of the time we enjoy being together. We're so blessed to be in close proximity, too.

I'm loving the polka dot with the little green plaid banners. I used a border punch along the edge, cut some plaid banners to match the photo matts and topped it off with an adorable deer paper clip. I am slightly obsessed with antlers right now. I used my Cricut to write the journaling! It's so much neater than my own. I will continue to throw in some of my own handwriting in all my scrapbooks, though. It's easier, and it makes it more personal. Some day, when I'm gone, they will appreciate seeing my scribbly writing, just as I do my Mom's writing, now that she is gone.

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