Family - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

 Oh how we miss our siblings! It seems like it has been forever since we've been together. We have such a tight bond and really enjoy each other's company.

This layout is from 3 years ago and I'm not sure why I haven't posted it before. It was a pretty simple layout. Really nothing special about the layout, except that I love these humans. :)

I am pretty excited about the title. This is a draw and cut image from Design Space. Love the extra detail of the drawing. 

And the little foxy. I love foxes. They are so cute. The banner at the upper left corner is a sticker from a paper pack. I don't love using stickers, but sometimes they make sense for a quick easy layout. 

This would be a time that the Cricut journaling would have been handy. My writing is so bad! Hopefully somebody will be able to read this when they look back at it. 

I'm my own worst critique, but in hindsight, I would have carried the horizontal banner all the way across the layout. But it's fine...it's all fine. And the beautiful memories of family fun are being preserved for future generations.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Give Thanks - Two Page Thanksgiving Scrapbook Layout

 Happy Thanksgiving to you! I pray this season finds you happy, healthy, and with much to give thanks to our Lord for. We are feeling extra blessed this year to have our two boys, and their families around us for a wonderful feast. Times are crazy and every day is a blessing that needs to be celebrated.

This layout is from 2018, but I thought I'd share it with you today. It's a super simple playout, but I LOVE the wonderful people in these pictures. They make our life complete and so worthwhile!!

The paper and embellishments are all from the same paper pack which is why it is so simple. Everything matches, and you can't go wrong mixing things up. I used two strips of paper on a small patterned pumpkin paper background. I matted all my pictures in white to help them stand out on the page. I even matted some of the embellishments. I love how it turned out, and seeing all of my favorite people in these photos. 

Our oldest son and his family had a brand new golden retriever puppy!! How fun to have Archie join in the fun for Thanksgiving. He was obviously the big hit of the party!!

Hope you enjoy celebrating and being thankful for all that life has for you at this time!! 

Thanks so much for following my blog!! 

Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "So Sweet"

Here is the last, most precious layout from our Fall 2013 photo shoot. She's such a sweetheart, even when she's not full of smiles.

 Just look at that sweet face. Oh my goodness!!

 The My Minds Eye paper continues with this last layout of our family photo shoot. I love the beautiful designs in this set of paper and embellishments. I may need to buy more. I used some lace and purchased sticky circles to make the lace flowers topped with a button and scrappers floss.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I hope you are enjoying some time off as we celebrate the new year holiday. Be safe and make wonderful memories together!

Two Double Scrapbook Layouts - Fall Family Photo Shoot

Can you believe we are just as close to 2030 as we are to the year 2000? How is this possible? Time keeps ticking away, and the new years keep arriving with surprising regularity. Each year I'm reminded that we need to make the most of our time here on earth. Lets make each day count, because we will never get it back.

Do you have any snow yet? We had a green Christmas here in Indiana. I will miss the pretty fall foliage until we get some snow on the ground. Fall is still my favorite time of year and I adore all of the great photos we got during our Fall 2013 photo shoot. (Photo credit to Just Shoot Me Photography).

 This is a super easy layout with My Mind's Eye paper and embellishments.

 If you look closely at this tree you'll see the letter "L" carved into a heart. We didn't do the carving, so somebody else was looking out for our perfect photo shoot.

 Our sweet grandbaby is now 2 and 1/2 years old. She and her new baby brother put the sunshine in our lives!! We are so honored to be their grandparents.

It was raining the morning before our photo shoot, so my hubby and I decided to check out the area to see if it was muddy and if the leaves had started to change yet. Of course, we took a few "unofficial" pictures as we checked out the park.

 The paper is from Fancy Pants, Close to My Heart and StampinUp. I used StampinUps Fall Foliage stamp with a darker grey ink to create the leaf watermarks on the woodgrain paper. I was pretty happy with the look. The title is cut with Cricut's Lyrical Letters "jumbo".

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I pray your 2015 will be healthy, happy and full of wonderful memory making.

Happy New Year to each one of you!!

Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "Our Boys"

Being a Mom is one of my greatest blessings! The responsibility of being a Mom changes through the years as does the relationship with your chidren as they grow up. However, even as they find that special someone, get married and have children, they will always be my absolute pride and joy!

Here's another layout from our fall family photo shoot of 2013. These are our boys! We couldn't be more proud of the young men they have become.

Most of the paper, banner, and chipboard accents are My minds Eye "Lost and Found".

 
 The "Boys" title is from Graphically Speaking and the word "our" is Kate's ABC's cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hope you are enjoying your Chirstmas holiday season with those you love.

Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "Family" Fall Photo Shoot

Here's another layout from last fall's family photo shoot. This is my oldest son and his precious family! I am so proud of them!!!

 They are such a great pair, and they are making a fabulous home for our sweet grandchildren. Our newest grandchild is still a bun in the oven at the time of these pictures.

 The patterned paper is all My Minds Eye "Lost and Found". I can't get enough of these colors because they are so great for fall! Most of the embellishments are from the same packet of paper, but I layered them up with scalloped punches and brads.

The title is cut with Cricut's "Going Places" cartridge. There are several jumbled letter titles in this cartridge which have made it a worthy purchase. Look at our sweet granddaughter! She's so adorable. We are completely smitten. ;)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! More fall family photo shoot layouts to come.

Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "Priceless" Fall Family Photos

Last fall, we took a couple of hours and got some great family portraits. For me, the memories of the shoot itself are just as great as the fabulous photos you get.

It had been rainy all day and I thought we might have to cancel the photographer, but it cleared up half an hour before we got together. The park wasn't too muddy, so it all worked out beautifully.

 I used My Mind's Eye "Lost & Found" because of the rich, traditional blues and gold that matched our clothing perfectly. Most of the embellishments were included with the MME paper pack.I added a few additional punched flowers and a punched "bitty banner" from StampinUp.

 I love the moss on the roof of this building! It was the perfect setting and our photographer is a friend which helped us relax a little. But seriously, how could she go wrong with this ridiculously good looking family??? :)

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Stay tuned for more family portrait layouts.

Fall Themed Cards

Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope you are enjoying this great day of thanks and praise and are taking time to think about your many blessings.

We had our whole immediate family here today for a traditional Thanksgiving meal with all of the trimmings. Almost 28 years ago, when we were first married, there was just the two of us around the table, and then there were four of us after we had our two boys. Three years ago my oldest son blessed us with a lovely daughter-in-law! Last year, we were blessed by a sweet little granddaughter who brings us so much joy!! And...we are expecting our second grandbaby in April of next year!! We are truly blessed!!

I'm hanging on to this day of Thanksgiving for the entire day today. The hustle and bustle of Christmas will swoop in on us tomorrow, but for today, it's still a day to give thanks to my God for who he is and all that he does. With all the beauty of autumn in mind, I'm posting a few cards that share this theme.

This Thanksgiving card was Pinterest inspired using the SU grunge stamp.

 Another super simple design of layered scraps.

 I dug out my SU layered photo corner punch to make this super simple Chevron design on Kraft.

 This is another Pinterest inspired design that I made into a sympathy card.

 Love the beautiful leaves on this SU set...I'm sad to put it away until next fall. =(

 Another Pinterest inspired Sympathy card.

 This is the birthday card I created for my Mom. She loves all the beauty of autumn.

 Another super simple sympathy card. I love to use texture folders. I can't get enough of them.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Hope you will find that you have so many blessings, that you can't even count them all. :)

Two Page Layout - "Guess Who Loves You"

Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the beautiful change of colors, the crisp cool air, and  everything pumpkin including foods and decorations. It's just such a cozy time of year. I find myself shopping for sweaters, scarves, and hunkering down under a blanket each evening.

Today, I have one of my favorite fall layouts to share. Scarlet was about six months old here and sporting the most adorable owl hat.

 Out popped Grandma's camera, and an adorable scrapbook page was born. The paper is Adornit "Pink Hoot" Collection, DCWV.

 Border punches and and swiss dot embossing folder add texture to both the title and border strips. The title is from Circut's "Hoot N Holler" cartridge. The journalling tag is from K & C Company.

  I used Art Philosophy cartridge to cut some circular frames, then embossed them and cut them into pieces to frame the photos. StampinUp flower punches and the owl stamp and punch added to the theme.

 Hope this inspires you to do a fn owl page! If you have do, please comment with a link to your project. I'd love to see it!

Double birthday layout - "More Candles"

Does anybody in your family share birthdays? We have the unusual pleasure of our two boys sharing their big days on August 22. I told Joel that his best birthday gift ever came when he was 2 years old and his little brother, Jacob, was born. He didn't always agree! They've always had fun together... as little boys playing together, and even now at 21 and 19 years. However, I know that having to share a big day like a birthday got old for them sometimes.

Here's a layout of their most recent "big day". Typical for my oldest to be goofing off in the pictures. That never seems to get old for him =). The guy on the right holding the cell phone is my nephew, Ryan, who always adds to the crazyness. Here's the left side of my layout.

Here's the right side. I was very pleased with my husband for actually capturing the moment of them blowing out the candles. Yay!

Here's some of the details:

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! Here's layout of last year's fall decor. Thought I'd pull it out and share it again. Enjoy our families and all of the blessings that our Lord pours over us each and every day. Take a step back from the hustle and bustle of the day and just soak it all in!

Fun Fall Cards

Happy Wednesday! I recently had some fun at my craft table making some special cards for dear friends of mine. Since I'm not quite in the Christmas mood yet (that doesn't happen for me until after Thanksgiving), it seemed like a great time to share these ideas with you.

The first card is a simple sentiment and three really fun-to-make flowers. Here are step-by-step pictures and instructions to make these flowers. I've seen these types of flowers before, and I kind of figured out on my own how to make them.

I used a scalloped punch for my flower base and pieces. A circle punch would be just as cute. You will need 5 punched circle for each flowers. One of them is the base, and the other 4 form the petals. Set the 1 circle aside for the base. Cut each of the other 4 circles in half once. Now you have 8 halves. Then fold each piece in half, then fold it in half again. If you paper is two sided, make sure you keep the right side out.

Poke a hole in the center of your base piece to make it easier to add the brad after the flower is assembled. Run adhesive over the entire base of the flower. Then attach one petal at a time, with the point at the center hole, and the widest part of your petal lined up with the outside edge of the circle. Then place the folded side of the 2nd petal right up next to the folded side of the 1st petal and keep working your way around, so that the folded sides of the petals are always next to each other and the open sides are next to each other.

Once all 8 petals are attached it should look like this.

Then use a good sized decorative brad through the center hole that you made. This keeps all of the points down nicely. Make two more and you're done! See finished card above (1st picture).

The second card I made is for a dear friend's birthday. She lives in northern Michigan and I haven't seen her in a long time. I had to try out my new Tattered Angels stamp set. I loved this owl with the curly feathers. I used bronze embossing powder over VersaMark ink for the image. I like the way it turned out. The pictures aren't quite doing it justice. =)


I dry embossed the top portion of this 5x7 card with one of my Tim Holtz embossing folders. Then I ran a little bit of ink over the raised part to make it pop a little more. The sentiment is SU.

 I added some matching paper in a couple of strips on the inside to finish it off. Then I wrote her a nice long letter to go with it. =) We need to do a better job of keeping in touch!

Have a great week!