View from the Top - Two Page Travel Scrapbook Layout

 How do you feel about heights? We rode the Aerial Tram in the Teton Village on my birthday. It wasn't that high, and we loved it. The smoky haze from the wild fires dampened the view just a bit, though.

We caught the tram right in the village, just steps away from our hotel. 

The paper is Basic Grey "Periphery" and Paper House with Zaomo washi and twine. I added some ephemera from Kaiser Craft "Let's Go" collection. I stamped the camera, tag and other doodads  with CTMH "Life in Pictures". I created the tag in Design Space and journaled on it. I also designed the title myself. 

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#grandmalife - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

 We are very blessed to have our two grandchildren living within 15 minutes of us. Many grandparents have to travel so much farther to enjoy their littles. We sometimes pick them up from school, take them for donuts, to the park, or the Dollar Store. Sometimes they also get to stay up late, eat popcorn, watch movies and spend the night at our house. This is from a overnighter a few years ago. Time is a thief!

I used an assortment of patterned paper and layered them up pennants together going one way across the page. Double layering the pictures is not real common for me, but I love the extra emphasis it adds with this layout.

We have so much fun with these two!! We have our moments of struggle, as well, but that is all part of it, and worth it all!

I used an oval scalloped punch to frame up the "memories" embellishment, a white jelly roll pen on navy for the date, and the Cricut for my bullet journaling. The hearts were cut with my Cricut and added to the left of each bullet point. One of the zip strips from the bottom of the patterned paper was perfect for tearing and adding to look like Washi tape at the top of a picture.

I like how the layout turned out and love the smiling faces on these pages . Hope you are inspired in some way. Have a crafty week.

Happy 7 - Two Page birthday girl scrapbook layout

 Why haven't I posted this one yet? We're getting ready to celebrate our granddaughter's 11th!! Oh well, apparently I'm a few years behind. Shocker!

She is spunky, a little sassy, and a lot of sweetness! We couldn't love her more.

I love seeing the expressions on her face and watching her open her gifts. She looks so young here!!

I added some little details like photo corners, file tabs, washi tape, and mixed some patterned paper, along with layering up some of journal cards and embellishments. The aqua twine seems to tie it all together. 

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

Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "Asian Flavor"

While I was in Houston, we were encouraged to choose a tour or activity. I'm not sure why I chose the Asian cooking class, but I'm glad I did! It was a lot of fun just to watch the expert (Dorothy Huang) cook, but even more fun to hop in and help out making dumplings, and other tasty dishes.

 The food was gorgeous and very tasty. I think it would be fun for our whole family to get together and make Asian food some weekend. I'm not sure I know enough about it to lead the family in this kind of endeavor, but in my mind it sounds like a lot of fun!

 So tasty!! We all received one of her cookbooks to take home. I should really try to do this myself sometime. What am I waiting for??

The patterned paper was some I had in my stash. The pops of fuchsia looked great with the pink circular signs the travel directors were leading us with. It was a fun layout, and I like the way it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I have a few more Houston layouts to share, so stop back later this week.

Two Page Layout - "Goodbye"

This layout evokes so many memories for me! These pictures were taken December 24, 2018 just days before packing up and moving out of our family home. We purchased it and moved in when I was pregnant with my oldest. It's a very tiny, 2 bedroom/1 bath home, so we planned to live there for 5 years, build equity, and then move to something bigger...Well, we stayed for 28 years!!

 Our second son was born two years later and they could easily share a room. We were loving our home and the neighborhood, and we just stayed! It really didn't feel that small until the kids became teens. There wasn't a lot of space to have friends over, or have family guests stay over with us, and then suddenly they were 6ft 4" and they were sleeping in bunk beds where they couldn't stretch out very well....but we still stayed. 😲

 The biggest reason we stayed was for financial reasons. We were paying tuition at a Christian school from Kindergarten through highschool, then college tuition...But we started planning, hoping and dreaming to build our own house one day.

 Meanwhile our oldest son got married and later on blessed us with grandchildren, our youngest graduated from high school and got engaged. He was living with us, saving for the wedding, etc. and we LOVED having him back with us again after college. But when the whole family was over, the walls were closing in on us. It was tight around the dining room table, and my youngest had to give up his room for the grandkids to spend the night. So, we started getting more serious about our plans, pulled the trigger on a beautiful little lot, and held off breaking ground for a few more months to save up the rest of our down payment.

I'm glad that we stayed as long as we did, though. We never had to uproot the kids from their neighborhood, and all things fell into place financially after we were finished helping with college tuition....We were out of debt and ready to make our dream home a reality!

These pictures are the last family photos taken at our old house! We made so many memories there together with our little family. My hubby spent so many hours fixing up that little house. That's probably one of the reasons it sold 6 HOURS after going on the market. It was the cutest little house in the neighborhood and the market was (is still) so HOT here in Fort Wayne. The timing was perfect in all ways for us and we give all the glory to God!

Thanks for sticking with me through this longer post. Thanks for reading! I will post layouts of our new home some time soon. We are loving it!

Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "You Color My World"

And now it's time to share one of my fall layouts of my sweet granddaughter. She's definitely sugar and spice and everything nice, maybe with a little extra spice. :)

 Again, I'm loving this fall themed paper. I matted the photos, layered some embellishments and wrapped it with some pretty scalloped crocheted ribbon.

 Ah...I can't believe it's taken me 3 years to get these posted. Looks like it's time for another photo shoot with these sweet, not-so-little babies.

I'm still obsessed with the shot of my granddaughter laying on her belly in the wagon and the one where she's throwing up the leaves! Kudos to our photographer for catching these moments so well. 

Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy your day! 

Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "Then and Now"

I'm sure you've all seen the great pictures of people recreating their baby pictures as adults! So hilarious! My husband and I were at a sibling getaway with his siblings in northern Michigan. We were taking lots of pics of ourselves. Some were silly and some were serious, because you just never know when that picture will be the last of all of us together, right? My two boys and their wives decided to recreate not only our picture which we had posted on Facebook, but also to recreate some pics from their own childhood. I found these side-by-sides of them on Facebook the next day. I still can't stop laughing every time I see them.

 These boys of mine and their beautiful wives are keepers for sure! They are either making me laugh my head off or making me cry...for real! Most of the time, it's joyous laughter, though!

 Aren't these pics of their childhood photo re-enactments just the best!! My boys are 6'4" tall. I just can't stop laughing at these strapping boys being so silly together.

 I especially can't stop laughing at the bottom right photograph. It's clear that my youngest son, Jacob isn't flexible enough to get his foot all the way up into his big brother's crotch anymore. Too funny! I really wish they could have found some snazzy red and white striped pj's for him to wear for the re-enactment! 😂😂😂

 And now, about the layout...I love the way it turned out with all the colors and layering of patterned paper and simple embellishments with buttons and snipped paper circles.

My heart is so full, looking back at the old pics and also laughing about the new memories they made re-enacting them together!

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Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "Hightway 1"

Today, I'm sharing some a layouts from our 30th anniversary trip to Key West (December 2015)! We had a great time together in a really beautiful location.

 We flew into Miami, rented a vehicle and drove down through the keys. These pictures are from the beautiful spots we saw along our adventure.

 The paper is Bazill cardstock and the Abroad Collection from Studio Calico. The title is from Cricut's Graphically Speaking, Hwy sign is from Going Places, and the number from Nate's ABC's. I layered it up with some banners made from scraps of the map paper and topped it with a SU dot.

 My 2" circle punches (StampinUp!) worked great with the circle maps on the paper.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! More layouts to come this week.

Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "My Sunshine"

Here's a girlie layout of my favorite little Sunshine. She brings so much joy to our family.

 Those eyes...that smile! Could she be anymore adorable?

The paper is from StampinUp and Simple Stories. The pretty pink ball fringe ribbon is American Crafts. The chipboard pieces are from Studio G. The banner, branches, and journaling tags were cut with Cricut's Art Philosophy. The double 5 point flower and the little bitty flowers were created with StampinUp punches.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Have a lovely and productive week!