Two Page Layout - "Stick Maze"



 Everybody loves vacation! I have several layouts to share from our family vacation to Florida last May. We stopped for lunch in Kentucky. I love it when we fall upon something fun to see or do with just a random stop for lunch.

This stick maze was pretty cool. it was big enough to walk through. You can see the size of it in the top left picture.

The title font is from Cricut's Life is a Beach cartridge. I edged it with a white Jelly Roll pen to give it a stitched look like the paper matt used on the right side. The journaling block is Doodlebug Design.

 I didn't make a note of the brand name of this fun flowered chalkboard matt, but the white stitching and flowers gave me the inspiration for the rest of the page. I cut layered flowers with my Straight from the Nest cartridge and punched a small green circle for the centers. As I look at it now, I think I would have liked it better if each of my flowers were matted in black. Apparently, I never stop critiquing my projects.

The stick maze was probably a temporary exhibit at the arboretum, but it's still a great place to stop for lunch, for sure! The flowers were amazing and the artsy hand was a great prop for pictures.

I'll be posting more layouts from our St. Augustine, Florida, family vacation in the next few weeks. Thanks for stopping by today!!

Frozen...Ice storm of December, 2008

Good morning! Happy Monday! I enjoyed some great scrapping time with a friend this weekend! As much as I love to spend the whole weekend letting the creative juices flow, it's hard to get all of the normal weekend chores done. So...guess I'm going to the grocery store tonight. :)
This layout is pictures of the big ice storm we had here in Fort Wayne, Indiana in December 2008. I'm starting to pull out more and more pictures from the past to get them into the scrapbook! This ice storm knocked out the power to the area for two and a half days. It was pretty miserable. We stayed in our home with no heat and the temps outside were sub zero!! Needless to say, it was memorable!

I used a border punch to make the tree look a little whimsy. As I look at it now, I think it would have been fun to skip the punch, but use a crimper instead so it would look even more like tree bark. This close up shows the stickles on the branches too.
The metallic letters give it a nice chilly look.
Enjoy and thanks for looking!

Birthday cards for the guys!

Time for some scrappy birthday cards...
This one is for my brother (my only sibling). He is a bird and nature lover, so I hope he likes it. This one is made totally from scraps.
This favorite of mine is for my younger son Jacob who just turned 18. He is an avid bicyclist. He's been really busy with soccer and school lately, but give him some free time and he's off! I used my markers to color in the stamps (Stampin Up). He liked it a lot!This one is for my oldest son who just turned 20. They actually share the same birthday!!! He loves to play the guitar. He was impressed with this card and is proudly displaying it in his really cool man cave where he plays his music. Background stamps are again from Stampin Up. The guitar is cut with my Cricut (Indie cartridge).

Thanks for visiting my blog! Enjoy!