Let's Go Fly a Kite - two page summer scrapbook layout

 We just came back from a work trip in Florida.  It was hard to escape the excessive heat and humidity, but it made the pool feel that much more refreshing!

Are you enjoying your summer? It's slipping away quickly. 

I decided to take a little break from posting my travel pictures to a summer layout featuring my adorable grands! They're the best. I love that this layout helps me hang on to the memories of this day from 2020. 

I love the accents on this page, from the kite to the clouds!

The paper is Simple Stories "We are Family" and Close to My Heart "These are my People", along with some Recollections cardstock.

My favorite part about the page (aside from my beautiful grandchildren) is the simple layout, and the fun embellishments. 

We had a great day flying a kite, playing with fairy gardens and Hot Wheels, and soaking up some rays.

Hope you are inspired to be creative today, or to spend some extra time with your grands. Have a fun week!

Sleepover - Two Page Scrapbook Layout - Grandchildre

 Being a Grandma may be one of the few things that gives me purpose lately. Helping them navigate their young lives and hopefully passing on a legacy of strong family, unconditional love, and faith in the Lord. My two crazies...keep me sane...even when I'm feeling discouraged.

Don't get me wrong, these two give me a run for my money sometimes! I love the creativity and the smiles captured here during one of their sleepovers. Hot Wheels, fairy garden fun, coloring, reading on the porch, making chocolate chip cookies, eating them, and bedtime stories!

I love this water color distressed paper. The photos are matted in a light blue to help them stand out on the paper. I found some closely coordinating flowered and numbered paper for the brackets and banner strips. Lastly, I added a few directional stamps along the edges. Using my Cricut for journaling is a Godsend because my own writing is awful. I wish I could write this neatly with my own hands. 

The title is from Design Space. The layering helps give it dimension, along with the chunky baker's twine bow tied vertically around the entire left page. Simple, with lots of fun pictures that bring back memories of a few years back. That's what it is all about...keeping the memories close in our hearts. 

Hope you are starting to enjoy the beautiful early summer weather! It's not my favorite season, but I do love temps in the mid-70's!

Have a blessed week!

Halloween - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

 Halloween is not one of my favorite holidays. But it's been fun to see it through their eyes and experience it with them. They typically hit another neighborhood and then come over to ours and we all walk around together as a family. I have loved that. We are so proud of our family, even in the midst of current struggles. Thankfully, these are very happy memories looking back...

The eyeball candy was a big hit. Of course, it's Reeses cups, so why wouldn't it be? And you can stick them in your eyes for even more fun. Oh my goodness. This layout is from Halloween 2018!Wow! Seems like yesterday.

This page was pretty simple with two different coordinating patterned papers and few stickers. But look at all of the pictures that I was able to work into the layout and still have some design! I like to overlap pictures too when the page is tight. It gives it a bit more casual look. Wallets and small squares are so helpful for this. I wanted to use them all. The striped paper across the middle is from the zip strips on the bottom of the patterned paper. Super easy to add a little detail with these.

There is just something about a little purple and green on a Halloween page. I love the way it turned out and look forward to Halloween with the grands again this weekend! Hope you all are having a great week.

LOVE (Michigan) - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

 Here's a bright and fun layout to share from a recent trip to Lake Michigan...one of our all time favorite places for a quick getaway.

This one started with some pictures of blue sky water, and a couple of goofie selfies. The white cardstock sets off the bright patterns and colors. I didn't matt the photos which is unusual for me, but I liked the way they popped off the paper without the matting. The teal geometric was from my stash of scraps and the bright zig zag lines of washi adds to the fun.

I added some black silhouettes of sailboats and had fun with the title. I used some brightly colored scrap cardstock to match the Washi and cardstock, then cut a silhouette of Michigan to replace the "O". Cute? I love the way it turned out, especially the title.

My Cricut is such a great tool for titles, embellishments and even journaling. I hardly ever buy stickers anymore unless they are part of a pack of designer paper. I also used a StampinUp border around the journalling and then matted in a bright pink. My kids would vouch for the fact that Cricut journalling in just about any font is so much easier to read then my own writing. I still add my own handwriting at times, because some day they'll miss my chicken scratching. 😁

Hope this bright layout inspires you in some way! Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Happy Place - Two Page Lake Michigan Layout

 I was born and raised in the "Mitten State". My open hand serves as the perfect reference showing right where I grew up! Not everybody can do that. :) Even though we've lived in northeastern Indiana for nearly 35 years, we still love visiting Michigan almost yearly for a quick getaway.

These pictures were taken March 2019 at the pier in Ludington, MI. It was pretty chilly and windy, but that didn't stop us from enjoying the view as we stretched our legs. We were on our way home from the wedding of the youngest daughter of my oldest friend. 

These aren't the greatest photos of me and my hubby either, but I remember the day and how enjoyable it was to just be spending time together in one of our favorite places.

 Can you see how crazy the wind and the surf was in the picture above? These walkers shouldn't have been out on the pier. I'm thankful they weren't blown off or washed away!! We didn't go that far out!

I love spending time away with my man. I'm beyond blessed that the Lord brought us together.

 

This is a super simple layout with a thin white matting around each photo laid out in a symmetrical grid. I used a scrap piece of paper to ground the photos, and cut a few light gray wispy waves to embellish it. The title is cut with my Cricut. That's it...nothing fancy...just lots of great memories to remember and cherish!

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