Pet scrapbook page - "Riley"

Today, I'd like to share one of my favorite layouts with you. This, is our adopted greyhound, Riley. He's fitting into our family so nicely!! It's nice to have this loving face to greet us each day. =)

 

It's unusual for me to do single page layouts, but I enjoyed using this sketch from Practical Scrappers. I used a 5x7 and 3 wallets, which were trimmed down into square pictures.

Here's the supplies list:

Cardstock:  Coredinations

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio, Making Memories "Great Escape", Kaisercraft "Timeless"

Chipboard banner: Close to My Heart

Die Cut:  Cricut - Art Philosophy cartridge (patterned paper for banner, star, heart, title font

Buttons: StampinUp!

Spray Ink:  Smooch Spritz - Bronze

Miscellaneous:  Hemp, Glossy Accents, Creative Memories pen, Adtech tape runner adhesive

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!

Another Rosette Pumpkin

Hello friends! What a beautiful day we've had here in Indiana. The leaves are falling down and the air is fresh and crisp...and I haven't spent any time outside today. LOL! I've been enjoying looking outside while cleaning the house, doing the laundry, paying the bills, and spending time in my crafty space. It's been a great day. My husband has been away all day helping a dear friend with some things around the house, so I've had the day to myself and I've made very good use of it. =) I will admit that doesn't always happen.

The second time around with this pumpkin project from Archivers went soooo much faster. This one is for me and it's sitting on my dining room table right now. I hope I can find the perfect box to store it in so it will be as good as new next fall.

I used striped paper for from We R Memory Keepers, Grandma's Kitchen collection, called "Simple Stripes". I think the best time saver for me was to score all six of the 12 x 12 striped sheets at the 1/2" lines all the way across BEFORE cutting the strips for the rosettes. I was reading some comments on the Archivers site and somebody mentioned scoring it first! Oh my word!!! Why didn't I think of that the first time around. Scoring each strip was quite tedious.

The pumpkin consists of layers of rosettes all stacked up and glued together.

To make the leaves, I stamped the shape of the leaf with VersaMark on olive cardstock. I used bronze embossing powder and heat embossed the leaves, then cut them out and attached them with hot glue.

The curls are made by cutting a 1/8" strip of olive paper and winding it around a pencil. I placed these in a way that they wrapped around the stem. The pumpkin stem is made from three 2 1/2" strips of brown. I fringed one side with Martha Stewart fringe scissors. (If you don't have these yet...they are too fun!) Just keep rolling the strips on top of each other with a dot of hot glue now and then to keep it all together. Attach the stem with hot glue.

I decided to spray it with bronzie Smooch spray just for fun!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!! Have a fun and crafty weekend.

Basketball layout using a found item

Here is a layout that I almost forgot to share. The pictures were taken back in May and June. Why does that seem so long ago? Jacob was playing in an off season league and he was pretty amazing!

The cool thing about this layout is that I was determined to use the little washers that my husband had left laying on the counter. I asked him several months ago if he needed them. He, of course, wondered what I would want with them. =) I mean really what is a washer for anyway? When I told him it was going to go on a scrapbook page some day, he just laughed at me.

So here it is. I am happy with the way it turned out. I used a bit of smooch spray on the title section to tie in the metal look. I used a border punch to create the edge on my journaling block. I cut the red rick rack with my Cricut machine and used the ribbon to attach the washers. The caption on each picture was done with my new label maker using the clear tape. I love the label maker! Great for captions and journaling!


Have a great weekend! My boys turn 18 and 20 this Sunday. Yes, they share the same birthday. Isn't that awesome? They were just babies yesterday!!

"Cherish" double layout

Yes, I'm posting two days in a row...Aren't you proud of me? Here is a layout that I completed a few weeks back. These are more engagement pictures of my son and his fiance'. I love the way this page turned out!
Do you love the graph paper background as much as I do? I bought a whole pack of different graph, ledger type paper. The background is stamped with tan and green using the SU Medallion stamp. If you look at it closely you might also see some of the Medallions stamped in white.

The tissue flower was a "make and take" project from Archivers. Very easy and fun to make. I used a couple of different glitter mists on it. The viney branch was cut with my Cricut machine. If you want to know the cartridge, leave a comment and I'll find it for you.

I believe the layout sketch was from PageMaps. I love their sketches and use them frequently, but I always try to give them credit for their idea.

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for looking at my blog. Would love to hear from you...just leave a comment or become a "follower".