Puppy Love - Two Page Pet Scrapbook Layout

Do you enjoy winter and all that comes along with it? I like to watch the snow through my window, but that's about it. As I get older, the snow is something for me to tolerate rather than enjoy. Thankfully, the season doesn't last that long and I try to make the best of it. How about you? Did you get dumped on with the latest snow and ice that hit the midwest? We got about 10" which is less than what they expected for our area, but that's okay!

The pictures are from quite awhile back, but I realized I had never shared this layout. I hope it inspires you in some way.

This is my family and our new (at the time) grand pup. Isn't he just the cutest? He's all grown up now, but still pretty darn cute. 

Ooops, I took the picture of the double layout with the right and left sides flipped! I'm going to be lazy right now and not go find it and take another picture. I think you get the idea. I love the plaid and the denim decorative tape.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Enjoy your day!

Apple Festival - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

 Fall is my favorite, as I'm sure I've mentioned before.🍎🍁🍂 Today, I'm sharing another fall layout from a few years back. This one is featuring pictures from the Kendallville Apple Festival. It was a beautiful day and I have such great memories from being together as a family. 

I am such a sucker for woodgrain paper. Most of the embellishments I used are from a fall stack of paper, including some stickers. I cut the title and swirl with my Cricut. Typically, I'm not a big fan of stickers, but they do make for a quick page that coordinates easily.

I loved the banner on one of the extra paper scraps, so I just cut it out the best I could and slapped it up in the corner. I'm still not sure that I'm a big fan of how it turned out. I added a few word banners which were also from the same fall paper pack.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Hope you have a productive and happy weekend. 

Play the Day Away - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

 Here's a fun little summertime layout that I'd like to share with you. These pictures are from a playdate with our grandkids. We try to cherish every moment, because the years fly by so fast. Some day soon, they won't want to spend time with their Grandparents anymore. I can't believe two years have flown by since these pictures were taken. How does this happen? (Besides the obvious...it takes me forever to post my layouts!) 💁

I used some paper from a vintage pack to bring out the blues and greens in the photos. The strip of whimsical grass was cut with my Cricut along with the layered title.

I love this layout for multiple reasons....the faces of my grandbabies, multiple wallet size photos, and the colors that bring out the photos. A simple grid style layout pulls it all together simply.

Hope your summer has been full of great memory making!! 

Pirate Golf - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

 It's been awhile since I've posted. I was struggling with a health issue and then away on a work trip in Colorado...more future scrapbook material!! Back at the blogging today! 

This is a fun layout of our sibling getaway weekend from a few years back. We are so blessed that our family gets along, and actually enjoys each other's company! I know it's not like that for everybody. On this day, we were playing some competitive miniature golf. Well, I'm not very competitive at this game, but everybody else is way better at it than I am. 

I love the "realistic" looking and grungy cloud paper as a backdrop to our outdoor fun. The outside paper strips came from the same paper stack, so of course, match perfectly. I cut the title and hat with my Cricut. The hat was a fairly close match to our statue friend's hat. I slightly overlapped the title with the hat to give it a layered and whimsical look.

I think my favorite part, aside from the pictures of our beloved family, is how the red and black pennants set off the colors of the page and ground the layout.

I also used a patterned paper to add a narrow matt around each picture. Wallet size photos help me tell the story with even more pictures, because there is never enough room. The journal tag adds to the graphic look with the black and white stripes.

Hope you enjoy your Independence Day!! May God continue to bless America, the land of the free because of the brave!

Father, Husband, Protector, Hero - Two Page Scrapbook Page

Happy Father's Day to my favorite fathers. My Dad has been gone for a few years, but I still miss him every year. He will forever be my loving protector and provider! So thankful that I can honor my loving Husband and Son on this special day!! Where would the world be without Fathers to lovingly guide and direct us? 

My Husband is faithful, loyal, true and loving to me and our entire family. He leads by example and will lovingly correct us when we're on the wrong track. He is my supporter, my encourager, and truly the wind beneath my wings. He makes the world a better place and I couldn't be more blessed to call him MINE!😍

 My oldest son is not only an amazing son, but he is also a wonderful Husband to his wife, and Father to our grands. If that is not enough, he is on the brink of graduating (with Honors) from the Police Academy. My son will be a hero/protector to the entire community!! We are chest-popping proud of him! It's a tough time to be a cop! He is faithful to his calling and stepping into harms way to make a difference in all of the violence and unrest.🙌

I adore these colors together, especially for this masculine layout. I cut the title with my Cricut and then used the negative as a stencil to place the letters on my page. The leaf outlines add just a little bit of texture. The hounds tooth navy decorative tape is one of my faves and perfect for this page. I just added a few banners in the corner for balance, and let my Cricut do the journaling for me.

Happy Father's Day to all of the hero/protectors in your life! Let's honor them today for impacting our life. If your Father has already passed on like mine, lets honor their memories today. Even if you didn't have a Dad around, or if he hurt you in some way, take heart! Our Heavenly Father is watching over us and ready to help you.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you". Matthew 7:7 

"For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you." Isaiah 41:13

One Big Happy Family - Two Page Scrapbook Layout

Here's another layout from our Easter celebration in 2018. This was our first Easter at our new house. We decided to take some family pics in front of the fireplace.

 I didn't use your typical pastel Easter colors for this layout, but instead used some family-themed paper which really seemed to fit the pictures. Again, the mixing of the patterns is something I adore.

 We are so blessed to have our grown kids and grandchildren living in the same town within 20 minutes of our home. I wish our parents had been that close when our kids were young, but we are the ones who moved from our hometown in Michigan to Indiana as a young couple. We had no idea what that would mean once we started our family!  It was a 3 hour trip that we made hundreds of times over the years, and our parents did too. We made it work, even though it had it's hardships.

All of that to say, we are so grateful for our family. They mean the world to us!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Have a great week!!