layout

My first layout using a Keri Bradford storyboard template in photoshop elements :-) The font is makin the grade and the flag drape from the independence day cartridge.

layered mats

The other night I spent a couple hours creating these layered mats for cards in all different colors and patterns. I used My Minds Eye Fine and dandy double sided paper cut in various angled strips. I then put a runner of tape on a piece of thin card stock 4 X 5.25 and then laid the strips on. I trimmed the edges and then sewed around the edges on the sewing machine. The frame and stamp are paper trey ink. You will see the other mats when I get my order from my creative time with Emma.. I'm waiting for the stitched flower die and matching stamp set to come. I also placed a paper trey ink order yesterday so it will be like Christmas here in a couple of days... I treated myself to a few things with my income tax return :-)

90 years of fun

This is a two page layout of my moms 90th birthday party last April.... My oldest brother's job was to take pictures of everyone who came to put in a book for her.. grrrr I'm still waiting for the pictures. I am gonna have to be on him. These were the few that I actually took. I am playing with arranging pictures differently. I am just tired of 2 to 4 pictures on a page matted. Looking to try something new. I used gypsy font and all papers and embellishments that have been in my stash. I am trying to reframe from paper buying unless I need a solid color to match what I have. I have so much it is silly to keep buying.

Pinterest inspired card

I got the idea for this card on Pinterest. It said it was pinned from the cricut blog but when I went to the cricut blog to give credit for the design I could not find it. I actually made 4 different versions of the card using different pattern paper layers. The be mine heart was cut from designers calendar and the little hearts were cut from plantin school book. I used an ek success border punch for the edges.

back to regular scrapping

Easter 2011.. I forget which letter font I cut these on but the grass, egg and chocolate bunny came from the Easter 2010 seasonal cricut cartridge. The pattern paper has been in my stash for a couple years from a big stack that the cover is long gone from.

finished

My daughters graduation album is done!! Yeah, finished it Thursday night. Here is the last page. A picture of her going to work on her first day in the hospital, in her scrubs. She doesn't like the picture but it was the best of the two I took. Next time she should smile more instead of giving me a hard time about taking her picture. I think I mentioned before I collected nursing stickers for 4 years to make this book and then hardly used any in it.. LOL. I used a bunch of stickers and brads on this page.

smashbook

I am loving my smash book. I can tell you that post-it notes and cell phone camera's are making it possible to remember to document things. Project Life seems to be the new it thing... Funny that I had decided to record fun outings etc in my daily life with my smash book before I heard about the project life kits. I think a smash book is the way to go for me because I don't want to be confined to those pockets. I also think it funny that on my own the last two summers I used a similar system to get all my photos in pockets and add little pocket scrapbooking notes along the way to record trips where I wanted ALL the photos in for memories and it would be impossible to scrapbook.

My daughters final page is designed and needs to be assembled tomorrow night at scrapbooking. I took the album apart and added the extra pages. ( Have I mentioned how much I hate to do this?? I always stab myself with the screw driver somehow.)

I still need to get at least 2 more Valentine cards made.. work is never done.. LOL

Oh and I got my desk space cleaned & organized. Lets see how long that last.....