Invitation Time

As we near the end of my daughter's senior year, there are so many things coming up that will need us to make cards. Announcements were done by the amazing Christa Holland of Green Shoes Photo, so all we need to do is address those. Thank you cards we'll put together as time allows. But we really needed to get on the ball and get invitations out for her senior piano recital next week. So, incorporating her love of music (of course) with fleur de lis accents and green, brown and peach we created these. I think they turned out pretty nice. Now she needs to address them while Mom works on other stuff.

Another Circle Journal Layout

This one is for Nancy's Truth or Dare circle journal. I choose a Dare.  My dare was to reveal my obsession and create a layout with no patterened paper, just fill the background with the embellishment of obsession. So, for me it's all about ribbons. I have scads of them. I filled the background behind the picture and journaling block with bunches of ribbions. These are just a few of my stash. The title was cut again with Design Studio using Calligraphy Collection. The journaling says: Ribbons. I love them. Textures, patterns, colors, ribbons have them all. I can't pass by the ribbon section without a roll or two..or three jumping into my cart.

I apologize for not stitiching this one together. The software I have on the older laptop won't work on this one and I haven't found a good online site to download any (for free) that will stitch scans. If you know of one that works well, let me know. I'm getting frustrated with trying to get this figured out.

Circle Journal Time!

Today I'm catching up on some circle journals and getting them in the mail. So here's the first one. This is for Gizzy's album. The idea was to make a layout about something you find funny or an embarassing moment. This is about my Kathleen and how she used to hate finding and wearing new clothes-especially dressy clothes. The journaling reads: A few years ago my daughter's feelings about fashion summed up by, "If I have a tee-shirt, jeans and sneakers, that's fashion enough." Not anymore. Skirts, dresses, cute shirts, capris, cardigans, flats and heels--high heels are required. I just laugh.

I used Basic Grey's Two Scoops line for the title paper and the background strip. The journaling tag was made for me by my friend Renita. The clothing tags are from the outfits Kathleen is wearing in the pictures. The giggle tickets were from a swap I did. The title is cut with Cricut Design Studio using the Calligraphy Collection cartridge.

Another couple of layouts to come later!

The Pasture

This layout is for Karry's Truth or Dare circle journal. For the truth part I chose this tag: Share with us your favorit quote, poem, song or scripture. Tell how it makes you feel and what you love about it. For dare we ot to choose a technique. I chose:  I dare you to use either paint or ink on your pages. Either paint a mat or ink the edges, whatever you choose.

I used the poem "The Pasture" by Robert Frost. The title is cut with the Cricut using the Old West cartridge. Scraps form the background and Tim Holtz ink covers everything.

PSA: Picture files

Just a reminder: BACKUP all those pictures on your computer. I had gotten behind and now we've lost a lot of them due to two different computer problems. Most I can find shots family members took or I have already scrapped those pics so I have them on layouts, but it won't be the same. I knew I should do it, I just didn't, So do me a favor, and yourself a favor. Get those pictures and files backed up.

Scrap Whispers Challenge 55

This week's challenge is A Novel Idea. We were asked to take a children's book and build a layout around it in some way. One of my favorite picture books is Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney. The journaling on this layout reads: Guess How Much I Love You is a wonderful book by Sam Mc Bratney and Anita Jeram that shows the love between a child and parent. No matter how much Little Nutbrown Hare shows his love, Big Nutbrown Hare love him more. Yeah, that's the case. The love of a child for a parent is doubled and returned.

Valentine's Day Cards

I'm doing a card swap with some friends. We'll each make cards for everyone else and then we'll get some wonderful cards back. The black and pink tiger striped card is going to a friend's daughter's first grade class in Utah. They're trying to get cards from all over the US, so this is one for them from Texas. I love using up my scraps this way. It's a lot of fun to match up the pieces and see the cards go together. For the left side of each card, I used my Cuttlebug to emboss and then the "love stamp" is cut and embossed with the Cuttlebug. I used VersaMagic ink to highlight the embossing. I read an article in Creating Keepsakes a while back that talked about trying pleated looks with ribbon and patterened paper. The ribbon looks good, but it is a little time comsuming to get it all looking just right. But, hey, what else would I rather do on a lazy Saturday morning?