Eight is GR8!

Kaylee is turning 8 and getting baptized on Saturday! We love this sweet, caring girl of ours and we're proud of her decision. We're looking forward to a memorable weekend with family and friends.

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Here are the announcements/invitations that I created. I created standard sized cards for family and bookmark sized cards for her friends.

I FINALLY used my Cuttlebug which made these really fast and easy. I embossed and sanded the front out of Breeze CS. I used Amethyst CS and stamped 'Eight is gr8!' using black ink. Ever since I made the card (posted here) when my nephew turned eight last year, I knew I wanted to use the same idea for Kaylee and I think it worked perfectly for these!

Here is the inside - with a poem I found on Sugar Doodle.

And here are the bookmarks - I stamped them with the corner flourish from the Key To My Heart stamp set in Breeze ink.

And then here is the Baptism Book that I created for her. This was another super easy project but I am so thrilled with how it turned out - I can't wait for her to fill it in! I used Silhouette Simply Snapshot 9x9 pages along with a 9x9 Accordian album. Thanks to a file I found on Sugar Doodle, I just copied and pasted the information I wanted to include in her book. I did have to tweak it to fit and change some things to my liking but it went together really quickly!

Here are some close-ups of each page...

...this is the cover - a picture of her in her white dress will go under the Top Coat.

...here is the back cover

...here is where friends and family will sign

...Articles of Faith page

...Baptism Day details that she will fill in afterwards

...Church Leaders page

...the left page here will be filled in by Kaylee - I saved the right page for something special - I hope it works out like I want it.

Thanks for looking!

Cards for growing families!

I am so behind posting some of my card creations from this year! I have some posts scheduled for while I'm gone so hopefully I can at least start to catch up. Here are some cards I made a few months ago - there are lots of weddings and new babies this year so be watching for more in this category!

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I made this card for my cousin who had a baby girl this spring. I used a fun tip that I had heard before but never tried - I wanted to pop dot the flower Stickease, so to make the back not sticky, I just rubbed it with some baby powder - works like a charm! Plus it gave the card a fresh baby scent ;-) I used Life Delights paper and Stickease and the sentiment came from the Random Thoughts stamp set.

I used this sketch from CardPatterns

Here is a card I made for a friend who got married this spring - this one was inspired by Tiffany Cheney - you can see her inspiration cards here. I don't think you can see it very well in the picture, but I used the tiniest clear Sparkles for the bride's earings. I used the Magic Moments paper pack and Family Ties stamp set.

I used this sketch from Mojo Monday

Click on the pictures to view them a little bigger - thanks for looking!

Sweet Baby Face - PageMaps Sketch Contest

Here is my last minute entry for this month's PageMaps Blog Sketch Contest. I have been really sick today so while David and the girls were outside playing and doing a little spring cleaning, I just took it easy inside. I had an hour where I actually felt good enough to do some scrapping, so I pulled out these old pictures of Brianna, and this fun bright paper that my SIL Sandy gave to me, and put together this page. I didn't think out of the box with this sketch since the pictures fit perfectly, plus I wasn't feeling very creative with this cold ;-P but here it is!

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ETA: I just noticed that the contest deadline has been extended, so give this sketch a try! You now have until the 25th.

I used a variety of White Daisy rub-ons from CTMH, flower brads from the White Daisy Mini Medleys, Color-Ready alphabet stickers, and the following stamp sets from CTMH: Calendar, Noteworthy, Precious Alphabet, Sans Alphabet, and Adorable.

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Thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments.

Flower Child

Here is a page I did yesterday. I used a January 2009 PageMaps sketch - I love Becky's sketches! These pictures were taken the same day as the last 4 pages I have done - I must have been really camera-happy that day! But I think that day is finally done ;-)

For this page I used all CTMH Products: Dazzling Die-Cuts for the scalloped frame and the frame around the title, Sunflower Garden stamp set (retired), Flower Child stamp set (which I've had for a while now and have never used), Ritzy Ribbon stamp set, Cupcake Sprinkles for the stitches around the edge, and for the cross stitch marks, I used the 'X' from the Moments In Time stamp set (January Stamp of the Month). I also used Olive Buttons with Sunflower Waxy Flax, a Circle Window Charm on the Flower Child title, and 3-D foam squares and Liquid Glass on the flowers and leaves to make them pop. I love the new Big Circle Coluzzle template - I used that for the circle around the middle pic.

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Thanks for looking!

I Did It!

At the beginning of the year, I set a goal of how many layouts I wanted to complete this year. I decided I could do at least 2 pages per week, so I set my number at 104. Well, as of last night, I have reached my layout goal for 2008 and we're barely halfway through the year! I'm so excited, even though I still have THOUSANDS more pictures to scrap ;-) But I'm having fun and preserving memories, that's what counts, right? I know some gals who scrap way more than 104 layouts in a year, so to some it may not seem like a lot, but this was a good goal for me. I looked back at last year and estimated that I only got about 50 layouts done, so double that in half the time is great!

So, be warned, this is a long post of artwork! I am posting my goal reaching layouts that I've completed in the last week. I just noticed that they're all old pics - I really haven't scrapped much of my girls lately....hmmmm, interesting.

Here is a layout of my Grandma and Grandpa's 50th wedding anniversary back in 1995 - oops, I just noticed that I forgot to add my journaling piece on the right page. They were married in 1945 and still together! I still remember, at this party, how my grandpa flipped his hat around and scooped my grandma up into a big kiss - that's the pic that's framed on the left page.

The flip book opens up to the pictures of some of the grandkids holding the Top Ten List.

I used Reflections for these two pages. Products Used: Caprice paper pack, Boutique Numbers, Card Commentary, Chocolate Mini Medleys, Chocolate Ribbon Rounds, Adorable stamp set, Because I Love You stamp set, Square Window Charm, Honey Sassy Strands, 6-pocket Photo Storage Page (cut up to create flip book), Classic Caps, All You Need stamp set (retired)

Here is a layout of our County Fair back in 1989. I added Hollyhock to tie the colors into me, but now I really wish I hadn't - oh, well!

The left page with the large picture of my brother and me, will open up using a TrueFit Folio, and inside will be these pages. I just can't get enough of these stitched circles - they're so much fun!

I used a PageMaps layout on each of these - the first set of pages is from a layout from the PageMaps Book and the other set is from April 2006 - it's just the same layout flipped. Products Used: Sarsaparilla paper pack, Homestead Alphabet, Fresh Shapes Dimensional Elements, Natural Hemp, Star Struck stamp set, Black Bitty Brads, Bigger Brads (my girls helped me use my Desert Sand Embossing Powder to make these brads match the page - they love using the tweezers and heat gun!)

And here is the page I completed last night - I really struggled finding the perfect title on this one, I debated leaving it just 'Cherish' or maybe 'Cherish the MomentS' or 'Cherish the simple moments' - I am still thinking about adding an "S" to the end of Moments - what do you think? This is my brother and I twenty years ago - wow, I can't believe it was that long ago!

I used a PageMaps layout from April 2008 for this one. Products Used: Blue Ribbon paper pack, various Dimensional Element letters, buttons, Moonstruck, Indian Corn Blue, and Sunflower Waxy Flax, Indian Corn Blue RicRac, Sans Alphabet, Calendar stamp set, Delightful Alphabet, White Daisy Grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for visiting my blog and thanks for all of the sweet comments - they really make my day.

Marjorie's Color Challenge #21

Here is the layout that I did for Marjorie's Color Challenge #21 - school was her inspiration for these primary colors and I just knew it would be perfect with this picture that Kaylee brought home on the last day of school - her class had T-shirts that they each signed. For privacy issues, I've blurred out the other kids faces - I only used Microsoft Paint to do it, if anyone knows a better looking way to do it, I would love to know!

I used a fun PageMaps layout from January 2007 for this one - I love the fun angle. Products Used: Cranberry CS, stamped with Spot On Background stamp set, Topiary CS crimped with paper crimper, Sunflower CS on Stampin Up! Chipboard star - stamped with Spot On Background stamp set, Essential Alphabet stamp set (for the letter K), Classic Caps stamp set (to spell out the rest of Kindergarten), Star Struck stamp set, Typewriter Keys stamp set (for the date), Cranberry Ribbon Rounds (retired), Sans alphabet, White RicRac ribbon, and coordinating Bigger Brads.

Thanks for looking!