A Star is Born

I was looking over my gallery of scrapbook pages and it dawned on me just how many layouts I've done of my dd! I'd say at least 90% of my pages are of her! Oops - I do actually have three kids... This is where the mommy guilt kicked in and I've since vowed to try to be a little better in distributing the love among my scrapbook pages!

Precious To Me - DD.
Worth the Wait - Youngest DS.
A Star is Born - Oldest DS.

Right on target!

Here's my little slugger playing T-Ball for the first time. So proud of the little guy trying out a new sport and actually enjoying himself! Its hard when you're a perfectionist and aren't 'fantastic' at everything you do the first time. Very discouraging - especially when you're little.

The Papers are from Pink Paislee's Amber road collection and I paired with some more amazing textures - burlap, corkboard, dried flowers and lace.

I picked up the newsprint paper at the local thrift store. Just an old children's book (125 pages of pics and words) and for $2.00 I honestly don't mind ripping it to shreds!

Hope you all managed to get some scrappy time in this NSD weekend. Enjoy!

Worth the Wait

I adore TEXTURE on my pages and this one is simply ooozzzzing with different fibres - lace, paint, cardboard, corkboard, bling - nummo!!!


Here's a layout I did of my ds waiting ever so patiently for me to take his photo. Always looking for that perfect moment to snap the shot and this time I captured the moment wonderfully. Can't you just see the annoyance in his look - LOL!

I used the Glittered sheets from Petaloo to mat the photo. My roses were created from the Flora Doodles Value pack - I simply altered them just a titch by cutting off a few petals, gluing together, and curling the petals (same as the rose tutorial really...) I just love the texture of them.

The bling is from Zva Creative - well, one of them is at least (the one on the bottom is the one I made). When you remove the crystals from the transparent sheet they leave behind a slight indentation. You can use this sheet to create your own bling by tracing the dots left behind with 3D paint. Once dried, I cut out and ended up with my own little bling! (Thanks to Gabi for this idea!)

I purchased a package of very thin corkboard at Daiso which I used as a background piece as well as a die cut shape under the photo. SO easy to work with and I just love the texture it offers.

The 2 kinds of lace were also purchased at Daiso - CHEAP!! I painted and misted them to match my papers. The doily was also purchased at the dollar store - just painted it black and glimmer misted it a bit too. Man, come to think of it, I am definately a thrify gal eh? I just get so excited when I find a sweet deal - can't resist!

The paper is from Crate's Prudence collection - perfect for boy layouts (although I did manage to add flowers didn't I?) TFL!

Palette #3

The Color Room has their third palette up for inspiration. This was a definate challenge for me - purple! I don't think I've ever used this colour in a layout or project - ever!

This was also my first go using canvas. Thanks to Finn for all your advise - you MUST check out her blog for canvas inspiration - this lady is crazy talented!

This is a series of photos of my dd giving herself a yogurt face mask! I had given her desert after lunch and went to check my emails and not even 5 min later I return to her COVERED in yogurt. She was smoothing it all over and had the biggest smile on her face - must've liked the texture?

I applied some burlap to the canvas and tried painting it white, but didn't quite achieve the look I was after - might need to add a little more paint... we'll see!

The gorgeous purple blooms are from Petaloo's Mulberry Street Line - Wild Roses in Eggplant.

The small turquoise blooms were purchased at Daiso - they are actually made from foam?!
TFL!