7 Gypsy Print Tray

It has been awhile since my last post, I have been doing some scrapping but have taken few pics. Here is a project I made for my Mom which represents our vacations together in Gold Beach, the most relaxing place on Earth! I love these print trays, they have a million possibilites. Inspired by how much I enjoyed creating this tray, I went out and bought the receipt tray and that will be my next project. Hope you enjoy.

New Websters Pages

Well, I have finally gotten my hands on some of the new Prima flowers and papers Thursday. I was so inspired that I actually knocked out a layout in a few hours, a rarity for me. Maybe my adhesive phobia is getting better. Though I do not that with Zip Dry you actually call pull up stuff and redo if needed. In any case...

I can't wait to get my hands now on the new Websters Pages, Lullaby Lane and Life's portrait especially. It is just too cute and the embellishments are gorgeous. Also everything I see says not shipping until the end of this month...so I guess I will have to try and be patient.

Santa Baby

Here is one of my favorites pictures of Olivia from the past Christmas Season. I used one of the Websters pages "Winter's Wings" pages, distressed cardboard painted ivory, cheesecloth , Prima poinsettias and "say it with pearls. I love this paper line, the colors are gorgeous without being too Christmasy. Cardboard and cheesecloth are my new favorite page treatment, give it that "oh so shabby look" Thanks for looking.

New Year - new chances

Olivia's scrap album has grinded to a halt since I started the new job. I wish I could say the same about my shopping for supplies. Holy cow, I can't believe how much stuff I have now, had to devote a whole huge drawer just to my flowers. Since I am off this week, I am hoping to get a few of the half done pages out at least. I really need to use up some of this stuff.!!

Here is an older layoff of "my angel" that I did not get around to posting after I finished. Used distressed cardboard, old pattern paper and Prima galaxy stars.

Happy Fathers Day

I am lucky to have not one but three great fathers in my life, my biological father, the step father who has embraced my sister and myself as his own and my father-in law who graciously accepted me into my husbands family. To each I say thank you for your love and support, it has meant the world to me.

My husband is also a wonderful father to our daughter. I know I get on his case about working to much, not helping me enough around the home or with the baby, but truly when he is around Olivia he just comes to life. The love in his eyes just warms my heart. The attached layout shows one of these special father and daughter moments I have been able to catch on film.

Happy Fathers Day to each one of these special fathers, I love you.

Well I only have a few days before I have to go back to work. I really envy people that have been able to turn their passions into a livelihood. Oh well it is what it is and I only have 27 years until I can retire, right.

I am posting one of my earliest pages, of Olivia of course, when she was 3 months old. I recall the day this picture was taken, another attempt to get professional pics which ended in disaster. I ended up taking some pics of Olivia myself and this is one of them. She is such a chunk. I ran it through the vintage program on my computer to match the lovely Graphic 45 papers I had. I love the soft feel of this layout. Thanks for looking.

Quiet Time

Well I spent the afternoon trying to get some decent pics of my layouts and finally got up the courage to start posting some of my layouts on other websites, InspireMe (Websters Pages) and Two Peas in a Bucket which is a fabulous online store. So far the comments are positive so I am encouraged that I am going in the right direction. In looking at what I have done thus far and it is mostly with Basic Grey. I really love their stuff. I can't wait until their next lines come out.

This layout is another pic of Olivia looking pensive. Not sure why I love taking pictures of her doing something other than smiling but I seem to scrap alot of these.

Serious

Olivia is one of the happiest kids you will meet, always smiling until you take her in for professional portraits. Not sure if it is the wait, these places are always backed up 30 minutes at least, or the chaos of the people in the waiting room and the unfamiliar surroundings. I took her for her 2 year photos a few weeks ago and as usual it was disastrous. I ended up having to be in most of the pictures since she got so clingy, not something I like to do these days. I used the one I liked in this new layout entitled what else, " Serious". If this were sepia and a tin type it could be from the turn of the century. Hmm that gives another layout idea......

She shes the wonder in everything

Well I actually did it ! I conquered my purple phobia and made a layout using purple. Not sure I was going to be able to but the Websters Pages papers really make it easy. They are so beautiful that not much embellishment is needed though I had some wonderful purple things in my stash to include on the page. I definitely am going to have to get some papers from the other collections.

Fathers Day Book

Here is a mini book I made as a present for Father's Day. I hope my Dad likes it! I love this picture of my Grandfather and my Father, I think he around 18 months old. It is made from 2 5x7 canvases, kraft corrugated paper made to look like cardboard, paper loft paper and a whole bunch of cool vintage embellishments and Tim Holtz products. This is the first time I have used grunge board and I am hooked. One of the hollows in the backside of the canvas was lined as used as a shadow box for my nifty vintage finds.