Quilled Train in a Frame

Here is my quilling project. I made a cute train and put it in a frame for my son's room. I have not done much in there to decorate yet. I figured I would wait until he had some interests before I went all out! I bought a bunch of frames from IKEA to put pictures in and hang in his room. Gotta do that one day too!

Yes, Another Christmas Card!

People always complain that stores start on the Christmas stuff way too early but for card makers, we need to start thinking Christmas in fall (or summer for some) so we can meet that December deadline! My local Michaels has broken out the Christmas ribbon already. Thankfully no carols yet!!!

I think it might be the new releases coming out soon that have got me in the Christmas creating spirit. I pulled out this cute line from Crate Paper called Bundled Up and I made this cute card. Very simple, just added pieces from the ephemera pack and ta-da!!!

I have two projects on the go- a Christmas layout and a quilling project that was inspired by my niece. I taught her how to quill today and it has been ages since I made something using that technique. Stay tuned!

Just Be You!

This project took me forever to make and then I forgot to take a picture of it before I gave it to my niece for her 13th birthday. So this little picture will have to do, even if it is a tad blurry. I framed this layout and included a note to my niece on the back. Becoming a teenager is a special thing. So many adventures await. I cannot believe how much she has grown. The picture on the left was her when she was about 4 and the picture on the right was this year. She is beoming such a beautiful young lady.

I used Doodlebug washi tape, sequins, teensy type letter stickers, and petite prints paper. The rub-on quotes are Daisy Bucket. It is hard to see but I put a long quote by Dr. Suess around the inside of the washi tape circle. I followed the directions on how to make the washi tape circle from the Doodlebug blog. It was Melinda Spinks that had made a similar layout. The frame is from the awesome IKEA store!

             A big Happy 13th Birthday to my niece!!!! Aren't scrappy gifts the best!!!!

Fall Doodlebug Cards

 Fall Greetings on this last weekend of summer fun. Kids are going back to school so it is feeling fallish, even with the sun shining!!!

I have two cute little fall cards to share today. I actually meant to post on Thursday but was too busy enjoying the last spurt of hot weather! I used the fall line from last year by Doodlebug. I am so excited for their new stuff to come, by the way! The sentiment in the card above is from PaperStudio and the twine was Karen Foster but everything else is Doodlebug. Below I used burlap from PaperStudio and kraft paper from ??? The card below was inspired by a card posted on the Doodlebug blog by Amanda Coleman. I could not get my hands on the turkey from this line but the hedgehog was pretty darn cute too!

                                                        Have a terrific long weekend!

One Fall Day

 

 So I was feeling fall-ish and I busted out the fall Doodlebug from last year and I created this scrap-lifted layout of my son. The picture was last year and he was only 6 weeks old!!!! Wow, has he changed! I copied this layout from Melinds Spinks' layout on the Doodlebug blog. I used the same colours and layout design with some of my own changes. I used a title and a quote from Doodlebug to encircle my leaf mosiac. I used washi tape at the top and bottom of the page. Some of the leaves are stickers or doodlepops, or they are cut out/ punched out from patterned paper.

For the circle part of this layout, I traced around a Christmas plate very lightly with pencil. I filled in the circle and then erased the lines. I think my circle is bigger than the original layout since I had to add way more leaves to fill it in.

                   I want to say Happy Fall but I am not quite ready to face no more summer!!!

Life is Beauty Full

 Well, it seems as though fall has arrived after the rainy, cool weekend we just had! Kids are going back to school, September is basically here, leaves are falling, and the geese are doing their fall routine. Literally, I think it was the shortest summer in history!!! It was so late and now it is over.....I will admit that I did not take a moment for granted. We were outside everyday and we did lots of fun things. That translates into many, many photos to scrap!!! I am feeling fallish now though so I may pull out my fall collections this week.

Here is a summer photo of our camping trip. My son was playing on the play structure at the beach as the sun was going down. I used Pebbles paper and stickers from last year for this layout. I added some vellum too. I thought the wood grain paper was perfect for the wood of the stairs in the photo.
The page is fairly clean and I am still debating on making it more complex. So many layouts to make, so little time!!!!

Cards on Tuesday!

 Am I a little early or what??? For some reason I wanted to think about Christmas cards yesturday....I only made one and then came to my senses!!! For me, it is way too early to think about December but for some, it is time to start planning. Even the stores have Halloween stuff trickling in-eeks! That means summer is not here for much longer. To even out my Christmas card, I also made a camping themed card to hold onto that summer feeling a bit longer!

Above, I used Bella Blvd. paper and sentiment sticker with Doodlebug snowflake doodle pops.
Below, I used Jillibean Soup. I fussy cut a second camper and layered it on top of the original to give some dimension to my card. What a good sentiment to remember as we journey through this crazy life!

Beach Baby

 I meant to post this layout on Friday but time got away on me. So here is a sunny layout for a gloomy Monday morning (where I am anyways). Here is my son playing on the beach in the evening. I am trying not to be one of those mom's who freaks out because of dirt and messiness. Therefore, I let my son have fun in the water and in the sand despite the fact that he was wearing clothes. He was so happy that I could only be happy too.....that is, until I had to clean him up at the campsite! That part was a little less fun.

I used Echo Park paper and stickers for this layout. The embellsihments are Jolees Boutique. I have piles of those things and never think to pull them out. I like the texture of the sandcastle for this layout- kind of makes it feel sandy!

Flower Thank You Card

I am sharing a little card I made using Echo Park Sweet Summertime. I stickled the blue flower and added sprinkles to the ones at the top corner. I pop dotted the sentiment as well. Just something quick to share today. I have been working on a layout for a couple of days but I just cannot get enough time to finish it!!! Some days are like that I guess. Hope you are finding the time to get your craft on!

Hello Summer Days Layout

 I am so happy to be scrapping my summer photos! I am pretty proud of myself for staying on top of my son's albums. Now that he is over the first year, I am making album number 2. His first year album is not fully finished yet but it has most of the important highlights from his first year. It is so crazy to see how much he has changed.....it does goes fast! When times have been tough, I reminded myself that I will never go through this again because he just keeps growing (and getting better in my opinion)! That is the best part of scrapbooking- looking back and remembering things with beautiful pages that reflect those good and bad times.

So for my layout, I used Echo Park's line Country Drive with some other Echo Park tidbits thrown in. I pop dotted the bird on the journaling by adding the same bird sticker on top of the bird that was there. I also pop dotted the summer days. The hello sticker is from Simple Stories DIY.
Oh summer- won't you stay awhile longer.........