Heart Punch

My Ten Things challenge at Practical Scrappers this week was to use a heart punch.

I started by using a 1 inch heart punch and several different patterned papers in various shades of pink, red, black, and white

Originally, I had the idea to sew on the border at the bottom of the page and wasn't quite sure what else I was doing with the layout. But I did know that I wanted to do something fun to frame this adorable picture of my daughter at her Aunt and Uncle's wedding.  I started layering punched hearts around the edged and came up with this ruffled frame that I love! 

Coral, Craft, Navy, and White challenge

Sorry I haven't posted in a little while, I have been busy crafting Christmas Presents.  Now that Christmas has past and I am starting to get back into a regular routine, I will try to get my rear in gear again!

Today, I am up on Practical Scrappers with a challenge to do a layout using Coral, Navy, White and Kraft.  This is what I came up with...

I love this black and white picture of my little girl long ago and thought the coral print was the perfect background to bring out those chubby little legs!

Be sure to check back soon. Along with my regular Practical Scrapper posts, I am going to be starting a big project that I am pretty excited about and can't wait to start sharing with you...

Cousins

Micaiah and Baylee

This tree was cut using the Serenade Cartridge.  The circles were cut with the Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge and then run through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder.

I also cut this "frame" using the parenthesis key on the Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge and finished it off with a little sparkle via Stickles.

A few more layouts

This is one of my favortie pictures that I have taken of Micaiah.

These two are actually a double layout.  I used vellum and a square punch to fram Alyson's face in the small pictures.  This is an affect that I love.

Buttons

Alyson around 6 months old.  I finally used my new Cuttlebug today to create this layout for the Practical Scrapper's button challenge.  I love this picture!

Christmas Cards

I've been working on some Christmas cards to sell in my aunt's antique store and thought I would share a few here. Sorry the pictures aren't great.