Papa's Girls

Micaiah, Alyson, and Paige all getting a horsey ride from Papa Ronnie.

Smile

What a smile!  I love this picture of Alyson hamming it up for the camera!

The title "Smile" was made using baker's twine dipped in a mixture of white glue and water then shaped and laid to dry on waxed paper.

SWEET

This background was made by using a jar lid to stamp the circles.  Close to My Heart's Purple Haze ink was used on lavender cardstock.  I used my Cricut to cut out the word Sweet and layered with Momenta papers.

Alyson Pre-K

This was already posted to Practical Scrappers and is my first official layout that I have done in ages!!!

The paper is mostly Fancy Pants Designs - Baby Mine Collection.  The flowers were cut using my Cricut and the leaves at the bottom are a felt piece that I have had in my stash for ages.

Here I go again...

Okay, so it has obviously been a really long time since I have posted on this blog.  I was on a bit of a hiatus as we added a fourth child to our family. I didn't get a chance to scrapbook a whole lot and I certainly didn't have time to post the few pages I did manage to finish.

My children are 11, 8, 3, and 19 months old now and it is time for me to get back at it!  A really good friend of mine, Christine Meyer asked me a few weeks ago to design for her website, Practical Scrappers.  I truly appreciate the opportunity and being the good friend that she is, she knew it would force me to get some layouts done!

So, here I go again....

Miss Sassy Pants

This layout was done for Practical Scrappers.  The challenge for the week was using brads.

I cut the frame using my Cricut Expression and the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge.  I cut the letters using the All Mixed Up cartridge.  I then used purple ribbon to make the words stand out. 

I used orange and copper brads around the inside of the picture frame.

I also used the ribbon and a brad to add a little flare to the corner.

Micaiah's True Love

This picture was taken of Micaiah in the petting zoo at our county fair. 

I used Daisy D's paper, I love the weathered appearance of it.  The branch and blossoms were cut using the Serenade Cartridge and my Cricut Expression.  The letters were cut using my Alphalicious Cartridge. 

I added chocolate brown brads to the center of each flower to add some dimension.

The picture was matted using color core card stock.  I added texture by using my Cuttlebug and the Paisley folder.  I finished the look by running some sand paper over the pattern.