Free Spirit

From bright summery colours to something decidedly more muted. Lots of fussy cutting (love it) and layering. Aren't these papers just beautiful? I love this side profile shot of Miss C so much, I had to triplicate it. Ha.

Love fairies. Just so magical and these vintage fairies need black and white photos to complement them. I sprayed the whole layout (minus the photos) with Glimmer Mist to heighten the magic.

Prima really know their flowers. Really love the mini letters as well.

I used an exacto knife to cut diamond shapes out of the paper and layered it on the bottom with a different paper. I distress up the chipboard  and added glitter glue to all the butterfly and fairy wings.

Adding some ribbon to the top secures a butterfly charm.

Products Used
All papers, chipboard, note papers, wood tickets, vintage trinkets, lace/crystal border, flowers and mini letters from Prima Marketing Fairy Belle collection
Distress Inks from Tim Holtz by Ranger Inks
Cream ribbon and pearls unbranded

My Little Ray of Sunshine

Miss C starts back at school on Monday and that means summer is over for us, even if the weather doesn't think so; it's still hot as sin here. I've loved having her at home with me all summer but I think she's chomping at the bit to be getting back into a daily routine; seeing her friends again and filling her little mind with lots of new information.

I'm still trying to get out more holiday pages, so I get to hold onto summer for a little longer. There seems like an endless amount of photos to be scrapped.  Here's one with such gorgeous summer colours. Again, from one of my favourite paper companies. Where's my deck chair and lemonade?

Stunning sunshine colours brighten up any layout.

Are these elements not the cutest? I love the little bird and flower tree.

Flowers pretty enough to pick. Loving the white and yellow crochet flowers.

Products Used
Papers, chipboard, stickers and brads from Echo Park Hello Summer collection
Crochet flowers and red buttons from Bella Blvd
Distress Inks from Tim Holtz by Ranger Inks

Sweet Sweet Girl

Today's an odd day for me. It's my birthday and I seem to be going through a funny state. I've never been a huge fan of birthdays (mine) and this one brings it home on how old I am now. Not going to tell you how old, but you can probably guess if I say it's a year past a milestone and I'm allowed to feel a little nostalgic if I want to. Hurrumph...

But! You know, I then thought: Why should I be sad? I have everything I want. A loving hubby, a wonderful daughter, comfortable house, my health and I'm lucky enough to be able to do what I love. There is nothing more important that I need or want. I have it all. To top it all, I have a great bunch of friends who will be celebrating with me tomorrow evening.

Anyway, back to some layouts. I did this one before we went on holiday and had it hanging around as it wasn't quite finished. I finally added a couple more flowers to one corner and so here it is. The photos are the same from the princess canvas mini album that I did previously.

Such girly papers. Since these were professional photos, I wanted to have a sort of "framed" layout with all the square paper. I distressed the edges of all the paper accents as well as the photos.

Love these pretty flowers, especially the big, plush, felty one.

I added tiny thumbnail photos to the top right corner to balance off the page.

Products Used
Papers, stickers, bling strips, lollipop flowers, title stickers from Webster's Pages Girl Land collection
Topnote chipboard from Leaky Shed Studio, LLC
Large felt flower and paper roses from Prima Marketing, Inc
Liquid Pearls in Baby Blue and White Opal from Ranger Inks

Bombs Away

My August kit from MCS arrived yesterday and I thought the papers from their mini/creative kit were perfect for my water bomb pics. One of my friends was very good to take some great action shots, complete with water splashes.

I wanted to do a "literal translation" of the photos for my layout, emulating water and splashes in the background. I then staggered the photos downwards to look like action frames.

I overlayed two different Thickers fonts to create the title. I love the cursive font which you can "join"up. I also used Glimmer Glaze to make splodges on the white background paper.

I cut slivers of paper to simulate waves. The kit also came with a large scalloped circle which I cut up and layered around smaller circles instead.

Products Used
Papers, stickers, flowers and chipboard from Little Yellow Bicycle Splash Collection
Thickers from American Crafts
Glimmer Glaze in All That Jazz from Tattered Angels
White cardstock from Bazzill Basics
Distress Inks from Tim Holtz for Ranger Inks