Bliss Mini Album

Hello eveyone! I hope you all had a lucky Friday the 13th yesterday. I'm back to share a beach/pool mini album I created recently. I used an older collection by Webster's Pages, Seaside Retreat, and a tag chipboard album I bought at Michael's a while back.

The photos were taken last summer in Florida during a family vacation. It was Dylan's first time traveling by airplane and he had such a blast playing in the water, I just had to document this memorable time. For this mini, I used burlap, sand, crushed shells, sea shells, netting, paint, embossing powder and other fun mediums. I had a blast creating it! Here are the inside pages, enjoy...

Warning - Photo Heavy!!!!!

The Jenni Bowlin bingo board inside this pocket pulls out to provide space for journaling...

The little bingo board pulls out from behind the frame to reveal another small photo.

The trifold above includes three 2.5x2.5 photos.

Lastly, the journaling card from the paper collection pulls out with a cute sentiment and more space for journaling in the back.

I also created a video describing the techniques I used...

Phew!!! Told you there were lots of photos! LOL! Thanks for sticking around!!!! I really appreciate you stopping by, becoming a follower, and leaving sweet, encouraging words. Have a fantastic weekend!

On Fussy Cutting Heaven

Hi ladies! Just stopping by to share my latest layout using Graphic 45. I have to admit that I haven't had this much fun creating a LO in a long time. I might have gone a bit overboard but with so many beautiful and fun designs, it was hard to stop myself from cutting and embellishing. I used G45's Le Cirque collection and this is what I came up with...

Though the papers have a circus theme, I thought the fun designs would perfectly complement this photo of my little ones goofing around. To keep my photo from getting 'lost' among all the graphics, I matted it using a Martha Stewart Punch Around the page punch and paper in a bright color.

One of the things I love most about Graphic 45 is that you can easily come up with a beautiful page without the need to apply time-consuming techniques. This particular page came together very quickly though if you like fussy cutting as much as I do, you will need the right tools. I highly recommend getting a glass mat ( I love my EK Sucess one) and the Fiskars Fingertip knife.

All of the cut out elements were adhered to the page with Pop Dots to add dimension.

Thanks so much for your visit today! Have a happy scrappy time!

A Spring Wish

Hello friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day today and a great iScrapbooking Day yesterday; it sure was a nice weekend to be a crafty mama!!! My husband and kids were way out of their way to make today absolutely perfect so this post is a bit delayed.

I'm very excited to share with you that this week I'm a guest designer over at Creative Scrappers, a weekly sketch challenge blog. I was fortunate enough to work with a fabulous sketch designed by Amarilis Doria and created this layout:

This photo of Emily was taken last year on Easter. I titled the layout Wish because every year she has the same wish, to be able to peek at the spring fairies. I wish I could bottle her innocence! I used Pink Paislee's new Butterfly Garden collection along with lots of Dusty Attic goodies, which I distressed just enough to maintain the shabby-chic look found in the design of the paper as well as lots of hand stitching. I'm really loving my Sew Easy tool by We R Memory Keepers and I use it any chance I get!

The sketch we're using this week is #155, check it out,

I hope you find the time to swing by Creative Scrappers and play along with this fun sketch. There is a prize package sponsored by Scrapbooking Sussies up for grabs!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great scrappy time!!!