Shabby Chic

One of the challenges at Pages in Time is to create a layout that is "shabby chic". You had to use pink/brown/white and had to include flowers and butterflies. I did all that, and lots more!!! There's so much on this layout that I'm not going to go into listing all the different manufacturers, except to say that all the papers are My Minds Eye So Sophie line. It was a fun layout to make but it took 4 hours!! I'm a fast scrapper too! Just when I thought I was done I'd find something else that looked good on the page!!   I incorporated this page with the ScrapFit Challenge to have 1-3 handmade embellishments.  I made two tags out of old bread ties (the date tag at the bottom right and the title tag at the top left).  I also hand crocheted the white flower at the top left but it was my first try and not that great so its good that I was able to layer stuff on top of it!!  Overall, I am in love with this layout!  Its definately getting a frame and hanging up in our room!

I never did get my nap in so I am going to do just that now!! Susie has a friend sleeping over and I just ordered pizza to I'm going to lay on the couch for a bit! I will be back later!!

Mom's Star

I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! I haven't had much time in my scraproom, even though I was off work yesterday. My daughter's birthday is tomorrow and I was running all over creation on Friday making sure my baby got the gifts that she asked for! All she really asked for was a digital camera. I got her a small Polaroid Point & Shoot on sale at Target for $50! As a surprise, I bought her a hoodie and 5 t-shirts from Hollister (off the clearance rack of course!) for under $50 so mom was THRILLED! Hollister, for those that don't know, is VERY expensive in my opinion. $25+ for a t-shirt branded with their name all over it! A pair of shorts that wouldn't cover much behind were $29! YIKES! My daughter is only turning 12 yet a lot of her friends have Hollister clothing and I could never justify it. But I wanted her to be surprised so I checked the clearance racks. I was so happy when I got to the store to find out that they were offering an additional 30% off their clearance prices and there was TONS to choose from! One of the t-shirts I got her ended up being a little over $3 yet the tag says $24.50! Now that's what I call a great deal....mom is happy with the price and daughter will be beyond happy with the shirt! We are about to get ready to go out for her birthday dinner to Famous Daves. Yummy BBQ! She is bringing her BFF, Alisa, and I let her open her camera so she can take pictures at her b-day dinner!!

1. Sketch Inspirations - Sketch
2. Pink Elephant - Use a black and white photo
3. Frosted Designs - Use glitter (title)
4. Stuck on You Sketches - Embossing (I embossed the two larger stars)

 5. Scrap Fit - Use a machine - used Cricut and Cuttlebug

Here Fishy, Fishy!

I had this layout mostly finished this afternoon but had to leave for my son's baseball game (we won, 15-0) so I ran out of daylight to take the picture.  The papers are holographic and hard to photograph. I will try again tomorrow and replace the photos if its better.  Update:  I just re-photographed the layout and it looks MUCH better!  This page looks really awesome in real life.  John, who just appeases me by looking at my layouts...never with much to say...actually said "WOW" when he looked at this one.  That speaks VOLUMES to me! These photos are of some of the fish John was snorkeling with on our trip to Antigua. The papers are all by TPC. The blue/green ribbon is also TPC. The title and waves were cut on the Cricut and I added some Glossy Accents to give it a wet feeling. The fishy buttons I found tonight at Walmart when I wasn't even looking for them but they matched so perfectly I had to buy them!! The green ric-rac and blue and green buttons are from my stash.

This layout is based on an upcoming sketch for Let's Scrap but you will have to wait a little while to see the actual sketch! This layout also qualifies for the following challenges:

1. Practical Scrappers - Use eyelets. I used them for the fish "bubbles".

2. ScrapFit - Use a machine. I used the Cricut for the waves and the title letters.

3. Frosted Designs - Use Buttons. I used 4 round buttons and 4 FISHIE buttons.

Here it as as a double.