Banner Day

Was in the "banner" mood this weekend.  Finished two layouts and both of them used banners.  The first one is a two page spread of all our goings on for the 4th of July BBQ we have every year.  I was afraid the banner would be too long and not look right but once I got it all glued down it turned out pretty good I think.

 

This next one is of the limbo pole we set up for the BBQ, which of course everyone had to try at least once during the festivities...except me, ha ha, I KNEW better!!

This Weeks Layouts

Pretty amazed at myself, got 5 layouts done this week.  Not sure if that is good or bad because it also means I had time during my work days to scrap so not alot of work to do.

 

The first one is of Mom and me at our annual Scrapbook Expo trip.  We always have tons of fun and actually get in some good "scrap together" time.

This is Snickers, we got him when he was a wee little puppy from a friend who breeds German Shephards for the California Border Patrol.  He was the best dog ever!!

The picture on this one is pretty blurry but it is the only one I had for this day so I decided to use it anyways.

Our youngest son Nick and all his friends at our yearly 4th of July BBQ.  It works out pretty good, all our friends and all our kids and their friends get together for fireworks and food (and the kids all cook, so all we have to do is enjoy the day!!)

A layout of our daughter Steffanie and her boyfriend Hector.  Everything on this one was cut out with the Cricut.

Getting Creative with Cattails

Loved these cattails the minute I saw them over at WWW.UmWowStudio.Com.  Wasn't quite sure how I would use them on a scrapbook page so I just decided to get crazy with a card front.  Let me see, I used glimmer mist, ink, 5 different stamps, glue pad, embossing powder (black, copper, green, red, blue) my sewing machine and even brown flock!!!

Took a close up to try and show how I made the actual "tail" part fuzzy with brown flocking.

 

5 New Ones!!

Since I actually got 5 layouts done and want to share, I will keep the commentary to a minimum so you can browse thru.  : )

 

Trying to get creative with lettering types in this title

I hated this one once I got started, disliked it more as I went along.  Added some flowers and ribbons and still pretty much think it stinks...but oh well, it's done, ha ha

Simple, easy and I like it.  Think I will forgo the artsy fartsy attempts and stick with the simple, easy, clean line look, seems to make me happy!

Was looking for an excuse to put a doily on a layout, finally found one.

This one came together really quick, was very easy and I like the looks of it, success all the way around, ha ha.

Totally different

I have a couple of layouts to share this week and they couldn't be more different.  Both are from pictures Easter week of last year.  You can definately tell my style goes from one directions to another from page to page but I guess that is my style....different, ha ha.

 

This first one is of three of our Grandkids coloring Easter Eggs.  I used three different stamp sets from CTMH, stamped both the bunnies, the basket, a bunch of eggs, the grass strips and the calendar page, colored them all in, cut them out then arranged them on the page.  Hated how this layout started out but I think it turned out okay in the end.

 

This next one is some family pictures I took on Easter Day.  After looking at the pictures the title of the layout just popped in my head...Wow, they have families of their own!!  These are pictures of our daughter and two of our sons with their families.

 

And here is just a few little close-ups of the cute Chipboard Banners from UmWowStudio I used on the page.

 

A few new ones

This first one is from 2001.  Yep, I ran out of current pictures to scrap (current as being 2012) so I dug out the box of pics from 2001 and did this layout.

Okay, so after getting some more pictures printed I did a few more layouts.  On this layout I used some of those layered chipboard clouds I got from UmWowStudio.com. 

And....I actually did another two page layout (which as you may know I am not fond of doing, lol).  I couldn't figure out how to put these pictures on one page so a two pager was born! 

3 New Layouts

Well, I got 3 more done this past weekend.  I like how they all turned out but I think my favorite is the "Time with Grams" one.  Not sure why but I think those colors just work for me.