Two more layouts

These are actually layouts that I worked on a few weeks ago, but hadn't yet titled, journaled or embellished. And now they are done. For your viewing pleasure...

100% Cute, 100% Boy. I'm in in love with where I had to place the "100%" on the B, but I didn't trust my first placement, and by the time I realized my mistake I had too much VersaMark on the thing to put it where I wanted it and I ran out of patience after 15 hours of drying time and the heat gun. Oh well. I still like this page. Paper pack is "Rough and Tumble" (retired) and the layout comes from Reflections (the left hand page is a "Title Topper" and the right is a "Side Bar", I think). I used a faux stitching technique around the edges of my Outdoor Denim cardstock. I love how it turned out. Totally done, including journaling. I didn't have much to say about these photos... I just like them becuase he looked so darned cute, so the journaling (little tags on the right hand page) jsut has his name, the month the photos were taken (I'm not organized enough to know the day) and his age at the time. Works for me!

Welcome Sweet Baby. I've had these baby themed vellum stickers for a long time, and this layout seemed as good a project as any to use them on. I was otherwise stuck for how to title this, so I was happy to come across these stickers again. The paper is from last year's National Stamping Month "Everyday Celebrations" card kit and the layout is Cherish "Gallery Collection". Just a little bit of stamped journaling with his name, date of birth and birth weight and its done. I like how it turned out, overall. Most of all, I'm glad its done and neither the photos nor the partly finished layout will be hanging out on my desk any longer.

A Nap for Two

New layout! I started playing with this last Sunday and had to let it sit and stew most of the week... its been a busy week. I used to complain that it took me 2 or 3 hours to do one layout... I kind of yearn for those days now. Anyway, here's what I finally landed on...



I had some trouble embellishing it at first, but I got some great feedback from some fellow CTMH consultants on our consultants artwork board. They encouraged me to add some pink into the layout since there is so much pink the the picture. Never would have thought of that on my own! I love how it turned out.

Supplies Used:

*all CTMH unless otherwise noted*

• Fairy Tale Paper Pack (retired)
• Simple Alphabet Dimensional Elements (retired)
• Garden Green Ink
• Spot on Backgrounds
• Fresh Shapes Dimensional Elements
• Just Blooms Big Pinks
• Just Blooms White Daisy
• Blush Polka Dot Ribbon (retired)
• Alphabet Beads (Westrim Crafts)
• Buttons (Archivers)
• Safety Pins (JoAnn Fabrics)

Allison's Thumb-sucking Day

Allison sucked her thumb for about a day. I wouldn't even call it a full day... more like a few hours of that day she discovered her thumb and decided that it might make a good sucking toy.

Papers here are not CTMH... the background is from Die Cuts With a View (DCWV) Glitter Stack (thanks Emily!), some DCWV cardstock and the hot pink is from Provo Crafts Slab 5 (I think it was 5).

I completed this layout at another crop last night. Sadly, in 5 hours, it was the only layout I really got completed. I did get another layout partly put together (paper and photos, no title, no embellies) but I'm not sure how I feel about it. I had a hard time with inspiration last night. Partly its the photos I have to work with, partly its the papers. I'm thinking I need to treat myself and order some paper packs from my wishlist. I think I'd really like "Lets Get Together," "Stardust" and "Its a Guy Thing" (for the new baby boy to come). I also like most of the papers in the "Paper Garden" and "Sweet Pea" packs... and "Boom-di-ada" has really grown on me lately.

Hmm... maybe it is time to switch gears on my scrap subject for a while... I think I'll print some 8x10s of Allison each month, then move on to our trip to Europe. How great would it be to actually FINISH an event? Maybe I should think more about my wedding scrapbook too while I'm at it...

Salon Mommy

I completed a layout during yesterday and today's naptimes (and last night's lack of a new episode of "House"). I used the Perfect Day paper pack, which really isn't so much my favorite. I'm not a fan of the striped paper or the floral in it... I just have had a hard time pairing them the the other papers in the pack, which I generally do like quite a bit. I also used some of the coordinating stickers, which I really never used. I only have them because they came in my kit.

Anyway, here's what I came up with... layout concept comes from Cherish ("Dynamic Design", I think).

Supplies Used:

• Perfect Day Paper Pack
• Perfect Day Stickease
• Black cardstock
• Sorbet Ink
• Black Ink
• Friendship Alphabets (large and small)
• White Daisy Just Blooms
• Sorbet Ribbon Rounds
• Connections Club Metal Tokens
• Connections Club Rub-Ons

A Productive Crop

On Saturday Emily and I went to all all evening open crop at Archivers in the University Mall. It was so much fun and so nice to just have 6 hours to sit and scrapbook and get things done without being interrupted by an adorable little girl who wants to play with mommy's pretty papers. I think Em and I are going to try to go again another month. Here's what I got done at the crop.

Happy Easter... I made this layout in April and finally had some photos to put on it. I still need to print a 5x7, but almost done! This page uses the Sweet Pea paper pack. I think I might change the title...

This is Allison's 6 month page. I still need to add the "6 months" to it, but I might wait until I get the Small Chocolate Alphabet stamp set so it matches the title. Love this picture, love how the page turned out. Should I have cut the centers out of the letters?

Archivers had the perfect thin organza ribbon to finish off this layout... I love it!

Our Hospital Stay. These are photos of the 4 days Allison and I stayed in the hospital when she was born. I'm glad to have them on the layout. I forgot to mud the edges of my paper tough... that bugs me a little. Journaling with go in the blank purple box on the left page and I might make some changes to the colonial white boxes above the 4x6 photos on the edges of both pages.

Sleepy Girl Layout

Another layout done! Maybe I should spend more of my evenings like this... I might actually run out of printed photos to scrap and be able to move beyond the first 3 months of my daughter's life! =)

The layouts are from the Reflections layout book. I used Sidebar - Original for the left page and Half & Half - Split Focus for the right. Both used photo variations and I made some changes to the right page (like I said last time, I can't follow directions). Colors are Blush, Colonial White and Chocolate. Patterned paper isn't CTMH, but stamps, cardstock, ink and paper flowers are. What do you think?

I'm proud of this layout...

Supplies Used:

Colorbok Patterned Paper
Pebbles Inc. Cardstock stickers
Big Pinks and Sumer Posies Just Blooms
• Large Friendship Alphabet Stamp Set
• Small Friendship Alphabet Stamp Set
• Playful Flourishes Stamp Set
• Baby Steps Stamp Set
• Colonial White Cardstock
• Chocolate Cardstock
• Chocolate Ink
• Blush Ink

Rubber Ducky

I am so behind in my scrapbooking. I'm hoping to spend a lot of good hours scrapping over Christmas break this year. Maybe I can finish Allison first year before baby #2 makes its appearance... that would be a goal.



Anyway, I got my inspiration for this page Sunday night, but I had to wait until I had my how-to books back and I had time. I finally got time today during naptime (my favorite time of day).



This isn't CTMH paper, but I did use CTMH stamps and inks. I had to make my own patterned papers to go with the cute pink circle background paper. I pulled my other colors from that paper and used the Spot On Backgrounds stamp set to make the polka-dot strings patterned paper and I inked white cardstock in Key Lime ink to make the green textured-looking one. What do you think? I'm quite pleased.




Obviously this still needs journaling. Thats going to go on left page with the polka-dot string box acting as its mat.

I used Cherish layout "Dramatic Fashion" pattern for this... the right page is rotated and the left page is changed quite a bit... I switched the orientation of the focus photo and triple-matted it so that it really stood out and was substantial enough to be the only photo on the page (instead of having 2 or 3 on it). I guess that means that I, apparently, can't follow directions! Oh well!

Supplies Used:

• Pebbles Inc. and DCWV paper & cardstock
• Pebbles Inc Duck Sticker
• Square metal-rimmed tags
• Baby Steps Stamp Set
• Rustic Alphabet Stamp Set
• Spot On Backgrounds Stamp Set
• Small Friendship Alphabet Stamp Set
• Blush Ink
• Key Lime Ink
• Black Ink
• Sunflower Ink

October Scrapbook Club

Here it is! The October layout for my Scrapbook Hostess Club. This layout uses our adorable new Notebook paper pack, and Shining Star stamp set and coordinating accessories. It is perfect for any number of titles, page themes and photo sizes (I think I'll use an 8x10 on the left and 2 5x7s or 3 4x6 on the right...).

Club will be held on Saturday, October 25th, 3 pm at my house. Leave a comment if you need directions or if you'd like to join! Stay tuned for projects for my card club... coming in November!

Supply List:

• Colonial White Cardstock
• Black Cardstock
• Desert Sand Ink
• Notebook Paper pack
• Shining Star Stamp Set
• Hollyhock Twill ribbon
• Colonial White Brads

Reflections Layout

I used my new Reflections layout book for the first time Satruday night and I loved it. So simple, so easy! I only did a one page layout, but you can combine and mix and match with the layouts in this book... it is AMAZING! Contact me if you'd like to look at it or order one of your own!

Supplied Used:

Life Delights Paper Pack

Large Friendship Alphabet Stamp Set

Small Friendship Alphabet Stamp Set

Playful Flourishes Stamp Set

Big Pinks Paper Flower

Chocolate Ink

Blush Polka Dot Ribbon

Simply Snapshot Page

I wanted to do a "Simply Snapshots" page to have as a sample to show at my gatherings. This one, done on the "More to Adore" variety of the pages, took me about 10 minutes and I think it turend out so cute. I may be converted to these things myself!

Supplies Used:

"More to Adore" Simply Snapshots base page

"Big Pinks" paper flowers

Dimensional Elements "Fresh Shapes"

Blush Ink

Spongue Daubers

Recent Layouts

I've been trying hard to find time to scrap since we got back from Europe. I should probably just print my Europe pictures and scrap those, since they're current... but I still have SO MANY printed photos of Allison first few months and my wedding. I'm trying really hard to get a finished wedding album before the year is over. Anyway, here are some of the pages I've been working on when I've had a few minutes.

This was my first time using dimensional elements. LOVE how they look... I used the sponge daubers to colors them. This also did a great job using some of my smaller scraps from the Sonata paper packet. I thought about using flouishes on either the pink or the yellow, but I didn't want it to be too busy. Journaling still required (I'm so bad about getting my journaling done...)


I picked up the "Heart of Winter" project pack at last spring's warehouse clearance sale at the Utah Valley Women's Expo and I loved how these colors when with this cute photo. I'm not super crazy about how my title turned out, but I like it well enough to leave it alone.

Cutting the Cake - yeah for a wedding page! This layout came straight out of Cherish. I traded out the small square between the photos for the word "celebrate" from the Card Commentary stamp set. I didn't leave space for journaling, but I don't know if its really necessary. This page really just speaks for itself.

I LOVE this page, but its hard to see the details... poor lighting, harsh flash. Oh well. The photo is of Brian and I standing at the edge of the reflection pool at the Portland temple and its round because its taken with an extremely wide angle lens. Everything cut out of the photo was just black... this photos shows the entire almost 180 degree view from where the photographer was standing. In gold lettering it says "The Thornock's" About the photo, and our wedding date below it. This will probably serve as a wedding album cover page. Maybe...