Bubbly Babe {Cosmo Cricket: DeLovely}

Here is my entry for this month's challenge at scrapbook.com

 It's hard to tell some of the details in the photo, but our wind was so bad that I had a hard time getting good shots before the layout would fly away! There is zig zag stitching on the bottom of the photos to the scallop trim and straight stitching around the entire patterned paper base. The fun part was distressing the edges of the paper bubbles and then painting with glitter glam.

 I also took a q-tip, soaked it in the glitter glam and then flung the excess onto the layout. I LOVE the sparkle that it adds!!

The journaling reads: "Brooke was such a happy baby. Always smiling, giggling and so easy to make laugh...Bubbly! March 15, 2007"

I used a sketch from Pretty Little Studio for my inspiration but the layout is also a lift of a layout made by IzzyB found here. Thanks for looking!

One Fun Summer Day {Crystal Wilkerson: Spring/Summer 2011}

Today is the first day of a new project for me! Janet inspired me to start a 365 album on my birthday, and Heather's digital 365 pages inspired me to try this project all digital. This time next year, I'll be sending off all of my pages to be bound into a hardcover book. Can't wait!!

So, I've been playing with templates some to get used to having a new layout each week. I got this free template from Crystal Wilkerson's new site and took advantage of a 50% off sale this weekend to buy some new goodies :-)

I know I've already scrapped these pictures before (just scroll down for the paper version) but I love them and wanted to play with the digital aspect without having to find more pictures and edit them! I can't wait to get my first week documented and share it here next week :-)

NOT a fan! {Basic Grey: Jovial}

I'm back with another layout for this week's Christmas in July challenge at TPV. For this week only, we can enter more than once! I saw Suzanne's layout using BG's Jovial and it got me itching to use some of mine... so I whipped this up super quick this morning :)

I used part of a double page sketch from Page Maps for my inspiration. Not my favorite layout ever, but it's another two pictures scrapped!

Ready for Santa {Cosmo Cricket: Jolly by Golly}

I have another two-fer to share today. This doubles as the July sketch challenge at Birds of a Feather and this week's challenge at The Paper Variety - Christmas in July! 

I always have a hard time using snowflake paper with my layouts because we never actually see any snow here...but I guess their pajamas have snowflakes so it all works :-) I have to admit I love scrapping Christmas in July!

Warning! Girls at play! {Cosmo Cricket: Togetherness, Girl Friday, Salt Air}

This layout is using pictures taken from just last week on a trip to a local park. It was miserable hot and we were the only ones there! But that made for good picture opportunities without other kids to distract mine or be in the background. I did have to spend some extra time removing all of the red from their hot faces though ;-)

 Left side:

 Right Side:

 And a closeup of this cute zipper flower. I've asked a few local friends to snag me zippers when they are out thrifting...and Kayla even mailed me some that she found. Even better, she sent me this one done so I have an example to look at when I finally get brave enough to make my own!

I used a sketch from Sketch Support to help me organize all TEN photos! I love doing layouts with lots of photos!!

I used all Cosmo Cricket products (except for the zipper flower & alphas) plus I fussy cut two borders, so this qualifies for the July challenge over at scrapbook.com. BUT I have plans for my next layout to use CC so I will wait to see which one I want to link up. You should come check out this months challenge to use a border - punched or hand cut. Super easy!

June Project 12 Layout {Bo Bunny: Sun Kissed}

I have another two-fer today :-) This is my June Project 12 layout and it's for the July stash challenge at Birds of A Feather.

 Left side:

 Right side:

 The challenge at BOAF is to use rubons and two embellishments need to be altered with rubons as well. The "June" here is a rubon. The "life is beautiful" and "these are the days" are also rubons.

 The circle around the journaling is a rubon....with a boo boo that I had rix. One of those 'a's is my handwriting! I didn't have much room for journaling so I'll put some stories on the back.

 All of the words here except "park" are also rubons.

I'm so glad Amy challenged us to use rubons this month because I didn't have any embellishments from this paper line. The rubons were just what I needed to complete the layout!

Simple Pleasures {American Crafts:Dear Lizzy}

This layout is a two-fer! There is a great sketch challenge right now at The Paper Variety and I combined that with the July color challenge at Birds of a Feather. I had to add in some green and brown for the color challenge but tried to limit it as much as I could!

 I had two extra pictures that I had printed to go with the smaller ones so included those on a flap inside. I loved the expressions of delight that were on my girls' faces!

Head over to the two sites - you have until Tuesday for the sketch challenge at TPV and till the end of the month for the color challenge at BOAF! Thanks for stopping by :)