Last of the ducks! {Echo Park: Victoria Gardens}

I sure am glad I am done scrapping this set of pictures! I created a layout for each girl and then a few extra layouts and I'm ready to move on to something else ;-)

I lifted the design from Linda's layout here:

I thought it was so smart to use the journaling cards for part of the grid design. I will be doing this more on future layouts! A closeup of the journaling:

Everything on the layout is from the September kit at Birds of A Feather. Since I have scrapped LOTS of layouts lately using Echo Park, I thought I would enter this into the favorite company challenge at The Paper Variety. To be honest though, I never can choose just one favorite scrapbooking company! ;-)

A Perfect 10! {Fancy Pants: About A Girl}

Apparently this picture is one of my favorites since I have now scrapped it on 3 different layouts! One was a digital layout about our trip to feed ducks where this picture was taken, one was about her love of pedi/manicures and then this layout. I promise, this is the last layout you will see it on! lol I'm entering it for the favorite photo challenge at The Paper Variety.

 I also used this layout for the September color challenge over at Birds of A Feather.

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Welcome Princess {Echo Park: Victoria Gardens}

I've been busy this weekend trying to complete all of the challenges at The Paper Variety for their blog birthday party! I'm entering this layout into their favorite embellishments challenge shown here. 

 I'm guessing that most people are getting sick of banners right about now, but I still love them! I'm getting better at making different kinds and this is my first time to use just a couple of pennants by themselves. Love the look!

 All of the papers and embellies (except for the Princess card for the title-thanks Kayla!) are from the September or August Birds of a Feather kits. The design is based on a PageMaps sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and if you haven't seen the challenges yet at The Paper Variety - go check them out! You have until Tuesday to enter ;-)

*That* Sweet! {Echo Park: Victoria Gardens}

This layout is made using the September kit and for the September sketch challenge over at Birds of a Feather. I guess I was too touchy feely with my alphas because I can't get all of the letters to stick down :-\

 I'm blessed with such sweet girls, but this one, my goodness. It's almost sweetness overload! A close up of this butterfly pin....

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Double Rainbow {Pretty Little Studio: April Showers}

Our weather changed for the better this past weekend. We finally had a teensy bit of rain and slightly lower temperatures. Unfortunately, it brought a lot of wind! We were outside enjoying the weather and saw a double rainbow! {click on the image for a better view of it}

 I've been saving this bling rainbow from Kayla for just the right layout :-)

 I wasn't sure what to do for a title or journaling, so I browsed through the quotes & titles sections at scrapbook.com and liked "The soul would  have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears". My journaling explains a bit why I felt that was an appropriate prompt.

The pattern papers and embellishments (except for the bling) are all from Pretty Little Studio and I used their sketch challenge for this week for the design. You can find the sketch here.

Our Girl is One

I'm cutting it close to enter this layout for two contests! This is the FINAL page in this girl's first year album. I'll be back later this week to show you the whole album. 

I created this for The Paper Variety's challenge this week to do a birthday theme and use a banner. The picture used here on the layout is from her 1st birthday photo shoot. I used the sketch located here at Pretty Little Studio.

Happy Girl {Echo Park: Victoria Gardens; Birds of a Feather September Kit}

 When I saw the September kit at Birds of a Feather, I knew these pictures needed those papers! I have at least two more layouts to complete from this photo session and can't wait to use the kit for them. I took the girls for some pictures and I was trying to be serious about them but then my daughter busted her hands in front of her face and reminded me to have fun :-)

She has this thing about painting her nails in a pattern - makes this former math teacher so proud! I have to admit I thought I would never use the lamp post rubons in the kit - but I love the look of this one with this layout! I was in a bit of a time crunch trying to get the color challenge done for August, so I didn't play around too much with this or maybe I would have distressed the edges of the papers. But I did manage to squeeze in some stitching in a few spots and that makes me happy :-)

 Thanks for stopping by!