Sand-tastic!

I love clean and simple scrapbooking, and I think this is a good example of having pictures the most important part of the page, but having clean and elegant lines. Plus, it has some of my favorite things :-)



Left side:



Right side:



Up close:



I really enjoy using the old dymo embossing label maker, and a while ago I got this script typeface. How fun is that!

Supplies:
Paper: DCWV Photo Stack 2, blue cardstock
Ribbon: 1/8" wide generic ribbon
Flowers: Recollections Boutique Fleur
Font: LDJ Old Typeface
Label: Dymo label maker

Anniversary LO

Well, this is a little different! My Sheri Craft's challenge this week is Anniversary. So, I thought I'd do a card. Then I thought, no no no, I MUST work on my scrapbooks. So, you'd think that I might have a LO to do of my own marriage and anniversaries? After all, we've only been married (oh dear Lord) 15 years?!?!?

Turns out... No. I have no anniversary pictures. LOL.

So, next best is family. Here's LO of my DH's great Aunt's 50th wedding anniversary. They were such a fabulous couple! Our great Uncle passed away a year after this, and great Aunt 5 years later. They were fabulous right 'til the end. I can only hope my marriage is so successful and blessed.

Enjoy!







Supplies:

Paper: DCWV Glittered Alphabet Stack and DCWV Glittered All Dressed Up Stack
Die cut: Spellbinders Lattice Pendants
Punched Board: Fiskars Threading water
from my stash old gold stickers and a bit of ribbon

Hannah's Apples

Love this week's challenge, Organic, but usually when I'm eating it! A LO was a bit of a trick, so I made a page of my DD's tree:





Love the dimensionality of the embellishments!

Supplies:

Paper: DCWV Eco Stack
Martha Stewart stamps
Versamark and red embossing powder
Black Dew Drops
Letter stickers

A Little Bit of Bling!

Today's LO is using old set of pictures, in which I wanted to convey a sense of excitment. I think I managed it with the bold and kind of crazy paper:



I know, lots of us are afraid to use those big crazy bright patterns in large quantities. I say, GO FOR IT! Up close of left side:



Right side carries over the colours, but more muted to add emphasis to the journalling:



Cheese-y pun!



The journalling, done with a white ball-point pen. I always prewrite on blank paper and edit. Then I test the pen I want to use on scrap. I had tried black and brown first, but the white looked so much better!



Supplies:
DCWV Summer Dream Stack
Fonts cut with SCAL2: Brush 455BT ("Fair") and Crazy Girlz Blond BTN Lt (everything else)
Frosted Lace Stickles
Rhinestones
Ink (all edges)

My Sheri Crafts -- Bears!

My Sheri Crafts challenge this week is Teddy Bear themed. I found this old photo of me, and decided I'd make a cute little Teddy LO for my "All About Me" book:



November 1st I was able to download six free cricut cartridges for my Gypsy, and fortunately I only had one already. I was thrilled to gain the Christmas solutions cartridge, as I'd already wanted it but couldn't justify buying it since I already had Christmas Cheer and Winter Woodland. Here's my first cut from it, the teddy bear:



He's embossed with the A2 embossing folder, Textile Texture. I cut first, then used a cricut marker, then ran through my cuttlebug and chalked with Pebbles Chalk. Love that stuff, love the effect.



I'm forever a sucker for some of the MS punches, so this one got me last week. It's a new one, called Cherish. It's a PATP set, and it's beautiful! I'm sure it'll make it on to many of my LOs!



Supplies:
DVWC WB Gypsy Baby Stack
Martha Stewart Cherish Punch
Ribbon
Martha Stewart Antique Gold Glitter
Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder, Textile Texture
Pebbles Chalk

The Toothpick Princess

My DD Hannah, at 2 years old, loved to walk to the grocery store to help mommy shop. In their deli department, she'd eat any and all the samples offered. They were always on toothpicks. Soon, she refused to eat anything unless presented on a toothpick, thus becoming, "The Toothprick Princess"!





Supplies:

Paper: DCWV Once Upon a Time cardstock, coloured cardstock
Fonts: vtks Black ("the"); Chinese Takeaway ("toothpick");
Cricut cartridge: Hannah Montana "princess"
Assorted rhinestones
Stickles, gold
Vellum
Adhesive
Gold Ribbon
Martha Stewart String Lace Punch around the Page