Holy Layouts Batman!

I was fortunate enough to have lots of scrapping time this weekend. I have several highlight pages to share...

The first is I Smell Candy which is a part of my HHI album. The Savannah Candy Kitchen is a must stop, if only for the pralines. They are to die for! The samples that are handed out are generally still warm and they just melt in your mouth. Yum!

This layout has lots of sparkle to replicate all of the sugar in the candy kitchen.

The title is all mixed up and Gypsy font.

My second layout to share is near and dear to my heart...it also features one of the most uncomfortable nursing sessions I have ever had! lol Once again, in HHI we were at the beach when Jacka needed to nurse. Finding a comfortable spot was not easy, but Jacka did not care...I was still his Seaside Snack Shack. This layout has lots of cricut. The sign and arrow are George. The title is Opposites Atract, A Child's Year, and Life's a Beach. The waves are also Life's a Beach.

The final layout of the day is a more recent one featuring the ugliest hives I have ever seen! Jacka came down with these in October and they were nasty. As you can see, they did not slow him down very much.

The title is Storybook, Mickey font, and A Child's Year. The paper doll is from Everyday Paper Dolls. For the doll's hives, I embossed him using the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, than inked him with red ink. It was hard to draw on the features of the face, but the look of the hives more than made up for that!

Thanks for looking!

Circus Baby

Have you ever had a layout that you could see in your mind, but you could not translate that to paper? That was this circus layout. The pictures just sat forever. Finally yesterday I tackled it, and I finished it up this afternoon. I am on a mission to use up some of my sticker stash so I started with this one. There are stickers from 4 different packs on this one layout! I used the cricut for the title banners (George for the flags and storybook for the title). This was such a fun theme that I wanted to do it justice on the page...and I think I captured that!

(Because there are some personal elements to the journaling, it has been blacked out.)

Thanks for looking!

New Background...

Well, it is getting to be that time...I need a new background for my blog. I go through this each and every time I think of changing it. I wish I knew how to make my own. The background that are available out there are neat, but few are really me. I wish I could find a valentine background with frogs kissing. How cute would that be?! Oh well...back to searching...maybe the background fairy will visit me! lol

Watching For The Birds

More from Hilton Head 2007...Oh how Jacks loved the parrots which are found all over the island! HHI is not an overly tropical place, but just so you do not forget that it is an island many businesses have parrots residing out front. It took Jacka no time to realize how cool these animals were. After his first encounter with them he would squawk back at them, by the end of the trip he was waving to them and blowing them kisses!

I picked up this paper at M's and I love it! The "for the birds" is from a coordinating paper in the same line. I made the title by welding many different letters together. I popped the T out with pop dots. I actually forgot it on the original cut, but was able to creatively squeeze it in. The border punch on the journaling piece is MS's Pine Needles.

Wizard of Oz Slider Card

Jacka has a cousin who is an only child like him. Since they are the only cousins who are "onlys" we lovingly refer to the pair, who are 5 months apart, as siblings. I made this slider card for Jacka's "sister" Sydney.

Here is the inside of the card...

The lettering is from Gypsy font and the shoe is from PPDU. I tried to get a photo or video of the card in action, but that did not work out so well for me. Oh Well!

Now, if only I can make her gift come out as well as the card...off to create!

Doughnuts Anyone?

Oh, this layout was so fun! All of the bright colors and sparkle perked up the cold, wintery day we had today. This layout is for my HHI 2007 album...

In HHI there is a great little restaurant called The Flamingo House of Doughnuts. It is owned by a very religious gentleman who was a joy to meet. He makes all the doughnuts fresh to order with your choice of glazes and toppings. It was heavenly! We had a s'mores one and it was amazing!

I used lots of Cricut here...

Stretch you imagination for the palm trees

Life's a beach for the title and the flamingo

All Mixed Up for the title

Opposites Attract for the title

Enjoy and if you are ever in HHI check out the Flamingo House!

Long Time...No Scrap!

Wow...long time no scrap! This has been a busy start to 2010. I have lots to scrap, but today is the first day of the New Year where I have been home all day! I have had little time to scrap this past week or so and of that time most of it was spent preparing my entry for the Cropping with the Stars contest hosted by PC. Now that the contest is over (winners are chosen around 1/15-this Friday...cross your fingers and your toes for me!) I hope to get back to my regular scrapping routine.

Happy New Year to all! I wish you a happy and prosperous 2010!