One, One, Two, Two.

 

That's one birthday, one scrapbook paper line, two celebrations, two layouts.

All of the paper packs I bought at the last LSS yard sale I attended turned out to be sets. The one set, It's Your Day by FancyPants, worked perfectly for both the birthday layouts I wanted to do for Kelsey.

The first layout showcases the party she had with her friends:

 

 

 

And then there's this one (which I did crop, but must not have saved)  from her actual birthday, which we spent in Toronto for the Tigers/Jays game. Before the game, we had time for supper at Wayne Gretzky's (a miracle in itself, considering I got us lost) where our server discreetly presented Kelsey with this #99 brownie puck. Kelsey was relieved there wasn't a big song and dance like at many restaurants!

Both layouts used pieces of the same 'strips of patterns' paper and a patterned background, unlike my usual cardstock base. The first layout also used two journaling cards, one matted onto another. The title on the first one was already part of the paper, while I stamped and embossed the 'celebrate' on the second.

Practice

This is Kelsey's first season of softball. Scott is very excited about this. He loves that the kids have both taken an interest in one of his passions, something he can teach them a thing or two about. I snapped these pics while watching them from the porch.
Admittedly, baseball isn't one of my passions, but that didn't stop me from having fun creating this layout! I put some scrap cardstock through a crimper, grazed it over my Versamark pad and embossed it for a rough, corrugated cardboard look and then tore along the edges. The title is chipboard letters that I inked.

The scrap paper I used while inking the letters ended up looking really cool, so I just had to use it for a journaling block!

Products I Can Recall: Patterned paper: Echo Park. Cardstock: American Crafts. Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Barn Door. Chipboard letters: Making Memories. Embossing powder: Zing.

Silly Bands

Oh my, I've been a very bad blogger! I can't believe it's been this long; but it's a new year and with it comes the hope of more time to play, create and share!
Today has been a day just for that! I got two layouts done today, including this one. Silly Bands are these fun coloured, funky shaped plastic bracelets and quite the fad right now. Kelsey has an impressive collection of them that keeps growing and growing....and growing (thankfully, they're cheap!). One day, Kelsey was sorting through her collection while Lilah slept beside her.

I'm not sure where she got the idea to use Lilah as a canvas, but it did look really cool so I snapped a couple of pictures...and then made Kelsey clear them all off before Lilah woke up and shook silly bands everywhere!

And just like that, a layout idea was born. I kept things simple, using cardstock scraps and making silhouette cutouts with my Cricut and punches to copy the look of the bands. The colours are a bit off in the photo, but I was excited to get this posted.

So there you have it, quite possibly my first layout of 2011; hopefully the first of many I share here too!