Hope It's Not "TOO" Shabby!

As much as I love the shabby chic look, I don't think that I do it well. However, I absolutely love this Cosmo Cricket Honey Pie paper, and after all, it DOES have a lot of PINK, so I thought that I'd give it a try! LOL

This is a 8 1/2 x 11 scrapbook page that I made for my friend Kim. She is such a great person, and I'm so thankful for have gotten the chance to know her. Well, this was for her 40th birthday, but if you know me, then you know that rarely do I have something like this done on time, SO here it is. Late, but better than never! :)

I distressed the picture (a lot, maybe too much?) with a sanding block and then sponged on some Distress ink. I used the Boho Blossoms set in the bkgd, along with SU!'s Linen bkgd stamp for some light pattern on the green layer. I also inked all the paper edges. For the sentiment, I used the SU! stamp set, Friendship Flowers.

It has been a REALLY long time since I've scrapped, so I hope that she likes it! The picture was taken a year ago at last year's StampFest. I stupidly didn't get one from this year! :(

Well, I get home today, and I'm sure that I'll be DYING to see my guys when I get there (I'm preposting this :)) Hopefully, sometime soon, too, I'll feel like getting all inky again! I'm so exhausted, I can hardly think of it, but things should be dying down as of next week. Therefore, there's a light at the end of the tunnel! I think! :)

Till later...

xox,
k

3 Little Monkeys

ETA: Check it out! This layout was published in the October/November, '07 issue of Ready-Set-Create, pg.55! Yeah! :)

This is the other page I made for last Thanksgiving. Still working on bettering the pic quality. I think I need to invest in a piece or two of poster board and an Ott Light or two. Hmmm, I'll add that to my must buy list! ;)

All of the Mommies were in the kitchen preparing the food for our big feast, and we heard a bit too much giggling going on, so we went to investigate... This is what we found! Three little monkeys jumping on the bed. There's just not much cuter than 3 two year olds giggling and having fun together!

Hopefully I'll have a card soon for you! TGIF! :)

xox,
k

Fine Print...
Stamps: Rough Edges Alpha, Genuine Article, Stamp of Authenticity, On the Spot, Papertrey Ink (Green Thumb, Faux Ribbon)
Paper: Pumpkin, Marigold, Bazzill White, Doodlebug
Ink: CC, Pumpkin, Marigold, White Craft
Accessories: QuicKutz, Chipboard, May Arts Ribbon, Buttons, Linen Thread, Brads

Anyone Have Any Ideas...

ETA: Check it out! This layout was published in the October/November, '07 issue of Ready-Set-Create, pg. 70! Yeah! :)

on how to get decent pix of 12x12 scrapbook pages???

This is a page that I made the other day of last Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful day at our friend's house, and this is the first of a double page layout. I hate the pic, but have tried and tried to get a better one, and have failed miserably! Any suggestions would be appreciated!

The journaling talks about how these pix remind me of the book Green Eggs and Ham. "I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them, Sam I Am!" Then, "Say, I do like green eggs and ham! Thank you, thank you, Sam I Am!" I'm sure that this is self-explanatory, but Wyatt wouldn't eat the yummy dinner we slaved all day over, and then once he tried it, he decided that he loved it!

I'll try to post the other page soon. Not today, though, as this is the 3rd post of the day, already! :)

xox,
K

ETA: I have fiddled around with this pic long enough, BUT, while it's not perfect, I feel like it's "good enough"! I just messed around with the angle that I was taking the pic, and tried to get it completely STRAIGHT ON, and then cropped it. Major pain in the hind end, but I'm much happier with the end result. I know...kind of anal, huh!? ;)

Fine Print...
Doodlebug PP; Caramel, CC, and Pumpkin CS; HPH; May Arts Ribbon; Circle Punches; White Craft ink; Black Just Journaling Pen

Red White and Boom

This is the other page that I made on my Crop Night. I took the pic in the grass, and I though that, with the theme, I wouldn't crop it out! This is from the Fourth of July (obviously, right!?) last year. I'm fairly happy with how it turned out.
I should have a card for you soon! Hope you had a great weekend!

xox,
kirsten

Fine Print...
Love It; Ink - Red, Navy, and Mustard Craft; White Gel Pen; Heidi Swapp Letters; Red Tag CB Alpha; Kraft and Navy CS; PP - Karen Foster; May Arts Ribbon; Bazzill Brads

Finally I Scrap!!!

I had my MOMS Club girls over last night again, and I finally got some scrappin' done (last time I made a card or two!). SO, as promised, here is one of the two pages that I created yesterday.
This is Wyatt and my Dad hangin' out on the couch, all snuggly, with Wyatt and his coolio spaceship jammies. I just loved how relaxed and happy they both looked - it's hard to catch a 2 year old with a look of happy contentment!
The paper/layers aren't really crooked, I just had to crop it that way to remove my ugly sidewalk from the edges of the pic! LOL
This page was lightly inspired by a layout by Janna Wilson, from this month's BHG Scrapbooks Etc. I needed a slight bit of "umph" to get me going again.
Possible details of interest...I used one of my QuicKutz Goosebumps dies on the arrow (also a QuicKutz die), and inked it with some Garden Green. I doodled
around the Marvy punch with my White Gel Pen. The stars are stamped on a transparency with White Stazon, and the astronaut is stamped with Brocade Craft ink. The cutey spaceship brads were a gift from my friend, Mimi. The match perfectly with this page!
Well, this turned out to be a late post! I've got 2 more Father's Day cards to post tomorrow, so I'll see you then! Dave rented Music and Lyrics for us (me, and him appeasing me!) to watch tonight!

xox,
k

Fine Print...
PP - Reminisce; CS - Red, Brocade, Transparency; Marvy punches; White Gel Pen; SU! ribbon; Stamps - Autumn Leaves (Astroboy) and All in a Row; QuicKutz; Corner Rounder; Brads (?); Heidi Swapp alpha

Some of My Favorite Wyatt Pix...

This is the scrapbook double page layout that I finally finished! You'd think with such cute pix, it should have been simple, right! Well, this is a multi-manufacture layout for sure. I used American Crafts flowers, Chatterbox paper, Heidi Swapp letters, and lots of Stampin' Up! products!
I stamped the Flannel background behind the pix in Cool Caribbean. Then I mounted the 8x10, and cut the 5x7 pic, and mounted it at the page split. I used markers to stamp the "so very" (also the name of the SELL-A-BRATION stamp set - ask me how to get it for free!!!), and used Chocolate Chip to stamp "adorable" (from Warm Words) underneath. I covered the chipboard (On Board Simon Lower) with the paper, and tied a ribbon on.


I liked the idea of the circles with the edges covered by the flowers. So, I used SU! silver brads in the center of them, and glue-dotted them to the page.

For the title, I used the SU! On Board Accents for the brackets, and inked them with Chocolate Chip Craft and heat set them. The "our" is QuicKutz (QK) Olivia in Old Olive. The "Wyatt" is SU! Typeset Upper and Lower Alphabet in Pumpkin Pie. The "@" is SU! Well Worn Alphabet in Old Olive. The "SIX" is QK Tangerine in Cranberry Crisp. And lastly, the "months" is Heidi Swapp with a piece of Cool Caribbean, inked with White Craft, underneath it.

Oh yeah, there is a thin strip of Cranbery Crisp matting the verticle dotted strip.

I am happy with how it turned out, and I hope that you enjoy it, too!