Page Map Challenge for NSD

This weekend was National Scrapbooking Day and I decided to take up a challenge.  I used this Becky Fleck sketch and made an 8x11 double layout in less than an hour.  Then I went to my son's baseball game and when I got back I looked at the layout and took the whole thing apart.  What was I thinking, I don't make 8x11 pages.  So off I went and made a 12x12.  Here is the sketch I followed:

And here is my double 12 x 12 layout:

I turned the sketch around so that Logan was facing into the page instead of out.  I had decided on an A to Z page a while ago so I had all the adjectives written out.  This page came together really easy since there wasn't too much to it.  I realize the flower is not in the page maps but I needed it because I ran out of the stripped paper...yes it covers a gap. 

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Once Upon a Time Ultrasound

If there is a page that almost made me throw my hands up and say I quit, it was this one.  I found this clock face and was determined to use it for Sofia's ultrasound pictures.  The problem was that I just didn't like the way it looked with my photos.  I had the photo printed several time and final decided on the design you see below.  I found an ultrasound poem and changed it to fit this page and my style.  There was no author listed or I would have given credit to the author.  After months of feeling like I didn't know how to scrapbook anymore, I have to say I am happy with this page.  

For this page I used Prima flowers, Recollection bling, Stampin Up paper and ink.  The title came from the Cricut cartridge Storybook, the flourish is a Sizzix which I cut out on my cuttlebug.

As always, thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions, feel free to write or leave me a comment below.  Hugs to all.

Delia

Just Beautiful

It's going to ge a short week this week for me this week and I have been organizing my craft room. I have to thank my friend Mena for giving me the reorganizing bug. I am actually moving shelves and trying to make my small space bigger. Yah I know, wishful thinking.

Anyway, here is a page I made of my little girl. The layout was super quick, the scored flowers where my time limiting step. I made one, then two and before you knew it, I had a bunch of these flowers in all different colors and all different sizes. I just loved them! For this page I used CTMH paper, cricut, glitter, glitter stickers (thanks Heather), scorer and punches.

Bloom Sofia

This is a page I received in a swap years ago. I wish I knew the designer so I could give her credit. What I did was cut down the page a bit and add glitter cardstock behind the page to give the page more depth and I added the cardstock to the picture. Otherwise this page was perfect for this photo. I took this picture of Sofia at Logan's baseball game. She put her hands in the dirt and then complained that her hands were dirty.

I just love the colors!! Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your week.

Delia

Logan's 3rd grade DOUBLE layout

With school approaching I wanted to show something school related so I took a one page layout of Logan's first day in the 3rd grade and made it a double layout. You will recognize the first page, I posted in my blog a while ago. Here are the pages:

This page was a lot of fun to make with the stamps, rub-ons, paper clips and Cricut letters. Enjoy!!!

Delia

Meeting Sofia

Here is a layout I finished a few weeks ago. It's a simple page but the pictures are so meaningful to me. I loved when Logan first walked into the room to meet Sofia. I know I kept telling whoever had the camera, just take a bunch of pictures and keep taking them. I wanted to get his reaction to meeting his brand new sister. He didn't disappoint, he was gentle and sweet and so excited at the same time and just wanted to hold her. I was so proud of him. Love you Logan!! So here is the layout I made to recall that wonderful day.

I hope you enjoy this page as much as I do. We are expecting Hurricane Irene tomorrow so everyone in her path please be safe. Have a great weekend.



Delia

IT's a Girl

Here is the other half of the Sofia page. I made the sofia page (the one in the last post) then wanted something to match and that page. I don't know why I work backward sometimes. I also have the ultrasound pictures that I need to put final touches before I can photograph. For now here is the "it's a girl" page.

For this page I used SU cardstock and punch. I wanted to use Sofia's footprints from the hospital. But they actually gave me the paper after they did her feet and the first thing I noticed was that the paper was copied crooked...REALLY!! My baby's feet on crooked paper....I scanned her footprints and printed it on DP and I that made me happier. The stork is Paper Pretties stamp. I love this stork, so easy to color, nothing to it. I used recollections bling and cricut for the letters. I hope you like it as much as I do. This was a wonderful day and I am glad I finally have it in Sofia's Scrapbook.

Have a great day,

Delia

Sofia's Page

I finished this page a few months ago and thought I would share it with you all. I made this page of Sofia's birth and had a lot of fun doing it. What inspired me to get this page done was the journaling. I journaled what I wanted to say and then realized I would like to keep some of the journaling out of view. What I winded up doing was making a tab with more sentimental words for Sofia behind her photo.

I hope you enjoy this page. Thanks for dropping by.

Delia

In Logan's Words

This page was inspired by the Big Classes challenge. The challenge was to use NO PHOTOS...that was a shocker for me the whole point of scrapping for me is to get my photo into a scrapbook but the more I thought about the more this thought evolved in my head. I always wanted to get some of Logan's funny saying down into my scrapbook so what better way. I love how this page turned out.

For this page I used Wordle.com to create this awesome word mess. I used Paper pretties image Tire Swing Cooper, Rhinestones, DP, stickers, Cricut Lite Billionaire, SU cardstock and ink, and a gorgeous bottle cap given to me ages ago by my friend Heather.

As always thanks for stopping by, leave me a comment to let me know what you think.

Mother's Day Scrapbook page

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mommies out there.

This page was a few years in the making. I made this page for a swap years ago, then last month at a crop I decided to add photos of Sofia. Then today I wanted to finish it but particpating in a challenge. The challenge was doodling. I have never doodled because I am an awful artist (this is the reason I buy stamps LOL). Anyway the challenge was to doodle and I decided to doodle the design on Sofia dress. I had a blast...why because I traced the drawing from Sofia dress onto my cardstock. How easy was that and all the colors were already on the dress so I used those as my basis then I just went nuts with the colors. I was sooooo much fun, I highly recommend it. So here is my page:

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!!

Delia

Blog Hop to benefit Cystic Fibrosis

If you have arrived here from Jacquie's awesome blog then you are on the right track. If you started here or got lost along the way, feel free to go back and start at the Paper Pretties blogs. Today I am proud to be a blog hopper for an excellent cause. My friend Heather, owner of Paper Pretties has commissioned Joni Stringfield to design these awesome digital Easter babies. Heather is donating all the proceeds from the sale of these images (minus paypal fees) to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In case you are not familiar with Cystic fibrosis.....

Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening genetic disease that causes mucus to build up and clog some of the organs in the body, particularly the lungs and pancreas. When mucus clogs the lungs, it can make breathing very difficult. The thick mucus also causes bacteria (or germs) to get stuck in the airways, which causes inflammation (or swelling) and infections that lead to lung damage. Mucus also can block the digestive tract and pancreas. The mucus stops digestive enzymes from getting to the intestines. The body needs these enzymes to break down food, which provides important nutrients to help people grow and stay healthy. People with cystic fibrosis often need to replace these enzymes with medicine they take with their meals and snacks, which helps them digest food and get proper nutrition.

For this hop, I made a layout using the Easter babies Easter basket and chicks. I adore these little chicks, notice the one at the top looking sideways at the title. I just thought he was too cute and had to use him. Here is my page:

For this page I used Paper Pretties digital Easter babies, DP Imaginisce, SU cardstock and punch, Martha Stewart punch, copic markers, glitter, Cricut, Sizzix Lollipop letters, chipboard, glitter dots, flowers, ribbon and Microsoft Word.

This was a very easy page to make, probably because I just came off of a crop weekend and I was still in Crop mode. What I like about digital stamps is that I have freedom. What do I mean, when I get a digital image I save it into a folder I made on my desktop. Then when I need it I open up the image in paint.net (free program that I use) size my image or flip it to get the mirror image. Flipping the image gives me the option of adding the image to the right or left side of my scrapbook page. It really gives me a freedom I never had before. Of course I also love that I can make the image as big or small as I want to fit the space I have on my layout.

Feel free to send me a note if you have any questions. Your next and final stop on this blog train is the amazingly talent Heather's blog. As always, thanks for stopping by!! Delia

Mom's layout

Today I have a one page layout. I completed this for two more of the Crop out diabetes challenges. This page was really easy to put together and I am really happy with it. Of course it looks so much better in real life. The first challenge was post by Amy and her challenge was to scrap about someone who inspires you and the second challenge was posted by Andrea and her challenge was to make a Monochromatic layout of someone living with diabetes. Of course I chose my mom, love you mom!!!

Here is the page:


I know the photo isn't the best, if I retake a better one tomorrow during the day, I will reload. For this layout I used Heidi Swapp invisible paper and inked it with SU tempting turquoise ink to bring out the design. I used SU cardstock, color me crazy flowers, rhinestones and ribbon from Joann's, Recollection"s bling, for the title I used cricut Storybook. Been using that one a lot lately...love it.

I plan on framing this and giving it to my mom for Mother's Day.

Thanks,
Delia

Back to School Layout

CK had a challenge to use school supplies for a layout. I thought I would do the wheels on the bus, but the wheels looked more like flowers to me. So I used paper clips and adhered them to MM epoxy shapes and came up with the following layout of Logan's first day in the 3rd grade. Here is the layout:
The photo was taken in the evening so the colors are off, I will try and replace it when I get another photo taken. I used, Deja Views DP, SU cardstock, ink and rub ons, Paper Pretties Ribbon, Making memories epoxy shapes, punches, paper clips, brad and thread. I had lots of fun completing this layout. I hope you enjoy it.

Revised Bath Time Layout

As all my scrapping friends know, if something is bothering me about a card or a scrapbook page, I just can't leave it alone. SOOOO, I took my bath time layout and added a few things here and there. Now I can live with it. I originally wanted big white flowers but alas, I am all out. I thought the little primas were a good substitute with glitter brads in the center. I hope you all enjoy the page!!

Bath Time Layout

This is another one of those quick layouts pages that I put together. Whenever I am rushed or don't know what to do, I revert back to making retangle or square mats and photos. I like the color and I love the Bath Time Cooper which goes great with the photos. I still have a lot of work to do on this page but I wanted to meet the Paper Pretties deadline. The Challenge this week was to use either brads or eyelets.

Here is my page:

And here is a close up of bath time cooper:

Bath Time Cooper is a digi, this was my first time using a digital stamp and it worked great, once I resized the image and printed it, I heated it with my heat gun and the ink did not bleed. I colored the image using copic markers and clear embossed all the bubbles and water. This little guy reminds me so much of Logan that I just had to have it. I absolutely love it. When I am satisfied with this layout, I will post it again. Thanks for coming by and I hope you all have a great week.

New layout

My friend Virginia had an SU class a couple of weeks ago and we made a double layout. She came up with the color and the format. I just added a few more pieces to the flower, the scallops, title, journal and the embellishments. I really like how the page came out. Here is the first page: Here is the second:

For this page we used SU barely banana, real red and old olive, DP and red ribbon. I also used Jolee's embellishments, flowers were colored using copic markers. Title was made using the cricut to make the letters "WEED" then I print the word "Orchard" on a transparency and put it over the letters. Love how that came out. I also used Paper Pretties black glitter dots which added sparkle to my page. Love them, they were so easy to put on, mini glue dot fits perfectly with no extra glue sticking out.

I hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by.

Pumpkin Patch kids and Un-do adhesive remover

I scanned the correct version of the Pumpkin Patch Kids page. I think the journalling on orange cardstock looked much better.

A little information on Un-du adhesive remover. Un-du safely removes all self-sticking stickers, tapes, labels and adhesives on contact without harming the your surface. It evaporate without leaving behind a stain and is safe on most all surfaces. I use it on photos and removing anything that I want to remove off my cards and scrapbook pages. This product is acid free and safe to use on all archival papers and card stock. It's flammable so be careful around heat sources and of course keep this away from children.

Once the liquid evaporates sticker, labels etc will remain sticky for reuse. It great for people like me who make mistakes. Enjoy!!

Pumkin Patch kids layout

I made this layout recently using some great paper my friend Heather sent me. But this page just gave me so many problems. Who would have thought that I could use a half a bottle of un-du on one scrapbook page. Here is the story....

I borrowed the cricut from my sister and really... there has to be a better way. I glued and unglued the letters several times and they still look crooked to me. I finally gave up and decided to go thicker wtih the word Kids.


Once I glued the word "kids" down I realized I needed some journaling. I printed up the journalling, glued it down and added a ribbon to try and even out the area. Yes, it's crooked...I finally gave up and said it would have to stay the way it was.

I showed the page to my sister and my friends who were over for a BBQ when I heard what I didn't want to hear. My friend Sylvia found an error in my journalling, I looked and just couldn't see it. Can you spot the mistake? Yep, I set this page in the future.

So I used up another quarter bottle of my un-du, (on my shopping list for next time) undid all the bottom section of the page...journaled on orange paper and added back the elements. The new page looks less crooked at the bottom and you will have to take my word for it since I still haven't scanned it yet and I love that I used orange to journal on, it looks brighter. So in the end, the mistake worked out in my favor.

So that is the story of this page. So what is the moral of the story, if you are working diagonally with thin paper letters, make sure you have a whole bottle of un-du. LOL. Thanks for dropping by.

The Mud Boys

I am thrilled to finally get a layout posted. I have made one double layout and one single layout. Of course when I finished my single layout and added all the embellishments I realized I put the wrong year in my journaling, so I will hold off on showing you that one.

Here is the double layout I completed.



I smile when I look at these pictures. I went looking all over for just the right splats, but finally decided to make them myself. The splats were taken from Microsoft Word clipart. I tood the clipart and opened it in a free paint.net program. I change the color on three and on the fourth I erased the letter, changed the color. I used clear embossing powder on the splats to make them shine. I stitched here and there to add some fun to the page. I hope you enjoy it or at least say "ewwww" LOL.

Thanks for dropping by.

Tigger page

I have a ton of pictures that need to make their way into my scrapbook and I also have a bunch of pages that I swapped at one time or another. Some pages I have taken apart and some I really like. This is one that I really like, although all the designs are stickers (which I rarely use), I just don't mind because it's such a fun looking page and my son really like it. This page was made by my sister Helena...it was the first time she participated in a swap and was constantly on the phone to me asking all kinds of questions, sending me photos LOL. She did great and I am glad I was finally able to use her page.

I have many more swapped pages in holders and I look forward to using them more to get my pictures in the scrapbook and I also look forward to sharing them with you. As always, thanks for stopping by, have a great night.