Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Preview - It's A Beautiful Day

We are still going strong with our previews for the January release at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS. Today we are on day THREE and we are previewing a BEAUTIFUL set from the fabulous and so very talented Cheryl Grant.

Today's adorable set features those sweet and lovable kids Lexi, Lucas and Lulu in IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

My card today is sporting young Lucas and his adorable dog. The paper is from MME Collectible 6x6 paper pad and a few MME enamel dots.

Here is a peek at the inside of the card with my sentiment and additional image from this set.

Below you will see all of the Krafty Girls and Guest with cards for today's preview hop. While you are check out the amazing inspiration remember to leave us a comment. We love to hear from you and, there will be a prizes for one lucky stamper. Oh yeah. A random winner will be drawn and win some Krafty $ to buy stamps, or paper, or stamps and paper and maybe more!!!!!

There is also a PARTY coming up on Saturday to celebrate this amazing release. Join us at the online party (here) Saturday January 17 at 6pm (EST). Hang out with Kimmie and the Krafty girls. Winners from this week's preview hops will be announced at the party.

After the party the January stamps will be available for purchase.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

Tracy

You With the Sad Eyes

I was very happy to finally get around to creating another layout. With Christmas just around the corner most of my focus has been on getting my cards made for the year.

This layout is for the monthly sketch challenge over at Two Scrapbooking friends.

This month Christa's challenge was not only for the sketch, she also suggested an additional challenge of scrapbooking the “harder stuff” in our lives. I knew immediately the photos that I wanted to use. They were ones my husband took of my youngest daughter when she was just over a year old. Although she is very sad in the pictures, I find them so beautiful. I loved both pictures and didn’t want to separate them, so my additional challenge was to modify the sketch to accommodate the second photo.

Here is my layout inspired by Christa’s amazing sketch. I flipped the sketch because I felt it suited the position of my photos. I also extended the vertical paper layers to the top of the page to balance out the additional photo on the horizontal. I have some hidden journalling under the one picture (it's peeking out in the photo).

I really love the circles Christa shows in her sketch and what they represented for her. When I started scrapbooking I never really gave much thought to the story that could be told from your layout, the papers, embellishment, even the placement of your photos. My daughter and I worked together to hand stitched the circles on the layout. The changing colours and shifting circles not only represents how much my daughter has changed in the last few years, but my growing understanding of the person she is becoming.

I struggled to find a title I thought represented my layout. I wanted the focus to be on these amazing photos, so I tried to keep the title subtle. When I first started the layout, I kept thinking “sad eyes”, then I started singing (to myself of course), “you with the sad eye”, which is the start of the song “True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper. When I thought more about the song lyrics, I realized how appropriate they really were.  So I decided to add add the song lyrics around my layout.

More of the song lyrics.

Supplies:
Paper: My Minds Eye "Cut & Paste - Adorbs"
Stickers: Authentique "Delightful" and "Fresh"
Letters: American Crafts
Other: Recollections - Wood butterfly, MME tape

Thanks for taking a look at my latest layout.

Happy creating.

Tracy