First Hair Cut (Layout)

It's been a busy March break with the kids. Today we have decided to stay home and make today a relaxing lazy day. While the girls are playing Lego, I am enjoying a bit of time to catching up on blogging for a few layouts that I finished a while ago and haven't yet posted.

In this layout my youngest is experiencing her first hair cut. I adore these pictures and how they show her progression through this emotional first. It was quiet the experience and I only have my journaling to added to the bottom corner.

This was the third layout that I was able to complete with the wonderful Elle's Studio Penelope collection pack that I purchased last year.

I still have a number of the papers and tags left, so I expect I should get another layout or two from the remaining supplies.

Since I was at a crop working on these layouts, I had a limited supply for title stickers. I stuck with white as something that should work well. I was able to use them on two of my layouts that day.

The scissors are wood veneer painted silver.

I really love the tags in this collection.

The layout was inspired by an older sketch from Got Sketch (here).

Here are the other two layout (previously posted) that I created with this collection.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Have a great day and come back soon.

Tracy

Sweet and Sassy Layout

Here is another layout that I created at a recent crop using the super fun Elle's Studio Penelope line.

I love the paper in this collection and the tag and little embellishments were so fun to play with. Other than my foam letters for my title and the vellum I didn't stray from adding items outside this set.

This is the second of three layouts I have created using the Penelope collection pack I bought. I was able to incorporate a lot of my scraps from one layout into the next so I still have a lot of paper to play with.

A close up of my title and the cluster of embellishments that include a tag for my journaling. I know there is a lot of open white space that I could use, but I still prefer to keep the journaling tucked away whenever possible.

I love the Kraft colour that was incorporated into the pattern paper, so I used that on my layouts to back my photos and for borders. On this layout I also added a bit of vellum that I have had in my stash for years (it's almost embarrassing how old it is), so it was nice to find a way to use it.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my recent layout.

If you are looking for a fun challenge, please join us over a Little Red Wagon. This week's theme is "Anything But a Card - as long as you use paper". So a layout like this would work fine. Check it out.

Have a super crafty day and please come back soon.

Tracy

Little Red Wagon # 225 - Anything but a Card

Hello everyone it's Wednesday and that means it's time for another challenge over at Little Red Wagon.

This week Jan is setting the challenge and she is asking to see anything BUT a card!

So what does that leave you? Well as long as you are getting creative with paper you have a lot to choose from; including scrapbook pages, bookmarks, tags or even an altered project of some sort.

For my non-card project I went with a layout. I attended my first crop on Saturday and going in I really didn't know what to take or how much I would complete. After finishing the day I did manage to finish three layouts. I think that's pretty good!

Using the Elle's Studio Penelope line I created a layout of my oldest daughter (she was two) enjoying a Valentine's chocolate cake we baked for my husband. As you can see she really enjoyed the cake.

I couldn't decide on a title, so I cut up one of the branding strips on the bottom of the 12 x 12 paper that had all these fabulous phrases. They seem to work so well describing these pictures.

The "Love" paper clip is from Freckled Fawn. It came in a great treat bag I received for attending the crop. We were given the challenge to use 4 items from the treat bag on one of our projects. I was so excited this clip worked well with the colours in my layout. The other items I was able to use included the red wash tape, the tiny red heart in the bottom corner and the kraft hearts which I punched out of my treat bag.

I cut additional hearts from a second sheet of this pattern paper and attached it with foam adhesive. It gives a bit of dimension to the layout, and helped work around the image on the paper that was only partially covered with my chosen layout design.

I hope you will join us this week over at Little Red Wagon for our "anything but a card" challenge. While you're there please check out the fabulous creations the other Girlfriends are sharing. Don't forget to link up your project back at the Little Red Wagon blog.

Have a super crafty day.

Tracy