LOAD Days 23-25

More LOAD Catch-Up!

Day 23 - Lauren's Perfect Happy Smile

I had a Mommy - Daughter crafting night with my 6 year old, and she picked out everything for this page (with just a little guidance) and told me where to put everything! We used an Echo Park Summer collection.. I need to look up which one!

Day 24 - Cool chick

I used some more of the MME Sweetest thing collection and some pics from 2004 (need to look up the date still)

Day 25 - I am not a runner

This layout is about a goal that I did not know I had.. and how I achieved it.

LOAD Days 11-12 and 16

My layouts for LOAD days 11, 12 and 16 killed the Echo Park - Hello Summer collection that I had been holding onto. There are just a few scraps and a couple of stickers left that I gave to the girls for their stash. I did complete layouts for days 13-15, but wanted to post these 3 together along with a roundup of the other layouts that I completed with this collection.

Day 11 - CW Parker Carousel Museum

Everything on this page is from the collection

Day 12 - Megan's First Pony Ride

For this layout I added an old sheet of PP that I had in my stash for the background and added some mist with October Afternoon Sprinklers

Day 16 - 10 things I love about Lauren

I added some pink and white CS, and misted with October Afternoon Sprinklers and Heidi Swapp Color Shine. Everything else was from the collection!

And here are the previous pages that I made using this collection - from yesterday's post.

LOAD Catch up - Days 7 -10

Ok, I really have been creating a layout each day for LOAD, but I have not been good about posting them to the blog. Here are the days 7-10 layouts.

Day 7 - Great Outdoor Adventures with Jager. 

I pulled out some Simple Stories for this layout. There is a 6x12 on the left with the journaling and additional photos, with the 12x12 on the right focusing on the action shots of Jager jumping into the pond. 

Day 8 - Baby it's cold outside. 

This layout uses PP from an Echo Park winter collection from last year, and a bunch of embellishments from my stash. The flocked snowflake vellum in from Making Memories and I stitched it on.

Day 9 - Hello Summer at Deanna Rose

This layout uses the Echo Park - Hello Summer collection

Day 10 - Feeding the Baby Goats

This is a companion page to Hello Summer at Deanna Rose and also uses the Hello Summer collection. I added some doilies from my stash as well as the Studio Calico wood veneer cameras.

Meeting Lauren

This layout is for the Chinese Whispers group on ScrapHappy. I am so excited to see how these layouts have evolved. I know how much I have changed them to make them fit my style, so I am really looking forward to seeing how each layout started, and the evolution.

I started with the Ecco Park This and That Collection, added some washi tape and some old Dear Lizzie crocheted flowers,and finished with some pearl brads from my stash and some little SU pearls.

I only had one sheet of the background PP, but wanted to use it for the square in the middle also, so I cut an 8x8 square from the middle,used a MS punch around the edges of the bolder print, and inked everything up with Distress Ink before adhering it all together.

LOAD512 Days 12-16

I have been keeping up.. I promise! I just have not been good about posting the layouts here. I have been using a lot of the October Afternoon- Sidewalks collection and the Simple Stories - Fabulous Collection this LOAD. I think that I will try to use every bit of the two collections during this challenge.

Day 12 - Valentines Day 2010. Horrible lighting but cute pictures!

Day 13 - Bowling Fun using more of the October Afternoon - Sidewalks collection

Day 14 - Megan's 1st grade photo using Simple Stories Fab-U-lous Collection

Day 15 - Spring using October Afternoon - Sidewalks collection

Day 16 - Lauren's pre-school photo. This layout will go next to the one of Megan above in the album

Lauren

I have been trying to keep the layouts pretty even when it comes to layouts that focus on just one of the girls. I started with Shimelle's starting point for last week and the Echo Park - Yours Truly collection.

After I had everything layered the way that I wanted I lightly tacked down the squares to each other and then took the entire stack off so that I could mist the background. I used some homemade glimmer spray and a Tattered Angels Glimmer screen on the background. After I reassembled the starting point on the new background I matted the black and white photo of Lauren on some pink CS from my scrap bin, punched some circles using the Martha Stewart scalloped circle punch and added some heart stickers from the collection. There are also some pink Stickles dotted on the page, and more stickers from the collection as a title and sub-title. I do not typically use black and white photos, or this color scheme. I am glad that I stepped outside of my comfort zone and I love the result!

More Shimelle Inspriration!

I used another Shimelle sketch/ class as inspiration for this page. This time from the September 4x6 Photo Love. I have had this Hambly transparency in my stash for at least a year now.. but could never find the "perfect" way to use it! I had a lot of photos from a water gun fight last summer that I wanted to scrap, but I did not want to go the double page spread route. I used this same layout last month as well, but it was for a different album so even though it is pretty distinctive I thought that it was safe for me to use it again.

I broke out the Echo Park - Summer Days collection again for this page. I am in a bright color mood lately! I am not really loving the "water gun fight" title, and will probably switch out the letter stickers for something a little cleaner, most likely white, since there is so much going on on the page. I also need to track down the date to add to the Fun in the Sun journaling spot, and add the journaling to the pull out cards. I was losing the light and wanted to take a decent picture before it got too dark!

Indian Summer Fun

I just had to play with the new Echo Park - Summer Days collection. I love the bright colors, and the bicycle sticker went perfectly with these photos!

Supplies: PP, Stickers: Echo Park; CS: PTI; Ink: PTI; Stamps: Technique Tuesday; Other: Hambly Washi Tape

Excursion time - Just Add Water

Back to the Disney album! I really am determined to finish it this month! This layout has pictures of Dwayne and Carla on their way to an excursion in one of the ports. I used Shimelle's starting point for this layout, and I am still using up the Splash Collection. 

Supplies: PP: Echo Park; CS: DCWV; Stickers: American Crafts, Echo Park; Other: Dew Drops, Homemade Ink Sprays

I did it!!! LOAD Days 27-29

Oh wow.. I can not believe that February is over and that I actually completed a layout every single day last month! And it was not as hard as I thought it would be!

Day 27 - For this layout I used the 4x6 Photo Love - September layout by Shimelle Lain and 2 Peas. The green "tags" pull put and have more photos on the back. I actually had this just on the white background at first.. but it was too plain. I had already stitched the transparency to the CS though. So I decided to go with Kraft to complement the embellishments and did the same ink splattering on it. I cut it down to fit inside the pocket, and it looks like it was meant to be there!

Supplies: The Kraft CS is Bazzill, White CS is Recollections, Tim Holtz Tissue tape, K&Co Smash Tape, PTI ribbon, PP and green CS. Hambly Transparency, EKSuccess stickers

Day 28 - Hugs from Minnie -This layout was a quickie since I did not feel good.

Supplies: CS - White:Recollections, Orange: DCWV, Blue: PTI;  KI Memories stickers, Thickers alphas, Hambly transparency

Day 29 - Love Always - Lauren made this heart in school for valentines day. When she brought it home I asked if I could use it in my scrapbook and almost every day since she has asked me when I am going to scrapbook it. I let her choose which photo to use, and she chose this self portrait of herself with Sira

Supplies: Kraft CS - Bazzill, Pink and White CS - PTI, KI Memories scribbles, White gel pen (can't remember!!) and homemade glimmer sprays in red, white and pink.

My LOAD stack! 32 pages (a couple were double page spreads)

LOAD Days 21-26

Ok, I was chastised by Sira yesterday for not posting my LOAD layouts more frequently! Here are days 21-26... yes, I have actually been keeping up!

Day 21 - Grown up time! I actually scrapped a pic of just me, and my Chocolate Martini of course, for the Disney Cruise album! I want to add some white mist... but I do not have any, and the online stores that I usually shop at are all of of the ones that I am looking for!

Supplies: American Crafts Thicker alphas, Echo Park - Splash journaling block, DCWV CS, Fiskars border punch, very old MM metal rimmed tag, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, EK Sucess Mickey Bling, and misc other embellishments from my stash.

Day 22 - I wish I was a fish - This layout has pics of us walking to the beach at Castaway Cay. 

Supplies: Stickers and PP from the Echo Park - Splash collection, DCWV white CS, homemade red mist, Chalkboard Glimmer mist (yellow) and blue Smooch? 

Day 23 -  Smile - Simple layout using a large family photo and a bunch of old supplies from my stash.

Supplies: Prima flowers, SU Pearls. PTI label die, KI Memories scribbles, PTI CS, misc PP from my scrap bins.

Day 24 - The Shows -  I did a lot of stamping on the background along with some misting for this double page spread.

Supplies: DCWV CS, American Crafts Thickers, PTI stamps, PTI and SU ink, homemade red mist, Echo Park - Splash Collection paper, PTI ticket die and stamps

Day 25 - Another day in Paradise. I actually covered the sand castle in spray adhesive and sand.

Supplies: DCWV CS, Echo Park - Splash collection stickers, Maya Road stickpin, misc shell sequins and ribbon

Day 26 - A simple layout with the girls and Princess Aurora. I was not feeling well last night and threw this together real quick.

Supplies: DCWV CS, EK Success Disney Chipboard, KI Memories scribbles