Holiday layout & Tags

I rarely post layouts (especially since I haven't scrapbooked in a while!), but I was really happy with how this one worked out.  The photos were perfect for CTMH's Jingle papers from a few years ago, and I decided to stamp matching snowflakes behind my row of photos.  I used up the extra "words" that I had stamped to make into a few early Christmas tags:

Patterned papers are Jingle, Creative Basics; Stamp set is Holiday Jingle; Cardstock is Tulip & White Daisy; Inks are Tulip, Blush & Juniper - all CTMH. 

A Heart2Heart Layout

Mary just posted a new layout sketch on the Heart2Heart blog... and I'm just getting the previous one posted!  There is no time limit as to when you can play, but she posts a new sketch every 2nd Thursday, so I'm trying to play along as often as I can.  I took a little creative license with the sketch, using upsy-downsy pictures, instead of horizontal ones, but the basic layout is the same.  Oh, and I should explain the caption - it actually says "Danger shots"... we go to the edge of this same creek every fall for a photo op, and my husband has always taken my kids out onto rocks in the stream to pose for pictures.  Now that they're older it's no big deal, but when they were little I used to panic thinking someone was going to fall in (it's maybe 12" deep, but the water can be very cold!)  So needless to say, every year we all pose for "Danger shots".

All supplies are CTMH - Patterned papers are Olivia; Cardstock is Cocoa, Bamboo, Colonial White & Smoothie; Inks are Pear, Smoothie & Cocoa; Stamp sets are Genuine Fun & Posterboard Alphabet; Garden Green Waxy Flax.

A Layout for the H2H sketch

Oh my goodness, two posts in one day!?  Can you tell that my new spring product order arrived this week and that I'm having a blast playing with it?  Well, I also wanted to participate in the new Scrapbooking section of the Heart2Heart Challenge blog.  Mary is coming up with a bi-weekly sketch for everyone to try.  Unlike the card/project challenge - you do not have to use CTMH products.  It is not a challenge, but merely a way to get us all completing a layout or two every couple of weeks - so I hope you'll join us and get scrapping.  Now for the exciting part - this is a sneak peak of some upcoming spring product that is available to order Feb 1st.  The bases are our new Kraft paper (yay!) and if you look closely, you'll see the little kraft colour-ready borders that are on top of the pink strips.  The papers are from my favourite new paper pack "Mayberry".

I haven't done any journaling yet, (but I don't do much anyway)...that's my pumpkin in black - about 3yrs ago.

Patterned paper is Mayberry; Cardstock is Kraft, Honey, Olive & Colonial White; Inks are Smoothie & Desert Sand; Stamp set is Charm Uppercase; Kraft Colour-ready Borders.

A Layout for a Change

Even though cards are my "thing"... I'm a big scrapbooker, too - so I thought that it was time to post a layout.  Not the best picture of it, but I quite like the layout itself, and I especially love the Twitterpated papers... so I've decided to share it with you.  (I'm not a big title/journaling person... but I've added a bit more to the layout since I took the pic)  Oh, and I should add that my children are drinking "mocktails" :o)

Patterned Papers and Embellishments are Twitterpated - all CTMH.