Grow, Bloom, & Thrive

Love these pocket scrapbook cut files by Lisa Dickinson that I purchased on Two Peas last summer before they closed. 

I backed two of the squares with Maggie Holmes paper. Two of the die cuts I watercolored. I added an Elle's Studio stamp, little woodgrain sequins, and enamel dots. Loved the beautiful roses from my friend's yard. The photo layered with a doily finished the center. The top and bottom were stitched scallop paper strips from Studio Calico's Kit.

You Are...

To celebrate this guy's third birthday today, here's a flashback to 8 months!

The cut file is free in the Paper Issues store. I love doing ABC pages or mini books for my kids to celebrate all the goodness that they are!

I used lots of Amy Tangerine Stitched papers. The striped paper is by Hello Forever Paper Co. for Studio Calico. It matched perfect with the Stitched papers.

I loved using lots of enamel dots from My Mind's Eye and from the Stitched collection.

I love the new roller stamp with the Dear Lizzy Serendipity collection. You are... and I love you because...  are stamped around a few letters.

I sewed around my son's initials RMD and around the L for his nickname, Littles! The photos of him were only placed in those letters! Thanks for looking! Sorry the photos are not bright, it's snowing here!

You Fill My Heart

I love these heart pie chart cut files from The Cut Shoppe called Pie Hearts . 

The bold polka dot paper is from the Beautiful Chic from Webster's Pages and the stripes are from the We R Memory Keepers line called Love Notes.

The alphabet stickers are from American Crafts Amy Tangerine Plus One. I sprinkled mist dots in pink, sea foam, and white. I also had a crafty fail (huge mess) with the pink mist. *see below

I added the yellow vellum behind the photo to make it stand out in the bold background. The colors and textures are loud and fun, just like my four children! 

Behind the scenes:

Here's the mess as I tipped over the pink, kind of Pepto looking!

Modern art via my kitchen floor canvas!

All Star Football

Here's another layout from my Crafter's Spotlight on the Chickaniddy blog on March 1st. See it here.

The free cut file link can be found on Lisa Dickinson's blog Gettin' By  Get it here: Star Grid cut file. She has amazing page inspiration for using it, as well!   I loved layering the star grid file over the Scrumptious Nutmeg star paper. The Chickaniddy enamel stars also add shine and interest to the All Star team feel!

Chickaniddy Projects

Today, March 1st, I am the Spotlight Crafter on Chickaniddy Crafts blog. Check it out here. 

Hello Family

See this layout using The Cut Shoppe words negative space.  Get the cut file here: Word Art  This worked to incorporate several photos of our kids and a family picture.  I added the watercolor splatters to match the background paper Autumn Haze from Chickaniddy.  These photos were from 2012 after Ryan was born and were taken by Kate Becker Photography from the Minneapolis, MN area.

I have also done additional pages using their products that I am highlighting today.  Here's our oldest as he celebrated a recent birthday.  It was fun to document the day with things we love about him.  These photos of Ethan were captured by Photography by Monique located in Centerville, MN.

Top 13 @13 uses Jolly Good numbers from the Twelve Days of Christmas that I punched out and the label stickers from the Jolly Good Collection. The Chickaniddy enamel stars along with Jillibean Soup stars worked well to add interest to the numbers and special qualities of our son at age 13! I used the Amy Tangerine Stitched Thickers to create the word Top (Today) cut apart with the d flipped as a p!

Away in a Manger uses cut files from The Cut Shoppe Gift Tags and You've been Punc'd. The Chickaniddy papers are Caroling and the stars from Scrumptious Nutmeg paper side B. The label stickers are from Jolly Good.  Ethan sang this as a solo on Christmas Eve so this was perfect for this page.

Oh Christmas Tree    Loved this Holly Jolly paper for documenting the Christmas tree and Christmas Eve with our daughter. The pocket style card was fun to stitch and brought out the triangle paper strips in the background. The enamel stars worked well with The Cut Shoppe tree.