Milk Drunk

These are some favorite photos of Tobin is his tie shirt Jennifer made for him. He was happy and stretchy after a nursing.

Products used: Patterned papers: TPC Studio (dots), Little Yellos Bicycle (orange stripes), Bella Blvd (circles), My Mind's Eye (stars); Journaling block: Little Yellow Bicycle; Tie: cut by hand; Letter stickers: Echo Park; Sketch: Pagemaps

Six Months

I just loved all of our photos from our shoot with Constance Elyse back in December. Tobin was sitting up and it was a fun time in our lives!

Products used: Patterned paper: Coredinations (grey background with raised dots), SEI (blue/white), American Crafts (green trees); Stickers: My Mind's Eye ("such a lovely day"), Studio Calico (grey journaling block); Letters: American Crafts Thickers (purple), Making Memories (green)

Treasured Visits

This layout was made for the June monthly kit challenge at one of my local scrapbooking stores. I had to use the papers and embellishments they provided and the customers will vote on a winner throughout the month of July.

If you are local and like this layout, please drop by Our Paper Place to vote!

This is a photo of my mom with Tobin and I on her February visit. We all just love having Grandma come out for a week.

Products used: Patterned paper: Creative Imaginations; Flowers: Prima; Letters: jillibean soup (kraft); Tools: Cricut Gypsy Font cartridge (title); Sketch: Pagemaps

Happy Birthday

Another quick and simple layout. I had cards from Warren and my friend Sara along with a photo of my present from Warren. The colors were hard to work with so I just used pink, brown, and black to tie them together a little.

Pink floral paper is by GCD studios. Cricut Lyrical Letters cartridge used for title.

Mother's Day Love

I got these great cards in the mail from friends and family for my first Mother's Day.

These are always the hard layouts for me... when I have cards that I want to keep from an event. So I keep them simple. I just use one or two patterned papers that coordinate and them put together a title/journaling block.

Floral paper is by SEI. White letter stickers are by Creative Memories. "Love" sticker is by Making Memories.

Valentine's Day

I used the single page sketch over at Sketch Support for June to document our tasty Valentine's day meal. We stayed in this year and had a new risotto recipe that turned out very nicely. =)

Products used - Paper: Bazzill Bling, Making Memories (aqua floral & note paper), SEI (pink floral); Flowers: Prima; Brads: American Crafts; Letters: Jillibean Soup (white), Making Memories (green); Tools: Cricut Country Life cartridge (apron); Sketch: Sketch Support

To see the sketch and more great layouts made from it, please hop on over to Sketch Support!

Splash

For the month of June, I took the Sketch Support card sketch and turned it into this layout!

Here are photos of Tobin being his usual smiley self in the bath tub.

Products used - Patterned paper: Little Yellow Bicycle (waves), October Afternoon (diamonds), SEI (stripes), Creative Memories (ducky); Tools: Cricut Sugar and Spice cartridge (ducky), Create a Critter
cartridge (title); Sketch: Sketch Support

To see the card sketch and more amazing projects made from it, please visit Sketch Support!

Bang Bang Bang

I just loved the sketch this round for Sketch Support. I had been meaning to try the fun large wave cut, and this was the perfect excuse!

After weeks of needed a parent to hold one object still so that Tobin could bang things together, he finally worked it out on his own. =)

Products used - Patterned paper: American Crafts (clouds), SEI; Tools: Cricut Opposites Attract and Don Juan cartidges (title); Sketch: Sketch Support

To see the sketch this layout was designed off of and more great projects, please visit Sketch Support!

Jungle Cat

Oh, our silly cat Poseidon. He decided that munching on the cat grass from the side of the trough just was not enough fun. He needed to be right in the middle of things.

This was a super fun layout to make. I decided to go big and bold with my cartoonish representation of the photos. I mixed a bunch of patterns to create the grass and then cut a big cat to jump through it all. The grass is cut from two different shapes on the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge. I mirrored them and also cut them into pieces to make it feel thicker and random.

Products used: Patterned paper: SEI (dots, stripes, grid, black); Tools: Cricut Lyrical Letters cartridge (title), Meow cartridge (cat), Create a Critter cartridge (grass)

Trying New Things

Check out this cute idea on the Making Memories blog! I will need to try this. The Slice looks like a good tool for making it happen, but I'm sure I can do it on my Gypsy, too.

The train flexible template. If you haven't seen this concept yet, you must stop by Paperclipping to learn about flexible templates. And while you are there, check our her awesome videos. I love how Noell approaches scrapbooking from a strongly artistic side.

Grandma's Kitchen

Tobin was bathed in a sink for the first time at Grandma's house after Christmas. I decided to have fun with this layout and make it kitchen themed.

Products used: Patterned papers, journaling block, canvas sticker: Little Yellow Bicycle Savor; Tools: Cricut Lyrical Letters cartridge ("grandma's"), Country Life cartridge (canister); Sketch: Scrapbooks, Etc.

Four Generations

When we visited my husband's family in Texas for Christmas we had four generations of men together.

One day, I will have a baby girl and then round up my family for a 5 generations of women photo. ;)

Products used: Patterned papers: Bo Bunny (dots and frogs), Recollections (blue/white), Cloud 9 Designs (green hearts), Crate paper (die cut); Journaling block: Making Memories; Tools: Cricut Opposites Attract cartridge ("four"), Reminisce cartridge ("generations"); Sketch: Sketches for Scrapbooking Volume 7

December

We had a crazy schedule in December and I wanted to document it all. So I decided to try my hand at a calendar layouts with photos on certain days.

Products used: Patterned paper: Recollections (black), ki memories (calendar die cut); Stamps: Inkadinkadoo (month and numbers); Embellishments: Making Memories

Our River

When spring came and it rained and rained and rained, the little creek behind our home turned into a "raging river." New wildlife moved in and it took a couple of weeks to calm back down.

Products used: Patterned paper: Best Creations (trees), Stampin' Up (striped); Letters: Making Memories; Sketch: Pagemaps

Introductions

Over last summer Tobin got to meet his Great Uncle, Grandpa and Grandma Anna when they visited us.

Products used: Patterned papers: Chatterbox (scalloped strip), SEI Oasis; Journaling block & words sticker: Studio Calico; Brads: American Crafts; Letters: Making Memories (glitter); Tools: Cricut Reminisce cartridge (title), Stretch Your Imagination cartridge (crickets); Sketch: Pagemaps