SEEING DOUBLE WEEK - Day 5

Good morning ladies and ladies!! Finally Friday is here (sorry Kate, I know you had a lot to do this week and you didn't want Friday to come) but I am happy it is here!!! Kel and I are getting together in the scrapcave tonight to work on our project for our upcoming Blog Hop.

Dawn did this amazing two page layout of her garden for seeing double week. I love this layout and the embellishments she used. Dawn says, "She doubled the photo corners, which are so cute and the little embellishments." The embellishments come from e-cuts. If you have never heard of e-cuts, you have to check them out over at scrapbook.com.

http://store.scrapbook.com/brand/e+cuts.html



They come in PDF file, so you can keep them forever and use them over and over again. The e-cuts are used for the title and ALL the embellishments. They have some really cute themes and they are on sale for .99 cents!! You save to your computer and print them out again and again. So clever.



I love the spring feel of this page. The pictures are awesome. Great job Dawn!!



Have a scrapping weekend.

SEEING DOUBLE WEEK - Day 4

Here is a simple 2 page layout I did. I say simple because it doesn't have lots of flowers and stamps and brads and all that stuff we scrappers like to play with.. LOL. However, the pictures and the story really aren't simple at all. I have jam packed these pages with color and memories. Just by using bright fun colorful paper, It really brings the memory of the pictures to life for me. This is a place that my family likes to visit. Whether we take the road that passes us by Barrell Mill Pond.. or whether we actually get out and go down to the water or stand and just take it all in, we just love it here. It is sort of out of the way, and it doesn't look that exciting.. but it really is a place full of color, nature and history. This place really tells a story of old New England, so I used the 2nd page to journal about it. As Laurie says a lot "its all about the story" So, I took her advice on this one and made it truly more about the story.. and the memory the pics bring than about chipboard and ribbons. Sometimes we just need to think out of the "stash" :)

SEEING DOUBLE - Day 2

Well..here is a pair for you LOL. My two kids being goofs with the goggles on. I always thought these pictures really revealed their senses of humor. I never put it past the two of them to do something like grab snorkle goggles to tend a fire or hula hoop. Doesn't everyone? LOL. Anyway, these pictures are at least over 10 yrs old and I'm glad I came across them and got them on a page and in a book. I basically followed a cool 12x12 template system from Creative Memories. I just LOVE this set. I've been able to get a lot of "collage" type pages done of older pictures I've had stored in boxes done up quickly. They sell two. This one is the Nancy O'Dell collection. I HIGHLY recommend having this as part of your scrapbooking stash. If you do not have a CM rep near you. Please let me know and I will give you the information of mine. She is so sweet.

SEEING DOUBLE WEEK - Day 1

Good morning Lady Friends!! It's Monday yet again, wasn't it just Friday 5 minutes ago? This weekend flew by! I have to admit Monday's are not my favorite!! Ok enough about me, lets move on. Kel came up with great idea of seeing double on a page/card/alteration. It could be a two page layout, two of the same embellishments, two pictures, to altered projects, you get it two of anything.

I did this layout for my youngest guy's upcoming birthday. He is going to be 11.

I used the following, the circle paper is Basic Gray Granola Paper pack. Let me tell you this paper doesn't not play well with the cricut. I tried to cut a few things with and it every piece ripped. It was aggravating. The blue cardstock is StampinUP



The circles are cut (two circles) from Paper Pups (Happy Birthday) @ 2 1/4" on page 92 and the full circle from Graphically Speaking @ 3" on page 66. I ran this thru the Cuttlebug as well.

Close up of of the 11's, I inked and put some of faux stitching around them to make them pop. They are cut from Graphically Speaking, pg 68, cut at 2".

I also doubled up by photo mat as well. I am thinking I will use a 4x6 photo, so the mats are cut at 4.5 x 7 and 5 x 7.5. I love the layered look and never think to do it on a page, so this week's theme helped me remember that.

Have a GREAT Monday!!