I Love You So Very Much

This is one of those layouts that came about as I tried to kill the last bits of a kit and was really stretching.  In the end, though, I think I'm actually rather fond of it, although I'll admit I had mixed feelings for the majority of the time I worked on it.  That pink background paper was my jumping off point.  It was the last whole sheet I had left and I needed to use it.  And in theory it's very pretty and fun and funky, but I had the hardest time working with it.  It wants to take center stage but I wanted it to be background but still shine.  The end product isn't anything I'd submit to a publication or anything, but I'm happy to flip through my album and see it.  

The butterfly was cut from the same painted paper I used on my "beach baby" layout earlier this year.  I'm really embracing the pink/orange color scheme it seems!

Fun in the Sun: Chalkboard Challenge

There is a super fun chalkboard challenge over at Whimsical Twist starting today.  I'm in awe of people who can make the chalkboard look work, and there are lots of great examples by my fellow design team members.  My layout uses mostly Simple Stories Hello Summer, which has a few chalkboard elements.

Pull out your chalkboard papers and embellies and enter the challenge.  You can win $15 to spend in the Whimsical Twist store -- and that can get you quite a little pile of goodies!

Daddy's Little Love

Well, even though the photo sucked (I thought I'd give Sam's Club printing a try  -- WAY DARK WHOA) -- the layout came out kinda fun.  I think I might pull off the dark photo and put a decent version on instead.  I like that you can print a 16x20 at Sam's for 4 bucks -- but if this is the standard quality I'm sorely disappointed.  I'll give it another shot, though.  Lots of The Pier on this one, a little I Heart Summer, some Studio Calico cork embellishments, and a Lily Bee Rub on that is probably as old as the earth itself.   The bunting was the handmade item in the June Citrus Twist Kit and is super cute -- looks good here, I think!

Intro to Edisto

Today I'm sharing a layout made mostly with my latest Citrus Twist Kit - with a bit of stash thrown in for good measure.  Use it up, Wear it out!

I have quite a few instagram photos I'm scrapping right now because I sent a few to walgreens via the Printicular app to see what the quality was like.  I don't usually do prints at Walgreens because they only do glossy photos, but these are sorta a pearly matte.  Not too bad, but not ideal for taking photos of without glare.  (Glare on photos of photos -- #scrapbookingproblems)

I abused the sides of my paper with my scissors which was pretty fun.  I'm doing a lot of sewing on my pages these days -- I no choice on this page, though; my Thickers kept falling off.  Sigh.

I'm loving this page, though.  It really fits the mood of getting to the island.  It was pouring rain; Orli had a cold and had screamed a good portion of the trip.  (We, of course, stopped lots to soothe her!)  Our 2.5 hour trip ended up taking 4 hours.  But we drove across the bridge and the rain slowed down and Orli was asleep and I just exhaled and took in the prettiness on the grey, stressful day.

And that was the start of vacation.

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If you haven't already, make sure you comment on the blog hop post below -- lots of fun prizes! I'll post the winner of my prize pack on Monday!