Share Smiles

For my last April challenge I combined Stuck?!'s April 15th challenge and Let's Get Sketchy's week 3 challenge and made them into a double layout!

Here is the awesome Stuck?! Sketch that I used as my first page in my double layout.

Here is the Let's Get Sketchy sketch I used for the second page in my double layout.

I just competed another Christmas layout from our Sea World Christmas trip, but I had more Christmas photos I wanted to use in my scrapbook. I get tired of holiday pages because I feel so limited to traditional colors and whatnot, so I wanted to do something different with this page (not the same old red and green!).

I love how contagious my son's smiles are, he really does spread joy with his smiles. Everywhere we go he makes people smile-joy is infectious!



 

I have never worked with texture paste before, but I really wanted to try it...so I made my own texture paste. I have no idea how my homemade version compares to store bought, but I am hooked. I also used my Cricut to make contact paper stencils for the texture paste. I think a little more practice and I will be better at this technique, but I loved the way this came out! ((and I used baby powder in the paste so my layout smells wonderful too!))

 

Hope y'all enjoy my layout and have a scrap'n good time!

Spring!

Love the mood board and sketch from Let's Get Sketchy! There are still a couple days to get your LO in!

 

As I have said before, I really prefer to do double layouts so I like to take the sketch and make a double from it...here is my finished LO!

 

The first page is my take on the sketch.

When I saw the mood board I was completely inspired by the spring theme. Last spring we took a two different trips, one to a wildflower center and another to a bluebonnet field. Bluebonnet pictures in Texas are obligatory for spring. As a kid my parents ignored this obligation, but I really want to keep up with this tradition with my kiddos.

I also was excited to use the chalkboard stickers I found in the dollar section at target! I made a ribbon "flower" and used lots of springy papers. Mostly from this awesome collection:

  

Here are some close ups! 

 Go play along with Let's Get Sketchy! Y'all have a scrap'n good time :)

Let's Get Sketchy! DT Call

I finished up my layout for the Let's Get Sketchy Design Team Call! Being completely new to the blog world makes me hesitant to apply, but the whole reason I started this scrap'n blog was to try new things!

I picked the first sketch:

 

Here is what I came up with!

 

I loved how B interacted with the animals at the zoo this day, especially the big cats. This one in particular was smitten with B and sat there for a long time. Realistically he was probably thinking what a tasty snack my toddler would be, thank goodness for the glass that is separating them!

 

 

 

 

The zoo we go to frequently has a lot of peacocks just roaming around at their leisure, one of them lost a feather and B loved finding it! I think it makes a great addition to the page!

 

 For paper choices I used GCD Studios Independence collection. I love the flocking accents on this blue paper! I also used a teal color accent (from a random pack of textured cardstock) for the circle, paw prints, and title. I added the lazy daisy stitch using the Sew Easy tool from We R Memory Keepers.

 

Y'all have a scrap'n good time, and check out the DT call at Let's Get Sketchy!