Her 15th Birthday Dinner

 

One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower–Hans Christian Andersen

Close to my Heart Cricut Art – my first try at making flowers with CTMH’s new cricut cartridge called Cricut Art. I decorated the top of a box with these flowers and embossed the words “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower” by Hans Christian Andersen.
My embossing needs some practice – but how ‘bout them flowers?? I gave my little guy Jayson the box and he has already filled it with some of his little treasures ;).


XOXO
Miss Kelley

More Autumn Fun

Autumn is my favorite season to scrap – probably cuz it’s the best season…ever! I love the colors, the holidays and the events that happen in the fall. As I work towards finishing up my 2010 pages I am really enjoying scrapping these pages. Tonight I worked on Halloween. The kids just love Halloween… with the costumes and candy, its definitely a kid favorite!

My Jack O’Lanterns page is my favorite of the evening. I handmade the title and had so much fun doing it. First, I cut the pumpkins with the Cricut using the “Stretch Your Imaginations” cartridge. Then using the watercolor brush and Seafoam stamp I colored the leaves and stem on the pumpkins. Once those dried I distressed the border of each pumpkin with black ink. Then using colors Pansy Purple and Orange I stamped the letters onto the pumpkins. So much fun and I love the way it turned out!!

My next layout was of Trick or Treat night and the neighborhood kids dressed up in their costumes! So Fun! This page was simply paper and stickers. I did stamp the year “2010” but other than that this was a quick and easy (and cute!!) page

 

I hope you enjoyed looking at my latest creations!

XOXO

Miss Kelley

Bushels of Fun

This week we had a break from the heat and with Fall just around the corner it got me excited about my favorite season approaching! I wanted to share a layout I did on our trip to the Apple Orchard last fall. Its hard to believe a year has come and gone! Time sure does fly and the kiddos are growing so fast. That’s what I love about these pages…capturing the moments that come and go so quickly. Enjoy!

XOXO

Miss Kelley

Trying my hand at Digital Scrapbooking

I said I would never do it. I said it just wasn’t the same. And yet I have downloaded my first Digital Scrapbooking software. Being new to the digital scrapbooking world I was overwhelmed as I saw all the software available. I did know that I wanted the experience to be similar to traditional scrapbooking. I wanted different “papers” and “embellishments” available to layer and basically the ability to customize and create. I found My Memories Suite and decided to go with it! It was relatively inexpensive and it offers endless papers and embellishments to download to the suite if so desired. For now I’ll just use what is available in the suite as I play

Here is what my “playing” came up with last night.

SOme things I like about digital vs traditional scrapbooking is….

1. No mess

2. Redos are super easy

3. Saving as a jpeg is a breeze

4. I can do it anywhere!

Some things I don’t like about digital vs traditional scrapbooking is….

1. Where’s my scrappin girlfriends?

2. No cricut, no stamp pads, no stamps

3. I’m new to it so it still feels clumsy

4. I have no idea how to print this thing??

Bottom line – a great alternative when life is busy