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dictionary paper flowers

I have a quick and easy tutorial over on the 3 Scrappy Boys forum on making these cute flowers out of vintage dictionary paper that came in the April Main kit. I also used one in this layout. You can check it out here!

ride {and using the action setting on your camera}

I shared this layout over on the 3 Scrappy Boys blog this week using the April Main kit.

To get the succession of photos in this layout I used the action setting on my camera. If you haven't used it before most cameras have it and it's great for getting pics like this. I'm certainly no camera expert by any stretch of the imagination but I use this setting all the time to get great mid-action shots of my kids & pets. It's great for my son's baseball games!

The action setting works best outside since your camera has little time to focus between pics. The ones above were literally taken seconds apart. I also set the photos next to each other, 'stepping down', in order to show movement.

The papers in this kit were begging to be cut up with all of those sharp angles! I added some stitching to accentuate them. I also made a flower out of that dictionary paper for an added embellishment.

Next time you're playing around with your camera, try out the action setting! You can get pics like this...

9 mos

It's time to share April layouts for 3 Scrappy Boys! I have one to share today with more to follow soon.

I got to play with the main kit this month. Love the Pink Paislee papers in this kit!

I love this photo of Addie so I decided to blow it up extra big! It's not something I normally do but I love how it turned out.

Since my photo was 8 1/2 x 11 I had an inch on the left side to cover up. So I used another little piece of patterned paper along with my journaling tag & embellishments.

To adhere the cute little felt hearts I simply used my tiny attacher. I also added that little blue banner embellishment, brown thickers and a little strip of pink paper from my stash.

simple card making

Hey guys! Dropping in real quick to share a post I have up over at the 3 Scrappy Boys blog today all about making some super easy & cute cards. Head over here to check it out!

february layouts {3 scrappy boys}

The February kits are in the shop! I got to play with the February Trio kit this month. Love the papers all 3 of the kits.

This first layout is my fave :)

you two just crack me up

These pics are from this post. I knew I wanted to show the sequence of events in these pics so I printed them out in a filmstrip. Love that pink paper. It killed me to not use the other side of the sheet but the pink went so well with my photos :)

I added the thickers, OA flag, twine & some little accents. The turquoise doily accent is from the November Trio Kit.

I also stitched around the outside of the layout, in some of the circles & across the title.

look at those teeth

As soon as I saw that sheet of Valentine tags I knew that I would be cutting them up! You will be seeing some cards made out of those for sure.

I added the pink twine, doily (Wilton) & the pink wrinkle ribbon. The turquoise alphas are from the November Trio Kit...I can't seem to get enough of those...and there's a ton!

lego maniac

I got a little messy with this one! I punched some stars for a mask & sprayed with some blue glimmer mist. Love that 'play' bingo card...when I saw that I immediately knew I'd be cutting that out. I used that kraft envelope as a backdrop for my photo.

The kraft alphas are from the December Add-On kit. Can you tell I like to mix kits??!

watching from inside

I created 3 large pennants & stitched around the outside of each for my photo. The thickers are from my stash. I also used the photo as a pocket for the tag which holds my journaling.

Those snowflake rub-ons are awesome. I also added some crystals from my stash on some of them.

I still have a bunch of odds & ends left so you'll probably be seeing a 'february cards' post from me shortly!

7 months

Happy Friday the 13th!!! My brother was actually born on Friday the 13th (but in March). And I was born on Labor Day. Funny huh?!

I have a layout to share today. I'm working on a few Project Life posts which will probably go up this weekend. I'm a bit behind this week with a teething baby who woke up every.single.hour the night before last, a husband out of town (who's coming home today - yey!), and the usual school, karate, orchestra, etc etc etc.

I did this layout with the 3 Scrappy Boys November Trio kit along with the SC label stickers & Maya Road calendar from the December Add on (links at the bottom).

I loved the papers but the colors in my photo were a bit off so I changed it to black and white.

Here's the before photo:

And after:

See what I mean? The red would have thrown it off. I also cropped out my dog's nose ;) I love printing pics with a white border, just love the look of that.

I had a lot of journaling, but not in paragraph form, so I typed it out in list form & cut it into strips then added some of the Prima crystals (found in both kits) in random spots.

And, of course, after doing this post I realized I had a typo on my page...figures! I've already gone back & fixed it :)

I was psyched when I saw that there was a January Maya Road calendar in the kit. Sweet!

TGIF everyone!!

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