Friend's Birthday Card - 2009

I made my best friend a pretty handmade birthday card. The picture shows the outside and the inside of the card side by side.

I used a plain white textured cardstock card from Die Cuts With a View. I trimmed the bottom front of the card with a Fiskars "Treading Water" border punch. I added patterned papers from Scrapbook Wizard. I handcut one of the flowers from the paper and raised it with a pop dot, and also the circle is raised from the card front with pop dots. I used a rub-on greeting from American Crafts Mini Marks. I printed the sentiment inside on vellum on the computer, added paper strips across the top and bottom, and hid the adhesive under the paper strips.

Practice Makes Perfect - December 2007

On Holden's first whole day at home, Haylee first practiced holding her baby dolls. Then later in the day, she got to hold Holden for real! After all...practice makes perfect!

I used patterned papers from Scrapbook Wizard paper packs. I hand cut flowers from one of the prints to use as accents. I printed the title and date on vellum paper on the computer and backed it with solid pink paper and attached them with brads. I used templates and a sketch from the Pages By Design idea book.

First Bath - December 2007

These are photos of Holden's first bath on the afternoon we came home from the hospital.


I used papers from some miscellaneous Target Dollar Spot paper packs. I cut the title with the Craft Robo. I used dimensional bath themed stickers from Sandylion Essentials, and dimensional baby stickers from some other pack (possibly from Dollar Tree). I stamped the date with the Making Memories magnetic date stamper kit. I also used a sketch from the Pages By Design idea book.

Baby Shower - December 2007

When Steve worked at Lincoln, his office threw us a baby shower for Holden that was combined with their annual Christmas party. This was early in December, and Holden was born on the 28th of December.

I used the StoryTellers Club's "Black Tie Affair" theme from the December 2009 kit.

She is 5 - July 2009

I took these photos on Haylee's actual 5th birthday. She and Hayden had a combined birthday party the next day, so I was busy preparing the party food and the cake. We had already taken her out to a tearoom for her birthday earlier in the week, but I just *had* to shoot some photos when my baby turned 5!

I think I got this patterned paper in a Miss Elizabeth's paper pack from Dollar Tree. I've been saving it for these photos because it had the baby in pink nestled in the cherries like the ones on her shirt, and it had a pink flower print like her skirt. I used a Fiskars circle punch to make the decorative circle that I cut apart, some cardstock stickers from Heidi Grace for the title and the hearts, and some Making Memories tweed and clear flowers layered with a crystal brad.

ZZZ - June 2009

Holden was sleeping sitting up on the sofa, and although not shown here, Haylee was laying down beside him asleep, also. They must have gone to sleep watching tv! Pretty typical for these two.

I started with a plain sheet of green paper and added 3 patterned papers from the Wild Asparagus paper pad by My Mind's Eye (love that paper line!). The bird and the scalloped circle behind the flowers were plain chipboard shapes I bought in a big assorted pack from Joann's that I adhered to patterned paper and trimmed with a craft knife. I added a little googly eye to the bird. The decorative staples with the heart cutouts are Fastenator bars...that's my first time using my Fastenator. The Z's were punchout letters from an assorted pack of precut letters. The flowers are Petaloo Dahlia Box Blends, including the crystal flower center. I also used assorted ribbons and ric rac from American Crafts. I based the layout on a PageMaps sketch by Becky Fleck. I did my journaling on the computer uisng a CK font and printed it on vellum paper.

True Love - November 2009

A friend took these photos of me and Steve as we were leaving to go to our dinner cruise on the Spirit of Norfolk. It was the day after our 15th wedding anniversary. I've brought a lot of business to Spirit with my field trip group, so they gave us a complimentary cruise, which was really cool! We had a fabulous time and would definitely do it again. The entertainment was fun and amusing, and we had a great evening.

I used the "Vintage Romance" theme from the February 2010 Storytellers Club Ultimate Kit to make this layout. I used the dot textured Bazzill cardstock as the background paper, and some of the patterned paper as mats. I trimmed the scalloped die cuts so the scalloped part would be the edge. I used a lot of the self-adhesive pearls and metal flowers that were in the kit, and I added a bunch of layered Prima flowers that I had.

Basketball Awards - March 2009

These photos were taken of Hayden and Haylee at the Basketball Awards Banquet in March 2009. I love looking back at their sports pictures from over the years to see how they've grown. When did that happen? Seems like just yesterday they were little...

I used the "Birthday" theme from the January 2009 Storytellers Club Ultimate Kit to make this page. I added some blue cardstock for mats and decorative trim. Everything else was in the kit. I punched the stars from cardstock and the decorative trim with the Treading Water border punch from Fiskars.

Must Sleep...NOW! - January 2009

I just love a baby's ability to sleep whenever, wherever. How I wish *I* had that ability! LOL. Holden was just a year old here.

All of the patterned papers are from the Wild Asparagus paper pad from My Mind's Eye. That's one of my all-time favoite paper pads! I followed a sketch on the Scrapbooks, Etc. website. The title, photo mat, and corners are cut from a miscellaneous sheet of plain blue cardstock that I had. I punched the corners with a Fiskars scallop border punch, and I inked the title letters and corners with Martha Stewart inks. I cut the title letters using the CraftRobo. All of the flowers and rhinestone flower centers are from Petaloo Box Blends that I bought the other day from www.peachycheap.com. Love that site! The assorted grossgrain ribbons are from American Crafts. The woven label "adorable" is from Miss Elizabeth's (from Dollar Tree). I wrote in the date with a Precision Pen that came in a StoryTellers Club kit.

Moments in Monroe, Michigan - August 2009

These photos were taken during Steve's visit with his family in Monroe, Michigan last August. The main photo on the left is his dad (Bob), and the main photo on the right is his mom (Paula), brother (Rob), and sister (Michelle). Also seen in the photos are his stepdad (Gene), one of his nephews, and his sister-in-law (Trish).

I used the Forget-Me-Not theme from the StoryTellers Club Ultimate Kit for February 2009 to make this layout. I stamped the title and date, and I used a homemade template to cut the fancy bracket shaped mat, which I also chalked with a darker blue around the edges. All of the other die cut accents were included in the kit.