Bedtime

I absolutely love sleeping pictures of my kids...they look so cute and peaceful.  I have always loved them, some days it may be because of relief they are asleep ;-)
For this layout I used a couple of premade frames and the file Our Baby Boy http://marjorieanndesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=197&products_id=1381  I have a lot of baby pictures to scrap still and this file has a good baby variety.

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Changes

I have been cruising right along getting a lot of pages done.  Partly because my hubby let me have some extra craft time during fall break.  The main reason is my design team changed some rules, you can't be on any other design teams.   I wasn't sure if I would be able to stay on the team so I wanted to do as many files as possible, and they said as long as I was posting I could get more....but now it is back to only 2 a week so it slowed down as soon as it started....and I am not going to be on the design team anymore.  I will finish out this month and say goodbye.  I was a little sad because it came kind of suddenly but it is probably better this way.  I have been neglecting my housework and other responsibilities and I need to get back to my chronological layouts instead of jumping all over.  I am still part time with Scrappy Dew which I love, they are so thoughtful and I really like feeling included and part of a team.  Stay tuned for some mixed pages and hopefully some new layouts.

First sketch

Marjorie Ann had their first sketch challenge last week.  Here is the sketch that I did for it.  I used stoneage family http://marjorieanndesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=164_192&products_id=1424 (another favorite cartoon)  The whole set is really cute, but I chose just to use Bam-Bam.  I have a few pictures of my boys climbing on hills.  (We have a VERY rocky back yard.  When we put grass in, we had to remove a ton of rocks, by hand and it created a huge 20x6x6 pile of rocks)  Anyway, they love to climb and be outdoors.  Unfortunately I also have a couple that like to Bam Bam.  I decided he would be great for a layout of some king of the mountain pictures!  I made my own title.  I also did my reverse piecing on his had and loin cloth.

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Back to School

Here is a page I did trying out using a border...either the border is too busy or too big I think.  I had originally planned to put my pieces on top of the border but they didn't blend right so I put them on top, it looks okay just not what I had planned.  I think looking back now I also would have made the school house bigger.  All of these files come from Scrappy Dew  I used back to school pencils http://www.scrappydew.com/products/back-to-school-pencils/?aff=4 and everything else is from the School Days expansion pack, that set is loaded! http://www.scrappydew.com/collections/scrap-factory-expansion-packs/products/scrap-factory-school-days-expansion-pack/?aff=4 I also used the Dew Drops facial expression stamps.
I always have these grand ideas for back to school pictures, but they never really work out.  Either we are running late, or my boys are too excited, or I don't zoom in enough.  I get a few pictures but nothing seems to turn out very nice looking.  Of course the pictures still capture the moment though and that is what it is all about. That is why I made this page a little fuller, because I'm not too worried if the pictures are not the main focus. ;-)

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Yoda

I did another photo mat.  I used Galaxy Friends from Marjorie Ann Designs.  http://marjorieanndesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=164_192&products_id=1406  The whole set is really cute and this Yoda was really easy to piece together.  I am trying to get the hang of layering papers and doing different angles, not sure if I like keeping the whole piece behind the frame and letting it poke out or if that gives it an unfinished look but that is what I went with this time.  I didn't cut the wrinkle lines for Yoda, I just used a Versamarker and drew them on myself.

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Space Boy

Oops I forgot to post this one!  I loved the Jetson's as a kid, one of my favorite cartoons.  I saw this set (Space Family from Marjorie Ann Designs http://marjorieanndesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=164_192&products_id=1464) and liked it, but held off getting it because I didn't know how I could use it. Then I remembered that my son was an astronaut for Halloween and his costume looked similar to Elroy.  This one is a digital page and I used papers from Faithway Designs.  I added a popular quote from the show as well.

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The Land of Oz

I saw a card that I just loved so I decided to scraplift it!  It happened to be from another member on Marjorie Ann Design team (Barbara's spot of Sanity) so I didn't want to post the same card on the same page, so I made this card and a couple other cards from the same file that I could share to the page.  The file is Marjorie Ann Wizard of Oz http://marjorieanndesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=164_192&products_id=1564
I plan to give the witch card to my friend who is almost done building her house. (I did straighten the bushes out)  I used yellow washi tape to make the yellow brick road behind the house.  I added glitter to the shoes.   Then I made a generic house card for future use.  I also made an encouragement card.  I thought the cowardly lion would be great to use.  Unfortunately there are so many kids battling diseases, this one will be used quickly.  I used a craft smith card for the backgrounds, then on the lion card I also drew little bricks on the yellow part.  The face is the Dew Drops #2 from Scrappy Dew.

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