Bliss

I just love the beach it is true...I have so many photos of the beach to scrapbook. I have had this one printed out since 2009 and loved it. Most of the time I hold on to photos until I find that perfect paper or sketch. Then sometimes you just have to go for it and not wait any longer. I was so pleased I have finally scrapped this one. I was really happy to use one of my new washi tapes I brought recently from http://sawyersplace.bigcartel.com/ and it just goes so good together.

Word circle and tags from Blissful collections from Authentique paper.

Chipboard mini seashells from Dusty Attic.

she loves splat

Shania loves to read books everywhere she goes and on our holiday we visited a bookstore and sure enough she found the reading corner. This is one of her favourite picture books. I wanted to feature the paw print washi with a different sort of photo other than one of a pet dog or cat. I liked how this worked out really well.

Paw print washi from http://sawyersplace.bigcartel.com/ used in a few ways and Basic Grey cat stamped onto old dictionary paper. Crochet red flower from an esty store. Part of the title using yellow Thickers from American Craft.

The chick goes cluck

This photo is from Kindy last year when the farmyard on wheels came to play. She didn't know what to do with the chicken that was handed to her to hold as you can see on her face! This is a simple layout that came together quickly with just the right paper I had in my stash for a while now.

Pattern papers from October Afternoon farm fresh range and the spotted button by Purple Pumpkin.http://purplepumpkincrafts.blogspot.com.au/

believe

I love this photo of Mia with the autumn leaves and it has taken me a while to find the perfect paper to go with it. I found I had a sketch but ended up changing it..as I do quite often. I am trying to use some of my different paper ranges I have left over from other layouts.

This fairy whispers paper and believe transparency is from Glitz and the rub ons from Basic Grey.

The butterfly and tag is from My Mind's eye. The fairy charm from a bead shop was silver so I coloured it with a black sharpie to change the appearance which worked out really well.

found

This is the first photo I thought of which is perfect for this paw print washi from http://sawyersplace.bigcartel.com/ and I have a few more different layouts which I am working on now and will share soon.
My children have really wanted a pet for years now and they are still waiting for a number of reasons which I won't go into right now. So when this cat sat meowing at our door and ran inside everytime the door was opened my children were so happy. I did end up looking after the cat while we put an ad on the local deli window. In the end the owner came home from holidays and told us his name was George !!

this story means the world to me

I was given the new owl washi tape from Sawyer's Place to design with and after alot of consideration I was happy with how the two Layouts turned out when I paired it with Amy Tangerine Pattern paper range. It also helped to tie it all together with the two different chipboard owls from Dusty Attic. They came with the option to have the owl wide awake or fast asleep hence the two different looking owls. I applied texture paste onto the blossom branches from Dusty Attic to add texture and then outlined them to add some detail. The other great thing about washi tape is you can machine sew onto it easily without it being too sticky for the needle and I like that because it gives me more options. I have decided to make sure if I scrap one daughter I then do another layout for the other one. Just so it remain even and didn't seem like favouritism as I tend to have lots more photo ops with Mia my youngest.

Stamp titles from Favorite memories by Ali Edwards

Laugh

Here is something that brightens my day....and I was so happy that I finally found the perfect paper for this photo of Mia last year at her Kindy rainbow party. Love how it matched her pettiskirt !

Dear Lizzy Neapolitan ruffed PP, Amy tangerine fabric stickers,
Purple Pumpkin button, Halo fimo rainbow, washi tape banner,
Polly kit crochet flowers, Studio Calico wood veneer hearts, Heidi
Swapp laugh photo Captions.