Our First Home

We purchased our first home in 2012, but I am just now getting around to scrapping the photos we took when we first viewed the house.  Doodlebug's "Welcome Home" collection was perfect for this layout.

The white spot next to the large photo on the left is the address to our house.  I covered it with a piece of paper for privacy.

I knew I wanted to use the house stickers from the icon sticker sheet and the smaller house stickers from the fancy frills sticker sheet.  I was happy when I figured out how to add both sizes of stickers while still fitting in all the necessary pictures.

Splash

 My daughter Norah had a blast playing with her water table the first time we set it up for her last summer.  She was wearing an adorable outfit with the cutest little crab on it.  I decided to showcase the crab in this layout.  Just look at the pure delight on her face!

I created the crabs using the "Create a Critter" Cricut cartridge.  I hand cut the goggles and snorkels because I couldn't find one that looked close enough to the crab on Norah's outfit.  I added vellum behind the goggles to make it look more realistic.  The anchors were cut from the "Life's a Beach" cartridge.

 I added some "bubbles" using a white gel pen to connect my circle around the photos. 

Halloween

This layout features Halloween 2015.  We spent Halloween with my sister and her triplets.  Norah was a little timid with her first time Trick-or-Treating, but we had a great time!  For this layout, I used Doodlebug's Ghouls and Goodies Collection.  I wanted to make sure to use all the cute Halloween figures from the cardstock sticker sheet, so I decided to create multiple scenes to match my background paper.

Here are a few close-ups of the different scenes I created.

I was afraid that when I looked back in my scrapbook 20 years from now that I wouldn't remember who the kids were dressed up as.  To fix that problem, I decided to make banners to list who they each dressed up as.  Isn't she the cutest Tinkerbell you have ever seen??

I Melt Daddy's Heart

My daughter, Norah, had a really cute shirt with a snowman on it that stated "I Melt Daddy's Heart."  I knew as soon as I saw the shirt that I would have to do a scrapbook layout with her and Daddy.  Of course Doodlebug had the perfect paper collection to match her shirt.  I used Frosty Friends paper collection for this page.

I decided that I wanted to do multiple scenes with the snowmen, so I opted for this collage template with my photo in the middle.  I used an assortment of the stickers from the cardstock sticker sheet, as well as some snowflake Doodlepops.  I used a variety of the Teensy Type letters for my title and to document my date. I then wanted to add a little dimension to my page so I used some pop dots to layer my snow in the 2 larger scenes. 

Overall I think it turned out pretty cute!

Some-bunny Sure is Cute

I've been holding on to this Easter photo of my daughter for almost an entire year.  I was waiting for the perfect inspiration to hit because I LOVE the photo and wanted to make sure that I scrapped it perfectly!  Finally it came to me.....and it turned out to be one of my more favorite pages I've ever done!

For this layout, I used pieces from several of the Doodlebug Easter collections.  I wanted to use the bunny stickers to match my daughter's bunny ears in the photo.  For my title, I used 2 of the bunnies from the Flower Box Easter collection. The smaller bunnies are from the Easter Parade collection.  I decided I wanted the bunnies to be "peeking" in on each of the boxes.  I think it turned out really cute!

 Because no page seems complete without a little bit of stitching, I added some faux stitching around each of the boxes.

My Little Love Bug

As the majority of my scrapbooking revolves around my daughter, my next layout also features a picture of her wearing a cute pair of ladybug jammies.  It perfectly matches the "Lovebugs" collection from Doodlebug so it was easy to select my papers!

I wanted to showcase a variety of the papers from the collection so I decided to go with a layout that would allow me to feature them all.  I cut circles and scallop circles and arranged them in a random pattern on white cardstock.  I then decided to add hand stitching to each of the circles in coordinating threads.  I then added more hand stitching around the border of the white cardstock to add a little more detail. Yes, I realize that I am crazy for doing all the hand stitching!!

For my title, I used one of the pre-designed papers that I modified slightly to be the shape that I wanted.  I also added some additional lettering to make the perfect title for my page.

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Beautiful Smile

For my first post, I wanted to share a layout I created to feature some of my daughter's 6 month photos.  She has the most beautiful smile and I wanted to showcase that in this layout.

I started by selecting papers that matched the outfit she is wearing in the photos.  Once I had my papers aligned and adhered to the page, it felt like something was missing.  I decided to add hand stitching to each of the sections in coordinating thread.  Boy was that a lengthy process!  But I love the way it turned out.

I am really happy with the way this page turned out.  I hope you like it too!