Finally finished these

We got together last Friday to make some pages and have an exchange. LOVED the exchange. The gals did such a great job. I love that I can work with such talented people that push me. I had such a struggle finishing these pages. I couldn't get things to balance out. The idea behind these pages is to make them interactive. You can lift flaps, pull tabs, and open "books." The trick is to make slices in the covers that I slide them into in order to make interactive parts accessible. CTMH's newest book, "Magic" shows all the instructions for this. I love that it allows me to add more pictures\journaling than the basic page would. This will come in handy at Christmas time, so I don't have to make so many pages. There are two flaps to open and one tab to pull out that has all my journaling.

pssst....Heidi

I have really acquired a love for purple....not as drastic as my first love, red, but lovely anyway. In fact, I just painted a wall in MY bathroom a lavender. LOVE IT. I had NO girly pictures to use with this layout from 2009, so I got to skip ahead to 2010:) We learned this technique at girls' weekend called bandana technique. The purple background paper on the left is what I made. The rest was easy. Girly pages always are. sparkles, butterfies, flowers, buttons, ribbon,....and it was all CTMH!! Love the new alphabet, too:)

Sa-weet

These were for all the kids on Easter. I had some batter left from the cake below, so I whipped these up.

I finally found a use for these flowers that I made a few months ago:) Scott liked the jelly beans better, though:)

I finally got back into makin' cakes. I have been without a house, kitchen, time, etc for the last 2 years. Whew. It felt great to get back into it. I am especially lovin' my tip that lets me add filling to my cupcakes. I tried some new flavors, learned some new secrets:), and met the worst cupcake pan ever invented!!! These were for a gal at work. They were orange flavored with marmalade in the middle. scrum scrum

Banner Builder Set

I have had the Papertrey Inc. Banner Builder set for a while now... so, I finally pulled it out and put it to use this week. I LOVE IT!!! This is the smaller of the set, but perfect for a scrap page. There are 5 different toppers to go with it, too. I could have dolled up the banner a little more, but I think it would have been overkill on a page...alone, maybe. I am still pre-nice-camera in these pictures, so I am scramblin to get these done:) I was also happy to use some really old CTMH B&T paper. I have a ton of that stuff, so time to use it up.

Goal: Better Titles

I am so lazy when it comes to titles. I usually end up stating the obvious...like, "Christmas", or "Birthday Boy". So, I will try to get a lil' more original with my titles. This one is from a children's song that is sung when they are nearing the age of baptism. Aaaah, much better:)

Beach Babies- and Thparkly

Yup, more girly pages. I loved these pictures of my NC nieces. They really LOVE the beach! Look at the smiles on their faces! I used some paper that I had from a local scrappy store with some CTMH hollyhock and buttercup cardstock.
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Then, of course, some left overs were perfect for some cards I need for upcoming "events." These included some more thparkly paper and some stickles.

This one is for another niece who is having a birthday today...just enough scraps left:) I copic-ed this girl a few weeks ago and have had her sitting on my desk just waiting for the perfect card to go on:)

Okay, Heidi----here's your bebe

I used the same Miracles paper pack to make 2 more pages...and two cards. It only came with 2 patterned pieces of paper and 2 cutouts (I added all the cardstock)...but I made 4 pages and 2 cards. This time I got to use some pics of my cutie patootie neice. I am so grateful to my sisters-in-law that provide me with girlie pictures:) I can hardly stand not getting to squeeze this little girl. I'm gunna do some beach pictures of her and her sister today...nummy. I am so grateful for mements like this. Pure bliss:)