The big 7

Another festive birthday going on in 

the month of April and

that would be Miss Amelia who turns seven.

I am saying that it went by way too fast.

She is turning into such a little miss,

no more baby look for her.

 Another Quikutz number, because I needed that size

and color. I should use my dies more.

The flower, burst and heart are punches impersonating balloons.

I just love the fun wild colors.

Studio Calico, Quikutz.

The big 10

 That magical double digit number that almost

makes you a kid and not a little kid.

 I picked this paper because the symbols looked

like a Q to me.

I decided to highlight them on the page in case

I was wrong but I could still make them look like a Q.

The orange color was plucked from

Quintin's, the birthday boy's, tee shirt.

Let me know what you think.

It's an 8x8 size for the mom's album.

Love that camera.

I have a package of them and OHMY - no bottlecap.

It wasn't like I didn't try.

LOL.

Studio Calico, Tim Holtz, 8x8

Celebrate 8x8 size

Had this old Studio Calico paper that just screams

P * A * R * T* Y

Funny story - when I cut down these stars I did NOT

do so with the word celebrate in mind.

It just fit and I was all like

WOOHOO!

 And what's a party with a banner.

Oh and the 2017 at the bottom

didn't preplan that either.

Doncha just love it when a plan comes together. 😏

Love how it turned out.

Very fun and festive!

August birthday - she's such a sweetheart.
Tuesday too.

Our Christmas Tree & Annual Dinner

This paper from Studio Calico is a lot of fun

so I decided to use tree paper with a Christmas tree picture.

I had been fussy cutting pieces of this striped paper

and this wonky strip called my name.

 Fun little cluster anchoring the two photos.

 Our annual dinner party happens near

Christmas and we have a sit down meal for 16 people

and thankfully, the weather is

perfect to have in on our lanai.

We had a lovely time. Lots of great food and laughs.

Journaling is on the back of the page.

Studio Calico.

Celebrating the 4th

I found these two photos and printed them out at the same time.

One for me and one for them.

Both pages use a mix of Authentique and My Minds' Eye. The pinwheels were handcut from the papers on MME and glued on toothpicks.

Nothing tricky on either except I used all the BG stars from my Studio Calico Kit.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the photos. The first one -- 2 siblings and they are just showing the love and telling a secret.
So not posed or cheesy.

Secrets between the two of them. Would've loved to be a fly on the grass just to know what's going on in their little minds.  Or not.

The second one is mine all mine and are the 3 together 2 siblings and a cousing. I did a Shimelle as I was running out of paper and I happened to also like the B side. So I used the polka dot as the base and cut the ledger paper up and reversed to the B side for the middle. ooooooooo I did mix up white and beige but I really like the stickers. Couldn't help but throw on some twine and the rest of the stars. I wish I had more to journal on the page but alas I'm scrappin' from afar which is better than never scrapping at all.