Seeing stars

I have not a clue about the mfg of this paper.

So if you know - give me a hint. LOL.

Love all the stars and it worked perfectly with the photo.

I printed 3 of them on a 4x6 and I like how it

turned out as it combines all the motions to tell a story.

 Lil Miss playing soccer. 

I wanted this to be inspirational because I could.

And I don't care that the sayings in gold on that green/blue

don't match.

Quite the rebel here.

I also had this silver paper that looked like a soccer ball 

and that I know is studio calico.

I cut the middle out - and decided it was really too cheesy
which I've already done cheesy soccer ball once LOL

so I  decided to cut it down a bit more and move the photo

and mat to the bottom of the page.

Since everything was soooooo busy I kept everything

at the bottom left. However in hindsight maybe a corner piece.
NAH.....

Using some magic mesh (like a net) to tone down the
  silver and a bit of washi tape, and as if there weren't enough,
 I added even more stars

and a little gold heart to match the gold lettering.

Amelia's sooooo young in this photo, running, and her
 chubby cheeks. She couldn't wait to play after watching her
brothers on the field for sooooo long.

Love it.

Really little mixed media

I found this paper in with a stash of cardstock.

I'm assuming its Studio Calico.

As then, and now,  I wondered what I was going to do with it

which is probably why it was stashed far far away.

 Well as I mentioned before I took Ashli Oliver (aka Soaphousemamas)

Embellish DIY class and felt the need to channel.

First thing I did was back the yellow to the black because 

those colors really rock and then glue the

cutouts back.

Then I traced with white/black pens and splattered some mist.

And wow did I go wild or what.

I added some gesso and white paint to cover up a few ooppssies.

 I started out with another photo in mind but

it just didn't work as well, and this one

of Cavin happened to be laying on my desk and well

his yellow sticker just called my name.

And then layered that baby up.

 Added the owl because I had a ton leftover and

a couple of do-dads and decided I liked it.

Cards are MAMBI, houndstooth tissue Paper Issues.

Snips & Snails Boy Album

It was totally fun as I haven't had the opportunity to do many boy albums.

Is that bow not adorable. I have had that material forever.

I also decided to opt for a different opening title.

Baby Boy seemed done. LOL.

I really liked the big cards - some had sentiments and others 

fill in the blanks- which is good as one thinks

they'll remember the details forever only to have them slide away

as time goes by.

Those tags are nursery rhymes or songs

from back in the day with the accompanying letter.

The Y is for Yankee doodle dandy.

How fun is that and on the reverse side could host a photo

or some journaling.

Doesn't that little sticker remind you of books

from back in the day?

I knew where that puppy was going the minute I saw it.

Echo Park.

Salvaging paper

I love this paper both sides actually.

Therefore, I decided to do a 6x12 page (twice).

If you notice I even punched a heart out on one of them.

Sigh.

Twice happened because I didn't like the direction I was going

AFTER I had glued everything down.

Undu is good but it does not like GLUE for sure.

Anyway I could still use the 'B' side.

Until......I screwed the 2nd 6x12 UP.

So channeling my inner soaphousemama after watching

her #Embellish DIY class I used white paint

to cover up all the boo-boos on both pages

Isn't that pink cool too?

 So I fussy cut that zebra that really has nothing to do with 

the photo and hung it upside down because its fun.

It has a bit of gold so I brought some gold in with the stars.

Threw in the mustache because that was also fun and

needed to be used. (I have 5 more left).

And I really love the "obviously.'

I had to really layer the mats behind to hide more boo-boos.

Studio Calico, Fancy Pants badge, Paper Issues zebra.

Anyhoo, check out Ashli's blog (link above) and her class.

I learned a lot and its fun!

Couldn't resist more little frames

They are soooo pretty and sort of easy to do.

Of course the hard part is picking the papers, stamps,

die cuts, sentiments, etc. 

Nothing to it. LOL.

Actually it was fun and now I have

some adorable little chachis for occasions.

Altered jumbo clothespins

Saw these bad boys in M's and decided why not.

It was great to use up scraps and

bits and bobs.

Even though they're plastic they are pretty sturdy

I used a folded 8.5x10 recipe on one

as a test and it held up really well it didn't tip over

or wiggle or flop about.

See the red one with the heart and "scribbles" behind it? That's my new die cuts I purchased at HL with my 40% off coupon. They are very intricate and after using it in my revolution, I changed things up by adding wax paper between the die and paper and also used it in the sissix (doh) and the wax paper actually helped in getting them out with a minimum of damage - you still had to poke out the remnants but since I don't have a fancy cutting machine, these are cool because I get the same result.

Jillybean Soup, Basic Grey, Recollections flower and fussy cut PL cards.

Baby girl mini album

For no particular reason except that I had some leftover

items from a couple of previous albums.

and I like projects.

6x6

And that new elephant stamp.

Isn't that the cutest.

Bundle of Joy is the line from Echo Park with

other odds and ends thrown in.

Totally adorable.