Rolling with another 4x4 photo on 6x6

I also rolled with the splattering of white paint

while I had it out and ready to go.

I actually splattered it before I added anything on the page.

I also rolled with basically the same design.

I'm okay with that.

I picked a card stock base mostly because of indecision

and the fact I didn't wanted want to whack down a 12x12

I wanted it to be a leftover scrap.

This card stock worked perfectly because it had

been whacked into previously.

 So I layered the photo and this top left corner made

me crazy because the layers were out of control so I made

this cluster to make myself happy about those goofy layers.

 I also sort of got the background idea from Inky Quill

but mine didn't work out as cool as hers #1.

and #2 I used a photo with lots of layers that I

put together before I came up with the layering strips.

Her's was not perfectly straight -but because the offset of the

strips with the gaps made me crazy -

 I whacked the strips sort of straight on each side.

Also because of the white space in the photo

to the left that's where all the embellishments were going.

I hadn't planned on that goofy corner so

everything lined up right down the left side

so in the spirit of the triangle

I added some enamel dots to the right.

The title came from a die cut from HL I got on sale
that's actually for a planner and didn't
it fit in the space quite nicely.

Sweet Lou - love that hat.

4x4 photo on a 6x6 page

Love the look - they are perfect sizes for each other.

It all started out wanting to use this paper that I whacked down

for something else. I also love that I purchased

two of each papers and I think I'll do that going forward.

Anyhoo, I really liked both sides of this paper and ended up

using the same side of this paper twice.

 Love the clusters going on at the top and bottom.

 And the "notebook" paper looks gives it lots of texture.

I also went crazy with different colors of green.

Also the white splatters - I have given up on white mists

and now just use white enamel paint watered down a smidge.

And it stays white and not a goofy grey.

Sweet photo of Sam.

Some old Basic Grey for a boy page

I really love Basic Grey - that was always

almost my go to paper when I was

scrapped. I'm still bummed it went out of business.

When I saw this photo of Owen and Lucy I knew

that this really old paper would do the trick.

 It has the outdoor feel as well as leaning toward "manly."

 That PL card is also perfect as an additional title

and that little bird still slays me.

 A PL card at the top also adds to the "journaling."

Add tidbits on the side to kind of balance out all the

action that happening in the middle of the page.

It turned out to be a fun page with the photo 

in between all the "fireworks" of brown that also highlight
the photo and all the action down the middle!

Lucy is such a sweet dog and adores her kidlets.
She loves me too - always greeting me by knocking me off my feet. LOL.

Its also really neat to have a photo of their house in the background.

Basic Grey, Studio Calico, Tim Holtz stamp, EK Success, M's $1.50 bin.

Reworking a PL card and blog technical difficulties

Somehow in the creation of this page it
was published without me being aware of it until
I saw it in google+ that linked to nowhere.
I couldn't find it anywhere in/on or around my blog.
Which was very weird.
So I removed it from google+ and am now
reposting - so my apologies if you've seen it before and
went nowhere.
I am baffled as to how it happened, however, we all know
that technology works in mysterious ways.


So here is another page done in Soaphouse Mama style with

lots of bits and pieces with some mixed

media tossed in because why not. 

Is that owl not adorable?
Its and old Technique Tuesday stamp that I've had forever.

Below is the card I wanted to use originally,

however, I felt the color wasn't quite right.

As if, when you look - the colors aren't exactly matchy-matchy.

So......

 Using some bazzill cardstock, a star die cut from my

die cut box and a white pen.

Wa-la!

(I know....me and a white pen, drawing lines just boggles the minds

doesn't it LOL).

 The the collage photo - showing from birth to 8.
This page is a bit chaotic and I'm finding I like it.

Studio Calico, dies, stamps, and another non-themed paper

rocks the birthday world.