LOAD #23 - Lexi

My husband's niece Lexi, the cutest baby in the world - what more needs to be said?



Recipe:
Priceless Love Word Puzzle & State of Mind stamp sets
Cherry-O Level 2 papers
Sweet Leaf, Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
Sweet Leaf, Chocolate, Tulip & Crystal Blue ink
Irresistibles Lots of Dots stickers
Love Letter rub-ons
Tulip, Sweet Leaf & Chocolate craft buttons
Tulip brad
White grosgrain & Chocolate ribbon
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Pattern: Full House from Imagine

LOAD #22 - Life Afloat

Another Midway layout. I created the clouds by masking cloud shapes on White Daisy cardstock and then brayering over the paper with Sky ink.



Recipe:
Tiny Typewriter Alphabet, Flyin' High & True Happiness stamp sets
Zippidee Level 2 papers
Dutch Blue, White Daisy & Bamboo cardstock
Sky, Cranberry, Bamboo, Dutch Blue & Black ink
3-D foam tape

LOAD #21 - Oops!

I do have a layout completed for today, but I refuse to post it because I just don't like it, so you'll have to take my word for it! LOAD participants, please don't let that stop you from posting your own layouts. Hope yours come out better than mine. See you tomorrow.

LOAD #20 - Flight Deck

Some more pictures of the USS Midway. I used a brayer and Greg Wool ink to roll the background color onto White Daisy cardstock, and the results remind me of industrial steel, perfect for this layout.



Recipe:
Extreme Caps & Journaling Jots stamp sets
Barn Red & White Daisy cardstock
Grey Wool & Black ink
Barn Red marker
Pewter brads

LOAD #19 - USS Midway

We took a ton of photos during our trip to the USS Midway, and I didn't want to do 5 layouts of it, so I tried to cram as many pictures as I could onto this layout. I used the pattern Stars Above from Imagine for the design, and I replaced some of the large photo spaces with multiple smaller photos. Hopefully, you get the picture of our trip!



Recipe:
Hero's Pride stamp set
Majestic Blue Level 2 papers
Bamboo, Indian Corn Blue & Chocolate cardstock
Chocolate & Desert Sand ink
Indian Corn Blue marker
Plantain cartridge (Cricut)

LOAD #18 - Cake & Presents

I really need to get back on the ball and finish my layouts earlier in the day. Tomorrow morning is busy again, but hopefully I can get back on track by Wednesday. This layout is the final one in my series from the coolest princess party ever. Check out the great princess cake! I was inspired by the sketches in the July/August issue of Creating Keepsakes, so I used the basic idea and adapted it to my photos. Hope you like it.



Recipe:
Chocolate Alphabet Small, It's YOur DAy & Good Times stamp sets
Life Delights Level 2 papers
Lilac Mist & White Daisy cardstock
Lilac Mist, Blush, Chocolate & Creme Brulee ink
Chocolate marker
Chocolate grosgrain ribbon
Chocolate brads

LOAD #17 - Blue Sharks

Today's page uses the same pattern (Small Packages) as yesterday's, and it's the same subject (soccer pictures), but you can see how the two look totally different because I used different supplies. I also used stitching on both layouts, but whereas yesterday's featured embroidery floss, today I got lazy and just used a marker to create faux stitches.



Recipe:
Best Shot & Cocktail Alphabet stamp sets
Stardust Level 2 papers
Bamboo & White Daisy cardstock
Dutch Blue, Desert Sand & Moonstruck ink
Moonstruck marker
White gel pen (Marvy)

LOAD #16 - Red Devils

I'm home after a long but fulfilling day at a leadership seminar, and I have my layout completed. Woohoo! I used the pattern Small Packages from Imagine for this one, and so I was able to pack in 12 photos and hopefully not have it look too busy. I also hope that any physics majors who see this layout are not too hard on me regarding the trajectory of the soccer ball. It's probably physically impossible, but I'm a scrapbooker, so you have to cut me some slack!



Recipe:
Extreme Caps & Best Shot stamp sets
Emporium Level 2 papers
Cocoa & Colonial White cardstock
Cocoa & Vineyard Berry ink
Vineyard Berry marker
Sweet Leaf embroidery floss

LOAD #15 - Forestiere Underground Gardens

I've been trying to finish up my layouts in the morning so I can post them by noon, but today was a hectic day. In fact, this has been a crazy week. We "sold" our house contingent on us finding a new house, lost out on the house we wanted to purchase (by 90 minutes), and I've spent the last 2 days scouring the area for another home we liked enough to move from our current one. Found it today, so we've been doing paperwork and been on the phone with our realtor all day. If all goes well, I will have a big scraproom by this time next month! Anyway, I finally got a chance to sit down and work on my layout today after dinner, so it is pretty simple, but at least it tells the story. You probably have to click on the picture and enlarge it to see this, but I used a circle punch to create the arches in the bottom border paper, and then stamped plants on the background paper that peeks out from behind it. Fun! BTW, I may be posting late tomorrow as well since I'll be at a seminar until 5, but we'll see if I can whip another one out tonight!



Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small & Intrinsic Backgrounds stamp sets
Unknown patterned paper from my stash!
Heavenly Blue & Bamboo cardstock
Topiary & Chocolate ink
CM circle punch

LOAD #14 - Ready to Ride

I'm almost done scrapping photos from our 2006 Yosemite vacation. These photos were taken outside Yosemite on the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad. My boys had a lot of fun, especially the elder since at the time he was a huge fan of "The Polar Express." I used the pattern Creative Rhythm from Jeanette Lynton's book Cherish for the design.



Recipe:
Passages & Route 66 Level 2 papers
Black & Desert Sand cardstock
Black ink
Black marker
Silhouette My Stickease alphabet stickers
Train Stickers (Stickopotamous)
Ribbon (Michaels)