Around the World SMASH

This is a page dedicated to my grandparents.  A lot of who I am is based on them and I always loved their sense of adventure.  They were involved in many service organizations and travelled all over the world - from Europe, to Japan, to the Furtile Crescent - they had seen it.  I used to talk to my grandmother about all the places she had travelled and dreamed of doing the same.  This is one of their groups in Egypt circa the 1960's.  I used Little Yellow Bicycle's Pack Your Bags paper scraps and stickers, along with the K & Co odds and ends pack and the SMASH label maker to fill the page.  The circles around my grandparents is made with a 1/2" and 3/4" circles punched within each other.  Thanks for looking!  April

1st Degree Black Belt

This is when my son earned his first degree black belt in Taekwondo.  The LO is based on a December 2011 pagemaps.  The base is Basic Black with layers of Moxxie and Whisper White.  The sticker border, dragon, and figure is from Karen Foster Designs.  The title is from Say It With Stickers.  I used the SMASH label maker for the subtitle.  The title and journalling are mounted on nestabilities.  Simply sweet...thanks for looking!  April

Tiger Cub

Yay, I am making some headway today!  This is from 2009 and is my son's first year as a Tiger Cub Scout.  The paper is made for Boy Scouts and the words I used are cut from the Bobcat sheet.  I used my sewing machine to make straight and zig zag stitches in random places.  I used my acrylic license plate letters from Autumn Leaves to stamp the year.  I think it adds interest, as well as some texture to a basic layout design.  Thanks for looking!  April

What a Face

Here's another catch up page for my middle child from 2009.  He makes the silliest faces and I couldn't help but capture one of them.  The LO is inspired from a November 2004 pagemaps.  The paper is a primary green base with some cute tie paper I found a craft store several years ago.  The red ribbon is tied like a tie and adhered with zots glue dots.  The title and journalling is printed on vellum and placed with small red brads.  The embellishment is a scrap of Whisper White cardstock with layers of navy and a scrap of the patterned paper.  Thanks for looking!  April

Halloween '08

Still playing catch up with the kids scrapbooks.  This is my son as Optimus Prime from the Transformers.  Layout is based on a pagemap.  Colors are Only Orange with layers of Moxxie and Recollections violet.  Accents are the coordinating Moxxie stickers, brads, and SMASH label maker.  I used the drippy goo punch for the border strip.  Quick and easy.  Thanks for looking!  April