Goofy/Fun Things

Here's two more layouts for my Guam trip album; these two are just for fun! In the one above, my grandkids (and their grandmother) are just being Goofy. The kids discovered Photo Booth on my iPad and couldn't get enough of it!

The one to the right showcases some fun and interesting things I saw in Guam. From wild chickens to laws that keep gas prices the same at every station, Guam has its quirks just like every other place!

I'm still playing along with Calvinball at Get It Scrapped - racking up the points for my layouts!

Hawaii/Pearl Harbor

     I went to Honolulu on my way to Guam - oh, so warm!
Although I had been to Hawaii before, I'd never been to Pearl
Harbor. That's my birthday, so I knew I had to get there someday.
                      It was lovely and very sobering.

Take Me to the Tropics

Take Me to the Tropics

I just returned from a visit with my daughter and family in Guam, with a stop in Honolulu on the way.
What a treat to go from Alaska to the tropics! So I'm starting my album and here's the first page.
I'm playing Calvinball, a motivational game sponsored by Get It Scrapped!

Oceans of Joy

This is absolutely my favorite Christmas card that I've made so far this year!

I was inspired by some cards I've seen on blogs that used non-traditional colors

and themes, and by the Hero Arts November Cardmaking Challenge.

The Hero Arts seahorses were layered with two teal inks and some

silver embossing powder, then decorated (like a Christmas tree!) with

strings of enamel dots. The layered seastar and the sentiment are also 

from Hero Arts. I finished it off with a spritz of Spectrum Noir Sparkle.

The background paper is Plunge from the Making Waves collection from Fancy Pants.

Oh Christmas Tree!

I've been making Christmas cards for a while now,

and I've recently gotten into creating trees with 

circular shapes. I just cut assorted Christmas patterned paper with small circular dies that I have, and arranged them in a tree shape. I also used some enamel dots and gemstones. 

Most of the paper on the card above is from the Candy Canes and Jingle Bells collection, and the card on the right is made with the Glistening Boughs collection, both from SEI. The background on the card on the right was made with a Twigs embossing folder from Spellbinders. 

Soccer!

This is my 4-year-old grandson all ready for his first-ever soccer practice!

I did this layout for the Pinkfresh Studio October Challenge - Get Inspired.

Everything on the page was done with the Indigo Hills collection, 

except for a few puff sequins from the Felicity collection.

I love the sticky notes in this collection, and as soon as I saw the round ones,

I knew they would lead me to a soccer layout!

I used the more linear paper to contrast with the "roundness" of everything else,

and I really like the look of the leather alphas on top of the blue ones.

Voyage Beneath the Sea Shadowbox

Voyage Beneath the Sea is my all-time favorite Graphic 45 collection! 

I used it to make this layered shadowbox for the Graphic 45 October Challenge.

I'd never seen a shadowbox like this before - the frame has 4 layers. That made

it easy to create a 3-D effect by putting parts of the scene in the different layers.

I really loved making this!