April Paper Posies project

The April Paper Posies is a perfect reflection on springtime. And the owner, Michele, recently had a baby girl (after three boys), so it's fun to see what she is putting together with a little girl in the house :)



The pink in the kit reminded me of these photos from Lina's walkathon last fall. Her class's theme was "Have a Heart". They all wore pink or red.

 

I used some paper strips to border the edges and stitched over them around the page. The yellow bordered tag was part of the patterned paper. I cut it horizontally so that I could put it above and below the main photo. The corners I trimmed off the top of the tag were used as photo corners to frame the photo block.

The white mist was a last-minute addition to the layout. At first, I just sprinkled it on but felt like it needed more. So I used the wand to doodle some hearts.

I have more projects to share but will spread them out over a couple of blog posts since I don't seem to be keeping up with blogging too well . . .  :)

Happy Graduation card

Hooray, it's Friday!! :)

Today I have a graduation card to share with you. It is featured on SRM Stickers blog today. Please feel free to leave me a comment there ;)

I used SRM's  Graduation Stickers by the Dozen for the sentiments and fun hat icon. The circular image stickers work perfectly with a 1-1/4" circle punch, and are easy to then mat with a 1-1/2" circle. I added small gems to highlight the sentiment and add detail to the hat. The small-font sentiments on the sheet of stickers add an extra finishing touch to the card.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Daddy's Little Girl

Last year my friend, Mindi, was married. Always such a joyous occasion:)

This photo of her dad giving her a kiss on her wedding day really touched my heart.

My layout is featured on the SRM blog today. I used several of SRM's stickers to add details to the page.
Mini Calendar #48006 2012 Decorative
LBTD #63005 Bright Blank
SBTD #62008 Wedding
WGYB #57011 Wedding
WGYS #53008 Forever

Enjoy your day!

Remember I {heart} you

As I was looking through pictures to use with the March Paper Posies kit, I found this one.

 

Love finding special moments like this that I captured.

 

Lina was reading stories to Bird before bedtime. Seeing my kids read together brings lots of love to my heart. So happy to have this :)

Paper Posies March Projects

Hello! Since we are into March I guess it's time to share my Paper Posies projects for this month.

The March Kit is full of primary colors--perfect for bringing me out of the winter doldrums :)

Taglines are so common on patterned papers now. I love to find ways to use them on my projects. These "Love You More" words were printed on one. I cut it apart and placed them inside of the envelope for a fun message.

I've been keeping up my 2013 calendar (included in the January Paper Posies kit) each month. Here is this month's page:

Two-page layouts will always be my favorites. This was a fun one to put together of Merek's special week in preschool.

I made the pennants from different sheets of patterned paper in the kit. I just hand-cut them.

Another tagline strip was used to connect the two pages together, running along the top of the photos. The weekdays are also a tagline. I love the Elle's Studio tags included in the kit, too.

There is one more layout I created. It will be posted tomorrow :)