autumn time

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Ours was filled with football, football, and more football!  It's a good thing I love that sport!  ;)  I can't complain though - the weather was just gorgeous both days this weekend - crisp and breezy, but with LOTS of sunshine.  Fall is definitely in the air which is perfect timing for this new layout that went up in the Garden over at Two Peas this morning. 

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For this layout I created a simple photo collage of some of my favorite photos of Brandon on a beautiful autumn afternoon. I used the Farmhouse collection from Crate Paper on this layout - the warm color palette and tone on tone patterns are just perfect!   Love, love, love this collection!  Definitely one of my favorite releases from this past Summer CHA.

My title and leaf embellishment are cut using the Silhouette. I layered my cut leaf with some vellum and then added a bit of zig zag stitching down the center of my leaf die cut for a little detail and dimension.  I think it just adds to the overall homespun feel of the layout.

And just a few more detail images - I added twine to the cute ticket sticker from Crate Paper and used a label sticker from October Afternoon to document the date along with a brad from Basic Grey.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  :)

Supplies used (click images for links):

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love you

Hey everyone!  I wanted to share another layout I created as the September guest designer for Studio AE.  For this particular layout not only did I use the September Studio AE stamp set called "Family Is by Ali Edwards" but I also used quite a few of my other Technique Tuesday stamps sets to create a fun and colorful stamped background paper. 

This is my little nephew Kian - isn't he a doll?  To create the background I simply gathered lots of my favorite Technique Tuesday stamps and several different colors of ink.  And then I went to work!  I would love to say there was some great method to this by I honestly just kept filling in and switching stamps as I went along.  I love the "grafitti" look to my background and how you can read the different words and phrases popping out here and there along the edge. 

I kept the rest of the layout pretty simple.  I used papers and stickers from Echo Park - they have some of the best tone on tone patterns around and they are just perfect to use for just a subtle bit of detail.  I printed my journaling on a journaling card (from Echo Park) and added a final stamp (from "Love Always Wins by Ali Edwards" stamp set) for my title.   

Thanks so much for stopping by!  :)

bowling party

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I had every intention of blogging yesterday but time just seemed to get away from me.  Yes it was one of THOSE Mondays.  LOL!  In any case I had a new layout go up in the Garden yesterday at Two Peas In A Bucket that I wanted to share with you.   

This layout is copyright Two Peas in a Bucket

For this layout I focused on using the new Happy Days collection by Echo Park.  Anyone who knows me knows that I am a HUGE Echo Park fan.  I think I own literally every collection they've ever created.  Their patterned papers are just so much fun to work with and this collection was no exception.  I loved the bright color scheme and the retro flair of the entire collection.  I thought they were the perfect compliment to these photos of Darian at his bowling birthday party this past August. 

Since there are so many bright colors in the patterned papers from this collection I decided to use black and white photos for my two main images while I added in smaller color photos for my supporting images. I kept things really fun and playful on this layout and used lots of the die cut stickers and colorful brads as embellishments as well. The chipboard stickers I used for my title coordinate perfectly with the aqua blue on my patterned papers and I stitched them in place to add a bit of detail (and to be sure they wouldn't fall off my layout once I slipped it into my album! LOL).

And here's a peek at some of my journaling and embellishments.  You can see I used another stamp by Ali Edwards for Technique Tuesday (this one is from the Kids Are Cool stamp set).  I just LOVE using these stamps to add a pop of color and interest to my typewritten journaling.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  :)