TGIF!

Whew!  What a week it's been between doctor's visits (yep, Darian *still* has strep and we are now on round 2 of anitbiotics) and just general end of school craziness.  The boys start summer vacation exactly 2 weeks from today and there is a lot to be done between now and then.  In some ways I'm looking forward to not having to rush out of the house in the mornings to get to the school bus, etc but I know that after a week or so the novelty will wear off and I'll have 2 very crazy little boys on my hands that will need to be entertained.  Eek!

I did want to share with you the last of my projects for Scarlet Lime this month.  This layout uses papers from Studio Calico's newest release Documentary.  I LOVE the colors of these papers especially the yellow ... I'm a bit obsessed with yellow these days and I have no idea why. 

I played off the circle pattern of the patterned paper for both my title treatment and my embellishments.  And I had a lot of fun with my punches!  I LOVE punches.  I may have a slight addiction to my punches.  I have A LOT of them and seriously want way more.  ;)

I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Looks like it's going to continue to be hot and humid here in NJ so I'll be looking to stay cool!  :)

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Happy Wednesday everyone!  Although I have to say it's not so happy in the Ghahary household this morning.  Mostly because I think Darian might still have strep.  Again.  We *just* finished his 10 days of antibiotics this weekend and yesterday he started complaining about a tummy ache and headache - the exact same things he complained about when he was first diagnosed with strep two weeks ago - and sure enough he has a low grade fever as well this morning.  So no school for him today while I wait for the doctor's office to open and see if I can get him in there for a sick appointment and another strep test.  I am so over the boys being sick.  Actually it's been mostly Darian.  And apparently so is he.  Poor thing was so distraught yesterday that he couldn't play in his tball game last night.  He was crying and saying "I don't want to be sick!  Why can't someone else take a turn being sick?!?" And then he proceeded to try to blame it all on his brother who hasn't been sick in months mind you.  Pretty typical.  ;)

Well on to happier and scrappier things for now.  This next layout I created as the guest designer for Scarlet Lime this month was a lot of fun to make mostly because I got to play with my new 3D rose die from Sizzix.  hee hee!  My baby brother (okay not so baby - he's 31!) and his wife Regan are expecting their first baby in July.  And they're having a little girl - YAY for another little girl in the family! 

The colors of this layout are not your typical little girl colors especially with the splash of blue but I think that's what I like so much about it.  I created a trio of roses with my new Sizzix die (seriously folks this die is SO well worth the money if you like creating paper roses - so easy to use!) and did some fun sewing and misting as well. 

I punched a bunch of flowers using my Martha Stewart Chrysanthemum large punch and laid them on my background cardstock before misting with orange Maya Road mist.  I then added some yellow stitching to the flower centers.

Well there you have it!  I have one more layout to share tomorrow that I created with this kit.  But for now I'm off to play nurse to my sick little one.  Thanks for stopping by! :)

Scarlet Lime June Guest Designer

Hey everyone!  First let me just say a big ol' THANK YOU for all of the congrats and well wishes on the Paper Craft Gallery Idol news.  I am super excited and will be relying on you guys come voting time!  hee hee!  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend.  The weather here was perfect and we spent lots of time just hanging out with friends and family.  The puppy even took his first swim (although quite hesitantly).  Let's just say that Buddy is definitely NOT a water dog! ;)

I was so honored when Christy Tomlinson asked me to guest design for her kit club Scarlet Lime for the month of June.  Her kits are always packed with all sorts of interesting goodies and it felt really good to just dig in and create. 

This layout was REALLY fun to create because of all of the misting.  The photo is one of my current favorites of Darian - I love the way the sun is shining behind him and just illuminating his face.  And I have to say the journaling was a little tough to write but important to document nevertheless.  Darian truly is a sweet soul - he is so very sensitive and caring of others and it sometimes leaves him vulnerable to the shall we say "not so nice" ways of other boys his age.  We've struggled with this a bit this year and I swear at times my heart just breaks into tiny pieces for him.  But I do know that his sensitivity will only make him a better man one day and for that I am grateful.

The patterned papers I used on this layout are all Scarlet Lime exclusive.  The colors were just perfect for this photo.  For my background I simply used an 8.5 x 11 piece of kraft cardstock that I misted with 3 different colors to help play up the colors in the patterned papers.  I then laid some vellum on top that I had printed with my journaling and did some hand stitching in a grid pattern for even more visual interest.

And here's just another picture of the background with the mist.  To get those fun splatters instead of a finer mist I just unscrewed the top of the mist bottle and shook the nozzle a bit on my paper. 

Well that's it for me today.  I have more Scarlet Lime layouts to share with you this week.  Also you may or may not also be seeing my Scarlet Lime creations on a more consistent monthly basis.  Just sayin' is all.  ;)