Cheese

Can't you tell, we're family?

Does this lay out look familiar? I was pressed for time to complete this one.

Focussing on both my son Ethan's shirt (light and dark blue) and

 his cousin Aidan's shirt (green and gray) I chose the colours to blend this whole project together.

Because I was pressed for time to complete this project I chose a layout that I had design for another project a few months earlier (see my earlier post Hello Son).

I changed it up a little by using different stamp sets, yet sticking to the same colour scheme 

which still suited this photo as well, its not too often that you can get away with that

 in the world of scrapping.

I used Pool Party card stock to back the photo stamped with Smoky Slate ink

 using Background Builders stamp set. 

Then I used Gorgeous Grunge and Off The Grid stamp sets stamped with Smoky Slate ink on to the Epic Day This and That DSP.
I used the same gorgeous ribbon accents that I used in the lay out Hello Son using the same accumulation of washi tape (from the Holiday Mini), Natural Trim, Smoky Slate Chevron ribbon and Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon.
I completed this project in two hours, which is a Epic feat on my part.
till next time.

With Sympathy

It's always hard to doing a sympathy card being mindful of someones' feelings, it is some times like tip toeing though a mind field.

I designed this card for a gentleman who had lost his wife after a lifelong marriage.

So I kept it simple using stamp set that reflected the remembrance of time.

Coordinating Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper with Calypso Coral card stock, combining lots of stamp sets reflecting time.  Loving Thoughts, Off the Grid, and Gorgeous Grunge to name a few.

The ribbon used is Smoky Slate Chevron, finished off with an Antique brad and two shades of candy dots on candy dot bases

It is always a nice touch to match inside of the card and the envelope.

until next time.

  

Through The Years

What to do with an accumulation of photos that are too small by themselves and don't have other photos that tell the same story and are just too cute or the memory too fond to neglect by not scrapping them. This is a great way to get around those problems.

Using 12"x12" Very Vanilla cardstock as the base, incorperating the in color collection from 

2013-2015 (Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush) ink colours with the stamp sets Background Builders and Gorgeous Grunge.

The flowers are hand made using Secret Garden Framelits and the

 wonderful Buttons & Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds and the Pressed Clay to match.The little swirls are made from 3/4" Circle Punch.

The DSP used to back the photos is called Venetian Romance and has been distressed using the Stampin' Distress Tool.

Hope that this inspires you and helps you to use those unforgotten but difficult to scrap photos.

Until next time. . .

Hello Son

Cute little Ethan

This lay out is quite simple, I started with the colours in the photo, smoky slate ink was a perfect match to Ethan's shirt and Epic Day This and That DSP incorporating Basic Gray, Crumb Cake and Pool Party which blend perfectly with Smoky Slate ink. Then taking into account that Ethan is my son, he is a brother, grandson and a cousin I looked for any stamps set along that line.

Some of the stamp set that have been used are

Oh Hello,One in a Million,Million & One, Off the Grid, 

Gorgeous Grunge, Background Builders and My Friend

 to name a few.

This gorgeous ribbon accents are an accumulation of washi tape (from the Holiday Mini), Natural Trim, Smoky Slate Chevron ribbon and Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon and lastly some Candy Dots (in Pool Party) to top it off.

Until next time. . .