Happy Birthday!

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Anyone else buy something because you love it… then realize that you have nothing else in your stash that coordinated with it?  Yeah.  Me neither.  HA.

Except, of course for these journaling cards from Studio Calico.

It’s possible, you know… in theory… that I’ve had these for about 5 years and never used them.  So I decided it was way.past.time.  So I picked another oldie (remember Double Dot from BoBunny??) as a background and layered on the cards for the majority of my patterns.

I also use some October Afternoon punch-out tabs from October Afternoon, and some woodgrain alphas from Studio Calico.

My biggest challenge with this page was the complete lack of coordinating embellishments.  So, I ended up cutting out some bits from the cards themselves, like the bottlecap style images and layering them up.  Sometimes you just gotta work with what you’ve got! 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Around the World, and Back to IKEA

When we lived in Eastern Europe, we went to IKEA a LOT.  We would have meetings with teammates in the cafe, hang out there for some air conditioning, stop for a quick meal, and we even walked laps around the store in an effort to get baby #3 to make his appearance. It was a familiar place for us while living in an unfamiliar country.

So when we returned to the US, we were all eager to make the 100-mile trek to IKEA to help furnish our new home stateside.  We made it there only a few weeks after our return, and did indeed find some great deals for the new place.

I used a lot of paper here from the BasicGrey Carte Postale line.  Remember that one? Me neither.  Apparently, it completely slipped under my radar until it showed up at Tuesday Morning.  I picked it up because it was full of colors that I didn’t have much of in my stash.  Mixed with a bit of October Afternoon’s Saturday Morning line, it was perfect.  I really like how this one turned out. 

Thanks for taking a peek!

A Friend Farewell

Hi everyone!  I am finally finishing up 2015 in my Project Life album (which means I will be scrapping Christmas in July… ironically).  This photo is from our farewell party in Bulgaria, right before we moved home to Indiana.  It’s a special photo, because it features almost all of my kiddo’s friends from that time in our lives.  I’m really happy with how this one turned out.

The background is a paper from a Webster’s Pages line by Alison Kreft.  It’s actually a cut-apart sheet, but I had several so I decided to use the B side here.

I colored the chipboard frame with Distress Stain in Spiced Marmalade.  Most of the fussy-cut pieces are from Crate Paper’s Farmhouse Collection, and the letters are October Afternoon Daily Flash.

Thanks for coming by and taking a peek!