..:: first library card ::..

I am up on the Scrapbook Circle Blog today with this layout using the July Smile More main kit and add-ons. I had a lot of fun documenting my daughter's first library card acquisition! 😀

Here are a few close ups:

I have really enjoyed working with this kit and I ended up with four very different looking layouts, all from the same kit!  I love it when it works out that way!

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..:: be a fruit loop in a world full of cheerios ::..

Happy Fourth of July, friends!  I am up on the Scrapbook Circle blog today with a layout that is not fitting the theme of the day at all, but it is a fun one!  My challenge this week was to use the Dear Lizzy Phrase Thickers (found in the July kit -- Smile More) in a unique way. I decided that since I usually use these phrases as part (or all) of a title, to be different, I wouldn't use them as a title on this layout. Instead I used them for EVERYTHING ELSE! In fact, I used almost the whole package on this one layout!  Here's what I came up with:

My title is "Be a Fruit Loop in a World Full of Cheerios", which fits this snap chat photo perfectly, no? That phrase is from the Vicki Boutin water color sticker book found in the July embellishment add-on kit. I used several other phrases from that sticker book throughout the layout. Some of them I painted and others I left white. Each little square has a phrase that tells how to be a fruit loop. 😄😄

Here are a few close ups:

 This was a really fun layout to make!  Thanks for stopping by. See you soon!

..:: bea & maia ::..

I am up on the {A Flair for Buttons} blog today with this layout about my daughter meeting her new best friend.  I used Pebbles Girl Squad collection, that I got here at the Paper Issues Store. There are quite a few pieces of ephemera and stickers that have metallic gold in them, so I grabbed a few flair from my A Flair For Buttons stash and got busy!

The story of these two is pretty amazing. They met and within moments they were joined at the hip. They are such creative, free spirits that in was instant bonding. So fun to watch them! Maia's mom and I exchanged contact information at the girls' insistence, and a long distance friendship was born! I have a feeling there may be more layouts about these two in my future. 😀

Here are a few close-ups of the gorgeous gold flair! I used flair from the Summer Gold Flair and Love Gold Flair sets.

Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon!