More Pumpkin Patch Fun

Yes, I am still scrapping photos from 2008, but the good news is, I am almost done! :)  Here are a few more pictures of the fun we had at the pumpkin patch that year!  The background paper is Fall Leaves and it is from an old paper pack.

I matted all the photos in black so they wouldn't get lost in the background.  I then fussy cut "Boo" from the Halloween cardstock letters.  But, if you read my earlier posts, you know that this alphabet had only one of each letter.  I needed two O's, so I took the Q (which was the cauldron) and colored off the little "stem" of the Q in black to make it into an O.  I then colored the entire cauldron so it would match and now you can't even tell it used to be a Q!  

I also fussy cut "Fun" from the same letters.  For a finishing touch, I added little silver ghost brads all over the layout just for a touch of whimsy!

Pumpkin Patch

Halloween Delight at the Pumpkin Patch

Why Halloween Delight?  Because it was the only thing I could spell with these super cute cardstock letters I bought eons ago! When I bought them I didn't notice that there is only one of every letter!  (Try spelling things with only one of every vowel!)  So Austin and I got creative and brainstormed as many things as we could think of and "Delight" was the best we could come up with!

The striped background cardstock is from an old paper pack, maker unknown.  I matted all the photos in purple and bright green to match the stripes in the paper pack and keep the photos from getting lost.

The word "Halloween" was fussy cut from the Halloween cardstock letters and then matted on purple.

I created a "film strip" of photos along the bottom to ground the layout.

On the right side page I fussy cut "Delight" out of the Halloween letters and then matted them on corresponding bright green cardstock.  I decided to keep a rectangular title block so that it didn't get too busy!

Halloween Family Photo (minus me!)

I was able to get this GREAT family photo at the pumpkin patch and I instantly fell in love with it and wanted to showcase it in a special way!  The background paper is from Martha Stewart's Halloween Paper Pack and the black patterned paper is from a different paper pack (I lost the cover, so I don't know whose...)  I then matted the photo in black paper as well to give it a double mat.  I left the bottom of the mat longer and applied this little metal medallion with an "M" inscribed on it.  (The M is for our last name!) Enjoy!

Halloween

Here is a cute and quick Halloween layout using a Martha Stewart Halloween Paper Pack.  The background paper is preprinted with BOO and glittery black cats and witches!  I just love this paper!  (Austin was Yoda and Maddie was a pink poodle!  I made both their costumes that year!)

The left page features the title "Trick Or Treat" which is a fabric embellishment.  I double matted it and then matted the photos in coordinating colors of green and orange.

The right page has the photos matted using the same colors and I added a Quick Quotes velum strip "Goblins and Ghouls."  I hate how adhesive shows through vellum, so I used large brushed silver brads to hold the vellum quote to the orange background mat.  Voila!  No adhesive showing! :)

Halloween Blog Hop Fun!

I had a blast doing some Halloween decorations today on the Cricut!  (Also had to order a new cartridge, of course!)  But, just found this great Halloween blog hop!  Check it out!

Layouts Galore!

"Lost Lake" Fall 2007
We were invited on a hike with a family from church around Lost Lake.  It was the perfect fall weekend!  The background cardstock is khaki (unknown).  The photo blocks are matted on black.  I then took fall stickers and applied them to different layers of cardstock to make squares for the top border.  I added some vellum fall leaf stickers to complete the top border.  I hand cut a khaki tag and journaled on it, and then tied a natural fiber collection to the top.  I added a few more fall leaves to balance out the page.

"Apple Orchard" Fall 2007
After hiking around Lost Lake (above), we stopped at the apple orchard.  Unfortunately I finished this layout BEFORE I started recording papers, etc.  The papers have all those colors preprinted on them.  I just added the photos as they are except for the one with a torn yellow mat.  (Everything else but the tags were printed on the paper!)  I used photos of the apples and my tag maker to make the round apple tags.  I put some natural colored fibers at the top.

"Finally Retired" Fall 2007.  My Dad retired from First American Title after MANY years.  These are pictures from his family retirement dinner.  I used pinstriped paper to mimic a trendy dress shirt and then matted everything in light blue.  I cut out the title "Finally Retired," the arrow and "Time to Hit the Road" with my Silhouette die cut machine.  I pointed the arrow at my Dad to reinforce who was retiring.

"1st Grade" September 2007.  My son Austin started first grade this year (2007) and I wanted to showcase some of his work.  The nice thing about being so behind is you have all the stuff from the year to choose from! :)  The 1st grade paper is printed as is, with a white bottom where I adhered the class picture.  I then used a green "school themed" paper and mounted work, name tags and an award to it.  Very easy, but cute!

"Pump It Up Fun!" Nov. 2007

I used striped background cardstock and yellow and blue cardstock.  I grouped the photos and matted them in blue.  But when I cut them out, I tried to cut them in the shape of a bouncy house (left) and the slide (right).  I used the yellow paper for accents to the bouncy stuff.  I used blue letter stickers for the title "Pump It Up Fun" and "Whee."

"The Great Pumpkin Search" October 2007

I had only one piece of this great Halloween paper with black glitter owls on it (Martha Stewart?).  I cut it in half and then added black to the outside edges, to make two full 12x12 pages.  I ran a "film strip" of photos down each side and then matted photos on black for the middle.  I used black letter stickers for the title through the middle and the date at the bottom.

Halloween Trick Or Treating 2007

Once again, I had some old Halloween paper that I had never used so I decided to use it up!  (I was on a kick of using things up!)  I matted both kids individual costume pictures on yellow cardstock and placed them on the left page above the preprinted costume border.  I then matted three pictures on yellow and placed them diagonally down the right hand page.  I cut two yellow tags and journaled on each one.  The pirate themed tag represented all the stuff about my son's Pirate Halloween costume.  (Pirate stickers from Jollee's, I think).  I then did the same thing for my daughter (the bumblebee) and then die cut a bumblebee with my Silhouette die cutter.  I added fuzzy black fibers to the top of each tag.  I love this page, although it's really busy!

Past Scrapbooking Pages

I ran out of page protectors a while ago and had been piling up some finished layouts.  Luckily I found a 50% off coupon from Michael's and grabbed some page protectors.  Here are photos of the layouts I was adding to my album.  They are from late 2007.  (Yes, I am behind!)

These pictures are really old, but somehow I just stumbled upon them in the last 6 months.  I used an orange patterned paper with cream mats.  (Austin's favorite color is orange.)  I had a chipboard title "Wild Child" and a chipboard tag.  I tied cream tulle type ribbon through both for an added accent.  Pretty simple and quick!

Here is another set of pictures I found way after they happened.  (Yes, that's Maddie in a snuggie pack, so that was a LONG time ago!)  I used fall leaf patterned paper and mounted all the photos on a light sky blue.  I had a Halloween/Pumpkin patch set of cardstock that included the title, the two square pumpkin blocks and the pumpkin tag on page 2.  I just added a brad to the top of the tag and was done!  I love the tags that look 3-d!

Ok, back to 2007!  Austin was in First Grade and told us the night before that he was a lead in the play at school.  ("Little Red Hen!")  I used bright blue cardstock as background with green cardstock for matting and journaling.  The "First Grade" title, school house, ruler and apple are from LONG ago and were the cut out type.  (No manufacturer listed).  The letters are great school handwriting font and are stickers.  How much easier could that
be???

Not my favorite layout.  I couldn't find any train accents and I didn't have my Cricut yet.  The left page is white cardstock with an 8x11 velum overlay.  It is preprinted with a border and saying.  The picture hole was precut already!  I colored the border with colored pencils and adhered the velum to the white cardstock underneath the border so the adhesive wouldn't show.  I mounted the rest of the pictures on a khaki cardstock and then punched 2" squares with my 2" punch.  I then used up the last of some train stickers I had and made a line of accents across the middle of the page. 

I completed this layout for the CK summer camp and the Fire Etiquette badge.  We had to emboss something.  I hadn't done that in years!  I used two pieces of a slightly patterned, vintage light blue paper.  I used the cricut and cut two borders of stars and the frame to put the title in.  I embossed the title frame with clear embossing powder to give it some shine!  I liked the "shine" motif, so I added two flourishes with flat "crystals."  I then carried the fluid movement of the flourishes and journaled in the same wavy manner.  I accented the word JOY in my journaling with two little crystals.  The title is actually a photo that I cut out that says "Winter Wonderland" in Christmas lights.  These photos were taken at CalCom in Bakersfield, CA. December of 2007.