Problem SOLVED?

So, you are shopping at your local scrapbook store and they have a great sale going on. You find two (2) Little Yellow Bicycle fold-out albums...both for boys. At 85 cents, you can't pass them by. They turn out great, but what about the girls???

If you are any good at making templates, you can take any foldable album sold on 12"x12" sheets and create a permanent template to use over and over. All you need do is place the punched out item on a sheet, draw around it and then cut it out. Make sure you mark fold and cut lines. When you cut it out, make sure to cut on the inside of your line, not on the line or before the line, but inside the lines.

So, what is the problem??? Before I was even aware of it, I had made 7 (yes 7) of these cute little albums!! Some for girls, some for boys, some for TEENS...and some for moms!! The possibilities are endless. All you need is the template, the right coordinating paper (double sided card stock), embellishments, and TIME. Here is 3 of the fronts I made this week:

Thanks and credit goes to Little Yellow Bicycle!

Another Attempt at a Daisy!!

This is the top of an "Exploding Box." The top of the daisy is made with "Stickles." Here is the box opened...

Trying to make a paper DAISY

I love these daisies you see that are kind of "floppy." While the flat ones are beautiful, these floppy ones just grab my attention. I wanted to try and make them for a layout. Seems the more I tried, the more dissatified I was with the end result. The closeup in the bottom photo shows more detail in the petal, but still not enough. I like the middle daisy the best, but it still needs some "defining." The journaling tells how it will all end. Only God can make the perfect daisy!

Color BLAST

Hard to believe, this is a self-taken photo of my daughter. In high school, she really got into photography and would experiment with taking photos. This was a good one. Even though it is in black and white, a big blast of color all around will bring your eye to the center. Almost monochromatic, the bold colors add drama. Over doing it on embellishments will draw the eye away from the photo.Try keeping the detail in one area. Notice how there are no embellishments except in the flowers...and they are embellished as much as you want with flowers, button centers with ribbon in the button holes. This one was a lot of fun!!

A DRAMATIC PHOTO

This photo turned out very well in black and white. Those big eyes seemed to pop off the page at you and the mood is distinctive...he was tired of grandmama trying to catch a good picture of him! I wore him down!! I wanted the "draw" to be toward his eyes, so I picked black and white papers and embellishments with just a touch of color.

Flower POWER

Detail of the flower I made for the "His Holy Name" project.

His Holy Name April and May Pages