On the Move

For My Croppy Summer challenge #13 @ http://www.apronstringsdesigns.blogspot.com/, to "crumple, tear, antique or otherwise distress something on your layout." I distressed the patterned papers, tags and round date letters/numbers & inked the solid papers. I also added white-out on the edge of the photos and sanded it to give them an aged feel. They match the rub-on title well.
This is OFFICIALLY THE LAST layout I had to do to complete my daughter's first album (2003, the year she was born). I'm feeling a HUGE sense of accomplishment tonight!!!!!!!

You are my Sunshine

For My Croppy Summer challenge #14 @ http://www.apronstringsdesigns.blogspot.com/, which was a layout based on a sketch by Gloria Stengel, that I rotated 90 dgerees. I had stitched the flower in this paper long ago, with no purpose in mind. It must have been a creative day and I needed an outlet. I'm very happy to finally find it a good home. :)

First Christmas

For My Croppy Summer challenge #12 @ http://www.apronstringsdesigns.blogspot.com/, to incorporate a die-cut paper (the "JOY" oval, cut on my Cricut).

So Loved

For My Croppy Summer challenge #10 @ http://apronstringsdesigns.blogspot.com/, to use leftover letters in a non-title/non-journaling way.

Happy Baby

For My Croppy Summer challenge #9 @ http://apronstringsdesigns.blogspot.com/, which was to use a HalfMap from PageMaps. Not my favorite layout at all... very boring.

Right at Home

I did this layout for the August Guest Designer Team Member challenge @ http://sketchythursdays.blogspot.com/. In addition to the sketch, I had to use yellow and incorporate a handmade accent (the hanging birdhouse).

Sweet Girl

For My Croppy Summer Challenge # 7 @ http://apronstringsdesigns.blogspot.com/, to be inspired by an old layout. I looked though my first 2 albums and found the below page, which mortifies me!
-First, I don't know why I thought that ANYTHING pink was appropriate to be combined together. There's probablly 15 different shades of pink (and only pink) that don't belong together on there. So on my new layout, I wantd to use pink in a more controlled way, and incorporate other colors.
-I don't like that I used full sheets of patterned paper as a background, so for the new layout I still incororated patterned paper as a base, but balanced it with cardstock and an inner piece of a more neutral pattern.
-I don't like the placement of photos below, so for the new layout I organized them so that several small photos grouped together balanced out 1 larger photo on the right.
-I also incorporated some differnt techniques on the new layout, such as an acrylic-paint stamped title and Glimmer Mist on the cardstock.