You must be getting sick of seeing the pages from my calendar. I have to take some pictures of the Disney layouts I have been working on, so that I can share them with you. But in the interest of keeping my blog going, the calendar it is.

The pciture is my cousin and his son. My Aunt was happy about this page, since these two never take a good picture. The paper is all from Die Cuts With a View, the Citrus Stack. The chipboard embellishments are from Colorbok, which I purchased from Michaels.

Most of my scrapbook pages are scraplifted or created using a sketch. This one was scraplifted from an advertisement for Imaginisce. The advertisement is below. I wanted to make a banner as in this picture, but I kind of ran out of room. Thanks for looking!

More Calendar

Here is another page from my Aunt's calendar. I forgot to mention the calendar is 8x8. I thought this size would be easy to work with, but I didn't take into consideration that a 4x6 photo would take up most of the page.

This page uses Bo Bunny paper. I really like their stuff. I made the flowers using a fan folding technique. The swirls I picked up at Walmart and "Family" is a rub-on I bought from the dollar store. The only problem was the rub-ons all stuck to the backing, so I wasn't able to use all of them. The picture is my daughter Hope and my cousin's daughter Olivia. It's a great picture of them. Overall it was an easy layout to make and I'm happy with how it turned out.

Another Calendar Page

Another page from my Aunt's calendar. This is a picture of my cousin Tricia and myself. Not the greatest picture of me. I used some Stampin' Up stamps to make this layout. I used Vintage Vogue and Define your Life. The flowers were stamped, cut out and popped up with foam squares. I don't normally use stamps on my layouts, but I'm happy with how this turned out. The paper is all Stampin' Up. I cut the scallop circle with my Cricut. Have I told you how much I love my Cricut?

Calendars

For Christmas 2007 I made a scrapbook calendar for my Aunt. This year she asked if I could change one page for her, which I was happy to do. The page had a picture of her daughter and her now ex-boyfriend (the reason for the change).

She bought a new blank calendar and was hoping to take the pages from the old calendar and put it on the new calendar. I was having none of that and gladly offered to make a new one.

Well, January is almost over, and I have finally finished it. I thought I would share a page with you. I love how this page turned out. The picture is my Aunt and her granddaughter, Brianna. I used my Cricut for the photo mat and the swirls. The scallop edge at the bottom is punched circles and the flowers were handmade using a flower from Quickutz.

And now a layout from the first calendar. Not my best work, that's for sure. It's amazing how my style has evolved over the years.

Friends

This daily posting thing is going to force me to create more. Which is good considering I am desperate to finish my Disney scrapbook. I hope to share some of those pages with you soon. We went to Disney for the first time last May and are heading there again in March. Can't wait, but would really like to have the pictures from the first trip all scrapped before going again.

To answer Pam's question, I don't typically put anything on the inside of the card. I have some sentiments that if suitable I will put inside. I have seen some people decorate the inside, which I love, but I find it makes the card too bulky, so I don't do much on the inside.

This is just a simple card I created. The butterflies are a die from Stampin' Up. I love these butterflies and use them quite often both in card making and my scrapbook pages. The swirl is from the Vintage Vogue stamp set and the sentiment is from Upsy Daisy. The patterned paper is from a Stampin' Up stack that was in one of their mini catalogues last year. This paper is actually one of my favourites from that stack (I have a thing for stripes). I hate using it, because once it's gone, there is no more left. I find it hard to part with my favourite scrapbook items!

Thanks for looking!

Two days in a row!

Another post! I really like how this card turned out. I cased this card here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1811470

I recently purchased En Francais, and couldn't wait to try it out. I gave this card to my friend Astrid in a set of cards given as a hostess set. I'm definitely going to make this again.

A New Year and new commitment

I promised myself I was going to pay more attention to my blog this year! So far, I have failed miserably.

Before Christmas, my friend Michelle asked me to make her some cards. Here is one of the cards I created for her. I'm sure I got the idea off of splitcoast, but can't be certain. It was sometime ago. I know I get alot of ideas and inspiration from that website.

I love this Cherry Cobbler colour from Stampin' Up and I'm using this embossing folder quite a bit. It really adds something to the card.

I am in the process of making a calendar for my Aunt. I feel bad that January is half over and I haven't finished it for her yet. I'm almost there and hopefully she'll be able to use it for at least the last week in January. I'll share some pictures of it with you later.

Thanks for looking!