Basic Grey Oliver Page Kit

I've been having lots of fun with the Basic Grey Oliver line lately.  I bought the card kit, collection pack and page kit for the line! 

This is the first Basic Grey page kit I've used and I'm really happy with it!  It was super easy to use and included lots of goodies ~ from rub-ons to chipboard!  The only items I added were thread (I did some sewing throughout), ink and buttons.

It was a fun afternoon project to do with my sister, too!  We each bought a kit and had a quick craft day together. 

I'm so glad that Basic Grey started selling page kits this year.  I've been a fan of their card kits for a long time, too.  I'm excited to see what they come up with next!

Wonderland Chipboard Album

My project of the week has been this wonderland of a mini-album.  It took about 3 1/2 days of sanding and inking, but I'm so delighted with the results!

I used almost every sheet of the Hallowe'en Alice in Wonderland line from Graphic 45 on this baby.

On the front is a HUGE sparkly flower (3 layers deep) and a glazed brad by Basic Grey.

Upon opening the chipboard album, you're greeted with LOTS of fun ephemera to look at ~ hanging tags, hand-cut 3D embellishments, stick pins and ribbon! Each piece has been sanded and inked with brown and black. A photo will neatly tuck under the corner tear of beige paper.

The next page reveals a VERY merry un-birthday tea party!  I made room for a larger photo here (you can tuck it underneath the strip) and a 3D pop-up title label with more of the glazed brads.  Adding the black glittery flower at the bottom was my 4-yr-old's idea.  Great eye, Jackson!

This next page is my hubby's favorite.  He loves the rabbit tag with key charm at the top of the page.  It pops up with lots of 3D foam adhesive.  I've also tied it with brown string.

There is room for 2 more photos (you can tuck them under the ribbon) and a hand-cut Mad Hatter.

Finally, the back has more fabulous cardstock, all inked with several colors to give it an antique, burned look.  The album is about 5.5x9 inches.  Enjoy!

Mario Madness

My little monkey turned FOUR (cannot believe it) this month and we had a Mario Bros. themed party. 

A good friend of mine even loaned Jackson a Mario costume ~ priceless!

I'll be honest ~ I was looking forward to scrappin' these pages for WEEKS!  I love getting to work with cute embellishments!

I bought some Mario Bros. die-cuts from an Etsy seller in June (still need to figure out how to use my Sure Cuts-A-Lot software...) and then added some epoxy stickers that Jackson was kind enough to donate.  I found this darling stitched card stock from We R Memory Keepers and layered on some DCWV video game paper.  LOVE these pages!

I made a special tri-fold card for Jack and wanted to incorporate it on the layout as well.

Disneyland Album Done! Whoo!

We went to Disneyland in early May with my in-laws.  I've been working on my 12x12 Disneyland album off and on ever since.  It was a lot of fun, but I'm happy to be finished now and be able to show it off!

I knew I wanted to devote a 12x12 album to the trip (as it was our 3-yr-old's first time there and we took tons of pictures).  I had several 12x18 poster prints made up at Wal-Mart (about $10 each) and then cut them to fit the entire 12x12 page (the tea-cup layout uses the entire 12x18 photograph).

I went a little crazy with the bling on this album (Disney is the magic kingdom and nothing says that quite like rhinestones), and saved lots of time (and money) by purchasing paper piecing die-cuts of the Disney characters on eBay.  I found Mickey, Pluto and Goofy for $.99 each!  I couldn't have made them myself for that price and that saved me having to purchase the Disney Cricut cartridge, too.

Thank you so much for sharing my vacation memories!  Hope you enjoyed the journey!

Two Little Monkeys, Jumping in a Box

I really like this picture (I think the charm of my lovely, lovely son picking his nose and his cousin covering his eyes when I brought out the camera really reveals their personalities) and had lots of fun with this layout. 

These boys are very colorful characters and I wanted to capture that with a bright layout.  I used lots of paper from the Recollections Monkeying Around line that I picked up from Michaels.

 

I was in a mood to embellish, so that's just what I did! 

I added some stitching around the round "patches" of paper and the little monkeys chipboard title.  I also added lots of hand-sewn buttons and some brads.  The picture is framed with a happy Daisy D's rub-on.