FUN in the SUN - layout

I just loved these pictures! This was an interesting day for my family. Syndel, my older daughter, and I are practically fish...so I was expecting Ceryse to love the water, too. Well, I was in for quite the surprise! She hated it...and I do mean HATE! LOL



So, she spent the entire day sitting in on the side of the pool with my Mom...in her little sun hat. How adorable!?



The title is hand-cut. I tried a new technique for this title...and I love it! I took a font from my computer (Aerosol) and typed "FUN" and "SUN"....then I pasted them into PowerPoint (as an image) and flipped them so that they'd print backwards.



Once I printed them out (and they were backwards) I random stamped on the non-printed side. I cut around the letters...but rounded some edges more than they were, changed a few things here and there until I got exactly what I wanted...and this was the result. A new fun and funky title...that I adore!



The patterned paper is from Stampin' Up!...the stamps, ink, and CS are from CTMH. Love it when they work together. :)

-Enjoy!

GOALS for 2010

Pages - 250 (11 completed)

The LIP - LO

My younger daughter, Ceryse, used to keep that bottom lip just a little bit pouty when she was very little. It started when she was only about a month old and lasted up until around 22 months. She has finally outgrown it, but is still extremely good at pouting and making your heart melt.

Funny (and true) story...when she was 4 months old we were at the Dr's office for her shots and check-up. The nurse actually got teary-eyed and even let a tear or two fall because Ceryse's little lip and pouty face just got to her. She had been a nurse for quite some time before, too, so this wasn't her first rodeo...and usually the kids didn't get to her, but she said Ceryse was just so pathetic looking she couldn't help but get a little "misty" over it.



That face, I just love it...but I may a little partial. ;)

Enjoy!

GOALS for 2010:
Pages - 250 (9 completed)

5 pages down....245 to go

Wow! This year has already proved to be both busy and stressful for my family. I can only hope that the year improves...and quickly.

But, on to my pages...I haven't had much time to post, but I have been scrapping. It gives me a nice escape from our daily drama.

The first layout I did was a double page (yeah!):


Left side:


Right side:


Those pictures were taken during delivery (C-Section) and the subsequent days at the hospital with my younger daughter, Ceryse.

The next layout I did was a single page (I'll most likely use this as the first page in her album):


That 'file folder' opens to reveal another picture behind:


The journaling on this page goes over how I picked her name and when....which is a good place to start her album, I think. :)

The layout I completed yesterday was another double page (yeah!):


The left side:


The right side:


I love those pictures....taken in early 2008, Ceryse was only a few months old.

I'm going to *try* to go in order, so that I can get her first year scrapped and put in an album...but I'm going to be honest, that probably won't always happen. Sometimes I come across other photos and am so inspired and get an idea in my head that I'll have to skip ahead and do those now. :)

To help with my challenge, I've decided to utilize the CTMH 'how-to' books. The one I'm starting with is 'Imagine', and while it is the second of the 'how-to' books, I really like it. The layouts shown above are from that book. Once I do all the layouts in that book (which will give me 100+ pages), I'll move on to 'Cherish', which was the first book Jeanette released.

Did anyone else out there make a crafty resolution? Anyone going to scrap along with me this year?

Enjoy!