I don’t do it often, but for the boys’ baby books, I had a few layouts to duplicate. One for their baby book and one for me to keep. I made this Monkey layout for the CREATE magazine but forgot I wanted two copies:

I couldn’t find another sheet of the sock monkey paper but really wanted to keep the same theme so I made my own sock monkey paper. I used a Recollections paper for the background and a Silhouette cut (supposed to be a juggling sock monkey) for the big guy.

Here are the two monkeys side by side:

See all the great projects in the May 2015 CREATE magazine HERE!

For the CREATE journaling challenge this month, we showed off how to use a list. We went to this favorite park 3 days in a row while visiting San Jose so a list was a great way to recap the overall experience.

Products used: Patterned paper: My Mind’s Eye, Authentique, Basic Grey, We R Memory Keepers, October Afternoon; Letter stickers: Authentique; Stickers: Heidi Grace; Journaling block: Technique Tuesday; Washi tape: We R Memory Keepers; Dies: Cricut Type Candy Font

View the May 2015 CREATE magazine HERE!

This layout was created for the birthday theme challenge for CREATE. I took photos of Calvin at his 1 1/4, 1 1/2, 1 3/4, and 2 year “birthdays” for comparison.  They really turn from babies into little kids during the second year.

Products used: Patterned paper: Recollections, Fancy Pants, Crate Paper, We R Memory Keepers; Letter Stickers: Basic Grey, Authentique; Stickers: Bella Blvd; Journaling block: jillibean soup; Brads: Making Memories; Dies: Silhouette Scrap N Fonts

I really branched out on this layout. I used GOLD! As inspired by the color challenge in November 2014’s CREATE Magazine. I showcased photos of my mother’s famous Christmas tree garden.  It makes it’s appearance under the massively tall Christmas tree each year.

Products used: Paper: Echo Park, My Mind’s Eye, Basic Grey, SEI, Crate Paper, Recollections, DCWV; Embellishments: Adorn it, Making Memories. Martha Stewart, American Crafts, K&Company; Letters: We R Memory Keepers, Pressed Petals; Tools: Cricut Cuttin’ Up cartridge

Ali’s bridal shower! I had a lot of fun preparing crafts and decorating for this special event to celebrate a close friend. And I used the CREATE magazine’s cheery color challenge to complete this layout for the September 2014 issue.

Our Lake Tahoe trip from spring 2012.

Products used: Lilli bee designs letters, We R Memory Keepers journaling block, sei paper (striped), Creative Memories paper, Scrapbook Generation sketch, Cricut Give a Hoot and CTMH Artbooking cartridges

Products: Webster’s Pages paper

Products: sei “A Fair Day” papers, Lily Bee Designs letters, Disney accents, Heidi grace word sticker

Some recent family photos.  Tobin loves the moon and he couldn’t see it from his carseat this particular evening on our drive home form dinner.  So we went for a short walk when we got home to go “find” it.  I thought it was a nice opportunity (and great lighting) to get some photos.  😉

Products used:  Papers used:  Cosmo Cricket (stripes),  jillibean soup (flowers);  Letters:  American Crafts Thickers;  Embellishments:  Little Yellow Bicycle (bird), K&Company (journaling block), Bella Blvd (together tab), Close to My Heart (branch, bugs);  Sketch:  Sketches for Scrapbooking Travel Sketches