I don't want to miss a thing!

Patterned paper: American Crafts, Brads: American Crafts, Others: Ribbon, charms, transparency, glitter stickers, thread, cardstock, lace.

The song "I don't want to miss a thing" by Aerosmith is one of my favourites...I used the lyrics as my journaling for this layout featuring my littlest nephew...who's so chubby and smiley and I really don't want to miss a shot of him smiling or laughing...at 5 months, he thinks the camera is a toy so he looks directly at it. I went with a simple layout...nothing fancy...some stitching around the photo, ribbon & lace & brads and a couple of charms. Thought that the pink background would be too girly for a boy layout but I love the colour combination!

Do you like this song? I think it's perfect for babies even though it's supposed to be a love song...I just think it's pretty creepy to wake up and have someone staring at you because he/she doesn't "want to miss a thing" (chorus block)...lol ...humour me and laugh a little will you? Have a great Wednesday!

Inspired by Ad This and Butterfly Crafts.

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Monsieur Laugh a Lot

Supplies: Patterned paper: Sassafras, Cardstock: Bazzill, Mask: Tim Holtz, Stamp: Making Memories, Others: Glimmer mist, black paint, Dymo labeler black pen, buttons.

Just a cutesy layout...Monsieur Laugh a Lot features my littlest nephew J...who loves to laugh out loud...I added a little moustache to his picture to mimic the monsters on the Sassafras paper. Trying out the misting technique...:) Fun!

Inspired by Method Playground, Ad This and Pile it On.

*Edited* Sassafras was nice enough to feature this layout on this blog post...cute on overload! :)

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Mexican

Supplies: Patterned paper: Luxe Design, October Afternoon & Cosmo Cricket, Stamp: Making Memories, Others: Felt, thread, corner rounder, ink.

Having won the challenge over at Ad This with my Imagine & Believe layout, I was invited to guest-design this week and this is my Mexican layout based on this ad...

The twist is all about the title. Using a combo of fonts, stamps and embellishments, let the title tell your story. Pretty cool challenge huh? Come join in the fun over here.

This photo was taken in a Mexican Restaurant in San Jose, California...if you check out the photo, you can see that I started eating before I realized I hadn't taken a photo...lol...oh well, the food was yummy...or was it the margaritas? :) Pin It

Imagine & believe

Supplies: Patterned paper: October Afternoon (base), SEI(bugs) & Fancy Pants (label), Chipboard: Heidi Swapp, Stickers: Toga, Others: StazOn (black),White pen, black pen, ribbon, border punch, glossy accents & clear acrylic

"Imagine & believe" were words from an English teacher at school. She always said that we had to use our imaginations, dream big and believe that hard work will pay off. From time to time, I would forget and engage in a self-pity fest. What advice have you gotten that you still use today?

This layout features my second nephew, O, trying so hard to emulate his big brother to flash the "peace" sign. It was fun to watch and made me wonder if I was like that too, trying to copy my older brother's every move. I have certainly out-grown that! :)

This layout was inspired the sketch at Pile it On, the ad at Ad This & the catalyst at Creative Therapy.
*Edited* I won the challenge at Ad This! :) Pin It

Who knew?

Supplies: Patterned paper: Fancy Pants, Sassafras & Kaisercraft, Cardstock: DCWV(silver) & Bazzill (blue & red), Stamp: Prima, Ink: Brilliance & Distress Inks, Others: Ribbon, buttons, Tim Holtz mask, stickers.

Who knew a pencil box could make a boy so happy? I bought my nephew a pencil box...the kind with a lot of compartments and buttons...which I had as a kid...did you? He loved it. And had a fun time playing with it and posing for pictures with his new "toy".

Some masking and inking. The background is silver cardstock (which is so hard to photograph!). And my favourite these days - faux stitching with a silver pen.

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Ad This Challenge

So, this is the first time I'm participating in the challenge at Ad This. The ad featured the words Growth, Knowledge, Creativity ...which reminded me of this recent photo of my young nephew who really enjoys reading. The twist is to make your own patterned paper with stamps using at least 2 stamping mediums and make your own embellishments. I stamped the circular patten with white paint and the text with black ink. I used a paper piercer to poke holes in the paper then stitched to create my "handmade embellishment".

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Paper: Coredinations
Stamps: Junkitz, Technique Tuesday
Others: White paint, black ink, orange thread, American Crafts puffy stickers, Sakura pen Pin It