Daddy’s Miracle

Last year, when completing some of the last layouts for my son’s baby album, I realized I needed to remove a few to allow it to fit into one album. This was a layout I took out. It had no journaling and little to no embellishments. 

That’s how this one landed into the pages in progress pile. 

Revisiting it, I added a tag with journaling as well as quite a few embellishments. It was kind of fun, going through my stash of baby boy embellishments, knowing that I had no future baby boy layouts in my future. It was kind of a now ir never scenario. 

Love how it all came together in the end. This layout will is reside in our family albums. Goes to show it is never too late to add story.
 

Hello 2006

This layout foundation came from an old Creating Keepsake kit collection from Lisa Bearnson ages ago.

The page kits are a bit simplistic for my taste and were when I purchased them, but like this one were great starting points for a layout.

 I finally finished this layout after some detective work on the date. These pictures were taken on a one-use disposable camera so they were not in my digital library with the date. I had to find the negatives and look at the photos before and after to pin point the correct year!

Things I added to this layout to make my own: Thicker titles remember and hello 2006 as well as the foam thicker stars. Also used some number washi tape from Kelly Purkey.

Loved how this turned out and happy to have it in my album!

School Zone

Another layout in progress complete! Really like how this layout turned out!

 This is another kit from Just Kitting. Love the Arthur and his 3D backpack sticker!

The matte sticker paper worked well for my journaling for this one.

So happy to have this story in my albums!

Take the Plunge

As I tackle really old layouts, figuring out the details and even the date has become quite a challenge. I have had to reach out for help, but find their memories are as unreliable as mine!  

This layout had photos that were taken with a one use waterproof camera. This meant that I didn’t have a digital copy or the date. 

The design was another from Just Kitting. Other than Goofy and the beach ball, the rest was modified. I even added the splashes and waves since the bottom seemed empty.

Found a fabric splash sticker in my stash and added the journaling with clear label sticker paper. Wish I would have placed it a little differently, but it is good enough!

Another layout finished and on to the next!

The Magic of Brother Bear Totem Ceremony

Sharing another Layout in progress I completed as part of my Finishing Project at Simple Scrapper. 

This was yet another layout design by Just Kitting. I definitely mixed this one up to work for me. 

This one was unique in the fact that the mountain and foreground was fabric! I would have never thought to do that, but it works!

The title and journaling spot evolved first and foremost because it was the last remaining space left on the layout. I found some alphas from my stash to create the title. Just finishing up Ali Edwards Type class, I used all of the lessons here to influence my choices. 

Love getting this story told and into my album! 

A day at the Zoo

 Here is layout #4 for my Finishing Project at Simple Scrapper.

This layout was another page kit from Just Kitting. I had to modify this one quite a bit to fit all of my photos on it, but loved all of the animal print patterns included for the photo mats on this one!

I had a pack of zoo Project Life cards in my stash that I pulled out to add my journaling to for this layout. I cut up another card from this kit and used it on the sign for the title of my layout.

I used an Everyday Explorers stamp set to create the label with the date on it. 

Love how this turned out and ready to tackle the next layout!

Scrub-a-Dub

Here is my layout #3 for the Finishing Project at Simple Scrapper.

This is another layout kit from Just Kitting. This one is a favorite because of all of the added texture that was in this one! The cotton fill and the bubbles are just so awesome!

Because the journaling was what was needed to complete this one and it was from eleven years ago, I decided to use a journaling prompt to get my words on the page. 

I used Ali Edwards prompt Story Stamp's "I want to remember" as the header for each memory/fact.

Recently I purchased some clear label sticker paper to try using to add journaling to layouts just like this, where there is no way I could run this paper in the printer at this point. 

The sticker paper worked awesome on the white pattern paper I layered it over on the right page, but the peach color paper, it was really obvious where the sticker paper ended. Something I know to try before committing in the future. 

My story is told and although it wasn't perfect, the layout looks awesome! 

Off to finish another layout!