Simple Scrapbooking with Festive Birthday Designer Paper

Good EVENING....my dears...and how are you this Halloween night? Well...time got away from me today and I am just now getting around to posting! If I was thinking I would have shared the Halloween page from last week today...but, alas, I wasn't thinking! I do have a page to share with you though!

These are some of my FAVORITE photos of my son when he was younger. It's a simple page because I wanted more focus to be on the pictures than the scrapbooking! I used Basic Black cardstock as the base of my page and cut a piece of Festive Birthday designer paper as an accent! The letters are rub-on's that I've had for some time...but they really made the page! Another option would have been to heat emboss his name with an alphabet stamp set. I just LOVE this page and hope you do too!

Have fun trick-or-treating...or handing out candy...just staying home...or whatever you choose to do this evening! I haven't had trick-or-treaters in 27 years of marriage! We've always lived to far out...but I buy candy just in case! My daughter is off to grandma's to help her pass out her candy and my son is off with a group of friends, so my husband and I are meeting with our home group! I have an apple cobbler ready for dessert! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you are inspired to work on a scrapbook page...be thinking about your Halloween photos!  

~Today's Thought~

(Adam and Kate's costumes today!)

Halloween Scrapbook Page

Hello Friday...you're finally here! I'm headed down the mountain for an oil change and grocery shopping...but first I have another scrapbook page to share with you!

For this Halloween page from years back, I used a piece of designer paper from the Halloween Night specialty paper pack. I heat embossed using Black embossing powder and the Timeless Texture stamp set. I also heat embossed "Halloween" using the Labeler Alphabet stamp set. The really cute pumpkins are made using the Oval Framelits and the same Halloween Night Specialty Designer Paper. The gold button is from the clearance rack. Yes...I'm behind...my son is a freshman in high school now! Boy do I need to get on the ball!

Well...that's it! I'm gonna be cheering on the Chicago Cubs tonight in the World Series (the Giants are still my team)...but I've gotta cheer on this young team! Did you know that I LOVE BASEBALL!?!?!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND! Don't forget to check back in next week!

~Today's Thought~ 

Monster Truck Scrapbook Page

Hey there and GOOD MORNING! All's well at the Watson house! I'm super excited today to be going out to work in my shop! I'm headed to Phoenix next Friday to see my son and go to my first ever Stampin' Up! event...so I need to get out there and make some swaps...I'm hopin' for 100, but would be THRILLED with 50!!

I have a scrapbook page to share with you today. MY son LOVED monster trucks when he was little (still does) and here's a page I created with a few of his favorite trucks. I love the layers of paper...this is retired paper, but you could use any dp that makes your photos pop!  The scalloped border is made with punched circles.  I placed a White Perfect Accent in each half circle.  I stamped the title using the Layered Letters stamp set and the Labeler Alphabet stamp set! I love stamping on scrapbook pages and I have more to share so be sure to stop by again!

I hope you all have a fantastic day! I'll be enjoying the rain, coffee with a friend and CREATING! Thanks bunches for stopping by for a little inspiration!!!

~Today's Thought~

Christmas Stockings and Pretty Pines

Good morning my crafty friends! I have another Christmas card to share with you today...it's not that far off! YIKES!  

I used the Christmas Stockings Thinlits along with the Brick Wall embossing folder and the Pretty Pines Thinlits to create this card. The colors I chose are Real Red, Pool Party, Whisper White and Old Olive. I also used Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper for the tops of the stockings. Aren't those stockings BEAUTIFUL? I just love the Hang Your Stockings bundle and the Christmas Pines Bundle...can't wait to get out to my workshop to play with them some more...but today, I must go to work darn it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY...and find time to CREATE! I'll be back tomorrow with more inspiration!

~Today's Thought~

Life is BEAUTIFUL!

Hello...hope all is well with everyone! The rain has stopped for the moment...time enough for puddles to dry out before it begins again this afternoon! Have I mentioned that I LOVE this time of year?!

I'm off to the soup kitchen...lentil soup in the crock pot, but I have a quick card to share with you this morning!

It's another card I made with the Project Life Card Collection. The background is from the Halloween Night designer paper. These Project Life cards sure make creating a card fast and simple! I'm not real thrilled with the silver glimmer ribbon I chose. If I were to make it again, I'd use Pool Party ribbon...to match the cardstock I mounted the card on and make the flower pop a bit...I can't change it because I've already sent it, but there's always next time!

Thanks bunches for stopping by today...I hope you find inspiration here! Have a TERRIFIC TUESDAY!!

~Today's Thought~

Christmas Stockings

Good morning everyone! Well..it's Monday...and it's POURING...and I'm LOVIN' every minute of it! It's suppose to rain here all week! I did get to watch my son play a double header baseball game yesterday...it was a beautiful day...sunny, but not to hot. Today is a different kind of beautiful...a fire in the fireplace, cup of hot chocolate, watching old movies kind of day!

I have a card to share with you today...a Christmas card...hope you love it! 

I created this card using the Christmas Stockings Thinlits, the Pretty Pines Thinlits along with the Cable Knit and the Brick Wall embossing folders. The sentiment is from the Wonderful Year stamp set. The colors I chose are Real Red, Old Olive and Whisper White. Gotta love the Red and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper too! Isn't it a super cute card? 

Just an FYI...I made my daughters six week orthodontist appointment last Friday...guess what that date is?!?! DECEMBER 1st...can you believe it....December is less than six weeks away! OH MY!!!!

Well...that's all I have for you today! As always...THANKS BUNCHES for stopping by! Hope your day is smooth and calm...AND I hope you find time to create!

~Today's Thought~

Hello Lovely Project Life Card Collection Card

Hello and HAPPY Friday to you all! Hoping you have some FUN things planned for the weekend! I am hoping to just be able to stay home for an entire weekend! It's time to be a homebody!

Today's card is made with using the Project Life Hello Lovely Card Collection. These cards aren't just for scrapbooking! I mounted my chosen Project Life card onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, tied a piece of silver glitter ribbon around it and then mounted it onto a piece of Pool Party cardstock.  Next I attached it to a piece of Halloween Night specialty designer paper using dimensionals. Finally I adhered it to a Crumb Cake card base! I think it makes a beautiful card and boy was it SIMPLE!


Well...that's it for today...thanks for stopping by! Have a WONDERFUL WEEKEND! I'll be back on Monday!

~Today's Thought~