More layouts!

I know, I know. I really should post these more often. I don't even have a good excuse as to why I don't. Anyway, here are some of my latest layouts and a tag. I'm really starting to like making tags :o) Someday, I may even put as much effort into a layout!

My most recent tag. It only took me a full day to get this done but I enjoyed every second of it and tried some new things along the way :o) I used my fingers to apply most of the ink here. I first smudged the top and bottom with a bit of peeled paint. Then I stamped the branch, quote and bushes. I sprinkled the whole thing with some embossing powder and slowly applied the heat gun, hoping the force of the air wouldn't blow everything away! Then I used my fingers to smudge some broken china to the top and more peeled paint to the bottom. I stamped the butterfly to a piece of scrap paper, used some worn lipstick and spiced marmelade to color it it and then I cut it out. It's applied with a couple of 3-d dots but that's hard to see here. Before putting the butterfly on, I dragged my peeled paint over the whole base of the tag. Not sure why, it just happened that way :o)


After shopping, I gently dumped my bag of goodies out onto my table. These two papers happen to be next to each other and I instantly loved them together. So, I stitched them together and then started looking for some photos that would work with the paper :o) I normally work the other way around but this color combo just moved me. I am also trying to use up bits and baubles I've set aside as potentially useful so I used bits of grungeboard sprues for my trees and "L".


I love Regina Spektor's song Samson. Enchanting and great lyrics. My title here is from that song and it was the inspiration for this layout. I just wanted a simple layout to match the title, which describes, so well, my family.


Just a layout using my favorite family photo :o)


This is a series of pictures of my daughter opening her birthday gifts. This layout was also slightly driven by the color combo. I also tend to use so much pp that I wanted to try using only cardstock. I like the results :o)


I've used this photo of Alex and Gwen before but I just LOVE it!! She had so much fun that day and Alex was a big part of her happiness. She really bonded with him and he seemed to welcome her tagging along with him :o)


Thanks for looking!