When you walk...

I did another page for my sweet friend Cathy (my sis-in-law) today. I went to Michael's last night and picked up a paper pack for some of her pages and am soooo in LOVE with it. So I bought one for me too, LOL!! ;) It's made by SEI and is called Dill Blossom. The colors are just gorgeous!! This may be my new favorite line along with Basic Grey...

I really love this picture. It's my hubby's brother Adam and his middle daughter Hannah taking a walk together. Isn't it just the sweetest thing?!? I was trying to decide what to put with the picture and when I came across this Bible verse, I thought it fit perfectly...

"I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble."

- Proverbs 4:11-12

Adam is guiding Hannah, not only as they walk, but also as she goes through life, and God does the same thing for all of us. Pretty awesome, huh? :)

Scripture Challenge - Beauty

I did another word for the Scripture challenge this morning. Beauty is the word for this one and it took me a while to decide which verse to use for it. There are alot that I thought would fit the word just fine, but the one I chose just feels perfect to me...

On the back: Isn't that amazing?? :) These days, it seems as if the world only sees the beauty on the outside, when what really matters is the beauty within someone...in their souls and their hearts. God can see that beauty if it's there, and we should glorify Him by letting others see it as well.

Scripture Challenge - Kindness

I got week 2's layout done today too. The word for it is Kindness...

I just LOVE this verse! It really makes you remember to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" doesn't it?? :)

Scripture Challenge - Faith

Ok, so I've decided to redo my Scripture Challenge cards into layouts. I was using flash cards and really loving how they were turning out, but came to realize (after doing 7 weeks, lol!) that I wasn't really going to have a way to display them once I was done with 52. So I'm doing 6x6 layouts instead. I got a great deal at http://www.joann.com/ on an American Crafts album and some additional page protectors for it. I really think it'll work great!!

I started on them this morning and got the first one done just a few minutes ago. The word is Faith for this one...

I really love it!! I used one of my favorite verses again (as you can tell by now, I have a ton of those, lol!) and I definitely think it fits the word perfectly...

Cathy's 1st Layout!

Over the next few months, I'll be doing some albums for my sweet friend Cathy. She's married to Mark's brother Adam, who is a marine. He's deployed right now for a year and she's asked me to help her get some albums together for them before he comes home. I'm so honored and excited that she trusts me to do this for them, and I've been (im)patiently waiting for her pictures to arrive, lol...

I finally got them all yesterday and as soon as I saw this one, I knew it would be the first one I scrapped. I absolutely love it!! It has both of them, as well as their 4 adorable children in it and they all just look so loved and happy! It really has a wonderful feeling to it, you know?? :)

So, I took the picture and tried it against a few different colors and patterns of paper but in the end decided to stay really close to the nature colors that are in the background. That way, the family would stand out a little more. I think it worked great!! Here's how it looks...

When it came time to think of a title...the first one I thought of was Time. Since Adam's gone alot for his work, the time they have with him at home is really special, so I think it fits perfectly. ;)

Thanks so much for looking! Wait until you see some more pictures of this family...they're just gorgeous...

Hold Me

Another one for today...also Madison. This picture is from a trip we took to Carowind's in Charlotte, NC. We were all so tired, Madison especially. We were in line for one more ride and she just couldn't take it! I picked her up and she was asleep in about 5 minutes. We waited while Mark and Emily rode, lol...

I had alot of fun with this one! I used Basic Grey's Sugared Collection this time...

To start, I cut a mat for the picture from some pink cardstock and inked the edges brown. I decided I wanted something behind it to make it pop a little more so I used some golden yellow cardstock and made a scalloped circle out of it, which I also inked the edges of. I just traced a page of a chipboard album I got at Michael's onto the back of the cardstock and cut it out. Once it was behind the mat, I thought it made a perfect place for the journaling. :)

Next, I added the cute giraffe and hearts, which are chipboard stickers that I thought would add a little something extra to the page. I think it worked well!

To finish it off, I put the title on, which started as raw chipboard (Basic Grey Hip). I inked it brown to make it stand out, and the color matches the giraffe's spots perfectly!

I love how it all looks together. :) Thanks for looking!

My Sunshine

I had to do a layout today that wasn't Project 365!! I guess I did so many in a row that it was driving me a little crazy, lol. ;) I decided to scrap a favorite picture of mine that I took of Madison last September. I just love the look on her face here...

I used my Basic Grey Urban Prairie papers again for this one. I really love how the greens match the picture so well!

To start, I cut a circle out of the patterned paper with a dinner plate and then inked the edges. Next, I cut a photo mat for the picture out of a white piece of cardstock and inked the surface to make it sort of blend with the color of the ground in the picture. I placed them both on the green cardstock and then added some matching flowers and a rub-on. I also cut a scalloped circle out of the patterned paper and placed it in the middle of the 2 flowers, which I think is a nice touch. :) I'm very happy with the results!