Reminisce vacation

So first I showed you the scaredy cat rappeller (me) and now I'm scrapping my adrenaline junkie who loved the rappelling and he'd do it again, unlike myself. Once was enough!

The background paper is a Reminisce design.  Loved the title on the bottom left.  And if you don't want the same title on the other page just flip it over.  It is the same pattern minus the title. I backed my layout with navy cardstock because I wanted to add some mixed media and the Reminisce paper is a lighter weight.  It would have totally wrinkled and buckled with the paste and sprays on it.

The 'GO. SEE. DO.' paper is a Simple Stories page, as is the Explore piece.

I found a feather floating around my scrap room so I glued it down along with some punched leaves, Prima flowers and thread held down with random brads.

I always find a spot on my layout for vellum.  I punched some leaves out of the white vellum and glued it down with some green cardstock leaves.

Used some journaling bits from my stash.  Love the 7Gypsies tissue paper.

 

Thread seems too be a big trend in scrapbooking at the moment.  I see it everywhere. With all the vines and ropes hanging in my photos I thought the thread could be kind of symbolic.  Not sure that I'll use a lot of thread in my layouts, but I like it here.

 

 I searched through my brad box to find a selection of brads that would work with my colours and I used them to attach my thread to the page.

Check out the Vacation section the next time you are in Unforgettable Memories.  There are some great lines no matter where you went or what you did for holidays.

Cosmo Cricket 'Salt Air'

Have you seen Cosmos Cricket's 'Salt Air' line in the store.  What a fun line to use for summer water pictures; at the beach, on holidays, or in the tub. 

I picked up 4 patterned papers; 2 Deckchairs for my background and 1 Fish tales for matting and extras and 1 Border piece.

I love that they're all double sided.  To get my stripy border I cut a 3" strip from my background, flipped it over and attached it back on using a strip from the Border sheet to hide the join. 

The border strips are perfect for making rosette flowers.  I see rosettes everwhere so I decided to give them a go.  I used a 6" length the width of whichever border strip I chose and folded them back and forth in about 1/4" increments. So easy! I punched little circles and distressed them for the centers and added a Kaiser jewel. 

I used another of the Border strips for my journaling bits. I just tore each piece out and stacked them on top of each other before writing out my story.




I like to tuck tags behind my photos as an embellishment. These ones are outlined in black ink and then I scattered a few buttons.
 
 
 
 
 

I think my favourite rosette is the bright coloured stripy one.
 
 
I tucked a couple of Prima's pink hydrangeas below the rosettes and title sticker (Jolees) and scattered some Kaiser jewels around it all. I even put a few on my photos.
 
 
 
 
 
And here's the finished layout.  I used more of the Border strips to ground my photos.  The alphabet letters are from another Cosmo Cricket line I had in my stash.

Don't you love the pink flip flops?  Those are Jolee's stickers.

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day is fast approaching and we've gone all Green and White in getting ready for it. Stop by and check out the extensive display we have for everything you need to make this St. Patrick's Day the best ever!