Cut it out!

Hello! Today I am sharing another layout that I made for the Scrap Lovers blog. You will also find a tip. :) You've already seen one layout using it, but I really love the "Farm Fresh" line from October Afternoon. If you haven't already, make sure you check it out. You can find it in the store here.

I managed to snap a picture of my youngest son asleep in Eryn's lap in the car (who is also asleep). I thought it was too precious of a moment to let pass. Here's my layout:

If you ever learn anything from me I hope it is to not be afraid to layer!!! I do it a lot, as I am sure you noticed.

So here's another tip for you, another way to maximize your paper usage. I actually have shared this before on my blog, but it is worth repeating. I knew when I started making this layout that I was going to cover the middle of my background paper. So I decided to take my craft knife and cut out a few of the animals before covering my paper.

Then I could use those animals as embellishments on my layout. :)

And there you have it!

Have a fantastic Tuesday!!! :)

Happy Friday!

Yeah!!! It's Friday! :) Thought I'd share another layout with you that I made for the Scrap Lovers blog. I used the "Farm Fresh" line from October Afternoon...and let me tell you...I adore this line!

Here's my layout:

Several close up's:

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Did you notice the animals at the bottom? I didn’t want to cover them up so I took my craft knife and cut around the tops so I could lay my die cuts under them! Little things like this can always help you get the most out of your paper.

Ok, well I hope you have a terrific Friday!!!!!

10 Photos on 1 page! :)

The challenge is up at Scrap and Stamp...and it will be up for two weeks instead of one. The challenge is simple, make a Christmas layout with stamping. The sponsor this time is "Making Handmade Cards." We each got the "Funky Christmas" ekit to play with, and even though they are intended for cards, they are easily used on layouts too. :) I used 5 images from the kit on my layout.

Here's my layout:

And it has 10 photos on it! :) I made the collage of photos in photoshop, then I made a clipping mask for the borders. It is actually something that is really easy to do.

Well I hope you play along with us this week, we desperately need people to do the challenges. :) And you have two weeks to do it! So I hope I see several of you playing along.

Have a FANTASTIC weekend everyone!!!

Winterfest 09 supplies:

Papers--October Afternoon, Digital Images--Making Handmade Cards, Chipboard Letters--Pink Paislee, Snowflake Stamp--Pink Paislee, Ink--Stampin' Up!, Button--Rusty Pickle, Ribbon--Rusty Pickle, Gold Star-- , Glitter--Scribbles, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Digital Mask--Katie Pertiet (Border Die Cuts No 2, downloaded from www.designerdigitals.com).