About A Boy....

Excited to bring you my first post for the About A Boy design team!  There will be two challenges each month.  One on the 1st and the second on the 15th.  Your projects need to be new for the challenge and about your "boy".....son(s), husband, uncle, dad, nephew....you get the picture.  :)

The first challenge this month is "Favorite Summer/holiday Activity".   

My boys love nothing more than a good hot day and a good play on the slip n slide.  They love to see how far they can go and how big of a splash they can make.

I used Basic Grey's "Hey Boy" and "Hello" for this layout.  I added the Studio Calico boy and made a wee crown for my "king".  A few dew drops finished the page.  I love how they look like drops from Aden's splash.  

Hope you will join us over at About A Boy for this challenge.  Make sure you link up your projects.  I'd love to check them out.  

~Make today a Beautiful one~

About A Boy Design Team....

I'm super excited to announce that I've been invited to be a part of the "About A Boy" design team!  Having three boys I have just a wee bit of experience making layouts of boys.  :)  I'm ready and excited to participate in their challenges.  Hope you will play along too!

I'm sure every scrapbooker goes through phases.  Phases of tools, products, "stuff" that they love to use.  I will admit to going through phases myself.  My punches have been sitting on a shelf for quite some time so the challenge at Frosted Designs to use "punches" on your project or layout was a good incentive to pull them out.  :)

I am not a card maker.  I do attempt to make cards but I know there are much more beautiful ones out there than mine.  :)  I admire those that can make cards but for the most part I'm sticking with layouts and other projects.  For this punch challenge I pulled out my heart punch and made a very simple card.

Thought maybe the rose from the garden would help beautify the card.  :)

Stop by the Frosted Designs blog to check out the other punch projects.  Make sure you upload your project for the chance to win a great prize!  I'll be stopping by your blog to check them out.

~Make today a beautiful one~

Its a Blog Hop!

Hello Everyone!  I'm excited to tell you that Frosted Designs is going to be hosting 3 blog hops!  That's right THREE hops!  There are so many talented designers at Frosted Designs its sure to be a scrapping feast for your eyes.  There will also be many great prizes so make sure you join us for all three hops!  

The first hop will be May 31-June 5.  What a great way to kick off the summer!  Make sure you check back for more information on the other two hops and to join us at Frosted Designs for loads of ideas, fun and prizes!

See you there!!  

Black, White, and One other color...

Black and white layouts always look so striking to me.  Add in a pop of one color and you have a great combination.  That is the challenge at Frosted Designs this time around.  Make a project with black, white and one other color.  I chose to work with an aqua color for this challenge.  I love the way it pops against the black.

Make sure you take a look at the other designers on the Frosted Designs blog.  There is always something new on the blog!  Don't forget to link up your project for a chance to win a prize and so I can check it out!

~Make today a beautiful one~

Doilies and a sketch...

Join us this week at Frosted Designs for a fun sketch.  Make sure you add doilies to it to be entered in to win a prize!

I used the sketch as inspiration and out came this layout.  Doilies are something I use often on my layouts.  Just love how they look even with boys!  I used some glimmer mist to change the color of the doilies just slightly.  

I used these small flowers (used glimmer mist to make some blue) for my "banner".  I'm not a big banner user but do like the look of them.  

Make sure you stop by the blog to check out all the other designers great creations.  Link up your project to the Frosted Designs blog so I can check them out.  

~Make today a beautiful one~

Travel...

With the arrival of spring and summer not too long after, travel begins to play upon our minds.  "Travel" is the theme for the challenge over at Frosted Designs for the next couple weeks.  I used the thought of traveling through life for my layout.  The past couple of years have been quite the "journey" for myself and family.  Many different situations have lead us down many paths.

This is a photo of myself and my brothers from 1982.  Life has brought quite the journey in 31 years.  I have used "map" alphabet letters and a chipboard postcard on my layout.    

I hope you will join us over at Frosted Designs for the "Travel" challenge.  Make sure you stop by the blog to check out the other days of inspiration.  While you are there link up your project so I can check it out and for the chance to win a great prize.

~Make today a beautiful day~