Prayer Board Project

I finished a big hybrid project just in time for Easter. I made a prayer board for the family fridge. It holds pictures of our family members, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, to be switched out every day. A friend of mine made one for her kids several years ago and I've always kept it in mind for when I had kids old enough to appreciate it. It was easy peasy to do it digitally!


First I made a 12X12 scrapbook page and left enough space for a picture, a tab with the person (or couple's) name, and a pocket to hold all the pictures. I printed the page and cut a small slit on the top and the sides of the pocket to hold the pictures. I also had some pictures printed and trimmed them to 4X4. I glued the page down to a 12X12 cardboard, leaving room inside the pocket for the pictures. I printed some tabs, adhered velcro to the pictures and tabs, and magnets to the back of the board and I was done! When not in use, the pictures and tabs are velcroed together and stored in the pocket. I plan on making more to give as gifts, especially to our godchildren.


Here is what the page looks like printed:


And here is the completed prayer board up on our fridge:



Credits: Mandy Mystiques' Little Back Pocket; Cori Gammon's Nicholas alpha; Cross element from Misty Cato & Julie Billinger's Because He First Loved Us kit

Catching Up On Christmas

I got so many great pictures last Christmas, but once the holiday was past I just wasn't in the mood to scrap red and green pages. I finally dredged up the motivation today to scrap my favorite picture from Christmas Eve. It was taken by one of my hubby's cousins, of my daughter sleeping peacefully on my lap all dressed up in her Christmas dress. I ended up not using the red and green scheme at all, and I really like how simple and elegant the layout turned out.

Zillions of credits for this one: Christie Lemmon's Let It Snow alpha, Stitch from Sweet Blossom's Sweet Lilac, Ribbon from Joyce Paul's Dark Fairytale, Papers (recolored) from MIO's Gloss and Charm, Flowers by Janny Lynn, Heart stitch by Redju Designs

Speed Scrap 2

My hubby is the best. After a few long days with sick kiddos... my daughter had a fever for almost three days straight... he knew I needed a break and put BOTH kids to bed, cleaned up the house and made me my favorite snack (roasted chickpeas) all while I did another speed scrap at the JM digi scrap board. I'm really happy with this page, it's nice to get some older pictures scrapped and done. Today everyone is feeling almost back to normal and now I have some pictures from our trip to the zoo this morning to scrap!

Credits: Julie Marie Designs Earth Wings 2 freebie mini; frame is by Mandy Mystiques; tape is by Angie Kovacs from her Just A Boy kit; string is by Cori Gammon from her Nicholas kit.

Wagon Ride

Just a quickie today. Both the kids are sick and clingy so I didn't have much time to scrap this afternoon. Hubby and I took the kids for a wagon ride last month when it was still a little chilly out. I thought my daughter would be scared or complain about the cold, but she giggled the entire time. I think she felt like such a big girl, she's really starting to want to do everything her brother does!

Credits: Template by Chrissy W; Kit is Party in the Playroom by Janny Lynn; Cartoonish Alpha by Faith True

Easter Egg Hunt

On Sunday we had an Easter egg hunt for the cousins before dinner. We were excited that it was warm enough to have it outside this year!

Credits: Connie Prince Hippity Hoppity; template by Chrissy W.

First Speed Scrap

I participated in my first speed scrap last Friday night, hosted by Natalie and Vero over at the JM digi scrap board. It was really fun, but also a little stressful! I found it a bit out of my comfort zone, because when I approach a layout the first thing I have in mind is the overall design. So not to know how it's going to look, more or less, in the end was driving me nuts! But I think it turned out pretty well and if I do another speed scrap I'll have a better idea of how to go about it.

Credits: Mandy Mystiques Under the Sea; Cartoonish Alpha by Faith True; Heart stitch by Redju Designs

Doodle Crazy

I know I went a little doodle crazy on this one. I took these pics of my kids last month, and I've been itching to scrap them the moment I saw how well they turned out. My son is in a great phase right now where he's so gentle and loving toward his sister. I wish it would stay this way forever, but I'm sure there are tons of sibling squabbles ahead! I wanted to keep this layout fun and young and bright, so I turned to my doodle stash. I went a little nuts, but I like it anyway. :)



Credits:
Paper, butterfly & bee from Melissa Bennett's Playhouse kit
Doodle corners from Fee Jardine's Blush kit
Little Amy Lou alpha by Lauren Grier
Flowers by A Work in Progress Designs by Vicki
Journaling box from Fee Jardine's Sweet As kit
Scribble Arrow by Chaos Lounge

Park Page

I love finding templates good for multiple photos. It saves so much time! Here's a layout of a recent trip to the park.

Credits: Chrissy W's clustered template, papers and embellishments are from Mandy Mystiques' Little Back Pocket, Alphas are Robin Carlton's Doo Dots, Cori Gammon's Nicholas, Painted Chippy Alpha by Libby Weifenbach, and Silver Mine Bead Alpha by Blythe Evans.