Life Is an Adventure

I got this "funny" picture of Chris while we were out at dinner a couple weeks ago! It's only funny because he was looking at me while I was trying to take his picture, but it was so dark so I told him to get into the light, so instead of just leaning back, he looked up at the light because he wasn't coordinated enough to not look away also haha! We laughed so hard, and that was our "moment" - every time we go out to dinner, we always end up laughing really hard at least once, so this was it this time! He is so funny and makes life so interesting!

Anyway, this is my 4th layout with the Copper Mountain kit from Studio Calico - actually 4.5 if you count the one I made that also mixed in pieces of wood veneer from my stash. That's a lot considering I ONLY bought the main kit this month and NOTHING else, not even the added colored card stock. I didn't think I'd get to do a whole lot after last month from doing December Daily plus trying to use up the Blue Note kit.

Since I didn't have a whole lot of options, I decided to punch some pinking circles to fill in that space after I had my photos where I wanted them. I knew I definitely wanted to use that piece of background paper but other than that not much of an idea. I called Chris downstairs to help me and showed him a screen of Copper Mountain layouts I had saved as inspiration - he saw this one by Melanie Louette and said he liked the "banner" that said Life is and adventure. I decided to use a piece of white card stock and that phrase on mine too! I used my big alpha roller stamp to stamp the "& a lot more fun" underneath that. This layout ended up being so much better than I thought it was going to be! This will go in a new album I started that is just for Chris!

A Little Freedom

Last month we made it to the "nice" mall about 40 minutes away, and decided if worst came to worse, I would just nurse her in the car, but we needed to GET OUT of the house!! Hence, the title - just "a little freedom" haha!

I lifted the layout At First Sight, by Nicole Samuels, where she broke it down and gave a step-by-step tutorial on the Studio Calico blog here! I loved the peeled back piece of paper, which ended up fitting perfectly with my theme and photo of me carrying Natalie in the Baby Beco at the mall!

I used some older Amy Tangerine foam thickers for the title, but used the Copper Mountain kit by Studio Calico for the rest. Chris really loved this layout, he said it was instantly one of his favorites of all time, wow!

That Face

Just a very simple layout of Natalie's face... I just love that face!!

I used the below sketch from Studio Calico as my starting point, but ended up simplifying it even more, since I just wanted to incorporate a (sappy) letter to my daughter. Hopefully she will read this one day and know how much she is loved!

Thank You

Yes, I reused the circle idea on this page... but this page is for my husband, so it will go in a different album than the last layout and only YOU, attentive blog reader, will know that I recycled this idea, ha!

I started with this sketch that was on the Studio Calico blog here! The sketch made this layout come together SO quick and easy - I just started cutting up papers right away!

I just added some embellishments from the Copper Mountain kit above the picture, but really didn't want to do too much up there because the paper was so graphic.

So I kept it pretty simple otherwise, and the focus of my page was writing this sort of thank you letter to Chris, because he really is an amazing husband and helps me SO MUCH, I can't even write it all down! He makes life so much easier and better, and way more interesting and funny!

Thanks for stopping by!

Story Of My Life

OK, I'll be honest, I didn't know how precious this picture really was until I edited it with Photoshop Elements... and after I printed it, I said, I have to make this its own layout! So I did! I made this layout for Challenge #1 over on the Studio Calico blog for an online crop they were/are doing yesterday and today!

Unfortunately I can only take a little credit for the photo and editing (I used a stamp brush that came with the Process class by Catherine Davis, by Studio Calico, to stamp the title). For the design, I followed Lexi Bridges tutorial here and scraplifted her awesome layout!

I just went into my stash of wood veneer and used those, then used some embellishments from the latest Studio Calico kit, Copper Mountain. This might be my absolute favorite layout now!