Life's Trivialities

Just Dance, Dance, Dance

Another Scrappin' Sports & More layout was on their blog this Friday past! You can visit the post HERE. It was an absolute honor to be asked to guest design for such an awesome company! The paper quality is fantastic and so diversitle. Even though the primary focus is on sports, you could use the papers for so much more. And the quantity of paper that they sent me!! Wow!! I could make at least 20 more layouts!

I dry embossed some cardstock to match the elegant swirls in the grey and white paper. The little pull tab that says "love to dance" holds hidden journaling in a pocket behind the photo. I fussy cut the purpley pink Dance so that I could tuck the grey and white "just dance" behind bits of it thus creating the continuity of the title.

The letters making up "spring recital" I tried to mimic the letter types used in "just dance". Looking at it on the screen, I realize that one of my Cricut fonts, probably George would have been better for the recital... Aw well... Maybe later I'll go and swap them out.

Speaking of dance, Miss Mia has been busy dancing the days away! We took a bit of a hiatus from dance for a while. There just weren't enough hours in a day. But she's back at it! We signed her up for a two week long dance camp that runs from 9am until 4pm. She's pretty beat by the time she gets home but she is always eager to show us her latest new dance! It's uplifting to see her enthusiasm! The two weeks will culminate in a small recital on the last day. Can't wait to see it! (won't hurt to have new dance pictures to scrap either!!)

 

 

 

Soccer

My second layout as Guest Designer for Scrappin Sports n More is up on the blog today. Check it out over HERE.

I combined several lines in creating this layout. And, though it's a soccer layout, there is actually paper from several sports too! That's one of the wonderful things about the Scrappin Sports n More papers; though one sport is on the front side, there is a more generic multipurpose pattern on the backside. Check out that giant soccer ball sticker too! Isn't it fantastic?!

I zig zag stitched around the outer rim of the green soccer paper for a rugged touch. The stars have faux stitching around them. The "S" from the title is fussy cut from one line of paper with the remainder of the word coming from another line.

In this close up you can see that the blue with white stars is on the reverse side of the gymnastics paper! The little bit that is there is difficult to pick up if you don't have this giant blown up close up!! LOL!!

I am honored to have been invited to guest design for Scrappin' Sports & More! They have some fantastic new lines out. If you haven't already seen them, be sure to visit the blog and see what the design team has done with them.