Little Star

Since I've made a commitment to cooking healthier meals, working out and taking care of myself and my family, I've found that my time in the studio has become...slim.  Unfortunately.  Until I've got my poop in a  group, studio time will have to take a back seat.  It IS for a good cause, however, so I'm okay with it.  Kind of.

The "Little Star" featured in this layout is my darling son, Draven.  He just turned one a couple of weeks ago!  Time flies!

This layout I used some resist paper to cut the star out of with my cricut and inked the edges with various color of blue distress ink. The stars are grunge board, edges inked black to help them pop, the star border is ribbon, and I used a Martha Stewart punch.  I've been trying to remember to use my punches more.  I've been trying to remember to use ALL my stuff more on every layout.  With that in mind while I worked this layout, I also used some of my die cuts from my stash for the word "star" and some glitter puffy letters for the word "little".  Yay for using my stash!  Also used some of my Tim Holtz tissue tape.  I have a TON of the stuff and have barely used any-so yay for using tissue tape!  The flourish on the bottom is Prima from my stash.  Thanks for stopping by!

October 31st

I'm feeling a little autumnish lately for some reason. It IS my favorite time of year, but summers are too short in North Dakota and winters too long, so I try hard to not look too far ahead of the present moment.

To me, Halloween, or All Hallows Eve is about ghosts and goblins, witches and vampires. I love that my kids are similar to me in that they love all things scary. They will watch a scary movie with me and love to dress up as scary creatures of the night for the fabulous dark holiday. The photo is Megan and Tristen, Halloween 2009. I used My Minds Eye Haunted collection and my cricut to cut those fabulous die cuts (haunted house, tree, fence and grave stones) using the October 31 cartridge. LOVE that cartridge. At first I was just going to go with the kraft color and black, but then decided the page needed a little pop of color. I love how this turned out-no matter how simple. Thanks for stopping by!