Scrapbooking Made Simple

Now this photo is really old.... This little toddler is now 7!  I used DCWV papers here and some thickers for the title. This layout is all about her love of swinging..... and not just little swinging... Higher.. Higher! She's still a daredevil! I wanted this whole layout to showcase the beautiful dress she is wearing. I loved this dress so much. My sister-in-law purchased this for her in the States and I loved how different it was. No one else had anything like it. Plus the beautiful embroidered flower on the front was gorgeous. I used an autumn leaves swirl stamp and some kaiser flowers as well as some bling ones. I also used some fiskars punches for the border and the circle around the journal spot.

Here's a layout I did of a day at the park. The 3 P's to a happy family life are of course Play, Park and Picnic! LOL! Anyway on this layout I used one piece of cardstock (from a block pad of course) and one piece of 6 x 6 patterned paper (from another mat stack pad). I then stamped the cardstock to repeat the circle theme of the patterned paper and cut out some elements from the paper and added them to the page with pop dots for extra interest. My title was created by inking a chipboard letter and cutting an "S" and a "3" from another 6 x 6 mat stack page (purple). All round this is a very cheap layout. Estimated Cost: 82 cents for the papers and then 10 cents for my chipboard letter. Add a little extra for the embossing and stamping... say 10cents then a few more cents for the scrap piece of paper I did my journalling on and the Dymo Labelling of the "P's" on the journalling..? Another 20 cents? So I'm looking at $1.12 cents for the wh...