Miracle Kit + the All Sorts Chipboard Album

Hi everyone!  It was so nice to see some of you at the Garden of Memories Event and I met some new people as well - had a great time and finished 10 layouts after I taught the flower techniques class.  What an excellent way to spend a Saturday!  Now I'm half way through the baby album I'm making for a present :)

I just have to share all the projects I did when I got home!  My order arrived on Monday afternoon and of course, I had to get just one more (ok, 2 more) Miracle Kits -- Its the special kit for National Scrapbooking Month from Close to My Heart -- this time I did quite a few projects with one kit and some extra cardstock and  some ribbon :)  I love the way it all came together, so I hope you enjoy it and it inspires you to make something using the Miracle Kit while its available this month, too !

This is the front cover of the album and a couple of the pages from inside, plus when I was done with the album I had a few good sized pieces left, so I kept going!  Next, I created 2 layouts of some adorable pictures of my son at Halloween, and then I did 4 cards!  All in, I think it all worked out great!

    

(Yes I know I spelled Turtle wrong -- but if you could've seen what Mr.Hyper was doing that day you would've named him TURDle, too !!

Using Veranda for BOYS ?!?

Hi gals!  I just want you to know I'm typing with a HUGE smile on my face after all the requests to see this layout closer up-- I'm flattered that everyone took the time to leave me some love and comments on the group.
What would I do without you gals?   I just don't know!  So, here it is - just for you :)
Veranda Layout

Close-Ups of lace wrapping Frames -- Dimensional Elements Round Frames and Square Frames by CTMH

Chipboard flowers and foam/beaded dragonflies:

I tried several times to get the dragonflies wings and all the glitter to show up , but I guess you can see it on the flowers, so you get the idea.  The dragonflies were easy to cut out of foam sheeting.  You just fold the foam in half and then cut out the one symmetrical side of the dragonfly so that when you unfold it it has both sides - I cut out 2 sets of wings and layered them to make them "more bugg-y" and less flat.  All of my customers who are oggling the stamped chipboard flowers right now will have to wait... the stamp set is the Stamp of the Month set for August..lol.  Who says Veranda is too pretty for boy pages !?!?

On the other end of the spectrum - here is the pages I did last night of my daughter Raven -- her self portraits are better than the pics I torture myself trying to take of her :)  I used lots of various things on these two pages -- truthfully I was "venting" after just having an argument with her.... *ugh* teenagers!  If you'd like to know about any of the supplies I used please feel free to ask :)   and as always, Thanks for stopping by !