first layout post

Hello there. :) To my fellow Americans, how was your Thanksgiving? Some of you may know that I have been without an oven since we moved into our house here in Tennessee (long story). Our new oven arrived just in time - Wednesday afternoon, to be exact! LOL We were able to enjoy a homemade Thanksgiving dinner after all. :)

Back with a layout, as promised. Like I said, I'm a simple scrapper... not a lot of fuss or anything complicated to my scrapbook pages, I just try to get 'em done. ;) Because of that, I'm always really insecure about sharing my LOs... big move for me, so please be gentle. :) Here's my most recent fave:



(Photo by Becky Keller. Click pic to see larger.) It's a pic of my cute niece (L) and my daughter (R). They were born just two weeks apart and are great friends. :) I plan on filling in that empty area on the bottom right with white gel pen journaling... still editing the rough draft, however. ;)

Here's a closeup of one of the flowers. I used Glimmer Mist (in Pearl) to give the daisies their shimmer:



You could also use a waterbrush and some Liquid Pearls to achieve the same affect, but I had four large (3 inch) flowers to do, and the Glimmer Mist got it done lickety split. ;) I used my Expression here... Graphically Speaking (daisies) and Lyrical Letters ("friends" - LOVE this font cartridge). This page was done prior to getting my Gypsy, so the letters aren't welded together here. "Cousins" was made with my QuicKutz Grand Blossom alpha dies. The paper is some old Tim Coffey K & Co. paper that I've been hoarding forever. It seemed to work perfectly with this photo. :)

Trying to keep the chit-chat to a minimum (too late, LOL)... see you next time with a Christmas card. :) Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES: K & Co papers, SU Wild Wasabi and So Saffron card stock, Cricut cartridges are Graphically Speaking and Lyrical Letters, Pearl Glimmer Mist, Hero Arts and other miscellaneous rhinestones, popdots.