homemade wall decor

create photo arrangements very cheap using $1 frames some scrapbooking paper to match your decor and cut your letters out on the cricut.. makes instant wall art.. these are 5x7 frames but i plan to make some bigger ones.. this is the sei set grannys kitchen only cause my bedroom is turquoise brown and tan.. perfect paper for that..

May layouts for Crop

May Crop layouts.... everyone will get 6 sheets of 12x12 papers which will allow them to use the matting and borders layout on their background papers. They must choose their own title and cut it from matching papers they have.

For mine I chose to do a layout of Brock planting the garden with Uncle Jason and decided to use REAL beans instead of buttons on my star flowers. Also made a dirt patch with beans.. Using patterns papers from the My Minds Eye (In Bloom) and coordinations  cardstock from my friends ebay store Lisa Harris  .  check here out she has some GREAT bargains!!
Some worry about the beans not being acid free.... well i always heard if you put a buffer behind them and they don't touch the pics they will be fine.So mine has a glue dot (acid free) and 2 layers of acid free paper and each layer of stars also have a pop dot behind them (acid free). I just thought was a cute idea to use the beans. Brock will love this !

Rosa decided to use the same pattern paper set and also coordinations cardstock from Lisa's shop for her 2 pg spread and since it worked great for her daughter and grandchildren pictures she choose the title Family for her layouts.

Easter layouts

Everyone is getting ready for Easter so it was perfect timing for our April crop to do Easter layouts.
Each person attending will receive all the items to make 2- 2pg spreads. All cuts are cricut cuts.

Wow I'm on a roll today !! here's another post with layouts I just did this afternoon using page kits from our swap group..

 this 2pg spread I used my purple / green page kit for mercedes halloween with the family

 Annette's blue and brown swap I just love and i even had the same blue paper for background!

 Annette's blue and orange page kit from february swap!

Mickel's orange and blue page kit from february swap!

Thanks ladies you made these come together in a snap... I also did 5 more but want to add a cutout title so will have to wait to post those.

Thought it was high time I updated my blog..I have been to lax in this area and hope to do a better job.
These are some layouts I have just recently done at the crop of my grandson who is now 8 almost 9 and I am this far behind on just him, not counting the other grandkids..

part of my blue and brown page kit I made for february swaps

primary page kit I made for the March swaps I am in. This is pg 1 and pg 2 is above

      Page kit I just made for myself to use when doing brown and blue swap kits.     
                                                                       

                                           This is a page kit I made for March (pastel) swap

These are some page kits I traded a great friend (annette) for she does lovely work and i just love them. * the love kit and strawberry shortcake came from another swapper* You will see how she has taken 3 different pattern papers that match and created this top beach spread.. and 3 colors of cardstocks.

 this 2nd beach she used 2 beach papers that matched and 3 colors cardstocks

 this birthday kit *i think was a bought kit that she added cardstock and ribbons to and brought it to life, the etc pieces on the right side are for me to add more to my layouts just cut them apart and mat.

 this was a fall swap on one of my groups she made for her partners tag decorated with squirrel/ fall pennant title/photo mat/ photo corners and journal box again made with 3 pattern papers that match and 2 cardstocks

if your making a page kit for the crop in trenton this will help you see how I mean embellished and matted. enjoy

Just finished up a baby girl album for our new granddaughter Kimberlyn born on 12/08/11.. I used the Prima baby girl set of pattern papers and lots of bazzill bling cardstocks (pics don't do that justice)>. followed the pink and green colors thru out.. I hope they love it as much as I loved making it.