LAUGH and the world laughs with you

Paper Girls Challenge Blog: using Rub-ons

Watching children laugh is one of the most enjoyable, heart warming activities on earth!

Getting them to laugh during a photo shoot is nearly unheard of.

When my three started giggling my husband started snapping photos.

They were nearly falling off the fence before they could finally stifle the mirth.

 I was laughing right along with them!

~ laugh ~

The wide open sky line and obvious emotion in these photos made a perfect combination for adding rub-ons to my layout. I used an office supply alphabet to be sure I would have enough of each letter.

~ and the world laughs with you ~

Paper and Diecuts: MME

Rub-ons: HeadLine Sign

Trim: yard sale

Ink: CTMH

Chipboard and Brads: Basic Grey

Alpha: Basic Grey and The Girl's Paperie

~charity becker~

The Color of Home

One of my favorite parts of the drive home is the mountains in the distance.

I love listening to my children ohh and ahh over their beauty.

The closer I get to the mountains the happier I am.

One day we will move back to my mountains and I can see them everyday.

Till then I'll dream about them in color!

~ the Color of Home ~

Kristy Lee's MCM sketch # 88 provided the basis for this layout.
I used My Mind's Eye; Follow Your Heart paper and chipboard.

Gems and Pearls are all MME.

Alpha is American Crafts.

Ink is CTMH.

~charity becker~

Spring 2012

School photos have surely come a long way since I was in grade school. Gone are the pukey backgrounds and the stiff, crying children. Maybe that Mona Lisa smile really means she just KNEW is was going to use MME Lost and Found 2 for this double page layout!!!

This delighful sketch by Julie Koets, for Scrapbook Steals. She has a simple, tailored style, that I had fun dressing up with LOADS of hand made blossoms.

Because the background paper was so detailed I went with charcoal blossoms for simplicity.

Papers and Trim: My Mind's Eye, Lost and Found 2

Punches: E K Success and Punch Bunch

Alpha: K and Company

Ink: Close To My Heart

Buttons: Basic Grey

Stickles: Ranger

~charity becker~

'Bot Wars

A companion page to Tuesday's post and done without a sketch!!! So Proud of myself!

But really, with such adorable subjects how could I go wrong?

~ 'Bot Wars ~

Papers: Fancy Pants, To the Moon

Brads: Basic Grey and stash

Punches: CTMH, Uchida, The Paper Studio

Trim: gift from Misty Buck

Stamps: American Crafts

Ink: CTMH

~charity becker~

Happy Independence Day

My Favorite 4th of July traditions include Fried Chicken, Frozen Cherries,

and staying up late to see the Fireworks!!!

No matter how you spend yours, make it memorable!!!

~charity becker~

"Bee" Afraid

Now that I'm finally caught up on all the Scrapbook Steals MWM sketches

I missed while I was on vacation it is time to start

turning those card sketches into layouts again.

Some sketches are a little more challenging to adjust. This one was pure joy!

Not to mention it fit perfectly with todays Practical Scrappers theme:

10 Things You can do with Chipboard
As you can see, I wrapped my chipboard and turned it into a banner across the page.

Stop by the Practical Scrappers blog and be inspired by the DT! 

~ "Bee" Afraid" ~

Papers: Fancy Pants, To the Moon

Twine: The Twinery

Chip Board: MME

Washi Tape: Target

And here's the sketch: MCM #87

I did turn it twice, but otherwise left it unaltered.

~charity becker~

Desert Blooms

Sketch: Turquoise #9 by Scrapbook Steals one and only Kristy Lee.

Almost finished with another jewel!!!!

That means it is prize time! Get your scrap on,

and catch up, or start out fresh with the new jewel next week.

~ desert blooms ~

To create the dark, bracketed border I traced and cut out a bracket die cut page. I laid the negative of that diecut on my paper and inked the inside edge. Then I traced the edge with a Sharpie.

Papers: Crate Paper

Twine: The Twinery

Flowers: Prima, Petaloo, Imaginisce

Alpha: American Crafts

Brads: Stash

Ink: CTMH

~charity becker~