This Small Boy

Playing with small boy and Stamperia paper

Its been a long time

Or, Once Upon a Time, this little guy showed up and changed our world! 

He delights my heart. 

He is over a year old now, and Momma is back to work. Which leaves me, Grandma, doing the majority of Small boy minding. If you have ever chased a toddler around, you know this is a young woman's job!! My heart is full, but my body is tired. I do manage to squeeze in a bit of scrapbooking on my days off. 

Footprint ornaments from the above kit

Mintay Papers This one will be titled Forest Boy

He has overcome some obstacles. We feel extremely lucky to live in the time we do. With early medical intervention, he will be okay after all. 

Side note: If you ever see a baby with two full casts on. This is not an injury caused by someone. This is a medical treatment for Talipes Equinovarus. It takes a lot of dedication and diligence from his momma and anyone caring for him. 

Casts, an operation, then braces for years. 

Thank you CSM for publishing our sweet Fae girl layout in your Fall 2024 edition.

This layout is entirely fussy cut out of G45 paper and pop dotted to add dimension. 

Those Were the Day's

The Nest of Robin's

Every year the Robins build a nest under our deck. These eggs were a fantastic shade of blue. It makes the nest appear as if it is in black and white with the eggs adjusted. I assure you this is the I-phone photo just as it showed up on my screen. 

For the main photo I extended the nest with a stamp to 1.) disguise the deck boards and 2.) Add to the overall effect. The tag pulls out with the story. The background is white cardstock with 49 & Market wide washi tape overlay. 

If you want to know why the robin eggs are blue, check this out:

 Why Are Robin's Eggs Blue? (thespruce.com)

And because #springtimeinAlberta:

Angel or Maleficent ?

Thank You Creative Scrapbooker Magazine for picking up the following layouts. Honored and humbled to be included in the 2022 Winter issue

It is hard to take a photo of this layout. The white translates as grey.

Above is the tag that tucks behind the photo on this LO

This is the story on the tag.

Also, I did have more than a little trouble standing up after this...Note to self, 'You are not as young as you use to be'

You can see why this photo made me laugh...

Thanks Pinterest and Pinners for above image 

And CSM picked up this one too!! An older photo in newer paper.

It always amazes me how little the little's were there. This is before the last two were born, just in case they see this and wonder where they are in the 'FAMILY' photo.!! 

The call for this layout was 'Bricks'. This layout hits 3 different type of bricks. Firstly in the photo. Then I used a TH brick embossing folder above. Then embellished with crackle and paints. Also used a stamp for the rest of the layout and detailed the bricks out with paint. 

This issue^