Wednesday Morning Post for February 1

Good morning, can you believe it is February already?  I can't believe the "winter" weather we are having this year.  One day it snows and is -5 and then the next it is sunny with a high of 8 degrees and all the snow melts.  We can thank Ben and Diane for that, they bought a snow blower this year.  I think the weather is causing me to be a little dazed and confused these days.  I'm not really sure what day it is.  I have a couple of projects to share with you today, hope you enjoy.

 

This first project is a 12x12 layout that I had finished and ready to go for last week's post but decided to save it for this week in case I didn't get many projects done.  I used the February 2011 kit from Up the Street Scrapbooking called Let the Sun Shine.  Maybe that is a little wishful thinking, I've already started to use fresh spring-like colours on my projects (I do tend to lean toward these colours anyway).  Most of the pieces on this page came from the kit with the exception of the dies that I used (well that's obvious isn't it?) and the Caribbean coloured twine from the Twinery, the fancy trim border and the brown medallion that I made myself using pieces from the kit and some left over cardstock.  I like how this layout feels balanced with the embellishments in a triangle and the brown near the bottom of the page balances out the brown title.  The title is a little "cheeky" because in all the photos you can see Sean's bum.

 

The second project was also completed using the same kit from Up the Street, this time using photos of my other son but taken on the same day same place.  It is funny how two pages from the same day, same family can have two different layouts and themes.  My oldest son was all about the swimming, and my youngest son all about the buckets.  We had so much fun that day and now I'm glad that I can remember it forever along with some picture clues and dates.  I even made the same error on both layouts, the photos are from August 2011 not 2010, apparently we haven't experienced 2011 yet.  Does anyone else feel this way?  Like I said, I'm a little dazed and confused.  On this second layout the title was not part of the kit.  It is a Thickers title like the one on the previous layout but the letters are vinyl not glitter chipboard.  The rest of the pieces on this page are from the kit with the exception of the Chocolate Chip polka dot DSP.  I really like how I was able to use multiple photographs on this page, I'm not a one photo per page kinda girl, I find that there is too much "white space" and I struggle with accessorizing.  The layout for this page is an original idea (I know call Guinness...) and I played with it for a long time before it was just right.

 

The third project also uses the Let the Sun Shine kit but you can see that it has a vintage feel to it.  I did add some extras to this one that were not in the kit like the button and flower rhinestone (Bo Bunny Petal Pushers), the black ribbon (SU!), the epoxy brad (Basic Grey), the black twine (The Twinery), the medallion (me and scraps of SU! DSP) and the green ruched satin ribbon (unknown, but I bought it at Up the Street for $1 a metre).  I believe the stamp is from a Unity kit of the month set, I used it while cropping at you know where LOL!  I just love vintage advertisements, they are so cheesy and for some of the most ridiculous products.  But for some reason they make you feel all homey inside.  My plan for this card is for it to be a wedding card.

 

The last project is a birthday banner I made for my son whose birthday is in March.  I just picked up the Lacy Pennants die set by Spellbinders and just had to use it, so birthday banner it was.  I'm not normally this organized trust me.  I used Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy and Apricot Appeal cardstock and designer paper from the Cosmo Cricket Twist and Shout line.  I threaded the banner with garage string, just one strand for now I may add another later.  And, yes this is my stampin' space, somewhat tidy I might add, definitely a work in progress.

 I wanted to share with you something else I have gotten myself into, reupholstering... So far I have started with a grungy and smelly chair and this is where I'm at right now.  An almost stripped chair, I have a little more fabric to remove and a few more staples to remove.  The bad news is that my hands developed blisters (because I don't have the right tools), the good news is that I found fabric for it already for only $4 a metre.  I will definitely share the finished project with you, hopefully soon!

I also have another project completed that I could share right now, but it is my Mom's birthday card, her birthday was yesterday, and I may or may not have delivered it to her yet and she is a little snoopy so I have to make sure we are in the clear before I share.  So next week it will have to be.  Until then happy crafting!  E