justem: little bits of this and that

The State of Affairs.

This is my first official layout as a member of the Ormolou Creative Team.  I was so excited to get my package of goodies. My favorite product is the Negative Number tags. I knew immediately that I wanted to use them to help document our family of four.  I really love how this layout turned out. It was a little crazy for me to just make a layout with whatever papers/letters/etc. that I wanted. I am so used to scrapping only for Midnight Rooster or with Studio Calico kits that I had almost forgotten how to scrap "on my own"!  But I'm super pleased with the result.  The funniest part is that I had the entire layout created, and realized after the fact that the Ormolou Flora embellishments fit perfectly in with my color scheme. :)  Score! Be sure to head over to the Ormolou blog to see what the other designers have created. I'm so humbled to be on this team with such amazing women!! Happy Thursday! :)

Little Reader

Another layout to share today. This one is for Scrap That Baby.  The June 15th prompt (how can it be the 15th already!!) is to create a page focused on books and reading. This was the one photo I already had printed of Miri reading...so onto the layout it went! ;)

This photo is from the first day of Summer Break last year. I can't believe how much she has changed in a year!!  Happy Wednesday!

Last layout...

This is my last Midnight Rooster layout to share with you. Incidentally it was the first layout I created. Because I'm brutally honest when I talk about my layouts, I'll say...this one is just okay for me. I think Mirielle is adorable. And I like that I used black as my background because I very rarely do that. However, it just seems like it's missing something. I should have put something in the buttons...maybe I'll go back and do that later.  Anywho...here is little miss fashion plate... ;)

OH MY GOSH. Okay in retrospect I realize part of the reason I don't like it!!  This was the second version I did...the first one I screwed up the journaling and had to dismantle the layotu and redo the entire ledger section. BUT, when I just looked at it now again I realized that I forgot to replace a strip of paper that goes in the middle of the photo/ledger paper. Somethign really is missing!  So crazy that I didn't realize it until now. I'll have to fix that!  Happy Tuesday everyone!

two to share...

a couple more midnight rooster layouts today!

this first one uses an october afternoon wagon sticker, which is like HUGE for me, because i always get these sheets of stickers of very specific "things" like bears or cars or red wagons. i never ever know what to do with these stickers.  flowers and pinwheels and generic things like that i can do...but never the really specific stickers. but it just so happened that i had a red wagon photo to go with the sticker! score!  i also used my favorite tool the star punch...i can't get enough of it. it's a problem, really...

the next one...hmmm. not sure how i feel about it. i like the idea of it.  but the design just isn't want i wanted it to be (not to mention it didn't photograph very well).  the one thing that i am a fan of, however, is the journaling. i am not a great journaler. in fact, it's a bit embarrassing how many layouts i have made with not a spec of journaling on them.  so, my new goal in life (well, scrappy life) is to put more than one sentence on a layout. i *think* i did that on every layout this month. go me! ;)

there were some super cute exclusive products this month...and i realized after i made my layouts that i don't think i used a single one! silly me. i am going to try to whip up another layout or maybe some cards to showcase them.  tobi does a great job of creating some really unique items for the kits.  check out the kit this month! everyone who purchases one will have the chance to win some odds and ends from cosmo cricket! 

Midnight Rooster June

Today is the ninth, which means the Midnight Rooster Reveal!  I have one layout to share with you tonight. It is definitely my favorite layout this month, which is funny because it was the last layout I made, and I finished it in about a half hour.  It's funny how I can spend hours making something that I just don't like and can spend such a short amount of time on something I love! :)  And...I used...my cricut. Shock and awe!  I don't think I've used my cricut in like...years.  But it worked well to make my seven...maybe I'll start using it more!  Have a great weekend!

skwinkle!

Good Morning!  Happy June! The June 1st prompt at Scrap that Baby, is to scrap a favorite toy.  I have had these photos of Miri with her skwinkle for...well...for seventeen months!!  This gave me the perfect opportunity to scrap them! This kit was made with the Studio Calico kit "Singing in the Rain." Thanks for looking and head on over to STB and play along!