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Mom & Miri {Gossamer Blue March layout}

Happy Thursday!  Two posts in two days?  It's crazy! ;)  I am finally getting around to sharing this layout on my blog, though it's been in the Gossamer Blue gallery all month.  The March kits featured a lot of great "little" embellishments, and I really wanted to try and use up a lot of them. I was inspired by this pin, which was an ad for Two Peas.  I chose these four colors because they were prevalent in the kit. In fact, I was really impressed with how well all the different colors went together considering that there are four or five different manufacturers featured on this page! It's definitely a little wild and different, but I like it!

After I finished, I spent some time trying to decide where to put a title - I didn't want to cover up any of the goodness, so I opted to just skip the title!!  A user at Studio Calico saw my layout and used it as inspiration to create a similar layout of her own. Both were featured on the website Use Your Stash. It's always nice to know that my work inspires others! :)

Rollie {Gossamer Blue March kit}

Good Morning! Sorry for the long delay between posts! I'm back on the wagon this week after a LONG week last week! ;)  On Saturday, the March kit from the greatest kit company ever was revealed! The Gossamer Blue March kit is filled with a great color this month that includes pastels, navy, woodgrain, and lots of fun metallics!  This is my "Main Kit-only" layout.  I had this layout finished for about two weeks but it sat title-less on my desk as I pondered what to do for a title. I originally wanted to use my Cameo to cut out a title, but I tried about three different things and wasn't happy with any of them.  Finally I decided to use a little play-on-words...Rollie = Rolls + Ollie, since this photo is about his cute little baby rolls!  Can you believe this guy is going to be 6 months old this week?!  Stop the insanity!! ;)

I don't have any close-ups right now because my camera was near dead when I took this, so I quickly shot it, and uploaded it before the battery went completely kaput on me! ;)  I'll try to get some close-ups today and post them!  But, as always, I feel like it's pretty self-explanatory!!!  Be sure to hop on over to GB to check out this month's kits and the work of the amazing design team! Have a great day!!

Thirty-Four {Gossamer Blue Pinspired Layout}

Happy Friday!  My monthly "Pinspired with Gossamer Blue" post is up on the GB blog today!  
This month my inspiration came from a very unlikely place...a cake!

source: Martha Stewart Weddings

 The cake inspired this layout, which features layers and stripes just like the beautiful cake!

For more details on how I made this layout, as well as a chance to play along with the challenge, check out my original post on the Gossamer Blue blog!  Tomorrow, my friends and I are having our annual Bake-a-palooza! I will be sure to share photos of this great (and slightly crazy) holiday tradition!!  Have a great day! :)

 

seriously... {december gossamer blue}

December's Gossamer Blue kit is filled with all kinds of pretty papers and fun products.  I haven't had as much of a chance to work with it as I would have liked...but today I wanted to share with you my "Main Kit Only" layout for this month!  I love that for a December kit is is not filled with just Christmas product - but that you CAN buy some fun holiday add-ons if that is your thing! ;) This layout includes a lot of great Basic Grey, Webster's Pages, Chic Tags, and Carta Bella products. (Wildflower!! Designed by Kaitlin, who I had the pleasure of getting to know when I was on the first ever Ormolu DT way back when!!!)

 

This is totally not a great quality photo (taken with my phone) nor is it exactly a stellar photo of me - but I guess that is the point! Having a newborn is tiring...and I wanted to document just that!!

Have a happy Thursday!!

We Are 5

Hello!  I had a new layout up on the Gossamer Blue blog on Friday for my monthly "Pinspired with Gossamer Blue" challenge!  I knew before I had the baby that I would need to post this right after he was born, so I made the base layers before we went to the hospital. I had a "boy" and a "girl" card from the Fancy Pants ephemera pack ready and waiting, along with a bunch of coordinating embellishments to finish off the layout!  When Oliver turned out to be of the boy variety, it was very easy to just piece the rest of the layout together!!  I noticed that all of the layouts I've made recently have used the exact same color scheme. ;) What can I say?! I love me some aqua and orange!!

For more information about the layout, including the original inspiration piece AND a chance to play along, be sure to check out the original post on the Gossamer Blue blog! :) Have a great day!