Last weekend, I spent some time planning some pages, and through the week, I found time to scrap.
Walking Riverside

(Supplies: Alpha stickers by American Crafts. All other supplies by Stampin' Up!)
Those beautiful summery papers that I bought from Stampin' Up! probably 2 years ago at least provided the perfect background for these photos from a walk my husband and I took with Mom last summer. I did some fussy cutting from a scrap of floral patterned paper. I love putting scraps to good use! I also used asterisks from the package of Thickers as the flower centers to tie things together.
Lunch at Jersey Mike's

(Supplies: Cardstock by The Paper Company. Brads by JoAnn Essentials. All other supplies by October Afternoon.)
I started out following a sketch, but it didn't work out too well with the size of the photo, so I just put the page together without it. I liked that I was able to use the sea-themed collection, Seaside, on a page about lunch at a favorite sandwich place.
The Cows

(Supplies: Cardstock by Recollections and The Paper Company. Stamps and ink by Stampin' Up! Patterned paper and diecut by Three Bugs in a Rug. Butterfly punches by Martha Stewart and EK Success. Gems, unknown manufacturer.)
This layout was a total scraplift of a digital layout by Amy Patterson published in the December 2011 issue of Scrapbooks, Etc. In the original, there was one long photo across the page, whereas I used two. I like that I was able to document something about my Mom that has never made it into my scrapbooks, a little piece of her personality that was important to record.
Mais Oui

(Supplies: White and black cardstock, red ink, and stamps by Stampin' Up! Red cardstock by Archivers. Black ink by Tim Holtz Distress. Paint by Adirondack. Buttons, unknown manufacturer. Brads by American Crafts and Making Memories. Pearls by Queen and Co. Alpha stickers by American Crafts. Gems by Doodlebug, Me and My Big Ideas, K&Company, Heidi Swapp, and Studio 112.)
One of the things I love to do is stamp with paint. I love the texture and the look, and I especially love the shimmer of pearl paint like this. I scraplifted a layout by May Flaum from a Big Picture class I took awhile back. I like using all those little bits. Here's a closer shot to show detail:

I also liked using Halloween stamps in a bit of a different way, with different colors to highlight the theme of the photos. This was a fun page to make.
Fall Together

(Supplies: Cardstock by Stampin' Up! Patterned paper by Bella Blvd. Stickers by DCWV. Chalk ink by VersaMagic.)
Another scraplift from the August/September 2009 issue of Scrapbooks, Etc., a layout by Jamie Waters. What I liked about the original was all that white space on the left page, balancing out the five photos on the right, and I think it looks great in my version, too. I'm going to do more layouts like this, maybe try a 12x12 version.
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