BAP October - "Life in the palm of your hand"

Hi Everyone,

Today I have a couple of layouts to show. This one is of our two day old kitten! Our house cat Carley ran away from home. We were devastated until 2 weeks later when see came back to our front door crying to get in. It didn't take too long to figure out she was pregnant. Four beautiful kittens were born on Oct 9th. We were excited and we have found homes for all but one already.

This layout follows the Prima BAP October Sketch. I rotated it clockwise.

Mitchell my son, is holding this precious baby in his hands. She was so small.

I really went to town using Prima's Fairie Belle Collection - La Spa , Prima flowers and pink and gold bead accents!

I fussy cut the Fairy Ballerina and then added pink, gold and copper beads to her skirt. 

I added pink Stickles on the Prima flowers and the tiny bird.

To make the splash I used a combination of pink and gold paint mixed with white glue. I painted this mixture on the page, set the large beads in place and then sprinkled micro beads to fill in the open areas.

It has been a real learning experience having these little kittens in our house. I think it has been good for Mitch to feel the responsibility of holding a 'life in the palm of your hand'.

See you soon!
Wanda

Sleep - My Sweet Baby, Sleep

Good Evening,
Tonight I want to share with you a page I made of my son when he was 7 months old. I love this photo, he looks so peaceful. If you only knew, Mitch never slept more that about 20 minutes at a time during the day and only about 2 hours at a time during the night!

I made the photo about 6" x 8" and used two pieces of paper back-to-back to roll back away from the picture.

I added lots of flowers and butterflies.

Sweet dreams indeed - my young baby!

I hope you can find some inspiration - happy crafting!
Wanda
 

Life is a Puzzle - Bo Bunny Etc.

Today I want to share with you a special scrapbook page I have just completed. This is a school photo of my son at the beginning of Grade 8. I believe this is such a tough age. He was just showing signs of the great young man he has become. Life is indeed like a puzzle. There are so many pieces to choose from and it can take a lifetime to get the whole picture put together.

 For this composition I used Bo Bunny's Etc. Line of papers and their chipboard puzzle pieces. I just love this Etc. series! I also added in two doillies that I sponged, flowers ribbon and butterflies.

 The blue butterfly has some liquid glass applied to add dimension.

 I punched out puzzle pieces and then used a Tim Holtz alphabet die to create the title words. These are chalked and then covered in liquid glass.

This glass butterfly gem I created using a clear glass pebble. A tiny picture of a butterfly surrounded by gold paint was then glued to the bottom. It magnifies the picture and the gold shimmer.

Life is such a puzzle. Most days I still don't know where all the pieces should go. Some days I think a couple pieces have fallen on the floor and are lost forever! What about you?