It's 83 degrees, and snowing in here!

I had a wonderful time attending a scrapbook weekend put on by a local church and stocked by our local store the Saranac Scrapbook Garden.  It gave me some time to get a few layouts done and meet a whole bunch of great gals.  I wasn't able to attend the entire event, but here is a taste of what I did in the time I had.  

So, as I mentioned a little bit ago, I have more layouts to share using the papers from Close to My Heart called Wonderland.  (These are the last of them, I swear!)  I really had a fun time with just using the blues and grays in the paper and adding my own pop of pink.  

I was really struggling with the title, because I lot of time I have long quotes or saying that I fall in love with, and one word titles just doesn't express the overall feeling of the layout.  Then I got a tip from Jeanette Lynton's Blog about using hand stitching for titles, and I knew exactly what I wanted to do.  Don't be afraid to mix up your typography and use up random alpha stickers.  You'll love the results and get more out of your stamps and stickers.

 The stamp set is from the Wonderland Work Shop on the Go, and the snowflakes are from Martha Stewart Crafts 3in felt snowflake ribbon.  I didn't like how three inches wide of snowflakes overpowered my soft layout so, I cut them apart and added some bling.  Bling makes all things better!

 This "brr..." layout is from the WOTG template.  I loved how it looked, but I wasn't feeling the title.  My son didn't like the snow and so the trepidation on his face is genuine.  I wanted to capture that in the title and used a hodge podge of chipboard, rubons, and epoxy alphas.

The folded paper gives great texture and a ribbon like feel.  It was such a fun and easy technique to do that I incorporated it into my companion layout.

Whenever I create more than one layout for the same event I always try to be consistent with colors and techniques.  It makes them cohesive and complete.

Now to create some fun stuff for the 80 degree weather in March we are experiencing...wonders never cease.