For those of you that have more than one child, I'm sure you can relate as to why I love these pictures of my two youngest. I grew up as an only child so sibling rival is something I have a hard time understanding. My husband on the other hand just thinks we should buy them all boxing gloves and send them out in to the yard to "play"(he grew up with an older brother!) So when I see how much my kids truly do love each other, it warms my heart. If only for a minute until the next "he said/did, she said/did" episode! With my oldest we were very lucky that when her brother came along she instantly became a little mother hen and if anything "loved" him too much. With the youngest two it has and I'm sure always will be a battle of wills. So when I took these pictures of them playing and laughing together with no tears or yelling (boy can that little one scream!) I couldn't wait to scrap them.
And of course the colours in the photo go perfectly with the new in colours! For this page I used a piece of patterned paper from the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP tearing it to add more intrest to the page, and a sheet of Pumpkin Pie textured card stock as the base. I just love how the brightness of Melon Mambo contrasts with the orange. I think the poka dot in colour ribbon will be something I will be using a lot of this year. I also had a piece of cardstock left over from cutting circles for my last layout and thought it would make a great frame for my featured picture. The stamp set I used is a new Hostess only set that will be featured in the new catalogue. I just love the swirls in this set and think it's fun to mix stamping with scrapbooking. I stamped the bird image in pumpkin pie on Whisper White that was cut out with the Top Note die. I then printed the jounaling on vellum cardstock and also ran it through the Big Shot. I am really pleased with the way this turned out and just hope that one day when they are older they will look at this page and remember the fun that had together. (I'm sure they will have to get through the teenage years first ugh!)
Stamps: Wings of Friendship (hostess level II)
Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Vellum Catdstock
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Melon Mambo
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note die, Jumbo Brads, Melon Mambo Poka Dot Ribbon, Scallop and Large Oval Punches, Circle Scissors Plus, Corner Rounder Punch
How did you fold the ribbon? I tried this with sticky strip, but it did not look as good as yours! Great page!
Posted by: Jennifer | 07/17/2009 at 02:23 PM
OMG your kids are adorable! Great page too.
Posted by: Sandra | 06/19/2009 at 01:34 PM
that ribbon seems soooooo bright..!! must see it in person.. : )
very cute page..
Posted by: Natasha | 06/19/2009 at 09:01 AM
I love how you managed to 'match' the paper to the kids clothes! LOVE that face on your baby girl!!!!
Posted by: Kim | 06/18/2009 at 11:01 AM
Your kids are so cute :) I love the layout- you do a great job scrapbooking!
Posted by: Amanda S. | 06/18/2009 at 08:24 AM