Sleeping Little Man

Because I am selling my house and downsizing to a one story, I have packed my scrapbooking supplies until I get resituated. I have several Swirlydoos kits that I've barely looked at. I cannot wait to play with my beautiful paper, stamps, punches, tools, and embellishments. In the meantime, I look in my archives for favorite layouts.

My grandson looks like a little man here, sound asleep on my bed:

I love working with chipboard. Here I used ultra thick embossing enamel (UTEE) over both black and red acrylic paint. The UTEE is clear powder that changes to a cool look once it is heated; it can be used over any color.

Playing in the Dirt

This layout is mounted on a background of purple cardstock embellished with acrylic paint. I love all these flowers that surround my granddaughter who plays in the dirt.

Some of the flowers are painted chipboard. Others were cut from printed paper. The word "DIRT," is created with chipboard letters that have a pre-glued surface that easily adheres to glitter.

Let's Ride

When it's cold outside, I move the chairs, so the kids have a pathway on which to ride their little bikes....as long as they don't leave skid marks. Even when they leave marks, they love to clean the floor, so all is good.



My paper layers came out of my stash. I distressed nearly everything with Decorating Chalks by Craf-T Products. I painted the chipboard stems and the grungeboard letters in "RIDE!" with acrylic paint, and I highlighted the circles with chalk. The "Let's" letters are Blue Alpha Transfers.

Layout with the Big Eyes

There was a very popular artist in the sixties who was known for the big eyes of all the subjects (mostly women) she painted. Her name was Margaret Keane, and there is a movie forthcoming about her life. I often think about those paintings when I look at my granddaughter and her amazing, beautiful eyes.

When I saw this photo, I was compelled to find some Keane paintings, and I've included some copies in this layout.

I typed the journaling on the top of the L/O and colored its edges with chalk. I colored the tiny clear stamps of a bird and flowers with gel pens. I painted the large chipboard flower with acrylic paint and topped it with Stickles.

Lots of Bling

My favorite embellishments are chipboard, grungeboard, Stickles (glitter glue) and Liquid Pearls. This is a photo of my granddaughter, playing with stickers. I have embellished the whole page with Stickles and Liquid Pearls. I also love the lace and the pink ribbon.