Feelin' Kinda Crabby

Here is Michael at Joe's Crab Shack while in Myrtle Beach. I printed the picture as an 8 x 10; then trimmed around him. I cut a large circle (used a dinner plate template) out of the polka dot paper and cut it in half; attached slightly offset. The wave rubon and whales come from the paper set, but I needed a bigger one. Cricut to the rescue.....whale is from Life's a Beach....added ink and used Sharpie to doodle the plaid. The crab is from LAB too. Inked and popped...and don't you just love those huge wiggle eyes. Title is from American Crafts lettering ( 3 varieties) Buttons to finish the edge...........and just HAD to put that adorable little parrot rubon on Michael's shoulder

Sea Swirls - A Spoonful of Sugar #61

Just returned from a family vacation to South Carolina, and this is my first layout from the trip. I thought the pictures were so cute and went with the patterned paper so well, I didn't want to "decorate" it too much. Used pop dots behind a couple of pictures for dimension. The Swirls are from Mickey and Friends.....layered and inked with a silver metallic ink for depth. No title because his name is written in the sand on the bottom picture.

scrap swap characters

I signed up for a swap where you had to make a paper doll and a title for a boy, a girl, a holiday, and anything goes. Here are my creations!

You Are My {Son}shine

I found this rather old picture of my son, Craig (he's now 19). I cut out the face and framed it with the SYI sunflower. I added some George Triangle 2 between the layers for some added zip....inked and pop dotted the whole thing. Used the leaves from the tree on SYI, cut on cardstock and metallic. Flower stem is cut from Animal Crackers - glittery polka dot paper is from there too. Background paper is American Crafts Game Day. Used Opposites Attract for the lettering...little doodling and glitter. Accent pieces are Thickers and buttons.

3 Bugs on a Rug

I got the cutest little set of Sizzlet dies, cut them on white cardstock, and colored them with watercolors. I wanted to use them in a scrapbook page......and I had this great bug wrapping paper. Found some old pictures of Craig, DJ, and Evan playing on the porch with a turtle...and here is the result. Added a SYI caterpillar and a Pooh and Friends turtle to the mix and attached all with pop-dots. Paper is DCWV Animal Crackers.....chipboard/sticker title.