my scrap philosophy

I scrap for me. I would love to do every page and look at it saying "wow, I'm proud of that"...but sometimes pages get done and are just okay.....that's okay! I don't have perfect days everyday, I'm not a perfect mom all the time, and perfect wife...LOL, let's just say I'm no June Cleaver ;) And those last 10 pounds I lost keep finding their way back...life isn't perfect, and neither is every scrapbook page :)



Sunday, October 10, 2010

Imaginisce sketch challenge

Imaginisce has this sketch this month:



I made this layout:



This is my youngest niece, Sophia, who turned 2 today. Her mom had posted this pic on her facebook last week of her trip to the pumpkin patch with her little preschool. Each kid was allowed to have a pumpkin, whatever pumpkin they wanted, but they had to carry it back by themselves...she picked a huge one, and her mom didn't think she'd make it...but she did! It's funny to think that this little girl that only weighed 3lbs 13ozs when she was born picked a huge pumpkin and carried it back all by herself!

some details:



that foam board with the canvas that the layout is pinned to is the back of the shadowbox that I put this in.




I sewed around the words "pumpkin patch", and also used the rub-on acorns over the acorns on the paper, to cover the cut in the paper.  Can you see my bling, love my I-Rock!  I cut the banner from the Apple Cider "Cinnamon Sticks" paper.


I lifted the pumpkin paper piecing idea from http://lilybeedesign.blogspot.com/2010/10/creating-pumpkin-paper-piecing-from.html ...see the stem?  It's a tree cut from the Apple Cider "Fall in Love" paper.

Here's what it looks like in the shadowbox:




TFL

10 comments:

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wow wow wow! This is AMAZING! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee that cute photo (Happy Birthday to her!) and love love love love that banner and the pumpkin and stitching! JUST WOW! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Trine Brandt-Lassen said...

Great page. Love how you used the text-paper!

Melinda Spinks said...

Such a cute photo. Love what you have done with the sketch, gorgeous work. TFS!

Lydia said...

This is so cute, love the use of burlap and that wonderful pumpkin, very nice!

Unknown said...

Adorable! Love your paper pieced pumpkin!!

Andrea Amu said...

How adorable! And just lovin't the textural pumpkin!

Kristin said...

What a great blog and beautiful layout! Thanks for your comments on my wine bottle at Moxie Fab! Now off to become a follower or yours!

Diana Waite said...

okay, that pumpkin is AWESOME! The banner ads just the right touch! Great take on the sketch!

Tracy said...

Very cute, Tammy .... Thanks for playing along ... Love, Tracy G

Cindy S. said...

OMWord! Where do I start? LOve the stitching, texture, paper pieced pumpkin-wow! Just everything! TY so much for playing along with us! :) :)