Thirty Days of Christmas (Day Thirty): Whimsical Christmas

Today's featured collection is from Karen Foster Design.  The Whimsical Christmas collection is just that, whimsical and fun!  With six papers to choose from and a coordinating sticker sheet, this collection is quite versatile!

Thirty Days of Christmas Layouts (Day Twelve): Home For The Holidays

Thirty Days of Christmas Layouts:  Home For The Holidays

Today's blog post features the Home For The Holidays collection by Karen Foster Design.  This collection features six papers and coordinating stickers sheets and border embellishments.  What I love the most about this collection is that it is very affordable, yet elegant and fun!

My Little Lounge Lizard

If there's anything that makes me smile it's pictures of my daughter in the pool.  Somehow, just lounging with her water wings and floatie make me smile and laugh to myself.  Seriously, how do you not?  The girl should have been born a mermaid!

This layout was super fun to create!  I used the Fun In The Sun page kit from Karen Foster Design as the base paper, then added some self-adhesive cork to be used as the sand.  I cut most of the images from the Life Is A Beach cartridge by Cricut, then sprayed the waves with some Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels to make them look more realistic, and did some shading on the cork to give it a more natural look as well. I also embossed and sanded the umbrella.  Of course, no animal is complete without googly eyes! 

Caution! Slippery When Wet!

One of our family's favorite past times is swimming.  We've always loved the outdoors and spend as much time outside as possible, including in the pool! 

This layout features the Fun In The Sun Collection from Karen Foster Design, along with the Core'dinations embossed paper from Stacy Jillian.  Even though the kids are older now, they still enjoy horsing around in the pool.  This year has been exceptionally warm, so it's easy to catch a few shots of them even when they think you aren't looking!

Who needs a good dose of SUN?

Yes, I am still stuck just dreaming about paradise and reliving those moments when we were on a warm, sunny beach with sand between our toes.  Mother Nature has been relentless around here.  Sunday was sunny in the mid-80s and then Monday it was rain and cold and then some more rain and cold.  I need a dose of sun very badly!  Pasty white is NOT becoming on me.

So to stave off the urge to crawl under the covers and never come out, I pulled out some vacation pictures and started scrappin'.  These layouts feature the new Karen Foster Design collection, Paradise.  With its six bold papers and two coordinating cardstock stickers it's just the medicine I needed!

Who doesn't love a BBQ?

Yum....the smell of barbeque and the taste of sweet corn makes my mouth water.  I love summer; mostly because of the food, but also because it's a time to get together with friends and family. 

This year a bunch of us girls have signed up to walk a 5k, so I decided that what better way to celebrate our "healthy lifestyle choices" than with a big, fat juicy burger and some beer after our walk!  Yup, It's BBQ season and I am excited!  And yes, I see the irony in all of this and, frankly, think it is hilarious!

So my goal this week was to come up with some invitations.  I wanted them to be special because who wants to get a boring BBQ invitation (is there such a thing)?  Here's what I came up with:

I used a variety of collections from Reminisce, Karen Foster Design and Creative Imaginations.  Most of the products I used are available in our Picnic themed section.  I hope this gives you some inspiration to have your own BBQ.  Happy Grilling!

Bath Time Remembered

I always loved bath time with the kids when they were younger.  There was always so much laughter and fun that it was easy for me to capture that in this layout using the Karen Foster Design Bath Time Collection.  The collection features three papers, cardstock stickers and fabric brads.  I just love the greens and yellows mixed with the blues in this collection, and the stickers are just adorable!

Home For The Holidays

We spent Christmas Eve at my mom's house last year.  This is a layout of her and her beautiful Christmas tree.  I created the layout using the Home For The Holidays collection by Karen Foster Design.  This collection is both elegant and whimsical depending on which papers and embellishments you choose, so saying it's versatile is probably an understatement.  I cut out several snowflakes using the Cricut cartridge, When It's Cold Outside, then glittered them up and embellished them with pearls.