He Fishes, I Scrap

My husband enjoys fishing and I enjoy scrapbooking.  Luckily, I have an awesome girlfriend, Jen, who loves to scrap with me, and her wonderful husband, Dan, loves to fish.  The four of us together have had some wonderful times.  In February we spent a week up in the Northwoods.  Bob and Dan went ice fishing, and Jen and I scrapped...all week!  It truly was the highlight of my winter! 

This layout features the Great Outdoors collection by Reminisce. The collection offers six, double-sided papers and three different sticker sheets.  It's a great collection for those hiking, camping or general outdoors pictures. 

Scrapbooking In Black and White? I need help!

While I love the look of a black and white photo, I don't quite seem to get how to make them look really good.  I'm not sure how to introduce colors, and using white, gray and black matting just seems drab. 

I need your help!  How do you scrap your black and white photos?  How to you get them to pop without adding color, or can you even accomplish that?  Are there colors that coordinate nicely with black?  If anyone out there has any ideas I would love seeing or hearing about them.  Feel free to post your photos on our Facebook page by clicking here.

More Sunkissed Collection

Here is another layout from Fourth of July weekend featuring the Sunkissed Collection from BoBunny.  I tried to catch the action as Shania was running for the Slip -n- Slide.  She is not afraid of anything and had a ball running and sliding most of one afternoon.  Ooh to be young again....

The Sunkissed Collection by BoBunny features a myriad of papers and embellishments including chipboard, stickers, flowers, colored rhinestones and more.  It even has a cool journal book that you can rip out and journal on while still coordinating with the collection.

Scrapbooking old photos

While I am a huge fan of scrapbooking old photos, I don't have any of my own to do so I occasionally help out my friend, Anita, who has bunches of old photos.  She has about six or seven generations of her family in photos and I just love when she lets me scrapbook some of them. 

Here's a layout I did using an antiquing method.  I matted the picture and created the journal box from Core'dinations paper so I could sand it, rip it and give it that antique look.  I then used my Tim Holtz distress ink to put a little brown on the edges.  Fortunately, I was able to find a Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist that matched the matte paper, so I made a few of my own flowers using the Petaloo Color Me Crazy plain flowers.  The final touches came from the Dazzles Vintage Treasures Collection by Hot Off The Press.  I just love the borders and shapes they offer and they are super easy to work with! 

It Sure Was Hot! Hot! Hot!

We can always count on Fourth of July weekend to be hot and this year we were not let down.  It was a beautiful weekend with lots of water and fun! 

This layout features a collection called Hot! Hot! Hot! by Elements.  This collection features three, double-sided papers along with a sticker sheet.  The colors are bold and fun! 

My Guys

Here's another layout featuring the Fancy Pants Beach Babe collection.  I used a couple
special effects on this layout:  1)  after I cut the My Guys letters, I ran then through the embosser with an embossing folder that just has lines.  I wanted to bring the lined paper together with the header, and 2) I used the "crinkle" method with the Core'dinations Color Core paper to give it a weathered look (crinkle the paper by hand before sanding it).  Again, this was to match it with the weathered look on the paper.  I also thought it helped tone down the pink. 

By the way, these truly are my guys.  My son is on the left and my husband on the right.  They are a lot alike when it comes to relaxing!   

Fun In The Sun

My husband and I had the opportunity to spend a weekend with my sister's granddaughters.  Since we don't have grandchildren of our own yet, this is the closest we get to being around young children.  We decided to have a balloon fight, and since Shania was too short to get Bob on the head, he decided he'd bend over and let her squeeze one on him.  She thought that was great (as you can see by the smile on her face)!

This layout features the Sunkissed Collection from Bo Bunny.  I love the bright colors in this collection, and this particular paper is a collage of sorts from the entire collection.