A Walk To Remember

When I saw this sketch challenge last week at Let's Scrap, I knew it would be perfect for a wedding layout. I had been going back and forth about scrapbooking myself walking down the aisle. I choose this layout for the momentous occasion because I could have a special place for personal journaling.

Here is the left hand side of the sketch. I used an 8x10 photo and a flower from my blogging friend Tessa's shop Precocious Paper. I love those pearl brads and my go to white journaling pen from Reminisce. The border strip at the bottom is from Cosmo Cricket's Ever After collection.

Here is the right hand side of the layout. I used a sheet of decorated vellum for the pocket, stitching it with creme on 3 sides. The 2nd flower is adhered to the pocket only at the bottom. There is hidden journlaing inside. The title is from one of my favorite Nicholas Sparks books/movies.


Here is what they look like together.

And to the side without the glare, you can also see the dimension in the flowers.

Thanks for taking a peek !

It's all about the TVs

Welcome new followers! You'll see that I like to scrapbook the everyday, in addition to the big things like holidays and weddings :) I used Cosmo Cricket's Wanted kit for this layout. On Black Friday, my hubby and I were in line at you won't believe what time to purchase 2 flatscreens, a wall mount, a surround system, and a Blu Ray player. I had to scrap it. My Mom found these Jolee's stickers for me! I love how it turned out.

Sketchy Thursday

Playing with my [new to me] Cosmo Cricket kit Wanted today. Used the sketch from Sketchy Thursday. This is one of my favorite wedding presents, a handmade cookbook from the teacher's at school filled with their signature recipes. It also has tips and tricks on how to use all the new cookware and gadgets they went together and got us from our registry. And I also 2 pictures of 2 of the recipes I've made so far.

Thanks for looking!

Blog Candy! *enter to win*

Hi everyone! I have been very lucky to win several blog candies, since discovering the world of blogging. It is my turn to give back! I am giving away to one person... the Cosmo Cricket "Be Good" Collection, including all of the following!

Wow! I am so excited to give this away, plenty of time to get an early start on holiday cards, a December daily book, or if you are like me - last year's holiday layouts! :)

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Enter to win by...

- becoming a follower

- leaving a comment on this post with a link to where you mentioned my blog candy (your blog, facebook, yahoo group, scrapbook forum, etc)

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If I reach 50 followers, I will add *another* kit! Thanks so much for helping me give back.

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I will be drawing a name on October 31st!

~Suzy

A No Photo Layout ?

This may be a first for me. This is going to be the first layout in our honeymoon album. I never know how to start the first page, because I do mostly 2 pagers especially with 'theme' albums. I decided to make a pocket (drawn, cut with my cricut using SCAL, and stitched) and embellish it. I love how it turned out! And believe me, I thought the no photo layout challenge was going to be really hard. I included our itinerary, flight plans, and copies of our passports. I might add to it as I find more memorabilia. Maybe I should do one like this for the wedding scrapbook and include our save the date, rehearsal dinner invite, formal invitation, and church program?

Interested in something like this for your scrapbook? I love custom orders.

Another Reason Why I Love Pink :)

I love the color pink. Recently, I found a blog through Treasured Scrapbooking and she goes by Pinky! I check Pinky's blog often for cool layouts, video tutorials AND the funky headers she makes out of her scrappin's supplies. A few days ago, she was offering a sweet giveaway to comment-ers and she chose me! More touching, she left some really sweet comments on her blog about mine. Thanks again Pinky ~ I really appreciate what you said about my "motto" about having a blog to hopefully inspire others because I get so much information from others. Yours is definately at the top of my list! So please go check out Pinky's blog and also send her some happy throughts, she just put an offer in on a house! :)

Meet and Greet

Here is the sketch for 52 Weeks 52 Sketches. I actually finished my layout before Sunday night! It came together quick after I decided on the pics. I used it for a wedding layout to tell this story..



Journaling reads: "After the ceremony, we put our own creative spin on things. The wedding party walked down the aisle and met in the lobby. When Reverend Kate announced us “Mr. & Mrs. Spokus”, we dismissed the seated guests by ushering each row out. Since our church was downtown, there was no room for a receiving line (and with 200 guests that would be impractical). This way, we were able to say hello and personally thank each person for coming. I loved it because some guests were not able to stay for the dinner or the whole reception and we wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to see them."

I used a digital cutter file for the Martha Stewart loopy punch and made the frame on my Cricut using SCAL. I love the thickers title with the overlapping "&". Notice how I cheated on the "ee"s in "greet". LOL!