"Thoughtful Thursday" 


The newest thought at thinking*through*design is grounding photos.  In scrapbooking, grounding is the art of creating a foundation for our photos, giving them visual weight that pulls the viewer's attention to the main focus on our page....the photos.  


I used a sketch from Sketch Support for my layout.  Love their sketches and hope that they are back soon.  

Be sure and visit us at thinking*through*design  and check out our Thoughtful Girls layouts and their thoughts on grounding.  We would love to hear your comments and hope you decide to share your layouts.  Have a great day! 

Thoughtful Thursday!


A little reminder to stop by thinking*through*design for the newest thought.  This week it is all about fussy cutting...a neat way to make embellishements for your cards and layouts.   The photos and instructions are easy to follow for fussy cutting a simple, or intricate design.   Also, for cutting out a stamped image.  Great layouts and thoughts from seven Thoughtful Girls!

Snuggle


The sketch for my newest layout is from Pagemaps...such a cute sketch!  I am trying to catch up on some older photos of Ava, it's hard to believe these photos are almost two years old.  She came to visit this past weekend and entertained her Grandpa and I, she is a true blessing in our lives.  


I am trying to do more hand stitching on my layouts and decided to scrap the Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Design, to stitch on a layout by hand, or with a machine.  Since my scrap area is in our family room, DH gets to experience my creative process, usually from start to finish.  Last night as I was stitching on my layout, he gave me a strange look, then ask me what I was doing?  He has seen me cross stitch for years, but I think he thought maybe I had lost my mind, stitching on paper!  No telling what he might see next!  


Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Berry Sweet Girl

I am back with my newest layout.  I scrapped both layouts for challenges at Creatingkeepsakes, love the challenges, inspiration, and talented ladies at CK.  

I scrapped the left page for Ashley Horton's May Sketch It Out challenge.  The twist for the month of May was to hand stitch on the layout.  It is hard to believe that these photos are almost two years old....time sure goes fast!  I made my own strawberry pattern and cut each strawberry by hand after running red cardstock through my Cuttlebug, love how they turned out!  I hand stitched with red floss the two X's on the title and on the white cardstock to highlight the red in the strawberries.  


I'm sure that some of you know that I scrap mostly two page layouts.  Therefor, when I scrap a single layout, the layout that will be opposite, needs to match!  I know, it's strange, but I can't help it!  Must be a right brain/left brain kind of thing!   

The right page was scrapped for Ashley's June Sketch It Out challenge, very excited that I  finished it early this month!  The twist was to use a solid background.  I choose to use a light green cardstock, misting it lightly.  The title is chipboard from a Basic Grey Olivia Collection that I had had for a couple of years, saving it for just the right layout.  I covered the chipboard with Nana's Nursery/DCWV since the colors didn't match my paper.  I decided to add flags for another challenge at CK.....Erika's May/June Issue Challenge #4 to add flags to a card or layout.  I also made my pink flower by punching a border, cutting it apart, and then gluing it onto a 1 inch circle.  

Funny thing, as I was uploading these yesterday to the challenges at CK, I realized that the colors were perfect for the June Color challenge.  I did it again, covered more than one challenge with my layouts!  I wonder if they give out prizes for the Most Challenges scrapped in a single layout.  















Thanks for looking and have a great weekend.   We are expecting company this weekend, our darling granddaughter and her mommy & daddy are coming to visit.  They just celebrated their 3rd Anniversary on Wednesday.  Very anxious to see them again.