That’s My Mama

I only have a handful of heritage photos and I use them sparingly.  The January Vinnie’s Vignette kit from Miss Art’s Papercrafting School was pretty much just begging for heritage photos and I couldn’t wait to cut up all those gorgeous roses and lace bits! 

These are photos of my mom and her older sister when they were knee high to a grasshopper… so cute!

I inked the edges of a regular kitchen doily and used it as a background. I also inked a 12 x 12 Crafter’s Workshop stencil for the rosy background accents.  I gathered lengths of the lace  into half-round bunting type embellishments and used them to accent a couple areas.  And how much do we LOVE those wooden buttons?! I can’t get enough of them!

Check out the full kit at Miss Art’s!

Fancy Pants–Be You!

In case you missed the fantastic announcement last week… I am now a 2012 Fancy Pants Pocket Chick! Woo woo! 

The past week I have been NUTS with CHA project preparation and eagerly anticipating Fancy Pants debuting this (and other!) fun collection.  Be You is bright, bold, and easily adaptable for either girls or boys.  Awesome!

My little guy page… (and my primary lens broke this week.  Can you believe my luck!?!)

And a fun hanging pendant using the fab bright pink from this line…

 

You can check out more projects from the Be You collection on the Fancy Pants blog!

And of course I’ll be back with more from Fancy Pants later this week!

I’m in the Mood for Love

Actually Paper Issues is… and I’m along for the ride!

Link up your Valentine inspiration over at Paper Issues from now until February 14th.  Or just borrow an idea (or twelve) from the other awesome love-themed projects you will no doubt be awed by.

By now you guys probably know that I… errr… don’t work too far ahead.  I haven’t even thought about what I am doing for Valentine’s Day yet!!  So here’s something from “the vaults” (wayyyyy deep in the vaults…) for you.  It’s a few years old but I still love the idea of using scrap supply packaging to make something new.  I used a small box from Petaloo flowers and covered it with My Mind’s Eye goodness:

Bonus: this little guy is the perfect size to hold a gift card!