I love this Sweet Face

When you have a kiddo this gorgeous you want to hang their sweet face up for the neighborhood to see… so that’s sort of what I did here!  The new Country Boutique line from Fancy Pants is a neutral-lover’s dream.  It has a subset of papers that are wedding themed but the bulk of the patterns are just awesome everyday prints in grey, white, cream, and black.  Of course I am in love with the shabby painted wood pieces!

The wood pattern reminded me of a fence so I strung up four photos of Owen that were framed with Silhouette-cut polaroids.  The banners are from the coordinating die cut sheet for this line and made this page really easy.

I embellished each banner with coordinating die-cuts, twine, acrylic, and twine. 

I used some Canvas Corp. clothespins on a string of ric rac as the clothes line and tied bits of Fancy Pants trim between the banners. 

I added the title area in the bottom right corner with yet another small banner and more layers of embellishments. 

And the final touch was these sweet little butterflies.  I hand sewed their little flight trail with embroidery floss. 

I love this line.  It is great on its own but also does a great job in a supporting role with other collections too!

A Pretty Party for Pink

I've been scrapping for years for myself and for various design positions and my number one issue has always been with using PINK!  I love all the girly products out there... flowers, pink patterns, ruffles, etc.  But when you have a husband, a son, and three male cats there is hardly ever a chance to scrap with feminine details.  So when my husband and I went for our big anatomy ultrasound with this current baby we were *shocked* an thrilled to hear that she is a girl.  Finally, I get a little PINK!

And this month I got to dive in to girlyness at Right at Home Scrapbooking with the lovely and fresh Pretty Party collection from Crate Paper. I used their June 12x12 sketch:

Instead of using three 4"x6" photos I shrunk mine down and used a wide strip of the pink striped paper as a mat.  I wanted more room for embellishments and my photos have a repeating motif, which doesn't require them to be that big. 

I fussy cut lots of the floral print paper because I just loved the delicacy of these roses!  I used a regular kitchen doily to mask the area under the die cut paper doily.  I like the softness the misted paint gives the wood grain background and the extra pop under the paper makes that area stand out. 

I also added a few button stick pins (so cute!) tied with bits of small velvet ribbon.  This paper just begs for lots of sweet details.

Ok, so I am starting small with the actual amount of pink here.  But bear with me… pink practice makes perfect!

Decorating for the 4th of July

Independence Day is one of those holidays that doesn't always get a lot of attention when it comes to home decor. We have cookouts and fireworks and maybe put out a few extra flags but why not really celebrate the birthday of America in style! I used red, white, and blue patterns from Fancy Pants’ Childish Things and Country Boutique to create this fun and festive 4th of July decorative star. 

For details and instructions on how to create this star decoration head on over to the Fancy Pants blog!

And don’t forget to link up your Picnics and Patriots projects (like this one!) at Paper Issues for a chance at this theme’s awesome prize pack!