30 Days of Thanksgiving - Day 23

 

I have gotten behind in posting my layouts this week as I have been under the weather much of the week.  So please bare with me as I post "belated" layouts.

Day 23 – Today, the day after Thanksgiving, I am grateful for my three very special women who were the most amazing of role models to me as a child, a young girl, and even now as a woman: my Great Aunts Margie, Cleo, and Mama Dot .  I am thankful for them just being them,  for loving me unconditionally and for making me feel like I was the most special girl in their world. I have precious memories of Maude letting me have the first biscuit, strolling the gardens with Mama Dot for that perfect tomato, or waiting at the window for Margie to arrive on Christmas morning.  Through their love and generosity they illustrated  to me the type of woman I have aspired to become and were the namesake of my daughter Abigail Kniceley.  And although most of my aunts are now with our Heavenly Father, and I miss them dearly, I will never forget them and will continue to celebrate their legacy with my children. 

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30 Days of Thanksgiving - day 13

Day 13 – I am thankful for my precious little niece Addison: such a delightful little girl who fills the room with sunshine the moment she enters.  She brings me an abundance of joy and happiness and I cherish each moment we share.  I am forever blessed to be her “Auntie”. 

 

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I found that I loved the top layout of my favorite niece so much (ok, well, she is my only niece but that is not the point!) that I decided to "tweak" the layout and create a second one to give Addison for her scrapbook.  Love that Studio J enables me to do so!  When creating this layout, I chose my favorite three photos and used them in color and then all of the supporting photos who clashed the paper or featured pictures etc. I changed to sepia tones.  Love, love, love it!  This is actually one of my favorite layouts that I have created in a very long time. 

Sweet comforts...

I think I need to create a label titled "total cuteness"..and if so, this layout would have to be included no doubt! This was a layout created for a Home Workshop and I adore (no pun intended) how it turned out! The layout was designed using More to Adore with the thoughts that those who didn't necessarily have little girls to scrapbook could use the layout for upcoming Mother's Day photographs. For my personal layout, I used it to capture Abby's security items that were so very precious to her as an infant.

Supplies used: More to Adore Level 2 Paper Pack, Chocolate brads & Bigger Brads, vellum, Chocolate exclusive Ink and the Chocolate (Small) Alphabet stamp set. Layout design is Introduction from Imagine.

My Ultimate Scrapbooking Challenge: 150 layouts. 22 1/2 layouts completed. 127 1/2 to go.

More cards to Adore! lol!

These cards are a part of a card workshop that I am teaching next week for the New Market Shockers. We will be using the new Primavera Chocolate Rub-ons in combination with the Big Pinks Just Blooms & the More to Adore paper (still one of my favorite collections) to make these cards. There are four 3x3" cards perfect for leaving a little note for someone or to send with flowers, gifts etc. and there are four regular size 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cards for everyday celebrations and use. For more details on the workshop, click here.

Wishes On The Edge (rotated)

Wishes It's A Wrap

Wishes Delightful Dots

Wishes Geometric

(L) Wishes Right Away
(R) Originals Center Focus

(L) Originals Top It Off
(R) Wishes Mini Combination

Materials used: More To Adore Level 2 Paper Pack; Primavera Rub-ons; Chocolate Exclusive Ink; Sponge Dauber; Just Blooms Big Pinks; Autumn Craft Buttons; Winter Craft Buttons; Chocolate, Blush & Hollyhock Brads; Chocolate, Hollyhock, & Blush Cardstock;
My Ultimate Scrapbooking Challenge: I have used the Geometric & It's a Wrap designs thus far in my challenge, but the other designs are all new. So, with my ultimate challenge of 184 cards. I have now completed 21 designs and have 187 to go!

More Valentines to Adore

Featuring the More to Adore collection (still one of my very favorites!!)

I created these cards for a group of gals that definitely have sass! We created 8 Valentine's: 2 each of 2 designs and the cards turned out awesome! This one one group where no two cards were the same! Each gals cards were filled with love and fun. These are the cards that I designed:

Wishes: It's A Wrap Wishes: Geometric

Wishes: Lucky Layers
Wishes: Collage

Supply List: Featured colors: Blush, "Holly"hock & Chocolate

More to Adore Level 1 & 2 Paper Packs, Chocolate & Hollyhock buttons & brads, Just Blooms Spring Blossom, Chocolate Ribbon, All My Love, Say It in Style & Soul Mates Stamp sets. My Ultimate Scrapbooking Project: 208 Cards. 15 down. 193 to go.