Florida mini album

I decided to create a mini album show casing some of our photos from one of our vacation trips to Florida.   As most of you already know, although I was born here in Finland, I was raised in Florida and kids (3) were all born there  before we moved here to Finland back in 1996.. So our visits are always spent with family and friends since we see them so rarely ..

Here is what I created:

This is an all hand made chipboard covered 8x8 mini album..

I used lots of the fun die cuts from the "Are We There Yet?" cutting file..

and now for the inside, which took me about a week to create, but once I started, I couldn't stop and this will be filled with lots of fun photos from our vacay that I have some where in one of the many photo boxes I have..LOL

*I will list all of the cutting files at the bottom of the post to make it easier for you to check them out..

click on the photos to make them bigger ...

pages 1 and 2

Wanted a fun page to remind us of flying out of Helsinki,  usually a loooong lay over in London till we get on our plane to Miami :)  The album is still a bit stiff in the binding, so this was a bit hard to photograph and I didn't want to force it to open more, ripping anything accidentally..

Pages 3 and 4.. 

The large circle luggage is actually a flip down tag for me to add lots of journaling to about our flight and who we met on the plane.. Once, we actually flew on the same plane with Ronnie James Dio (who has since passed away from stomach cancer), the lead singer of the heavy metal band Dio.. That was amazing and what was even better was my young boys recognized him before I did..LOL!!

Pages 5 and 6

This is for us, mom and dad..LOL  

We love to enjoy cool drinks and just sit out in the sun.. I tend to drink coffee regardless of the temperature though..LOL   Loved adding the orange slices randomly to the pages reminding me of Florida oranges..

Pages 7 and 8

This page is dedicated to our family's.. I want to add photos of grammas and grampas, plus cousins to these pages..

pages 9 and 10

We always do a lot of shopping while in the States :)

I tend to shop for crafting supplies (big surprise there) and my hubby's always shopping for tools that he needs for his car repair and service shop he has here in Finland..

pages 11 and 12

We are not in anyway health nuts, but living here in Finland, we don't eat donuts for breakfast.  My son Adam, at the time age 13, asked me if we could have  Donuts for breakfast while we were in the States, my answer was YES and we did..LOL 

I thought that was worth scrapping about..

Page 13 and 14

We usually always tend to drive up north to Iowa to visit my in-laws.. 

So,  I wanted to incorporate that into my album..

Cutting files used:

Are We There Yet? cutting file

plane, passports, car, luggage and plane tickets

Dino-Mite cutting file

Palm trees

Happy Hour Cutting file

Drinks and orange slices

Breakfast Sweets cutting file

Donuts and donut holes

Fourth of July Kids cutting file

Jumping in the air girl and boy head and hands

Tool Time cutting file

Tool box and screw driver

Rain or Shine cutting file

Clouds

Borders 2 cutting file

Scalloped border strip

Layered Labels 1 cutting file

topnote and photo mats with corners punched out

Cool Sun cutting file

Sun and sun glasses

Clipboard cutting file

Clipboard used as a photo mat

Sweethearts cutting file

hearts

Scalloped Circles cutting file

Scalloped circles

Best Buddies Cutting file

Arrows

Friends Forever cutting file

flourish

Layered Labels 3 cutting file

Square postage stamp shape

Flip Flops cutting file

flip flops

Silhouette files: Earth and Polaroids

My own creation: shopping bags and tag pockets

free fonts

Whew!! that was a lot of work, but I'm so delighted with this album and I can't wait to add the photos in there so we can cherish our vacation memories..

 Now, here's some information about the hop: 

The blog candy for this hop is a $15 GC to the PPPR store. For a chance to win, you must be a follower of each blog and leave a comment on each blog. For extra chances, you can also "LIKE" Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons on Facebook  and/or sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter.   A random winner will be chosen for the prize on Tuesday, June 17. 

A reminder about our PPPR Vacation Challenge.  The projects can be anything vacation themed (summer vacation, travel, etc.).  You can submit those projects to the Lisa's blog..  One random participant will win $20 to PPPR.

 The rules for participating in the challenge are:

1.  The theme of this challenge is Vacation...so create anything vacation themed. Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons products must be the FOCUS of the project.

2.  Please link to your actual blog post...not to your blog.  If you don't have a blog, you can add a photo of your project to the Vacation Challenge photo folder in the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Project Parade Facebook Group (link this tohttps://www.facebook.com/groups/471149956313209/).

3.  You can enter as many different projects as you want for more chances to win.

4.  The challenge will run for 3 weeks.  You must link up your project by 11:55 pm CST on Saturday, July 5 , 2014.

5.  One random winner of a $20 Gift Certificate to PPPR will be chosen.  Our Design Team will also choose our PPPR Top 3.  Winners will be announced on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

And now you're all set to go the next stop which is Nicole's Blog..

Here's the lineup just incase you get lost on your way:

Lisa ~ http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Shannon ~ http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/

Gloria ~ http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

Kathy ~ http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/

Leah ~ http://leahschaeffer.blogspot.com/

Melisa ~ http://www.melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Nanne' ~ http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/

Nicole ~ http://teachdanz.blogspot.com/

Thank you for hopping along with us girls from PPPR..

Happy Hopping ya'll..
hugs

Nanné

It's A Girl card- DC reveal SOUS

Happy Friday fellow scrappers...

Thank you for stopping by today and checking out my project for our Die Cut reveal for SOUS..

For todays challenge, I asked the girls to add ANY ANIMAL to their projects and I decided to go with a rocking horse and teddy bear..LOL

A friend asked me to create her a baby girl card and this is what I created:

Aaaaaaw, right?...

How about a few close ups:

Created the banner myself..

Cute die cut I found in the SIL store..

For supplies used:

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette designer edition software

Canon home printer

white cardstock

Digital papers

SIL store:

Rocking horse and teddy bear set

Clouds

background 

scalloped circle

chalks

liquid pearls

foam tape

I'm submitting this to the BABY challenge over at 

4 Crafty Chicks...

and there we have it.. Another super sweet project :)

Thank you for stopping by today and stop by SOUS to be inspired and do join in this week, we have an amazing sponsor for the month of June..

Till next time..

hugs

Nanné

Our Family-Mixed Media layout-sketch reveal SOUS

So glad you stopped by today :)

Us girls over at SOUS are having our sketch reveal and its the first one for the month of June and it was created by me :)   I decided to try to create a mixed media style layout.. Its one of my first, so be kind :)

This is the mess I created  LOL:

Hard to believe that was once white cardstock..LOL

I added texture and lots of prays and paints..

How about some close ups and details:

my son Aaron peeking through..LOL

flowers I added some Gesso to lighten em up..

My chipboard banner by Maya Road and my hubby

textures and paper layers..

texture and a honeycomb frame I cut with my Cameo..

My daughter Amber.. some flowers and a chipboard element by Maya Road

and finally me.. with dark brown hair, which didn't last too long.. prefer being a blonde :)

and now for supplies used:

White cardstock

papers by: My Minds Eye "Sunshine" 6x6 stack

Chipboard: Maya Road

Distress ink: Vintage photo

sprays:  made myself

flowers by: Prima and Iamroses

leaves: Iamroses

stamps: Tattered Angels

texture paste

Gesso

computer generated journaling strips

felt alpha stickers: Making Memories

I'm sure I've forgotten something..  :)

Alright fellow scrappers..

Do stop by SOUS and check out what amazing layouts the rest of our design team has created for this challenge..

till next time..

hugs

Nanné

I love you more than-PPPR reveal

Hi fellow crafters..

I want to share a card I created for Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbon using some of fun cutting files from her shope..  Flower Assortment cutting file,  Falling leaves, Layered Labels 1 and Valentines Sweet's cutting file..

I've been wanting to create my own roses for a while now.. Used to make them all the time, but some how I just started making other stuff and now felt like no time like the present..LOL

Here is the "Sweet" card I created:

Love love love the flower assortment cutting file.. 

So many amazing flowers to choose from and the heart petals were perfect for a rose and the rose buds..

How about some close ups and details:

I decided to add drops of glossy accents to create the wet look..

Added big pearl halves to the middle of the red flowers and then I found some red stamens in my stash which I glued to the center of the roses and rose buds using glossy accents.

I created the title using some fun fonts and the heart is from the lollipop in the Valentines Sweet's cutting file along with the chocolate dipped strawberry's.. Yum! :)

close up of the strawberry's.. I decided to print and cut those with the shadow instead of cutting each individual layer.. added some glossy accents to it as well.. went a little crazy with that stuff, but it happens..LOL

Here are the cutting files I used:

Thanks for stopping by today..

Hugs

Nanné

Project Life challenge- Use YELLOW-SOUS reveal

Helloooo fellow lifers...

Us girls over at SOUS host a project life challenge every other Monday and we challenge you to use some fun elements/colors/themes that you might have in your stash of cards, stamps or in your embellishment stash..

Our project life challenge for today, we asked our girls to use the color YELLOW on their PL spread.. I had a blast creating my own PL cards using the Silhouette software and some of the fun die cuts I found in their store..

This is what I created:

if you're like me and always forget to take photos, just using some fun PL cards can fill up those page protectors just as nicely :)

How about some close ups:

Did some print only with this cute card.. wanted a garden theme for this week since its what I did all day Saturday.. cleaning out backyard patio and planting flowers.. It was a nice hot summer's day..

used up my old kitchen chandelier adding some cheap solar lights onto it..

found some awesome flowers at the home and garden store.. 

Went back yesterday for more :)

here's my starter kit.. 

the Coke being the essential element of starting your garden..LOL

These two cards were fun to create..

 One is a print only and the other one I added some fun die cuts to..

and there ya have my Project Life spread for this weeks challenge..

If you're into Project Life and need a little encouragement and would like to join in on the fun with us girls, just stop by Stuck On U Sketches..

and before I forget, we have an amazing sponsor for the month of June.. All submitted projects will have a chance to win at the end of the month.. Stop by SOUS for all of the details :)

So, till next time fellow lifers..
Hugs

Nanné