In the Nick of Time

I was blog stalking my fellow HSS design team member Mindy Backes the other day and I came across a posting of a new challenge blog she tested out called Dynamic Duos.  The best part...it's a color challenge blog.  Now I'm partial to HSS, but how can I not participate in a color challenge...especially this one.  My favorite colors (let's not talk about how they will leave us next year...)  Take a look:



So here is a page I came up with:

When I have pictures in different sizes, I tend to go to a block layout.  I never tire of this look.  Here's a few more closer up photos:

The fish are from a set that is now retired...that I'm borrowing (thanks Sara!)  I thought the background DSP looked like fish scales so here looked like the perfect spot for them!  I stamped on the colored card stock but didn't want my fish to have colored eyes and teeth so I took out my white gel pen and colored them in.  I little bit of bakers twine so they look caught...and you know how I love banners!

A little tag with a phrase from Fabulous Phrases tied on with Lucky Limeade bakers twine.

Top left block is retired DSP and I added a couple of pearled butterflies.

Lower left block is from the "kitchen" DSP-sorry name evades me right now- with some retired ribbon and brad.








Now to quick link this up!  SO excited that Mindy (unknowingly) introduced me to it, and I'm sure I'll be playing often! (Sorry for the gaps in the posting-Blogger and I are not getting along today!) :)

Wedding Planning

It's a wedding theme this week over at Hand Stamped Sentiments, and thankfully my wedding went far better in the planning stages than this page.

 

Take a look at the mess on my desk.  Serious struggle this page was.  Good news is I have cut pieces for future projects.

 

Here's my page:

I had these pictures of my oldest daughter playing dress up (and she posed herself!) from 2009...I'm that far behind...and everything I did to the page took away from the photos in my opinion so I went for a very simple layout.  The pictures are 4" X 4" that I printed with a soft white border.  I then went and made another square by using an embossing folder (sorry the name evades me), carefully sponging Pretty in Pink ink, and added some So Saffron bitty flowers using the Bitty Punch Pack.  Here's a closer look:

I tied on a Cherry Cobbler seam binding bow and then used Letter It and Fabulous Phrases to make an embellishment for the bow.  "beautiful" is stamped on the B-sorry hard to see.  I added "playing dress up 7.29.09" with my Cherry Cobbler marker.  To add a bit more to the page I took out my sewing machine and stitched horizontally and vertically between the pictures.

Hopefully this is no sign to what wedding planning with her will be....though at age 8 she loves the show "Say Yes to the Dress"---I may be doomed!

Now head over to see what the rest of the Design Team have come up with--there is a wedding cake that is A.MAZ.ING!--and play with us.  Link up your project, I'd love to check it out!