I had to do something with the photos I took of Josefine, and I had some lovely Heidi Grace papers I wanted to use. I’ve been looking for an excuse to use some Stampin Up Rub ons, and I found some alpha stickers that I hadn’t been able to come up with a use for before now. Fran, one of the women who also teaches at JoAnn’s kindly gave me the glitter stickers, which added just the right touch of glam. And the buttons were the final touch.What do you think? I thought it came out nice. Oh, and the felt flowers and ribbons were from the dollar bins at Target. Yay Target! On a trying to be more thrifty (but not doing too well) note, I used a left over piece of cardstock to mat the picture on the left. This is the back. Jess and Jason might recognize the letters, since I used them on a Christmas gift for them 2 years ago. And yes, I do keep everything. I have a box full of baby food jars in the attic that I just know I’m going to find a use for someday, just wait and see.

I just thought I’d share with you one of the scrapbook layouts I’ve done. I’ll occasionally post more, when I think something I’ve done is interesting or pretty.

The letter stickers are some I’d gotten for the kids one time, but on seeing them again, realized they’d go perfectly with this picture. The “attack” letters are some of Tim Holtz’ grungeboard. I love his stuff. The stamps are from Close to my Heart. The stamps from CTMH are clear polymer, and are very sticky. They can be a little difficult to peel off the storage sheet. But they do have some nice designs. The papers are from DieCuts With a View. While I’m at it, I’ll post one of Ethan, too. Here:

So I read a few different scrapbooking and stamping blogs, and sometimes the ones hosted by people with connections in the industry have giveaways. Sometimes the winners are chosen by the host, and sometimes they use random chance.

Tim Holtz had a giveaway last week of various Ranger products. I won a complete set of the distress inks. So completely cool and amazing. They arrived today. Look:

How cool is that? What do you think I should do first? I’m thinking grungeboard or chipboard. What do you think?