Shabby Chic Heritage Grandparents Scrapbook 12"x12" Page

Three years ago, my grandparents celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary which is a major accomplishment these days. I wanted to pay homage to their love and devotion and created a sort of shabby chic heritage page. I found some really nice pearl brads in the wedding section at Michael's craft store. I used a Fiskars border punch, decorative scissors, photo corners, ribbon that says: True love, and some litte sayings. This has to be an all time favorite for my. The Anna Griffin paper really makes the picture stand out.

Rose Embossed Adore Scrapbook Layout

I truly enjoy using simple but adorable embellishments to create a scrapbook page Layout (LO). I was at a local craft store and found a beautiful selection of Anna Griffin embossed rose paper. I used a Fiskars punch that had little hearts. I bought some velvet charm ribbon that reads: Adore. The ribbon charm reminds me of Victorian chokers. I wanted to give the page a little more meaning and so I put a quote on the page that reads: Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairytale- Anonymous  I used some gemstone brads to attach that to the page.  The simplicity of this page creates a serene ambiance for whatever photo that will be placed here.

Twilight Fire and Ice 8"x8" Recipe Page Swap

About a month ago, I joined a swap on the Cricut Messageboard hosted by DonnaS. and the theme was from the Movie and Book Series: Twilight. I have to admit that this was one of my all-time favorite book series and never in my life did I think a book series would influence my life as much as this series did. The guidelines of the swap was that it needed to be on a 8"x8" piece of cardstock. One side needed to be: Fire (aka Jacob Black) and the other: Ice (aka Edward Cullen). The recipe for fire is one of my favorites for Chicken Enchiladas, and the recipe for Ice was First Love Chocolate Mousse. I truly enjoyed doing this swap. Donna will be binding the recipe book with a BIA (bind-it-all). The swap officially closes on Sept. 15, 2010 and I can't wait to post pics for you to see. Enjoy!