Papercraft Haven and More

     If you are here from Julie - you are in the right place, but if you just happened across my blog, then you want to go back to the beginning which is Barbara  because the beginning is always the best!!!  Here is our blog lineup - if you get lost along the way!!!   1. Barbara B.  http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/ 2. Crafty and Green (Tina) -  http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com 3. Haidee  http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/ 4. Janet S  http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/ 5. Vicki  http://scrapbookingcreationsbyvicki.blogspot.com/ 6. Linda T  http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com 7. Lisa  http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/ 8. Jamie  http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com 9. Gill  http://scrappincreationsbygillm.blogspot.com 10. Princess Penelope.  http://thescrapbookingqueen-princesspenelope.blogspot.com/ 11. Gina  http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com...

    Welcome to Ashley's Halloween Blog hop - thank you so much for joining all of us on this fun hop!  If you are just visiting me, make sure you go to the very beginning of the hop which is  Ashley , because the beginning is ALWAYS the best!  If you came here from  Jearise , you are totally in the right place, and here is the line up for the day!   1. Ashley -  http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com 2. Lisa ~  http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/ 3. Ellen -  http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com 4. Dena -  http://missdjones.blogspot.com/ 5. Zenita -  http://scrappinwithz.blogspot.com 6. Gina -  http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/ 7. Liz -  http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/ 8. Cindy-  http://www.cindys-greencricut.blogspot.com/ 9. Cyndie -  http://www.cyndiepaperboutique.wordpress.com/ 10. Lisa -  http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.co...

  This layout was a very simple layout to do, using 4 photos, stickers and a bit of color in the ribbon and buttons!   Simple to recreate using any type of themed stickers and photos that match!  In this layout, I wanted to showcase the photos more than the embellishments I used.  The colors were girlish, more to match the stickers, than anything in the photos.  If you look at the flowers, I used buttons in the middle of the flowers, this is especially good if you have a certain color in the sticker that might clash with what you are doing.  I am all for handwritten journaling on your pages instead of computer generated.  Yes, computer generated might "look" better, but you want to have some of your pages have your own words, your own handwriting on them.  This way, future generations can see how you wrote, and what you had to say, instead of reading something from the computer.  I also added a few stickers that were sayings, inst...

My mom sews... and I mean designs Blessing Dresses (Christening gowns, depending on the religion you are in.....) like you wouldn't believe!  My daughter Terra's dress is one of a kind...but she does that with everything she does, changes some aspect of the dress to make it unique.   I get that from her...being able to take things and create it on paper instead!  Sometimes when you scrapbook, you find photos that you want to showcase...it should be about the photos, not the embellishments you use.  I've said it before, and I will say it again...after you are gone, and your family has your pages and albums...they are not going to look down at a special page and say "Oh, this paper wasn't a new style when she created this"!  The reason I say this is because it's truly about the memories, the feelings you felt when those photos were taken in the first place, not the embellishments you use on the layout.  When I decided to make this layout, I wanted ...