Two Crazy Kiddies - Bo Bunny & My Creative Sketches

So. This post is going to be short and sweet with terrible picture quality for now. It is well past my bed time!
Tonight I created my third ever double page layout of my two crazy kiddies on a shopping trip to Kmart. My previous two-pagers have had varying success, the first was certainly not a masterpiece, in fact I don't think I ever completely finished it, and the second was picked up and published in the American magazine Scrapbook and Cards Today.

2 Crazy Kiddies

The photos are from a shopping trip to Kmart wear these beanies were just screaming to be worn! I couldn't help myself and popped one on each and snapped some quick pics. I am a very indecisive person so shopping trips can drag out a bit but doing silly lil things like this help keep the kiddos happy, well... tolerable.
The title and journalling are more about shopping trips in general and other silly things I do to while they are in the trolley to ward off tears and tantrums.
This page combines two sketch challenges.

The first page is from My Creative Sketches September Sketch and looks like the above. Can you see the resemblance? It was the Bo Bunny - Our Lil Monster 'Rawr' paper which married these photos with this sketch for me.

The second page was based on the Bo Bunny September Sketch challenge. I loved this sketch as circles are an element that I rarely use but know they create great effects.

I used only the Bo Bunny Our Lil Monsters collection for this page. I have wanted it since its reveal but could not find it until a holiday trip which just so happened to drive directly past a scrapbook store! Yay.

The few times I have created a double page layout I insist on putting embellishments over the page split to help unify them and to make my life more difficult this time I did so with a banner.

 Each letter has been fussy cut from the All Star paper then stuck over the string.

An assortment of fitting words have been stuck near the two separate photos.

That is all for now.
I will be back again with better pictures when the sun is high and I have had a reasonable amount of coffee!
XoXoX Nicole

Water Slide - Stuck?!

Yet another page to share, say what!?! Which takes my January total to 5, think I can make it to 6...?
This layout is about Chloe having a ball on a water slide in the backyard, I think Brenden had just as much fun and we all had to have a go!

Water Slide

The design for this layout was also from a sketch challenge over at Stuck?! When I saw the sketch it was kinda an obvious choice which photos to scrap with it.

I was pleasantly surprised when I looked back at the photos I took and noticed I had managed to catch a snap of Chloes face soo happy while sliding down, I had to emphasis it! I did so my printing it zoomed, in a different shape, backing it with white on some foam dots and sticking fun words around it.

More often then not my journalling is usually just your basic who, what, where and when. Lately I have realised that my photos usually tell more of a story and I am endeavoring to get more of it onto my pages. 'causes lets face it, otherwise I'll just forget. So with these photos I have also dived into a little bit about Chloes rocking relationship with water.

So do any of the design features of this page look familiar? Think you have seen them before? You should have!
Yep, folks. That's right. This page is part of a double page layout, only my second ever. I shared the first part with you yesterday. The total layout looks a lil like this:

Did you notice any of the halved embellishments yesterday? How do you think I did? I am very out of my depths working with two pages but love that I can comfortably put on lots of photos. All the photos are from the same afternoon of fun in the backyard.
Thanks for dropping by.
XoXoX Nicole

Materials.
Kraft Cardstock
Bella Blvd - Sophisticates - Sparkles & Lace Plum
Bella Blvd - Sunshine & Happiness - Cute Cuts
Bella Blvd - Sunshine & Happiness - Happy Clouds
Bella Blvd - Sand & Surf - Boarders
Bella Blvd - Spring Flings & Easter Things - Cute Cuts
Bella Blvd - Winter Wonder - Icy
Bella Blvd - Winter Wonder - Ski Slopes
Bella Blvd - Baby Boy - Cute Cuts
Bella Blvd - Sunshine & Happiness - Alpha + Bits
Bella Blvd - Spring Flings & Easter Things - Miniatures
Bella Blvd - Flags - Floral
Bella Blvd - Sophisticates - Ciao Chip Pickle Juice

Play & Pose - Kraft It Up

Wow! Can you believe it I'm back already and have a third scrap page to share with you today. And if you wish super hard, the scrapbooking fairies might bring me back again tomorrow...
So todays layout features both my lovely children playing at the bottom of a water slide together. It was a stinky hot day and this so by far the best way to spend it!

Play & Pose

The layout design was inspired by the January Challenge over at Kraft It Up. A scrapbooking challenge blog that asks you to use kraft as your background and I LOVE kraft! It is so versatile and pairs very easily with bright and muted tones!

This months challenge was to use the above sketch along with Summer themed photos, washi tape and numbers. The numbers can be found under my journalling which are the date of the pictures. And the washi down the side serves a number of perposes, first it covers up a mistake I made (clumsy fingers dropping my ink pad onto the page, fills the challenge requirements and another might be more apparent tomorrow...

It is an all round summery layout. I wanted it to look bright and fun because it really was a simple and fantastic day out in the yard.
This is another all Bella Blvd layout (you can find another one here and a very old one here). Have I mentioned I LOVE her stuff!?! And for soo many reasons! The colours are bright, the 'whites' are white and the collections are totally interchangeable! This layout is a prime example all that. In a completely summer layout two of the main pattern papers are from a winter collection!!

I chose to keep the layout relatively flat and pop up some important features and highlight them, esp. these cheeky happy faces!
What do you think? Let me know in the comments.
Bye for now.
XoXoX Nicole

~Edit~
It is part of a double page!! See the second page here.

Materials.
Kraft Cardstock
Bella Blvd - Sophisticates - Sparkles & Lace Plum
Bella Blvd - Sunshine & Happiness - Cute Cuts
Bella Blvd - Sunshine & Happiness - Happy Clouds
Bella Blvd - Sand & Surf - Boarders
Bella Blvd - Spring Flings & Easter Things - Cute Cuts
Bella Blvd - Winter Wonder - Icy
Bella Blvd - Winter Wonder - Ski Slopes
Bella Blvd - Baby Boy - Cute Cuts
Bella Blvd - Sunshine & Happiness - Alpha + Bits
Bella Blvd - Spring Flings & Easter Things - Miniatures
Bella Blvd - Flags - Floral
Bella Blvd - Sand & Surf - Cling Stamps