Outstandling Leader Award

At the end of May our local service unit held a meeting for all the leaders in the area. It was a lovely evening with friends. But the best part of the night came after dinner. I was given the Outstanding Leader Award -- and I was nominated by Cora and Pattie (my co-leader)!

This LO is about that evening. I love the feminine details on this one. Flowers and bling and pins. It is on cream cardstock... wish it didnt look dirty in the photo.

70s Photos, Mini Me, and Tessa's flowers

This LO is one of my favorites. I found this photo of me when I was about 3 years old and I finally saw what everyone else already saw. My daughter looks like me. Then I found this great 70s paper, a photo of Cora and I together, some paint and a flower from one of my favorite bloggers. I love the whole 2 page spread!

Floatin' Fun

This LO is of the kids at their swim lessons a while back. I went very simple, and just enjoyed the bright color of the pool water and two handmade flowers.

I added bling to the letters, and I think it feels very watery.

Fun with Girl Scouts Collages!

I was the leader for my daughter's Juniors Girl Scout troop last year. We had a blast together. These two pages are collages of the girls over the course of the year. The first page are 'proper smile' poses and the second is a 'be goofy' page. The colors are awesome (thought the photos do not do the papers justice. Both pages are on white paper ... but you cannot tell that by these photos. :(

Happy Bread

Every time the kids bake bread with mom they have to make one loaf of 'smiley face' bread. I call it happy bread. Often it comes complete with buck teeth made by Cora.

This LO has a little paint, a little ink, some fussy cut clouds, and a happy color scheme.

Brotherly Love

Another 6x12 LO. Very simple... with a few fussy cut embellishments.

An old Page Freshened Up!

This page was a rescue from a very old Creative Memories album. The book had some water damage so I am taking it apart and using it as a reason for recreating the baby book. Some pages I have started from scratch. This one I decided to keep, with minor changes. I cut the paper on one edge with a decorative border, and added the embellishments in the bottom corner. Then I put it all onto white cardstock. I like the makeover, even though it would look different if I had started from scratch.