Giraffes and Babies ... So Cute!

One last card I created from my Apron Strings Bigger Than A Breadbox Kit fron August. The back side of the Splash Paper from the Echo Park Paradise Beach screamed giraffe to me! I could not wait to create some giraffes to decorate a card for a friend's baby!

 

I used the word "water baby" from the Beach Bum paper. Of course cutting away the water part!

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To make the giraffes I

 - Searched for images of "cartoon giraffes"

- I found an image that I liked and printed it out

- I cut it out and traced it on the back of the paper

 - Cut my finished giraffes out and placed them on the card

You could do this with any animal! How about a lion and include the sentiment I am not "lion"!

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In One Afternoon ...

I HEART October Afternoon!
In the Apron Strings Bigger Than A Breadbox Kit for August I found Echo Park Paradise Beach and October Afternoon 9 to 5.
I have been wanting the 9 to 5 line and knew if I was patient enough I would find it in my kit eventually! And the patience worked - finally I had the 9 to 5 line in my little hands! After just staring at it and saying how cute is that  about a hundred times I took a deep breath and cut into it!
And a flurry of flying paper later I had layouts and cards I was happy with!
This first layout is of the girls (and myself - what I am in a pic?) at George Ranch writing with a quill pen. The ink stayed on our fingers for three days - and yes we bathed and washed our hands in that time.
Feather Pen

This next layout is of Amory at the Children's Museum in an area called Kidtropolis. The children get to "work at a job", receive a "paycheck", and then "grocery shop". I could not pull them out of this section and we spent the majority of the day in Kidtropolis!
My favorite part of the layout has to be the upc codes I cut from the bottom strips to make flags. Utilize all of the paper - not only the true paper but the strips too!
Check It Out

And a few cards made with the October Afternoon (and a smidge of Echo Park)!

 

 

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Yep There Is an Echo!

Hello! Long Time No Blog!
This last month of summer has been busy getting the last bit of fun things done that I wanted to do with the girls. We had Service Camp at church (super busy for me since I led the card making class), started fall dance classes, went to all of the doctor appts we had to go to (not fun!), visited the Sea Center, Hermann Park to ride the train and pedal boats, and had some back to school meetings and classroom time (kinda fun!).
So needless to say my scrapping time has taken a nose dive! Although two different Design Team assignments had Echo Park lines in them! Which made it super simple for me to finish bunches of layouts and cards because I just think Echo Park is the bee's knees!
First up is Apron Strings Bigger Than A Breadbox Kit for August. It was filled with Echo Park Paradise Beach and October Afternoon 9 to 5.
The Echo Park (with a smidge of October Afternoon thrown in) was perfect for our pictures from Priscilla's birthday at a water park!
1*2*3 Whoosh!

Sweet and Sandy

and
Who Is Fabulous? Priscilla Is!

 

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