Lots of paper layouts

Last night, I finished up a few paper layouts that I had been working on for a while.  For some reason, I hate using my Cricut for letters or diecuts for each individual layout.  It just takes up too much room to do it in among all my scrappy stuff.  So, what I do is I do the layout and then I set aside the paper I want to use for the title and the diecuts if there are any and put a sticky note on it with the title and the kind of font I want to use (cursive, chunky, thin, etc).  It means that I have a small pile of layouts to do at one but it works for me.

I love how this layout turned out.  The colours are so fun and I'm happy with how the stamped stars look.  I'm not a very good stamper so often, my attempts don't turn out wonderfully but this time, I'm happy.  The stamps and inks are from CTMH.  I used Fette Egyptienne as a font for my title and the red paper is textured and it's from long ago. I added the stitching and the ribbons for borders.

On this layout, I used an old, old, old piece of patterned paper with some new baby stickers that I got from my friend, Diana.  I tried out my new border punch that I got from Jennifer Larson as a RAK.  So pretty.  And I cut out that kitty using my "Create a Critter" cart.

I did this layout for Suzieq's March challenge at Skrap 'n Chat.  Her challenge was to do paper tearing.  I did it on the photo mat here.  I tore up a piece of patterned paper and then adhered it with liquid glue.  It gives a neat effect.  I also used a couple older stickers that I had.  I like to use up some of my older stash on my new layouts; I hate wasting anything!

I did this layout about K wanting to nurse her baby, just like Mommy nursed A.  She was such a sweet little mommy!  I lifted ideas from my fellow CKers for this layout.  Just like Ashley Horton did in her Bo Peep page, I used ric rac as a border for my page.  I love the look of it!  And like Cassie did on her "Three" page, I stitched lines of hearts.  I love the look of it and wanted to replicate it.

Ashley's layout:

You can go here to see this layout in her gallery (and all her other great layouts).  

Cassie's layout:

You can go here to visit her blog and see her other great work.

This layout was done for Suzieq's challenge for April to use a pennant or rosette flower.  I made a bigger one, per instructions on a blog, but it was far too big for my layout.  So, I did this one using a 1"x 12" strip of paper and scoring every 1/4".  I really like how it turned out.  The title ended up being much too big so I had to change up the design a bit.  (I was too lazy to recut the letters.)

And, there you go!  I should try to spread these out but I end up forgetting which ones I've posted and which I haven't so it's just easier this way.  :)