Too Short

I've had this photo since the end of last summer. My roommate from University and her girls were up for a visit. I met Anna one of the first days I was in residence and her room was directly across from mine. The following year, we moved into a house her dad owned and were roommates for the next three years. That was 20 years ago. There's nothing like doing a bit of math to make a gal feel old! We see each other every few years, but our visits go by so quickly.
Sigh.
I really love the colours that are in the new Jillibean Soup lines. I especially love that the papers are double-sided. This layout makes the most of my supplies.
I cut two strips of the green patterned paper and attached them to either side of an old sheet of patterned paper that I know I'm never going to use.
To create the centre portion, I used a scrap piece of cardstock that was slightly wider than the space that was left.
On the other side of the green, is this lovely text paper. I cut two small strips and attached them to the top and bottom of the scrap cardstock.
This whole centre section is now attached to the background.
I punched strips from the napkin (included in the Cabbage Soup add-on) and glued them in layers onto the cardstock strip, leaving the ends overhanging. Once all of the strips were on and dry, I wrapped the ends around to the back and taped them to leave a nice clean edge.
the photo is mounted on Cosmo Cricket patterned paper and then mounted again on a piece of fabric (included in the main kit).

The photo is added to the background using foam adhesive and embellished.

A branch was die-cut from another piece of the text paper using the Silhouette.

This layout uses the Cabbage Soup add-on, a few bits from Sunday Brunch and a few other bits from the Up The Street store.

New Wheels

I'm still catching up on last year's summer photos.
This is Will on his brand new bike ... the second after the first one blew a tire and he wiped out. It sounded like a gunshot going off and I was worried that he wouldn't want to bike anymore. But a shiny red bike is pretty hard to resist ;)
I used the Sunday Brunch kit for this. I love being able to cut different elements from the Sassafras paper. I wanted to use the image of the little bike ... but it was purple and looked really out of place. Stickles to the rescue! Now the wee bike is red and shiny!

I've posted the details for the May Up The Street Layout Contest over at the Up The Street blog. Hope you'll play along :)

April Kit at Up the Street!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know that the new kits are available at Up The Street.
The Main Kit is Sunday Brunch and is packed full of colour and fun ....
The first add-on, Cabbage Soup, offers some of the new Jillibean Soup, with Maya Road envelopes and Elle's Studio flashcards ...

The second add-on, Salad Bar, has some more Jillibean Soup, Cosmo Cricket and Maya Road chipboard letters. My favorite part of this kit is the sheet of border stickers from Sassafras. There are so many on this sheet and can be used in so many ways. Love, love, love.

Head on over to the store to purchase.

Thanks for stopping by :)