The Mid-month Garden!

I'm very excited about the mid-month garden! I had a little more time to prepare, so I created a few layouts to share with you all! But first...some of the layouts that caught my eye today:

• Like Cat & Dog (I pretty much adore everything that Stephanie does. Total eye-candy!)
• Argue Mateys (Adorable! And I love those Hero Arts spider web stamps)
• She (simple design, powerful page and a good reminder, I think, about self-image)
• Our Chills & Thrills (love the non-traditional colors on this Halloween layout)
• Happy Halloween (I am totally drawn to this design, and I love the Spooky Scary kit!)

You know how I feel about Halloween, so here's a seasonal hybrid layout showing a few of my spooky decorations from last year. *Hopefully* you'll feel inspired to start documenting your own spooky home decor: 

©Two Peas in a Bucket

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Making Memories (spiderweb); Digital Patterned Paper: Spooky Scary kit by Jen Allyson (orange dots, black text); Digital Brushes: "beware" from the Halloween Word Art kit by Rhonna Farrer, spider line from The Spider's Web Stamps kit by Carina Gardner; Gemstones: Clear Gemstones by Hero Arts

More details and links to the supplies here.

Here is a closer look at the numbers:

I created a digital collage with my title and journaling on the orange patterned paper, and then I had it printed twice so I could cut out one set of numbers to attach on top with foam adhesive.

Here's a closer look at the spider line (much cuter that the one I discovered the other day), which I embellished with gemstones:

 

Love those digi stamps! Check out Carina's kit: The Spider's Web Stamps. So very perfect if you happen to be working on Halloween projects right now. I especially like the polka-dot pumpkin. :)

I also created a couple more layouts focused on the theme for October: Typography. The first one is a title page for Sadie' second year album:

©Two Peas in a Bucket

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Lemonade by Basic Grey; Brad: Basic Grey, Die-cut Machine: Silhouette; Punch: Threading Water by Fiskars

More details and links to the supplies here.

The letters look like stickers, but they are actually cut with my Silhouette. I typed the alphabet in the Quickutz RoboMaster program (the software for the Silhouette), and cut it six (?) times from different colors of cardstock. I saved all the extra letters for later! And by the way, if you were thinking about purchasing a Silhouette, I noticed it's currently 20% off at Two Peas right here.

And last is a page I've been thinking about for a long time. I've been wanting to document the nicknames we have had for Sadie, and I had an idea about how I wanted it to look. It didn't translate exactly, but I think it works:

©Two Peas in a Bucket

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Fruit Fizz by Basic Grey; Lace Paper: Orange Swiss Dot Doilie by Basic Grey; Notebook Paper: Fancy Free Kit by Michelle Underwood; Photo Frames: Curled White Photo Frames by Mary Ann Wise; Brad: Glazed Brad by Basic Grey; Fonts: Catching Cupcakes, Graham Cracker, AL Worn Machine

More details and links to the supplies here.

I wanted to create this traditionally, but sizing all the fonts would have been a nightmare, so hybrid it is! I used two of my new favorite digi elements: Curled White Photo Frames and notebook paper from the Fancy Free kit by Michelle Underwood with some funky handwritten fonts. Because the colors I chose are so freakin' bold, I kept the design pretty simple, so this layout came together fairly quickly. As always, gotta love that. :)

Comments

[Rhonda Steed]

CUTE stuff Mary!!!!! i LOVE the one with the alphabet! Totally cute!

[Sarah M]

Oh my goodness! LOVE your layouts! You've definitely inspired me. :)

[Lydia Jackson]

I agree the one with the Alphabet and large S for Sadie is really incredible. Super cute idea!

[laura vegas]

awesome layouts in the garden mary! love your halloween layout ... if only i had some decor to take pics of. lol! i think the title page is perfect ... now i feel like i need title pages for my zillion albums ;)

[Paola Norman]

I just love your layouts. That Halooween one is something special. I want to scrap now..Thanks for the inspiration!
Have a great day!

[Sara Rossi]

AWESOME work Mary!! LOVE them ALL! I'm feeling inspired to make a Halloween LO now!!

[Tina Cockburn]

I love that layout with the letter stickers and the Big "S"! Love it!

[Sasha Farina]

you are SO GOOD with hybrid!!!