Erin really wanted to make her Valentines this year. She remembered that I cut white hearts from cardstock last year for her to paint because that is what everyone did at her preschool. Make their cards from scratch. I was all for buying some at first, but she wanted to paint. So I cut out some hearts and she went to town with her glittery water color and acrylic paints. The hearts actually have a pretty shimmer to them.
After signing her name, she taped a tootsie roll to each one.
We are going to actually celebrate Valentine's Day as a family on Friday. Mike doesn't get in until late tonight, so we wanted to wait for him. I bake heart shaped sugar cookies every year, cook a favorite dinner and we exchange little gifts. :)
Now on to scrapbooking! So, if you read this post, I never did find the ticket stubs I was looking for.
But I did find my passport. Huge relief! :)
I decided to go ahead and do the layout anyway.
Here is the sketch from the October Afternoon blog...
I always, always have a hard time photographing layouts on black cardstock. The color just looks off,
and this time was no exception. The tickets on here are actually hand cut from a piece of patterned paper from the Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic line by American Crafts. Not my real tickets. :) Used lots of silver and gold washi tape and also used some strips for my journaling. The stars at the top are made of fabric and I sprayed them with gold and silver mists. Kept things pretty simple as you can see.
If I do end up finding the ticket stubs, I plan on putting them behind each photo with a little pull tab. Something like I did here...
I also have a peek at another layout I just completed that was an assignment for Crafting Ireland magazine.
I hope you have a great Vday and weekend! See you next week :)
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ReplyDeleteSo glad you went ahead with the layout and brought back some 80s memories, Mary Jo. This looks awesome with the sparkly title!
ReplyDeleteHer hearts are ADORABLE! I loveeeeeee them! And LOVING your lo!! I love love love how you added your own tickets! And YAYYYYYYYY for finding the passports!!!
ReplyDeleteFab 'movie nights' layout - I love the big stars! Well done for finding your passport too! x
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely valentines tradition. Here in the uk it's not celebrated as much by the whole family, which is a shame but my daughter is only six months old so plenty of time to start traditions. Glad to see you found your passport! That must have been rather worrying. X
ReplyDeleteLove the layout! I loved dirty dancing!
ReplyDeleteEven though you didn't find the ticket stubs, I still think that the LO turned out great!!!! And in the scheme of things I think that it is much more important to find the passport. I hope you have a wonderful time celebrating Valentine's Day tomorrow...sounds like a lovely tradition!
ReplyDeleteThe hearts are so cute!
ReplyDeleteI love that you did the page even without the tickets. I hope that they turn up someday soon!
Very fun page - everything really pops off the black background!
ReplyDeleteI agree...everything pops on the black! How cool that you kept your ticket stubs!
ReplyDeleteOy, the Valentines, Abie was finishing hers up last night. I wonder, will she want to do them next year in middle school or will I catch a break and just have Landry's to work on? Landry did say, you are the best mom ever, letting us craft our Valentines. That was pretty cool :) I love how your layout turned out and that you have a plan for the stubs, because we both know they're going to turn up.
ReplyDeleteGreat layout! Oh, the nostalgia! lol! I'm sure that you will find those ticket stubs some day. :) Happy Valentine's!
ReplyDeleteFantastic layout! Love the titlework! Enjoy your Valentine's Day!
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The hearts look pretty. What a great subject for a layout! Happy Valentine's Day!
ReplyDeleteSorry about not finding the ticket stub but relieved to hear you found your passport :)
ReplyDeleteGreat hearts - so cute! Hubster and I are having our Valentines dinner tomorrow...too much to do on a weeknight for us :) Have a great time Friday <3
I think your layout is awesome.
ReplyDeleteErin had a great idea for her school classmates.
I like the sneak peeks :)
Oh love the LI and the theme! Perfect and so fun. I hope you do find the ticket stubs. The price difference would be cool to see. Awesome sneak!!
ReplyDeleteLove your LO!!
ReplyDeleteLove the design!!
The Valentine turned out so very beautiful and fun!!
Looking forward to sesing the LO that you gave us a peek of!!
Love it...I hope you find those ticket stubs...I think you will! As you say it would be cool to compare the price you paid for the tickets and it is such a cool piece of memomrbelia.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking...did you look under the dresser or bed etc. if they fell, they could have slid under something!
I LOVE it on the black! This turned out great and what a good idea to ouse those Dear Lizzy tickets :)
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you didn't find your tickets. Great idea though, for adding them if you do find them. I love this on a black background. Fantastic memories to document. :) Great sneaks too!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you couldn't find your tickets. But I'm really glad you found your passport! I love how you worked around the missing tickets for the layout, it looks great!
ReplyDeleteErin's hearts are adorable! I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day!
Great Move Nights layout, I remember seeing all those movies too! :)
ReplyDeleteCute lo! I have the same problem photographing black as well! Glad you found your passport! I miss chatting with ya MJ!((hugs))
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