Oh Dear....

REALLY should read my posts before I post them....LOL When I went back and reread what I had written....(I really shouldn't find this as funny as I do...lol) I realized that in the second last post from today, the page with the gold thread embellishments, I had referred to the stamp I used as a Stupid G stamp....LOL.....oh mys...it's supposed to read Studio G....and in NO way reflects how I feel about the Studio G stamps...I actually really love them. hehe....oh mys....

Here is the finished Project for the Circle of Life project that Tricia made on www.tvweekly.com a few weeks ago. It's a Mother's day gift for my MIL, and features mostly pics of her and my son, although there are also other people in here as well. I'm pretty impressed with how it turned out, it took me a while, the inside was harder than I expected it would be. I think it came together well, though! I hope she likes it! :) Happy Mother's Day to you all. Thanks for visiting, and happy scrapping!

Page one. For the sake of showing the pictures better, I've placed white paper between each layer so you can see them seperately. This is the top layer, and the only one with three circles. The first circle to the left is a pic of my unborn baby girl, Shaelin. The outlining paper matches the binding of the book, and the flower is a velvet 3D flower that sticks on, and was given to me from my mom. The middle circle has my handwritten lettering (My Nan) which was written in liquid emboss and then sprinkled with gold microbeads. The right circle is just three punched hearts and a wooden cut out heart which I bought in a set last night at Dollarama. I inked the heart gold.

Page two. Love these two the best I think. The left side is DS Chase, DH Darren, MIL Marjorie, and Uncle Eddie (Rest in Peace). This is four generations, and Uncle Eddie was the oldest living relative that they had on Marjorie's side of the family. The plaid paper I've had for a while, don't know the name off hand, but it's really beautiful. The corner is just brown torn paper and the word 'family' is a set of rub-on alphabets I have. The pic is held in place with two bronze drageonfly brads. On the right side is a pic of my neice Marlo and my DS Chase. Love the pic. The embellishment is a little die cut flower, purchased at the Paperie here in town. It's held in place with red craft wire.

This is the third page. The paper is brown, beige and tan diamonds. The left side is a pic of FIL and DS Chase at the beach a few summers ago. It is scalloped around the edges. The ribbon is held in place by a shiny silver brad. The left side I stamped Making Memories with a little alphabet stamp set that I purchased at Dollarama I think, and then a corner stamp that I've had forever. I was going to emboss it originally, but I think it looks better like this, and I LOVE the striped paper that it's on...it's by All My Memories, and the name is Happiness Stripe. I have a dotted co-ordinating paper as well, and I just Love to use them together.

The second last set of circles. These are done on a handmade paper that is stitched in gold thread. Wasn't sure I'd ever find a use for it, but it fits pretty good here. The left is MIL and DS Chase, and the heart is from a set of wooden cut outs that I bought at Dollarama last night. The outside is inked in black (wish now I had used brown instead) and the inside is brown paper lightly dusted with pink embossing powder, so you can sort of see the brown (which is why I wish I had used brown ink instead). The right side is a pic of MIL and DS Chase again (surprise!) when she came back from a visit to New Zealand. The embellishment is a little silver frame thingy, and instead I Love You is stamped from a Stupid G stamp and embossed in gold powder.

This is the last page, the circle on the left has a pic of MIL, FIL and my DS Chase at Christmas time. It's wrapped in two braided ropes, and the knot is unbraided. The colours are off-white, brown and goldish. The pic to the right was taken at the cabin last weekend when Chase and Marjorie were picking through Marjorie's mothers old jewellery. The embellishment is a little brown frame, and inside I used a Studio G stamp thats a heart and xoxo and embossed it in a metallic bronze. Love it!