CTMH: Sonoma Layouts

This is the third set of Sonoma layouts from the workshop, this is one of my favorites.

TIP: For added detail, add more flowers, stamp the leaves or crinkle them and distress with Olive ink and add some chocolate pearls in between the leaves.

CTMH: Sonoma Layouts

Here is the second layout for the Sonoma workshop. I've decided that I would use my name in the recommended area for your title.

TIP: Add little pearls to the ivy stamp on the top and bottom border.

The tag on the left hand side is perfect for journaling.

CTMH: Sonoma Layouts

The last time I posted the Sonoma Family Tree, there was only one tree. As you all know, I do make both pages of every layout. But for this layout, I made two trees, one for my husbands family and one for my family.

For the Rubio family tree, I just made the ovals for my parents and for the six kids. After careful consideration, I will be adding the spouses and kids to the tree, simply because some of my siblings did not have kids or did not get married. I was scared that it would look too crowded, but after I laid it out, it looked nice. My plans are to put them in shadow boxes and hang them in my house. But I have a feeling that after my family sees the final product, they are going to ask me to make some for them too...

For the parents I used Cocoa Ink to stamp the image, my husband and his brothers I used Pansy Purple, for the spouses I used Olive Green and for the grand kids I used Desert Sand. Also, the parents and the kids are on 3D foam tape, the spouses and grand kids are adhered directly to the cardstock, which makes it nice to distinguish family members. You may choose to use pictures in "Sepia" finish to add the layouts or you can hand wright the names and date of birth under the names, either one looks beautiful.

I will be adding more flowers to the them before placing them in the shadow boxes, I just did not want to add them before I took the pictures to for the blog, because the kit only included a certain amount of embellishments per kit. But as you know... scrapbookers will always have extra embellishments to add to any layout.

Close To My Heart: Sonoma Family Tree Layout

Close To My Heart Studio J 5 Pack

Hello Everyone!
Today, I woke up early to work on my Studio J 5 pack that Close To My Heart gifted all the consultants that will be attending this year's Leader Share in San Diego, California.

Since I am NOT that familiar with Studio J, I saw this an awesome opportunity to learn how to navigate the program and get some well deserve and very needed layouts done. If you want to take a gander at Studio J, I invite you to click on the link to the right of my blog and start discovering the great possibilities with digital scrapbooking. It was great to be with the kids and travel around the house with my laptop and create these adorable layouts.

So, here are my 10 layouts I finished today and I am so excited to get them during Leader Share this Saturday!