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Hey there,
I'm Janet. I was born and raised in Minnesota. In 2002 I met my dear hubby and in 2009, after a long wait we had our first baby girl, Annelyse. Then this past February we were surprised with the early birth of our second daughter, Sophia who was born three months premature. When I'm not taking care of my crazy, sweet, spunky, girls, I run my photography business. I must have ran across pixel scrapper early on when it was first started. I downloaded a few things but then got busy taking care of my first baby girl. Now I'm coming back and am very thankful for the resources that you provide. It's tough to find quality, free of charge, digital papers, layouts, and assets that can be used for commercial purposes.
Description
I wanted to find a way to mark a year's growth for each of my girls. So, after getting inspiration from a layout on a blog over Christmas (they used it to display winter photos - so wish I had noted the blog so that I could give credit), this is what I came up with. Each year I'm going to attempt to put together one of these initial layouts for both of my little sweethearts. Hopefully it will be a way to track their growth and how their interests/skills change over time.
Text reads... Annelyse Melissa three years old loves her baby sister ~ enjoys playing with her ponies, barbies, babies, and tea set ~ can balance and hop on one foot, run like the wind and hide like a ninja ~ would happily drink ‘Daddy Coffee’ 24 hours a day, & loves to eat veggies (especially carrots) ~ loves reading with mommy and daddy, being outside, going to the park in our back yard, and going for walks ~ her favorite TV shows are ‘Infested’ & ‘Scooby Doo’ ~ She enjoys watching any and all Disney films ~ she adores tickling her baby sister and teaching her all that she knows. We love our big girl more and more each day and are so proud of her!
The background paper was created by Courtneys Digiscrappin' and is part of the freebie Collaboration Kit called Shiny Happy People. The paper was recolored by me to suit the layout. The kit can be found here. 
http://theheartisticproject.com/blog/shiny-happy-people-sponsors-collaboration-kit/
The stitching is from Sugarbutt Designs - http://sugarbuttdesigns.com/2013/01/21/stitched-border-tutorial-with-freebie-examples/
Recent Comments
Such a neat layout! This is a great way to remember all those little details about your girls.
What a great idea! I love the way you created Annelyse's collage of pictures. The word art is fantastic, too. The colors you chose compliment the pictures and "A" perfectly.
This is such a great idea! I was searching for a way to do the same thing and love what you came up with. I really like the way you mixed black and white and color photos too. Just awesome!
Love it!
so fun!!
Thanks so much ladies. As much fun as I had making this one, seeing my daughter's face as I read the text to her was the icing on the cake. She asked me to read it over and over, all the time grinning. Mission accomplished. :)
Oh, and Melouise, feel free to lift it!! I actually modified a layout that I saw over Christmas. The original had a lot less pictures and a bunch more embellishments on a patterned paper. Also, the text read 'W is for Winter' all around it. So there are many variations that can be done! Loved the concept. :)
I love this! Definitely going to scraplift this, with your permission - I love the idea of doing this every year to keep track of their growth! Kudos, Janet!!
LOVE IT! I am with Lana and from far away the text looks like stitching - which is awesome!
Love this!
Awesome how you did the journaling! Very cool page.
Very cool idea! Nice job!
Love the lettering effect and the journaling around it.
oh wow! This is awesome!!!
I love this! So creative!
So cute!! Will definitely have to steal this at some point! :)
Awesome idea! I love it, and I'll try make a layout like this some day for sure
I really like this!
This us really cool!! From far away the text looks like stitching...so different and unique! You did a nice job on this!