Sunday, March 11, 2012

Birthday Blog Hop Day Two

Hello and welcome back!  Today is day two of SweetSassyDiva's birthday blog hop.  I really hope Bobbi Jo is having an excellent birthday!

The line up for the hop is the same as yesterday so if you have again arrived here from Lucy's blog, you are right on track.   If you would like to start at the beginning, please go to SweetSasyDiva's blog.

Yesterday I shared with you a layout about my daughter's 9th birthday.  Today is the other half of the layout:



Look familiar?  It should!  One of the things I love to do is create a one page layout and then mirror it to create the page that will face it in the scrapbook.   Sometimes this is much easier to do than trying to create a full design for a 2 page layout for me.

I again used the cart Letter Envy.  I cut the rest of the title using the Font feature at one inch.  I took a close up of it in case people were wondering how it looks in real life.  Even though I don't explain this in the journaling, for the weeks leading up to her 9th birthday, we kept telling her, "Oh, we can't wait until you turn 9, then this (whatever it was at the time) won't happen anymore" and "Are you 9 yet?" when she would do something undesirable.  She thought it was funny so don't worry, we weren't being mean. :)  So the title "9 finally" is just right for this layout.


The sun at the top is actually the negative of yesterday's sun cut.  I then inked it and used a Christmas stamp in it!  The journaling block was also from Letter Envy, the crest on letter L without a lot of the layers.  It was cut at 4". 


Here are the two layouts together as they will appear in my scrapbook:



Remember there are two great giveaways happening - mine, in which you can win the Cricut cart 3 Birds on Parade, and SweetSassyDiva's in which you can win the Sophie cart.  Comment and be a follower here to be eligible for 3 Birds on Parade; comment on all the hops to be eligible for the Sophie cart.  Don't forget to leave me a way to get in contact with you!


Have a very wonderful end of the weekend everyone!  You are off to Gaby's blog next!

34 comments:

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  2. Love this paper! So cute & fun! (New follower here.)

    hwood_22@yahoo.com

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  3. Fun LO! Great pictures. Already a follower.


    Hugs,
    Patty
    creativediva98.blogspot.com
    creativediva98 at gmail dot com

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  4. Love that you made a mirror image of the first lo pg! Love the papers you used and the pics are priceless!!

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  5. I love the layout! Your projects are always awesome! I love coming here for inspiration.

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  6. Great layout, and so nice to see the partner to yesterday's post!

    http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/
    HappyScrapper64@bex.net

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  7. Too cute Michele!

    I love how you used the papers differently on both pages. Looks great!

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  8. I love to see a mirror layout- Thanks for the inspiration! lclass003atgmaildotcom

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  9. Great idea for a 2 page layout.
    stuff@gt.rr.com
    http://cricutmimi.blogspot.com

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  10. This is so cute. I love your layout. :) The sun is too cute!

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  11. Cute Layout,
    Thanks for the chance to win!!!!!!!

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  12. I love your ideas!!! I am a new follower. Thanks for a chance to win!!!
    kaleduc@live.com

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  13. Another great layout! Love the 2-pager!!!

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  14. Love your layouts. Looks like she had a wonderful birthday! :)

    Sandy
    http://thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com/

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  15. Great LO and great pictures. modjjjash at yahoo dot com

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  16. Nice layout and pics.

    marg0006@verizon.net
    Loving Scrapper 101

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  17. Good idea, doing the mirror image on the second page! I'm sure she's glad she's 9 now!

    Lauras0801@aol.com

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  18. Beautiful layout! TFS! Have a wonderful day! lindagk23ataoldotcom

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  19. Great layouts. I love the idea of doing a mirror image, makes it easier.
    alscaligrl@gmail.com

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  20. very nice lo. tfs. i'm a long time follower.
    littlen44 at gmail dot com

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  21. nice layouts!

    Kim

    kim at puppiesandpapercrafts dot com

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  22. The 2 pages came together beautifully !

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  23. Great layouts, thanks for sharing the mirror idea!
    mvasquez69 at aol dot com

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  24. Great page!!

    Sillyscrap@ aol dot com

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  25. Cute page!! I love the idea of mirroring the pages!! I've never thought of that!!

    amyis300 AT hotmail DOT com
    scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com

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  26. Ohhh I want this cart!! Great Layout! TFS


    Jess @ www.homespunelegance.blogspot.com

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  27. Great layout--I like the way you mirrored your first layout.
    I am a follower.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  28. Page 2 is just as great as page 1! TFS

    Lucy
    http://love2createitall.blogspot.com

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  29. your second page turned out just as great as your first! TFS

    lkgra@hotmail.com
    http://lisa-scrappingspot.blogspot.com/

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  30. So cute. Love the layouts great job. I bet your daugther was so excited for the ipad.

    Oh and can you share the receipe for the Hamburger corn bake sounds yummy.

    Thanks,
    Terri
    terri_ski at yahoo dot com.

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  31. Love your layout! I'm a new follower.

    Sandy
    sweetpeascards at yahoo dot com

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