Tender Moment

It's not always easy being a stay at home Mum but there are days when a fleeting tender moment between my children makes it all worthwhile!

While our children had THEIR play date a friend introduced me to needle felting at her kitchen table over a cup of tea and home made scones.  It was great fun and I thoroughly enjoyed OUR play date!   Isn't it so nice to make our own embellishments for our layouts?  Not only is this layout about my children, but when I look at the felt mushrooms, clouds and the little felt flower my friend made, it is a reminder of a lovely afternoon learning something new.  Thank you Emma!

The mushroom patterned paper and chipboard elements are from DCWV's The Green Stack collection.  The yellow polka dot paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird collection.  I used Tim Holtz's Sizzix Carnivale Vintage Market alphabet to die cut the title, Fiskars' postal stamp border punch and McGill's 3" file tab punch.

If We Were Meant To Pop Out Of Bed, We'd All Sleep in Toasters

Saoirse is not always a ray of sunshine in the mornings and sometimes I feel a little sorry for Oisin when he awakes excited to see her, runs to hug her and she very reluctantly hugs him back!

This layout is on the reverse side of the layout on my previous post.  I love the paper and just had to create a back to back layout which works for me as the photos are in chronological order. 

The crochet flowers in the layout have inspired me to learn how to crochet this year and my good friend Irene gave me, for even more inspiration, a fabulous book of 100 flowers to knit and crochet.

My Best Friend

Distressing and layering - two of the things I love doing most when creating a layout.  Am I a compulsive distresser I wonder?  My friends at crops would probably agree!  LOL! 

 I love this photo of my daughter Saoirse and her friend Maya taken in our garden at Saoirse's 6th birthday party. 

The papers used are Cosmo Cricket Early Bird.  I also used We R Memory Keepers Magnetic Circle Cutter, Sizzix Flower Layers #9,  Woodware 2.5" Flower Punch, McGill 3" File Tab Punch and, of course, where would I be without my Tim Holtz Distresser!