Step-by-Step: I Miss This

I decided to take a different route scrapping these photos of my son. I chose to journal about how much I miss things that have changed recently. Normally I would have scrapbooked how cute he is (well isn't he?!) or how sweet.  While all that is still true, I miss some aspects of him. He's now going on 9 and while I love him, we've been having some tough struggles with school and his learning disabilities.  I found myself wishing for the days when life seemed simpler, easier, and sweeter. I still have my sweet, loving child. We just have a whole lot of other complications happening that stress him and then stress me. I miss those days! 

Supplies:

• Pink Paislee Spring Fling Umbrella paper, Flower Beds paper, Tree House paper, Enchanting Stickers, Enchanting Chipboard Elements, Enchanting Alphabet stickers,
• Bo Bunny Love Shack Shake paper
• Bo Bunny Mini Stapler
• BasicGrey alphabet stickers
• ColorBox Chalk Inks
• Tim Holtz Sanding Block
• buttons   

Instructions:

1. Use the Pink Paislee Spring Fling Umbrella paper as a background. Cut a 10" x 9" piece from the Flower Beds paper . Ink the edges with the ColorBox ink.
2. Then cut a 4 ½" x 10 ½" piece from the Bo Bunny Love Shack paper. Ink the edges and adhere over the Flower Bed paper.
3. Next cut a 1 ½" x 11" strip from the Pink Paislee Tree House paper. Ink the edges with the ColorBox inks. Adhere to the layout. Add a wood cardstock sticker from the Pink Paislee Enchanting booklet. Use the Bo Bunny stapler to staple each end.
4. Thread Double Dot ribbon through the Pink Paislee chipboard button. Adhere to the layout.
5. Add your photos to the page. Mine were printed at a 3" x 4" size for the smaller and a 5" x 7" for the larger photo.  
6. To create the title sand a bit of the edge of a Pink Paislee chipboard element. Then add the alphabet stickers to create the title. Add a sticker from the Enchanting sticker booklet.
7. Add the adorable tree chipboard piece, after  inking the edges with a light green ink.  Adhere the buttons on the tree and at the bottom to finish off.
8. Finish it off with just a few more staples to complete the layout.            

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