Monday, November 9, 2009

I'm a hoarder, yes I am

I am a keeper of all things. I always have been. But when it comes to scrapping and gorgeous patterned papers, my hording-ness (nice word, right?) comes out full force. I've had that red flowered Pink Paislee paper for awhile now, and I just couldn't bring myself to touch it, much less cut it. But alas, those flowers were really calling for me the other day, so I finally broke free and pulled the paper out ;-) And i'm so glad I did! I combined several different lines here, and this is what I got:
I love these photos of my then-very young Chloe (16 months!) making dandelion wishes. I think these papers definitely did those photos justice. Journaling says: Never stop believing in wishes, Chloe. One day they will all come true!

Hubby has been working a ton lately, and I think we're all exhausted in this house. It's definitely going to be an early night for us. Hope everyone out there in blog land had a great weekend! Happy Monday!!

21 comments:

Unknown said...

beautiful! So glad you dug into your hoard and created this awesome page!

Rebecca Keppel said...

Just GORGEOUS! I love the way the cut out red flowers look on the woodgrain. And such adorable photos of your little cutie :)

Maria said...

gorgeous! I hoard patterned paper too. ;)

ellen s. said...

gorgeous!

kate blue said...

that's so funny that you should use that paper; it was pulled outta my stash this week and is sitting (gasp now) on the floor in my scrapspace...May use it in my BOM that I hope to start on the weekend...Hope to see you soon.... :) Kat

Sasha Holloway said...

girl me too .. lol .. love this love it ..

Tara Powell said...

In a word...BRILLIANT!
You inspire me Staci and I love it!!
:D
Tara

Jocelyn said...

STUNNING!!!!!! You did a Fabulous Job!!!!! Love the way you did the cut work on the flowers!!! Love all you do!!! Have a great day!!! :-)

Lucy Edson said...

Stunning, Staci!! I so love the pattern and paper combination!! Such gorgeous contrast and detail work!

I so need to go pull from my stash - it's crazy!

Peggy said...

This really is so gorgeous! I love what you did with those papers, they match perfectly and that flower ... wow, your pictures/flower placement is just perfect! I really really love this LO!
xxx Peggy

Jess said...

gorgeous pg. and pics...i hoard paper and embellies, then i feel guilty so i use it all at once and make a ridiculous looking pg..vicious cycle

Trisha said...

Beautiful!

marcibun said...

I'm a hoarder too ;) You never know when you'll want to use something

Kim Sonksen said...

I am glad your hoarded this paper - this layout is stunning!!!! Had you used the paper before we would have never seen this gorgeous creation - I am in awe, as always

Staci said...

What a beautiful LO Staci! Those flowers are gorgeous!

Unknown said...

What a cool idea with the flowers in the background! Wonderful!

Stacey Michaud said...

You have used those flowers like no other. Wow, girl!

Wendy Kwok said...

This is beautiful!

Amy said...

Beautiful work!!!!!!!!

sarah said...

yea, i'm a hoarder too. it's such a horrible thing. LOL. :)

anyway, LOVE your recent stuff! gorgeous!

hugs,
sarah.

Audrey Pettit said...

This page is so stunning! Love what you did with the flowers! This one outta be framed.
Oh............and I'm a hoarder, too. ;)