July Month in Review

I love doing month in review layouts. I started when I was making my kids' first year baby books. So much easier than doing a layout of every little thing that babies do. I did them every once in a while in our family album until last year, when Green Tangerines started coming out with month in review kits as part of their kit club. Now, I do them regularly, kit or not.

Recently I stumbled upon Scrapbook & Cards Today (thanks to Brenda). They post a sketch once a month as part of their Project 12. Here is the July sketch:

And my take on it:

Again, I used only supplies from my stash! As much as I complain about not having a local scrapbook store right now, it is nice that it forces me to use my stash & not buy new stuff.

The papers are all Bo Bunny & from their Popsicle line last summer. The red is double-sided & dotted on the reverse. It's Bo Bunny also.

I used yellow vinyl thickers that I purchased for a different layout and my SU scallop edge punch here. I really need to get some more edge punches...they are so fun to use! The square embellishment here is one of four that were on a sheet of Bo Bunny paper.

This flower is from American Crafts Heat Wave line. I have gotten so much use out of those flowers! Love them! I used Gill Sans MT Condensed for my font here, and the grid paper is from the Popsicle line as well. I got a bunch of paper last summer when one of our local scrapbook stores went out of business. I did a little handstitching on the journaling spot as well :)