more rainy days

It's has been a crazy week around here with the kids getting out of school, all of their end of the year parties and activities and graduations. The crazy California weather is not helping either. Here it is June 4th and it rained all night yesterday and almost all day today. The wind was blowing so much that the light signal at the intersection near my house went out, 2 trees were broken across the sidewalk and all the new blooms from the neighbors tress are in now in the gutter.  It feels like October or as someone said in the store today, it's JUNE-uary.

One good thing about the cold weather, it gets me in the mood to scrap, especially with bright colors. I  played yesterday and finally used the Glitz Hoopla Line that I love, love, love. I've been hoarding it and decided that if I want the newest Glitz release I better use this up.
I wanted to add some color to the floral pattern on this paper, so I used some cut and dry foam, which I cut into small rectangular pieces, my distress inks (fired brick, shabby shutters and spice marmalade) and came up with this...

After I colored in the flowers I wanted I created the rest of my layout. I used 2 of the Glitz Hoopla papers, some scraps I had from a Pink Pailsee paper I had, the Hoopla coordinating rub-ons and cardstock stickers and created this for my daughters birthday.

I also created this one. Another Glitz Hoopla paper, Pink Pailsee paper, Glitz What- Nots, cardstock stickers and rub-ons. I did not realize until after I took this photo that the rub-on was lifting.
No fear, glossy accents to the rescue. I added enough to stick the balloons back down and then added more to give it some glossy dimension.

I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out. I can't wait to scrap some more, but I really would love for it to stop raining. I would love to go play outside :)