Rodeo- Dance Layout

Hello! I had a little time this weekend to do a little crafting, so I got another dance layout done for my daughter's album. I started by finding the western inspired patterned papers in my stash. I laid out my photos and then figured out how I wanted to cut my papers. Once that was laid out, I went in search of the polke dot fence sticker and added that. I then went to work designing a title. I don't currently have a Cricut Access subscription, so I tried to find designs that were free. I found a lasso cut that I used for the first "o" in Rodeo and used a font from my computer for the rest of the letters. I found the cut boot cut and used that as an embellishment. After cutting and assembling those pieces and adhering them to the page, I found a little journaling spot for the information and embellished the page with some red puffy sticker flowers and clear gems.

 

Cards

Hello! I have a few cards to share today that I've made over the last few weeks. 

First up is a pair of anniversary cards that I made using a stencil set I got earlier this year. I tried purples this time for the flowers and really love how they turned out. I blended purple ink onto the edges of the card fronts to help highlight the flowers and add some interest. I cut the sentiment using my Cricut and finished off the card front with some sequins.

Next up is a birthday card for my daughter who turned 18 earlier this month. I started by stamping the background using the Marbled Turnabout Stamp from Concord and 9th. Since I used such bright colors, I went pretty simple for the rest of the design. I used my Cricut to cut the circle with the 18. I cut another circle from clear plastic and glued that to the back of the 18. I used my Cricut to cut a circle outline that matched the one around the 18 and glued that behind the circle to create a circle window. I found sequins and beads to go with the color scheme and added them to the window. I finished the card off with a sprinkling of sequins.

I was inspired by this color combination from Color Dare:

Finally, I made a pair of masculine birthday cards. I started by stamping snowflakes in white and Versamark on the light kraft colored background. I used some scraps for the patterned paper pieces. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on vellum and then ran it through my sticker making machine and adhered that over the top. I finished off this design with some Liquid Pearl drops.

 This design was inspired by the current card sketch from Stick It Down:

Dance Layout- Sketches in Thyme

 Hello, I have a new layout to share! It is another dance layout for my daughter's album. I started with this sketch from Sketches in Thyme:

My second photo was a little larger and landscape, but I made it work with the sketch. Since the costumes in these photos are white, I was able to play with color a bit. I found the strip I used across the top and worked from there, finding some coordinating papers. I used my Cricut to cut the title and layered flowers. I found some spray inks in coordinating colors and splattered those over my background. To give the layered flowers some depth, I edged them with purple ink. I used the same ink and lightly rubbed it over the large white flowers to highlight the raised areas. I used some printed vellum as another layer for both of my clusters, leaving it as a large strip for the lower cluster and trimming it into a leaf for the upper one. I stamped and heat embossed the journaling spot. To finish off the layout, I used sequins for flower centers, found a couple more premade flowers and added some thread behind some of the flowers.

Dance Layouts Using Sketches

Hello! I have two new layouts I created this weekend using my daughter's dance photos. For my first layout, I used the November single page sketch from Stick It Down:

I started with a watercolor background paper and used the big corner scroll stamps to add some interest. I then used a couple of coordinating patterned papers to create some strips underneath the photo. I cut the title with my Cricut. To embellish the page, I used some die cut flowers and silver Nuvo Drops.

Next I scraplifted this fun layout from Paper Issues:

I love the distressed wedges of the circle, so I started by finding some patterned papers to create them. I then cut a half circle and folded it in half and then in half again to use as a template. I traced the template onto the papers and cut out the wedges. I used a distressing tool to rough up the edges and curled them up a bit by hand. I used my Cricut to cut some of the stars and punches to cut the other from the same papers. I also used the Cricut to draw and cut the letters. I then went to work layering the stars, popping some up with foam adhesive. I finished things off with sequins.

 

Christmas Layouts

Hello! I am sharing my last three layouts from the scrapbook retreat last weekend. I used papers from the Simple Stories Christmas warehouse box (from two years ago) for all of these layouts. 

First up is this layout for my second oldest. I started by finding a full sheet of patterned paper that I could run across both of my pages to draw them together. Then I found a few other sheets of patterned paper to add the other sections. I cut the title with my Cricut. I initially put it directly onto the patterned paper, but found it got a little lost, so I found some vellum to make it stand out a bit more. I embellished the page with die cuts, chipboard, metal rimmed enamel dots and sequins. I added my journaling to a tag and stapled a scrap of ric rac to the top.

My next layout was a page kit, so the patterns were all printed already on the background and there were directions on how to assemble the page, so this design is not mine. I did change a few things up, like the sizes of the photos in the large block and a few of the embellishments. This kit made this layout come together very quickly though!

I mentiong the sketch booklets by Creative Memories yesterday, and this layout was inspired by one of those sketches. This design is great for 6x6  or 6x8 (which is what I used) paper pads. I added brads to the top of the photos and cards across the top of the layout. I found a cute chipboard frame to go around the horizontal photo of my kids on the bottom. For the title, I used a die cut and a foam word sticker. I used some border punches to go across the center of the page. I embellished the page with some die cuts, stickers, and metal rimmed enamel embellishments. 

That wraps up the layouts from my scrapbook weekend. I was very happy to get so much accomplished and it was fun to scrapbook again after not having time for the last several months!

 

Two Layouts, One Design

Hello! I have a couple more layouts to share. Creative Memories has sketch booklets with several sketches and different levels of embellishment. I used a few of those sketches for layouts I created last weekend at the crop. These two layouts were inspired by one of those sketches.

I started by finding some coordinating patterned papers and punched the top edges and layered them up. I used a thin strip of patterned paper across the bottom of the page and then used a photo and a journaling card for the middle section. I had all of that adhered down when I decided I wanted to use my Cricut and a pen for the title, so I stuck the whole layout on the cutting mat and made sure the line up my drawing exactly. The Cricut did the outline and then I colored the letters and the outline of the banner in by hand. I stamped my daughters' friend's name in coordinating ink to finish off the title. At that point, I decided I needed something over the seam between the middle section and bottom patterned paper, so I punched the party had border. To embellish the page, I used some washi tape, stickers, and flair.

 Since I had the same photos for my other daughter's book, I made both of these layouts a once, just mixing up a few details.

Birthday Layouts

Hello! Today I'm sharing several birthday layouts I made for my girls. 

First up are the layouts I made of their birthday party (their birthdays are 6 weeks apart so we frequently celebrate them with family at the same time). This layout is very photo heavy, so, I just addes some patterned paper, a tag with the journaling, a cute die cut and and larger title at the bottom. The letters of the title I cut 3 times with my Cricut and layered them for dimension. For some added dimension on the stars, I used some light pink Nuvo Drops. A few enamel dots and a metal rimmed sticker finish off this layout.

I recieved a border "kit" at the crop last weekend, and I used it on this layout across the center. There were lots of Creative Memories border punches available, so I used a couple of those here. I cut the title with my Cricut. I matted the large star sticker and then layered the snowflake sticker over the top. I used the rest of the stickers as embellishments around my page. A few frosty colored sequins completed this layout.

Next up is a layout from my daughter's actual birthday. I used this sketch from Sketches In Thyme:

I started with a sheet of cardstock that had resist polka dots on it. I rubbed a Distress ink pad over the background. The ink pad is a little dry, so I spritzed the ink with a little water to help it blend a bit. I then layered some patterned papers over the background, matted my photos and stuck that all down. I cut the title and snowflake on my Cricut. I embellished the page with some die cuts, stickers and sequins.

My final layout also used a sketch from Sketches In Thyme:

My photos are much bigger than the ones in the sketch, but I made them work. I started by cutting the solid triangles of patterned paper. I then cut the triangle outlines with my Cricut, along with the title. I embellished the page with some stickers. I filled in the letters of "Birthday" with Liquid Pearls to make them stand out more and finished off the crown with some clear gems.