Lake Life

Hello, I had time to do a little scrapbooking the last couple of days and I put together this layout!

 I got the September "Flaver of the Month" kit from the Scraproom and used the Bella Blvd Lake Life papers for this layout because they were perfect! I fussy cut the top edge of the wave patterned paper to add some interest. I then added the fish paper to the top of my layout and stitched a frame around it. I double matted the group shot and individual shot of my son on the top and added action shots across the bottom of my layout. The title is a Paper Issues cut file. I cut the same cardstock for my journaling strips. I wanted to add some interest to the solid cardstock title, so I outline the letters with a pen, which fit the hand drawn lines challenge at Use Your Stuff.  I finished off my layout with some of the die cuts included in the kit.

October Calendar Page- Stick It Down

Hi all! I had time this week to get some scrapbooking done, so I did my October calendar page. I started with the double page sketch from Stick it Down:

I stuck really close to this sketch. I found the cute phrase strip in my stash and decided to use that as one of my edge strips. I cut another strip of the same thickness from pumpkin paper for my second page. I brought the two pages together with strips of plaid patterned paper on either end. I used a corner swirl stamp on the inside of the patterned paper strips. I matted my photos with orange cardstock to make them stand out a bit more on the white background. I found a journaling card that went with the rest of my paper and wrote my journaling on there. For the photo captions, I found some cardstock in the same color as the journaling card and cut that into strips. The title was cut using a Paper Issues cut file. I backed the pumpkins with patterned paper for some interest. I also decided to add some ink smooshing behind the  title for more interest. To embellish the page, I cut some leaves for a sheet of paper that I did some ink smooshing on. I also used some stickers, brads and chipboard pieces. I layered all of the pieces over the stamping. 

 I was also inspired by the Lasting Memories challenge to use layers. I did a little layering of my papers, but did lots of layering of my embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!

SBC Fest Day 2

Hello, I'm back to share my day 2 projects from SBC Fest. I only did two of the classes that day, but I love the projects I made!

First up was Vicki Boutin's layout class. We did some inking on our background to make a place for our design to land. It was so fun to play with inks, water and bubble wrap to make the background for this! We also inked up another sheet of paper and used it to cut the butterflies. I used papers I already had in my stash (most of which were from Vicki Boutin's collections). I used more photos that Vicki, because that's what I do! 😄 I pulled out a set of die cuts that matched the colors I was already working with on here and used my Cricut to cut the title.

 Finally, there was Tiffany Solorio's tag class. She used Distress Stains, which I don't have, but I have lots of spray inks, so I just found colors I liked ( and still sprayed- some are clogged and I didn't feel like working to unclog them). I also used some stamps on the background that I don't use often. I will be trying to find ways to use them more in the future because I really like how they looked on here. I just love all the colors on this and it is super shimmery in person!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my projects!

SBC Fest Day 1

This past weekend, Scrapbook.com put on SBC Fest. It was two fabulous days of inspiration. I had so much fun creating along with some of the classes. Here are the projects I made on Day 1.

First up was a class with Simon Hurley. I made these two cards and a third card front that I haven't made into a card yet. I used masks, stamps, and inks that I already had for these, so they are different from what he created, but definitely inspired by his designs. He also used some of his Lunar Pastes, which I don't have, so I mixed some molding paste with pigment powder to get a similar effect.

Next up was Justin Adkins's class. He had us ink blending, which is always fun. I created the hello frame cut file to look similar to the die he used for the class. 

Finally was Christie Marcotte's class. I again shopped my stash and used products I already had. I also found some Cricut cuts that were similar to what she was using in the class. The last card ended up being quite different from what she created because my background paper had to go horizontally, so I made the pieces fit.

 

Happy Birthday card- Sketch Saturday

Hello, I have a new card to share today! I started with this sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I started by using a mask and brown ink spray for my background. I then cut the banner from patterned paper, I also cut the small square for the cupcake from cardstock. I stamped the cupcake and candle. I also stamped and fussy cut the sentiment banner. I edged all of the pieces with brown ink and attached them to my card front. I finished off the card with some buttons.

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!

July 4th Fun

Hi all, I have another new layout to share! My kids are all in school now, so I hope to have more time to scrap during the week going forward. 

I was inspired by a couple of challenges for this one. First up is the CSI challenge:

I was also inspired by the challenge at Lasting Memories with was to do a weaving technique. I started by finding patterned papers that matched the colors from the inspiration image. I then wove those strips together. Initially, i was going to have the weaving behind all the photos, but wanted mroe of the wood background paper to show, so I just used it as a mat for the two solo photos. I cut the title using the Cricut- once from red glitter cardstock and twice from white cardstock. I layered those up for dimension. I then found a red journaling spot and added that. It had cherries on it, which wasn't quite what I was going for, so I added a sticker over the cherries. I finished by embellishing the page with enamel dots, washi tape, a stamped tab, and a flair button.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!
 

Happy 4

Hello, I have a new layout to share! I started with this sketch from Rochelle Spears:

I used the sketch for my left hand page. For the pattern on the bottom half, I used patterned acetate. I placed a patterned paper strip across the top and then sewed it onto my cardstock background (using my sewing machine) to create pockets to hold the cards my son received at his party. I cut the large circle from patterned paper and adhered that to the front of the pocket. For the title, I used banner stickers and cut the "4" using my Cricut. I used some die cuts, an epoxy flair, enamel dots and puffy stickers to embellish my page. I realized as I was starting this post that I hadn't journaled on this layout! I ended up adding it to the green flag on the large circle. 

I was also inspired by the Tic Tac Toe challenge from Scrap with Stacy:

I did the top row: stripes, banner, and enamel dots. Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!

 

County Fair Fun

Hello, I have a layout to share today! I started with this fun collection I picked up recently as inspiration. It went so well with these photos of my kids at the county fair years ago, so I made a page for my daughter's book. I started by laying my photos out and trying to decide what looked best. Then I cut some patterned paper up to layer under the photos. Once that was all glued down, I found the "fun" sticker on the sticker sheet for the collection. I cut the words "County Fair" using my Cricut. I cut it once from the green patterned paper and then two more times from white cardstock and layered them up for dimension. I lost the dot to the "i" so I used a green pearl. I embellished the page with stickers, a canvas flair button, a wood button, and some puffy stickers. I hand wrote my journaling and added the date at the end with a date stamp. I entered this in the "English" back to school challenge at Paper Issues.