Aw man, it's been a minute- or two months! I have done some creating between driving kids to activities and doing photo sessions. Today I'm going to start with my calendar pages for the past three months.
First up is June. I used this sketch from PageMaps:
I love how many photos fit on this layout and I was able to divide up the photo spots on the right hand page to get a couple more onto the layout. I followed the sketch pretty closely. For the green scalloped blocks, I dusted of the decorative scissors and cut the edges. I sued my Cricut for the title, cutting the word "June" three times for dimension. The embellishments are a combination of stickers, die cuts, puffy stickers and gems from the collection I used on the layout as well as a couple of other companies.
Next up is my July page, which I used this
PageMaps sketch on:
I copied this sketch almost exactly. It was fun working with the patriotic papers on this one. I used my Cricut once again for the title. I added a piece of red glitter tape to the right hand page to bring the glitter over there as well. A few stickers from the collection finished things off.
Finally, I have my August page. I used the July double page sketch from Stick It Down:
I started by using a mask and inking the area behind where I was going to put my title. I cut the title using my Cricut from white cardstock. I then went to work laying out my photos. I used the photos on the sketch as inspiration, but I added more photos, so my photo layout looks different. I added a few scraps of patterned paper behind the photos. Once I had that all adhered down, I found inks that matched the striped paper (peeking out from under a journaling strip on the left hand page) and used those inks to ink blend the title. I had a package with those two large popsicles still in it, so I decided to use those on either end of my popsicle "banner." I cut the rest from a sheet of patterned paper and stuck them down. I finished off the page with a couple of ice cream cone stickers.
