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.