Apple Picking! Nov. Scrapbook Circle Kit

One of my favorite things about fall is apple picking!!! The tractor rides, the rows and rows of trees, the red juicy apples....and then of course all the goodies...pies, apple butter, muffins....yum! The colors in a few of the papers from Fancy Pants in the November Scrapbook Circle Kit were perfect for an "apple" themed page! And the patterned paper by Crate with the large graphic circle was a great base to add a bid red circle reminiscent of an apple, too!

I simply added a strip of paper behind my photos, and cut some leaves out of another piece and inked the edges green. I stuck a Fancy Pants tag out from the side for journaling, and a few other bits like stickers from Webster's Pages, the Amy Tan photo corners, and even this month's printable.

Be sure to check out the November Scrapbook Circle Kit HERE!  It is perfect for all your fall photos!

Hope you are enjoying all of the wonderful activities that this season has to offer! 

Stay scrappy my friends!

Happy Fall and The Best--Pinspired!

A few weeks ago I attended an AWESOME scrapbook retreat with some of my favorite scrappy friends!  I had such a great time scrapping, teaching classes, laughing, and NOT sleeping!  :)  I got quite a few projects done and I want to share some with you today!

These two layouts are based on the crop going on RIGHT NOW at My Scraps & More.  We are having a Pinspirational Crop, where all the challenges have come from Pins!  Check out all the details HERE.

My first challenge was based on this image:

I love groups of frames on walls, and how awesome is the CHALKBOARD file cabinet???  So cool!

When I saw this piece of paper from the Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party collection, those frames just screamed "CUT ME OUT", so I did!  :)  I back each open frame with some of the patterned papers from this collection, and then one of the frames held my photo.  

I wanted to add some contrast to the page, so I used some Chalkboard elements from AC and Studio Calico.  Just a bit of stitching inside a few of the frames, and a few popped up elements and that's that!

My next page I created with one of my favorite fall collections: Basic Grey Persimmon!  I had some photos of the kids playing in the leaves, so I wanted to do something with leaves on my page.

Searching the "Science & Nature" category on Pinterest, I saw this image and it gave me an idea!

I loved the layered edges that were all different and I thought about my DECORATIVE SCISSORS!  So I dusted them off and went to town cutting out leaves with different edges.  Then I added some orange machine stitching randomly in the middle.

I stitched some large circles to help ground my photos and create a flowing design.  Some sequins and splatters add a bit of fun....

After I did this page, I had some photos of my little guy in the leaves, too, so I stuck with the same collection and even tied in a few of the same elements.  I designed these two pages separately, but together they work as a double page spread!   

To help the pages work better together, I also stitched a large circle and added the splatters and sequins, too!

Many times when I scrap I just from collection to collection, but maybe I should stick with one collection and do a few layouts at a time?  I scrapped much faster this way!

I plan on blogging a lot more this month than I have been because I have SO much to share!  (And by publicly stating this, now I have to!  :)   )

Stay scrappy my friends!

Have you Hugged Your Mum??? October Scrapbook Circle

September is over!  Where did it go?  It has been a gorgeous fall so far...so nice and warm.  The trees are starting to show their true colors!  (Did you know that the colors are there all along?  In the summer, there is so much chlorophyll produced (which is green) that it covers up all the other colors?  Yup....former science teacher...)

Anyways, while decorating for fall, we got these gorgeous mums at the Farmer's Market.  The funny thing about these photos of Charlotte is that even though she looks so girly and cute with the flowers and the pink shirt, she was actually looking through the flowers and dirt for bugs!!  That's my girl!

I used the October Scrapbook Circle kit, which has the most gorgeous colors for fall!  I noticed that in the kit that many of the colors were part of the latest color challenge at ScrapFriends, too, so I focused on using those colors on my page.

For the background, I began by stamping with the exclusive Scrapbook Circle stamp with Versamark and heat embossing with white powder.  The I went over it with some Gelatos and used water to blend.  Finally, there are a few green splatters and a lightly stamped Dear Lizzy chevron stamp.

I also used the exclusive "You Are" stamp, too.  I tried covering it with the Gelatos, misting it with water, and then stamping.  It worked OK, but I think it would be better with less detailed designs.  I outlined it with a black pen to make it stand out better.

I used some free leaf svg files i found online and cut them with my cricut.  Then I stitched down the center of each.

Lots of fun layering with papers, die cuts, envelopes, stickers, and sequins!

Here is a peak at the October kit:

Want a chance to win one???  Visit the Scrapbook Circle blog and leave a comment HERE!

Can't wait to share the rest of my projects with you this month!

Stay scrappy my friends!