A few more from Scrapbook Circle for October... sleeping bags and playground peeks...

It's gettin' near time to wrap up the month again!  I say it every month, but where did this month go???

I'm sharing with you two more projects from the October Scrapbook Circle kit.  I LOVE LOVE the colors in this kit...bright and fun!  And of course my favorite manufacturers', too!

On my layout below, I wanted to use some design ideas inspired by the sleeping bags my kiddos were in.

So I folded down the corners of the paper, much like the top of a sleeping bag gets folded before you snuggle into it!  Behind it, I just added a small scrap of the arrow paper, which gives some great eye movement across the page.

 I wanted to see if any of the exclusive wood bits fit on my page, and as I emptied them out of the bag, I thought to myself, WAIT, sleeping bags=canvas bag=perfect!  So I used the canvas bag as part of my page design instead!  It was a perfect spot to tuck a little journaling card!

Don't forget to use your bag, too!!!  You could use it as an "off the page" item as well.  I bet it would work great with the exclusive Scrapbook Circle stamps to create a new design!

And finally this page I did based off of Diana Fisher's sketch for the month.  I just love that girls sketches!!!

The sketch has 3 photo, but I only had two, so I turned the third into a matching journaling area!   On the background, you can also see some light stenciling I did with the NEW exclusive stencils from the SBC kits.  Awesome!

I just layered some papers and a fabulous bright pink die cut from the Amy Tan Cut & Paste collection and then added the black arrows for movement.  There's a bit of stitching and I LOVE LOVE those Heidi Swapp sequin Rub ons!!!    Oh and how about the exclusive wood veneer die cuts.  Uh huh....love those, too!

I am working on my November kit right now and I can NOT WAIT to share it with you!  It is one of my favorites lately!

Stay Scrappy my friends!

September Scrapbook Circle Projects (yeah..i know....its October)!

Can I tell you how happy I am to be a part of the Scrapbook Circle Team again????  I love love working with the kits!

Somehow, my post with my September projects never got posted, so here they are!

Here is my page of Kyler using the vacuum.  He LOVES the vacuum...whenever there is one out, he has to be using it!  I hope this continues through his teenage years!  :)   When we leave grandma's house, he even says goodbye to her vacuum!

Many times when I am working on a page, I try and use something from the photos to inspire my design and the products I use.

I thought of what a messy floor looks like when right before you vacuum it up (specifically, the area around my scrap space! HA!). Strings, and scraps and maybe a few drops of paint or mist splattered here or there. So those are exactly the things I used on my page!

I used a grungy stamp and some charcoal ink around the edges of my page in some spots, then just took some clusters of strings and layered them under my scraps of paper. I machine stitched over some of the strings to help keep them in place.

This was based on the Sept. sketch on the SBC blog.

This kit comes with an entire box of Fancy Pants cork arrows, which just add so much depth to a page. You can paint them or mist them to match your pages, too!  Here I wanted to do something creative with them.  Kyler turned 2 in July, and I wanted to use a big #2 on my page as a focal point.  I thought the cork stranding out against the black and white stripes made for good contrast!

I started by cutting a large #2 on my Cricut and then covered it with the small cork arrows.  Then I simply trimmed the edges of the arrows off by turning the number around so I could see from the back where the pieces were off.  I then inked the edges in black to make it stand out a bit more.

I matted behind the frame a bit by adding some strips of the grey washi tape in the kit. The rest of the page I kept pretty simple by added a banner with some brightly colored pieces.    This was about the 3rd or 4th birthday page I did of him, so I decided not to add any journaling this time.


Sometimes I find Polaroid frames challenging because my photos dont seem to fit right, so I used them to create an overlapping grid pattern on this page.  Charlotte actually took the photos of Kyler and I...he took my glasses and put them on and then gave me his.  And of course, Charlotte then wanted to switch, too...

I added a bit of depth with some tone on tone cork elements on the cork paper.  Lots of fun bits and pieces on this page!

And lastly, this fun fun page that was actually inspired by a TISSUE box that I bought for Charlotte's room!  You can read more about it HERE on the SBC blog.

I designed and cut the pattern with SCAL2 on my Cricut and then added patterned papers behind the cut outs.  Some of the cut outs I purposely left empty and instead popped some white cardstock from the back to give it depth.

Just a few other elements like buttons and twine.

And faux stitching to highlight some areas of the page.

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Stay scrappy my friend!

Give Yourself a Lift...Year 4...GCD Studios "Paper Cut", too...

Winner for the Paper Haus blog hop at the bottom!

So I started a yearly tradition right before Charlotte's birthday (which is May 16th).  I take a photo a few weeks before and create a layout called "almost ___" with her new age in the blank.  I write about what she is into and what she is like at this time in her life.  I use the same design for each page every year, with twists. You can see my previous years here 2012, here 2011, and here 2010. So basically, I lift myself from year to year.

This year I decided to use the GCD Studios "Special Delivery" collection.  It is a very masculine themed line, but there is an easy way to make any boyish papers look girly: turn them into flowers!  :)

I moistened paper strips and then twisted them and rolled them into flower shapes on some Glubers.  Once dry, I added some Stickles around the edges to give them some sparkle.

I layered some border strips and some more fussy cut flowers.

 Around the edge of my large circle, I doodled a scalloped edge and machine stitched with black thread along the inside of the circle.  Another way to make boyish papers look girly is to punch butterflies or doilies out of them.  I splattered with some inks, cut some clouds from white cardstock and inked the edges, and that's about it!


If you would like to see this layout and more amazing pages and projects, you MUST read the latest edition of "The Paper Cut' by GCD Studios.

And just for fun, here are the other 3 pages I have completed over the past couple of years:

I also owe you a WINNER from the Paper Haus blog hop:

it's JANIS who said:

 Janis said...

This is just sooooo cute!! I esp love the swimsuits hanging on the line to dry for the next day.

Hoping to follow you by email if you consider adding that option to your page.

June 2, 2013 at 6:14 PM

 

Stay Scrappy My Friends!

More catching up...Boppy, Messy Hands, and Shades...

I thought I would do another quick post on some more recent pages I have done, but just haven't gotten around to blogging about yet!  These three pages are based off of sketch at the My Scraps & More Sketch blog over the past couple of months.  I didn't realize it until I posted them here, together, but they all use pretty much the same color scheme!  That wasn't intentional, and I did pages in between each of these....kind weird how that works out I guess!

This first page I made with Fancy Pants "Swagger" collection.  I had to get it just because I love the name!  :)    Just a quick shot of my kiddos with their "Boppy" whom they love to pieces!   I love that he has a mustache so that I could actually USE a paper one on a page since it seems to be so trendy!  :)

I cut apart the chevron pattern, distressed the edges, and layered them over one another.  The orange circles I cut out and stitched concentric circles around the edges.

I am not afraid to let my kiddos make a mess....just walk into my house and you'll see for yourself!  :)  The original sketch that this page was based off of is different, but this is what resulted!  I love the diagonal strips!

I simply added strips of paper, stitched over some, used washi tape for some, and a row of stamped arrows, too.  Papers from Echo Park and Fancy Pants.

How about those old canvas stars from Jillibean!  Bustin' out my STASH!


Last but not least, another page with a mix of Echo Park and Fancy Pants products.  What really makes these photos is the shirt that he is wearing when he decided he wanted to play with my glasses!  :)  What a ham.

I'm so proud of myself because I actually used things from my stash, like the buttons and the camera sticker (from an OLD Sassafrass Lass sticker sheet).

I think I am back into a good groove, now, scrappy wise!  Hope you are stayin' scrappy, too!

Playing Catch Up! A bunch of pages to share!

So I have not been a good blogger over the past 2 months or so.  For a while there, I had SOOOO much going on here on the blog, and then I just got kinda burnt out.  But my mojo is back and I am ready to share!    I am not going to go into as much detail as I normally do, but I am gonna share a bit of info here and there!


Here's a few from some Crate Paper lines.  The first and third pages were based on sketches I created which you can see in my SKETCH tab above.  The 2nd and 4th were based on sketches at My Scraps & More.

This page used the DIY shop, which was just awesome for a back to school theme with the letters, numbers, and the colors!

The larger green circle on the right I heat embossed with an alphabet stamp and some green embossing powder.

Here's another simple school one.  I used some Crate Paper Party Day and DIY shop.  Again, both have great colors for school photos!  I have a few bits of Basic Grey things in there, too, from the Fact & Fiction collections.

Love this one!  Also from Party Day collection.  We made breakfast cookies out of bananas and oatmeal...thats it!  Look up the recipe on Pinterest...it's pretty good!

Finally, a page with lots more Crate goodies, from all the lines mentioned above.  This little guy will sometimes sneak grape tomatoes off the counter and eat them.  I don't mind him eating them, but I hate that they are not cut up!  That scares me...:)

I love the gold accents in almost all of these lines!

OK, more catching up to do in a few days!  Have a great Memorial Day weekend and stay scrappy my friends!

What You Missed....

In April, I was so excited to have my first online class through My Scraps & More.  The "Lots of Layers" class was 4 weeks long.  Each week there was a new video, a sketch with directions, and a place to discuss the techniques and share your creations. The class came with a custom embellishment kit that I designed including a stencil and other handmade goodies.  I worked with a pre-selected set of papers and embellies that was given as a supply list at the beginning of the class so that people could purchase it if they wanted.

Although I can't share the sketches and the videos, I wanted to share the pages that I made for the class!

The first week we focused on "Peek A Boo" layers....creating layers in which you can see other layers below.

The 2nd class we learned different techniques on how to use the stencil that came in the kit (the "spoke" pattern).

The 3rd class we used a pocket or envelope to hold some goodies.

And the last class we focused on using basic shapes on your pages.

I really  really enjoyed seeing all the creations from this class!  The ladies seriously rocked their pages!!!

I will be offering another class in June at My Scraps & More, although, this one will be a self paced class with step by step  photos and only 1 video.  The class will showcase 3-4 layouts and an altered project (still working on that!).  Stay tuned to my blog for more details!

Stay Scrappy My Friends!