March Page Maps and Just Nick cut file

Hello everyone!  Have you see the wonderful sketches this month on the PageMaps site?   It is always one of the first stops I make each month when I am looking for sketches to use!  

The Just Nick DT got to work with the sketches AND use awesome cut files from the shop!

I created this page with one of Becky's sketches (which you can see HERE) and the XO Heart Background file from the store.   I used the new Urban Luxe collection from Basic Grey. 

Charlotte and Daddy got to have a special night out for the Daddy Daughter Dance.  They went out to dinner first and she got to choose anywhere she wanted.  She chose a diner!  They went to Mel's Diner and she had a burger and fries!  Then it was off to the dance for snacks, crafts, a photobooth, and of course dancing!

I followed the sketch pretty closely, using a large swipe of black paint to help balance be design.



I created an interesting embellishment cluster by layering an "X" and an "O" cut out of different papers and a frame to tie it all together.  My journaling is a tag that is tucked under this cluster.



This is a unique and different color combo for me!  I loved layering these colors and bits from the Urban Luxe Ephemera pack!

Check out the XO Heart Background cut file in the shop HERE:




Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out this month's Page Maps!

Stay scrappy my friends!

Scrapbook Circle Blog Hop with Page Maps!

Welcome to our Scrapbook Circle Blog Hop! Scrapbook Circle has a new creative team, as well as a fabulous August kit, and we'd like to introduce you to both. You could win one of FIVE August kits by commenting as you hop from blog to blog, meeting faces new and old to Scrapbook Circle. If you just left the lovely Valerie's blog, you are in the right place. If not, I hope you'll join us for the entire hop by starting at the Scrapbook Circle blog, here.

I have been a part of the Scrapbook Circle Team on and off again for 4 year long terms!  And in between those terms I have ALWAYS been a member, too!  I love working with scrapbook circle kits....they always have my favorite manufacturers and the perfect embellies to go with the papers!

I LOVE the bright bold colors in the August Kit "Island Paradise".  The Basic Grey papers from this collection were definitely on my must have list, and there are just a ton of embellies.  I got BOTH add ons this month, Bungalow and Tiki Torch.

Tiki Torch:

Bungalow:

NEW SUBSCRIBER DEAL:

And how about this for new subscribers:  If you start a subscrpition with the August kit, you get any in-stock past kit FOR FREE!!!

1. Add the August kit to the cart.
Link to August Kit:http://shop.scrapbookcircle.com/collections/featured/products/island-paradise

2. Select a past kit that you want for free.
Link to view all kits: http://shop.scrapbookcircle.com/collections/kits

3. Use code FREEKIT in the promo box.

Scrapbook Circle also teamed up with PageMaps this month, and I used this awesome sketch by Becky for my page.  Be sure to check out all the other fabulous August sketches!

And here is my take on the sketch!  So there's this bench near our summer camp, that I think it probably just for show.  But for some reason, it just calls to my kids to "come sit on me".  And they actually sit so I can take photos!

I loved the lines on the right side of the sketch, so I began by stitching some on my page with orange thread.  I stuck fairly closely to the design of the sketch, but added in some circle elements to add some movement across the page.  I added the chipboard frame over the photo much like the frame in the sketch, but I rotated it to add some more interest and because I had a lot of negative space in my photo.

The heart circle is actually from the exclusive SBC stickers in the kit, which are square, but I punched it out with a circle punch.

Thanks for hopping along with us today!  A reminder that FIVE lucky commentors will win a few kit.  Hop along to each blog and leave a comment!  Comments close at midnight EST on Monday.

You are now on your way to the talented (and my IRL friend!) Sara Zenger!

And in case you need it, here is the entire hop order!

Scrapbook Circle Blog: http://www.scrapbookcircle.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop-pagemaps

Gina: http://canoncreativegirl.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-creative-team-blog-hop.html

Valerie: http://www.valeriehuangdesigns.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop-yay.html

Audrey: http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop.html

Sara: http://sarazenger.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop.html

Jennifer: http://midwestscrapgarden.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-and-pagemaps-blog-hop.html

Diana F: http://designbydiana.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop-august.html

Mona: http://made-by-monalisa.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop.html

Diana W: http://wonderwoman-diana.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop-and-pagemaps.html

Rebecca: http://www.myclutteredcorner.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop-with-pagemaps.html

Jamie: http://paperheartproject.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop.html

Jenni: http://papercardinal.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop-august.html 

Tessa: http://precociouspaper.blogspot.com/2014/08/scrapbook-circle-blog-hop-and-pagemaps.html

Lisa: http://lisaandrews.blogspot.com/2014/08/k-d-scrapbook-circle-blog-hop.html

Stay scrappy my friends!