Sunday, March 17, 2024

Lake Life

Hi all! I have been busy creating and have another layout to share! For this one, I started with this sketch from Sketches In Thyme:

I made a two page layout this time, so I used the sketch for the left hand page and went from there. I started by finding a patterned paper that I had two sheets of to go on my background. Then I found papers and embellishments to go with it. I cut my title using my Cricut and coordinating colors of cardstock. I embellished th page with some die cuts, washi tape, stickers, and enamel dots. This layout came together pretty quickly and I love how colorful it is!

 

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Motown

Hello, I have a new layout to share today! It is another dance layout. I started with this sketch from Sketches in Thyme:


I played around with the sizes a bit to make it work with my photos. I started by finding black, white and blue papers in my stash. I then pieced the different papers together. I stamped and heat embossed the dot circles on the right side of the page above my smaller photo for some interest. To embellish my page, I used up some black flowers, blue buttons and blue gems. I used my Cricut to cut the title and music staff. 


 I am also entering this in the Color My Heart Color Challenge #591:

Not adding any metallics was a bit of a challenge, but I did it!


Tuesday, March 12, 2024

4th of July

Hello, I have another layout to share! This one has lots of photos again. I started by laying out the photos with patterned paper. Once that was set, I found a Cricut cut file for my title. I got that cut out and assembled and then stamped the subtitle on a strip of white cardstock. To embellish the page, I used some of the extra stars cut from the cut file, sequins, stickers, a tag, baker's twine, and enamel flair. 

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!

Monday, March 11, 2024

Sympathy cards

Hello! I have a set of cards I made for some friends and family members (who are all related) that lost two family members this week. I used similar materials for all of them to keep things simple.

First up, I used some Whitewash Coredinations cardstock and ran it through an embossing folder. I took my sanding block and sanded off the raised areas to reveal the color. For the flower centers, I used a water brush and some yellow shimmer powder and painted it on. I finished off the card with a stamped and heat embossed sentiment.


For my next card (sorry this photo is not great), I started by stamping the flowers onto my background. I used the matching masks to color the flowers with ink and blending brushes. I finished off this card with a stamped sentiment that I matted on a coordinating green paper. 


I used another set of masks for this card. I used some blending brushes to add the ink to the masks and the blue around the edges. I finished off this card with a stamped and heat embossed sentiment. 


For my last card, I started by stamping and heat embossing the flower. I colored it in with markers. I used a blending brush and blue ink around the edges for some interest. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and glued a little bow onto the flower stem. 

I was inspired by the tic tac toe challenge for this card. I used the top row- CAS (clean and simple), Thinking of You, and Floral. 


 

Sunday, March 10, 2024

What a Thrill!

Hello, I'm back with another layout to share! I had six photos to work with on this one and wanted to keep it on one page. As I mentioned yesterday, I went on a scrapbooking weekend a couple of weeks ago, and one of the other ladies was getting rid of some paper and she had a "travel" paper pad, and the colors are perfect for boy layouts, so I grabbed it! It was so fun to play with some of those papers here. 

This layout came together pretty quickly. I started by laying out the photos and papers. Once that was down, I cut the title. I laid that out on the blue background, but it didn't stand out very well and actually messed with my eyes a bit. I decided to add some solid yellow behind the title to make it stand out more. I tore both sides of the paper to add some texture. For embellishments, I pulled some stickers and die cuts from my stash, as well as a little washi tape. (There was a arrow on both ends of the title, but I just noticed one is missing!)



 

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Grease

 Hello all! I haven't posted much lately, but I have been busy scrapping and organizing. I had a scrapbooking weekend a couple of weeks ago where I worked on wedding pages from my husband's siblings weddings. I spent the following week completing that album. There are a lot of pages, and they are a little different from my typical style, so I won't be sharing those here. 

I got back to scrapping with a dance layout. I started with this sketch from Rochelle Spears:



I started by rotating the sketch to make it work with my horizontal photos. I found some pink papers to go with the costumes. These papers were all in my scraps! I then went to work layering and cutting the papers. I found a free svg file online of the "Grease" logo, so I downloaded that and cut it with my Cricut. I used some shimmer paper for a little sparkle. Once everything was stuck down, I found a journaling sticker to add my info. I decided I wanted some ink splatters around where my embellishments clusters would be, so I used some gray spray ink and covered what I didn't want splattered.  Once that was dry, I dug through my stash for some embellishments. I found the cute phone flair and some "gromlets" to add to the page. The little prize ribbon also went well, but the brad that was with it did not, so I found a puffy heart sticker to put in the center instead. 


I also did the Scrap With Stacy Tic Tac Toe challenge. I did the diagonal from the top left to the bottom right- sticker, circles, and puffy sticker.

I am also participating in the Lasting Memories Circle challenge- create a layout with at least 4 circles, add buttons, brads or bling for an added twist.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Stick It Down layouts

Hi all! I have a couple of layouts to share today using Stick It Down sketches. First up is the double page sketch:

I used this one for my calendar layout. I had more that 8 photos, so I played with the photo sizes a bit to make them all fit. I found these two papers in my stash and attached them to a couple of sheets of white cardstock for stability. I added some blue ric rack to the center of the page. For my journaling, I typed it an printed it on pearl cardstock. I added captions to the photos and then rest of the journaling under my title. The letter stickers I used for the title are getting pretty sparse, so I ended up chopping up some letters to make them work. I cut the bottom off of a "g" for the "a," I trimmed a "b" into the "r," and a "q" into the "c." To embellish the page, I dug into my stash and found some really old embellishments (hello felt die cuts and die cut chipboard!). I also used some new flower die cuts and pearls. The "sweet thing" stickerin the bottom right had a purple border that I colored over with a green Sharpie to make it match my layout better. It just goes to show that you can use up those supplies if you get creative!


Next is the single page sketch:

I did another dance layout for this one. I found a scrap of red and black patterned paper that had some geometric lines that made for interesting triangles on my page. I used my Cricut to cut the silhouettes and title from silver cardstock (it looks peachy in the photo because it is reflecting the light from the room where it was photographed). I used a background stamp and white ink to added the stars and dots on the background before attaching everything. To embellish the page, I used some sequins and silver Nuvo drops.