The book is from Kaisercraft, most of the patterned paper is from Basic Grey, the brads and ribbon, and card stock are from Stampin' Up!, the cuts were done with my Silhouette, and the title was sketched with my Silhouette as well.nu=3236)4;6)837)23274;6928642ot1lsi.jpg)
It's been a little sad around our household the past few days. Our much loved Basset, BoDean, slipped a disc sometime Sunday night and no treatment worked. He was paralyzed and in pain, so yesterday he was put to sleep. He was only 6, so it was quite unexpected. He was an awesome dog, and will be missed.
I used papers from Pink Paislee's Queen Bee Collection. The soft muted colors compliment this canoeing picture so well. I also thought this pop of purple added something extra. I achieved that pop of color with another one of my new favorite products, Pink Paislee Artisan Tape. It's all of my favorite things: pretty, versatile, and inexpensive! The brads are from My Mind's Eye Lush and the letters are from Basic Grey. One more product I'd like to mention are these Artisan Elements from Pink Paislee:
These are so fun and different, that you just have to see them in person. You can ink them, paint them, or use them plain.
I wish I had unlimited time to spend in my craft room when inspiration like this comes across my path:
I saw the above sketch on Crate Paper's Blog, and I had a bout 20 ideas run through my brain. Since I don't have unlimited time I'll have to settle for 2 projects based on the sketch... for now at least. The sketch is meant to be a card sketch, but I just had to make a layout from it.
Jessica is one of the best people I know, and this is one of my favorite photos of us together. We live about 8 hrs apart, but scrapping photos like this reminds me that she's always close, and isn't that why we scrap? Enough of the sappy stuff and on to the scrappy stuff! The paper and chipboard accessories here are all Crate Paper Season. This is the first time I've used Crate Paper's Chipboard pieces, and let me tell you, they don't skimp on the adhesive. They stuck on nice and tight without me having to add extra adhesive. I also got to use my American Craft Glitter Thickers:
Since most of my layouts are about my boys, I don't get the chance to use these often enough!
To give you an idea of the size of this, the notepad measures about 5" x 8". To keep the flaps closed I used these ultra thin magnets that Basic Gray makes. I put one in the center of this chipboard flower:
and I hid the other one underneath this chipboard flower:
The magnets are strong enough to work through a few layers of paper. Again, all of the paper and chipboard accents here are from Crate Paper's Season Collection.
I turned it into a 2 page layout:
I know you all know I like to challenge myself to step outside my comfort zone, and boy was this one of those challenges. I usually like to combine lots of patterned papers, but I didn't want to overload the page with bright papers and a zillion stickers and accessories, so I toned down the papers. The only non-Imaginisce products here are the white card stock and the silver glimmer mist that was sprayed on at the end (also a product I haven't used yet). The words on some of the photos are rub-ons. I cut words from one of the patterned papers to incorporate into the journaling around the photos.
If you look closely in this picture, you can tell that the suitcase is what they call a mirror sticker, it's reflective. So cool!
Now onto my 2nd Scooter's Vacation layout:
It's hard to tell from the picture, but that background paper has a bit of shine and texture to it. It's so lovely and perfect for this ocean picture.
These flowers are too cool. They come layered up like that already, all you have to do is peal the backing off the adhesive, and stick. I cut the leaves for the flower from the cardboard backing of some of the stickers.
The "paradise found" sticker is another great product. It's a puffy sticker (remember those from when you were a kid). They add a great touch of whimsy to the layout.
Here's another one of those mirror stickers:
And finally a close up of the journaling in case you wanted to read it:
Thanks for stopping by, I hope this post got you thinking about how you're going to scrap all those photos that you're going to take this summer on vacation!
I've been having fun playing around with my My Mind's Eye papers again. The first layout is for MME's latest sketch challenge. You can find all the details here on the MME blog. Here's the sketch:
and here's my take:
Instead of doing a solid shape in the background, I cut brackets and a bracketed saying (This Boy) with my Silhouette. This layout also showcases one of my favorite features of the Silhouette, you can create mats for every single image. If you own a Silhouette and can't remember how to cut a mat for your images, click here for a tutorial I did a while back. The paper is from My Mind's Eye's Ooh La La collection. I've only used this collection in the past for heritage scrapbooking (old photos), so it was fun to so something different and use it on a "modern" photo.
I've been meaning to get this photo scrapped with these MME Penny Lane Free Bird papers ever since I found this tag:
It's absolutely perfect, don't you think? I think part of the reason I love MME so much is because they create some of the best lines for scrapping boys.
I cut along the lines on one of the papers to create a large scalloped edge and then layered a piece of Free Bird that I punched with my Fiskars Upper Crest Punch over the scalloped piece. The brad in the picture is from MME's Lush collection, I can't help but use those great brads every chance I get!
The paper is all from Pink Paislee's Queen Bee line. The lamp is from Unity Co. Comfy Cozy set and was stamped in gray ink on Queen Bee paper and then cut out. I cut the chair with my Silhouette SD.
The paper is from Pink Paislee's 365 Degrees Collection. Various Fiskars Border punches were used to make the edge detail. Sweet and simple, and a perfect Mother's Day gift for my mom!
Back in December I was introduced to Crate Paper when I picked it out at my Local Scrap Store to make this project. I fell in love with the texture of this paper. It's thicker than a lot of the paper out there, and has a sturdy feel, but still cuts easily with my Silhouette. A month or 2 ago I stumbled across Crate Paper's Brook collection. These papers are just perfect for a mom who has 2 boys to scrap. They are beautiful, versatile, and not theme-y. I grabbed every paper in the line and a set of matching journaling stickers. Here's where I blush with embarrassment...I brought them home and got side tracked and I didn't uses them. Well, Crate Paper just published their first ever sketch challenge on their blog. This was just the motivation I needed to dig into my Crate Paper papers! In fact, I made 2 layouts based on the sketch.
And here's a layout of my youngest (who just happens to turn 2 today):
As you can see, for this layout, I followed the sketch pretty closely. I love layers, so I couldn't help but add a few extra to the sketch. What I love about playing with sketches, is that you can flip and change them a bit and you'll feel like it's a whole new page. Here's what I mean:
I rotated the sketch 180 degrees...looks like a totally different sketch than the page above, but it isn't . Instead of a small photo, I added the business card from the place we went skydiving. Also, instead of flowers, I added journaling spots all the way down the page. The papers on both layouts are from CP's Brook Collection, as are the Journaling Stickers.
I think I need that bag!
I'm sighing a little because this picture just doesn't do this card justice. I've been having a blast playing with these beautiful butterflies from Jenni Bowlin. All Jeni Bowlin stuff is on sale 25% off at A Walk Down Memory Lane this month (woo hoo!). The paper (isn't it gorgeous???) is October Afternoon Fly a Kite and Thrift Shop. The stamp is from Stampin' Up! and the border is done with Fiskar's Apron Lace punch.
The paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Earth Love line.
