Princess Pop Up Birthday Card

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My niece (and goddaughter) turns 1 at the beginning of October. This, of course, requires an extra special birthday card. Since she lives far away from us, it also needed to be mailable. I think this princess pop up birthday card covers the bases! I'm going to do something a little different and start by showing you the inside of the card.

I found this great pop up castle card in the Silhouette online store. Pop up cards like this are super fun, and they close flat so they can be mailed. I had some paper from Echo Park's Princess mini collection from another project, and I decided it would be perfect for this card, too. I started by using my Silhouette Cameo to cut the pop up castle. I added a fun little carriage sticker to the inside of the card as well.

The front of the castle was cut from American Crafts Pow Glitter Paper, because you can never go wrong with a pink glittery castle.

I finished up by creating the front of the card. I used my We R Memory Keepers 1-2-3 punch board to make a matching envelope from some fun pink crown paper. The "happy birthday" sentiment is a rub-on from Pebbles Inc Birthday Wishes collection.
Even though we can't be there in person, hopefully this fun card will let the birthday girl know we're thinking about her on her special day.
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Pokemon Party

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This year my oldest son wanted a Pokemon theme for his birthday. He also decided that he wanted a small party with only family. But just because it was a small affair at our house, doesn't mean I couldn't have some fun decorating for his Pokemon Party! We R Memory Keepers just released their new DIY party collection (you can find the whole release here), and I put it and a few other crafty tools to good use for this party.

You can find 2 of my favorite decorations in the photo above.  I'll talk first about the honeycomb Pokeball. We R Memory Keepers now has honeycomb paper and some great honeycomb stencils.

I used the largest circle on the circle stencil to trace and cut out a red 1/2 circle and a white half circle. 

I glued them together with some Sticky Thumb Liquid Glue, added some black and white paper for embellishments, and hung it up. The best part is that once the party was over, my son moved it to his bedroom for a decoration.

I also created a super simple Pokemon Happy Birthday Banner with the Banner Punch Board.
I used some thick red and white Stamp School Pop Tone card stock for the base of the banner. To keep life simple, I  cut the paper right in half (making each banner piece 8 1/2 x 5 1/2) and used the banner punch board to add a fishtail to it.

I cut the letters out with my Silhouette Cameo. 

I also used the Silhouette Cameo to create my son's birthday name banner. I have an Ikea photo clip board that I rotate banners through. A few years ago I made a themed name one for my son's birthday, and now it's become a bit of a tradition to make one for every birthday.

I put the new We R Memory Keepers Garland Punch to good use too. We made lots of  garland in Pokemon colors to hang over the windows.

This punch is so easy to use, that I actually just handed the punch and some paper to my mom and she punched everything for me and my son's helped her put it all together....no instructions needed! 

My last Pokemon Party photo actually has nothing to do with paper crafting, but I wanted to share it anyways. I'm by no means a cake artist, but so far I have made every one of my kids' birthday cakes. My husband is a really good at drawing, so I often enlist his help. This cake was a team effort. I baked and frosted it, and then my husband piped on the black detailing, the 9 and Jaxon's name. It was really fun and tasted good too! 

I lucked out that We R Memory Keepers came out with their DIY Party collection just in time for my son's Pokemon Party. I was able to add so many extra hand made touches without it taking tons of extra time!
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Lost Tooth

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My 7 year old finally lost his first tooth. When a few of his teeth finally started wiggling he was so excited, and declared that it was going to come out when we went camping...and you know what? It did! His first lost tooth is definitely something that needs to be scrapped.

I used paper from October Afternoon's Treasure Map collection. I just really like the colorful stars for the background of this layout.

I needed a place to keep the tooth, so I used the We R Memory Keepers 1-2-3 Punch Board to create a small envelope for the tooth. Since I was planning on keeping the envelope open as part of the design, I used the We R Memory Keepers Photo Fuse Tool and 2 x 2 Fuse Waterfall Sleeve to create an extra, clear pocket to seal the tooth in inside the paper envelope.

Since this photo he's lost one more tooth, but I'm pretty sure this first lost tooth that came out while camping will be the one we always remember.

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Hello Autumn Layout

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I have another fun fall layout today using  Photo Play Paper Autumn Day. Fall photos are some of my favorite to scrap. I love the rich colors of Autumn. Here's my Hello Autumn layout.

I had 3 horizontal photos, so I decided to go for a bit of a grid style layout. To add a bit of interest, I made my photos a bit smaller than the standard 4 x 6 so I had room to add a border and some extra embellishments.

I thought the polka dot paper from Autumn Day would be fun accented with some sequins. I tried to keep the flow of the layout feeling a bit unified by putting the polka dot paper and sequins on both the top and bottom of the layout. 

I love the pure joy in these photos! There's nothing quite like a beautiful autumn day spent outside.
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Back to School Layout

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Last week I shared the layout I created of my older son's first day of school. Today I have my younger son's back to school layout. They both use Doodlbug Back to School collection, but they turned out very differently.

I played up the white in this collection a bit more with this layout. I added in pops of color with strips of patterned card stock and lots of bright colored stickers.

 My kids only care about one thing when back to school clothes shopping: their shoes. They're not allowed to wear them until the first day, so taking a photo of their new shoes has become a bit of a tradition. 

I love how Back to School manages to be playful and fun without being juvenile, because, as my growing boys like to remind me, they're not little kids anymore. What collections have you been gravitating towards for scrapping back to school photos this year?

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Leaf Pile Layout

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The weather seems to be turning. The days are still warm, but the nights are cool, and it just seems to put me in the mood for fall scrapping. Today I have another layout using Photo Play Paper Autumn Day. It's all about my boys and the leaves in this leaf pile layout.

I love a good all over word print, and I love a good all over polka dot print, so I decided to use both of those beautiful prints in this layout. A split layout worked really well for these photos since I have 2 almost identical photos, but each on is of a different one of my kids.

I know I've already mentioned how well I think gold works with this collection. I used it again with this layout, but this time added pops of gold with some gold polka dot vellum, a gold polka dot journaling tag, and a little detailing with a gold marker. 

Even though the layout is split, I tried to keep it cohesive by creating a line of photos and embellishments starting at the top left corner and working all the way down the layout to the bottom right corner.

Have you had a chance to try Autumn Day yet? I'd love to hear what you think about it!

First Day Layout

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School started back up last month, so it's time to make a First Day layout to commemorate back to school. For my kids for the last few years, it's been all about the shoes, so you'll see a bit a of focus on those.

There was no question in my mind that I wanted to use Doodlbug Back to School for my kids' first day layouts this year. I've been itching to scrap with it since it came out this spring. It's bold and bright and lots of fun!

This kid always gives me multiple photos to work with for his first day layout. I think he has the desire to model buried way way deep down inside. There are so many fun papers in this collection, that I couldn't pick just a few...in fact I think I tried to fit them all on this layout!

To keep the patterns from getting overwhelming, I cut them into small strips, and then alternated between light and dark patterns. I also grouped the photos together to give your eye somewhere to focus. While I love these papers and stickers, my goal is still to always have the focus on the photos. Sticking the photo of the neon shoes right in the middle doesn't hurt either. 

...and back to school we go. I miss summer, but I sure do love to see my kids grow and learn over the year. Here's to making every day between the first day and the last day of school great!
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Pocket Pages

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I don't do a lot of pocket pages. I love the look of them, but I'm just not very good at planning the front and back sides. I have so many photos from Ireland, though (especially ones of the beautiful countryside) that creating some pocket pages is a perfect way to get them scrapped.

 Here is the front side of my pocket page.

One of the best things about pocket pages is that you have built in memorabilia pockets. I wanted to save our map of Galway, and I could do so easily and quickly.  I used cards and embellishments from Simple Stories Gold Snap Pack to fill in the pockets that didn't have photos. I used an "Enjoy the View" word set from the Heidi Swapp Minc Diecut Words. I covered the words in Therm O Web Turquoise Satin Foil. I had to cut the words in half to get them to fit into 2 separate pockets.

Here is the back side of that same pocket page.

The left side uses a pocket page, and the right side mimics the pocket page, without the use of a segmented page. I wanted the layout to look cohesive, but the pocket page wasn't going to work for the next layout in my book.

These layouts aren't fancy, but they're a great way to get my trip memories into a book and keep the memorabilia accessible.

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Carving Pumpkins

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It's September, which means I can officially start thinking about scrapping fall...which means I should probably finish up the photos from last fall! Today I'm scrapping a photo I love of my guys carving pumpkins.

I wanted to use  Photo Play Autumn Day again. This paper is just so lovely. I decided to use my We R Memory Keepers Heat Wave Pen and some gold foil to create the title for my layout. I like how the foil almost becomes part of the paper.

This is the first time I've created a title with my Heat Wave Pen, and I was happy with how easy it was. I didn't know if it would be hard to line up the letters just right, but with the blue lines on the template to guide me, it was super easy!

I love the stickers and journaling cards that are part of Autumn Day! They have such lovely sentiments on them and coordinate perfectly with the papers.

I added some sequins in a few places on the layout. I got to use the new American Crafts Sticky Thumb Flat Adhesive Dots for the first time. They were perfect for attaching sequins, and unlike liquid glue, I didn't have to wait for them to dry!

All this fall scrapping almost has me ready for cooler weather, pumpkins, and falling leaves....almost.
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