Cards for Dad

Father's Day is right around the corner, which is the perfect time to make some cards for dad. Today I have a set of 3 to share. 

 

 These cards were really easy to put together with just a few papers and stickers from Paper House.

For paper I used: #1 Dad Tags and Wood and Stars

For embellishments I used: Dad Family Scrapbook Stickers and Dad Mixed Pack Scrapbook Stickers

Additionally I used some white card stock (for the card base) and some Glue Dots® adhesive. That's all you need for these simple cards. 

 

While I made these with Father's Day in mind, they'd work just as well for a birthday card. 

I hope you have a wonderful Father's Day celebrating any of  the special guys in your life. 

Remember, you can always save 15% on your entire purchase at Paper House by using code TAYLORSTAMPED at checkout.

I wrote this post while participating on the Paper House Creative Team.

Graduation Party Layout

It’s the season for graduations and grad parties, so today I have a graduation party layout to share. 

Our school doesn’t hold an 8th grade graduation, but every year the parents throw a graduation party for the 8th graders. It was a really fun night full of food, games, and dancing.

For this layout I used the following graduation papers from Paper House: Graduation Tags, Stars and Stripes

And a mix of these party and grad stickers from Paper House: Graduation Puffy Stickers, School Dance 3D

I hope you’re enjoying all the fun graduations you have this year!

Remember, you can always save 20% on your entire purchase at Paper House by using code TAYLORSTAMPED when you check out.

I wrote this post while participating on the Paper House Creative Team. 

Lego Store Scrapbooking Layout

Today I have layout #2 with the June kit from Scrapbooking Store. As promised, this Lego Store scrapbooking layout uses the June kit for a non-patriotic themed spread. 

In April we went on a family vacation to London. I'm just starting to scrap photos from the trip. I found that the pops of red and yellow in the June collection are perfect for these photos from the Lego store...especially the one of the very British telephone box!

To keep the layout from looking like a patriotic layout (with the red, white, blue theme of the kit), I focused on using embellishments that were neutral (like stars), and I added alphas from the embellishment upgrade kit. 

You can always find more inspiration using June's kit from me and lots of other talented designers on Scrapbooking Store's Facebook page. 

I wrote this post while participating on the Scrapbooking Store Design Team.

Land That I Love Scrapbooking Layout

It's June which means a new kit from Scrapbooking Store. This month we're leaning into the patriotic red, white and blue...but I'll be sharing a few layouts to show you that you can also use this kit for things besides the 4th of July. 

 

Our 4th of July was a little different last year. Instead of setting off a bunch of fireworks, we had a fairly quiet weekend camping at our place in the Black Hills. I thought the "Land that I love" tag was perfect to build my layout around.

The June kit features Simple Stories Stars, Stripes, and Sparklers. While it has your classic red, white, and blue, it also has pops of yellow that I featured in other layouts. There are a lot of classic icons (like sparklers and flags), but you'll also find flowers and backyard bbq themes throughout.

I'll be back next week with another layout from this kit, and you can always find more inspiration using June's kit from me and lots of other talented designers on Scrapbooking Store's Facebook page. 

I wrote this post while participating on the Scrapbooking Store Design Team.

Faith Cards

I needed a card for a confirmation that's coming up. Instead of making just the confirmation card, I thought I'd make a set of Faith Cards with Paper House Goldmine & Coco Faith Bible Journaling Kit.

 

To make cards from the Faith Bible Jounaling Kit, the only additional supplies you'll need are some coordinating inks, some adhesive, and some white card stock.

Start by cutting 4 card bases (8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/2" to create a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" folded card base).

 

For the above card, you'll need to cut an additional 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white card stock and a 2" x 3 1/2" piece of vellum. 

 

For the above card, you'll need to cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of patterned paper, a 3" x  4 1/4" piece of white card stock, and a 2 3/4" x 4" piece of patterned paper.

For the above card, you'll need to cut an additional 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white card stock and a 5 1/4" x 2 1/2" piece of vellum.

For the above card, you'll need to cut an additional 3 3/4" x 4 1/2" piece of white card stock and a 3 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of patterned paper. 

 

Use adhesive to add your layers to your card bases. For the vellum layers, I like to place adhesive behind the metallic accents on the vellum or behind where clusters of embellishments will be (the embellishments will hide the adhesive). 

Stamp your sentiments (I used stamped sentiments on 2 of the 4 cards).
 

Finally, finish up your cards by adding stickers and die cuts.

This is a really lovely Bible journaling kit, but as you can see, it also works great for some faith based encouragement cards. 

Remember, you can always save 20% on your entire purchase at Paper House by using code TAYLORSTAMPED when you check out.

I wrote this post while participating on the Paper House Creative Team.

Fun in the Sun Scrapbooking Layout

It's May which means a new kit from Scrapbooking Store. This month we're heading to the beach starting with this Fun in the Sun scrapbooking layout.

This month's kit features Simple Vintage Coastal from Simple Stories. This is a soft, muted beach collection that has muted pinks, blues, browns, and greens found throughout. Since it's a coastal themed collection, you'll find lots of sea shells, ships, palm trees, tropical flowers, and map prints. It's grounded with wood grains and sprinkled with flowers. It really is just plain pretty.

The woodgrain paper was the perfect background for my bright blue photos. It also seemed to match the wood of the pier in my photo. For some more color, I framed the layout with a pop of pink map paper.

I clustered a bunch of the stickers from the collection sticker sheet all over the layout to add little spots to draw your eye. I finished up with some journaling and a few more stickers.

You can always find more inspiration using April's kit from me and lots of other talented designers on Scrapbooking Store's Facebook page. 

I wrote this post while participating on the Scrapbooking Store Design Team.

Travel Memories Layout

Today I have this Germany travel memories layout, which also happens to be the last layout in my Germany album. 

I like to jot down some of the random things we see, hear, or notice when we travel somewhere. I then put those random things that don't fit with any other photos into a list on the last page of my scrapbook. 

 I also had a bunch of photos and wrappers of some of the fun candy and snacks we tried or brought back as treats for the kids. I put all of those on this last layout, too. 

Thanks for coming along with me on this journey to scrap our trip to Germany. Now that it's done, I can start on the London trip we just got back from.