The Paper Addict

For The Love Of Paper

Fantastic Four | Scrap The Boys | Southern Girls

     Hey Everyone!  Thanks for joining me as I share my latest creation.  This is a layout using our nephew’s fourth birthday picture.  He’s five already!  
     I started the layout with the sketch over at Scrap The Boys and the stripe challenge from Southern Girls.  Both challenges gave me a great jumping off point.
    The paper I chose is the Echo Park Birthday Wishes collection. The main reason I chose this collection was that it was out on my desk from two other creations so it was handy.  I did however work in elements from other paper companies to achieve the look I was going for.

    I have really been working on combining collections to get things used up.  For example, the letters in the paper collection were just wrong somehow.  Instead of used a combination of tiny letters from Jillibean Soup and Bella Blvd’s Max collection.  The stars were also Bella products that I have two sheets of and I’m trying to get used up.
    I hope you like my product mash up, and that it gives you ideas of how to combine collections for a seamless layout.  Until next time…stay crafty!

Happy First Birthday | Echo Park | Stuck ? Sketches

     Hey Scrappy Friends!  Finally here this month with a completed layout.  I’ve been MIA trying to get our sons birthday party planned (projects coming up from that) and getting design team project done in advance.
     For today’s layout I used the October 1st sketch from Stuck ? Sketches.  If you’ve followed me for any length of time – you know I love Laura’s work.  I loved this sketch and used it for pictures from our sons 1st birthday party…yes he’s turning 7 next month…don’t judge…lol
     The paper is all from Echo Park’s Boy Birthday Wishes collection. The orange party balloon paper is my favorite in the collection along with the spots.  Both were neutral enough to use almost anywhere on the page, but also had enough pattern to make it interesting.
     The sketch called for a tag and cluster in the lower left of the page. Let me tell you how much I struggle with that.  I actually recorded this for a process video on my youtube channel and that portion alone took me over 30 minutes.  I finally realized that I was trying to interpret the sketch to literally.  When I gave myself more freedom the corner cluster came together quickly.
     To finish the page off I added some of my homemade enamel dots, and outlined the main part of my layout with my favorite sharpie pen.  Hope you have enjoyed learning some about my creation.  I’d love to see what you are working on.  Until next time…stay crafty!

 

Happy Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to the 
30th Anniversary of 
Connie’s Sweet 16 Birthday Blog Hop
We are so delighted you are joining us to celebrate Connie’s Birthday!! We will be showcasing projects centered around, you guessed it, birthdays! 

Connie Can Crop is the first stop in this hop. This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these amazing crafters.
We have several awesome sponsors for this hop! 
And a freebie for everyone at the end!

One lucky winner will win 2 free files from Miss Kate Cuttables.
And

One lucky winner will win these awesome goodies from Connie’s Crafty Cart.
And

Everyone can win this cute Birthday cut file for free. After you hop and leave a comment on all the blogs, send Connie a message on FB or via email conniecancrop@yahoo.com and she will send you the Free SVG from Paper Crafting World.

What do you need to do to win? Easy… become a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.
You will have until 10 pm Wednesday to finish the hop and leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on Wednesday 3/16/16 at Connie Can Crop.
Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!
Without further ado…here is the page I created for the hop.  I don’t usually do pocket pages, but I had so so many photos of this one that I worked the best.  I took a pocket page I had and used my fuse tool to alter the sizes to fit my photos.  Most of the goodies are from Doodlebug with some Queen & Co washi and Fancy Pants puffy stickers thrown in.  
Up next is Barbara, but I hope you will follow me on whatever platform you are most comfortable with before you hop along.
Here’s our line up in case you get lost.

Birthday Spinner Card

     Happy Black Friday everyone.  Whether you went shopping this morning, and are home now, or slept in…grab a cup of your favorite beverage and join me for some spinner inspiration today for the Paper Crafter Anonymous website.

      I started off with a spinner base and the chalk it up paper.  This came together in no time.  Some matching pink paper, washi and a stamped sentiment and it was done.

      The stamp set I used was Holiday Tags Occasions.  The circle fit perfectly layered in the spinner.  This set really is wonderful though.  It has five different sentiment tags and fifteen different sayings.  I used another one of the tags on my Christmas criss cross card seen here.

     I included a video of the spinner portion so you could see how adorable it is.

    Hope you’re inspired to sit and create something today.  Until next time…Keep Scrapping!

Happy Birthday – Boy Birthday Card

     Happy Friday everyone.  Thank you for joining me for another inspiration.  We had a 5th birthday to attend and I chose to make a card rather than by one.  I know making cards doesn’t always take ten minutes, but when cards have reached $4.99 to $8.99 I certainly try to fit making one in.

     This was the first time I tried to make my own background out of stamps.  I chose the tire tracks, and the yellow washi reminded me of yellow road lines.  The tracks also match the distressed shutter lines in the inspiration photo at the Pink Elephant challenge.

    A dump truck, some dirt and the birthday number and I was ready to go.  This card actually took only about 20 minutes to make, and I was really pleased with how it came it.  It was a big hit at the party too.

Until next time…Keep Scrappin’

Challenges:
Crafts Galore – Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Challenge – Photo – the distressed shutter lines inspired my distressed tracks, and the single focus element inspired my single large dump truck focus