Summer Reading Themed Scrapbook Layout

Hey friends! I’m back with another layout already. We have had loads of rainy weather so far this summer, and that has really helped my crafting time. This time around I created a summer reading themed scrapbook layout.

I again started with a sketch from the Scrap A Sketch Facebook page. They have a new free sketch every Friday so there’s always loads inspiration to be had. For this week’s sketch I flipped it on it’s side to accommodate my photo’s orientation.

The photos I used are of my two kiddos doing some summer reading. Our library runs an awesome summer program each year with prizes for the younger ages and gift cards for the older. My kids spend some time every day reading to earn their prizes.

The photos paired wonderfully with the Our Story Matters collection from Echo Park. The collection has stacks of books, typewriters, pens, pencils, etc. that made embellishing this page fairly easy. I also liked the B sides of the paper in this collection. They are interesting, but not busy enough that I felt I couldn’t use several together.

summer reading themed scrapbook layout

Okay – time to get my little off to her daily swim team practice. Hopefully, I’ll be back with you all again soon. I’d love to have you come join my buy in group on Facebook where I share new collection releases and I’d love for us all to share our creations there too. Until the next time…stay crafty!

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Travel Themed Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends! Welcome back to another layout here at The Paper Addict.  This time I created a travel themed scrapbook layout with three photos…even though you only initially see one.

This layout was started with a sketch from Laura Whitaker’s book that she put out when she “retired.”  I printed it out, and had it bound, so that I could also pull it out without needing an electronic device.

Travel Themed Scrapbook Layout

I’m going to keep this post VERY short because you can hear all the details, and watch me create this, over on youtube.  I don’t want to bore you with double details.  Please let me know though if you’d rather them typed out over watching the video…I’m open to doing both!

Okay – I know – short and sweet, but it’s time to make supper.  Hopefully I get more time to create soon.  I so miss it when I’m away to long.  Until next time….stay crafty!

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School Photo Boy Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends!  Welcome back to another project.  I decided not to do goals this month as we have such a busy schedule with time away, sports starting, school starting, etc.  I just wanted to enjoy being creative when I could during this hectic time.  So I present for your viewing pleasure this school photo boy scrapbook layout.

To create this page I started with a sketch created by Lisa from Sketch~N~Scrap. I took her sketch and flipped it upside down so that the photo was on the opposite side for whatever reason it just didn’t look right to me with my nephew “looking” the other way.  Instead of using two photos I used one larger one of my nephew’s school photo shoot.  It was perfect since I often don’t know what to do with the larger 5×7 photo size. I didn’t have a huge title to use so I used that block for some embellishments, and also gave my sister-in-law a journalling spot to record some of her thoughts from his second grade year.

The product collection is an older echo park called Jack and Jill.  There was a boy collection and a girl collection.  I still have lots of the boy set left so it’s something I should focus on using up.  Isn’t that always what we’re trying to do!?

school photo boy scrapbook layout

Okay, I really should get going and get some home things accomplished.  I am always focused on cleaning out the house, but even more so now that schooling will be done at home!  The less stuff around the less distractions we all will have. Until next time…stay crafty and stay safe.

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Fall Sibling Scrapbook Layout

Hey Scrap Friends!  Can you believe I have two posts so far this month!?  That certainly is a record right now.  This fall sibling scrapbook layout is my share for the anything goes challenge over at the Southern Girls Challenge blog, and using the weekly sketch from the Hip Kit Club facebook group.

For this challenge I used a photo of my niece and nephew during her two year photo shoot.  While it was her birthday shoot the photo wasn’t particularly birthday themed, and it hard her brother, so I didn’t think birthday paper was appropriate.  My nephew was in the photo so I didn’t want to use girl themed paper.  It wasn’t Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc. so  are you seeing my dilemma?

I ended up going with fall paper for three reasons.  The first is that they are sitting in front of a brick wall and on a brick walkway.  The red of the brick would match the red in most fall paper collections.  My niece is also born at the end of September so it technically was fall. Last, but not least fall paper tends to be gender neutral so it fit that both kiddos were in the picture.

Fall Sibling Scrapbook Layout

So what do you think?  Did I make the layout work for both my niece and my nephew?  I sure hope my Sister-In-Law thinks so!  Until next time….stay crafty!

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Father Son Bike Trip Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends!  Thanks for joining me today as I share this Father Son Bike Trip Scrapbook Layout.  I was inspired by one of the case files over at Color, Stories, Inspiration.  They have three pieces to use as inspiration, but the one that really struck me right away was case file 272.

Color Stories Inspiration case 272

The first thing that jumped out at me about the case was the children, or they could be elves, were outside playing in the tree with birds and squirrels.  I had photos of my husband and son out enjoying nature on an 18 mile bike ride.  Totally fits right!?

Create a visually interesting multi photo page with a father son bike trip scrapbook layout. Can be created with old or new products making it versatile

The light background of the inspiration scene also provided inspiration for the background paper I chose to use.  I don’t usually use patterned paper for my background, but this one wasn’t so overwhelming that I thought I could work with it.

There was also paper with bicycles on it, and since this was a bike trip, that obviously had to go on the page as well.  There was also one bicycle sticker on the sticker sheet, but can I tell you how huge it was! This was one of those collections where all the ephemera was just so large.  My solution was to cut the bicycle off the front sheet where it shows you all the paper partners in the kit.  It was just the perfect size!

Create a visually interesting multi photo page with a father son bike trip scrapbook layout. Can be created with old or new products making it versatile

The large photo on the page is 4 but about 5.5.  The two smaller photos are 2×2 made using the collage function in picmonkey.  With the college function I can print six 2×2 photos on one 4×6 paper.  I’ll plan two pages that have small photos and print one 4×6…saves my photo paper and ink that way.

Thanks for sticking with me as I explained this page.  I hope to do at least one more of the case files this month so keep a look out for that.  In the mean time….stay crafty!

Create a visually interesting multi photo page with a father son bike trip scrapbook layout. Can be created with old or new products making it versatile

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