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Happy Girls Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends and Happy New Year!  I’m glad to be back sharing with you.  I know I say this every year, but I hope to be more consistent in posting this year.  It’s one of my goals every year honestly…to do more than the year before.  To start the year off right I’m sharing this Happy Girls scrapbook layout for the anything goes challenge at Challenge Yourself.

This layout is from a trip we took to Lancaster to see my sister.  One of our favorite places to visit is a local bakery that, besides having great baked goodies, has a place with animals you can feed, an awesome playground and some fun multi person swings.  I managed to grab a photo of our daughter on the loving the swings.  The other photo is of her, I and my sister. I tried to convince our son to get in the photo, but he was just to busy playing on the playground.

The papers that I used for this collection are from a VERY old Mind Minds Eye 6×6 paper pad.  It was from the sweetest things collection.  Back then they had one over arching collection name and them sub color ways underneath.  This one was the Bluebell collection, and as of when I’m writing this can still be found on ebay.

Since I only had the 6×6 pad left from the collection I needed to be creative in the way I used it to fill the page.  I started by cutting strips and piecing them together around the edge trying to line up the patterns to make the seams disappear.  I also pieced together two pieces to create the larger 8×8 square on the background.  The smaller pieces are 2×2 and then I used scraps behind my 3×4 photos.  It really was a layout that came together very quickly.

Well, I think that’s it for today. I’ve done website maintenance, cups, laundry, cleaning, shop posting, wholesale ordering, errands, schooling with big kiddo, legos with little kiddo and I’m sure things I’m forgetting….I’m beat.  A layout and a post to start the new year though…not to shabby.  I hope to be back with you soon.  Until next time…Stay crafty!

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2 Cute Girl Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends!  I’m back again today sneaking one last blog post in for the month.  For this one I used the sketch from Scrap The Girls to create this 2 cute girl scrapbook layout. Sketches are one of my favorite ways to start a page, and I’m much more likely to enter a challenge if it’s sketch based.  What is your favorite way to start a page or what’s your favorite challenge type?

For this layout I took what I would call the spirit of the sketch and went from there.  For the background pieces and banners I changed them into just horizontal strips to use up my scraps.  I then placed my main photo offset just like the sketch, but I used one photos instead of that whole block.  Then where the bottom balloon is I added a second photo.  I think you can see the sketch in my layout, but it’s not a strict copy.

2 Cute Girl Scrapbook Layout

The photos are of our daughter on our sons first day of school…convoluted right!? I obviously was taking pictures of him and she wanted to be part of the photo shoot.  After he was done I snapped some of her, and they came out just too cute not to document.  You can even see her backward shoes.  Four years old and she still prefers them that way.

Well,  It’s the last day of the month so I better run off and start thinking about what I want to get done for July.  Until next time…stay crafty!

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April Goals Recap and May 2020 Scrapbook Goals

Hey crafty friends!  Welcome to my first monthly goals recap post.  I started setting goals last month and they seemed to work well so here we are for another month to keep the momentum.  Without further ado we’ll start with a recap of April’s scrapbook goals and how I did with them.

  1.  I wanted to complete four layouts during April.  I did awesome on that goal and created six.  I shared two already, and I’ll keep sharing as time permits obviously.
  2. I wanted to use three pieces of flair from my inappropriately large flair stash.  Unfortunately, I didn’t meet this goal.  I only used two 🙂  I just seem to keep forgetting to use them.  Any tips are appreciated.
  3. I wanted to kill my Loyal kit from Authentique.  I did it!  I made to more layouts and this is what’s left. Not to shabby!Authentique Loyal
  4. I wanted to kill my 6×6 My Minds Eye The Sweetest Things Bluebell paper pad.  I had fourteen sheets left and made three layouts.  Here’s what’s left.  I had four full 6×6 sheets left, but the embellishments left me with no ideas and no inspiration so I considered it killed.My Minds Eye

For May I want to continue with the theme of killing things and using supplies I’ve had forever.   Reducing my stash size is a huge goal for me. So here’s my list of May 2020 scrapbook goals:

  1. I would like to aim again for four layouts this month.  Even though we are still under a stay at home order the weather is getting nicer so I hope to be spending more time outside with the kiddos.
  2. Since I didn’t meet this goal last month I will carry it over this month…use three piece of flair on the layouts I create.
  3. Kill my 2017 Simple Stories Easter kit.  This shouldn’t be hard as I only have three 12×12 sheets left and the stickers sheet, which got ink on it so part is unusable.Simple Stories Easter
  4. It must be a Simple Stories month because without even realizing it I picked on this Vintage Bliss 6×6 paper pad to kill.  This is from 2013 and I wish I had gotten the full collection at the time.  There are 15 full 6×6 sheets left, but I have no embellishments…none…zero…zilch.  That will be the hard part for me.Simple Stories Vintage Bliss

So do you think I can do it?  Do you think it’s to many goals….not enough?  Share your thoughts with me, and tips or tricks you have for using things up or your goals for the month.  Until next time…stay crafty!

April 2020 Monthly Scrapbook Goals

Hey scrappy friends!  How is everyone holding up?  We’re staying home, working on online schooling and trying to stay busy.  I feel myself father unmotivated in regards to my crafting though.  I don’t know if it’s the current situation, feeling responsible for making sure there’s not to much tv/screen time or something entirely unrelated.  I decided though that making goals and lists have always helped my motivation so that’s what I’m doing for my scrapbooking this month too. Without further ado I share with you my April 2020 monthly scrapbook goals.

  1. This is probably the easiest one to come up with.  I want to complete four layouts this month.  I think one a week is totally reasonable, and more importantly doable.
  2. I want to use three piece of flair from the HUGE collection that I have.  I haven’t bought flair in years, and if I’m honest I haven’t them in years either. If you look closely – one of the black flair says 2014! I chose three because if I on’y get to do four layouts I’m not sure I’ll be able to use one on every layout.scrapbook flair collection
  3. I want to kill this scrapbook kit from Authentique.  It’s called Loyal and it’s from….I’m embarrassed to say 2011.  I love Authentique paper, but when I purchase a collection from them I always struggle to use it.  One of my larger goals this year is to use up what I have from them….starting with this kit.
  4.  Last I want to kill this 6×6 pad from the My Minds Eye collection called The Sweetest Thing Bluebell.  The collection is from 2012, and I only have 14 6×6 sheets left.  These paper pads were anything I bought ages ago and stopped because I find I never use them.  This year I’m going to try  to pick a few out and get them used up.  I thought about making card stacks from them, but since I don’t really stamp…idk

So I think that’s about all for this month. I’d love to hear if you make monthly scrapbook goals, and if you do – please share them if you’re comfortable.  We can help keep each other on track!  Also, do you have any trips or tricks to use up the 6×6 collections or older collections you’re not so found of anymore?  I’d love to hear your ideas.  Until next time…stay crafty!

School Age Boy Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends!  Welcome to my last Southern Girls Challenge…for this year.  Don’t worry, I’m not leaving!  For Team Lou’s challenge this go round we were given free rein.  That’s right…anything goes!  Since I have been working on killing some of my older kits.  I created this school age boy scrapbook layout featuring my nephew.

The layout features 2×2 squares as I had a lot of the 6×6 paper pad left when I was creating this.  I also liked the smaller size for this.  Since there were so many different pattern in one area the smaller scale of the 6×6 helped them not overwhelm each other.  Then to make my nephew’s photo still the focus I made his 4×4.  It still fit the grid, but since it took of two of the squares it’s the focus.

To add interest I just used some of the stickers and dimensional items from the kit.  This is another layout for my SIL so I hope she loves it at much as I do.

I’ll be back in December with projects for other teams so keep checking back for new inspiration.  Also, be sure to head over to Southern Girls to check out what the other ladies created, and to enter your creations.  Until next time…stay crafty!!!

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