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Father Son Simple Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends!  Welcome back for another Scrap Our Stash project reveal. For this go around I created a father son simple scrapbook layout.  I wanted to show that you can create a cute project is very little time without having to have a large stash or the latest products.

If you’ve been following me on my scrap our stash team journey you won’t be surprised that I hadn’t seen/ didn’t know what the movie we were challenged with this month was.  We were to use A Star Is Born as well as using star paper and/or embellishments, and a certain quote.

I went with just the star theme since I didn’t know anything about the movie.  The photo is of my hubby and our son when he was learning how to ice skate a few years ago.  I believe my hubby started teaching him to skate at four!  This weekend he will start his first ice hockey team practice.  Our little star is born…see how I tied that in…lol

Come create a father son simple scrapbook layout with me. Layout can be created in less than 30 minutes using whatever papers you have on hand.

For the quote portion of the challenge I wrote it on the little fish tail embellishment on the lower right hand side of the photo.  This layout is so clean and simple I felt like it looked out of place anywhere else. I’ll actually do my journalling on the back of the page too to keep the simple look.

I hope you have enjoyed my take on the challenge, and seeing how a simple layout can be lovely too.  I’d love to see what you come up with based on this challenge, or even my layout.  If you play along please be sure to leave me a link so that I can check it out too.  Until next time….stay crafty!

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FATHER SON SIMPLE SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT SUPPLY LIST

Boy Scrapbook Page

Hey crafty friends!  I’m happy to be back today sharing another layout for Scrap our Stash.  If you have followed my blog for a while, or their page, you know that the second challenge of the month is to combine two sketches, but with a twist.  For this month I have chosen to create a boy scrapbook page. I’ll admit that I mashed these sketches so much that you probably can’t see either of them in this layout.

Need boy scrapbook page layout ideas? Look no further than this clean and simple boy scrapbook page that can be completed in under an hour.

I took the shape of the photo from the first sketch and the strip at the top of the page and used a strip on the top of my diagonal pattern. From the second sketch I used the fish tail banner turned sideways and the ink splatters.

A bit about the photo – the young man on the left if our son Michael and the other two boys are two my girlfriend Katie’s seven boys.  I have known Katie since I was born, and she was the matron of honor in my wedding.  To make it even more special our son and Elliot (young man on the right) were born 11 days apart.  Friends from birth…just like us! As another fun fact…The young man in the middle (Colson) and my nephew are almost the exact same age too.

I’m really happy with how it came out, and how our son will have this page of his first friends forever. Can’t wait to see how you blend them together. Make sure to send me a link if you join the challenge! Until next time…stay crafty!

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BOY SCRAPBOOK PAGE SUPPLY LIST

Of All The Fish | The Secret Not Secret Kit Club

     Hi crafty friends!  I got so much done this weekend because of The Secret Not Secret Kit club scrappy party that I’ll have several things to share with you over the next several days.

     The page I’m sharing was for a see through it challenge.  You had to use things like vellum, acetate, photo overlays, etc in two different ways on your page.
     The first way I used vellum was in this title card.  I backed the fish cutout with the same patterned paper I used to mat the entire layout.  It was to vibrant though so I added a square of vellum.  It allowed the pattern to tie in the card, but muted the color a bit.
     The second thing I did was to use a photo overlay on the photo in the lower right corner.  The photo of us ladies at supper didn’t have the greatest color quality so the overlay helped to hind that as bit as well as add a design detail.  The photo overlays came in a kit I won from Rochelle Spears and were part of the June 2016 Scraproom double shot kit.

     I also used vellum under the men’s photo and the square under the journalling.  It just needed a touch more softness in those places since the paper (My Mind’s Eye By the Sea collection) was so bold. 
    I appreciate you joining me today, and if you want to see other layouts in this color scheme please make sure to check out Best of Friends or for another beach layout check out Chill Out. Until next time…stay crafty!



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An Adorable Welcome Home Puppy One Page Layout

     Hey Scrappy Friends!  I’m back with another process video today.  This time I was inspired by the sketch and word from May 15th at Scrap Our Stash.  Wish I had gotten this one recorded, and edited, in time to enter the challenge.
     With the sketch you had to use the word mother, and use one item for each letter.  Mine are M – My Mind Eye Paper, O – Ornamental Shape Stickers, T – The Best Glue Ever for my enamel dots and woods pieces, H – Hearts and Home, E – Echo Park Paper, R – Red to match the new puppy.
     To hear all about my thought process when creating this please head over to my youtube channel to check out the process video.  Thanks for checking my creations out!

Creative Top Ten All About My Favorites Scrapbook Layout

     Happy National Scrapbook Day Scrappy Friends! I have the distinct honor of running one of the challenges for this weekend over on the Victoria Marie Facebook Group.  The challenge I came up with was to create a project with your top ten current favorite things. 
     I thought this was going to be super easy right…I mean we all have things we love.  When I actually sat down to plan though…super hard.  Narrowing your whole life down to ten things!  If you’ll notice though…work was not on the list…lol


   As per usual I started with a sketch…This one was from Creative Scrapper Volume Three.  The sketch had a huge amount of journalling on the right side, and I thought that was a great place for my top ten.  
     The paper on the right in from the Authentique collection all Favorite and was perfect for this theme.  The numbers and tiny word stickers are also from Authentique.  
       I didn’t care for the photo on the other pieces from the collection though so I pulled out a 6×6 pad from My Minds Eye called Moments.  The scrappy challenge of this was though that it was white and the Authentique is cream.  Tim Holtz distress pads in Antique Linen to the rescue.  
     If you’re not a member of the Victoria Marie group I hope that you’ll consider joining for loads more inspiration and new scrappy friends.