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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Single Photo Soccer Scrapbook Layout

Hey guys…I’m bbbaaccckkk!  I’ve been creating, but not really sitting down and blogging about it.  Today I’m going to share with you a single photo soccer scrapbook layout.  I have a large backlog of “professional” sports photos so I’m hoping to get all of them done this year.  I want to do them every few layouts though so they all don’t look the same

I know I saw this each time I’m on hiatus, but hopefully I can stick with the writing portion more now.   Loads has happened since we last “chatted”, but the biggest one is that we moved.  It’s only down the street, but it’s still an exhausting endeavor.  One of the scrapbook challenges about moving is finding new lighting to take good pictures of my layouts..  That is something I’m still struggling with. Bear with me as I figure that out.

For this layout I started with a sketch from the Scrap A Sketch Facebook group.  I am able to share this sketch because it’s a free one from the group!  They do also have a paid premium sketch subscription, but I haven’t jumped into being a part of that yet.

Recipe 14 from Scrap A Sketch Group

Since I only have a handful of soccer themed papers I thought this sketch was perfect for maximizing the impact, but not using all my papers up.  The one photo worked perfectly too as when we have soccer photos taken each year we only get one pose.  I also don’t have any actions shots from the games.  Since we started coaching several years ago, I’m paying all my attention to the game rather than taking photos of my player.

The squares on my layout are 1.75 inches in both length and width.  For me on inch squares were to busy, and two inch squares didn’t leave any white space between them.  I also inked every square with the opposite main color of the page.  The fact that the soccer collection is black and green worked perfectly with out township colors being green, white and black. This layout didn’t need many embellishments as the papers took right care of that.

Single photo soccer scrapbook layout using Doodlebug soccer themed paper, Bella Blvd Lucky Stars collection and a sketch.

Okay, I think I’ve been chatty enough for one post.  If you have any lighting suggestions pass them on over.  I’m in front of a bay window and have two daylight bulbs pointing at my desk.  Until next time….stay crafty!

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Back To School Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends…welcome back!  I’m here today to share with you a new back to school scrapbook layout.  This layout using a sketch from the January challenges over at Paper Issues, and a collection from Jillibean Soup.

If you’ve been following with me the last few months the January sketch challenges Paper Issues had has really been my jam.  I’ve used so many of them.  There are even ones I’ve used and haven’t shared. Here is the one I used for this layout.

The sketch called for torn papers, which is something I haven’t really mastered yet, so I used the same general shape of the papers, but kept the edges straight cut.  The sketch also called for the embellishments in a vertical fashion across the whole page.  I didn’t have anything that worked in that fashion so I just went with what felt right.

The paper collection I used is a very old one from Jillibean Soup.  So old that unfortunately the company doesn’t make paper anymore 🙁  It’s really sad because they always had nice neutral embellishments and papers.  Back To School Scrapbook Layout

I titled this layout Hello New School because it really was for both of them.  Our girl started Kindergarten this year so for her it was a whole new school.  Our son had been here previously, but did cyber school last year due to everything going on with the pandemic.  His return to the elementary school had him in a new part of he building since he is in 5th grade…all new.

Well – I’m signing off to go and try to come up with what my next creation will be.  I have a die-cut title I want to use, but no papers that really match so it will be a challenge.  Until next time….stay crafty!

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In The Zone Scrapbook Layout

Hey friends!  Sorry I missed you on Thursday.  I wasn’t feeling myself and just sat around all day doing nothing 🙁  I did mange this week to finish my In The Zone Scrapbook Layout today, and thought I’d share it with you anyway.

As per usual lately I started with a sketch from Paper Issues.   In January they had a new sketch every day, and it has brought me so much inspiration. This one had 3 photos which was just perfect for what I wanted to document.

I had two photos from our trip to Schellville Christas Village that documented our son’s favorite part. I really wanted a third though showing the entrance of Snow Zone.  I hadn’t gotten one since it was soooo busy when we went.  I went on the events facebook and found one they posted.  I’ve never done that before, but I found some great ones they took of when the event was empty that I could use as support for mine.

In The Zone Scrapbook Layout

Other than moving my title a smidge I kept fairly close to the sketch.  I’m also running out of useable embellishments so I kept this one fairly simple.  Almost everything I have left is palm sized or larger.  I’m not one for huge embellishments like that.

Well,  off to get my next layout planned.  Hope to have another layout to share soon.  Until next time….stay crafty!

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Awesome Summer Hair Boy Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends!  I actually had some time to scrapbook recently and used sketch nine from the She’s Crafty Mini Paper Pad class that I started so very long ago.  I ended up creating this Awesome Summer Hair boy themed scrapbook layout.

The sketch that was used this go around came from A Cherry On Top.  I’m not sure it’s one that would have called my name since it has both hexagons and long strips. I changed it up enough that I was comfortable using it, but it was still a bit of a challenge.

A cherry on top sketch

The first thing I did was change the photo orientation to work with the orientation of the photos I wanted to use.  I moved the 2.5 x 1.5 from long and on the bottom to right next to the other two photos.  The  photos I used are of our sons temporary blue hair from this summer.  He loved it!

When I started putting the sketch together I actually did the hexagons as my first thing, and then fit the rest of the pieces around those.  I thought if I started in the middle I’d make my square pieces to large and then not be able to fit the hexagons in.

Awesome Summer Hair Boy Scrapbook Layout

As I was working on this I wasn’t so sure I was loving it, but in the end I really do.  Now I need to go an do some more creating, or at least cleaning up of my space so I feel inspired.  I really need to use this kit up too.  I’m down to very few embellishments that aren’t words. Until next time….stay crafty!

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