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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AWESOME SUMMER HAIR BOY SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT SUPPLY LIST

Wedding Party Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends!  Welcome back to another Southern Girls Challenge reveal.  Team Lou was challenged to use tags in their creations this go around…easy peasy right!?  I choose to create a wedding party scrapbook layout with one of the fun photos from our wedding shoot.

I started with paper from Cocoa Vanilla Studio’s More Than Words collection that I received in my second Secret Not Secret Kit club box. Khristina has included three Cocoa Vanilla collections in my boxes and I think they are my top favorite company…EVER!  I haven’t created a layout with their products I haven’t loved.

Wedding photos are very overwhleming to scrap. This wedding party scrapbook layout can be completed in 1 hour and has just the right amount of embellishment

You can see here I created tags from scraps of paper and tucked them under my photo.  I also used my We R Memory Keepers hole reinforcement punch to complete the tag look.  I couldn’t decide on a twine color so right now they are empty.  What color would you vote for?

The photo is a silly one our photographer took where she asked our whole wedding party to jump up and down.  Everyone’s reactions were so funny, and trying to jump in a strapless wedding dress was quite interesting.  Thankfully there were no wardrobe malfunctions…hehe

Wedding photos are very overwhleming to scrap. This wedding party scrapbook layout can be completed in 1 hour and has just the right amount of embellishment

By the time I was creating this layout I didn’t have much left from my kit so you’ll see how I used the partial sheet of paper with a black piece of cardstock and the punched border to make up the 12×12 size. I also added the white doodle border around the top to tie the white from the bottom in with the solid black on the top.

Some thickers, black splatters and enamel dots let me call this one day and get it done in under an hour.  I’m very happy to be getting these memories documented as we celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary this summer.

Thank you for joining me today and I rambled on, and I hope this has inspired you to create something to join in on the challenge.  As always, love your comments and if you do create something inspired by this…leave me a link so I can come and see.  Until next time….stay crafty!

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WEDDING PARTY SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT USING A CUT FILE SUPPLY LIST

Bling Beach Scrapbook Layout

Hey crafty friends!  So excited to be joining the hop this month with my bling beach scrapbook layout.
To create this layout I started with a VERY old (3 years to be exact) kit from My Creative Scrapbook as well as a few bits and pieces from my very first The Secret Not Secret Kit Club kit.  I combined them to create a bling beach scrapbook layout featuring both our son and daughter.
I used a bubble die cut that came in my kit and filled it in with patterned paper from the other kit.  The circles helped as you could embellish each one individually to add to the whole design.  For some I went plain and for others I layered it up.  I also did some with just a dashed line so it was interesting, but didn’t really cause any distraction to the rest of the elements.
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Now I know what you’re thinking…where’s the bling!?  It is harder to see in the large photo so I took a few close ups for you.  The first place I added some sparkle was in the lower left cluster of embellishments.  Stickles to the sea shell and pineapple were the perfect thing.
glittery, shiny, sparkly, or blinged out crafts
I also used a clear wink of stella pen in the upper left corner on the ampersand. I like the clear wink of stella the best since it doesn’t alter the color of the item I’m using it on.  I have several other colors, but they never seem to match the piece I want to sparkle up so clear is my most used. I also inked this with a slightly different aqua than the rest of the page to try and make it pop just a bit.
On the first Monday-Wednesday of each month, a group of DIY and crafty bloggers join forces to bring you the #BlingontheCrafts blog hop. Each blogger creates a glittery, sparkly, shiny, shimmery, sequined, or “blingy” craft to share that goes with a monthly theme. May's theme is summer. Each blogger chooses their own craft to make as long as it shines and is summer themed. If you’d like to participate next month, you can request to join our Bling on the Crafts Facebook group. Next month’s theme is patriotic! Now let's see all of those glittery, shiny, sparkly, or blinged out crafts!
I hope you enjoy my creation and what the other ladies have created.  Make sure to hop on over and see what they’ve done!
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Supply List:

ATG

Kaisercraft Bubble Die-Cut*

White Cardstock

Stickles*

Wink of Stella*

On the first Wednesday of each month, a group of DIY and crafty bloggers join forces to bring you the #BlingontheCrafts blog hop. Each blogger creates a glittery, sparkly, shiny, shimmery, sequined, or “blingy” craft to share that goes with a monthly theme.

May’s theme is summer. Each blogger chooses their own craft to make as long as it shines and is summer themed.

If you’d like to participate next month, you can request to join our Bling on the Crafts Facebook group. Next month’s theme is patriotic!
Now let’s see all of those glittery, shiny, sparkly, or blinged out crafts!
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6 Month Baby Girl Scrapbook Layout.

Hey crafty friends!  Thank you for joining me today for another project reveal for the Southern Girls Challenge.  For the challenge this time we were asked to use die-cuts of some nature.  I chose to create this baby girl scrapbook layout showing our daughter when she was just six months old.

If you’ve been reading along for a bit you’ll know that I’m part of the Secret Not Secret Kit Club.  Once a month they have a scrap party, and for one party we were sent a mystery bag of items we had to use on a page.  It contained two types of die cuts so when I opened it I knew exactly what project I wanted to use it on.  I upped the ante though, and use a third kind!

In my mystery bag was two die cuts – an open heart and a solid one.  I tried watercoloring the solid one and the paper disintegrated.  I used some gold glitter die cuts I had around to replace it.  The open heart I backed with some pattern paper from the Pebbles Spring Fling Collection.  The third kind of die cut was the hexagons you see in the upper left and lower right.  Some are outlined in white and some in black to make them stand out again the page.

baby girl scrapbook layout

In case you’re curious the other things in the mystery bag were the doily, label and cupcake liner that are behind the photo, the two gold tags, the crepe paper at the bottom of the photo, the black twine through my tag and the piece of straw that is cut in half and stapled in each corner.

Well, I think that’s it for now.  Please let me know if you come and join the die cut challenge and I want to make sure to see your creations! Oh, and if you’d like to see another layout from this paper collection be sure to check out Smile Baby Girl.

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