For The Love Of Paper
Hey crafty friends! I’m back today with a video inspired by She’s Crafty’s mini paper pad class on youtube. I’m going to be taking on her challenge of doing ten layouts, inspired by sketches, using five collections. Let’s get this stash used up friends!
Hey crafty friends! I’m back with a new layout using the February sketch over at Sketch~N~Scrap. Their sketches have been right up my alley the last two months, and I’m happy to be getting some pages accomplished. This month I chose to use the sketch and create my Am I There Yet Boy scrapbook layout. Let’s take a look first at the sketch
I loved how clean this one was. I know that sketches are just a starting point, but sometimes I feel overwhelmed when there is to much going on in a sketch. I also knew right away which photos I wanted to use. Our son turned ten this year and I took some photos of him compared to his father. While I should have thought to do this every year since he was born….I thought it would be interesting to start now and see if/when he surpasses good old Dad.
I used a rather old collection from Simple Stories. They released this mini kit called Hey Pop in 2014. I have used it before, but since my goal this year is to use more than I buy it was a perfect place to start. When I was done I had no full 12×12 sheets of paper left, and only two colors of paper so I called this kit killed.
I also managed to create a video showing my process while making this. I have some creation questions so I’d love if you popped over and let me know your thoughts on those. I”m starting a new paper pad/collection challenge so I hope to be getting lots finished shortly. I love getting my photos documented, and my paper collections used. Until next time…stay crafty!
Hey crafty friends! Thanks for checking out my sharing of this adorable daughter scrapbook layout that I made for the sketch challenge over at Sketch N Scrap. I know I’m getting in here right at the end, but that’s how it works now between schooling and cups. I’m just glad to have the memory documented.
As it seems to be my thing lately I started by rotating the sketch. I did this so I could use one vertical photo instead of the two suggested. Other than that, and well the title, I stuck fairly closely to the rest of the sketch. This sketch in particular came in really easily for me. I’m not sure what made this layout different, but with the little scrapbook time I’ve had recently I’m certainly not going to complain.
I used the Simple Stories Little Princess collection for this adorable photo of our daughter. I had hesitated on purchasing this because many of the embellishments are princess people. I’m really not one to use people embellishments to start, and then on top of that our girlie really isn’t into princesses. She loves dolls and Barbie so I’m really glad to not have princess paraphernalia around the house for the time being. When I found it on clearance though I “had” to snatch it up.
For this layout I used the more neutral or floral pieces, and I think they worked very well. I used one of the tags as a substitute title because there really wasn’t a big story to go with this photo to make a title out of. The photo is just a cute one I snapped of our daughter at a restaurant in her favorite dress. Due to COVID we didn’t get to have her formal four year old photos done so I’ve been trying to get more photos of her documented this year.
Okay – enough ramblings from this girl. I’m signing off to eat some supper. Until next time…stay crafty!
Hey crafty friends! Welcome back to another anything goes challenge with Southern Girls. For this challenge I decided to again work on some of my May goals and use my Simple Stories Vintage Bliss 6×6 paper pad to made this cute cousins scrapbook layout.
It was perfect timing when I was making this because my friend Khristina posted a video where she was using a 6×6 paper pad and 2×2 squares. It was instant inspiration. I inked the 2×2 squares with picked raspberry distress ink from Tim Holtz. It’s a new to me color, and quickly becoming a favorite.
The hard part was how to embellish the page though because I had not one embellishment from the actual collection. I went digging around in my colored embellishment boxes, which I’ve noticed really have very little in them, and found just a few things that matched well and went with that. I figured a little something is enough since there was so many different patterned papers.
The photo, the most important part, is from my wedding. We’ll be married 15 years next month! The cuties in the photos are my sister (11), my cousin Danny (11) and my cousin Beth (9). It’s hard to believe they are all grown up now. My sister is married for almost five years, Danny is working on a second degree and Beth is married with a baby of her own. To think that our son is the same age Beth was…ugh….makes me feel old!
I tried to get a piece of flair on here too since that I also one of my monthly goals, but none of them fit quiet right Well, I think that’s it for now. I’m gonna sign off and try to get working on those goals. Until next time…stay crafty!
Hey scrappy friends! Long time no layout. Summer was incredibly crazy with swim team and two kiddos home full time, but with fall comes a new routine. I’m afraid to say it, but I really hope to be at least semi regular with posting now that school is in session.
My first post back is for none other than the Southern Girls Design Team. I have been on Team Lou for several years 2014 – 2015 and then from 2017 – to the present. This go round we were challenged to use a tic tac toe board. These usually end of up really hard for me to use because there’s always something on the board I LOATHE using. This time I was able to use the right hand column very easily.
As my blog title indicated, this is our little man when he was in first grade. I spent several days getting layouts done of all his school photos so that I could dispose of all the extras. I do the main photo on the front traditional style and then just attach the class photo to the back since it’s always huge.
For this layout I used the very old My Minds Eye Remarkable collection. How old you may ask…well he was only two when the collection debuted. If you can believe it you can still find a few pieces on amazon though.
Thank you for checking my layout out and for sticking with me through my creative dry spell. I hope to be back again soon with more regular content. I do know there will be a few videos in the upcoming weeks so be sure to stay tuned. Until next time…stay crafty!