Christmas in July

Last winter, my sister and I went to a photography workshop at the Christmas in Lights display at Bellingrath Gardens.  I din't want this page to look too Christmas-y, because it wasn't really a Christmas story.  I think the bright paper reflects the bright colored lights.

Photo Fun

The Girls Paperie On holiday (Travel Ticking, Travel Skirt), chipboard alphabet; Echo Park Dots and Stripes (Metropolitan Navy small dot); K & Co Smash Pad (Special occasions); EK Success punch; Bahama Blue Glimmer Mist; Jenni Bowlin Ink; Recollections flowers; Sassafrass Cherry Sweet Treats stickers

A Scraplift: Tiny Houses on the Golden Lane

Another of the Two Peas in a Bucket National Scrapbook Day challenges was to "continue the Morph," which were a series of scraplifts by their design team.  This was my take.

Tiny Houses on the Golden Lane

Supplies: Core'dination Graphic 45 Timeless (Diamonds-Cityscape); Lily Bee This and That (Teacup); Crate Paper Portrait (Something Blue, diecuts); Cosmo Cricket Ever After; Miss Elizabeth's chipboard letters; Echo Park Dots and Stripes Metropolitain Alpha stickers; Colorbok Flea Market foil stickers; Jenni Bowlin ink; Tim Holtz Distress ink; Hambly overlay (Grandma's Wallpaper); Martha Stewart punch

Using Bright Colors: Hungarian Snackage

For National Scrapbook Day, Two Peas in a Bucket had a series of challenges.  I put together this layout for the "use a bright color palette" challenge.  I love the bright happy papers.

Hungarian Snackage

Sketch: Lisa Day 28 days of sketches

Supplies: My Minds Eye Quite Contrary (Jack & Jill Cute Beautiful Blooms), Miss Caroline (Dolled Up Day stickers); Stella and Rose "Delightful" Blossom; Basic Grey paper, letters (Curio), trim stickers (Heritage); Echo Park for the Record (Table Cloth); DCWV paper; EK Success punch; Target Washi tape; Miss Elizabeth Chipboard Letters; Ali Edwards for Technique Tuesday (The Journey that Matters); Jenni Bowlin Ink; Cosmo Cricket Butterflies and Doilies (Social Club); Making Memories chipboard clocks; Pink Paislee flip notes (Old School)

It's Astronomical

Happy Memorial Day, readers!  I hope you are having a great long weekend.  I love how right now it seems that many of the scrapbooking lines, regardless of company, have similar color schemes.  It makes it really easy to mix and match lines.  For this layout I used some old (Echo Park For the Record and Life is Good) with newer (My Minds Eye Stella and Rose), and they just came together nicely.

I realize this layout doesn't have any journaling.  I put all of my notes on an insert in a divided protector that goes next to the page.  There were lots more photos than this that I wanted to include.

Astronomical Clock

Supplies: Crate Paper Portrait (Something Blue); Martha Stewart punch; Echo Park For the Record (Apron Strings, Newsprint, Element stickers), Life is Good (The Neighborhood); October Afternoon 5 and Dime (Wax Bottles); My Minds Eye Stella and Rose Gertie Friends Forever Layered Chipboard, Gertie Delightful decorative brads, Miss Caroline Dilly Dally title; Tim Holtz Distress Ink,  mini paper clips; Studio AE for Technique Tuesday (The Observant Traveler); Elle's Studio Handmade Layers card; 7 gypsies 97% complete; K & Co Handmade adhesive gems; Studio Calico stickers (State Fair); Basic Grey Label stickers ; Sassafrass alpha (Krafty); Pink Paislee foam letters (Cushy lemon)

A Scraplifted Layout

A few weeks ago Shimelle hosted an online crop on her blog.  I wasn't able to participate at the time, but a few of the challenges spoke to me.  One of which was to scrapbook a specific layout here.  I liked it and thought it would be great for these photos from last summer.

Since I've recently jumped on the Washi Tape bandwagon (with both feet AND my wallet!)  I'm trying to use it a bit more.  Here I covered some chipboard letters with the tape, and I love the way it looks.  

Hot Suff

Supplies:  The Girls' Paperie On Holiday (Pennants, Travel Ticking, Display letters chipboard alphabet, Elsie Mixed Brads); Echo Park Dots and Stripes Metropolitan (Navy Small Dot); Washi Tape from Freckled Fawn; Recollections fabric flowers; American Crafts bits (PeachyKeen, Love); Elle's Studio Red Pennants, Collected Cutouts, polka dot journaling card; Marcy Penner journailing cards; My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Dilly Dally diecut; Tim Holtz stamp, adornments; Versa Magic (Night Sky); Glitz Stickles; October Afternoon stickers (Farm Fresh); Pink Paislee canvas borders (Old School); K & Co Handmade adhesive gems; Martha Stewart Eyelet seals; Sassafrass Cherry Sweet Treat stickers

Using My Scraps

For my travel albums, I want to create some continuity across so many layouts, so I pull papers and embellishments that I can use throughout the album.  This leaves me with lots of scraps, but I like to use as many as I can, both for the continuity and because I need to use some things up!  The sketch I used for this layout was great for using up some of those scraps.


Marienplatz

Sketch: Sketches for Scrapbooking

Supplies: The Girls' Paperie On Holiday (Vintage map, diecuts); American Crafts cardstock; Scraps: Basic Grey, Core'dinations Graphic 45, Teresa Collins, Hambly, Crate Paper; My  Minds Eye Tres Jolie Oui Oui Brothers card; 7 gypsies 97% complete stickers; Chatterbox ABC sticker; Studio AE for Technique Tuesday (Today You, The Journey that Matters); Staz On ink (Jet Black); Prima jewels, flocked rubons (Reflections); Melody Ross for GCD Homegrown Chic Vintage Labels; Martha Stewart Cherish Labels; Etcetera by Provocraft stickers; Making Memories flowers (Noteworthy); Echo Park Element stickers; Recollections bling flourish

One Sketch Two Ways

I hope you enjoyed the series the last few Mondays about how I scrap my big vacations.  Be sure to leave feedback in the comments if you have any questions I can address.

Again with the sketches!  I thought today I might show you how I took one sketch and interpreted it in two different ways.

Sketch:  Lisa Day 28 Days of Sketches


Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

This version is slightly more loyal to the original sketch than the next one is.  I did make quite a few changes though, including the larger photo in the center and the blocks of paper around the edge.  

My photos were very colorful, so I picked some Echo Park paper that picked up the yellow, fuschia, and greens in the costumes.

Glitter letters from Pink Paislee added to the whimsy of the layout.


Supplies: American Crafts Cardstock, Glitter Buttons; Recollections Glitter adhesive back cardstock (Purple); Echo Park Sweet Summertime (Sunny Spots, Flower Garden), Everybody Loves Christmas (Bright Stripes)

Pink Paislee Sweetness glitter sticker alpha; Martha Stewart punch; Divine Twine

Best Christmas Present Ever!

Can you see the similarities to the first layout?  I used photo strips along the sides as an interpretation of the grid pattern in the sketch.  (sorry this one's a little blurry).

The title is in a different location too.  Gosh, I feel like I'm playing that game where you find the differences in two pictures!

An embellishment cluster this time, but the journaling is in a similar location.

Supplies:  Bazzill cardstock; Echo Park Dots and Stripes (Navy Large Dot); Crate Paper Peppermint Collection (Embellish); American Crafts Thickers; Lily Bee letter stickers; Jolee's Boutique felt snowflakes; Martha Stewart doilies; Love, Elsie soft charms (Noel); Elle's Studio (2); Tim Holtz tiny attacher

More Practice with Sketches

It's pretty obvious if you've followed my blog for any amount of time that I love sketches.  I'm just finishing up a class with Lisa Day over at Big Picture Classes called 28 Days of Sketches.  It's been fun, although I'm really just starting to put some of those sketches to work.

The Good Stuff

Sketch: Lisa Day 28 Days of Sketches

Supplies: American Crafts cardstock, Thickers;  Sassafrass Indie Girls (Pocahontas and me); Authentique letter stickers; K & Co Smash tape; The Girls Paperie diecuts (On Holiday); Cosmo Cricket stickers, lovely bits butterflies and doilies die cuts (Social Club); October Afternoon word stickers; Crate Paper border stickers; Echo Park stickers; My Minds Eye Lush brads; Elle's Studio vintage label; Martha Stewart twine; Ditto Glimmer Mist; Tim Holtz mini paper clips

Some Echo Park Play

Echo Park's new line Note to Self is some kind of awesome.  I had a great time playing with this fun, retro line making a page about Ozzy the Cat and his new "friend" that visits our back porch.

 Frenemies

I realized I needed a pop of navy blue at the top of the page, but didn't want anything very wide.  Then I noticed the overprint on the borders on the sticker sheet.  The blue zig zag sticker over ran with the subtle brown stripe of the scallop, and made a perfect little banner to boot!

I used my nonstick small scissors to snip the little parts on the ends that connected it to the rest of the sticker sheet background, and voila!  A new, perfect little border sticker!

Supplies: American Crafts Cardstock, Thickers (Hatbox), Zing embossing powder ; Echo Park Note to Self (Element Stickers, Grid Dots, Arrows, Borders), Dots and Stripes Alpha Stickers, This and That Charming Brads; For the Record (Noteworthy);  My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Dolled Up 6x6 pad; the Girls' Paperie market trims (kitch); Maya Road buttons; Studio Calico Mr. Huey (Calico Cream); Tim Holtz Distress Ink  (Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Fired Brick); Distress Stickles

A One-Off Layout

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I use a lot of inspiration in my scrapbooking: sketches, challenges, classes I'm taking -- and I love it.  It helps free my creativity when I don't have to start from scratch, and helps me work more efficiently.  But every once in a while I'm inspired by something else.  On this layout, it was the red paper (My Minds Eye Lost and Found Union Square "Beautiful Day" Journey).  I knew I wanted to use it and exactly what photos I wanted to use it with, and from there, the layout just came together.

Our Big Trip

Supplies: My Minds Eye Lost and Found Union Square ("Beautiful Day" Journey), Transfer Titles "Our Big Trip"; Pink Paislee House of 3 Daily Junque (Map); Echo Park For the Record (Newsprint, Noteworthy); Teresa Collins World Traveler;  Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 (Ginger); Ali Edwards for Technique Tuesday ("This One", "Everyday Life", "Are We There Yet"); 7Gypsies 97%Complete stickers (Travel Voyage), Calendar tickets; Crate Paper Chipboard (Restoration), Phrase stickers, Die Cuts; Making Memories Eclectic Metal Signs (Travel);  Bo Bunny Brads; The Paper Studio Spare Parts Epoxy Brads Friends; K and Co Smash stickies; Elle's Studio Red Pennants; Jenni Bowlin Ink; Staz On Ink (Jet Black); Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Tiny Attacher, Tissue Tape (Tidings)

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