Fur-ever Friends

Scrapbook Layout - Fur-Ever Friends -

a close up to the layout.

Hello!,

It seems that i have so many projects to publish on my blog, that i am taking a day to add them all in. For today's layout, i chose the Millie & June collection to document a picture of my two babies.   I loved this girly collection, and I am stashing quite a bit of it for later use. 

I started this layout by cutting strips of papers of the different collections (I used part of the branding strips of each paper).  I decided to weave the strips, and create a triangle with the weaved strips.  Since, it is such colorful collection, I used the black paper on the collection as the mat for the layout.

I decided to place the picture along the triangle, and add clusters of  ephemera, tags, and stickers of the collection around the it.  To add softness to the picture, I layered pieces of the cut-out from the Flower Power cut file from The Cut Shoppe.

A close up to the picture

The title was created using a font from the Silhouette store.  I used the sketch pens to draw the words, and used an offset to cut around it.  Using a piercing tool, I created a stitching guide on the sketch words.   Blue thread was used to stitched  the pattern.

To end the project, a few more details were added along the page, and used a white gel pen to add my journal lines to the bottom left corner of the page.  Here is the final layout:

Can I say that i love this page?  It is different that what i usually create, but i like to challenge myself, and long time ago decided to never repeat a design, and try a bit of each of what scrapbook has to offer.  I hope this inspires you to try something different for the a change.

Till next time,

Take care!

Materials Used:

Cut file - Flower Power - The Cut Shoppe

Pattern Papers - Millie & June collection - Fancy Pants Design

White card stock - American Crafts

Ephemera, tags, flair, and puffy stickers - Millie and June collection - Fancy Pants design.

Now & Then

Scrapbook Layout - Now and Then -

A quick look at the layout.

Hello,

I finally found time to upload all these layouts that have been laying on my table (between being sick, babysitting my littles, and dealing with my kids, summer has flown by).   Here is another layout that I created by using the Millie and June collection from Fancy Pants, and a bit of hand-stitching.

The cross-stitched ampersand of the background.

I started by stitching a large cross-stitched ampersand on the background of the layout.  To continue the design, a small edge was trimmed around the layout, and then it was stitched to the criss-cross patterned paper of the collection.

For this layout I chose to document pictures of my sister and I now, and  when we were kids.   I positioned them at each corner of the Ampersand, and added small clusters of ephemera around them.  The title was created using the Alphas of the collection.  I chose to write a small note in one of the tags from the collection, and add it under one of the pictures.  Here is the final layout:

This layout brings a lot of happiness to my soul. It is a reminder of the time that has passed by.   

As always, let me know if you have any questions about how this layout came together.

See you all soon>>>

Materials Used:

Patterned Papers,  Millie & June Collection - Fancy Pants Designs

Alpha stickers, puffy stickers,  ephemera pieces - Millie & June Collection - Fancy Pants Designs

Wood veneer - Healthy Hello collection - Jillibean Soup

Word stickers - Small Chat - Tim Holtz - Idea-ology