Made To Roam

Scrapbook Layout   - Made to Roam -

Hello there!,  

I hope you are all enjoying this Labour Day weekend.   My kids, as i am typing this, are prepping their backpacks for the new school year.  As of tomorrow, they will be both high schoolers!!!  -where has time gone-, but  this is a topic for another time.  

I have so many summer pictures to document, and in my hopes to reduce my stash, i decided to use Ashley Horton's sketch for Hip Kit club to create a layout about our many road trips.  I am also using this layout to complete a challenge from Scrapbook Nerd's Summer camp.  For this layout,  I used different papers from Pink Paislee's Outfitters collection to create the banners.   I secure them all with a few lines of machine stitching.

After the banner was secured to the page,  i added a picture of me while enjoying one of our roadtrips along with a few stickers. cut-outs and ephemera pieces from the collection.  For the title, I chose to use one of the collection's banners, and secured it to the picture by using a small wood veneer , and some glue.

I added a small cluster of pieces from the collection at the bottom, and secure them all with a few sewing machine stitches.   I used one of the cut apart cards to add my lines of journal on the bottom of the page.  To complete the page, I used some color shine to add some ink splatters around the page.  Here is the completed layout:

I really love the simplicity of the layout, but all the small details that are hidden around the banners.

Now, I am off to clean my house, before my vacation starts tomorrow.

Take care!!



Materials Used:
Patterned Papers, #1, 2, 8, 9, 10 - Outfitter's collection - Pink Paislee
Ephemera, stickers - Outfitter's collection - Pink Paislee
Badges, Banners - Outfitter's collection - Pink Paislee
Wood Veneer - Fur Fusion collection - Jillibean Soup

All Around The World

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  - All Around The World -

Hello everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your summer!;

I have been busy putting together some of this year  and past years' memories  into layouts for my kids' albums.  Fortunately,  Scrapbook Nerd is releasing new cut files (The wanderer, and Beach Bound) designed by The Cut Shoppe, and you can get them for free at their on-line store...

It is a known fact, that the Cameo and I get along very well together, so I have used The Wanderer cut file to create this layout about our family trip to Ecuador last spring  ( I have 3000 more pictures from the trip)...    For this layout,  the All Around The World  design was amplified to fit fully in a 12x12in paper.  I made sure to cut the map inside the circle, and then created isolated the circle to obtain the pieces used here.

A close up of the map stitched to the mat.

The map was glued to the mat; once secured, I pierced the edges around the map, and used different color embroidery thread to hand stitch the edges ( the colors of the thread match those of the ones found in the Outfitters collection  by Pink Paislee, that is featured in this layout)...

I added a small marker to mark the place where the  picture was taken.

The  outer circle (title of this layout) was then glued to the layout using foam  adhesive to create dimension on the piece).  

A close up of the picture and its layers.

The picture of my kids was them layered using papers from Pink Paislee's Outfitters collection, as well as pieces from their ephemera pack.   I chose to add the journal lines at the opposite side of  the picture to balance the layout.  Here is the final layout.

I really loved using the cut file along with the paper collection to document a little moment of our trip to  Ecuador.   As always, let me know if you have any questions about the layout.

Don't forget to visit Scrapbook Nerd to get a copy of the new cut files being released (they are free)...

Till next time,  

Happy Scrappin!!

Materials Used:

cut file - The Wanderer - Scrapbook Nerd

Patterned papers - Outfitters collection #1, 4, 9,  Pink Paislee

Stickers - Outfitters Collection, Pink Paislee

Die Cut pieces - Outfitters Collection, PinkPaislee

Wood Pieces - Felicity Collection, Pinkfresh Studio

Word & phrase stickers - Felicity collection, Pinkfresh Studio

Alll Roads Lead To Adventure

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd's Silhouette Savvy Series - All Roads Lead To Adventure -

A close up of the layout.

Hello there!,

  

For this month's Silhouette Savvy Series at Scrapbook Nerd's blog, I was asked by a member of the Design Team, if i could show them how i used my Cameo to create a guideline for all the stitching i do on my layouts.   Though, i use different methods for stitching on a layout,  whenever I am creating a large background, or there is a lot of hand stitching,  I always set my Cameo to do all the work for me.  You can find the tutorial at the Scrapbook Nerd blog, or in my you tube channel. 

The stitched title on the layout - the tutorial on how to get this look can be found at Scrapbook Nerd blog -

For this layout, I chose to document a picture of my kids standing next to a direction post (it showed distances to different cities in the world from my hometown) in Ecuador.  I  chose this picture based on the title of the layout -created with the newest cut designed by The Cut Shoppe for Scrapbook Nerd, " The Wanderer"-  Please enjoy the video on how this layout came together:

I started the layout by stitching the title at the bottom of the layout.  I layered the mat with patterned papers from Pink Paislee's Outfitters collection.  To emphasize the idea of direction, and to add texture, i cut little notches  and fold the papers.  A little bit of machine stitching helps to set the folds, and showcase the papers.

a close up to the layered mat.

The picture was matted, and layered with  the same papers.   A little mixed media helps to continue the distress look, along with pieces of ephemera from the same collection.

This time, I chose to add the journal lines around the entire mat frame.   Here is the final layout:

I really enjoyed working on this layout.   For more information on how the title was build visit the Scrapbook Nerd's blog.   As always let me know if you want more information on how the project came together.

See you soon!

Materials Used:

Cut files - The Wanderer,  Beach Bound - Scrapbook Nerd.

Patterned papers - Outfitters collection, # 8,#9 -  Pink Paislee

American Crafts white cardstock

Ephemera, leather pieces, stickers -  Outfitters collection, Pink Paislee

Wood pieces - Healthy Hello collection - Jillibean Soup

Color Shine - butter, navy, rose, mustard - Heidi Swapp

Liquitex clear Gesso