Let's Go Play

Scrapbook Layout created for The Cut Shoppe  - Let's Go Play -

Hello there!!

It is starting to look a lot like summer around here, I am even pulling pictures from previous summers to document using the fun  designs from the Cut Shoppe.

The waves were created by copying the image from the Make a Splash cut file, set to perforate, and then stitched with embroidery floss.  Once it was all stitched, a bit of watercolor completes the waves, and brings the color of the water from the picture.

The title of this piece comes from the Let's Talk Summer cut file.  The cut out was backed with papers from Echo Park's Summer  Fun collection, and completed with alphas from Shimelle's Little by Little collection.

The picture of the girls at the swimming pool is framed by the title, and lots of papers and ephemera form the collection, in addition with some pieces from the new Simple Stories Summer Days collection.  After adding a few lines of journal.  Here is the final layout

I love the  layout, it came together rather easily, even with the bit of stitching in it.  I hope this helps to prepare for the upcoming summer season.  The Cut Shoppe Etsy store is full of designs that can fit all your memory keeping.

Remember I am a comment away if you have questions on how this came together.

Thanks for stopping by!


Materials Used:
Cut Files - The Cut Shoppe

Distress Oxides - Broken China, Faded Jeans, Cracked Pistachio - Ranger
Paper collection - Summer Fun - Echo Park
Alphas - Little by Little collection - Shimelle
washi tape - Illustrated Faith

Love 16

Scrapbook Tutorial created for Scrapbook Nerd  -  LOVE -16  -

Hello all!

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!  May you share some quality time with your loved ones today.

I was inspired by the rosette paper in the Crate Paper's Heart Day collection embellishment to create a layout that  showcase this fan like pieces as part of a layout.   The tutorial on how i created this rosettes is available at the Scrapbook Nerd blog .

Once all the rosettes were constructed, I created a heart cut out on white card stock, and backed the heart with one of the papers from Paige Evans' Take me Away collection, a bit of hand stitching secures the pages together.   Next i covered one half of the heart with the black and white rosettes, and teal hearts.   Then I layered the pink rosettes on top of the black and white rosettes, I only embellish the rosettes that were more prominent on the heart.

I attached a picture of my husband and I on our 16th wedding anniversary, and layered pieces of ephemera from the collections.  The title was built from the large chipboard sticker, and the number sixteen  on the rosettes.

I kept the rest of the layout simple as i did not want to take the attention from the picture.   A little bit of journaling completes the page.   Here is the completed layout:

There is a lot of dimension in this layout, so it sits on our sofa table.  It fits tightly in a page protector, but I love it.   Give it a try, paper rosettes are great for different crafts, once again you can find the tutorial on how to build them at the Scrapbook Nerd blog.  As always I am a comment away if you need assistance with the tutorial.

Have a great Valentine's Day!

Heart Day - 6x6 paper pad	Heart Day - Rubber Shapes	Heart Day - Stickers	Heart Day - Ephemera	Heart Day - Phrase Stickers	Take Me Away - #18 pattern paper
Heart Day - Thickers	American Crafts - Go Now Go - Puffy Heart Stickers	Crate Paper - Snow and Cocoa - 6 x 6 Paper Pad	Love & Adore - 6x6	Love & Adore - collection kit	Love & Adore - Chipboard

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Let's Go

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  - Let's Go -

a close up of the layout

Hello there!

I hope you all enjoyed the weekend, and are ready for a new week.

My reveal week continues at Scrapbook Nerd.  For this project, I chose to document a picture of my son inside the plane as we were about to land in Ecuador.  Since I took this picture with my phone, there was a lot of noise in the picture.  My choice was take the color away, therefore converting the picture to black and white.

the background of the layout

To start this layout, i chose  Bazzill's heavy cardstock, and used a lot of shimmer watercolor to create an inky background.  I was inspired by Shimelle's GO Now Go collection, and the beautiful cloud and plane paper.

To recreate the sky, I fussy cut  clouds from papers in both Shimelle's collections: Starshine, and Go Now Go.   I layered the clouds in the bottom left corner of the layout.   Using a paper piercing tool, I created a long curly line that started at the clouds, and run along the page to the diagonally opposite corner of the layout.  I used white embroidery thread to complete the path.

Once I finished stitching the page,  I trimmed a small edge just to the top and right edges of the mat, and stitched it to one of the papers from the Starshine collection.  I added the acetate plane (from the ephemera pack) to the end point of the stitching.

a close up to the picture details

In order not to lose the details in the background of  the page, I chose to simplify the layers behind the picture.   I chose one of the cut-apart cards from the Go Now Go collection, and using an exacto knife, cut around the image of the plane, making sure not to separate it from the card ( the end result looked like a paper corner).  I inserted the picture  in the card, and added just a few details around the page.

the final layout.

Here is the final layout (after adding the title, and the journal lines).   I like the monochromatic look of the page, and its simplicity.   I am glad that Joy and Barb at Scrapbook Nerd were so helpful at special ordering the Starshine collection for me.

Thanks for stopping by.

Keep on crafting!

Materials Used:

White cardstock - Marshmallow - Bazzill

Watercolors - Artist Loft - Michaels

Patterned papers - Starshine collection 12x12 paper pad - Shimelle

Patterned papers - Run, and Fly - Go Now Go collection - Shimelle

Ephemera. phrase stickers, wood accent buttons and word thickers - Go Now Go - Shimelle

I Love you just the way you are (Song Lyrics)

Scrapbook Layout  - I Love You Just The Way You Are (song lyrics)-

A close up of the layout

Hello there!

I have been playing along with Scrapbook Nerd on-line creative Summer Camp,.  I am always inspired when I see a challenge in my way;  this one called to use a song lyrics to create a layout.  Well (it may not be a surprise, I have a large library of pictures),  I had to use one of my favorite pictures of my kids to create this layout.

Using the Silhouette Cameo, I cut in a circular shape, two lines of Billy Joel's song,  I Love You Just The Way You Are.  I pasted the cut-ous on top of Shimelle's Starshine patterned paper, and stitched around them with the sewing machine. 

I love this picture

I created the cut file leaving a gap at the beginning of each line so that my picture will fit in that  spot.  Using Shimelle's collection, I  layered different papers behind the picture, and added cut-outs, stickers and ephemera in  large cluster around the picture.  Finally, a small wooden arrow was placed as a way to guide the viewer's eye to read the lyrics.   Here is the final result...

I hope you also like the layout,  it is different of what I do, but i  love it.

If you want more details on the challenges, visit Scrapbook Nerd website or their Facebook's Friend and Family page.

Till next time,  

Happy Crafting!!

Materials Used:

Patterned Papers,  Starshine collection,  Shimelle

Chipboard Stickers.  Starshine collection, Shimelle

Cut-outs , Starshine collection, Shimelle

Foiled ephemera,  Icon shapes,  MInc Collection, Heidi Swapp

wood pieces, Healthy Hello Collection, Jillibean Soup