Together

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd's Summer On-line Camp                     - TOGETHER-

Hello there!

It has been a long time since I have been up on my blog, but we took a long planned vacation to my native Ecuador, and just arrived a a few days ago.     You will be seeing a lot of my work coming up as i have so many plans on the works.

Today,  I am issuing a new challenge at Scrapbook Nerd's Friends and Fans Facebook page for the on-line summer camp.  This time is all about FIX IT UP, which translates into using your editing programs to transform  a picture to fit into a project of your choice.

I always take pictures of my kids in series, so I used LR to create a film strip of some of the pictures of my kids, and also transformed into Black and White.   Next, i used the cut files (you can download them at the bottom of this page!!)  to create the background of my piece.

I used Page Evans's Oh My Heart collection to color block the hearts in the background, and added embellishments to match the colors.   Next I stitched around the speech bubble with the same color of the background paper (paper # 18 - Take Me Away collection).  I glued the heart background onto the paper, and used foam adhesive to attached the speech bubble paper to the mat.

To continue with the color blocking design, I used matching embellishments to add interest all along  the page, and added a bold color title to the page.  Here is the final design:

Love the end feel and look of this page!   I hope you can join in the challenges at Scrapbook Nerd's On line summer Camp.

Remember, I am a comment away if you need any assistance!

Take care!




Materials Used:
Take Me Away collection - paper #18
Oh My Heart collection - paper #4, 12x12 paper pad, 6x6 paper pad, all embellishments
Better Together collection - foam thickers
cut files:

1

Scrapbook Layout created for Scrapbook Nerd  - "1"  -

Hello everyone!


It is time to join us at Scrapbook Nerd Friends and Fans facebook page for a new challenge.  This time is all about Skinny Dipping... Not the clothing type of stripping, but the one where you only use ink, stamps, dies, and cardstock to create a project of your choice.

I saw a video on how Paige Evans created a layout with just stamps and stitching, so I scraplifted her page.  I drew a large 1 (in a letter size paper), and cut it.  Using removable tape, I attached to some white cardstock,  and used different stamps and inks to create images all around the number 1 shape.

Once all  the ink dried, before removing the 1 cut out, a piercing tool was used to create a stitching guide around the perimeter of the number.  The cut out was then removed, and the entire perimeter got stitched using 6 strands of embroidery floss.

Here is where i went a step beyond Paige's page, as I created my own embellishments with dies, stamps, and Inks.   The Maya Road dies were used to create the flowers, leaves, stars, hearts and arrows used in the clusters around the picture.

After cutting the pieces, a bit of diluted ink was used to colored the die cuts.  While the die cuts dried the  Pinkfresh studio Lovely Borders was used to create the two sentiment banners used in this layout.  Here is the final layout:

This layout is different, and a bit challenging from my usual ones.   I hope you join us at Scrapbook Nerd Facebook page, and take upon some of the challenges.   There is always a prize to be won at the end of the crop.

As always, let me know if you have questions on how this page came together.


Take care!!


Materials Used:
Stamps - Pinkfresh Studio - Little Things, Best Things, Oh So Fancy, Kindness Matters, lovely borders
Stamps - Heidi Swapp - Magnolia Jane Collection
Stamp - Pink Paislee - Oh My Heart collectionn
Stamp - Simple Stories - Faith collection
Distress Oxides - Cracked Pistachio, Orange Marmalade, Worn Lipstick - Ranger
Archival Inks - set #4, and Wendy Vechi set #1
Dies - Maya Road -Flower set, Dream, Snapshot

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

Fun Family Time

Scrapbook Layout  - Fun Family Time -

a close up to the layout

Hello everyone!,

It has been a rather hard past few days.   There is a bug going around in my house, and it seems we all are sick with a cold or allergies, we don't even know anymore.   Now to happy things, i have been working hard at putting a dent on my spring/summer stash, so i chose Jillibean Soup's Healthy Hello collection to document a sweet picture of my little nephew and my father playing together.

For this layout, I wanted to also complete one of Scrapbook Nerd's summer camp challenges, Stargazing, so I chose this star cut file from Studio Calico to cut a few stars.  I used the pattern papers to back the stars, and used some machine stitching to secure the papers in place.

It was all about layers for the picture

The picture of my nephew and father was layered with papers and ephemera from the collection.  I used one of the circle paper pieces to add the journal lines  as part of the picture's cluster.

For the title,  I chose to continue the color scheme of the layout, and picked these two different alphas to complete the phrase.   Since the patterned paper had lots of circles on it, i added lots of sequin around to continue the pattern.

small details around the page.

To end the layout, I added a few extra clusters around the page, and sprinkled sequin along the page.  Here is the final layout:

I really like the colors on this layout, and how the picture sits perfectly in between the stars.  As always let me know if you have any questions about how this layout came together.

See you all soon!

Materials Used:

Cut file - Sandlot Geometric Background by Paige Evans - Studio Calico

Patterned papers - Healthy Hello collection - Jillibean Soup

Ephemera - Healthy Hello collection - Jillibean Soup

Yellow Alpha stickers - Life Noted collection - Pinkfresh Studio

word sticker - Healthy Hello collection - Jillibean Soup

sequins - Spiegel Mom Scraps for Clique Kits.

Most Favorite Smiles

Scrapbook Layout  -  Most Favorite Smiles -

Hello!

My goal for the next few weeks is to put a dent on my stash, so i can  make space for all the new goodies that are coming my way.  One of my fave collections so far this year has been Paige Evans' Pink Paislee Fancy Free, and i have to use what i was able to get my hands on.  Since, I am always finding ways to document multiple pictures in a layout (it is not my favorite way,  I rather focus on a single picture),  I think that i found a solution by shrinking the pictures and creating collages of them.  Here is a layout I created with some of my favorite pictures of my kids a few years back... 

I used 2x2.5in photos to create this photo strip.

For this project I am using all Fancy Free collection to back and layer the picture as well as the cut file (May Mash-up) from the Cut Shoppe.   I added some dimension to the cut-out by backing some of the spaces with vellum, while others are backed up with a layer of foam between the paper and the cut-out.

i love that shadow the foam dots create behind the cut-out

I attached the  figure to one of the papers from Simple Stories Heart collection, and added ephemera clusters around the figure and pictures.  For the title, i used stickers from the Fancy Free collection and Thickers to complete the word "smiles'.

To complete the project, a hand stitched frame was created in two same-toned embroidery floss around the page.  After adding the date, and the journal lines along the figure, the layout was complete.  Here is the final layout:

I love this layout,  it is simple, delicate and features my babies...

As always let me know if you have any questions about this or any of my layouts.

Till next time,

Happy Scrapping!.

Materials Used:

Patterned papers - #1, 2, 3, 5, 6  - Fancy Free collection, Pink Paislee

Patterned paper mat - Forever in my Heart,  Heart Collection - Simple Stories.

Cork heart sticker -  C'est La Vie collection - Pink Paislee

Wood Pieces,  Fancy Free collection,  Pink Paislee

Puffy stickers-  Fancy Free collection, Pink Paislee

paper Clip,  Freckled Fawn

Smiles Alpha stickers - Heidi Swapp collection

Chipboard stickers - MAMBI collection

Planner icon - THe Happy Planner collection,  MAMBI

Cut file - The Cut Shoppe

MOM

Scrapbook Layout  - Mom -   created for Scrapbook Nerd's Summer Camp.

The title of the layout

Hello all!

 We are in full Summer Camp over at Scrapbook Nerd;  for the past weeks all our members (you can join us, just click on this link http://scrapbooknerd.com/ to be taken to the website, all information is on the forum or at the Facebook page)  have been challenged to create projects based on Summer camp ideas.  They have the entire summer to finish and upload them to the site.


This layout is all about "LET IT SHINE" -the name of my challenge-,  as i used lots of shiny stuff to create it.   I had this idea for the layout, since the day I took the picture, so it came together rather fast.    It all started after I foiled a Heidi Swapp MInc collection paper.  The paper was then cut into even strips of about 0.6 in.  The strips were then attached in sequential order using the sewing machine onto patterned paper.

After stitching, both edges were slightly raised  on each of the strips.

The strips were placed so that there was a 4 in gap on the middle of the page.  Here I placed the picture, surrounded by lots of glittery flowers and leaves.  Some ephemera was tucked in between the flowers;  a few word stickers were also added to the picture.  For the title, i used a cut file from Studio Calico;  this time i printed it and trace it straight onto vellum and color it with a gold paint marker.

I added some gold centers to the flowers using a bit of gold paint

To create a visual triangle, a smal cluster of tags and ephemera was added to the top left corner of the page (i added my journal in one of the tags in the cluster).  Since the paper strips lift up,  the cluster was tucked in the strips.

I used gold as the main focus color of this layout.

Finally, I added a few butterfly cut outs, a few drops of black liquid ink, and  made sure all the strips were slightly creased.  Here is the completed layout:

Though it is full of shiny elements, they workin harmony due to the choice of color.

I really like how the layout turn out at the end, and it fits the "Make it Shine" theme perfectly.

If you would like to join the challenge, head over to http://scrapbooknerd.com/.

As always let me know if you have any questions.

See you soon!!

Materials Used:

Floral patterned paper,  MInc Collection, Heidi Swapp

Champagne Foil, MInc Collection, Heidi Swapp

Cut file - Mom,  Studio Calico

Patterned paper, layout mat - Hello Today Collection, Heidi Swapp

Floral cut outs - Ephemera pack, Open Book Collection, Maggie Holmes, Crate Paper

Ephemera - Market Street collection, and  All Things Gold collection ,  My Mind's Eye

Chipboard Sticker,  Me and my Big Ideas collection

Word Stickers,  Heidi Swapp Memory Planner collection, and Soft Spoken collection -MAMBI

Cut-outs - Flutter patterned paper, Bloom Collection, Crate Paper

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