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

LOVE LOVE LOVE MY BABY

Scrapbook Layout  - Love Love Love My Baby -

Card sketch for Scrapbook Nerd's Creative Summer Camp 2016

Hello everyone!

I hope you all are enjoying the weekend.  It is a long weekend here in Toronto, since we are celebrating Canada's Day on July 1st.   WIth all this time available, I have been putting it to good use working on my assigments for August, and joining in the challenges over at http://scrapbooknerd.com/ creative On-line summer camp.  

The first challenge was to create a layout following a given sketch.  I chose to follow the card sketch by creating a mixed media background.

Using the new Everyday Essentials cut file from  The Cut Shoppe,  I cut different size circles and backed the cut out using papers from Pink Paislee's Fancy Free collection.  They were attached to the page following the direction of the sketch.

I did not deviate much from the sketch, and added my picture, title and ephemera cluster in the place were the sentiment would have been located.

I added a few more details, date and journal lines before calling the page finished.   Here is the completed layout.

I really like how the page turned out, and how easy it came together once I followed the sketch.

IF you want more information on the On-line Creative Summer Camp, follow this link Scrapbook Nerd ;  all information is on the forum, and in their friends and family page on Facebook

Till next time, 

Happy craftin'!!

Materials Used:

Cut file, Everyday Essentials,  The Cut Shoppe

Patterned paper,  Fancy Free Collection, #1, 2, 5, 6,  Pink Paislee

PAtterned paper, Bloom collection,  Afternoon,  Crate Paper

Stickers,  Soft Spoken collection, Me And My Big Ideas

Chipboard sticker,  LIfe Noted collection,  Pinkfresh Studio

Ephemera,  Fancy Free collection, Pink Paislee

Color shine - Mustard, Peacock, Sea foam, & Butter,  Heidi Swapp collection

Washi Tape, Recollections, Michaels

Sweet

Scrapbook Layout  - Sweet -

a sneak peak of the layout

Hello all!

it is no secret, I love a good cut file and so does my Cameo.  Fortunately the Cut Shoppe  design exclusive  cut files for Scrapbook Nerd (I happen to design for both companies, so major YAY!!)...  For the summer, a new cut file called Camp Glamp is available in the www.scrapbooknerd.com store,  THEY ARE FREE, so  go and get your copy.

In addition, we over at Scrapbook Nerd, have started a new series on how to use the Silhouette products and the software.  So, hop onto the blog (http://scrapbooknerd.com/)  to see my first attempt at a video  (I rather enjoy photography, but my IT guy -i.e. my son- has been hired as a producer) about the basics of using a cutfile.

For this project I only used the pinwheel element of the cutfile.  I cut two of this  pieces of the same dimensions, and backed the cut-outs using MME On Trend2 papers.

I used the sewing machine to stitch in each triangle to the cut-out

I wanted to add some color to the background, so I used some Heidi Swapp color shine to create a water color effect on the 11x11 in. mat.

lots of ink droplets on the background.

The two cut-outs were attached along the diagonal line of the mat, and the picture was placed at the intersection of the two cut-outs. 

The title and all embelishment come from the On Trend2 collection

I added my journal in one of the triangles of the top cut-out, and chose not to trim the cut-out to fit within the page, instead i opted to keep it overlapping the layout.

a close up to the  top of the layout.

Finally I matted the layout on top of  a paper from the same collection, and added some enamel dots to the layout.  Here is the final look:

The paper collection is beautiful, and works perfecty with the cut-file

I hope you enjoy the layout, and  if you want to obtain a copy of the cutfile here is the website link: http://scrapbooknerd.com/xencart/index.php?main_page=products_new

As always feel free to contact me with any questions.

Take care!!

Materials Used:

Cut file - Camp Glamp, ScrapbookNerd.com

Patterned Paper - On Trend2 Collection, My Mind's Eye

All Embelishments - On Trend2 collection, My Mind's Eye

Background - Colorshine in blush, mustard, sea foam, coral, mint, pink, navy and gold, Heidi Swapp