Snapchat & Fun

Scrapbook layout  - Snapchat & Fun -

a close up to the layout.

Hello!,

My kids are obsessed with Snapchat, and it seems that my little niece and nephew cannot get enough of the picture filters, this app offers.   I wanted to document the many different pictures they alter of themselves; so i ventured to create a layout that showcased them.

I started by cutting Ashley Horton's heart background cut file -designed for Hip Kit Club -.  I chose to only cut the bottom corner of the cut-outs.  I backed the hearts with papers from the Fancy Pants, and two shades of vellum from my stash.  I used back stitching to mimic the look of the cut-out onto the plain white cardstock hearts.

I created a collage of the pictures of the 4 kids, and used some of the papers in the collection to backed the picture.   The cluster in the picture is made up of ephemera and stickers from the collection.

a close up of the title of this layout.

Since i am using the nice wood paper, I chose to use the puffy alpha stickers from the collection.  I attached them to the layout, and used a Sharpie to mark some of  the edges of the letters.

It is fun to see my kids and the little cousins's Snapchat pictures.  I am glad i stole these shots from my son's account.

Now to work on a new layout, I go. 

Take care!

Materials used:

cut file - July cut files - Ashley Horton designs for HipKit Club

patterned papers - Life is Beautiful collection - Fancy Pants Designs.

White and pink vellum

Ephemera, stickers, puffy dot stickers- Life is Beautiful collection - Fancy  Pants Designs.

Word stickers - Small Chat collection, Tim Holtz - Ranger

Happy Haunting

Scrapbook Layout created for The Cut Shoppe   - Happy Haunting -

a close up of the layout

Hello dear friends!

A few days ago, Ashley Horton - the owner of the Cut Shoppe - created a new digital/printable collection for the Etsy store.  "Ghost Town" is a beautiful Halloween collection full of traditional and non-traditional patterns and colors (some of the patterns can be used in non-Halloween related pages... YAY!!).  It comes with beautiful coordinating alphas, cut apart cards, ephemera, and cut-outs; and for the first time the store will also be selling coordinating wood veneers and acrylic pieces.  But above all, the best part of this collection is that you get to print what you need at your convenience.  Just click here to be taken to the store, and you can see the collection closely.

Since, I cannot resist pretty paper, I went to Staples and had the entire collection printed in large format card stock, so I can use it right away  ( I have a large catalog of pictures that have yet to be documented).  I have put together a small video on how the layout came together:

To create this layout, I started by using the Wicked Fun cut file from the Cut Shoppe, and welded a few of the bat  images together.  I backed the cut-out with papers from the collection.

A close up to the cut-outs, and the pretty papers

I mounted the cut-out on the beautiful wood grain paper from the collection (it is one of my favorite papers), and just added my picture, and pieces of ephemera from the collection.  Since the entire collection was printed in a laser printer, it was so easy to foil some of the pieces of ephemera.

For the title, I used one of the large cut-outs from the collection.  I choose not to cut it with the Cameo, but instead fussy cut it, so I could keep the letters together.

Finally, I just added a few details to the page, as well as my journal lines.  Here is the completed page:

I really love this Halloween collection, "Ghost Town", from the Cut Shoppe.  It really is beautiful and innovative, as well as easy to work with.  To get your copy just visit the Cut Shoppe Etsy store.

As always, let me know if you have any questions about the layout.

Take care!

Materials Used:

Black cardstock - American Crafts

Ghost Town Digital collection - The Cut Shoppe

Cut file - Wicked Fun - The Cut Shoppe.

Lucky Me

Scrapbook Layout - Lucky Me -

A quick look at the layout.

Hi there!,

As i continue to upload the many finished layouts to my blog.  I am happy to see that all of them look different form each other, but have a lot in common at the same time.  This particular layout was inspired by the cut file, and my love for all things stitched.

The string heart background of the layout.

To start this layout, I  just drew a heart on the page, and used a piercing tool to create a stitching guide for the string art.   The colors of the thread were chosen to match the colors in the Life is Beautiful collection from Fancy Pants Designs.

a closer look at the title of the piece

Next i added the title of the layout.  This was created using a Silhouette store cut file, and backed with papers from the collection.  I chose to place the title at the bottom of the heart, but added a bit of gesso behind the cut file, so that the pattern would disappear a bit, and the title will be more visible in the layout.

The picture of my 3 kids (one of last Christmas outtakes, and a favorite of mine) was placed in the middle of the heart.  I used papers from the collection to layer the picture, and small clusters around it, too.

To finish the layout, I added some enamel dots, and a few lines of journal.  I love the  fact that the page has a fresh look even though the picture was taken in the middle of winter.  

Thank you for visiting the blog!,  as always let me know if you have any questions about this layout.

see you all soon!!

Materials used:

Patterned papers -  Life is Beautiful collection - Fancy Pants Designs

Cut file - Silhouette Store

ephemera, puffy stickers, puffy dots,  Life is Beautiful collection - Fancy pants

Chipboard sticker - MAMBI chips collection

Flair - Attwell Collection - Fancy Pants Designs

Puffy sticker - Bloom Collection - Crate Paper

Word sticker -  Small Chat collection - Tim Holtz - Ideaology