Daisy, Daisy . . .

At the Sugar Grove Nature Center, where I volunteer, they have a sweet little kitty cat named Daisy who lives at the Nature Center.  She loves attention and once she came over and jumped up on the couch to sit next to me, which seems very friendly for a cat. 

For this layout, I cut down the chevron paper and matted it on a piece of grey cardstock.  Then I cut the garland trim that comes with this line down into randomly sized pieces and adhered it on the page. You can't tell from the picture, but the garland is connected by string and it looks like I actually sewed all those small circles onto the page! A picture of the garland trim in it's package is attached below the layout shots.  The rosette near the journaling card is from the Amy Tangerine line.  Letter stickers are from October Afternoon. I used those on a bunch of layouts this month. I think they are so cute and the orange seemed to match everything this month.  And of course it can all be found at The Scrapbooking Studio, which has all the best stuff! : )

The colors of this line would be perfect for any later summer-early fall pictures you have. 

More fun with the Amy Tangerine line

Also from the Amy Tangerine line is this fun layout I made to commemerate a class I recently took.  Everyone in the picture wore such colorful shirts, it ended up looking like it was planned to match the paper. 

The background may look like just a sheet of patterened paper, but I actually cut all those little circle clusters out of the patterned paper shown below the layout.  This is a good way to use elements of a really busy piece of paper, without completely overwhelming the layout.  The journaling boxes are cut out of a sheet of 12x12 paper that is covered with little boxes.  The black polka dot tape is from the Smash Book section of the store.  The letters are American Crafts.  Get it all at The Scrapbooking Studio!

What can you do with one sheet of paper? A LOT!

I made the cutest little mini book out of the Amy Tangerine line at The Scrapbooking Studio. It's made from just one sheet of paper (plus a little embellishing)!  Can you believe it?  Watch this video my friend found on YouTube that explains how to make it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AAaGQwDB0.

I just love all the bright colors and fun patterns. Don't you? The journaling cards are cut out of a sheet of 12x12 patterned paper.  The letter stickers are October Afternoon.

Grandma's Cherry Cake

A couple of more projects made from Authentique's Carefree line for the Scrapbooking Studio's design team . . .  

The first is a recipe from my grandma of a cherry "cake" she used to make when I was a kid.  (It's very similar to the recipe on the Jiffy cake mix box called "Fruit Magic", which some of you may be familiar with.) 

I've been wanting to scrapbook this recipe for a while and hadn't found the right paper.  This vintage paper seemed just right for a recipe, because the diamond plaid reminds of the Better Homes and Gardens plaid cookbook and the lattice design reminds me of pie.  I created a pocket at the bottom of the page and tucked the recipe and a picture into the pocket.

Then I made a little card using the word confetti stickers from Authentique.  It says "so grateful for you my friend".  I cut the flowers out of the floral patterened paper and used a pearl brad on one of the centers.

Way back in 1951

I was flipping through an old photography book of my Dad's a few weeks ago and a little surprise fell out of the book.  It was a write up my Dad had done about a camera of his that he had purchased "way back in 1951": an Argus C-3.  It detailed all the different places his camera had gone with him: college, the army, his wedding/honeymoon, and the first baby pictures of yours truly.

I thought this was so neat, I decided to make a layout about the camera with notes from his write up.  I used Crate Paper's Story Teller line from The Scrapbooking Studio.  (I was inspired by a layout created by Crate Paper designer, Jaime Warren.)

I went a little crazy with my layering, but I was really liking the effect of using all the little journaling cards that come with this line.  I also used the new mistable canvas cameras from Studio Calico.  (So cute!)   It doesn't look quite this busy in person because you're missing the texture and depth of the layers.

Picnic anyone?

I'm super excited to share the altered project I made for this month's Scrapbooking Studio design team.  One of the lines I got was Authentique Carefree, which had a ton of cute picnic themed stickers and paper. 

The plaid paper below inspired me to make a little picnic scene.  I crinkled it gently and then smoothed it out to make it look like fabric and then I cut a fringe around the edge to make it look like a blanket. 

Then I made the little picnic basket from cardstock.  Mind you I have never taken a basket weaving class or anything like that. I just plunged ahead and hoped for the best.  I cut strips of paper in quarter inch strips, formed 6 or so concentric rounded corner rectangles and then wove strips in and out to make the basket weave.  Then I made a little lid and some handles and cut some trim up to make it look like a basket liner. 

Then I placed all the picnic related word stickers in a collage and added a couple flowers to balance the basket. 

It's not perfect by any means, but it is SO CUTE!!!!  : )

Wendy Vecchi Art Parts

If you're looking for unique embellishments, be sure to check out the huge selection of Wendy Vecchi Art Parts at The Scrapbooking Studio.  Below are two projects I made using these embies. 

The first Art Part is a very serious Victorian looking man.  With him, I made a wall hanging to remind myself not to take life so seriously.

The second Art Part is a darling flapper girl. I used copper Stickles to color her dress in and put a little flower sticker in her hair.  The die cut is a phone memo saying, "You are fabulous" with a date of "everyday".