Location Scout

For years and years I've been wanting to scout out other parts of the country for a potential place to relocate to.  I finally did a scouting trip to North Carolina and I liked it a lot.  Definitely high on the list!  I will add pictures to this layout as soon as I get them printed out.  Althought I almost don't want to add anything because I love all the patterns together.

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Just my Type

I've done cards with this theme before, but I can't help myself from doing it again. I just think it's so cute with the typewriter!  Anyway, I've been so pleased with how versatile the 24/7 line at the Scrapbooking Studio. The colors are perfect if you want to do masculine layouts or cards.  The line includes so many cute stickers and FOUR alphas!!  See below for pictures of the sticker sheet.  I may have to add some yellow pom-pon trim to this at some point.  I think that would finish it off nicely.

 

Be Brave Little Hobbit!!

This is my favorite project completed with the 24/7 line from Simple Stories.  Just before doing this page, I had watched The Hobbit and I couldn't help but think how much like a hobbit I am. 

If you don't know anything about hobbits, they like to stay safe at home and aren't big risk takers. Well I tend to be a homebody and I usually do the safe, practical thing.  But just like Bilbo was brave, I need to be too. I need to get out into the world and go on adventures.

 

Make Today Ridiculously Amazing!

For my May design team assignment at the Scrapbooking Studio, I got the awesome 24/7 line from Simple Stories.  For my altered project, I decided to frame one of the sayings and surround the saying with a ridiculous number of flowers!  Definitely need to put this in a prominent place to remind myself that everyday can be amazing, if I choose to make it that way.

 

Softer side

After my last two kind of bold and buzy layouts, I thought I'd share some of the more feminine projects I did with the Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm from my Scrapbooking Studio design team assignment.

 

This first layout is a rare foray into misting. (I like the look of misting, I just rarely ever do it.)  The photograph on this layout is of bluebells out at Parkland Nature Preserve.  They are just barely budding out and I have never seen them this tiny.  They are hesitant to come out into the cold spring we've been having.  

 

 

Next, we have a little child's sundress. They've had these cute hangers at the store for a while, and I've always wanted to get one, but wasn't sure what I'd do with them.  When I saw some of the patterns of the Dear Lizzy line, it just made me think of a sundress.  So I made a dress.

 

I crumpled and crinkled the paper to make it look softer, like fabric.  Then I added some trim, a belt, and a little bow from the chipboard packet.  I also put glitter glue on some of the flowers.  I tried to get that in the 2nd detail picture, but I'm not sure if you can see it or not.

 

 

Where am I?

A couple weeks ago, I was on a crazy business trip where I was in Atlanta, Chicago, and LA all in a 3 day span.  That's 5 flights in 4 days.  Whew!  This is my record of the trip.  It's a little busier than I normally make layouts, but I wanted to capture the crazy, frenetic feel of the trip.

 

This is also from the Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm line. When I am through sharing all my projects you will see how versatile this line is.  I also added a sticker from some new Jillibean Soup sticker sheets.  And my go-to Jillibean Soup alpha letters and the Studio Calico clouds that I seem to find a way to sneak into every other layout (I'm really into clouds right now).

 

 

I had a lot of fun making the next layout.  This is a little stuffed lion that I've had since I was a kid.  It plays "You Are My Sunshine".  A lot of scrapbook companies have been using this phrase in their die cuts and stickers and I've been thinking of making a page about my little lion.  I had saved a few die cuts from an Authentique line along this theme. And I used some of the same new Jillibean soup word stickers I mentioned above.  Otherwise everything else is from the Lucky Charm line from The Scrapbooking Studio.

 

 

Sparkle

Whenever I go shopping at the fun youthful jewelry store at the mall, I always see a plaque that says "Never let anyone take away your sparkle."  When I saw the beautiful glittery gold letter stickers from American Crafts, I immediately thought to scrapbook that quote.  Super fun! It goes great with the bold red and pink polka dot paper from Dear Lizzy's Lucky Charm line.  Also added some more of those eclectic chipboard shapes I mentioned in the last post.  Eiffel tower =  sparkle!  All at The Scrapbooking Studio (of course)!!

 

Wild Thing

I just love all the eclectic chipboard shapes that come with Dear Lizzy's Lucky Charm line.  Like the chipboard horse below.  I wouldn't have thought to use the horse right away, but the "wild thing" quote was too cute to pass up.

Two color choices too!!! Don't miss out, pick some up at The Scrapbooking Studio. : )

 

Lucky Charm

Super excited to have been assigned the Lucky Charm line from Dear Lizzy for my April design team projects at the Scrapbooking Studio.  It had me scrapbooking like crazy.  I finished almost all my design team projects within a week of picking it up. Love that!!!

Also, did you know Elizabeth Kartchner now has a scrapbooking only blog, called Lizzy's Paper Party?  Lots more Lucky Charm ideas there.

An old, new friend

 

Recently one of my friends who had moved away about 10 years ago moved back!  I've had a lot of friends move away over the years and am excited to have one actually come back. I also love doing "then and now" layouts and posed us in similar positions for our "now" snapshot (it's all about the scrapbook page right?). 

 

You may notice that I'm doing more 8.5x11 pages. Since I like to use single pictures or smaller pictures, I'm finding I like this size better.  Don't be afraid to mix up the size of your scrapbook pages. It can really kick your creativity in to gear to use a different format now and then.

 

As with my other recent posts, paper and die cuts are from my LSS, The Scrapbooking Studio, and include My Mind's Eye Collectible (really loved all the springy colors) and letter stickers are from Oct. Afternoon (brown), Jillibean Soup, and Studio Calico (grey).

 

There is no someday . . .

I am a huge quote person and periodically scrapbook quotes and display them to remind me of the sentiment. You'll see more quotes in future posts (stay tuned for a very sparkly one).

This quote is a reminder not to put anything off until "someday".  I was inspired to scrap it from the days of the week rectangle.  In my stash, I was psyched to find an oldie, but goodie Heidi Swapp "Today" stamp. The little letter stickers fit perfectly in and around the stamp. 

Paper and days of week are from the My Mind's Eye Collectible line, and letter stickers are from Jillibean Soup and Oct. Afternoon.  All to be had at The Scrapbooking Studio.  I have to note one awesome feature of this paper line is that the paper was really thick and the pattern was deeply embedded into the paper. So I was able to move things around a lot without tearing the paper (something I am terrible about doing).

Sew cute!

 

More goodness from My Mind's Eye line from my design team projects this month at The Scrapbooking Studio.

 

This is a little pincushion I made, which was inspired by all the cute stick pins that come with this line.  I had seen a pumpkin done this way in a magazine and decided to try it for the classic tomato style of a pincushion.  I cut the paper into half inch strips and curled them slightly, folded them flat in the middle to form the base and then stuck them together until I felt like I had enough.  The top I cut freehand using a real pincushion as a guide.

 

Then I used the wooden buttons that came with this line to form a spool and rolled up paper to stick between the buttons as "thread". 

 

 

 

This card could be used for a birthday or congratulations. To make the butterfly, I used the negative portion of one of the butterfly stickers. (I kept using butterflies on everything so I had to improvise.) I cut it out roughly, stuck it to the cardstock and then cut around it with detailed scissors.

One Winter Day

It's snowing and blustery outside today, so it seems appropriate to post my little Winter mini book.  This is a record of a day back in February when I went on a "Winter Discovery Day" program.  Basically it was a day to appreciate the beauty of winter.  I had fun taking a bunch of snapshots of random things as I hadn't done that in a while.

My book was made from cutting apart the little 3x4 journaling cards from My Mind's Eye Collectable line.  Most of the embellishments are from that line as well (except for a few things from my stash). Letter stickers are from October Afternoon (brown) and Studio Calico (grey).  I also used a fantastic product from Stampendeous, called Mica Fragments.  Perfect for a snowy effect!  All products (and tons and tons of other new stuff) can be found at The Scrapbooking Studio.

 

 

 

 

Thirtysomething

Being in my 30s has never bothered me.  But I can tell you that when 40 comes, it will be challenging. Not necessarily because it's "old", but more so because I feel like I don't really have my life all figured out yet. And it feels like I'm starting to run out of time to start new things.

Anyway, this layout celebrates being 37 and looking great and not being 40 just yet! 

The paper is from Simple Stories (which I always LOVE) and also uses a My Mind's Eye name tag die cut. Something that's hard to see is that wherever the paper looked as if it was layering things on top of one another, I actually cut along these lines and arranged the paper so it was actually overlapping.  I liked that little extra bit of dimension it created. 

If you want to make your own custom calendar page, the Scrapbooking Studio has a great selection of these blank calendar pages with coordinating month and day sticker sheet.  Perfect for making calendars for holiday gift giving.

Indie Chic card

The name of this line is called "Indie Chic" (from My Mind's Eye) and I used the "waste strip" at the bottom of the page for the below card. I layered strips of paper and a border sticker on the card and then trimmed out the center of a journaling for the "frame". I also used the part of the large journaling card that got cut off when I adhered it to the Daisy kitty layout shown in a previous post.

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.