"12.13.14 " layout

Remember last year how we had that really cool day that was sequential? December 13, 2014 or 12.13.14. Well I couldn't pass up that day without documenting it. So now I was able to finally scrapbook the day. I used this sketch from the November Stack-a-holics challenge at Die Cuts With a View.

 

 

I used the Ocean Breeze stack for this page. I love the combo of pink and blue and figured it would be a good change of color scheme if I place it with all of my Christmas layouts in my album.

 

I added some of the cut apart pieces from this stack and most of them had an anchor image. Since my page didn't really involve that theme, I covered them with flowers. I happened to have some buttons that matched the blue in the paper and that's what I used for the centers of the flowers. I also used some flair buttons from Chic Tags to add some dimension to the page.

I matted my 2x3 photos with white cardstock as it seemed like they were not popping out enough against the busy background.

I also added some word stickers from Tim Holtz to dress up some of the cut apart labels that I added to this page.

Hope you all have a great week.

Till next time,
Grace

"Science Fair" layout

It's me again. I don't know about you but lately, I am finding that my "trifecta" for efficient scrapbooking is....sketches, collage pictures and handwritten journaling. When I have all three, I can get pages done in a matter of minutes. This pages was inspired by the latest sketch from Elle's Studio blog. I like how it had a simple and clean design but it gives you plenty of room to add your own twist and style to it.

 

 

With this layout, I added 8 pictures which I placed in two 4x6 canvas and printed them that way. This way I don't have to crop and cut out the images. I also added a white line between he photos already for an easy peasy matting.

 

I flipped the sketch on its side to fit my photos and then used the open space on the right side for some labels and tabs from the "You and Me" tidbits and cutouts plus "The Sweet Life" Lil Snippets for my journaling. I love how the individual tabs and labels have different colors that helped bring attention to my journaling.

I also added some of the circle accents from the "You and Me" collection. I used some word stickers from Tim Holtz to finish off the accents.

The title is from a corrugated Thickers pack. I also used an Elle's Studio stamp and heat embossed my subtitle.

That is all from me today. Thanks for stopping by.

Till next time,
Grace

My December Daily plan this year

Hi guys. I'm breaking up some of my layout share this week with a video where I share my plan for December Daily this year. I actually have started doing my "foundation pages" and just need to photograph them so you can see what I've done so far.

 

My goal is to, at the least, get pictures done to document each day. I am not going to stress about actually putting the pictures in the book till after the Holidays is over. If I get to it before December ends, that's wonderful, but again, I'm not going to put that pressure on me.

So how about you? What will you do to document this special season?

Till next time,
Grace

"Happy Easter" layout

Happy Wednesday friends. Today's layout was inspired by this sketch from Paper Issues blog. I love the arrows but to be honest with you, it was harder to pull off than I thought. My control freak side was getting frustrated when the arrows weren't lining up properly. After about an hour of fussing with it, I finally gave up and just used what I've cut out. Do you ever have those moments where it wasn't looking like what you've envisioned it to be? Do you move on, or do you beat it to death? I'm the first as I don't like to stress about this wonderful hobby of ours.

 

 

I turned the sketch to it's side so that my smaller photos can fit in the page better. I used the paper collection from My Mind's Eye called "Now & Then". There's a few sub categories from this collection and my supplies came from the "Mildred" line. I believe this was created for more of a feminine style.

I love how the colors and designs fit my springy type of page. I also love that it had some gold type of accents. Gold is so popular right now and it helped me bring in that trend into this page.

I also love all of the word/phrase stickers. You all know how I'm sucker for these kinds of products. I added a flair from Chic Tags too to break up all of the rectangle and squares in this cluster.

I initially thought of doing some machine stitching with the arrows but after my hour of getting them right, I decided that some pen stitching will be just fine.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day.

Till next time,
Grace

"Sweet Meal" layout

Hi there friends. Today I'm sharing another layout and sketch that it was based off of. I love the layering on this sketch plus the flowers. I am always looking for ways to use my stash of flowers. They never seem to get any attention in my projects lately. This sketch is from My Creative Sketches blog.

 

I used a very old paper line from My Mind's Eye. It is called "On the Bright Side" and I have to tell you, that this color scheme is one of my favorites. I'm so glad that I held onto this collection for all these years. I love the bright yellows and denim blue.

 

I had cut out the word "sweet" from my  Silhouette Cameo and used a gold foil type paper from Grafix Arts. The label and tabs are die cut pieces from the MME collection.

I had cut out some pink flowers from my Cameo as well and dressed it up with a punched circle paper from the MME collection as well. I curled up the edges of the paper flowers to give it more dimension. Plus I added some twine for more texture.

The tag is from the MME collection as well. I hand written my journaling and then used my roller stamp for the date.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you visit back again.

Till next time,
Grace

"Today I'm grateful for you" layout

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends. I thought I'd pop in this blog and share a layout because...a. It's a page showcasing one of my blessings in life and b. It reminds me of how grateful I am for memory keeping and scrapbooking. Because of it, I am able to document my love for my family. 

This layout was actually made in a class I attended at the Denver Scrapbook Expo. I tweaked the page a little bit to suite my photos and style. They were created with some new products from Pebbles Inc.

Here are some close ups...

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic holiday.

Till next time,
Grace

"Carlsbad Caverns" layout

I think we should just rename this blog....my love affair with sketches. What do you think? With my motivation to get stories and memories documented up to 2013, I have been relying a lot on sketches because they provide such great foundation to a page. I love that I can change up the orientation and sizes of my photos but still base it off of a blue print. Do you feel the same way? What do you guys love most about sketches? 

Anyways these two that I'm about to share came from the latest sketches at Stick it down blog. 

The first one is a double page sketch...

and here's my take on it...

I had way more photos for this event than the sketch provided so I made my title smaller but still made it span both pages. I based the colors scheme to the long sleeve shirt that I was wearing in the photos. I thought that was a good complimentary color to the otherwise neutral based colors on most of my photos. 

I've been watching a lot of card tutorials on YouTube lately and one thing that I am inspired to do on my layouts lately is to pull out my punches and layer shapes. That's what I did with my title treatment. It got me to use up more papers, plus the layered circles framed my title stickers well. 

I also made some homemade flags from paper and word strips.

I had waaay to many photos of this event so to document most of them, I made another page for this event but this time using the following sketch....

I liked how the two sketches helped me preserve this memory without having to create a whole mini album for it. I'm leaning more and more towards pages lately as my mini album basket is brimming to the top.

With this one I used the paper line Solstice from Pink Paislee.

I added some Wink of Stella glitter to the "hello Summer" word to give it a bit more shine. Sorry it doesn't show on the photo

Since I already did the journaling on the two page spread, I just added a travel quote on this one.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have  fantastic day.

Till next time,
Grace

"Hello Fun Adventure" layout

Happy Monday friends. I'm not sure how many of my blog readers also follow me on You Tube. If you haven't heard or seen my new series there, you might be interested in knowing that I created a four part series showcasing ideas for double page inspirations. 

This page is actually #3 for this series. You can watch the first two on my YT channel. Link is on the side bar of this blog. 

This page was also inspired by a challenge at Picture This! challenge blog. The challenge was..
( Your choice of photos + Scraps+Die Cuts+ Buttons).  
I used photos, scraps of paper, die cuts cut out from my Cameo (circle doilies and "hello" word) plus arrows from Scenic Route and wood buttons from Dear Lizzy. 

You can watch the process video for this layout here...

And here are some more close ups....

Thanks for stopping by. 

Have a great week. 

Till next time,
Grace

"Today is a gift" layout

Happy Thursday dear friends. I hope that you are enjoying this last few weeks of November and getting all pumped up about our upcoming Holiday season. By the way, what are your crafty goals this season? I plan on making a December daily and cranking out more pages before another year is over. 

This next page was inspired by the following sketch from Scrapbook Challenges blog. 

I got some new products from the "Illustrated Faith" brand and used that for this summer page. I thought the splatters on the transparency resembled water splashes. 

I created a block of smaller photos instead of the two vertical ones that was placed on the sketch. I love how sketches help me build a structure for my page but at the same time allows me some freedom to work it within my story and pictures. 

Those kites were premade ones bought at Michael's. I think they are a Recollections lines. The colors of yellow and turquoise matched some of the papers I used for this page.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day.

Till next time,
Grace

#Fun with Friends layout

Happy Tuesday dear friends. Today I'm sharing a layout inspired by the following sketch from Sketch N Scrap challenge blog. 

I turned the sketch to it's side and instead of doing two horizontal pictures, I did one vertical and another strip of smaller photos on the bottom. I used my Oct/Nov. homemade kit for this layout. 

Wanna see what I put in it? Here's a video of what I included in my scrapbook kit. 

And here are some close ups of my page...

Thanks for stopping by.

Till next time,
Grace