Everyone has a story to tell, here's mine sprinkled with some creative projects along the way. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you come back again.
The latest sketch over at GrandDiva's Creative Corner blog was a good starting point for my page about photos of me and my brothers along with our Nikon cameras. For some reason we all ended up with the same brands. I guess great minds, think alike!
I also created this page with the latest challenge at Rochelle Spears' blog. I chose to focus on the polka dots and chose some papers with different size dots. It was great rummaging through my scrap pile. This challenge reminded me to do more pages with my scraps. There's a reason why I kept them and so I need to revisit them once in a while.
The title block was actually a 3x4 cut apart sheet that I turned into that specific shape using a wafer thin die. It was one of those nesting dies so I was able to use another piece of scrap to "mat" it. I added the whole this to my page using some foam adhesive. I added the word "cameras" to finish my title.
Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creations.
I love this sketch from Stuck?! sketch blog. It has layering, the image is in the center and there's more than one photo. My favorite components for making a page!
Since I had more than three photos, I had to include my fourth one. I also moved the title just a tad lower than what was on the sketch.
I usually go through spurts when it comes to using my Silhouette Cameo and the title was cut a long time ago. I usually do some binge cutting on white cardstock so I can use my cuts later on when inspiration happens. I love the way the title was designed and I'm so glad I remembered to look into my pre cut die cuts stash while preparing for this page. What do you guys do with your die cuts? Do you cut as needed or binge cut too?
I was drawn to the sketch below from Sketches in Thyme because of the diagonal background. I rarely do any diagonal page so I wanted to jump in the chance to try it. And to be honest...I really like it. It's so different from my other pages. I also liked the clustering around and behind the photo.
I had some doily stickers (older product) from my stash and dressed up the corners of my elements, even my background with them. I even manage to use up all of the stickers in the sheet which was cherry on top of this page.
Thank you so much for stopping by. Make sure to stop by again tomorrow for another layout and inspiration.
One of my favorite things about challenges lately is that it gets me to use some items in my stash that I don't normally gravitate to. With this page, the design was inspired by the latest sketch at My Creative Sketches blog. Then I also made it for a stamping challenge over at Scrapbook.com. The challenge asked us to use some mixed media items along with stamping. It was a good excuse to bust out the gesso, gelato and stencil.
I toned down the text paper with gesso then added a star burst stencil in the place where the circle goes on the sketch. I also added some subtle blue chevron stamping over the background paper. This page is definitely "not me" in many ways but I love the messy look. Very different from my normal page.
I had a couple of flairs from Freckled Fawn that was perfect for this "celebration" type page.
Hello friends. I got some time recently to work on scrapbook pages and I will be sharing them with you in the next few days. I hope that they will inspire you, in some way, as you work on your own paper projects.
I really like the cluster of items in the center of the sketch but added a few more touches on two opposing corners of the page.
I used a bunch of papers from my scraps and a homemade scrapbook kit that I put together for this month. I truly enjoy putting these kits together and they help me see my stash in a new light.
One of the group in my stash that never get love are my stamps and I used two of them in this page. I added some rhinestones to the centers of these flowers for a finished look. And ignore the off center rhinestone, I didn't notice it move when I was photographing it.
I handcut the flowers from a pattern paper. I love it when I can use paper for my embellishments. Make it worth buying paper everytime I go to the craft store. *wink*
Hi there dear friends. Today's layout was based off the February week 1 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy blog.
I love the angles on the sketch and decided to use my latest homemade kit inspired by the Counterfeit kit blog challenge for this month. I normally work on straight angles so this was fun and out of my comfort zone.
I used a combination of pretty old and new to me products here. I love how the color scheme makes everything blend together well. I purposely blurred the photos of the children in the photo in order to protect their privacy.
I just love this scallop trim that I scored at the dollar spot at Target. It's so fun and shiny.
I hand cut the flowers from pattern paper and I love how it instantly gives my page the feminine touch without costing too much money.
So there you have it. Thank you again for stopping by.
Happy Tuesday dear friends. I hope that your week is off to a great start and that you are finding time to be creative. The following layout was inspired by this sketch from the Stuck?! blog.
For this page, I decided to document some "last of day of school" photos of my son. This was for his last day of 3rd grad and it's long overdue (he's in 7th grade now). I loved how the sketch provided for more than one photo and I actually "snuck" in a fourth one which represented the mass of kids happy to be leaving school for their summer vacation. I purposely blurred some of the photos in order to keep the identity of the children private.
I used another homemade kit for this layout. It was actually inspired by the latest kit inspiration from the Counterfeit kit challenge blog. I recently came across them and love the kit inspiration that I decided to play along. I'm hoping to create a video of my kit sometime soon. Make sure to check out my YouTube channel on the right side of this blog for more information.
This layout has increased in meaning for me over the last week after hearing of my son's teacher (in this photo) that recently passed away due to cancer. I am grateful for her and her devotion to her students over the years, my son being one of them. It's amazing how much value we put in our photos, especially when those in it are gone. I am now contemplating of creating a better system of printing my photos so that I don't ever lose any of my precious images. Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.
Happy Monday friends. Today I'm sharing my finished December 2015 memories album. I am also going to share with you some of the things that I've learned along the way.
I actually put together a few videos regarding this album. If you wanna watch it, just click play on the following video....
To see what I had put in my Dec. Daily album kit...
What my album looked like at the end of December...
A visual share of my album after it was all done...
If you didn't watch the last one and want to know the lessons I've learned along the way, they are the following...
1. Don't add the word "daily" to my album. Because I didn't add any wiggle room for possible failure in the daily photo taking part of this project, I set myself up for failure because I had the word "daily" in my album title. I don't want to do that again next time, in case I am not successful in capturing every single day of my month.
2. Write the journaling part of the pages on a scrap paper. After I have finished all of my pages, I sat down and just started jotting down my feelings/memories about each day/page. This helped me iron out my words and eliminate any typos or mistakes on my journaling. Plus it helped make the typing or writing part of the journaling fast, because my words were already there.
3. After finishing the book, instead of separating all of the items back into their regular places (ie papers in paper stacks, stickers in their respective containers, etc) I combined them all in one bag and labeled it Christmas products. This way, they were all together and every time I need to make a project that has this holiday theme, everything is in one bag/spot.
Additional lessons...
1. Don't stress if you don't get it done in the month of December. I feel that there are far more important things to worry about than getting an album done by December 31st. It has helped me be "present" during this special time of the year.
2. Fill in the pages of your album with memorabilia like wishlist. Just create a pocket or envelope to hold the ephemera.
Here are some more close ups of my album and the inside...
Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope this share gave you some ideas for your next mini album project.
