Sister Selfies

Hey, friends!  Have you seen the latest sketch over on the My Scraps Sketch Blog?  Ana Castro designed it, and it is nothing short of awesome!  Honestly, if I wouldn't have seen this sketch, I would never have come up with this layout.  And I really LOVE how it turned out.  You simply must play along with us this month!!

Check out this sketch...the film strips are SO cool!

Here's what I created.  I hardly EVER start out with colorful cardstock, but this just sort of happened.  I started with cutting some film strips in black cardstock on my Cameo.  I pulled out the Simple Stories Snap! Life Documented collection, and the turquoise blue color jumped out at me for some reason.  I only have the 6x6 Paper Pad and the embellishments, so it was perfect for this.  I only need some papers for my layers and then stickers, brads and chipboard pieces to embellish.

I did add some white gesso to my background and then came in with some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink.  I used the same ink with a foam blender through a My Favorite Things square stencil to add a little more interest to the background.  I felt that I didn't need a whole lot of mixed media for this.  I love the small nature of everything in this design.  The stickers and this chipboard camera are my favorites!

I love these clear stickers...they come in black and white.  They just fit so perfectly in these little open spots of the film strips.  I added in lots of little bits and pieces throughout the page.  And I cut "Selfies" on my Cameo.

Here's a look at the subtle square pattern created with the ink and stencil.  I also love the addition of the tangled thread and the stitching.

One last close up of the title area.  I used white tissue paper under my photos as part of the layers.

This was SO much fun to put together!  I love that it's different than what I usually make.  You should definitely give this sketch a try...it's my favorite so far, I think :)

Go HERE to check out the My Scraps Sketch Blog and play along!

Thanks for stopping by!

Missy ;)

Tuesday Trigger!

Hi there, Lisa S here today to share a layout I created for our Tuesday Trigger!  May is all about Flowers and Spring so that is what inspired this layout of my oldest daughters! I used the Crate Paper Journey and Craft Market Hoops  as well as the Acetate Letters and loads of other goodies from the Crate Paper Craft Market Line to create this layout.  

IMG_9227 by scrapmamato3, on Flickr

I absolutely adore these little wood frames from Crate..

IMG_9228 by scrapmamato3, on Flickr

I had planned to just use them for some decor but somehow, they ended up on my page!

IMG_9229 by scrapmamato3, on Flickr

I hope I've inspired you to use Flowers and Spring like themes on your pages!  Please share your work in our gallery!

Make It Happen!

Hey there!
Lisa here today to share a layout I created using Amy Tangerine Rise & Shine. The colors and patterns in this line are fabulous!
I also used Sketch # 105 from the My Scraps & More Sketch Blog:

 

Here are a few close ups:

 

I added a few pieces of washi tape.

 

Check out those triangles, they are stickers that come in the Stickers pack. Love them!

 

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your day with us!

 

Lisa

 

 

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Hello and good morning...

Happy Tuesday!!!
I'm here sharing with you another sports page, and again I used a "travel" collection with my baseball photos. I used Pink Paislee's Atlas since the blues and fun arrows in the line were perfect with the team colors I am working with.

I actually used several of the Jillibean Soup label stickers through the page , some for journaling and others I added embellies to, popping them out from behind the papers. Along with some of the Jillibean cork pieces and a few of the Chickannidy Crafts enamel triangle shapes:

I used a banner punch for the banner shapes and topped it off with a bit of twine:

Make sure to hop over to the forum to play along with our daily challenges, there's always a fun monthly prize for one lucky winner.

Thanks sooo much for stopping by and have a great day!!!!

Wendi

The View- with Crate Paper

Good morning sweet friends! I am sharing my newest layout I created using a gorgeous mix of Crate Paper product.

This layout came together from my greatest inspiration; Pinterest. I came across this image a few weeks back and just knew I needed to convey it to paper!

How fun, right!! I started by using the Garden Party paper from the Crate Paper: Maggie Holmes confetti line. I splattered a few colors of mist on my background far a bit more color. I than cut, by desired size, a circle from the festival paper. I LOVE this paper, it is so versatile to play with, and a detail hard to see online is that the circle lines are actually gold foil for such a special touch!

 I knew right away when seeing the stitching paper in the craft market line, that I just HAD to fussy cut all those amazing little flowers up!

After cutting up the flowers, I fanned them around my circle and added a few punched bursts with pop dots for added dimension. I included a few punched circles from the beautiful gold glittered confetti specialty paper.

I chose a frame from the confetti die cut package to house my journaling about the most beautiful view I have had out my back window from our home in California. Adding my selected mix of sequins, my layout was complete!

I hope I helped inspire your scrappytime this weekend! Seriously these collections are GORGEOUS, and are still greatly stocked in the store!! I hope everyone has a beautiful Sunday!

Brianna

Hello There Sunshine!

Hello and Happy Saturday!  I can't believe May is half way over! Before we know it, summer will be here!  Today I'm sharing a layout I created using Crate Paper's very cute new line: Poolside.  The  light colors and eye-catching patterns do not disappoint and the assortment of embellishments is brilliant!  

The package of ephemera is full of gold accent pieces and cute little tags!  I also love the 

Layered Embellishment pack which includes the round wood enamel accents, tags, and enamel dots!

 I used one of the cute arrows from the Ephemera pack for my title! I love that its lined in glitter gold!  I used a circle cut file for my background and inserted different patterned papers.  

Aren't the pinwheels adorable?  These come on the Standout Stickers which include layered summer themed stickers as well! 

Showing more of the Ephemera pieces and well as a journaling spot from the coordinating sticker sheet.  

Thanks for stopping by today! Check out the My Scraps and More Shop to snag this collection as its going fast!  And don't forget to check Facebook for our weekly Sunday challenge tomorrow!  Have a great day!

Jennifer

Date Night Shenanigans

Happy Friday!  It's Missy with you again.  Today I'm sharing a layout I created for yesterday's Throwback Thursday challenge.  I pulled out some October Afternoon Daily Flash and Midway for most of this.  The background is Amerian Crafts Plus One.  The challenge was to use product at least a year old, use at least one speech bubble and use at least one camera on a layout.  The pictures are of my husband and me being goofy in the car on a date night.  The perfect time for crazy selfies...haha :D  Sometimes I just can't resist being a cheeseball...

I first decided on which patterned papers I was going to cut into strips. I wanted to add a bit of background color, so I used gelatos, spray inks and mist to add the messy splatters.  I added some machine stitching and then played around with the embellishments before deciding on homes for each of them.

I cut "shenanigans" in white cardstock and then used distress ink to color it.  I wasn't sure in the beginning what color I might want it.  And the font is called Olympic Branding...in case you wanted to find it :)  I mixed in some Thickers with the Midway alphas for the title.

I love all the little die cut embellishments in this line...they all were perfect for this page.  Just the right shape and colors.  I love this red up next to the inks and that blue piece.

Love adding tangled thread...it adds wonderful texture and interest.  Aren't these speech bubbles so cute?

That's white tissue paper behind my photo...it's a great substitution for vellum if you don't have any.  I just love all these colors together.  I can't get enough of the brights!

I used some Lemon Zest Dylusions and some plastic packaging to get this yellow here.  I've been wanting to use that cute camera for a long time, and this was perfect for it.

I did create a process video for this page...here it is if you're interested in watching how I made this from start to finish.  

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Missy :)