A place to showcase my crafts and talk about it...what's better than that? I hope to inspire and encourage others to create things for themselves, friends and family.
This is page two of a back-to-school double spread that I made earlier. It is very similar which is perfect for a coordinated look.
When Echo Park had a warehouse sale, I really stocked up on their sticker sheets. I figured I have plenty of paper in my stash that would coordinate without buying complete kits/collections. Guess what? I do!!
I love how this layout and the coordinating one turned out. You can watch the process video for the left side HERE .
Now check out the process YouTube video for the layout above (and the left side of this two page spread)!
It's time for another Iron Crafter Challenge on YouTube from The Paper Snob Facebook group. This month the item to use is Rub Ons. I was pretty excited to see this because I bought this Simple Stories Disney rub ons a while ago with no plan for using them. Technically, this is not a Disney layout but I think it still works! What do you think?
Join a fun group of crafty people each month as we take on the Iron Crafter Challenge! Each month Tara from @thepapersnob will select a challenge ingredient to use on a layout. This hop goes live on the THIRD FRIDAY of the month. We will have a hop on YouTube and Instagram to show how we used the challenge ingredient(s) for the month.
The mystery challenge for July is to use rubons on your layout (or cards).
This month on the Rainbow Crush YT Hop challenge, we had to use coordinating colors. I may have taken the easy route, but I used Red and Green. So...you guessed it...Christmas!
See the links below for all the hop details.
My layout:
I created this layout using photo cards we received for the holidays. The title was created using my Cricut and the stamps are from my stash. They are from Stampin Up! and since they are still on wooden blocks, you can tell how old they are!
The paper collection is from My Minds Eye.
Be sure to check out my video but especially the other scrapbookers. Hop along, leave comments, and be inspired by all the different layouts.
Welcome to Rainbow Crush – a Social Media hop where we share projects that feature a color of the rainbow each month! This hop is hosted by Tara on her Facebook Group. This hop takes place on the 2nd Wednesday of the month! The color for July is to use complimentary colors on your layout. You are only required to use 75%.
You can sign for the next month’s hop over on the The Paper Snob Community Facebook group:
Join a fun group of creators each month as we take on the Designer Deep Dive Hop! Each month Tara from @thepapersnob will select a designer or manufacturer to use on a layout. There will be some alternatives for some of the designers just in case you don’t have this designer or manufacturer in your stash. You are not required to use 100% of this designer! This hop goes live on the FOURTH THURSDAY of the month. We will have a hop on YouTube and Instagram to show how we each used the designer for the month.
The designer/manufacturer of the month is: Simple Stories!
I'm participating in a YouTube Hop hosted by The Paper Snob (a Facebook Group) and the challenge for April is Nuvo Drops. I don't have a lot of them, and I realized that they are all pretty much the same colors! But I tried to get a little creative by making stars and just fun-fetti all over the page. I think it turned out ok. What do you think?
I also used a sketch by AnnMarie from her website, Scrapbooking the Day Away. Click HERE for the website.
My finished layout:
This is the right side to a two page spread. I created the left side awhile ago without knowing about the banners & Nuvo Drop challenge so I brought it back out and added some more embellishments in order for the two sides to coordinate:
Now watch how it's done in my YouTube video:
Read below for all the hop details:
Join a fun group of crafty people each month as we take on the Iron Crafter Challenge! Each month Tara from @thepapersnob will select a challenge ingredient to use on a layout. This hop goes live on the THIRD FRIDAY of the month. We will have a hop on YouTube and Instagram to show how we used the challenge ingredient(s) for the month.
The mystery challenge for April is to use our Nuvo Drops! You can also use Stickles or Pops of Color or anything similar by other brand names.
I received a fun die set from DoCrafts called Knight and Dragon with my DT package from Jenlee Schoolcraft. I was so excited to use this since it' a challenge to create masculine cards and my nephew's birthday is around the corner so this is for him.
After cutting out the dies using my Sizzix Big Shot, I had to decide how I was going to finish the card. I decided to grab some paper scraps and create a background scene.
Watch the process video to see how it was created.
Didn't this turn out so cute? Ahem...manly? The cloud paper is perfect for the sky and using three different shades of green make the landscape more interesting!
If you are interested in budget friendly, low-cost crafty products, you gotta check out the Jenlee Schoolcraft webstore. There are new and gently used items on the site at excellent prices! If you use the coupon code, Dorlene, you will receive an additional 10% off your total!
Happy National Strawberry Day. I swear there's a national holiday for just about anything but hey, it gives me excused to make theme specific cards!
I created this card by adding red watercolor paint on a thick piece of white cardstock. Then, I created my own patterned paper by stamping two different strawberry stamps and some paint splatter around it.
Once that was dried, I heat embossed a sentiment on patterned vellum and adhered this panel to the patterned paper using four white brads.
Hello! This card has so much going on. Watercoloring, embossing, stamping, vellum and brads.
Check out the process video on my YouTube channel and follow the Instagram Hop starting on my IG account, @3sons_and_astar
I love the sketch by Stick It Down for February and loved how it worked turned on its side for this two photo layout.
As you can probably guess, I was determined to use all these festive stickers from this collection sheet that I've had for many years. I bought it on clearance for $.79. How could I resist?
Here's the sketch:
And my layout:
The top two images are a photo printed at 2x2 square and a margarita sticker from a completely different sticker set.
Stick It Down posts three sketches each month. A card sketch, two page and a single page sketch.
This layout uses a few different Christmas kits but I love how they all coordinate. I guess it's not hard since Christmas colors usually do coordinate.
I tried keeping the patterned papers simple since the photos were busy (Christmas tablecloth was bright & colorful) and I kept a strip of the cardstock base showing too.
I used the gingerbread men and snowflakes as embellishments even though our gingerbread creation was a stadium. The word, Sweet, on the journaling card is being used as the title.
The stadium was so fun and perfect for our sports loving family.
I put the red words paper in three places to form a triangle throughout the layout. I think that helps keeping it balanced.
Watch the YouTube video for the process and my thoughts as I'm completing it!
I haven’t participated in this hop in a while but when I saw the challenge, I knew I needed to. I ordered some tinsel paper from 12x12 Cardstock Warehouse a year or so ago because I thought it was so cool. I still do however I have never used it!
Guess what? I finally did!
I don't know if you can see how cool this paper is but it's shiny and thick and definitely metallic. I cut a 5x12 piece and added it just to show it off.
The other half of the layout is a velum piece with lots of stickers. The layout is pretty simple but oh so pretty sparkly!
Join a fun group of crafty people each month as we take on the Iron Crafter Challenge! Each month Tara from @thepapersnob will select a challenge ingredient to use on a layout. This hop goes live on the THIRD FRIDAY of the month. We will have a hop on YouTube and Instagram to show how we used the challenge ingredient(s) for the month.
The mystery challenge for January is to use some of those specialty papers you’ve been hoarding.
Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas Tags Series. For this set of tags, I used a Sizzix Love Story die for the doily, Graphic 45 Tags and Pockets of the Joy to the World collection. These two products were from Jenlee Schoolcraft website where you can find budget friendly crafty products. These products are new and gently used.
I used some blue tag bases that I had in my stash and some snowflake stickers from Anna Griffith that was gifted to me years ago. I don't usually do vintage, but these products were so pretty and I thought, why not play with them!
Be sure to check out the process video on YouTube along with all the other five tags already posted. Leave a comment here, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook for entries into the giveaway at the end of the series. Each comment on the different platforms = one entry. The lucky winner will receive a set of one each of the tags created in this series.
To take a look at the tags made in previous years, click on the 12 Days of Christmas Tags label at the bottom right of the blog home page.
I guess it's great timing that I'm working on Christmas photos right now. Of course these are from the past, but it works for me!
I used papers and stickers from the Sleigh Bells Ring collection from My Minds Eye from 2014! I love that some things never go out of style!
Watch the YouTube process video to see what I did to create this two page layout spread.
It's actually pretty easy. Each side has three of the same patterned papers. For the left side, they are cut at 3x9 and the right side are 3x12. I layed them down in the same order so the layouts flow.
I added a photo mat to the group photo, otherwise I just adhered the photos directly to the patterned papers.
I did get a little creative by cutting and adding paper fishtail banners just to jazz it up a little.
Easy, right? Just like I like it especially when I'm still behind on my scrapbooking!
I went to a scrapbook crop this past Saturday and was able to finish lots of layouts. That’s always a good feeling.
I'm still behind but I think we're always behind, right? I just posted a two page layout spread on YouTube using a sticker sheet by Echo Park along with a scrapbook kit that I made by gathering patterned papers and cardstock from my stash.
If you're like me, you have lots and lots of papers that will coordinate with sticker sheets or other embellishments. We just need to remind ourselves that we don't need all the things!
I used a sketch for this that I've used before which made this quick to put together. Although I did change the patterned paper a little. I also used my Cricut to create the title on the left. Using an assortment of fonts makes it super fun!
I love the non traditional color scheme too!
Be sure to watch the process video and leave a comment. I love reading them.
Another colorful and photo heavy birthday layout of my daughter and granddaughter. It's so fun to remain in theme when creating our layouts.
I like using sketches to start the process especially when I'm feeling a little unsure where to start. This was an easy sketch to follow but of course I changed some things. I got this sketch from the 100 Pattern Paper Challenge group on Facebook.
The stickers really helped make this layout fabulous! Speaking of fabulous, the title was cut using my Cricut. Super simple!
Watch the process video on my YouTube channel.
No need for journaling since this is the second of three double page spreads of this party. To see the first video, click HERE
