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Sunday, October 9, 2022

You Are Loved - September PageMaps

Hello blogging friends!

Can you believe it's October already ... and I missed posting my September PageMaps layout! I love the instant inspiration I get when looking at Becky's sketches. This month I decided I needed to scrap some photos of my son and his girlfriend's maternity photo shoot. I have so many photos! When scrapping lots of photos, I love using 2 page layouts... you can get more photos scrapped on the 2 page spread. Here is the awesome sketch Becky sent me...

Because the photo shoot was outside, I used the Vicki Boutin Fernwood collection along with some Wildflower and Honey. The canvas flair is from Scrappin Happy Studio.

Checkout my YouTube process video for all the details ...

Go check out all of the other sketches this month. They are fabulous!

Supplies: Vicki Boutin Fernwood collection - http://shrsl.com/3dgxb Black Cardstock - http://shrsl.com/3dgxi Neenah Solar White 8.5” x 11” paper pack - http://shrsl.com/2jrt0 Fineline glue bottles - https://amzn.to/3cGaVbx Cutter bee Scissors - https://amzn.to/2YdgXei Thickers Alphabet Alignment Guide - http://shrsl.com/38pmq Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat ,Black - https://amzn.to/2BamtXJ

Thanks so much for stopping by. ~Marcia

Thursday, February 17, 2022

February Main Kit Layouts - My Creative Scrapbook

Hello everyone!

I'm excited to share my layouts with you that I created with the February Main kit from My Creative Scrapbook. This was one of my favorite kits to date. I love Vicki Boutin's collections and you know I love using her mixed media papers for backgrounds. Let me show you the gorgeous layouts I created...

Happiness is a Wedding Celebration

My niece got married last October at a lake resort in Northern Minnesota. It was a gorgeous outdoor ceremony. I used a PageMaps sketch from February to document the occasion on this 2 page layout. Here is the sketch.

I loved all the photos in the sketch. I concentrated on using more family photos in my layout rather than wedding party photos.

You can catch my YouTube process video here

Stories Of Us

I wanted to bring out the greens in this photo and found a Vicki Boutin Mixed Media background from the Let's Wander paper pad that was perfect. The butterfly exclusive cut file for My Creative Scrapbook kit subscribers cut from a black cardstock emphasizes the circle pattern going on in the background paper.

You can catch my YouTube process video here

Discover

I couldn't help but do a camping layout as well. This is one of my son and his girlfriend camping in Colorado. I used the sketch by Laura Whitaker for My Creative Scrapbook. You can't go wrong with a grid design. It made it easy to use the tag pattern paper embellished with die cut ephemera, chipboard, and puffy stickers.

Here are some close-ups ...

Supplies:

Vicki Boutin Fernwood collection - http://shrsl.com/3dgxb Vicki Boutin's Let's Wander mixed media pad ... http://shrsl.com/2bkv4 Black Cardstock - http://shrsl.com/3dgxi Neenah Solar White 8.5” x 11” paper pack - http://shrsl.com/2jrt0 Fineline glue bottles - https://amzn.to/3cGaVbx Cutter bee Scissors - https://amzn.to/2YdgXei Thickers Alphabet Alignment Guide - http://shrsl.com/38pmq Silhouette Cameo 4 - https://amzn.to/3ddGqeU Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat ,Black - https://amzn.to/2BamtXJ

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend!!

Marcia

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Changing Of The Guard - PageMaps

Hello blogging friends!

I can't believe it is August already! That means it time for awesome new sketches from PageMaps. I wanted to scrap more vacation photos. If I can't take a vacation, at least I can try to finish documenting the last one I took, lol. Once again I selected the double layout to knock out more photos. Here is the sketch...

I thought this design would be perfect for my Changing of the Guard photos from my London trip with my daughter almost two years ago. Here is my take...

I found the Buckingham Palace paper at Scrapbook.com and bought it a while ago. By moving everything up just a little I didn't cover any of it up. For big eye impact, I thought it would be cool to use the Union Jack flag for my background. Not too hard to do in Silhouette Studio since it is just lines.

I found an older Teresa Collins travel collection in my stash with more blues and reds. I love when I can use my stash! Other embellishments are a mix. I did purchase some Scrappin Happy Studio Epoxy Flair just recently when she released a London set. I used three on this layout. There are some Paper House and Jolee's Boutique London layered stickers as well that I snagged at a craft garage sale.

I could not believe the crowds that turn out to watch the changing of the guard! We arrived almost two hours early so we could take photos and get a good spot to watch everything from. The steps of the Queen Victoria Memorial were perfect, because it allowed us to sit and wait and it is directly across from the gates of Buckingham Palace.

I layered a couple tags and used stickers for my title. Again, I wanted to use Red and Blue. Bobbies were everywhere as well for crowd control. You see them in many of my photos as well.

It seems the British do everything with Pomp and Circumstance .... and a marching band too!

There was an embellishment spot here I filled with a Big Ben sticker, flair, and phrase stickers from Simple Stories.

I did do some machine stitching as well. I like the texture it adds. If you are worried about stickers coming off, just machine stitch right on top of them.

This was a fun layout to do.... and I am so happy I got more pages done for my London vacation album!!

Go check out the other new PageMaps sketches. They are sure to inspire you too!!

Supplies

Buckingham Palace pattern paper

England Stickers

Paper House Production Layered Stickers

Scrappin Happy Studio Around England Epoxy Flair

Have a great week!

~Marcia

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Castle Neuschwanstein - PageMaps

Hello blogging friends!

I am so excited to share the newest PageMaps sketches for June! I chose to do the two page layout again. I know ... but two page layouts are the best for vacation photos I really want to scrap! These photos were from our excursion to Castle Neuschwanstein in Bavaria Germany. Truly amazing!!! Imagine living in the foothills of this fairytaile castle. I used the gorgeous Crate Paper Heritage collection by Maggie Holmes.

and here is the sketch ...

Rather than walk up the mountain, my daughter and I took a horse and carriage most of the way up. We knew our feet would be killing us after the walking tour plus hike back down the mountain. It just added to the whole fairy tale experience. I love the chipboard embellishment pieces in this collection.

Since my Silhouette Cameo died, I've been fussy cutting flowers from pattern papers to layer instead. Yes, it takes more time. Get yourself a pair of really sharp cutter bee scissors if you want to attempt it. It is worth it! See the Tim Holtz transparent negative strip added under the photos. That's been in my stash forever.

I used some Thickers for my title. These have a little gold in them, perfect for the pattern papers.

Since I did not have the Heritage collection die cut ephemera pack, I went through my stash (Flourish, Bloom, and Carousel) looking for anything swan related. This is the swan castle (new swan castle) for a literal translation. Did you know swans appear in almost all of these Maggie Holmes collections?

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Please go check out the other PageMaps sketches. And stay tuned for more inspiration coming soon!

Supplies:

Maggie Holmes Heritage Collection +

Tim Holtz Film Strip - https://amzn.to/2zf5frm

Cutter bee Scissors - https://amzn.to/2YdgXei

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

British Museum - PageMaps

Hello blogging friends!

Can you believe it's March already! Well that must mean its time for the March PageMaps sketches! I love the instant inspiration I get when looking at Becky's sketches.This month I decided I needed to buckle down and do another layout from my trip to London over a year ago. I have so many photos! When scrapping vacation photos, I love using 2 page layouts... you can get more photos scrapped on the 2 page spread. Here is the awesome sketch Becky sent me...

I love all the photos, perfect for a photo heavy day ... like the day we spent at the British Museum. Here is my layout created with the Simple Stories Vintage Traveler collection.

If you are ever in London, you have got to see this museum! It is unbelievable!! So much history, so many rooms... be sure to wear comfortable shoes, lol. Here are some detailed closeups. My title alphas are from PinkFresh Studios. I think they look amazing with the Vintage Traveler collection. I did a little journaling here and added a sticker banner to draw attention to my title.

Across the page to the left, I framed a picture of the outside of the museum using a chipboard frame that is part of the Vintage Traveler collection.

I managed to use a rub on that has been in my stash for a very, very long time. I love when that happens. I also added a chipboard balloon here.

This is the view that greats you when you walk in... Look at that glass ceiling! There is another cluster of embellishments here, forming a visual triangle.

Page 1.

and Page 2

If you are as much in love with the Vintage Traveler collection as I am, you can still purchase it at Scrapbook.com.

Go check out all the other PageMaps sketches for March too. There are so many great ones! Thanks for stopping by.
~Marcia

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Middleton Place - JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends!

I am back today with a gorgeous 2 pager layout for you today that I created for JustNick Studios using the beautiful Maggie Holmes Flourish collection from Crate Paper. I am trying to catch up on my layouts from a vacation we took last summer to Charleston, South Carolina. While there, we visited Middleton Place Plantation and spent the day walking the unbelievable gardens and enjoying a Southern buffet lunch. We even saw a few alligators! Here is my layout...

I framed my photo using the Lotus Ring digital cut file. I left the space open to leave it light and airy. Framing your focal point photo draws the eye right in.

For my title I mixed the Outline Alphas with some gold Thickers. I filled in the alphas with a pretty floral print.

Here are the digital cut files I used today ...

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great week.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Dream Come True & Girl's Night - Simple Stories

Hello blogging friends!

All this week Simple Stories is teaming up with JustNick Studios. Today, I am using some of the JustNick digital cut files with the gorgeous Posh collection. Posh is so pretty with it's gold accents. It definitely has a classy feminine feel to it ... Posh is the perfect description for it. I decided to scrap some girly layouts with it. This first one is of my daughter at her Veterinary School white coat ceremony.

I used the Broken Heart digital cut file from JustNick Studios for the big heart behind my photo and pieced different solid colored pattern papers behind it. To create some texture, I stitched around my heart with a gold metallic thread.

The Broken Heart cut file is similar to the hearts you will find in the Posh collection. Like this sticker heart I place near my journaling.

There is a lot of gold mixed in the bits & pieces die cuts, stickers and chipboard and it really gives this collection a classy look. I used some of the clear stickers over my photo. "You Can Do Anything" was perfect! I couldn't resist using these adorable blue birds in my embellishment clusters along with some of the flower bits and pieces die cuts.

I love these tabs from the Bits & Pieces die cuts and they work so well with the phrase stickers.

The chipboard "dream" makes a dreamy title indeed and I combined it with some of the alpha stickers.

If you are interested, I made a process video for Dream Come True and you can watch it on my Youtube channel here ...

My second layout is a two-pager. I recently went to a paint night with my daughter, sister, and nieces. My first paint night ever! We had so much fun. I wanted to use lots of my photos to document the night. Who knew I could paint?

I used the JustNick Studios Infinity Hearts digital cut file to create those circles with hearts and the scallops under the photos are another digital cut file; Simple Scallop Strips.

To create my title, I used the JustNick Studios Simple Set Alphabet and once again combined it with the alpha stickers from the Posh collection. I layered some heart chipboard stickers and some flower die cuts to help draw attention to the title.