April Layouts with the My Creative Scrapbook Main Kit

 Hello everyone!

I am so excited to share my layouts this month that I created with the gorgeous April Main kit from My Creative Scrapbook featuring the new Paige Evans Blooming Wild collection from American Crafts. This month's kit included Creative Expressions chipboard titles and exclusive cut files from Peartree Cut Files.

1. Getaway

My daughter Colette has been wanting to visit wine country in California for a while and finally got a chance. If you look closely at the photo, you can see the rows of grapes behind her. When I saw the pattern paper with rows in squares I knew it was a match made in heaven. Add some fussy cut flowers and wow, did it turn out pretty! Watch my process video for more details.

2. Shine Bright

This grandma loves any time she can get with her grandson! I used the monthly sketch on this one and even tried some daisy chain hand stitching. But the best part of this layout is that mixed media rainbow. See how I created it here ...

3. You Sparkle

For my third layout I scrapped a photo of my niece enjoying the holiday lights last December. I wanted to use the You Sparkle Creative Expressions chipboard title. 

 4. Time To Bloom

My niece and her baby girl were recently baptized together. I love this soft photo of the two of them. Distress inks were used to add color to a Peartree cut file included with the kit subscription. I kept my layout soft with pops of color to draw the eye.

Thanks so much for stopping by. My Creative Scrapbook puts together four kits every month. Go check them out ... They are all amazing!

~Marcia

Island Escape - My Creative Scrapbook

Hello blogging friends,

I am sharing my first layout with the June Main kit from My Creative Scrapbook with you today. This was such an awesome kit!! I had so much fun creating my layouts this month and can't wait to share them all with you. I went tropical for this one, using some photos from a Hawaiin vacation from about 5 years ago...

I fussy cut a lot of flowers from a floral pattern paper in the collection to tuck behind my photos. I supplemented with die cut ephemera pieces as well, like these stems. A chipboard butterfly adds dimension.

The Creative Embellishment chipboard words can be altered with paint and ink. To complete my title, I added some small puffy stickers from PinkFresh Studios that I had in my stash.

I love these premade mixed media sheets from Vicki Boutin. No mess and quick and easy for people like me who don't always have time to create my own backgrounds.

I love these stamp ephemera pieces. You can cut them apart to use just one, or keep them intact.

Polaroid photos make an awesome journal spot in the upper right.

Do check out my YouTube process video to see how this layout came together...

Supplies:

My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club Fineline Glue Bottles ... https://amzn.to/3cGaVbx Cutter bee Scissors - https://amzn.to/2YdgXei Vicki Boutin's Let's Wander collection

Simple Beauty - My Creative Scrapbook

Hello blogging friends!

I am sharing my third layout that I created with the My Creative Scrapbook April Main kit. This gorgeous kit features the My Mind's Eye Gingham Garden collection and Creative Embellishments Chipboard titles. When I first saw this vintage collection I thought it would look lovely with some battenberg lace. I found the perfect cut file to frame my photo at SVGcuts in their Easter Egg Hunt cut file.

I did not want to cover up that beautiful lace, so I did not layer pattern papers on top, just added some die cut ephemera pieces and chipboard.

I used another Creative Embellishment chipboard word title, painting this one with black acrylic paint. Watch my YouTube process video at the end to see how to add glitter embossing powder to the lower half. The gold glitter matches the alpha stickers that came with the kit.

It is a very feminine. I think this cut file (and pattern papers for that matter) would be perfect to use to scrap wedding photos. I opted to scrap a senior high school photo of my daughter. 

Take a look at my YouTube process video to learn how to add glitter embossing powder to your chipboard pieces.

This kit is so beautiful to work with! Thanks so much for stopping by.

~Marcia

Sweet Delight - My Creative Scrapbook

Hello blogging friends!

Have you seen the My Creative Scrapbook April kit. It is gorgeous!! It included the My Mind's Eye Gingham Garden collection and Creative Embellishment chipboard titles. Here is my second layout with the kit. It is loosely based on the April sketch. If you would like to play along, post your layout on the Facebook My Creative Scrapbook Inspiration page. I did lots, LOTS! of fussy cutting on this layout.

Here is the sketch.

 I am scrapping pics of my daughter with her dog Nana. They love to enjoy summer socializing with friends on the patios of local breweries. I converted the photos to black and white to coordinate better with the color scheme of these beautiful papers.

I painted the Creative Embellishment chipboard title Delight with white acrylic paint and then used my Tattered Rose Distress Ink to color it pink. It looks awesome layered with the Sweet die cut ephemera piece.

Chipboard stickers add dimension. I did a little machine stitching on this center piece of pattern paper.

I love adding twine bows to my layouts. The Love Grows chipboard sticker was perfect for this layout.

Don't these gorgeous flowers just make you swoon!

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Thanks so much for stopping by. If you are interested in subscribing to  My Creative Scrapbook to receive their kits each month you will not be disappointed!

~Marcia

Life Is Amazing - JustNick Studios

Hello blogging friends!

I have a JustNick Studio layout to share with you today. I wanted to scrap a photo of my daughter and one of her best friends taken at the Duluth harbor. Unfortunately, this was a goodbye visit... her friend moved to Montana after graduating. These two took many adventures together and I know my daughter is going to miss her so much. I wanted to use this pattern paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Escape the Ordinary collection that is full of triangles. I trimmed my photo to fit inside one of the triangles. To add texture, I machine stitched around the edges of some of the triangles. Then, I found these awesome chipboard triangles from Creative Embellishments in my stash and painted them with a creamy ivory. These triangles helped add fabulous dimension to my layout. I also wanted an angular cut file to use at the bottom of my page, the Compressed Chevron Background digital cut file was perfect. Here is how my layout turned out.

The Life is Amazing digital cut file was perfect for my title.

and lots more detailed shots ... because I love this collection and cut files so much!!

Here are the cut files I used  today ...

If you are interested in watching my scrapbook process here is my YouTube link for this layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by, Have a great weekend.
~Marcia