Summer Yummy - My Creative Scrapbook

Hello blogging friends!

I am sharing my first layout with the July Main kit from My Creative Scrapbook. This awesome kit features the Simple Stories Summer Farmhouse collection. For my first layout, I wanted to use the large SUMMER title cut file from Paige Evans. This was one she was giving away for FREE in her Facebook group called Happy Scrappy Place. Ask to join the group and you too will have access to her FREE cut files and more. With this cut file I could use lots of the different pattern papers. Because of the watermelon pattern paper I decided to scrap some photos of my son enjoying some watermelon when he was about 2 years old. Here is my layout...

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Now that background paper is a mixed media sheet from the Vicki Boutin Let's Wander Mixed Media Pad. I LOVE these mixed media sheets! This one in real life is green not yellow. I could not get the color right. Go figure ... the rest of the colors on the layout are fine. I elevated the title using some foam tape. My photos went over the hyphens that were part of the cut file.

I added embellishments right on top of the cut file to draw the eye from one photo to the other photo.

Chipboard stickers as well as cardstock stickers were included in the kit so there are plenty of options for embellishments. I love to create layers of embellishments.

Also included in the kit were the foam titles that coordinate with the Summer Farmhouse collection. I added YUMMY here just below the cut file where it would stand out.

Are you interested in seeing my process? Check out this YouTube Video ...

I had so much fun making this layout! Stay tuned ... I have 3 more layouts that I created with this kit coming. I hope you are finding some time to enjoy your summer too. Stay healthy and safe.

Supplies:

My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club ... http://mycreativescrapbook.com/mobile... Simple Stories Summer Farmhouse ... http://shrsl.com/2d8wd Vicki Boutin's Let's Wander mixed media pad ... http://shrsl.com/2bkv4 Fineline Glue Bottles ... https://amzn.to/3cGaVbx

~Marcia

Bushel O' Fall - Imaginisce Autumn Release

Hello blogging friends. Are you like me and trying to enjoy as much of the sunny Autumn days as you can?

I  think Autumn paper collections are my favorite. The busy summer schedules are over and life slows down. With the cooler temps, we spend more evenings inside with family. When it is nice, we savor the outdoors because we know all to well that those warm sunny days will soon end. And the colors that abound are breathtaking! The colors in the Imaginisce Bushel O' Fall collection are just as beautiful. In this layout of my son and his girlfriend, I used my i-Top and some burlap to create the center of my sunflower. The burlap adds interesting texture. I colored the metal top with a Copic marker first so that it blended better with the burlap. Then I used my Imaginisce Petal Roller to shape my sunflower petals.

For my second project, I made a card with that yummy apple paper and some die cuts. A few scattered i-Rock gems finish it off. Wouldn't this be perfect for a teacher!

Supplies: Imaginisce Bushel O' Fall Pattern Paper, Sticker Stackers, Die Cuts; i-Top, Medium Brad Daddy, i-Rock; Heart gems; Petal Roller;

Core'dinations cardstock; VersaMark Ink; Ranger Distress Ink; Stampendous Black Embossing Powder; Burlap; Hemp; McGill Star Lily punch; Copic Marker in Brown; Cheery Lynn die; Sakura Miscron pen in Black; Silhouette Lori Whitlock Fall Leaves; Lavanderia font.

Be sure to stop by the Imaginisce blog to see what the other designers have created.

~Marcia

School Days - Quick Quotes New Collection

Hello blogging friends! Can you believe its August already! That means that school will be starting soon. Are you doing your Back to School shopping yet? I have 3 kids in college so back to school shopping is a little different and involves mostly buying books. Those textbooks are darn expensive!!! 

Anyway, I have a school layout I created with Quick Quotes newest collection Pattern Perfect. I am loving the bright colors and patterns in this collection. They are perfect for preschool ages as well as for your high schoolers. I found these pictures of my son at the beginning of Kindergarten and another one of him at the end of 6th grade. I thought it would be fun to scrap them together on a page to show how much he has grown.

This collection has some really fun chipboard pieces and coordinating stickers. Check out the School Days title and apple.

I am trying out the new Fancy Pants Chalkboard tape. Anyone else try it yet? What did you find that works best to write on it? I am using a Derwent watercolor pencil. I chalked the edges with the Coconut White chalk ink. The chalk ink is awesome on the tape. I wish I had some school stamps now. I have discovered Chic Tags now too. See the school tag tucked in here. These are fabulous and I am using them all over the place now, so be prepared to see a lot more in the near future on my projects.

Quick Quotes Supplies:
Pattern Perfect Pattern Paper, Stickers, and Chipboard Shapes
Powderpuff Ink is Biscotti, Baja Blue, and Coconut White

Other Supplies:
Studio Calico cork chevrons, polaroid frame
Glitz alphabet rub on
Fancy Pants chalkboard washi tape
Derwent white watercolor pencil
Chic Tags School tag
GCD Studios adhesive red pearls
EK Success notebook edge punch

Have a great week!
~Marcia

Senior - A Scraptown Lady layout

Hello blogging friends!! I hope you all enjoyed your Father's Day. I have a Scraptown Lady layout to share with you today using the Authentique Hope collection and My Favorite Things Die-namic dies. Even though the Hope collection is an Easter collection, I thought it would be perfect to scrap this senior picture of my son. The browns, blues, and cream colors were perfect. I used a sepia tinted photo to keep the brown tones going.

I used the latest sketch from Sketchabilities by Karan Gerber. You have until the end of the month if you want to play along too. I loved the ink rings and splatters. They were perfect for the Practical Scrappers On Trend team post today.

I used a new barbed wire fence Die-namic's die from My Favorite Things. I added a little gesso to my fence to distress it a bit so that it looks more natural. Here is a close up...

I also used the Button Border Die-namic's die from My Favorite Things again. I love this die! I can create my own buttons with boxboard and matching pattern paper. That's right, these dies will cut through boxboard as if it were butter. The boxboard gives the buttons more stability and depth.

Stop by and check out the huge selection of dies, papers, and embellishments available in the Scraptown Lady store.

Scraptown Lady Supplies:
Authentique Hope collection - Faith
Authentique Hope collection - Lavish
Authentique Hope collection - 12 x 12 Collection
Authentique Hope collection - Elements Stickers
Authentique Hope collection - Statements Stickers
My Favorite Things Die-namics Barbed Wire
My Favorite Things Die-namics Button Border

Ranger Distress Ink in Walnut Stain

Ranger Distress Ink in Old Paper

Zots Adhesive Medium

Glue Dots Mini

Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive

Other supplies:

Prima Junkyard Findings

Bazzill cardstock

twine

gesso

 

Thanks for stopping by.

~Marcia

Live Out Loud - Quick Quotes Inspiration

Hello Quick Quotes friends!
I have a bright, happy layout to share with you that I created with the 6x6 Be Bold paper pad. I thought the colors and chipboard accents were perfect for this layout of my son. This picture was taken of him last year for the High School Musical where he played his drum set in the pit orchestra. I love that he is holding his drum sticks. I usually see him with a pair of drum sticks; tapping out a rhythm while watching TV, or studying, or stuck in his back pocket. Life is never quiet with a drummer in the house :) I miss the noise now that he is away at college.

I took the journal pages from the 6x6 Be Bold paper pad and cut them into strips to make my border. I wanted the bright colors but didn't want you to think tropical since this is neither a summer or vacation layout. The inside edges of the border are distress and then inked to add color. The outside edges and other paper edges  were inked in black. It seems to make the color pop more. Here is a close up...

I love that LIVE OUT LOUD chipboard piece!

Quick Quotes Supplies:
BeBold 6x6 Paper Pad
BeBold 12x12 700
Be Bold stickers
Be Bold chipboard
Powderpuff inks in  Midnight Confessions, Lemonade, and Green with Envy, and Blue Hawaiian

Other Supplies:
Bazzill: cardstock (white)
GCD Studios adhesive pearls
Studio Calico wood veneers
Tattered Angels Glimmer mist in yellow, and blue skies.
Adhesive: Xyron Mega Runner, Scotch 3M fast drying glue, Imaginisce foam tape
Coats and Clark: thread

Check out these new 6x6 paper pads, they are not just for cards!
~Marcia

Geronimo

Happy Monday everyone! We are in a deep freeze here in Minnesota. I hope you are all staying warm. Over at Practical Scrappers the On Trend team is showcasing different ways to use arrows. I decided to use lots of them for big impact on this layout of my son Trenton skydiving shortly after he turned 18.

I used the BasicGrey What's Up collection again. Its perfect for this picture. The starburst on the pattern paper and the arrows draw your eyes right to the photo. I softened the look with gesso behind the photo and on the edges of the paper and photo. To soften it even more, I placed a layer of vellum and a layer of cheesecloth under the photo too. It makes me think, floating on a cloud, instead of plummeting to the ground at over 100 miles an hour!
Here are some close ups ...

The journal card tucked under my photo reads "Because at 18, parental permission is not required!". All of my kids had to do something to celebrate turning 18 that would have required parental permission had they been minors; tattoos, body piercings, a trip to the casino. Colette even bought cigarettes, even though she doesn't smoke. Trenton decided on skydiving! So all of you with little kids, count your blessings that they are not 18 yet, lol.

Anyone else have older kids that had to celebrate turning 18 in a unique way?
Colette is about to turn 21 in a little over a week. I get to worry about her friends taking her out drinking. She has good friends though, so I will not worry too much. Enjoy your day!

~Marcia

So Happy To Be One

I am taking some time to get caught up on some layouts, so this one I did for fun. I bought this fun Doodlebug paper when it first came out. I am a sucker for baby paper and Christmas paper. It doesn't matter that my kids are grown up. Maybe I am hoping to become a grandma, lol. and Who knows when you might need to make a baby card. Anyway here is my layout...

This is a photo of my son Trenton I took around his first birthday. He was such a happy baby. I used sketch #232 over at Creative Scrappers.

I flipped the sketch and used one photo instead. I wanted to add dimension by using rosettes and of course these cute Doodle-pops.

So do you have a paper weakness? Thanks for stopping by! Gotta get ready for my Trick or Treaters.

Trick Or Treat

Can you believe I actually found time to do a layout just for fun!! This layout features the Imaginisce Halloween collection and my son Trenton dressed up as a frog. I made this costume. It had blanket sleeper frog feet that looked great but were not so good for walking in.

I wanted to try making a spider with my I-top and a spider has to have a spider web, right. This web was cut from vellum with my Cricut using the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. I then added some machine stitching to make it more web like. I tried some Helmar V2 for the first time to adhere the vellum to the paper so I could stitch it without it shifting on me. It worked great!! I was quite impressed. Here is a close-up...

 I am entering this for the latest challenge at Imaginisce which is a color inspiration challenge.

 

All of these colors are in the Halloween collection and then some.
I am also linking up with the latest Paper Issues challenge; Halloween Harvest Time!

I hope you found some crafty time this past weekend too. Have a great week!

Love Is ... Artful Delight

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the wonderful fall weekend. The fall colors are at their peak right now in Minnesota and it is so gorgeous. I received my October Artful Delight kit on Saturday and couldn't wait to play with it. I created this layout using the Echo Park For the Record 2 papers. This one features my son Trenton and his girlfriend at the State Fair. Abby really wanted a picture taken with these paper hats. Trenton did not want to wear it but finally did put it on for a picture. Trenton is settling into dorm life at college, got a 100% on his first math exam, and has even started a part-time job at a local grocery store working in the bakery. Yeah!!!

This layout is based on the October sketch at Artful Delight. You could win a scrapbook or card kit by entering. Don't forget there is a card sketch too.

Just a couple close-ups so you can see the Studio Calico wood veneer buttons and hearts...

Want to see what else is in the kit?

SCRAPBOOK KIT

 

(don't mind the plastic in the upper left corner)

this kit will include

Echo Park - For the Record 2 collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Lazy Daisy

 Handwritten

Scattered Doilies

Borders

Cosmo Cricket - Tea for Two collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Tea Tins

Butter

Rose Petal Jam

My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Perfect - Best Paper

Simply Lovely - Doiley Paper

One of a  Kind - Notable Paper

One of a Kind - Specialty Paper

Simply Lovely - Damask Paper

Perfect - Flawless Paper

Coordinating cardstock - Bazzill -  12x12 sheets (1 each)

Piglet

White

Raven

Guacamole

Yukon Gold

Embellishments - size and color may vary per kit

6 - black clothes pins - Canvas Corp

5 - Cosmo Cricket - Elements Natural buttons

1 sheet - My Mind's Eye - The  Sweetest Thing collection -  Label stickers

1 - My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing collection - Honey Perfect Title diecut

1 - My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing collection - Honey One of a Kind Title diecut

1 package - My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing collection - Wood and Chip buttons

1 package - My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing collection - Enamel Dots

1 mini stamp set - Prima Zypher

1 - Prima - Junkyard Findings - Small Typo Bulbs

9 - Studio Calico - Wood Veneer Hearts and Arrows

9 - Studio Calico - Wood Veneer Birds

2 - Petaloo Flowers - Vanilla and Pink Penny Lane Mulberry Paper Ruffled Roses
1 sheet - Doodlebug Design - Beetle Black Alphabet Stickers
 

You can view the card kit or order a kit(s) here.  

(Pssst.... previous months kits are discounted. You can get some amazing savings!!)

Hope you all have a great week!

Celebrate - Artful Delight

Happy Monday everyone!! It was a very busy weekend for me at Scrapfest. I helped out with the Make and Takes in the Imaginisce booth and took a class with Tim Holtz from Ranger Inc!!!! Tim is such a dynamic personality and its obvious that he truly loves teaching others what he loves. If you ever get a chance to take a class from him, DO IT!! Then I dashed off to help my sister celebrate her 50th birthday.

But now I can't wait to share this awesome layout I created with the Kaisercraft Save the Date papers and diecuts that were included in the September Artful Delight kit. I really like how this one turned out. This is my son Trenton at his last birthday. The cake was made by his girlfriend Abby and was gluten free. She decorated it with Kit Kats and pretzel M&Ms.

The diecuts in the kit were really fun to use and make creating a layout fast and easy; no fussy cutting on this one. I created my own confetti with a hole punch and sprinkled some on my page.

And how fun are these balloons!

I used the stamp in the kit to stamp this Happy Birthday on one of the diecuts.

Want to see what else is in the kit? I knew you would...

 

Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Milestone

Burst

Streamers

Pinwheel

Cheers

Bang

October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Confetti

Sugar Stix

Hula Hoop

Webster's Pages - Girl land collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Retail Therapy

Carefree

Fancy Pants  - Be You collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Marbles

Stips

Echo Park  - Everyday Eclectic collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Herringbone

Large Hexagon

Echo Park - Birthday Boy collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Journaling

Echo Park - Birthday Girl collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Journaling

Of course Bazzill cardstock, acrylic stamps, and tons of embellishments too!!

There is still time for you to play along with our sketch challenge. Don't forget there is a card challenge too. I can't wait to see what you create!!

Be Afraid - Quick Quotes / Xyron Blog Hop

Quick Quotes and Xyron are having a blog swap all this week (With Prizes!) I am featuring the new Quick Quotes Halloween papers and chipboard and the Xyron 2 1/2" Create a Sticker machine.

What is it about boys and blood? My son thought this was the coolest costume ever. With a squeeze of his hand he could make fake blood ooze from the chest cavity!

I love to finish my chipboard with crackle paint, but then it does this...

Difficult to keep glued to the paper until the glue is dry! Not anymore. I put that chipboard through my Xyron 2 1/2" Create a Sticker Machine!

It worked great!!!

I also used the Xyron Create a Sticker Machine for some of my Cricut cuts...

 Really great for larger more intricate cuts like this one...

I hid my journalling on a tombstone....

Xyron was nice enough to give me a glue stick to try out too.Thanks Xyron for the awesome new tools!!

Quick Quotes Supplies:
Halloween pattern paper
Be Afraid Bag o' Chips
Powderpuff Chalk Inks in Midnight Confessions, Biscotti, Limeade, Very Berry, and Mango Mai Tai

Other Supplies:
Xyron 2 1/2" Sticker Maker
Xyron Glue Stick
EK Success fibers
Tattered Angels silver glimmer mist
Tattered Angels chalkboard white glimmer mist
Ranger Distress Crackle paint in pewter
Martha Stewart wax dripping border punch
Cricut Expression
Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge
cheesecloth
font - Halloween Mirage

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to check out the other Quick Quotes Halloween / Xyron projects this week! There are awesome prizes up for grabs ;)

Let Them Eat Cake and Sushi - New Artful Delight kit

 Happy Monday everyone! I had a great weekend, I hope you did too. I have to share a picture of my daughter Colette who participated in her first 5K on Saturday ...

This race is called the Dirty Girl Mud Run and is a fundraiser for Breast Cancer. It is a 5K course full of obstacles guaranteed to get you muddy. There were over 5000 participants!!!   I am so proud of her, but I have to admit, I was a little concerned, as her medical bans were just lifted a month ago. This was her a little over a year ago after a car accident broke her neck...

She is one very determined girl and she made a full recovery. Maybe I will have to join her next year at the Dirty Girl Mud Run. It looked like loads of fun!





Artful Delight has a new fabulous August kit and new sketch challenges up!! Here is the scrapbook sketch...

I struggled a little bit with this sketch for some reason and am not entirely happy with the end result. Maybe because I used more photos. The Basic Grey Paper Cottage papers reminded me of the restaurant my son and husband love to go to for sushi. So I decided to do a layout with photos from my son Trenton's 18th birthday. I did lots of fussy cutting on this one! Anyway here is my take on the sketch...

and a few close-ups

Love these wooden buttons! Want to see what else is in this kit?

Here is the Scrapbook kit:

and the card kit:

 

The kits are packed with the papers by Bo Bunny, Prima and Basic Grey's new Paper Cottage.  You can check out the contents of the kits here.  If you are interested in purchasing a kit you can contact Leeanne at leeanne@artfuldelight.com.

 

There is a card challenge too. Here is the card sketch...

I hope you will join us at Artful Delight in out latest challenges!