National Scrapbook Day - Scrapbook Circle Instagram Round Robin!

Hi there!  Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!  I haven't had a chance to be crafty today,

but I am still counting tomorrow!  This is the fun round robin we are having at Scrapbook Circle!

Start at the Scrapbook Circle Instagram page and go from there!!

I made a collage of all the instagrams we have taken in our garden so fare this Spring.

I loved all the hot pink, it went perfectly with our lilies!

I only had 7 photos so I used the blank spots for the tag and journaling.

I used an old Scrapbook Circle stencil to add some pattern to the background cardstock.

I masked out the shape of a large heart and painted a light wash of watercolor on first,

then used lots of Distress Ink in greens...

Thank for stopping by!  Have an awesome creative Saturday!

UNIVERSAL SELFIE - Scrapbook Circle April 2015

Happy May!
The other day I shared one of “my choice” pages using the April ‘Let’s Do This’ kit
and a few pieces of the ‘Love It’ Add-on on the Scrapbook Circle Blog.

Sifting through the embellishments this month, I immediately pulled this Amy Tangerine die cut to scrap one of a million photos from our recent trip to Universal Studios.  This was a family selfie taken on the Dr. Seuss train.  It was such a bright and cheerful atmosphere, it needed a fun and free background.  I started with some puddles and watercolor splatters and splotches.

I used lots of mint accents with paper, stickers and die cuts to provide a bright contrast to the yellow and orange.  I tucked some hidden journaling into the gold polka dot baggie and layered die cuts in and around it.  I used these tiny acetate triangles, alternating with rub-ons from My Mind’s Eye to loop from the title to the paper airplane die cut.

This was a quick, loose layout that was fun to create and captures the laid back feel of that day.  Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have an amazing day & weekend!

Coming of Spring - Art Journal pages

Hi there everyone!

I have been loving playing my art journal...and am constantly jotting

down new ideas for future pages.  Since I will be joining the Design Team

at The Crafter's Workshop next month, I am bubbling over with

inspiration and looking forward to filling this baby up!

This page began watching our garden come to life with daffodils a month or so ago...

and also because the cold weather seemed to drag on here longer than usual.

I found this quote from Gustav Mahler that I thought was perfect, especially using the word 'Calm.'

I stamped these little frames from Lawn Fawn starting at the center of the book

and working my way out...giving myself a place to write each word of the quote.

I knew I wanted to have daffodils in the background and lots of fresh green color,

other than that, I just played!

Thanks for checking out my new indulgence!  I am busy getting ready for lots of new artsy projects and scrapbook pages!  Have an amazing day!

Quick Summer Cards - Come On Get Crafty

This week for the Come On Get Crafty Blog, I made a couple of cards using

the Basic Grey Adrift ephemera pack, some twine and brads.

 

 

 

I used the same formula for both cards...a quick wash of a watercolors, one tag,

another die cut shape and one enamel brad.  I tied some colored twine to the tag,

with lots of extra that I bunched up underneath the tag.

Thanks for stopping by for a quick share!
 

& then this happened...Scrapbook Circle April

This is a layout I made using the Scrapbook Circle April 'Let's Do This' kit and 'Love It' Add-on.

I was totally inspired by the fun doodles and colors around one of the die cuts from Amy Tangerine.

 

 

I loved this graphic triangle patterned paper but I wanted it to play a more subtle part,

so using it as a background, I made a loose grid with 4 black & white photos and a few die cuts.

 

I doodled on white cardstock to mimic the Amy Tan die cut frame and used

a white gel pen to add more doodling to the black background.

If it has a vintage camera on it, I need to have it, buy it, hoard it and someday use it on a layout! :)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great day!

# AWESOMENESS - Scrapbook Circle April Sketch

Happy Friday!  Yay!

The new April Sketch Challenge debuted on Scrapbook Circle today!

This is my LO using it and the "Let's Do This" kit and "Love It" add-on.

I stuck to sketch pretty close, but scaled it a bit larger since I wanted to use that gold heart on the
paper from Simple Stories...I started with it and then made everything else proportional.

Instead of splatters I used some of the gold sequins from the kit paired with some from my stash.

The colors the kids are wearing worked so perfectly with the April kit.  I used lots of stitching to tie them all together.  You have until April 22nd to enter for the prize!  Can't wait to see all the creations.

Thanks for stopping by and have an amazing evening!

Good Morning Sunshine! - Come On Get Crafty

Hi there!

Today on the Come On Get Crafty Blog I am sharing my layout using old &

new October Afternoon, with a little other pieces thrown in.

 

When I saw this new collection from October Afternoon, I immediately thought about this weekend my nieces spent with us.  We had pancakes that I attempted to make into little sunshines.  They didn't quite turn out the way I had hoped, but the level of enthusiasm didn't reflect that.  Best kid response = a real smile.

 

I had a few old October Afternoon collections that I used paper from.  The colors of all the collections work so well together, despite the age of any of them.  I used the papers for layering and for the banner I cut out at the top of the layout.  The new collection of October Afternoon 'Saturday Mornings' has great Tidbits and Brads that I used for embellishments and the new Elle's Studio alpha stickers for my title.

 

These photos have been in my stack of December Daily photos...and I WILL finish it...just not this week! ;)

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have an amazing day!