december 2014 - Scrapbook Circle November Mood Board

Hi there!  Today I am sharing my take for the November Mood Board using the ‘Good Cheer’ main kit and the ‘Count On It’ Embellishment Add-on.

The Scrapbook Circle monthly Mood Board is always one of the best motivators, if not for project inspiration, then certainly for discovering beautiful items to covet!   November is no exception as you can see below.  It is also so varied, it makes it easy to interpret and combine paper and embellishments!  I love that this Mood Board includes a watercolor inspiring me to use technique as well!

I love that this Mood Board includes a watercolor, inspiring me to use technique as well!  Using the painting as the starting point for my background, I added Distress Ink with the popular and highly complex technique of smushing.   The twig tree was my motivation behind the stacking of my photo and strips of paper, embellishment and die cuts.

I was also inspired by the knit toboggan for the colors and patterns of paper I chose.  I added the glittered tag, gold stars & gold thread to tie in that gorgeous gold dress.

The large NOEL signage influenced me to use the over-sized red numbers from Pink Paislee, part of the Add-on, as my tree trunk.  I finished off the layout with stitching and a few other bits to emphasize all the horizontal lines.

I hope my page motivates you to use this month’s Scrapbook Circle Mood Board as inspiration in your projects!

Thanks for stopping by and have an amazing day!

Trick or Treat - The Crafter's Workshop Stencils { & Video Tutorial }

Happy Dia de los Muertos and hello my crafty friends!

This is the project I shared on The Crafter's Workshop on Halloween!

These are the three stencils I used below.

                   

The spider webs are so much fun and I decided to try something different!  Click below to see the process or HERE to go to my YouTube channel.

Using the large spiderweb stencil, I added embossing powder in metallic silver onto black cardstock, to really make my background pop.  I also used some white modeling paste with the smaller spiderweb.

I used a title cut from the Silhouette and misted it in orange.  I also added a couple layers of tracing paper under my photo to keep it light and somewhat transparent.

Several weeks ago I used a piece of this doodling template to use up some leftover modeling paste on a scrap of cardstock.  I used a strip of that at the bottom as a border.

I added some paint splatters, stitching and my journaling!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and checking out one way to use this awesome web stencil.  Have an amazing day!

You can follow the links below to the stencils I used.

STENCILS Used:

TCW572 – SPIDERWEB
TCW2098 – SPIDERWEB FRAGMENT
TCW384 – WELL-ROUNDED

DELISH - Scrapbook Circle October

Hi there!  Just wanted to share a quick layout I did using the Scrapbook Circle November kit, 'Mix Tape.'

This was a super fast page I put together just for me!

I adore this teal script paper from Bella Blvd. and wanted to keep the rest, simple and neutral.

I love that chartreuse green color with the teal.

The script card is one of a set of four that are Scrapbook Circle exclusives.

They are "mincable," although I don't have a machine...yet!

I added some brown ink along the edges of my papers to tie in the wood grain and cork.

This chipboard title 'DELISH' from Basic Grey was a perfect fit for a hot chocolate/coffee break!

Thanks for stopping by!  I have a Halloween LO and process video up tomorrow!!

And November stuff happening quickly after!

Have an amazing day!

The Crafter's Workshop - Stenciling for a Travel Journal

Hello, Happy FriYay!

This is the project that I made for my post yesterday on The Crafter's Workshop.

I bought several of these little composition notebooks to cover and make into tiny travel journals or notebooks.

I chose the three stencils below; inspired by the plane, post card and date going perfectly with a travel journal!

                                                    

I measured out some heavy watercolor paper to the combined length of the front, back and spine of the book.  After marking it, I scored along those lines and left a little extra in case I measured incorrectly.

I used three different Distress Inks and misted it with water.  I drug the card through the ink a couple times and left it to dry.

After the paint was completely dry, I used this gold embossing paste over the plane stencil.  The gold added some texture and obviously, the image of the plane, but is subtle enough to blend with the yellow nicely.

Again, waiting for the paste to dry completely, I used a finger dauber and some more Distress Ink to stencil the year across the bottom front cover.  I also added the months across the bottom of the back cover.

While the cover piece dried, I moved on to the packaging!  A small canvas bag that was the perfect size received a misting of a couple different peach tones.  I wanted the words ‘post card’ to be visible and chose the colors to complement the book and the change in season!

I added some ink around the outside edges of the cover piece and used spray adhesive to glue it firmly to the book itself.  Finally, I added a couple pieces of fabric tape along the binding to add a little pattern and tie in the dark green color.

I made a flower embellishment for the front using scraps of gold foil kraft paper, left over raffia ribbon and gold thread.

You can follow the links below to the stencils I used:

TCW536s – 6×6 MINI POSTCARD

TCW2097 – AIRPLANE FRAGMENTS

TCW2068 – 2015 FRAGMENTS

Thanks for stopping by the Blog and have an amazing day!

Black & White Photos - Scrapbook Circle October Technique Challenge

Scrapbook Circle has a new challenge this month to use a black and white photo in your layout.

Or, like I did, print a color photo in black and white!  I love using this technique, especially to highlight paper or embellishments with lots of color, like those in the 'Mix Tape' October kit.

This gorgeous patterned paper from Bella Blvd. was almost too pretty to cut up, but I wanted to use a good bit of white space to help break up the color.  I didn't use a paper trimmer, just scissors to quickly trim the paper.  The black and white stripe is on the opposite side of this rainbow chevron.

I used a cloud punch on some of the Dear Lizzy 6x6 papers and to the Scrapbook Circle printable to add some coordinating colors around the page.  I added a couple other embellishments and word phrase strips to make little clusters of colors.

The little puffy stickers from Evalicious that are part of the main kit are so cute too!

The date tag was also from the Scrapbook Circle printable.  I trimmed a piece of this paper from Pink Paislee at the bottom for a place to add some journaling and the acrylic word 'thankful' that is another Scrapbook Circle exclusive for my title.  

I love using this technique because it features the best of both worlds...lots of color that doesn't take away from the photo, but helps add contrast to a black and white picture!

This Technique Challenge, with an awesome prize from BasicGrey is going on until November 4th!  You can read the original post HERE and upload your layout to that post or to the Scrapbook Circle Facebook page!

Thanks for stopping by today!

memories - Scrapbook Circle Designer's Choice

Hi there everyone!  Can you believe October is half way over??  This Fall is flying by and I am still scrapping summer photos!  At Scrapbook Circle yesterday, my Designer's Choice LO featured the awesome digital cut file from the ‘Mix Tape’ kit as a starting point.

I enlarged the file to 12×12 and cut it out of white cardstock, then trimmed it down so have a tiny border of kraft cardstock along the side.  This also helped me line up the patterned paper to back of the negative space from the cut phrases.  I used this file from the beginning, but ended up using one of the positive cuts, the ‘enjoy,’ for a title on another project.

Saving the cut outs gives me a great second use out of that paper too!  Plus the size of the phrases are a the perfect size for using the Dear Lizzy 6×6 pad that is part of ‘Playlist’ Add-on.  I used a couple other of the cut files and water colored them to match the patterned paper underneath.  I machine stitched through the phrases and around the outside border.

Adding a few of the gorgeous Pink Paislee washi strips around the edges of the photo and combining them with some of the other sticker embellishments finished up the page.

This is a great way to use 6×6 papers and to use lots of patterns and colors but in a way that isn’t so overly stimulating that it takes away from the photo and story.  Thanks for stopping by the blog today and have an amazing day!

enjoy - Scrapbook Circle October Sketch Challenge

Just a super quick post for this month's Scrapbook Circle Sketch using the October 'Mix Tape' kit.

Check out the original post HERE and add yours by October 21st for a chance to win this prize!

I painted some of the Elle's Studio cork embellishments!

I used one of the exclusive digi-cut files for my title and misted it.

And voila!  Love Diana's sketches, always jumps starts my mojo!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!