Citrus Twist November Stories kit

Oh my gracious I love this kit! It's gorgeous, and the exclusive paper this month seems like it was made just for me! If you have followed me for a while, you know just how much I love floral papers, and this paper is no exception. 

I've had this photo in a pile to be scrapped for years...yes, years! I was waiting for inspiration, and this kit certainly inspired me to get it documented. I chose cut file by Paige Evans that is available in the Silhouette design store. 

The orange floral paper is the first one that I chose to back the cut file with and since I love it so much it had to go in the center of the pumpkin. The aqua triangle paper and the yellow and white diagonal striped paper are perfect choices to place beside the floral since both colors are found in the floral. To finish off the ends of the pumpkin, I backed the file with the soft coral-red paper which pulls out colors in the photo.

 This cut file begged me to stitch around it...yes it truly begged :)  I used all six strands of embroidery floss and did a simple backstitch all around the pumpkin. I'm in love with the way that it turned out.

This photo makes me laugh because it is near impossible to get two toddlers to look at the camera at the same time, much less smile. The main kit has a lot of die cuts included and this circle one that says "not happening" needed to be on this page. 

I've included a link to my process video if you'd like to take a peek at how the page came together. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

String Art Fun

Happy Wednesday friends! I have my final layout of the month for My Creative Scrapbook using their September Main kit. As I was looking through some of my older photos I came across ones of my son playing with string making designs. I hadn't told this story yet in his album, and I thought that the colors in the kit would be great with the colors in the photo. 

String art is pretty popular right now so I thought it would be fun to incorporate it onto the page. I sketched out the arrow using my ruler and lightly drew pencil lines outlining the arrow. I then took my piercer and pierced holes along the edges. Crochet thread was my choice of thread because it is a bit thicker than embroidery floss and looks more like the string that he used to play with.

I kept the embellishments to a minimum. The background paper is extremely busy, and the arrow is as well. I like for my embellishments to help me tell a story and to help keep the focus on the photos.

 To make the arrow head, I just used a simple backstitch and varied where I inserted my thread. In the video, I show a great deal of this process so that you can get a better feel of how I did it. 

The title nestled perfectly in the arrow. I left plenty of room beneath the arrow to tell the story of how he became obsessed with string art. I have linked the process video in case you'd like to take a closer look. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Hope that you have a great scrappy week :)

A Good Book

It's Wednesday and that means it is time for another layout for My Creative Scrapbook. Shimelle's collection is both fall and travel themed, so I challenged myself to make a couple of layouts that used themed products in a different way. For today's layout, I chose to document a picture of some books that I had checked out of the library. I had several that were on my Goodreads list to read, and a couple that just caught my eye. My jumping off points for this page were the chipboard frame and the suitcase with "let's go" printed on it from a cut apart sheet. The color scheme I pulled from the suitcase and the photo, and was able to find things that ended up being perfect embellishments.

I am a fan of globes, although I don't use them frequently. This globe is adorable! It looks like a snow globe and the saying is so versatile and can be used for lots of different things. 

I did distress the edges of the papers to give the layout a bit more character. I typed the journaling on the tag with an old typewriter that I found off Craigslist. I have some ghosting around the letters so I need to figure out how to clean it up. If you have any typewriter tips, please leave me a comment. 

 I am so happy with the way that the title came out on this layout. The Thickers are beautiful and I love that they are a mixture of fonts. The color is absolutely gorgeous as well and looks amazing with the papers in this kit.

Here's a link to my process video. I hope that you have a wonderful day!

September Reveal....

The September main kit from My Creative Scrapbook is filled with Shimelle's new fall and travel themed collection Go Now Go, which of course is perfect for right now! Here's a picture of the main kit and I must say that the photo doesn't do the Thickers justice. They are a gorgeous copper glitter and the words are a mix of fonts with some shapes as well.

For my first layout I decided to scrap a school picture from my son's last day of second grade. The lined paper is actually travel themed, however I just cut it apart to highlight the Notes section, and of course needed to use my notebook punch along the edge. 

 There are several chipboard buildings included in the chipboard stickers and this red one was perfect to use as a school. I love the way that it helps to bring the color across the page from the strip of paper to the title.

 For the title, I cut the letters today away from the ticket, and also used the Echo Park sheet to create a long title with a mix of fonts. One of the patterned papers has a bunch of suitcases on it along with this journal and pen image. It was perfect for this layout and so easy to fussy cut. For the final touches I added a pop of navy stitching to help ground the title and some navy Heidi Swapp color shine.

Here's a link to my process if you'd like to take a peek. Thanks so much and I hope that you have a great day :)

Back to School!!

It's hard to believe that we are starting a new school year!  Having teenagers, it is more difficult to take back to school pictures.  They have several teachers and you don't get to take them to see their classroom.  So what's a scrapbooker going to do?  Get creative!  This year I decided to take pictures of their schedules.  I think that it will be neat to look at how they change in the coming years.  

One of my Facebook groups had a challenge to scrap some Back to School pages.  I don't really like to scrap theme pictures, so I decided that I would participate.  I bought the Shimelle paper pack at Michael's when it was $5.00.  I have absolutely no guilt whatsoever when I purchase these, even if I only get a couple of layouts done with the papers.  This is what I came up with...and I like how it turned out.

I have trouble getting clips on my pages, but this one was perfect and I like that it is not on the picture itself.

Another peek at the layers.  I used my Felicity Jane stamps on the label.

I finally got the Pink Paislee banner letters on another page!  Thickers are my go-to but I really like the way these look.

I found this flair in my stash and thought it was perfect.  I channeled my inner Shimelle with this embellishment cluster.  I thought that it was only appropriate.

I have a process video if you'd like to take a closer peek at the process.

Supplies:

Shimelle paper pad - red, blue, and numbers paper

Grey stars - Studio Calico

Papers from my stash

Freckled Fawn clip

Flair - unknown

Jillibean Beanboard alphas - tart teal

Pink Paislee Pen Pals alpha

Webster's Pages Allison Kreft "Happy" alphas

October Afternoon enamel shapes

Stamp - Felicity Jane

EK Success notebook punch

Martha Stewart pinked circle punch