Beach Layouts

ahhh sweet summertime! when your pictures are sunny & the water is a gorgeous blue!  Our family really loves the beach/lake/any body of water (well, the kids and hubby love it - I am a little terrified of deep water) so I stay dry and take ALOT of pics:-)

Using the great Summertime line from Little Yellow Bicycle called "Boardwalk" I scrapped a bunch of pictures from one of our Sundays at the beach at Dorothy Lake in the Whiteshell.

Dain had really become comfortable in the water this year, and I wanted to make a note about that. So the journaling is around the pictures to make sure I get it in.  As well, these pictures are not perfect (a little blurry) but I wanted to make sure that I captured his "adventures on the tube" despite the fact I had to zoom in alot, keep my hand steady, as well as deal with the rocking waves.  I am okay with that:-)

I used Co-ordinations cardstock for the background of this layout, what I love about this stuff is the "colored core". What this means is if you distress the cardstock in any way (I took a nail file to it:-) the lighter color of the core comes through, giving the background some variation and visual interest... and look I finally made it on a layout, how can you tell my hubby took this pic all you see is my butt!!!- it's supposed to be me and Aubrey on the blanket (she's the one under the pink)  - loving the pic of Dain relaxing - and the Boardwalk letters stickers were perfect!  the large scallops are my good old circle punch - circles cut in half:-)

I love the blue background, it makes the pictures of the water just jump off the page!!!

A closer look at the details, October Afternoon journal sticker on a Jillibean sprout - the rows of patterned paper with border punch details... The Title Sticker - so easy!





There you have it - I think I have a few more layouts in me for this line, the more I played with it, the more I was in love with the fun bright patterns, the accents and stickers....hmmm maybe a mini-book about summer at the lake...I will play a little more and see:-) 

Happy Scrappin!
Sharon

Heritage fun...

keeping up with the current photos and life is never ending...with all the great "Vintage"patterns and fun paper the last little while that has come into the store...I wanted to play with some old photos.
I do not have very many pictures of myself growing up, just a few have popped up here and there, and what there is, they are all in magnetic albums - and stuck!  So I took the albums to our Staples here in town, marked the pages I wanted copied onto photo paper with Sticky notes, and wow - great photo copies of the originals that are true to color and photo safe!

Here is how they come when copied -

I just cut them apart at this point, and add them to my layouts.
Here is a layout I did using the "Thrift Shop" line from October Afternoon (paper and stickers)- LOVE that huge flower from Prima, and the brad is from Girls Paperie line.

Here is another layout I had fun with (so often you will have only one photo - 100's were not taken as they are now with digital)  This chair paper I picked up in the Winkler store, My Scrap Shoppe - I just never got it in yet when I saw it, I knew it was perfect for this photo...flower was Prima again, woodgrain button is "Flair" by American Crafts, ribbon and letters are all in the store (Studio Calico -newsprint & Cosmo Cricket - mini)

Journaling says - I am not sure of my age in this photo-but I am thinking less than 2 years old. I like the way my dad is smiling at me-like I told him a joke or something, I wonder what we talked about while we shared a cuddle in  "this Chair for Two"

We have such great suff in the store to compliment your old photos today, remember, working with older photos is a fun change from keeping up with the "everyday life" photos, changing gears can sometimes help get you out of a creative rut...and make you excited about this great and fun hobby!

ttyl,

Sharon

Doodlebug fun:-)

Doodlebug is just fun! Great colors, tight patterns - I like to cut it up and choose a matching color of cardstock to layer with it to create my layouts...and the stickers! They always come out with great stickers to compliment the paper...I used the Travel line "Great Getaway" for this layout - (I used the cloud sticker, and stuck it to cardstock, then cut around it and put a pop-dot behind it to create a 3D effect on the layout.

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 I used the paper line "On the Go!" to create this layout with Promary colors, perfect for your little guy who is probably ALWAYS on the go, just line mine is!

Echo Park project -

I Love this line called "Summertime" from Echo Park, they are a brand new company and this is their 1st release! Bright colors, so perfect for boy or girl pages or projects.
This Projects uses - Echo Park journal cards, Their Alpha Stickers and borders sheet
Maya Road envelopes, & yellow journal spots from Jillibean Soup, the coil from the Zutter Bind-it-all
& photos of my adorable daughter helping me plant some flowers about 2 weeks ago:-)

My daughter - the Klingon???

You have heard the expression "a face only a mother could love:-)"
Yep that was Aubrey, the night after a mosquito was in her room and viciously attacked those pretty green eyes, she was sooo swollen!  So when we took her to the Goldeyes game she looked, well a little like an Alien - a klingon to be exact (only those familiar with Star Trek will know what that is!)
Needless to say lots of pics were taken anyway...because I have a project in the works!!! Will post pics soon, I know you will love it!

What!!! even I made it into a picture...no way!!!

Layout of miss Aubrey Jayde in a little bit of a silly position (no she is not going to the bathroom!)
Using Crate paper's "Brook" Collection, and that pretty little scalloped border is using the Martha Stewart double circle border punch...this is the line I am using for my little project with the baseball game pics:-) Love it, it is perfect for boys or girls!

                                                                                                                       here I used the "Dear Lizzy" line from American Crafts, the border is cut out of a patterned paper and added on with pop-dots, the title in green are "Thickers" and the sticker accents are part of the "Dear Lizzy" line, don't you just love this tree paper???  Soo cute!























I hope you have a great night!
ttyl, S

Layout ideas...

I have a confession to make, I am obsessed with white flowers...don't get me wrong, I LOVE color - but when it comes to my yard, it's white or nothing...went to the greenhouse this afternoon and these are the newest blossoms to add to my collection of white:-) It took me 8 years to get a white garden of my dreams at my old house, we have now been at this house for 2 years and I need to start all over again...But the end result is sooo worth it!

I promised some more "masculine" layouts, though girly stuff is soo fun:-) here is a couple of 12x12 pages I have done in the last little while-
This one is a layout using Bo-Bunny's paradise line... I thought it was perfect for this picture my honey and I took in the Bahamas on a cruise a few years ago!

the typing was done on my old typewriter that was a find at the local mcc store - I love the look of imperfection and yet, it is much neater than my own handwriting!  the bling, stickers, paper and rub-ons were all from the same line.

This line from Fancy Pants is also so masculine - I had to "scrap" these pics of my hubby and kids playing...he will literally throw them on the bed, on the pillows, and kids just can't get enough... using the Glitter-cuts in this layout, which are clear overlays with a little bit of sparkle, and you get 5-8 of them on a 12x12 sheet, so they are great value, and really help add a little pizazz to you layouts!









The paper here was cut around the floral design and then placed overlapping the photos, pop-dots are along the edge to give it a little 3D effect.

This is the same Fancy Pants line as above "Family Ties"
using the Glitter-Cuts from the same package, I attached the kids with mini glue-dots.  The scallop circle border is a circle punch and I cut all the circles in half.  The dot or "splatter" detail is a bit of glimmer mist.

Using the same paper line with co-ordinating accents can really help with your page planning, I love to plan a couple of pages and feel like I am "using up" my stuff. That way if use all my glitter-cuts or rub-ons on a couple of layouts, I am done with it, it does not take up any more space and I have an excuse to get something new!!!

ttyl,

Sharon