Fun in the Sun layout

Oh, how I love summer time! I never tire of scrapbooking summer pictures. I was digging around through some older pictures, back from... 2004. Don't tell me I'm the only one that has pictures from clear back then to scrapbook!? lol I sure hope I'm not! :)

I started out with my base and spritzed it with some Heidi Swapp Color Shine. I just love the splatters of ink. Then I began layering and strips of paper, and embellishing.

I cut apart some banners and tied a bit of twine in the corners of the middle one. Next I popped it up with some foam dots behind it.

My favorite were the alpha's! Aren't these adorable?

What's your favorite season? Do you tend to scrapbook one more than the other?
Love to hear about it in the comments!
Thanks for stopping by! :)

Products Used:

Simple stories I {Heart} Summer Collection

American Craft Thickers Sketchbook

Heidi Swapp Color Shine Primrose

Mister Huey's Color Mist Taxi

Layout {SISTERS Sweet Summer Memories}

Is it summer yet? As I'm going through pictures I sure am wishing it was! Especially when I found this picture of me and my beautiful sister! Look at the color of the water! My sister lives in Vegas and we love to go visit and go swimming! We have a great time. 

Simple Stories has some beautiful colors in their lines that just worked perfectly with this picture! Here's a few close up's. 

Isn't that the cutest swim suit!? Just so adorable!

For the title I was able to find some yellow glittery thickers to make everything!

Are you ready for summer yet?

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Nuts About Sketches {Daddy's Girl}

Good morning! Who caught the Superbowl game? We didn't. I had high hopes of getting sooo much crafting done and did not. BUT I did get a layout done with Nuts About Sketches new sketch. I have a picture of my youngest and her daddy when she was a few months old. It's one of my favorites of these two. 

Here's a few close up's of it. For the title I used some American Craft Glitter Thickers and some Pink Paislee alphabet stickers. The little wooden doily was one I had from one of my Scraptastic Kits. LOVE it! 

Love the look of cute little banners! Banner are one of my favorite embellishments right now, right along with enamel dots. Aren't those cute hearts from Lily Bee Designs adorable!

I love this washi tape with the cute little elephants. Just so cute.

 

Go see the sketch and other wonderful examples on Nuts About Sketches blog!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Nuts About Sketches {Dance to the Tune of Your Heart}

Time for a new sketch from Nuts About Sketches! Such a fun one too! 

I was out taking some Senior Pictures for a friend and my oldest daughter had come along to help me out. We were taking a pause from all the clicking and posing when I happened to look over to see where my daughter was. She was up on a hill side dancing around. I loved how she looked so graceful and loved the beautiful blue sky that was her background. It was such a perfect moment to capture. 

I used a sheet from Fancy Pants- What a Wonderful Day, cut it down and framed it with some darker gray cardstock. Then for the heart I cut it out from another sheet in that same line and then ran it through my crimper. I love the texture it adds to my layout. I also cut out the word "Dance" on my Silhouette twice, once on gray cardstock and again on a lighter yellow then layered and off set them a bit. Then used some red foil Thickers for my word "heart".

Here's some close ups of some of the embellishments. Love how the washi tape turned out. :)

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Nuts About Sketches {Snow Play}

Good morning! How was everyone's weekend? Mine was pretty good, I was able to get caught up on a few crafty projects.I even got a chance to play with Nuts About Sketches new sketch.

It was definitely a fun 2 page layout! I love how she adds such fun elements to her sketches, they always challenge me to try something new. :) Here's my take on the sketch.

I've been looking for the perfect sketch to use all these pictures on. My problem was being able to find a sketch that I could use all 7 pictures on. I used Fancy Pants Timbergrove line. I did quite a bit of inking around edges using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress ink along with just distressing the edges. Here's a few close up's of some of the embellishments.

On this one I did some dry embossing using a Cuttlebug embossing folder Snowflakes just right along the edge of the vellum and then inked up the embossed image to make it stand out a bit more.

Make sure you head over to Nuts About Sketches and see some different takes on the same sketch. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

Favorite Things Friday {Electronic Cutting Machine}

Happy weekend!! Today we over at Scrap It Girl and we are doing Favorite Thing Friday! This weeks favorite is- Electronic Cutting Machine. Do you have a favorite!? The only one I've ever had (and really wanted) is the Silhouette Cameo. I love that I don't have to purchase extra cartridges for it and the program is very user friendly. Love it!

One of my favorite things to create with my Silhouette (besides Titles!) are fun side mats like I've done on this layout. This is a layout of my youngest daughter always listening to her iPod. My favorite part was the location of her storing her iPod... in her boot! I love how she loves to sing along too. Her favorite song at the moment is Roar by Katy Perry. Boy does she like to sing along, always "rocking out!" ;)

Here's a close up of the side mat....

I added other colors & textures of paper behind the hearts to add a bit more interest color to the layout. Then used the blue hearts that were cut out for my journaling. I "popped" up the side mat using some 3d-Dots.

I did the title with glitter Thickers, LOVE me some bling on a page! ;) I also also cut out some headphones from the silhouette store. They were rather fitting for this layout! ;)

Did you like my side mat? If so I have a surprise for you! You can download it here for free! Just click on the link, follow it, and download! :)

Circle & Hearts Side Mat

(It is NOT an SVG file. It is a Silhouette Studio file)

Make sure to head over to Scrap It Girl and see what the design team members like to use and while you're there share with us your favorite pair Electronic Cutting Machine! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend! :)

Nuts About Sketches {You are My Sunshine}

Good morning! How's everyone doing?  I'm up on the family farm for 2 weeks for some getaway time and fresh air! Super excited to share this fun layout with you using Nuts About Sketches newest sketch! Make sure you head over to see the actual sketch! :)

I LOVE this layout because it is of my three daughters and their four cousins! I love all of these girls soooo much! They really are my sunshines! Since these pictures were taken last year we have since added another cousin to the mix! Another beautiful baby girl (we don't have any boy cousins in this family!)! ;)

For my layout I used Simple Stories Vintage Bliss collection. It's just gorgeous! I did a bit of fussy cutting around the doily and flowers that are printed on that sheet patterned paper so it would really "pop" on the page.

I did my title using some of the alphas in the collection and few thickers. Faux stitching was done with a white Gelly Roll pen. I also did a bit of inking around the outer edges of my layout with some Tim Holtz Pumice Stone ink.

Thanks for stopping by! Now hurry over to Nuts About Sketches! Check out the sketch and all the awesome inspiration offered by the other design members and get scrapping! ;)