Well hello there crafty friends! I hope you are having a lovely July in your neck of the woods. The family and I just got back from a getaway in Boulder, Colorado. We had many adventures, and now I'm so tired that I need a day off - ha! I haven't printed out or had the chance to scrap anything from our week in Colorado, but I thought I'd share a layout from a vacation hubby and I took in 2008. Take a look:
I used the Scrapbook & Cards Today sketch here.
I love the Dear Lizzy Lovely Day collection!! The colors are just...muah! I printed my black and white photos in a grid using the Pic Stitch app, then printed it out as a 4x4 photo.
Next I cut the Just Nick Studio cut file "Love Actually" from white textured cardstock. But instead of doing white-on-white, I decided to lightly brush the cut files with CTMH Juniper ink using my ClarityStamp Stencil Brushes. They are fun to use (you can see how I used them on this layout as well), and you don't need a lot of ink or pressure to see a subtle effect. My strips got darker as they go down the page. Here's a close up.
Here's a quick look at my journaling strips. I used the KG Only Human font, and I matched the blue from the collection for my font color easily with a tip I've shared before.
How fun is that gold foil "love" ephemera piece? I also find it fun to do a diagonal piece along the edges - I think it gives some extra interest to a square layout. And I love to sew on my layouts - this one has stitching along the inside edge of the white cardstock. Enamel dots are also great to use!
I hope you have had some down time this summer (or whatever season it may be in your area!). Don't forget to document those fun times!
Have a great week (make sure it includes chocolate ;) ),
Majken
Hello and happy Sunday to you all!
Are you a reader of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine? I've been a reader for many years and they started a monthly challenge this year. I decided to take part in the April sketch challenge because, flowers! I also recently tidied up my craft room - and came across some of my wedding photos, so I had to scrap my favorite one.
So I started with a gorgeous sheet of Bazzill Juneberry cardstock for my base. I also had just seen Bea Valint's spring frame cut file and thought it would be perfect. I cut the full frame and trimmed one of the sides to use. I then used the Studio software to separate some of the flowers to create the back/inside cuts for a few of them. I felt like I was playing "Operation" using the Studio knife tool zoomed in to get exactly what I needed to separate!
For the photo mat, I had to use that "So Happy Together" paper. And vellum always gives a pretty touch to wedding pages - I scalloped the top of my vellum first. I sewed around the photo too to help frame it. I fussycut the flowers with "always & forever" from a journal card on the 4x4 and 4x6 Vertical Journaling Elements paper.
The "LOVE" stickers go perfectly for the title! I popped them up with some 3D foam dots.
I used many different enamel dots to fill in some of the flower centers. I also did a fair bit of fussycutting, and I used the center of the little 5-petal flowers from the cut file to fill in for added variety.
Here is the sketch I used from Becky Fleck of PageMaps via Scrapbook & Cards Today.
It is so fun to use sketches! Check back on May 12th for my reveal of Creative Scrappers sketch 306.
Until then, enjoy your week (with a bit of chocolate!).
xoxo,
Majken
Howdy, everyone! I decided to participate on Scrapbook & Cards Today's January sketch challenge. I didn't win those awesome goodies, but SCT did share my layout on their blog! I only wish I had had the time to photo my layout using natural light - but I had to meet the deadline, so I used what I could. I've updated it for you here today.
The sketch had lots of photos, and I had just the thing to fill in all those 2x2s - our recent visit to the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. It was a gorgeous day!
I also created a fun layout with photos from this day for Creative Scrappers sketch 303 if you missed it.
After I had my photos where I wanted them, I created a strip underneath using different size triangles from multiple papers, and I sewed along the top of the strip using a zig zag stitch. I used a tag and a puffy heart sticker for my journaling.
On the top, I cut two thin strips of paper and sewed there, too. Love these puffy heart stickers!
For the title, I used my die cut to create the scalloped circle and faux stitched circle. Alpha stickers and the foam "adventure" create my fun title. More enamel pieces plus more hearts were so fun to use!
Of course, you can't forget those acrylic clouds! I used my tiny attacher to staple them to my page.
Thanks for stopping by - don't forget to grab your piece of chocolate on the way out. :)
Majken
