This Boy...

I give up! I have really tried to avoid the trend of only scrapbooking one photo on a layout, but I can't do it any longer. I now understand why so many have been scrapbooking this way. You have total freedom to design and decorate your layout almost any way you'd like. Instead of balancing my photos, I strive to balance my fun patterned papers and embellishments in a way that the photo still remains the main focus of the layout. Too fun!


Speaking of patterned paper, the paper used here is from Scenice Route. I used paper from the Metropolis line: Johnson Street, Carter Drive and Main Street. I hand cut all of the little circle embellishments and adhered some with foam pop dots for dimension. Rub-ons provided a quick title and journaling solution. After adding all of these elements I still felt like something was missing. I grabbed my handy Black Precision Pen and drew some quick lines. Complete!

Supplies Used: Textured Cardstock (Bazzill Basics), Patterned Paper (Scenic Route), Rub-ons (Daisy D's), Black Pen (American Crafts).

Lemonade Card Kit

My love of the card kits from Basic Grey continues. Here's just one of the cute cards from the Lemonade Card Kit.



I have been so busy opening new wholesale accounts and ordering lots of new product for the store that I haven't had much time to complete any layouts of my own. I have at least 6 layouts near completion--most are just waiting for journaling. Hopefully I'll be able to steal some time for myself to finish the layouts soon!

Basic Grey Product Release

No more teasing, Basic Grey has finally released their four new product lines. Yay!!!! Not only do I love the collection packs, but I especially love that each product line also has a coordinating card kit. These card kits have become my new best friends. If I continue making cards at this rate I might actually have enough cards on hand to send out to all of my friends and family next year.

Indian Summer


Eerie


Nook and Pantry


Eskimo Kisses


Everything excpet Nook and Pantry is expected to begin shipping in late August. I cannot wait!

Fancy Pants Sneak Peek

With CHA just around the corner, all of my favorite manufacturers have begun to release their product previews. How exciting!!! Here are some pictures of Fancy Pants' new collections. I cannot wait to get my hands on the Rough & Tough line of products--perfect for those 3,000 photos of my boys just waiting for me to scrapbook!


Rough & Tough


Dancing Girl


Little Sprout


Trick or Treat


Christmas Magic

Visit the Fancy Pants blog to see samples made with all five of these new collections.

CHAS 09 Sneak Peek from Cosmo Cricket

Everyone knows that I love, love, love Cosmo Cricket. I was so excited to stumble upon their CHA Summer sneak peek on their company blog. I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on these new product lines.


Earth Love Collection


The Boyfriend Collection

Jolly by Golly Collection


Which of these collections is your favorite? I think that I'm going to have to choose Earth Love. We have so many outdoor photos and this collection is perfect for those as well as many of the baby photos I have yet to scrapbook.

Check out additional photos of these new Cosmo Cricket products HERE!

Lime Rickey Card Kit

I absolutely LOVE the card kits that Basic Grey has added to their product line. For $15, the kit includes everything you need to complete 8 cards (plus envelopes and extras). The rub-on pack that came with the Lime Rickey card kit had so many extra rub-ons that I was able to add sentiments to the inside of most of my cards plus some cute images for other projects. You can purchase this card kit from my store HERE. The Wisteria card kit is also avaiable and the Lemonade card kit will be added to my store at the end of the week!

Coming Soon

Sorry it has been a while since I've shared anything new. My family took a vacation and I feel like all I have been doing since we've returned is laundry and cleaning. I have a number of layouts *almost* finished and will post something new tomorrow. Also, my Basic Grey order is set to arrive this week with the new Lemonade line and I CANNOT wait!!!

Ouch

As the mother of two young boys, I recently figured out that I had better just begin albums devoted to their injuries. I don't know how many times the two boys have been playing happily together one minute and the next minute someone is screaming and bleeding. I'm shocked out how quickly (and how often) these random ouchies occur. Clearly I did not grow up with brothers in my family.


Once again, I used Cosmo Cricket paper on this layout. The Hello Sunshine kit is just so perfect! I used a ruler and my white Signo pen to make the faux stitching. I covered a chipboard piece from the Buck Naked chipboard shape pack from Cosmo Cricket, of course. I have 3 of these chipboard packs on hand in my stash and use these pieces all of the time.

Supplies used: Cosmo Cricket (patterned paper, chipboard), Bazzill Basics (textured cardstock), Making Memories (letter plates), Signo (white pen).

Desktop Frame

Here's a gift I made for a woman in one of my playgroups. She's expecting a little baby girl soon! Any chance that I get to make something girlie, I take.

The base of this project is the Amanda ribbon frame from Creative Imaginations' Bare Elements line. This line of chipboard is wonderful. Since it is a smooth, white base you don't need to do any prep before adhering your paper and embellishments. I used my pigment inks to ink around the edges, but this step is not necessary if you do not have inks on hand.



Supplies used: DCWV (patterned paper), Doodlebug Designs (chipboard letters & shapes), American Crafts (ribbon)

Circle Time

Recently it seems that every paper craft project I complete has circles--chipboard, patterned paper, brads, etc. I'm going to have to go scraplift someone else's layout in an attempt to break this new habit of mine!



This layout is no exception to the circle rule. Despite now owning TWO Cricut machines, I cut all my circles by hand and used found objects as my templates. This has more to do with the fact that I created these pages at my kitchen island (while my boys played in the next room) than anything else.

Supplies Used: Bazzill Basics (textured cardstock), DCWV (textured cardstock), Cosmo Cricket (patterned paper, sticker), Doodlebug Designs (chipboard letters), Offray (ribbon)