Scraps and Ink

Happy Mother's Day

We had a great time having friends over for Mother's Day this year. Our friends are like family to us, and I can't imagine spending the day with anyone else!

We have been spending Mother's Day together with them for several years now at the Sawtooth Winery Mother's Day Event, but this year we decided to have our own "food and wine event" at our house. And so glad we did!

I used the Scraptastic Club May 2015 "Janglin" main kit and add-on with a few photos from that day for my layout. I turned my photos black and white so they stand out and don't get lost in the many colors and patterns of the background.

These vibrant and happy papers worked perfectly for my photos because they help convey the fun time we had that day!

Happy Mother's Day

 At Scraptastic, we were challenged to do a 2-page layout, which I normally don't do, but I really enjoyed it! It was like working on a great big canvas! While I was working on the 2 pages together, I tried to design them so that each page could stand alone individually as it's own layout, as well as a 2-page spread. You can see several of the other design team members' 2-page layouts on the featured Scraptastic blog post here.

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The words "live" as well as the "&" symbol are part of the pink background paper. I used my exacto knife to cut around them and then added an additional small circle to create a more layered look. 

 Isn't that foil camera sticker awesome?! 

 Lots of cute embellies with gold accents in the kit, and those little rows of vellum triangles are exclusive to Scraptastic. 

 The white die-cut words/phrases that come in the kit each month are also an exclusive from Scraptastic. Love those! This one is from a previous month's kit. It worked perfectly for this page so I had to use it!

I hope you had a great Mother's Day as well!  

Thanks so much for stopping by.

later,

 

Confetti and A Journey

Hi all! Are you enjoying the weather as much as I am? Our temps have been reaching into the upper 70's and I am loving it! The weather has even been cooperative enough for me to take my projects outside (things always look better in natural light) to photograph them for Scraptastic Club. Lucky me! 

These next two pages are using product in the Scraptastic Club Store you can purchase HERE. You have just GOT to check out the store! Scrappy shopping goodness. :) Sooooo many of the products have been so popular that they sell out quickly, so get yours while you can!

My first page uses product from the Confetti Collection by Maggie Holmes and is over-the-top layered with all kinds of adorable goodies! Because when you are the cutest little girl on the planet, and you are celebrating your first birthday, nothing else will do!

CELEBRATE

That is my niece, Chloe. Precious little princess! Such a sweet little blessing to the family!  

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LOVE all of the embellies in this collection! Pinks, florals, banners, polka dots, stars, glitter and GOLD. All the things a little girl needs for a party! Who are we kidding? These are all things all girls need all.the.time!

I added a bit of pink & white bakers twine here and there for even more dimension and texture.

So many photography-themed embellies in this collection, like this Polaroid tag. Can you tell I love using tags on my pages? So fun! 

 

More and more layering! This was seriously a fun page to create. And a gold "C" for Miss Chloe herself. :) 

Happy Birthday Chloe! Love you!  

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This next page uses pics from our road trip to and from Houston, TX, in March/April. Check out the size of that arrow next to the hubs! We stumbled upon it in Kent, CO. It was created to commemorate the Comanche Trail followed by thousands of Native Americans south to Mexico to evade U.S. Cavalry. The teepee was in someone's yard down the road from the arrow. :) 

LIFE IS A JOURNEY

So glad that the Journey Collection by Crate Paper match perfectly! My journaling (Traveler's Checklist) is no joke, btw. I found out the hard way that the more South you go, the meaner the bugs. Fire ants, specifically. Not everyone reacts severely to the bites. I do. I have the scars to prove it.

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My journaling on the "Traveler's Checklist" is no joke, btw. I found out the hard way that the further south you go, the meaner the bugs. Fire ants, specifically. Not everyone has a severe reaction to them. I do. I have the scars to prove it.      

 

LOVE those tiny gold triangle puffy stickers! And check out my little sign with the hemp cord! I cut the sentiment from patterned paper, distressed it, and then added it to the "stick" sticker.  

More tags! This tag perfectly conveys how I feel about traveling with Andy. He is my forever travel companion, and I simply adore the time we spend together exploring new places!

More awesome puffy stickers! 

Be sure to check out these and the many more fabulous goodies in the Scraptastic Club Store HERE!

Thanks for stopping by!

later,

 

Happy Nat'l Scrapbooking Day!!!

Hi everyone! Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!!

To join in the festivities, I have three new pages that are featured on two different sites today, so take a look!

The first two pages are created with the "Darlene" scrapbook main kit and add-on from Scraptastic. This kit worked so well for many of my photos! Both of these pages using the kit are featured today on the Scraptastic blog HERE.  

HELLO PRINCESS

This photo is of Miss Anna at WDW. She had really messy hair that morning, so I just happened to snap a pic of her looking not-so-princess-like! 

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I love that the kits come with an exclusive digital file with lots of little tags and labels you can print and cut yourself- perfect for layering!!! And that wood embellishment is also exclusive to Scraptastic! LOVE their wooden embellies!

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This next page also uses the kit and pics taken from a recent trip to Houston of my dear friend, Susan Stringfellow, and me.

SMILE

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This next page was made for a color challenge I created over at Disney Scrappers for their National Scrapbook Day celebration. 

COLORFUL MOROCCO

Disney Scrappers NSD Color Challenge #2

 

 

I put this color challenge together using a couple of photos I took last November in the Morocco pavilion at EPCOT. That pavilion is always my fave visually because of all the colors and textures. It truly is something to see! 

You can read more about this challenge, as well as view the master list of challenges HERE

 

So what are your plans for National Scrapbook Day? Are you playing along with any online crops? Hitting a sale at your local scrapbook store?

Whatever it is, be sure to have fun and take lots of pictures!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

later,

 

Heading Home with My Mind's Eye

Hi all! Have you seen the new travel collections that have come out recently by the different scrapbook product manufacturers? I was sooooo excited when Scraptastic Club got the new "Hello World" collection by My Mind's Eye in the store! It immediately went into my shopping basket. I must confess, I did end up buying about 90% of the collection, so the page below is the first of many I will be sharing. :)

HEADING HOME

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P.S.- Did you find the hidden Mickey?

Thanks for stopping by!

later,

Rivers & Roads

That is the name of the March 2015 Scraptastic Club kit that I chose to work with this month! And can I just say that it is my fave kit to date? The kit is just so "me". All kinds of fun, whimsical patterns and bright colors mixed with some pastels and delicate patterns for softness, creating the perfect balance. Of course, with my fave kit, I had to scrapbook pics of my fave girls! I am totally digging this kit with black & white photos. 

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

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I used my Pazzles Inspiration electronic cutter to cut out my letters and then backed it with patterned paper. I used thin foam mounting tape between the background papers and the wood-grain paper for greater dimension.

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 INNER BEAUTY

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LOVE those gold foil chipboard letter stickers. So shiny!

Check out that fun polka dot transparency that I used as one of my layers. :) 

I'm telling you, this is the BEST kit! 

Here's a look at the main and add-on:

March 2015 Rivers & Roads Main Kit

March 2015 Rivers & Roads Add-on

 

Just LOOK at those colors. Swoon!

I have several more pages I have created with the kit and can't wait to share! So stop back by to take a look. 

Thanks for stopping by!

later,

 

 

 

Simple Stories Say Cheese II & Enchanted

Hi all! How is everyone this lovely Spring day? I have several fun Disney pages to share with you using the brandy new "Say Cheese II" and "Enchanted" lines, both by Simple Stories, and available at Scraptastic Club Store. I know the wood veneers in the Say Cheese II line are already sold out, as well as the Bits and Pieces and a couple of the papers, so you better hurry on over to the store and purchase yours while you still can! The best part is that you can also scrap non-Disney with these collections, AND both lines have the most fabulous gold and silver FOIL accents, which is ALL the rage right now. LOVE that! 

BELIEVE IN MAGIC

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MAGIC MOMENT

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This next page was created using the dreamy "Enchanted" collection. 

DREAM

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I soooooo wish that the foil photographed better! You just have to see it in person to appreciate how shiny and lovely it is! 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

later,

 

Scraptastic Club Love

Hi everyone! How was your February? Have you been inundated with the snow in the East, or are you experiencing some of that amazing weather in the West? If it is the latter, I am green with envy! The hubs and I just got back from a four day jaunt to California where we did a little road-tripping and I have to tell you, we loved every minute of it and miss the amazing weather!

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Okay, back to scrappy goodness!

I'm delighted that I finally get to share with you some pages I did in February for Scraptastic Club. These pages were ALL created using the "Counting Stars" February 2015 kit and add-on. (Unfortunately, this kit is now sold out). The first two pages below were featured on the Scraptastic Club blog and you can read all the details HERE. 

GRAFITTI

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TOGETHER

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 This next page is my fave out of all of the kit pages I created in February. It's clean and simple, and I love the pop of red. :) Details are on the Scraptastic Club blog HERE.

LOVE LOVE LOVE

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Here's another page from the same Scraptastic Club blog post.

 

PLEASURE PIER

 

 

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And I STILL had enough product for a fifth page that I created for the Sketchy Thursday blog post! You can read all the details HERE!

 

PHOTO OPS

 

 

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

later,

 

Catching Up To January

Hi everyone! So many pages to share with you all today! Last month I worked with some really fun products from the Scraptastic Club STORE. Here are some pages I finished this past January:

FROSTING

 

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Isn't Ashley with her little doughnut just too cute for words?

Here's another page of both of the girls when they were just littles. Once a princess, always a princess!

SHINE

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These pages were featured on the Scraptastic Club blog and you can see lots of close-ups and details about the products I used HERE.

This next page was also from January and of course everything can be found in the Scraptastic Club Store HERE:

ITALY

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MEMORIES

For this page, I followed the fantastic sketch below by the uber-talented Susan Stringfellow and you can read all about it HERE on the Scraptastic Club blog. All of the fantastic products I used are from the store too! If you haven't checked out the store, you really should. So much scrappy shopping happiness! 

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This page makes me miss our beloved Walt Disney World so much! Even though Andy and I were just there in November and had a great time with our friends, it is our FAMILY vacation spot, so it just wasn't the same without the girls. The girls' last trip there was in 2011. I'd say we're long over due for another family vacation to the Happiest Place On Earth! I guess we'll just have to see what the next year has in store for us. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

later,

Scraptastic Club February kits!

Hi all!!! It's February 1st, and time to share the fab new kits available over at Scraptastic!

I REALLY had a hard time picking which kit I wanted to work with, as they are all so amazing! So lets take a look at the option: 

February 2015 "This Life Noted" Grab Bag:

You can see the February 2015 "This Life Noted" kit in it's entirety HERE.

February 2015 "Counting Stars" Main Kit:

February 2015 "Counting Stars" Add-on Kit:

February 2015 "It Takes Two" Main Kit:

February 2015 "It Takes Two" Add-on Kit:

Check out the awesome stamps for this month!

This Life Noted Stamp Set

It Takes Two Stamp Set

 

Counting Stars Stamp Set

Sentiment Series V.5 Stamp Set

Acrylic Shapes

I chose the "Counting Stars" kit and add-on to work with this month and I can't wait til it is in my hot little hands so I can create!

So which kit is your fave?

Thanks for stopping by!

Later,

 

 

 

80's Day and Mother's Day

Can I just say I LOVE this months Scraptastic Kit? The colors and patterns are just oh-so-pretty! I created the next two pages from the January 2015 "This Must Be The Place" main kit and add on, and I am really happy with how they both turned out. :)

The first page is from when my daughters dressed up for "80's Day" during Spirit Week for Homecoming at their high school. We went to a couple of thrift stores to put these outfits together, and along with a LOT of back-combing and hairspray, we got them looking "totally rad" with their popped collar Polos and leg warmers!!!

80's DAY

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For my title, I printed the phrase "80's" directly onto my patternend paper, and then carefully cut it out, leaving a bit of a border around the printed black line. This makes it "pop" so it doesn't get lost on the page. Then I used the grey Jillibean Soup letter stickers from the kit on a "print and cut" tag to finish off the title.  

For this layered border, I used a combination of tags, pieces from the "print and cut" files, a Maggie Holms transparency, and a couple of round tags from the Teresa Collins ephemera pack included in the add-on kit. 

There are several ways to attach transparencies and vellum pieces to your page, but I really like the look of the mini staples on this phrase strip. :)

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The next page is one of my new faves! I love the look of the woodgrain patterned paper mixed with all the other patterns on the page- diagonal stripes, chevrons, florals, dots and even cork! 

MOTHER'S DAY

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I painted this wood veneer piece with white craft paint, then roughed it up with sand paper for a cool textured effect. 

LOVE this custom flair button! Many of the flair buttons in the kits are designed by the talented Kaitlin Scheaffer and are exclusive to Scraptastic! 

I typed my journaling and printed it onto grey cardstock that matches the letter stickers I used for the title of my page to finish it off. :)  

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!