My Creative Scrapbook October Layout Tutorial

Hello friends! Today I wanted to share a step by step tutorial of a layout that I created for My Creative Scrapbook with the October 2017 Creative Kit.

My Creative Scrapbook October Creative Kit

Here is the layout...

I really love the warm colors in the October Creative Kit. It just screams autumn and Thanksgiving. This layout looks complicating, but I assure you that it is a fairly simple layout to create. The bonus is that to create this layout, it doesn't require any fancy tools.

Let's get started. You will need:

Basic Supplies For This Layout

Adhesive (a tape runner works well. I used my Scotch ATG gun)
Bone folder (to score the hand cut leaves)
Cardstock (12 X 12 sheet of white textured cardstock)
Foam dots, squares, or tape (for adding dimension to the hand cut leaves and the Hello Fall sticker)
Liquid Adhesive (for the paper confetti pieces. I use Tombow Liquid Adhesive)
Paper Punch (a hole punch, confetti punch or the Fiskars Swiss Cheese Border Punch - I used the Fiskars Swiss Cheese Border Punch)
Paper trimmer (to trim the patterned papers)
Pen (black fine line pen)
Pencil (to hand draw leaves)
Scissors (to hand cut leaves)
One photo measuring 5 X 3 1/2  inches or two photos combined to measure 5 X 3 1/2  inches.

October Creative Kit 

1 - 12 inch by 7 1/4 inch piece buffalo check patterned paper (the burgundy and black check piece of paper)
1 - 12 inch by 1/2 inch strip of the multi-colored pickup truck patterned paper
1 - 12 inch by 1/2 inch strip of the yellow and white patterned paper
2 - 12 inch by 1/2 inch strips of the burgundy and white patterned paper with the diamond design
1 - 12 inch by 1/2 inch strip of the multi-colored striped patterned paper
1 - 5 1/4 inch by 4 inch piece of the burgundy and white patterned paper with the tree branch print
Several pieces of patterned papers for the hand cut leaves (see layout above for example)
Leaf chipboard stickers (from the chipboard sticker pack)
Hello Fall Sticker (from the sticker sheet)
Orange tree die cut (from the ephemera pack)

Instructions

Begin with the 12 X 12 sheet of white textured cardstock.

Adhere the 12 inch by 7 1/4 inch piece of buffalo check paper to the bottom of the white cardstock.

Mat the photos on a piece of burgundy and white patterned paper, with the tree branch print, with foam squares to the backside near the middle of the photos. This will ensure that the hand cut leaves will tuck behind the photos later.



Add the multi-colored strip of paper of striped paper to the top edge of the buffalo check paper and adhere.

Add the burgundy and white diamond print strip of paper directly below the multi-colored striped paper strip and adhere.

Add another burgundy and white diamond print strip, which has been cut on both edges with scissors, to make a banner. Adhere to the bottom of the photos as shown.

Add the yellow and white patterned paper strip, which has been cut on both edges with scissors, to make a banner. Adhere below the burgundy and white diamond print strip as shown.

On several sheets of patterned paper from the kit, hand draw some leaf shapes with a pencil and cut out with scissors. I cut out several leaves. Check out the layout to see approximately how many leaves I cut. I used four different patterned papers.

With a bone folder, score down the middle of each hand cut leaf and bend.

Begin tucking the scored leaves behind the photos as shown below.

 I added the 5 leaves from the leaf patterned paper behind the photos as shown below.

Next I added four multi-colored striped leaves to fill in the spaces.

Finally, I added the burgundy and red patterned paper, with the tree branch print, behind the other leaves as shown. Be sure to fill in the empty spaces between the leaves.

Finally, I added two yellow and white patterned paper leaves behind the other paper leaves as shown.

Now it's time to embellish the layout with paper confetti.  I used the Swiss Cheese Border Punch and scraps of the patterned paper from the kit and punched out several circles.

 I arranged the paper confetti on the white card stock background randomly and applied a tiny bead of liquid adhesive to the back of each circle of paper confetti and stuck them down.

I added more paper confetti on top of the buffalo check paper and applied a bead of liquid adhesive and glued them down. I adhered three leaf chipboard stickers. Next, I added the "Hello Fall" sticker that I popped up with some foam squares to the back and adhered it to the middle of the layout below the photos and on top of the banner paper strips.

Adhere the paper strip of the pickup trucks to the bottom edge of the buffalo check paper. On a small strip of white and yellow patterned paper, I wrote the names of the children with a black fine line pen.

Finally I added the orange tree die cut to the top right corner of the layout.

Voila! The layout is now complete!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and give this a go. It may be a little time consuming, but the results are worth it.  

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the October Creative Kit and all the kits at My Creative Scrapbook. Each month there are four kits to suit any scrapbooker's style.

Happy scrapping!

Some Cards...

Hello friends! Hope you are all well. Thanks for stopping by! Today I wanted to share some cards. Yes cards. I don't create cards very often because frankly I struggle with such a small amount of space to create and no photo.

I had some leftover scraps of papers and stickers from the My Creative Scrapbook October Creative Kit so I put them to good use. So far I was able to create six layouts and two cards with the kit and still have scraps left. Kits are such a good value!

For this card, I began with a square paper punch and punched out several scraps of patterned paper and cut them in half diagonally and paper pieced a "quilt" design.  

For this card I knew I wanted to use the 3X4 card of the cute little red truck, some leftover ribbon from the kit and the "Fall Blessings" chipboard sticker.

Making these cards were fun! Sometimes a person just has to jump in and create out of their comfort zone. Many times it turns out better than expected.

Thanks for visiting! Have a lovely day!

Everyday Silly Pumpkins

Hello friends! I hope you are doing well. Today at A Flair For Buttons, I am sharing this layout of these cute kiddos.

It's not your typical colors for an autumn layout, but there are no rules in scrapbooking and I sometimes get bored with the usual colors and want to try something fresh.

For this layout I chose papers, die cuts and sequins from the Paige Evan's Turn The Page Collection. I'm a huge fan of Paige's designs and I thought while I'm at it, it would be a good reason to use some of her awesome cut files from the Silhouette online store. I chose the Pumpkin (Design ID #222477) and the Cloud Trio (Design ID #216711). I cut the designs on white cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo and backed them with patterned paper. For the clouds, I backed them with vellum, added some sequins and backed them with patterned paper.

Whenever I can, I love to use flair buttons on my projects and when I saw this cute winking emoji in my stash, which is from the Faces Flair Set, I knew I wanted to include it on my layout so I placed it on top of the tag to the left of my photo to direct the eyes to the photo.

I also am a huge fan of hearts and I found this flair button from the Woodland Creatures Flair Set and decided to place it on the bottom right corner of my layout.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today. Be sure and check out all the eye candy flair at A Flair For Buttons.

Happy scrapping!

Faces Flair Set

Woodland Creatures Set

Some Layouts With The My Creative Scrapbook October Creative Kit

Hello friends! I hope you are having a fabulous Monday so far. I wanted to share six layouts that I created for My Creative Scrapbook with the awesome October Creative Kit. This kit consisted of some beautiful papers, stickers, and die cuts from the gorgeous Carta Bella Hello Fall Collection.

For this layout I used a square paper punch and punched several paper squares and then cut the squares on the diagonal to create triangles. I paper pieced the paper triangles together to create a "quilt" design. I was going for a homespun feel for this family page.

For this layout of my son I was going for a fun, mixed media layout. I used the Heidi Swapp Color Shine in the "Tea" color and splattered ink down the page diagonally. When it was dry and I added the matted photo and placed paper strips, die cuts and chipboard stickers. I was going for a fun, carefree page.

For this page, I used the some free cut files, which are included in the Creative Kit and cut out the title "blessed" with my electronic cutting machine on some of the orange patterned paper and popped it up with some dimensional dots for more dimension. The leaf wreath was also a cut file included with the kit. I cut this onto the orange and brown plaid patterned paper.

For this layout, the paper leaves were drawn freehand and cut out on various patterned papers from the kit. With a bone folder, I folded the leaves, layered them and popped them up with dimensional adhesive behind the photos. I also added some paper confetti that was punched out with my Swiss Cheese Paper Punch. This gives the look of falling leaves.

For this layout I cut paper strips and weaved them diagonally and then matted my photo and added lots of die cuts, chipboard stickers and ribbon. I wanted to create a "lattice" look to this layout to appear like a lattice pie.

Finally, for this layout, I added an inked border with the stencil, included in the kit, and some distress ink and then added some ink splatters. I added lots of paper strips, stickers, chipboard stickers and diecuts for fun, random look.

Well there you have it. These are my six layouts that I created with the fabulous October Creative Kit.

My Creative Scrapbook October 2017 Creative Kit

This kit and three other kits are available to purchase at My Creative Scrapbook. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy paper crafting!

My Creative Scrapbook October Kits Reveal

Hello friends! Glad you stopped by! Today I'm excited to share My Creative Scrapbook's October 2017 kits.

My Creative Scrapbook October 2017 Main Kit

My Creative Scrapbook October 2017 Creative Kit

My Creative Scrapbook October 2017 Limited Edition Kit

My Creative Scrapbook October 2017 Album Kit

Aren't they great? I love the warm, rich autumn tones in all the kits. I designed six layouts with the October Creative Kit, which consists of beautiful patterned papers and embellishments from the Echo Park Paper's Hello Fall Collection as well as a nice little 6X6 designer stencil, some coordinating ribbons  and a bottle of Heidi Swapp Colorshine.

Here is one of my layouts that I created using the stencil and mist.

I added a border with the stencil and dabbed some distress ink and went around the entire edge of a piece of creme cardstock from my stash and added some paper strips as my base and then went crazy with lots of stickers and cardstock stickers keeping the photos of my dog Syd in the middle of the layout. To complete my layout, I added some splatters with the Heidi Swapp Colorshine mist and journaled with a fine line black pen. Here are some closeups of my layout.

I shared the layout below on my blog post with the sneak peeks on October 3. It was my favorite layout from the kit. These two cuties have my heart and their mom was gracious to send me the photo to scrapbook this.

Be sure and check out what the My Creative Scrapbook design team created with all four of the October kits. It will knock your socks off. So many talented ladies! Click here to go to the design team gallery and then reserve your kits.

Have a great day!