August 2015 Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop

Hello friends! I'm happy you are here! You should have arrived here from Cathy Harper's blog.

Today it's all about using our stash and I'm sure every paper crafter and scrapbooker has one.  I wanted to share a layout I created using some Bella Blvd. papers from the Summer Squeeze Collection.

For this layout, I used a 3 inch circle paper punch and cut out several circles of patterned papers and then I cut the circles in half and then in half again.  Now you will have four pie shapes for each circle.

I watercolored my background paper and matted my photos.  I arranged the pie shapes in circles with different papers and machine stitched them and added some embellishments such as stickers, bows and enamel dots.

I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Next up is Christine's blog.  Here is the blog hop list just in case.  You don't want to miss all the scrappy inspiration.

Cathy http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com

Lee-Anne  http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com You Are Here

Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Majken http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Katrina http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/

Sandy Ross http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/

Alison  http://alisondaydesigns.com/

Cheryl http://patchesandscraps.blogspot.com

Wendi Robinson http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping!

July 2015 Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop

Hello friends! I hope you are enjoying all the inspiration so far on the blog hop.  You should have arrived here from Charity's blog but if not, you can start back at the beginning of the hop because you don't want to miss all the inspiration:

Christine Meyer http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Katrina Hunt http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/

Majken Pullin http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Wendi Robinson http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/
Sandy Ross http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/

Suzanna Lee http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

Laura Cox http://scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/

Lyne Schnable-Blodgett http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com/

Audrey Yeager http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/

Wendy Bergeron Coffman http://stampingrules.com

Charity Hotrum http://menemenetekeluniversity.blogspot.com/

Lee-Anne Thornton http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com You Are Here

Alison  http://alisondaydesigns.com/

I love stash busting and using up lots of scraps of patterned papers so I used my circle punch and punched out several circles from the Summer Squeeze Collection by Bella Blvd. and cut them in half and then half again to create pie shapes.  I then arranged them in two large circles and then machine stitched around the design.

I layered some die cuts and stickers behind the photos.  

 I finished the layout with a die cut title from Just Nick Digital Cut Files that I cut out on my Silhouette Cameo and inked it with some ink.

Thanks for stopping by.  Now it's time to hop over to Alison's  blog. Happy hopping!

Scrapping Our Stash February 2015 Blog Hop

Hello friends! I hope you are enjoying the February Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop so far.  You should have arrived here from the very talented Suzanna Lee.

Scrapping my stash is easy. I am such a paper hoarder that it isn't funny.  I decided to do a summer layout of my daughter and son in law from their vacation last year in their new to them RV.

 I used some Bella Blvd. Summer Squeeze patterned papers and stickers and also Bella Blvd.'s  crochet hearts and a crochet flower.  On most of my layouts, I like to add some sewing machine stitching  and some flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons.  

I have a one inch square paper punch so I went crazy and punched out lots of squares from two different papers and adhered the blue cloud squares to the top of the layout to imitate a sky and used the plaid paper to coordinate and added that to the bottom of the layout.  I then added some patterned paper strips from the same collection.  This completed the background.  Then I went crazy with embellishing.

I am so glad you visited my blog and I appreciate my followers.  Thanks for hopping and next up is the amazingly talented Jennifer.

My Creative Sketches August Sketch And Reveal

Please go here for The Cut Shoppe's Blog Hop.

Hello friends!  Are you ready for a new sketch to get the scrappy juices flowing? Today at My Creative Sketches it is the August Sketch Reveal and the My Creative Scrapbook Design Team and the My Creative Sketches Design Team have created some amazing layouts once again.  

For my layout, I wanted to create a layout of my daughter, son-in-law and their fur baby on their first big road trip with their new motorhome to beautiful Vancouver Island where they had a great vacation exploring the Pacific Ocean and all it has to offer.

and here are some more detailed closeups

Liz Chidester designed this fabulous sketch and I love this multi photo sketch.

Now it's your turn to play along and upload your layout on this fabulous sketch here for a chance to win a fabulous prize from My Creative Scrapbook.  Have you seen all the monthly kits?  There is a kit for everyone.  Check them all out here.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful day!

Three Or More August Challenge - Pockets/Envelopes

Hello friends!  Today I would like to share a design team layout for Three Or More.  For August, the challenge is to use three or more photos, and also pockets and/or envelopes on your layout.  For my layout I created a pocket from a 3X4 card that came with the paper collection Summer Squeeze by Bella Blvd.  I also cut a journaling card from the same collection to fit inside the pocket that I stitched with my sewing machine and adhered.  For the inside journal card, I added two round stickers from the same collection back to back to be the pull handle for the journal card.

Here are a few closeups

Thanks for stopping by.  Come play along with us at and upload your creation at Three Or More for a chance of a prize.  Have a great day!