Fall

Hello! Just thought I would share another layout with the September Creative Kit that I designed for My Creative Scrapbook.

For this layout I wanted to utilize my word stickers that came with the kit and I also decided to create this layout on the diagonal because I really love the leaves patterned paper in the kit and I wanted to make sure that I was able to use half of the sheet for a layout and half of the sheet for fussy cutting the leaves for embellishments. No wasting paper for this gal.

I fussy cut the title "Fall" from one of the 3X4 card sheets in the kit and added lots of stickers and ephemera to the layout. I also used the gold sequins to direct the eyes to the title. Sequins work really well for this. 

I used the brown scalloped border sticker from the sticker sheet and cut out the Fall words patterned paper sheet into two paper strip and also used the word stickers to add a border. Since the layout is on the diagonal, sometimes the paper strips aren't long enough to go the entire length of the page so I cut strips strategically that will be covered by the photo to add length. This works great and you never would know that the paper strip is actually two paper strips.

I added some foam squares to the back of the embellishments to add more dimension. The little truck was fussy cut from one of the 3X4 cards in the kit. 

Don't forget to reserve your kits today at My Creative Scrapbook. This month is the FREE gift month and that means that each member will be receiving a free gift in their September kits. Also, every month there are exclusive cut files that come free with every kit so for those of you that love cut files, this is a great way to add to your cut file library.

Thanks for checking out my blog today and I hope you have a great day!

September Kits Reveal At My Creative Scrapbook

Hello friends! Today is September 5th and not only is it my 18th wedding anniversary, it is the September kits reveal at My Creative Scrapbook. Every month on the fifth day is the reveal of the new kits for that month. What a beautiful reveal it is! The kits are fabulous.

September 2017 Main Kit

September 2017 Creative Kit

September 2017 LE Kit

September 2017 Album Kit

I created six layouts with the September Creative Kit, that I will be sharing throughout the month. It is a gorgeous fall themed kit.

Be sure to reserve your kits today at My Creative Scrapbook.

Hello Fall

Hello friends! I hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend if you live in Canada or the U.S. It's a great time to get some scrapbooking done.

Today I wanted to share a layout for My Creative Scrapbook that I created with the September Creative Kit.

The full reveal of the September kits is September 5, but the sneak peeks are up on the My Creative Scrapbook blog.

I loved working with this kit. For this layout I cut up lots of patterned paper strips. This is a great way to use up the leftovers from the kit. I sewed the strips down to the background with my Stitch Happy sewing machine and some aqua twine. I didn't want to cover up my layout too much so I clustered my embellishments around the matted photo.

This is one of six layouts that I created with this kit so I will be sharing some more after the full design team reveal on September 5. Thanks for stopping by and reserve your kit today at My Creative Scrapbook.

Meow

Hello friends! I hope you are having a good weekend so far. Today I thought I would share a layout of my cat Sheldon that I created for my design team project that is on the blog today at A Flair For Buttons.

For my layout, I used a 6 X 6 paper pad from Doodlebug Designs and a heart paper punch and punched out several hearts in five colors. With my watercolors, I painted five colors coordinating with the paper hearts on white cardstock. Once the background paint dried, I placed the paper hearts onto the background paper in columns and machine the paper hearts down with my Stitch Happy Sewing Machine and some aqua twine from We R Memory Keepers. I love my new little sewing machine. As you may notice, I stacked two punched heart shapes on the second last row from the bottom to give the layout a little more interest and dimension.

Embellishing was kept to a minimum as I wanted the background and photo to be the focal points of my layout. I used some ephemera, wood shapes and a flair button from the Got Cat Flair set at A Flair For Buttons.

I finished the layout with some enamel dots and splattered some white paint onto the layout.

I hope you enjoyed my layout. Be sure and check out the A Flair For Buttons shop for hundreds more flair buttons. Let me warn you, they are very addictive.

Have a good day!

Flair Used On Layout

Got Cat Flair

My Layouts Published in Fall 2017 Creative Scrapbooker Magazine

Hello friends! It's been a while since I have posted. Life has been busy and with so many big stressors in my life right now, I have had to focus more on family and priorities. I miss scrapbooking as much as I have done in the past. It truly is so therapeutic.

Every so often really good things come along and at the present, they are welcomed more than ever. I have two layouts published in the Fall 2017 issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine that should be on newsstands September 1.

 The first layout on page 126 is of my puppy Syd and all the hikes we have done with him. This was originally for design team work when I was on the Paper House Productions design team last term.

The second layout, Pumpkin Pie on page 117 was created last Fall for design team work at My Creative Scrapbook using the 2016 November Creative Kit. If you know me, you know that I love to bake and so I thought I would create a layout of Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving.

It is always a thrill to be published and I have been very honored to be published in Creative Scrapbooker Magazine many times since the Spring 2013 issue. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. I hope you have an awesome day!