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Today I used a sketch from a new challenge site I found called 2 Broke Girls Challenges. The paper used was a combination of Echo Park Dots and Stripes and a little bit of CTMH Dream Pop. The "enjoy" title is Heidi Swapp purchased from Michaels.



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A very simple layout today using CTMH paper line Victory.

 

 

 

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Today I made the left side of a 2 page layout for Hilary's school album. To make the school albums easier to complete I make the exact same layout for every year only changing the paper. The left side is built on an upside down CTMH True Fit Folio so I can put a lot more pictures and interactive stuff on the inside. I was totally inspired by Heidi Swapp and her Memory Files. This gorgeous paper I used is CTMH Lucy. I cut the title out on my Cricut with the CTMH Artiste cartridge.

 

 

 

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This is the right side of the layout I started yesterday. On this page I used a Heidi Swapp sticker word and a Project Life Childhood edition journaling card.

 

 

 

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A very simple layout because I think the picture speaks volumes. CTMH Dream Pop paper used here along with an Ali Edwards stamp. The layout design is Shimelle Laine once again.

 

 

 

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This layout was made to accompany a layout I made in February about the birth of my nephew in Vancouver. I used CTMH Chantilly paper, kraft borders, burlap ribbon, outdoor denium chevron ribbon and the title is an Ali Edwards digital printable from Designer Digitals.

 

Stay tuned for more!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Today I wanted to scrap some older photos so I pulled out a some paper from Pink Paislee, the Indigo Bleu line.

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For the prompt today I wanted to use a lot of pictures from varying events and times so I decided to use Project Life pocket pages.  I also a little leftover Dream Pop paper, some Simple Stories Vintage Bliss cardstock stickers and Heidi Swapp alphabet.

See you tomorrow with another layout!

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Today I am playing catch up on posting my LOAD layouts. I made a few extra this weekend because I was playing along with International Scrapbooking Day challenges over at Big Picture Classes.



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Once again I used the new CTMH Dream Pop paper line only available in May. I really love the this paper and am having a lot of fun playing with it. This layout design came right from CTMH as part of the kit and I followed it pretty closely.

I also tried my hand at some embroidery that I saw Amy Tan do in her Signature Series idea book. I love the way it turned out and plan on doing this a lot more.

Products used:

Dream Pop paper kit
silver shimmer trim
slate polka dot washi tape
slate ink
pink glitter gems
My Mind's Eye bakers twine


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This was another Shimelle Laine layout I got from The Hitchhikers Guide to Scrapbooking.

 

 

Products Used:

 

Dream Pop paper kit

Dear Lizzy die cut cardstock shapes

Heidi Swapp alphabet

Simple Stories Vintage Bliss cardstock stickers 

 

 

 

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Sketch from Shimelle Laine's Perfect Collection class

 

 

 

 

After I completed the layout I decided to add a 6" x 12" flip flap so I could include a few more pictures from the day.

 

 

 

Products Used:

 

Dream Pop paper kit

pixie glitter alphabet

black letter stickers

Vintage Bliss cardstock stickers

Heidi Swapp sentiment stickers 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Today is the first day of LOAD 513!!

In preparation for my 31 days of scrapping I created a bunch of "naked" layouts so all I will have to do is choose photos to put on them each day based on the prompt given to me by Lain. I created most of these layouts using Shimelle Laine's Perfect Collection class, some from her class The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scrapbooking and two created by CTMH artists. To make these layouts I used the new Dream Pop paper line from Close To My Heart that is only available for the month of May with a qualifying purchase.

the cardstock in this paper kit

 

 

13 single and double page naked layouts made from a single paper pack with a few sheets of paper left over

 

 

naked layout #1 using a sketch by Shimelle

All I added to the naked layout was a photo, a few paper strips tucked underneath, a title sticker and a heart for embellishment. That adorable "love" sticker is from Heidi Swapp's new line at Michaels that I just bought last week! The heart I used is a simple chipboard heart I have had in my stash for years but I covered it with the new paper so it would match perfectly.

Stay tuned for more layouts!

Teacher Gifts

This year I am going to make each of Justin and Hilary's teachers a monogramed card set and matching holder.

Each set will come with 4 cards, envelopes and the monogram stamp, block and ink pad.

Products Used:

For Always paper pack
Frame Flair stamp set
monogram M stamp
Artiste cricut cartridge to cut the card holder
Art Philosophy cricut cartridge to cut the scallop circle
card bases and envelopes

Hope this paper craft inspires you to make something today!

Chantilly Card Workshop

A big thank you to all the ladies who came to the  card workshop last night and to our hostess for opening up her home and amazing scrapbooking room.

We made 12 6x6 cards using the new Chantilly paper line and accessories from Close To My Heart. The designs for these cards came from the recently retired Wishes how-to book.

 

 

 

 

 

 





Contact me to book your own card workshop with your friends and you can earn free product from CTMH! 

 

Products used:

Frame Flair

Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge and coordinating stamp sets

 

Chantilly paper

Hollyhock Zipper Lace

Chantilly Compliments Dimensional Elements

Pink Glitter Gems

Chantilly Assortment
 

Project Life + Childhood Photos

 

 

When I discovered Becky Higgin's Project Life system I loved the look of all those pocket pages and the ability to capture all the little stories that I may not have time to scrapbook in the traditional way.

I am not a chronological scrapbooker and I am a die hard follower of Stacy Julian's Library of Memories approach to scrapbooking my life so the photo a day approach to Project Life did not apeal to me right away. But like most of us, when I see cool new products I want  to find some reason to buy them!

When my mother gave me all our old magnetic photo albums from my childhood and I saw that the pictures really needed to be saved from them because the books were falling apart I realized that the Project Life system would be perfect for these pictures.

 

these are all the magnetic albums I received

 

first book

 

prying the pictures off these gluey pages is not easy

 

my first completed spread using the Clementine core kit, Ali Edwards digital art and various stickers

 

 

Stay tuned later in the week for my completed January 2013 pages!