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Mini Cards featuring The Twinery

All this week, our write. click. scrapbook. members showcased projects, layouts, cards and altered items featuring baker's twine from The Twinery. Today is our last day and we hope you've loved it all!

 

Sarah and Monika here with you today to round out the week long party we've had creating with goodies from The Twinery. I didn't count, but it's quite possible that we managed to create at least one project one of the 22 shades of eco-luxe, made in the USA baker's twine produced by The Twinery who have sponsored our posts all week. 

 

MINI CARDS

There's just something about mini-sized crafts that appeal to me and Sarah's set of cards are no exception. She's created a smorgasbord of precious, cute and innovative mini cards with her stash of baker's twine.

Says Sarah, "When I saw the bright colours of the Twinery twine, I was inspired to create a set of mini cards to show off how vibrant they are. I paired the Twinery twine with select QuicKutz shapes, and some stamped sentiments to create a set of fun 3 by 3 cards.

 

Perfect for the Holidays

 

Perfect Just Because 

 

 

Tutorial

Sarah has even shared a tutorial with us on how you can create these mini cuties for yourself!

 

MINI ALBUM

Sarah and Lisa Kisch, another write. click. scrapbook. team member, just happen to be friends in real life. This summer, Sarah's family had the opportunity to visit Lisa on Prince Edward Island. They actually made the trip in part to see Lisa perform in Anne of Green Gables. "She was absolutely fabulous!" says Sarah.

 

 

What a great mini album to remember the family adventures and friendships!

 

AND ONE MORE

If you can bear to give it away, this little wooden container filled with gift tags ready to add to holiday packages makes a wonderful gift item or even hostess gift. Monika even added baker's twine to the tag box.

 

 

By now, I think you can see why I, and our write. click. scrapbook. team members, adore crafting and creating with The Twinery baker's twine. Hoping you all find a little time to craft and create today as well.

Until next time,

write. click. scrapbook. is pleased to have had the opportunity to team up with The Twinery in creating our projects this week. Connect with The Twinery on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Flickr.

The Twinery's twine is made from 100% cotton, it's eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, their baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Baker's twine from The Twinery comes in 22 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! And all that color lends to a fun, candy-striped look. 

give.away.day. featuring The Twinery

 

Monika back with you here again today.

No fear, I'm not alone. This time, several members of The Twinery Design Team, where I am a Senior Designer, are joining me to share their own unique and creative projects. They're using, you guessed it, baker's twine from The Twinery. I'm sure that wasn't a surprise.

Julie Ranae begins our showcase today sharing her thoughtful and colorful card creations. When she's not creating, she's keeping The Twinery Design Team organized and informed where she serves as the team's Coordinator.

 

Kathy Skou is all ready for Fall in her layout using baker's twine to outline the leaf die cuts. 

 

 

Carolyn King has taken her baker's twine covered giraffe off the page, which only enhances its cuteness and emphasizes just how tall he really is!

 

 

And this beautiful card by Jessica Fick combines baker's twine, stamping and stitching that will make anyone smile.

 

I'm so pleased to have been able to introduce you all to a few of the members from The Twinery, where they have been sharing our members' creations all week as well. The Twinery has also kindly offered today's give.away.day. prize pack!

 

The Twinery Prize Pack

Three Spools in the Winner's Choice of Colors

{$42 retail value}

 

If you would like a chance to receive this amazing gift, please leave a comment sharing with us the name of your favorite shade of baker's twine from The Twinery. Comments will remain open throughout this evening. One lucky number will be chosen at random and posted in the morning. Please remember it is your responsiblity to check back and claim your lucky number by email before the clock strikes twelve on Saturday evening. To claim you number, simply email your name, address, and excitement :) to us at writeclickscrapbook at gmail dot com.

Thanks for stopping by and we look forward to seeing if your favorite shade is the same as ours!

Jewelry featuring The Twinery

All this week, our write. click. scrapbook. members will be showcasing projects, layouts, cards and altered items featuring baker's twine from The Twinery. I've had a sneak at what will be featured and you're going to love it all! 

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday from me, Monika, Alexandra and Marnie. We're triple-teaming you today with some out-of-the-box projects all created using baker's twine from The Twinery.

 

JEWELRY

At one time, I knew how to crochet, but have since forgotten. Too bad because these are so cute. Oh, Alexandra, are you available for one-on-one tutoring? 

Blossom

Cantaloupe

Denim

 

Using some Pink Sorbet twine and a button, I created this bracelet using a macrame tutorial I had Pinned and just knew I was going to give it a try. The bracelet has an adjustable closure so I can easily take it on and off by myself. I wear the gold ring bracelet every day, which has a length of Caribbean {one of my Top 3 favorite shades}.

 

 

CHRISTMAS CRAFTS

Marnie has created two fun holiday crafts that will add such an impact to her decor and even be great little projects to do with the kids during their break. Here, Marnie used a shower curtain ring, Maraschino baker's twine and a bit of ribbon. So cute.

 

 

The grouping of trees, using twigs from the yard in their mini "snow-filled" bowls, makes me smile. In the order they appear, Honeydew, Peapod and Seaweed rounds out this cute arrangement.

 

 

Is it ever too early to begin on Christmas cards? Monika used generally the same design, just changing the position of the metal-rimemd tags for each of her cards to help her craft quite a few cards in a short period of time.

 

YEAR ROUND DECOR

After designing her own art print, Marnie used The Twinery twine to embroider her rainbow and cloud, adding an extra bit of dimension and a big dose of adorable.

 

And her spool covered in Marigold baker's twine completes her vignette here perfectly.

 

 

AND ONE MORE

Alexandra's layouts always tell her story in such an artistic way. She's wrapped her paint swatches in a bit of Peapod.

 

 

And we have even more goodies for you tomorrow! 

 

write. click. scrapbook. is pleased to have had the opportunity to team up with The Twinery in creating our projects this week. Connect with The Twinery on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Flickr.

The Twinery's twine is made from 100% cotton, it's eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, their baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Baker's twine from The Twinery comes in 22 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! And all that color lends to a fun, candy-striped look. 

Layouts featuring The Twinery

All this week, our write. click. scrapbook. members will be showcasing projects, layouts, cards and altered items featuring baker's twine from The Twinery. I've had a sneak at what will be featured and you're going to love it all! 

 

It seems that we're not the only ones in love with baker's twine from The Twinery. Happy Tuesday...Monika back again today with my teammates Amy Sorensen and Katie Ehmann. Goodness, do we have some goodies to share today.

 

LAYOUTS 

 

What's not to love about Katie's layout. Not only did she highlight the photo of her sweet daugheters, she used baker's twine as part of her title treatment and as extra splashes of color. Buttercream is used on the button, Mandarin is wrapping the journaling cards and Charcoal is used to spell the word Love.

Using what I think is all 22 shades of The Twinery baker's twine, and attaching the strands with tiny staples, Katie allowed her journling cards to do her journaling for her. Clever. Unless she's hidden her journaling on the shipping tag and isn't telling us!

 

 

Amy always weaves perfectly composed journaling into her layouts. Her commitment to telling her family's story is evident in every page she creates. Again, a rainbow of baker's twine on this layout. Says Amy, "I used the twine in one of my favorite current ways, which is filling in a big space with contoured rows of twine. I started by drawing a wave shape with glue, and then just started adding twine and glue, twine and glue, until the wave was filled. I also did this with the round spot on the yellow square." Perfection.

 

 

Here, Monika simply wrapped strands of Denim, Marschino, Marigold and Peapod around her cardstock border sticker.  

CARDS

Katie has featured one of The Twinery's newest shades, Strawberry, in a card that has so many uses. Hurry, pull out all your 1 inch wide scraps and whip up a few cards so you'll be prepared when it counts. 

 

And here are a few cards that Monika created. They both use Buttercream baker's twine. The first example has the twine wrapped around a punched scallop shape. 

 

AND ONE MORE

Amy has created a fantastic project that is just so perfect for the Season...how darling are these sugar-crystal pumpkins, wow! And what's even better is that her daughter created the friendship bracelet stem on the tall pumpkin. I do love a mother-daughter craft project! Amy's also an exceptional quilter and I bet she made the quilt featured in her photo.

 

 

Amy is featuring a tutorial for her sugar-crystal pumpkins on her blog today, just for you. 

 

Until tomorrow,

 

 

 

write. click. scrapbook. is pleased to have had the opportunity to team up with The Twinery in creating our projects this week. Connect with The Twinery on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Flickr.

The Twinery's twine is made from 100% cotton, it's eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, their baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Baker's twine from The Twinery comes in 22 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! And all that color lends to a fun, candy-striped look. 

Home Decor featuring The Twinery

All this week, our write.click.scrapbook. members will be showcasing projects, layouts, cards and altered items featuring baker's twine from The Twinery. I've had a sneak at what will be featured and you're going to love it all! 

 Hi, I'm Monika and today Kelly and I will be your hosts. You'll be seeing some amazing projects all this week from other write. click. scrapbook. team members all using baker's twine...a trend that has quickly become a go-to item for crafters, scrapbookers and card makers.

 

HOME DECOR

With the 22 colors of baker's twine available from The Twinery, it's not difficult to find a shade that coordinates perfectly with your home decor. Here, Kelly Jeppson has embellished a soup can with pencils, burlap, a book page flower and Mandarin baker's twine to add an extra splash of color. She also used a bit of Stone on the button.

 

As The Twinery adds new colors to their inventory, I add a new styrofoam covered twine ball to my vase. Looks like I need to add a few more balls and get a larger vase! Sometimes I display it in my studio and other times I move it into the family room for a pop of color. Either way, it makes me smile.

Here's the super-sized version, where I used Carribean and Marigold. It helped that I began with a styrofoam ball form, but be prepared to put a dent into your baker's twine collection with this project.

 

This is one of my newest projects and I kinda sorta have a crush on it. I wrapped bendable wire with Strawberry twine and added it to a painted canvas to inspire me in my studio. You can see my tutorial here.

LAYOUTS

Kelly also embellished this layout highlighting the fun birthday Luau for her daughter with a rainbow of baker's twine from The Twinery. I spy Pink Sorbet, Lilac, Honeydew, Mandarin and Denim. The pom pom's are just adorable and add such a festive flair.

For this layout about our youngest daughter's first days of Kindergarten last year, I used Cappuccino baker's twine to serve as lines for my journaling and to embellish the die cut.

AND ONE MORE

I adore how Kelly used the burlap scraps from her vase project and designed a rosette flower hair clip for her darling daughter.

Looking forward to a fun week and a super awesome give.away.day. on Thursday!

 

write. click. scrapbook. is pleased to have had the opportunity to team up with The Twinery in creating our projects this week. Connect with The Twinery on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Flickr. 

The Twinery's twine is made from 100% cotton, it's eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, their baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Baker's twine from The Twinery comes in 22 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! And all that color lends to a fun, candy-striped look.

Sunday Photo + Words

one in a million

 

Welcome, September!

September is here. This month, not only will the leaves begin to change; so, too, does our format. We hope you enjoyed this year's summertime dailies. A delightful smattering of technique, permissions, and inspirations, our summertime dailies are a carefree schedule for a carefree season.

But school is back in session and so are we! Our weekly author series return beginning Monday. This month, you can look forward to the reading the wit and wonder of Marnie Flores, Francine Clouden, Monika Wright, and Kathy Martin.

They have four weeks of top notch content ready for you--we look forward to seeing you each day as you stop by for some scrapbooking fun and learning. If you haven't already, you may want to consider subscribing to the our feed, then you won't miss a thing! Just click the subscribe button up there and to the right in the grey navigation bar!!

 

A new month always brings a new gallery! And this month, the theme is Looking Back. September seemed the perfect season to look back and document a change, a memory, or something that you hadn't yet. We hope you enjoy our layouts! And now, you have two ways to enjoy the layouts. You may scroll below, or you may click over to the photo album! The layouts will be full size in the photoalbum and the journaling will be available there, too! But now, you may stay right here and get a taste of each layout. We hope that allows you to comment on the projects more easily and to let each designer know how much you appreciate the time and effort they spend to bring you a little artistic love! Enjoy!

 

The More Things Change | Francine Clouden

12x12 | materials patterned paper (October Afternoon, Studio Calico, Crate Paper) + chipboard stickers (October Afternoon) + stickers (Glitz Design, Authentique) + Bingo Card (Jenni Bowlin) + button + spray inks

A Note from Francine
This page documents Kieran’s abiding love for hummus. He is 8 months old in the first photo, and 21 months old in the second. Looking back at the first photo from the perspective of the second is when I first realized how much he had changed from being a baby!

September Fun Fact
I can’t believe I am saying this but I am actually looking forward to cooler autumn days. Not winter though, never winter!

 

 

Little House | Katie Ehmann

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Echo Park, My Mind's Eye, Tim & Beck for Studio Calico, Simple Stories) + embellishments (My Mind's Eye, Studio Calico, Freckled Fawn) + stickers (American Crafts, October Afternoon)

A Note from Katie
I took this photo of my grandparent's old house a few months before it was demolished. I spent much of my childhood visiting this house, and am so grateful that I have these memories documented. I hand cut the big patterned paper heart with pinking shears and then cut it again, flipping the outer heart to make the contrasting border. I used wood veneer hearts as embellishments to tie the theme together.

September Fun Fact
I love September because it is the start of the college football season and I get to watch my alma mater, the University of Michigan Wolverines play in The Big House! There is nothing like cheering them on with over 107,501 screaming fans! Go Blue!

 

 

Looking Back | Diane Payne


12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (October Afternoon, Pebbles Inc.) + embellishments (October Afternoon, A Flair for Buttons, Studio Calico, My Paper Shop, Milky Way Jewelry, Whisker Graphics) + stickers (October Afternoon, Basic Grey)



A Note from Diane

With the theme this month I thought it would be fun to reflect on where I've been since I was a little girl and what I wish I would have done a little differently along the way. I hope this layout will give future generations a better idea of what I find important.


September Fun Fact

When I was a little girl, my parents took us on two week long summer vacations by car. It brings back fond memories for me and is probably why I love road trips so much!

 

 

Remember | Emily Spahn



8.5 x 11 | materials {Gossamer Blue kit}: patterned paper (Echo Park, Pebbles, My Mind’s Eye) + cardstock (Stampin’ Up!) + buttons (October Afternoon) + resin flowers (Prima) + chipboard buttons (My Mind’s Eye) + chipboard alphabet (American Crafts) + twine (October Afternoon) + die cut (October Afternoon) + metal flower (EK Success) + journaling sticker (My Mind’s Eye)>



A Note from Emily

A long time ago I printed out a bunch of 5x7 photos. I don’t know why I love this one so much…something about the “everyday-ness” of it all. It’s even more special now, as our dog in the photo passed away earlier this year. I love recording these simple ordinary memories.






September Fun Fact

September is my favorite month. It’s my birthday month, but I especially love it because it signals the beginning of fall! I can’t wait for sweater weather, football games, changing leaves, and all of the other amazing parts of fall.

 

 

First Father's Day | Valerie O'Neall

8.5 x 11 | materials cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (Sassafras, My Mind's Eye, and Crate Paper) + circle tags (Elle's Studio) + mask and mist (Studio Calico) + alpha stickers (October Afternoon) + stamp (American Crafts Dear Lizzy) + other (buttons, shipping tags, twine, and date stamp)

A Note from Valerie
I don't have a school-age child yet, so I decided on this photo to look back on from my hubby's first Father's Day. I started with a very neutral black and grey color scheme, but a little color ended up finding it's way onto the layout.

September Fun Fact
I'm canning for the first time ever this year. I've had a garden for four(?) years now, but this is the first time I've had enough excess for canning and been brave enough to try it.

 

 

Then - Now | Lisa Ottosson

8.5 x 11 | materials patterned paper (Amy Tangerine) + embellishments (Sweet Shoppe.com Kristin Cronin-Barrow, iloveitall on etsy)

A Note from Lisa
Late August always makes me look back on the year and several years as my daughters birthday is August 31st. This year she turns 13…

I wanted to quickly add that the now and then circles are from a digital kit that is called For the love of: conversation. It was bought at Sweet Shoppe.com.

Also, when I went to look for older photos of Myrra (the dog) and Stina (my daughter) I couldn´t find any although I know we have several. I really wanted to include some of them on this page, so I dug out our old home videos and took screen shots! The photos are terrible of course, but the memories are surely not! The older photos are held in the glassine bag.

September Fun Fact
Right now I am freaking out about officially being a mom of a teenager!

 

 

A Day to Remember | Vivian Masket

12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill Basics) + patterned paper (October Afternoon) + mini-album pages (October Afternoon) + die cuts (October Afternoon) + stickers (October Afternoon) + chipboard (October Afternoon) + pen (Sakura) + font (Typenoksidi) 




A Note from Vivian

Mini-album pages, used as both a journaling spot and patterned paper, helped me to pull this layout together quickly.

September Fun Fact

I created this layout while on vacation at my parents’ house, not far from the beach where this photo was taken.

 

 

Third Grade 2012 | Jennifer Larson

12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill) + patterned paper (Pebbles, October Afternoon) + tags (Elle’s Studio, Studio Calico) + stickers (Pebbles) + floss (DMC) + templates (Bazzill) + pen (Zig)

A Note from Jennifer Larson
I am terribly behind on school photos. Rather than going back over a year to create layouts for each milestone event, I put them all on one page, using a circle ( and many more circles!) to symbolize the year.

September Fun Fact
I teach high school English, and let me tell you, the teachers are just as nervous and excited on day one as the kids are!

 

 

here's the story | Celeste Smith

12 x 12 | materials kit (One Little Bird & Sahlin Studio Worn at The Lilypad) + masks(Robyn Meierotto Cut It Out at Design House Digital) + stitching(Robyn Meierotto In Stitches Neutrals at Design House Digital) + frame (Kitschy Digitals Vintage Photo Frames at Kitschy Digitals)

A Note from Celeste
This is the last photo I have to my mom and dad with me. We weren't much of a photo taking family. I wish I had more! Unfortunately, this story is a little sad. My father is now having chemotherapy and has a long road to travel. We are hoping for the best!

September Fun Fact
My oldest started middle school this year. It's amazing I'm excited and nervous for him all at the same time. Let's hope he catches on to it quickly - he's my forgetful one!

 

 

8 Years | Kathy Martin

12 x 12 | < b>materials cardstock (Bazzill Basics) + patterned paper (Little Yellow Bicycle) + embellishments (American Crafts, Jillibean Soup, May Arts, Bella Blvd)

A Note from Kathy
This October marks eight years since we moved cross country from Hollister, California to North Carolina. It’s amazing to think back through these years and how much has changed and how we’ve grown as a family.

September Fun Fact
There’s actually a Hollister, California, but it’s not a beach community like the famous Hollister clothing company. We lived in Hollister for six years. It’s a small town between San Jose and the Monterey Bay surrounded by world famous farms. Most notorious are the strawberries from Watsonville, but there’s also Gilroy, the garlic capital of the world and Castroville which is the artichoke capital of the world.

 

 

Looking Back | Monika Wright

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Pebbles) + embellishments, letter stickers, border (Pebbles) + flapper, flair button (Ormolu) + sewing machine (Singer) + punch, die cut (Stampin’ Up) + shipping tag, chipboard (craft supply)

 

A Note from Monika 
Looking Back...this month’s theme. So I literally went looking back to a stack of photos that have been calling out for some attention and pulled this photo of my now 20-year old son. This photo was printed 3 years ago at which time I sat down and wrote some journaling about the photo. How’s that for looking back on a photo taken 17 years ago and journaling written 3 years ago finally coming to life on a layout.

September Fun Fact 
I haven’t ridden a bike since I was in my teens. My husband earned incentive points through his company and chose a bike for me, which I am guessing means I need to get my little tooshie on and actually now ride. Watch out girls, Mama’s on two wheels!

 

 

My Fish School Bag | Deb Duty

8.5 x 11 | materials patterned paper (Studio Calico, American Crafts, October Afternoon) + embellishments (Studio Calico, October Afternoon, Prima, My Paper Shop) + letter stickers (October Afternoon) + stamps (Studio Calico)

A Note from Deb
With the theme this month, I decided to go way back. I've been scanning old photos from my mother's house. This was the first day of preschool when I was about to be four. I have such a bad memory so it's really nice to have old photos to help remind me of things I had forgotten.

September Fun Fact
When I was little I so wanted hair like Marcia Brady. I was very happy when I got my first Chi flat iron about ten years ago. Finally I can have straight hair! I've been flat ironing it ever since. I wear it curly (which is better described as frizzy) very rarely.

 

 

Looking Back | Paula Gilarde

12 x 12 | materials template (Meant to Be Layered Template (Katie Pertiet)) + metallics (Lynn Grieveson) + labels (Banner Labels No. 1 (Katie Pertiet)) + title stickers (Wooden Alpha No. 8 (Katie Pertiet))

A Note from Paula
I can't believe I've know these girls for almost 20 years. It makes me feel old! We got together recently and it made me think about all the fun times we had over the years.

 

 

Blessed Love Happy | Teka

8.5 x 11 | materials patterned paper (Jillibean Soup) + embellishments (My Minds Eye) + Bling (Recollections) + Twine (Jillibean Soup)

A Note from Teka
I love using products on a page that are leftovers from other projects. Makes me feel "green". The kraft banner is actually a page left over from a mini I did for Jillibean Soup.

September Fun Fact
I always feel the most creative in the morning after a fresh cup of coffee.

 

 

Little Red Tricycle | Erin Sweeney

8.5 x 11 | materials patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye, Studio Calico, American Crafts) + embellishments (K & Company) + letter stickers (American Crafts) 

A Note from Erin
I printed these pictures 2 years ago, yet somehow they never got scrapbooked. As Mackenzie will be turning five soon, it’s fun to look back at her as a toddler.

September Fun Fact
I lose things. Often. I’ve lost two sets of keys with the remote keyless entry – both after driving home. How does that happen?

 

 

& Time Flies I Christa Paustenbaugh

12 X 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts, Crate Paper, Echo Park) + patterned papers (Studio Calico) + stickers (Crate Paper) + wood veneer (Studio Calico, Studio Calico) + brads (My Mind’s eye) + chipboard (American Crafts, Studio Calico) + flair (A Flair for Buttons Etsy Shop) + wood veneer (Studio Calico) + twine (Ormolu) + die cut machine (Silhouette SD)

A Note from Christa
The theme for this month came at just the right time for me, but also broke my heart in half too. My oldest is getting ready to start her final year of elementary school so I dug up an old photo from when she was starting her elementary school journey at the ripe old age of 5. I see the physical changes in her, but also remember all the emotional and mental changes too. She’s starting her 4th different school this year and I couldn’t be more proud of how resilient she is!

September Fun Fact
I love September: the crisp air, football get togethers and a regular routine in our house. This year is a bit different though: no crisp air in September in a tropical climate and those football parties will be during the week after the games are already played in the States! It’ll be a new normal for us!

 

 

1976 | Sarah Pendergrast

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Studio Calico, Basic Grey, Jillibean Soup, My Minds Eye) + embellishments (October Afternoon, Studio Calico, Banana Fish Studio, K & Co) + stickers (American Crafts. October Afternoon) + tools (QuicKutz, Silhouette, Martha Stewart)

A Note from Sarah
My design was inspired by a Hambly overlay. I used butterfly punches and die cuts to replicate the design using a yellow gradient.

September Fun Fact
I’m the youngest of five kids, and the closest to me in age is seven years older. It was a happy mix of being a bit spoiled as the “baby” and an only child at the same time!

 

 

Looking Back | Alexandra Sirigue-McLeod

 

Still Here | Amy Sorensen

12 x 12 | materials paisley stamps (Close to My Heart) + round swirly stamp (Hero Arts) + fleur-de-lis and bird on a stem stamps (unknown) + StazOn ink (Tsukineko) + markers (Copic) + clock hands (Silhouette) + ribbon + Samo Sans and Janda Stylish Script fonts

A Note from Amy
For the stamped border, I wanted a colorful swirl of pattern and bright hues.To make it, I stamped with big stamps, letting the images come out a little messy and soft so they could blend into each other. Then I just had fun coloring in all the blank spaces. I wrote the journaling in a similar way, with run-on sentences and ampersands and a stream-of-consciousness feel.

September Fun Fact
My September goal is to finally finish the quilt I've been working on for my seven-year-old. Since he was four. The only good thing about my procrastination is that now I know to make it bigger than I had originally planned. Someone should check up on me!

 

 

Two Years Later | Marnie Flores

8.5 x 8.5 | materials patterned paper (Creativity by Crystal, Crystal Wilkerson) + fonts (Josefin Sans Std, Bebas)

A Note from Marnie
I thought for this month's gallery, I would be putting together a layout comparing all three kids on their first day of kindergarten. But when I opened the folder for Poppy's first day, I saw this picture. And knew that this was the story that needed to be told.

September Fun Fact
I have something every single day this month. And on a couple of days, we have three places to be at the same time!! It's going to be a fun month!

 

Bike | Kelly Jeppson

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (American Crafts) + letter cut-outs (BasicGrey) + circle punch + white gel pen

A Note From Kelly
My parents gave all the kids in my family a cd of "vintage" family photos, and this is one of my favorites from the collection. It's a photo of me and my cousins with my grandpa, who passed away when I was pretty young. We used to all go on bike rides together, with me on the back of Grandpa's bike because I was too young to keep up with the big kids. I know that the photo is grainy - it was probably taken circa 1980.

September Fun Fact
My husband just bought me a road bike - I'm still trying to figure out how to shift! And I think she needs an Italian name, as she's a Specialized "Dolce" model. Any suggestions?

 

Thank you, write. click. scrapbook. team for creating a most beautiful gallery! And thank you, dear readers, for spending your precious time with us! We hope you feel inspired to create some fun today!

In Review

Summer lovin'
Havin' a blast
Summer lovin'
Happened so fast...

Grease had it so right! Our Summer Lovin' gallery was a total blast and it all happened so fast. August has somehow melted away but before we go, we need to take one last look back at our beautiful gallery and its lovely layouts!

 

This month our gallery featured 11 single photo layouts, 14 multiple photo layouts, and 1 minialbum. If you copied each layout, you would have scrapbooked 86 photo and told no fewer than 25 stories. This month brought lots of geometric shapes, brought to you by misting, cutting, and silhouetting. There were also a handful of negative shapes, with color peeking in from behind. Color was ever present, with nary a black and white photo to be found! Instagram continues to trend with phone photos giving our digital slr's a run for their money!

As we look back through the gallery project by project, let's compile one last set of inspiration lists! (Unless of course you want more? and then we need to hear your comments letting us know that this is a feature you would like us to continue!!)

 

First up, 26 journaling ideas for your summertime pages.

1. Francine - write about a single moment on a family vacation
2. Vivian - a trait about you or your child you notice while away from home
3. Deb - let your title help tell the story
4. Alexandra - capture a change of thought from times' past
5. Kathy - do you cheat on your summer foods during the remainder of the year?
6. Diane - tell what you see every single summer
7. EmilyS - tell of an unplanned tradition
8. Celeste - do you have a con artist in your family? details, details....
9. LisaO - seeing your hard work pay off
10. Valerie - the ease/unease of seeing old friends
11. Katie - the season that best fits you or your family members
12. Christa - soccer moms unite! tell what you do for your children!
13. Paula - tell a time when the weather got in the way
14. Teka - what is your favorite summer footwear and why
15. Erin - today we took a spontaneous field trip...
16. Sarah - relate your childhood to a current moment in your children's lives
17. Amy - in between moments, stages, ages, and their trials
18. Monika - this week my kids got along/didn't/something in between...
19. Katrina - describe a summer scene you see every single day
20. Jenny - ask each member of your family to relate their summer's top 5
21. Kelly - make a list of things you remember from a summertime outing
22. Keshet - make note of a new favorite food stop
23. EmilyP - capture a story from your grandmother
24. Donna - compare this summer to last
25. Marie - write a bitty love letter to someone special in your life
26. Marnie - find a photo from summer that you love and write about it

 

Next, 26 photo ideas for your summertime pages.

1. Francine - take a photo of a time that might have been frustrating
2. Vivian - snap your subject and then snap the sky
3. Deb - put your camera on "running man" mode and snap away
4. Alexandra - include some background that will give your historical perspective 
5. Kathy - prove it's your favorite food by showing it from different occasions
6. Diane - take an action photo from the back. try to capture the feeling of the movement
7. EmilyS - take a photo of a sign
8. Celeste - goggle shots rock!
9. LisaO - take a picture of the food you grow
10. Valerie - follow around some little friends and capture their bond
11. Katie - watermelon eating is sloppy and colorful and makes for a lovely shot
12. Christa - take a series of photos that includes a detail shot, a macro shot, and a few backgrounds
13. Paula - take a photo of something that challenges the season
14. Teka - shoot down - feet and shoes!
15. Erin - don't forget a family shot
16. Sarah - turn up your shutter speed for a fast action shot
17. Amy - photos of having fun
18. Monika - capture the emotion of a relationship
19. Katrina - the view out your car window on your commute
20. Jenny - place your subject in the lower third's grid intersection
21. Kelly - capture everyone who came along for the trip (you, too!)
22. Keshet - something new to you
23. EmilyP - flower by flower, or food by food, or person by person
24. Donna - let a background help provide size perspective
25. Marie - find a repeating event but capture it from the front, back, top, bottom, side, ...
26. Marnie - take a photo before you grab a napkin for a summer drip

 

Lastly, 26 bits of design inspiration.

1. Francine - use the bottom strip from your patterned paper
2. Vivian - hang your photos from a laundry line
3. Deb - use different fonts for your title
4. Alexandra - mist an embellishment but not completely
5. Kathy - use two contrasting patterns in balanced sizes
6. Diane - mist over stickers and then remove them
7. EmilyS - tilt away: the cropping of the photos, the placement of the photos, and all the papers around them
8. Celeste - coordinate your colors to those in the photo
9. LisaO - use a title font that mimics your design asthetic (rounded for rounded, squared for squared)
10. Valerie - add a date to your layout
11. Katie - balance an oversized title with a small subtitle
12. Christa - pick a focal photo and find a way to bring attention to it
13. Paula - use a photo as your background
14. Teka - use a repeating graphic element in an unusual way
15. Erin - round two corners while leaving the other two square
16. Sarah - add a speech bubble
17. Amy - use a set of photos from an outting as a backdrop for a related story
18. Monika - crop a photo so the angles are askew
19. Katrina - draw a color pallette from your photo
20. Jenny - incorporate a list
21. Kelly - use a map as your patterned paper
22. Keshet - find paper that allows your photo treatment to shine
23. EmilyP - stitch a border around a photo
24. Donna - add a doily to a boy layout
25. Marie - add an icon to help support your story
26. Marnie - "cut out" a title digitally by using inner shadows

That's it! 78 ideas to help keep your pages coming! No ruts allowed!!

 

As a thank you for the time you have spent with us this month, Marnie created a printable for you to help you with your very own Summer Lovin' pages.

You may download it here!

Thank you for stopping! We would love to see your inspired pages!

pretty school supplies

Monika here today with the last post for me in this Summertime Dailies series. We are already into our second full week of school in East Tennessee, our school supply shopping is complete and we've already had our First Grader home yesterday with a bout of Strep Throat. Yep, school's in session.

My two girls are in the age that they love to create with Mommy's baker's twine, washi tape and glue dots. Kind of a perfect combination for prettying up some school supplies, don't you think?

PRETTY PAPER

Our spunky little Victoria is a lover of all shades of blue and we had the most lovely time sitting in the floor of our craft space going through my collection of pretty paper to find THE most perfect sheet for the front of her new notebook. It's blue, of course, and I purposely purchased one of then notebooks with the pockets in front so that we could personalize it just for her.

 

 WONDERFUL WASHI 

This mini spiral bound notebook is to be used for weekly spelling word review. It also had a clear acrylic-like front that was just begging to be embellished...this time with washi tape, which my girl carefully chose from my collection, a chipboard banner shape adorned with an enamel dot and some twine.

The thirty minutes we spent sitting in the floor together, while her older sister was upstairs reading in her room, was a nice peek into what I hope will be many more moments spent choosing pretty paper together. She felt so grown up getting to make her own choices for her big girl, First Grade school supplies.

 

 

Welcome, August!

This month, we are giving in to the heat, the humidity, and the final few lazy days. We are hoping to put our feet up and breathe in the last sights and sounds of summer: the squeals of outdoor laughter, the roar of the lawn mower, the glorious long golden light of summer evening skies, the warmth of the suns rays on our healthy summer glowing skin. Soon, alarms will be ringing, backpacks will be zipping, and school busses will be arriving. But for now, we will revel in summer's greatest glory: its parting days.

This month our team put together a gallery for you that celebrates all that is summer. Its sights, sounds, memories, and rhythms. We hope you enjoy our hard work and hope it inspires a few pages of your own!

Introducing, Summer Lovin'...

Thank you for stopping by to take in the new gallery. This month, we would love to hear about something that caught your eye as you browsed through our pages. Please leave us a comment or two with things you loved. One lucky comment will take home a few scrapbooking goodies from EK Success! Look for a lucky number on Saturday, August 4th! Thanks, again, for stopping by. We adore you, our loyal, delightful, wonderful readers!