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Happy Tuesday! It's my favorite time of year and I finally have a few stolen moments to myself. So I made a layout! So happy!! I feel like it's been ages. And it took my awhile to find my footing. I started with a sketch I made from a layout I liked, and then it became nothing like it. Not in color, design, or feel. But it did let me get started. And that was helpful!
Here is the result. Hope you like it and I hope it helps you start a layout, too!
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Hello!
In April I packed up my entire house to move to a much smaller apartment. When I realized just how much scrapbooking supplies I was hoarding I downsized quite a bit, but as you might know there is always more! Mainly I downsized on all those supplies I had been holding on to forever, you know if I ever would have the perfect project for them. I had boxes and boxes in my garage that now has a great new home with several charity and second hand stores. It felt great to clean out!
Today I´d like to show you an easy way to use up those rolls of washi tape that I know most of us have all too many of.
I started out selecting a few rolls in a color palette I liked and then started lining them up on my background paper. For this layout I went about 1/3 down the paper and used the fun washi colors as my upper background.
Lucky me that the proom dresses had so many peach and pink colors this year! It was so much fun pairing products with the colors.
I had so much fun that I did one more right away. Or actually I made two of these with the white/aqua/black washi tapes because I loved how they looked together!
I often scare away from using patterned paper for my backgrounds because I am afraid the layout will look too busy. But I did like these.
What I learned from having the washis being the background is that you might want to have double or atleast a little bit more of whatever you use to adhere your embellishments with. Atleast a few of my tapes had a more glossy surface that made the things I added on top of them fall of easily. I ended up using my regular double sided tape and two staples just to secure it a little. But don´t let that scare you!
I mentioned making two of those backgrounds above. My second one I used as my background for one of my Pocket Letters I send out. If you are new to Pocket Letters you can read more if you click on that link, but here is what the lady behind it says:
I created Pocket Letters™ as a new way to send letters to your new or existing penpals. Basically, you fill all the pockets of a 9 Pocket Trading Card Protector and send the whole page to someone who wants to swap with you. This can be a one-time exchange or you can keep exchanging Pocket Letters indefinitely. You fill the pockets with anything you like (stickers, tea bags, a note, washi tape samples, pictures, etc.) A short note or letter is included and tucked into one of the pockets. Then the Pocket Letter is folded up and sent in a standard 10 size envelope. It's the perfect way to send and collect letters from other Pocket Letter Pals (ie people who are sending mail in this format) around the world and a convenient way to store them. They fit perfectly in a binder!
I have been sending these out for a few months and it is so much fun! You can see a few more of mine here!
So there you have it; a fun way to use up your rolls of washi tape (you know, so you can buy new ones!).
Have a wonderful weekend!
Lisa
Ps. Here is one more layout I had previously made using washi tape as background!
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Why is it that summer goes by day by day at a steady and relaxing pace until August? And then suddenly the days start moving so very quickly that you can hardly keep up? That's how I am suddenly feeling with school on the horizon and the summer lists not yet finished. So. much. to. do.
And in that lots to do list, always remains my pages. I love my pages and making my pages, so no matter how busy I get, they stay on the list. I am so grateful for the Saturday sketches so that I can put a check in the done column!
This week, I used Aliza's gallery layout.
I liked the wide photo strip and knew it would be great for making layouts. Here is how the sketch turned out.
I made one layout staying very close to the sketch.
I realized after I finished it that there wasn't any journaling. Silly, no? Then I decided it might not need any, so I left it alone!
Jennifer also made a layout that stays pretty true to the sketch.
How awesome is that viewfinder wheel? So fun. And that hopscotch paper is divine.
Kate and Lisa both narrowed the sketch to an 8.5 x 11. Let's look at Kate's first. I am so loving the cloud tied to the string...
I also like how she moved the bottom patterned paper to the very bottom of the layout, and went without the top layers. I think it gives her title and photos the prominence they deserve.
Imagine my surprise when I got Lisa's layout and found it covered with view finder wheels! What a trendy team we have!
Lisa took out one of the photos leaving extra white space for breathing room. Photo comparison layouts like these make me smile!
Amy also made the sketch her own by making a 5x7 collage instead of one big picture in the middle, and by replacing another photo with a patch of hearts.
With the collage, it doesn't even look like the same sketch, no?
I made a second layout, tipping the sketch skdeways, and adding a photo.
I like this one, too, and it feels so different. But so fun!
If you would like to purchase the layered template for a mere 99 cents, please click below. Really, less than a dollar. Can't go wrong!!!
Thank you for stopping by! We hope you enjoy the sketch and have as much fun with it as we have! Happy Saturday!
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As we go take one last look at our annual Everydaily gallery, let's take a moment and cherish all those things that make our ordinary lives extraordinary. What are the little things that make our lives special. What happens in your life that is unique to you. What would you list in a manual if you had to leave instructions for someone to take over your life for a week.
As we gallery walk this month, we are going to focus on those things that our team chose to write about. We hope you will take notes on the design and the photography, too, but our few minutes together are going to look at the stories that were captured. (Don't forget if you want to read the journaling, you may click over to the album.)
Let's get started.
Have you a pet? regular or unusual? How do they greet you? How do you feel about them?
8.5 x 11 | materials cardstock (Bazzill) + patterned paper (Studio Calico, American Crafts) + letters (Jillibean soup) + transperency (We R Memory Keepers) + word stickers (My Mind's Eye) + stamp (October Afternoon) + ink (Versacolor) + digital stamp (Rhonna Designs)
What is something that you could not live without in the morning? or at night? or at lunch?
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Studio Calico) + patterned paper (Studio Calico, BasicGrey) + journal cards (Studio Calico, Evalicious) + alphabets (American Crafts) + die cuts (Pink Paislee) + washi (Studio Calico) + sequins (Studio Calico) + tabs (Evalicious) + paper clip (Evalicious) + stickers (Basic Grey, Evalicious, Crate Paper) + stamps (Kelly Purkey, Studio Calico) + ink (Studio Calico) + enamel dots (Studio Calico) + flairs (Evalicious) + punches (EK Success, Fiskars, Martha Stewart, Marvy Uchida) + stapler (Tim Holtz, Swingline) + adhesives (Scotch, Glue Dots) + scissors (EK Success) + pen (Sakura)
Is there a time of day that you carve out for just you? What do you spend that time doing? or what would you if you had that time?
12 x 12 | materials Scrap Your Stash Sketch 5, Good Eats word art, Happy Place word art (Digital Design Essentials) + Photo Booth kit (Paislee Press) + fonts (American Typewriter, Castro Script, Silverfake)
How do you divide your time? your energies? your photography subjects? Which meals show up most often? Which places to you visit most?
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper, embellishments (American Crafts) + pens (Sarasa) + KB Simple Brush and Core Sans fonts
Have you ever kept a log of your adventures for a whole day? hour by hour? or event by event? Or try a whole weekend!
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Webster's Pages, Studio Calico) + flair (A Flair For Buttons) + stickers (Studio Calico, American Crafts) + thickers (American Crafts) + labels (Studio Calico, BasicGrey, Crate Paper) + chipboard (BasicGrey) + stamps (Pebbles, Studio Calico) + ink (Studio Calico)
What is your job these days? How did you get there? Do you like it there? What do you love about your job? What do you wish you could change aobut your job? What do you miss about an old job?
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (Studio Calico) + epoxy sticker (My Mind’s Eye) + chipboard (American Crafts, October Afternoon, Studio Calico) + die cuts (October Afternoon) + stickers (Studio Calico, Sassafras) + ink (Jenni Bowlin) + pen (Copic)
Are you a fitness nut? Or a couch potato? Or someone who laces up their shoes every day despite not loving it? But you do it? Or have you a sports injury? or did you have one long ago that rerouted your dreams?
12 x 12 | materials digital kit (Lauren Reid: Hush Little Baby) + fonts (Bohemian Typewriter)
Have you recorded the sleeping habits of your pets, your family members or yourself? Any early risers? or would you all hit the sleep button endlessly if you could? Does someone crawl into your bed night after night? Or go to sleep with a book and a flashlight in hand?
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (Crate Paper, BasicGrey, Webster’s Pages, Chic Tags) + enamel dots (My Mind’s Eye) + brads (My Mind’s eye) + thickers (American Crafts) + flair (Two Peas in a Bucket, Evalicious) + wood veneer (Cocoa Daisy) + stickers (My Mind’s Eye, Jillibean Soup) + tape (Octpber Afternoon) + other (Jillibean Soup) + fonts (Linenstroke)
Do you save the notes you find lying around? Those written to you or by you? Love notes, shopping lists? todo lists? doodles? Do you keep the notes or take their picture? Have you thought about what those notes mean to you or represent about your relationships?
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill) + buttons (October Afternoon) + washi tape (Queen & Co, Bella Blvd., My Mind's Eye, Freckled Fawn) + alphabets (American Crafts, October Afternoon) + number stickers (Jillibean Soup) + mini pearls (Doodlebug, Freckled Fawn) + chipboard banner (My Mind's Eye) + flair (A Flair for Buttons) + floss (We R Memory Keepers) + tools (Silhouette Cameo, Remington Typewriter)
Some call them hobbies. Others outlets. Or maybe passions. No matter the name, have you taken pictures of you hard at work doing something you love? home renos? crafts? athletics? reading? anything that is important enough to occupy your time is important enough to make its way into your scrapbook!
8.5 x 11 | materials cardstock (Bazzill) + patterned paper (Bella Blvd, Studio Calico, Fancy Pants Designs) + buttons (October Afternoon) + stickers (Studio Calico) + ink (Jenni Bowlin) + font (Times New Roman)
Define your child's interests in three phrases. Or their strengths. Or their quirks. What makes them unique. What do you think they will be when they grow up and why? What could they not live without? Is there a family connection or it is a wild gene?
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill Basics Paper) + patterned paper (American Crafts, Crate Paper, Studio Calico) + stickers (Cosmo Cricket, Crate Paper, Studio Calico, ) + letter stickers (October Afternoon) + wood veneer (Studio Calico) + rub-ons (Chatterbox, American Crafts) + spray ink (Kesi'art)
Is there something that your children do with your spouse that makes your heart melt? Is there something you enjoy doing with your spouse? Or something that you remember doing with your mom or your dad?
12 x 12 | materials digital kits (Bright Side of Life Collaboration and Add-on by Anita Designs and Ninigoesdigi) + template (Life Story March Template Album by Karla Dudley) + font (Arial)
Who is the sunshine in your household? Who isn't? What is the impact on your cheerful person in your family? What is your belief on attitude? born with it? choose it? make it?
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Pink Paislee) + stickers (Pink Paislee, Simple Stories) + diecuts (Pink Paislee) + foam alpha (American Crafts) + flair button (Gossamer Blue) + plastic embellishment (Crate Paper)
How do you meal plan? Or don't you? Are you a creature of habit? Or a sty a new thing everyday sort? What would you eat if you had all hte time and money in the world? What would you never eat, no matter what happened?
12 x 12 | materials A Life Recorded (Karla Dudley & Audrey Neal)
What do you remember about your children from when they were young? Could you make a list of 12 things that they did over this past year that were impactful upon them? Or perhaps just 5 from this last week?
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts, Bazzill) + patterned paper (Teresa Collins) + vellum (Webster's Pages) + stamps (Scraptastic Kit Club) + ink (Studio Calico) + die cuts (Teresa Collins) + scrapbook kit (Scraptastic Kit Club) + pen (Sharpie) + paper clip (from my stash)
How many miles did you drive last week? or just today? Is there a path that you follow every single day? Do you carpool? Do your kids take the bus? Do you drive them? What about the after school events? How many hours do you spend chauffeuring?
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill Basics Paper) + patterned paper (Cocoa Daisy, BasicGrey, Studio Calico, Pink Paislee, Amy Tangerine) + brads (My Mind’s Eye) + letters (Jillibean Soup) + labels (October Afternoon) + stickers (Doodlebug, Evalicious, My Mind’s Eye, October Afternoon) + tape (October Afternoon) + other (Jillibean Soup, Cocoa Daisy, American Crafts) + fonts (Linenstroke)
Do you love vacation? or coming home best? What is something that you miss when it's gone? How does the house seem after the tree comes down after the holidays? How quiet is it when the kids go back to school?
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Authentic, BasicGrey) + alphabet stickers (Fancy Pants, Imaginisce) + alphabet stamps, ink (Close to my Heart) + font (Wire Type Mono)
What things do you or your kids do every day? Think of 5 things that happen each day. What 5 things matter most to them? What could they not live without? Do they complain? Do they worry? Do they do something really well?
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Paislee Press) + journaling strips (Crystal Wilkerson) + font (Eller, Intro Condensed)
Do you have a shadow? A helper? A right hand man? (or girl?) What role do your children play in your lives? Is there a nurturer? a referee? a leader? a comic? What traits are you passing down without intention? What habits are your creating in your families?
Before we go, please join us in saying goodbye to Christine Newman and Jennie McGarvey. They began together and we felt so blessed to have them with us. We will miss them as they move forward with other adventures. Thank you, both, for all that you have brought to our team and for sharing your amazing talents with us! We will miss you both!
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This month is one of our favorites, the annual Everydaily gallery. It is the time when we celebrate the more mundane but nonetheless important stories of our lives. Those things that fill our days and nights. We hope you love and find inspiration in our new pages! And as always, if you would like to read the journaling and see the layouts bigger, please click on over to the album. Enjoy!
A Note from Kate
This layout is a hybrid layout! I designed the whole thing in PSE, printed all the different pieces, assembled my page, and added some Thickers for the title.
May Fun Fact
I only eat folded potato chips.
8.5 x 11 | materials cardstock (Bazzill) + patterned paper (Studio Calico, American Crafts) + letters (Jillibean soup) + transperency (We R Memory Keepers) + word stickers (My Mind's Eye) + stamp (October Afternoon) + ink (Versacolor) + digital stamp (Rhonna Designs)
A Note from Lisa
What do I do every day? Well, a lot of things clearly, but coffee in the morning is one of my favorite everydailies.
May Fun Fact
Do you see those “enamel” dots at the bottom right? Yup, made those myself! I melted plastic beads in my oven!
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Studio Calico) + patterned paper (Studio Calico, BasicGrey) + journal cards (Studio Calico, Evalicious) + alphabets (American Crafts) + die cuts (Pink Paislee) + washi (Studio Calico) + sequins (Studio Calico) + tabs (Evalicious) + paper clip (Evalicious) + stickers (Basic Grey, Evalicious, Crate Paper) + stamps (Kelly Purkey, Studio Calico) + ink (Studio Calico) + enamel dots (Studio Calico) + flairs (Evalicious) + punches (EK Success, Fiskars, Martha Stewart, Marvy Uchida) + stapler (Tim Holtz, Swingline) + adhesives (Scotch, Glue Dots) + scissors (EK Success) + pen (Sakura)
A Note from Christine
This layout came together rather fast, in about an hour. I knew I wanted coffee theme and embellishments, and yellow, orange, and brown colors. I quickly found some papers, stamps, and embellishments to match. Love it when it comes together quickly and the creativity just flows!
May Fun Fact
May is actually rather dreary in San Diego. It is due to a local weather phenomenon called "May Gray". We powered through it though, since it's usually sunny by 1-2pm!
12 x 12 | materials Scrap Your Stash Sketch 5, Good Eats word art, Happy Place word art (Digital Design Essentials) + Photo Booth kit (Paislee Press) + fonts (American Typewriter, Castro Script, Silverfake)
A Note from Cristina
I hadn't jumped on the pie chart trend yet, so I thought I’d use this format to document what I take pictures of every day. It will be fun to see how these proportion change through the years, although I suspect the #1 will be unchanged. :)
May Fun Fact
All the wedding anniversaries in our family are in May, so it’s always nice to celebrate the milestones.
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper, embellishments (American Crafts) + pens (Sarasa) + KB Simple Brush and Core Sans fonts
A Note from Amy
I didn't realize until I started writing my supply list that almost everything I used on this layout came from the same line. I must really like it! Also: I know that "weekend" isn't the same as "daily," but it still is a finite period of time...so I went with it.
May Fun Fact
During April I did almost no scrapbooking—I was working on finishing up some quilts. I'm excited to get back to my favorite hobby during May; my family is excited to reclaim the TV room from underneath all that fabric.
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Webster's Pages, Studio Calico) + flair (A Flair For Buttons) + stickers (Studio Calico, American Crafts) + thickers (American Crafts) + labels (Studio Calico, BasicGrey, Crate Paper) + chipboard (BasicGrey) + stamps (Pebbles, Studio Calico) + ink (Studio Calico)
A Note from Diane
I thought it would be fun to tell a story of what my daily was and what it is becoming with a career change I have wanted to make for several years.
May Fun Fact
For the first time in 18 years I will work a flight as a Flight Attendant. I am terrified and excited all at the same time!
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (Studio Calico) + epoxy sticker (My Mind’s Eye) + chipboard (American Crafts, October Afternoon, Studio Calico) + die cuts (October Afternoon) + stickers (Studio Calico, Sassafras) + ink (Jenni Bowlin) + pen (Copic)
A Note from Jennifer
Running is one of those things I love to fit in between work and errands. I had to give it up a year ago due to an injury, but I’ve started to run again. I meant for this page to be about my starting to run again and how I fit it into my everyday, but when I started writing, it instead turned into the story of when this everyday thing was taken away and my journey back into making it a part of my everyday.
May Fun Fact
When I run, I use the app MapMyRun and listen to podcasts.
12 x 12 | materials digital kit (Lauren Reid: Hush Little Baby) + fonts (Bohemian Typewriter)
A Note from Celeste
This layout about sleepy cats sums up a good part of our day around here. We are all a bit obsessed with our cats!
May Fun Fact
I am hoping to create a page a day in May. Not sure why I take on these challenges sometimes, but at the end of the month I’ll (hopefully) have 31 pages to show for it!
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (Crate Paper, BasicGrey, Webster’s Pages, Chic Tags) + enamel dots (My Mind’s Eye) + brads (My Mind’s eye) + thickers (American Crafts) + flair (Two Peas in a Bucket, Evalicious) + wood veneer (Cocoa Daisy) + stickers (My Mind’s Eye, Jillibean Soup) + tape (Octpber Afternoon) + other (Jillibean Soup) + fonts (Linenstroke)
A Note from Aliza
This layout is about the little notes I find around the house. They sit in a pile on my desk until I stick them into page protectors and into our scrapbooks. Usually the notes are meant to be funny. It’s just a small detail of our lives together that makes me smile.
May Fun Fact
I’m pretty sure I will never in my life take a belfie! But, you know what they say, never say never.
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill) + buttons (October Afternoon) + washi tape (Queen & Co, Bella Blvd., My Mind's Eye, Freckled Fawn) + alphabets (American Crafts, October Afternoon) + number stickers (Jillibean Soup) + mini pearls (Doodlebug, Freckled Fawn) + chipboard banner (My Mind's Eye) + flair (A Flair for Buttons) + floss (We R Memory Keepers) + tools (Silhouette Cameo, Remington Typewriter)
A Note from Sue
This layout summarizes another favorite hobby of mine: knitting. Any day that I am able to both scrap and knit is a good day!
May Fun Fact
We welcomed our granddaughter, Lucy, just two weeks ago. Being a grandma is the best!
8.5 x 11 | materials cardstock (Bazzill) + patterned paper (Bella Blvd, Studio Calico, Fancy Pants Designs) + buttons (October Afternoon) + stickers (Studio Calico) + ink (Jenni Bowlin) + font (Times New Roman)
A Note from Jennifer
One of the things my son has shown an aptitude for since birth is anything technical. Heck, when he was one, he reprogrammed our phone’s ringer! I saw him fixing his watch and took some pictures to scrap his everyday technical habits.
May Fun Fact
My son is almost as tall as I am right now, and I am a fairly tall woman.
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill Basics Paper) + patterned paper (American Crafts, Crate Paper, Studio Calico) + stickers (Cosmo Cricket, Crate Paper, Studio Calico, ) + letter stickers (October Afternoon) + wood veneer (Studio Calico) + rub-ons (Chatterbox, American Crafts) + spray ink (Kesi'art)
A Note from Francine
To make the background on this page, I used a mono-printing technique. I had spray ink left on my craft mat from another project, so I simply pressed the white cardstock into it. You can see more details on my blog.
May Fun Fact
One skill I really wish I had is being able to draw.
12 x 12 | materials digital kits (Bright Side of Life Collaboration and Add-on by Anita Designs and Ninigoesdigi) + template (Life Story March Template Album by Karla Dudley) + font (Arial)
A Note from Carey
I wanted to create an everyday layout about my son's positive attitude and cheery disposition. To reflect that, I wanted to keep it light, bright and airy. The white background, filler card word art and sunshine element all help support the mood of the layout.
May Fun Fact
May is my birthday month! I'll let you in on a little secret... I always buy myself a birthday present too! (I know I'll get something I want.)
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Pink Paislee) + stickers (Pink Paislee, Simple Stories) + diecuts (Pink Paislee) + foam alpha (American Crafts) + flair button (Gossamer Blue) + plastic embellishment (Crate Paper)
A Note from Jina
I used 4 small photos about strawberries in this layout. I feel the red color in these photos works wonderfully with the gray background. And the hues of white from foam alphabets, vellum stars, plastic camera and threads are very clean against the gray paper.
May Fun Fact
These days I need more inspirations for decor of my new studio.
12 x 12 | materials A Life Recorded (Karla Dudley & Audrey Neal)
A Note from Jennifer
This layout is a look at one year of daily life photos of my youngest son. a quick glance of the daily things I want to remember about this wonderful year of being 2!
May Fun Fact
The month of May is always a blur in our house, 3 boys in 2 sports and the end of school year festivities! Great memories and good times ahead!!
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts, Bazzill) + patterned paper (Teresa Collins) + vellum (Webster's Pages) + stamps (Scraptastic Kit Club) + ink (Studio Calico) + die cuts (Teresa Collins) + scrapbook kit (Scraptastic Kit Club) + pen (Sharpie) + paper clip (from my stash)
A Note from Jennie
This layout was derived from wanting to do some very light stamping on white cardstock. I wanted to keep the embellishments very simple and keep the focus on the photo + story and the elements you really have to look for.
May Fun Fact
I hate clutter! I purge regularly to keep all of the things in our home from piling up.
12 x 12 | materials cardstock (Bazzill Basics Paper) + patterned paper (Cocoa Daisy, BasicGrey, Studio Calico, Pink Paislee, Amy Tangerine) + brads (My Mind’s Eye) + letters (Jillibean Soup) + labels (October Afternoon) + stickers (Doodlebug, Evalicious, My Mind’s Eye, October Afternoon) + tape (October Afternoon) + other (Jillibean Soup, Cocoa Daisy, American Crafts) + fonts (Linenstroke)
A Note from Aliza
This layout probably requires some translation. Pesach is Hebrew for Passover, which is a wonderful holiday. But it requires a lot of work, eating special foods (or NOT eating most food), using different dishes, and covering many surfaces in the kitchen. There is nothing like all that to make you appreciate the ordinary, everyday, non-holiday goodness.
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Authentic, BasicGrey) + alphabet stickers (Fancy Pants, Imaginisce) + alphabet stamps, ink (Close to my Heart) + font (Wire Type Mono)
A Note from Amy
This layout was both an exercise in simplicity and a reaction to a challenge—my husband dared me to scrapbook this goofy picture! As I have a special affection for trying to capture everyday details, this seemed like the perfect approach.
May Fun Fact
I'm excited to finish reading Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy this month.
12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (Paislee Press) + journaling strips (Crystal Wilkerson) + font (Eller, Intro Condensed)
A Note from Marnie
Everyday photos used to be my specialty. But now the kids are gone so much of the day that it seems like I don't get as many as I used to. I do miss the time together. Life just seems to pass faster and faster. With or without my lens capturing so many moments.
May Fun Fact
My kids finish school in less than a month. The pool opens in less than a month. And yet, I wore my touque, mittens, and winter coat this week. It makes it hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that I have teacher appreciation, Mother's Day, and school closing to take care soon. Not to mention finding a swimsuit for the summer...
Before we go, please join us in saying goodbye to Teka, LisaK, and Sarah. We will miss them terribly and are very grateful for the time they spent with us and the talents that they shared. We hope they will visit often and we look forward to seeing their lovely pages other places!
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Hi all, and a happy Scrapbook Saturday to you.
This month's gallery was all about looking back at layouts and posts from this past year and finding inspiration to create something new. I love all the layotus created, and I loved reading about all the ways we drew inspitation from each other; For some it was the design of the layout; For others it was a technique to try; And still others found new events and moments to photograph. To help your creative process along, we have a sketch, a color combo, and a cut file, to help spark your next project. I hope you join in the fun, and if you do, be sureshare a link to some of your work!
This months sketch is based on my layout (*blush*):
Here's the sketch created by Diane:
You can download a layered template of the sketch here.
Marnie stayed pretty true to the sketch, as we all did. By converting all the photos to black and white, she unified the six photos visually, and they provide a lovely contrast to the bright embellishments.
LisaO kept the design pretty similar, but swapped some photos for patterned paper. The yellows on this page are so appealing-they just pop right out at ya! (Completely random fact: I used to dislike the color yellow, until I started scrapbooking. Now, I am one of yellow's biggest fans.)
It was an interesting exercise for my brain to make a layout based on my own layout. It felt a little like cheating to use the same design twice, but I cannot come up with any logical reason why it's not okay to reuse a design. Can you?
ROYGBIV
Here is this months color palette:
It is based on Celeste's layout:
Marnie used big doses of each color to create this sweet and joyous layout. Seriously, that puppy is so cute it hurts my heart a little bit.
Lisa O. used little bits of color on her white background. It's clean. It's simple. It's pretty.
I also used a white background, some bits of color, and pictures of my love, to document the fact that we need more pictures together. (Spoiler: I discovered this fact while working on my July gallery layout.) Since we just celebrated our 17th anniversary, this will be a goal for the coming year.
Using her own layout as inspiration,
Christine created this cut file for you!
You can download it here.
Neither Lisa nor I own a silhouette, but that did not deter us from using her file as inspiration. Lisa cut out white triangles the old fashioned way, and placed them on a white background, which was perfect for this wedding layout.
I simply printed out the image onto vellum, colored in some of the shapes, and used it as patterned paper in this layout.
There you have it, ladies and...well, probably more ladies. I hope this helps get you started on some summer scrapping. If so, we'd love to see what you create!
Happy Saturday, and Happy Summer!
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