Technique Tuesday | Home Grown

Happy first day of April friends!!  It's also NEW Release Day at Technique Tuesday and there are lots of new stamps and dies in the Shop!  I received the Growing Garden Stamp Set and the Growing Garden Crafting Dies.  I combined both of these to create a layout in my Traveler's Notebook.

If you've followed me for a while, you have probably heard me say at least once, that I have a black thumb.  I can never get anything to grow.  Miraculously, I've manged to keep three of my succulent's alive for about a year now.  The Growing Garden Stamp and Die set were perfect for documenting my photo.

I started with the cute watering can from the stamp set and stamped it onto a pink striped patterned paper.  Then I used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I also added the cute butterfly from the stamp set to the center of the watering can.  I wanted to create my title with the Home Grown sentiment, so I stamped it on a 3x4 card from the Spring Market collection by Carta Bella.  I placed the watering can under the title and stamped on the cute lady bug to complete the 3x4 card.

For the left hand side of my Traveler's Notebook layout, I cut my photo to the same dimension as the 3x4 card and placed them side by side.  Then I used a couple of the cute gardening tools from the Stamp set to create a cluster on the left side of my photo.  

Combining the Stamp set and coordinating die makes it so easy to create your own embellishments!  Make sure you visit the Technique Tuesday store to check out all of the new releases and join in the Blog Hop to see what the other Designers created!

Technique Tuesday
Seeka
Dana Kirby
Ashley Horton
Ana Anderson
Kymona Tracey
Natasha Kara
Allison Arbour
Daniela Dobson
Amy Kolling
Latisha Yoast
Norine Borys
Yasmin Diaz

NSD 2014 Recap

***If you are looking for the American Crafts National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop, please go HERE.***

So I have to admit, that I am sad that National Scrapbook Day has ended.  I'm pretty sure we need a National Scrapbook Month!!  :)  But on the bright side, I completed 8 layouts over Saturday and Sunday for several different challenges at Studio Calico and Two Peas.  I thought it would be fun to share them with you today on the Blog.  I will just be posting the main layout image and a description of the challenge or challenges, to keep the post from getting too long.

Two Peas - Your Signature Style by Paige Evans

Two Peas - Recipe Challenge by Stephanie Bryan

1 Cut File
2 Frames
3 Photos
4 Embellishments
5 Patterned Papers

I also used the NSD Sketch, that I created for Hip Kit Club. 

Two Peas - Scraplift Challenge by Melanie Blackburn
Studio Calico - Challenge 6 Use Your Scraps

I chose to lift Marcy Penner's layout, Shutterbug:

Two Peas - Gold Trend by Jen Gallacher

Two Peas - Use the Click Cut File by Wilna Furstenberg
Studio Calico - Challenge 5 Sketch

Studio Calico - Challenge 3 Washi Tape

Studio Calico - Challenge 2 Use a Stamp that has never been opened

Studio Calico - Color Scheme

I hope you had the chance to get creative this past weekend!  And don't forget, that you can still play along with my challenge from the American Crafts Blog Hop.  Create a layout using Triangles and leave a link HERE by Friday, May 23rd and you could win some American Crafts goodies!!

Get It Scrapped! | Photo Sequence

There are many ways to arrange photos on a layout, and this week at Get It Scrapped!, the Creative Team shared ideas on using a Photo Sequence on your layouts. This can be a great way to show action or motion on your layout or help to emphasize the most important photo on a multi-photo layout.

Our oldest daughter was saved over the Summer during Vacation Bible School, and was baptized in our church in August.  I used a Photo Sequence, across my layout and highlighted one of the photos in the series, by adding a chipboard frame.  Then I clustered most of my embellishments and title near the Photo Sequence.  This design worked well for my photos, because it shows the "action" of events, by capturing frame by frame our daughter's Baptism.

Supplies:  Patterned Paper & Digital Files:  Carta Bella; Tags:  Elle's Studio; Color Shine:  Heidi Swapp; Wood Veneers & Spray Mist:  Studio Calico; Patterned Paper & Phrase Stamp:  American Crafts; Letter Stickers:  Jilibean Soup; Buttons:  October Afternoon; Modeling Paste:  Liquitex; Vellum:  Fynmark; Font:  Scriptina; Photos taken by:  Lisa Hill

Get It Scrapped! | Embellishment Series

We all love using embellishments on our layouts, whether they are scattered around our page, clustered in a group or used in an Embellishment Series.  Today at Get It Scrapped! the Creative Team is sharing ways to create fun and interesting embellishment series on your layouts.

 
I love photos, when all three kids are together, doing something they love, and watching the donuts being made at Krispy Kreme is definitely one of those moments!  I used an Embellishment Series to create a border below my photo, and I mixed in a shaped paper clip, buttons, a layered star, and a flair button.  The colors from the embellishments in my series helped to tie in all of the colors I used on my layout.  And I repeated the star shape from the paper clip with the layered star embellishment and the heart from the flair button on my die cut background.

Supplies:  Patterned Paper:  Carta Bella; Cardstock, Thickers & Layered Stars:  American Crafts; Buttons & Sprinklers:  October Afternoon; Flair Button:  The Paper Bakery; Spray Mist:  Studio Calico & Color Shine; Tags:  Elle's Studio; Enamel Dots:  My Mind's Eye; Stick Pin:  Little Yellow Bicycle; Vellum:  Fynmark; Star Paper Clip:  Two Peas in a Bucket; Font:  CK Cute; Other:  Doilies

Hello Bliss!

I'm popping in today, to share my last layout with the August Scrapbook Kit, Hello You, from The Paper Bakery!  This has been such a fun Kit and there are still some available in the Shop, if you haven't picked one up yet.  There's a great mix of Carta Bella, Pretty Little Studio and October Afternoon.  We also had our newest sketch challenge posted this past Sunday, and I based today's layout on the Sketch.

 
Did you know that on top of the awesome kits offered...Scrapbook Kit, Mixed Media Kit, Project Kit, and Capture 365 Kit...there is also a Paper Bakery Shop??!!  If you haven't been over to check it out, make sure you stop by.  There are a lot of new items, including Stamps, Custom Flair Buttons, Custom Stencils/Masks, Washi Tape, Sequins and so much more!  You can also sign up for a Kit Subscription while you are there, to make sure you have a guaranteed Kit of your choice, each month!

And we would love to have you play along with our Sketch challenge.  Just use the above Sketch, before the deadline of midnight on Saturday, September 7th, and link up on the Sidebar of The Paper Bakery Blog.