Stashbusting: Utilizing Older Scrapbooking Tools

Several weeks ago I hosted a scrapbooking challenge at the Erica Rose Creates Online Fall Crop inspiring attendees to dig into their stash and use one or more of their older papercrafting tools. I thought you might like to see my sample layout and perhaps challenge yourself to dust off a few of your older items hanging out in your craft room. Here is the resulting page!

JUST BECAUSE

Can you spot the older items I used on this layout?

I pulled out my trusty Cricut Expression machine … yes, the old one with the cartridges! I used the Wild Card cartridge to die-cut berry branches to add to the floral clusters.

I used one of my first paper punches, the primitive star, to accent my page. I even cross-stitched them in the center for added ‘old school’ charm!

Here, you can see where I used the Wild Card Cricut cartridge again to create the title and paper crane embellishment. Even though the ‘Just Because’ phrase is a card sentiment, it works well for the layout documenting a time my daughters were hanging out with their cousins ‘Just Because.’ 🙂

Let’s not forget to mention the patterned scissors I used to add scallop borders across the top and bottom of my page. I even used a second style of scallop scissors to add a decorative edge along the bottom of my journal block. It’s so cute and feminine, I love it!

So how about you? Are you going to give this challenge a try? What is the oldest scrapbooking tool you still have hanging around in your stash? Would you be willing to incorporate it on your next layout? I’d love to see what you come up with!

Scrapbook Process: CTMH Craft with Heart November Kit

I am back with the second two-page layout using the November 2018 Craft with Heart “Be Merry” kit by Close to My Heart. I used the exclusive CTMH You Are Here and Flower Market Cricut cartridges for additional details. Watch the video below!

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BE MERRY & BRIGHT

I used lots of CTMH dies to add additional details on this page. Here you can see the Stitched Hearts, as well as the leaf sprigs I created with the Decorative Borders Dies.

These adorable holly leaves were created with the CTMH Flower Market Cricut cartridge.

I also used the Flower Market cartridge for the ampersand and letters in the title.

Vellum circles cut with the Stitched Circles dies anchor these two snowflakes.

And this adorable snowman and pine trees were cut using the CTMH You Are Here Cricut cartridge.

SUPPLIES:
Craft with Heart November 2018 “Be Merry” Subscription Kit
CTMH Flower Market Cricut Cartridge (Holly, Ampersand, Letters)
CTMH You Are Here Cricut Cartridge (Pine Trees, Snowman, Snowflake)
Stitched Circle Thin Cuts Dies
Stitched Hearts Thin Cuts Dies
Decorative Borders Thin Cuts Dies
Black & White Dots
Gold Glitter Gems
Sparkles
Bitty Sparkles

Happy Scrapping!

Stashbuster: U of U

As much as I love to shop for the lastest-and-greatest scrapbook supplies, I also really LOVE to use up the things I already have in my stash. I frequently go through my things and pass along things that I am tired of or that I have leftovers of, but there are a lot of “older” things that I still really LOVE … and want to use someday.

I love to scrap with collections, but I also really love to add new life to older patterns and supplies by combining them in new ways. An easy way to do this is to select a color scheme and then pull together items in those colors.

U OF U ALMA MATER

My husband and a co-worker both attended the University of Utah and had the opportunity to go and be a part of the football game on Halloween last year. Someone snapped this cute snapshot of the two of them and I wanted to add it to our family scrapbook.

I pulled out the plaid paper (My Mind’s Eye) first, because it incorporated the blue and red from the photo. That was my starting point for pulling in everything else.

The background paper is a sheet from the Echo Park Paper Little Boy collection. The ledger pattern works perfectly here because of the university theme.

The other patterns that I pulled in were the navy chevron (Pebbles Inc.) and the red graphic pattern (Bella Blvd.). I chose kraft and cork as accent colors because it reminded me of a football.

I used my Cricut and cricut cartridges to cut the title. The Us are from the Varsity Letter cartridge, and the “of” was created using the lower case script letters from the Opposites Attract cartridge. I spelled out “Alma Mater” using October Afternoon letter stickers.

That cute football was cut using my Silhouette Cameo machine and a football shape by Echo Park Paper found in the Silhouette online store. The cork stars are by Ali Edwards and the brads are various ones I’ve collected over the years from My Mind’s Eye … the glitter brads are by Darice, *I think.*

I added some punched glitter paper silver stars below the large cork stars to give them a bit more presence.

Have you ever scrapped a page using a color scheme instead of a collection?! It was a lot of fun and a great way to use up the paper scraps floating around in my scrap bin.

         

A Couple More Cricut Party Items!

Hello Friends! Last time I shared with you a party set I created with the Cricut “Something to Celebrate” cartridge. Today I have a couple items for you using the Cuttlebug Chrysanthemum Quilling Kit. It doesn’t look like this product is available anymore on their website, but maybe you can find it by searching around the web if you’re interested.

Another option would be to create your own fringed paper strips using fringe scissors or something like that, if you’d like to recreate these projects.

CLOWN BIRTHDAY CARD

I know that a lot of people are afraid of clowns, but I think this one found on the Wrap It Up cartridge is actually quite sweet. I used the fringed quilling die to create the pom pom for his hat and the collar to his costume. I also used it to create the flower accent.

The birthday candle number can be found on the Sweet Treats cartridge.

For the tone-on-tone background I used an embossing folder backwards, choosing to allow the folder to DEBOSS the images into the paper, rather than emboss them.

PARTY POPPER FAVOR BOX

Tuck a treat inside this bright favor box adorned with more quilled flowers and then hand it to your guests as they are going home. Box created with the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More 2 cartridge.

Hope you have enjoyed seeing these birthday projects! I’ll be back Wednesday with another scrapbook page using the Noel Mignon Summer Lovin’ kit.

Have a creative week!