Stashbusting: Scrapbooking with a 12×12 Paper Pad

I love budget scrapbooking supplies with the best of them! If I see a 12×12 stack of paper that speaks to me, I will pick it up. These papers are beautiful, but the downside is that they have their limits. They are usually a lighter-weight paper (which CAN be a benefit in some circumstances), they don’t always have a stellar design, and they lack accompanying embellishments. This is the most difficult for me, as you KNOW I LOVE coordinating embellishments!

So, how do you scrapbook with a 12×12 paper pad? For me, it is an opportunity to use up embellishments from my stash and to use my stamps and dies to create my own embellishments. So that is what I will be doing today. Click on the image below if you would like to view the Process Video, or feel free to scroll right on past to the post with pictures. 🙂

SCIENCE FAIR

This cute daughter of mine will be graduating from high school next year. That means I need to make a focused effort to get caught up on her school memories. This photo is from her science fair in Elementary school. I love that she is sporting her ‘Save Ferris’ t-shirt here. So flippin’ cute!

The paper pad I chose to use for this layout is the Park Lane ‘Nice Day’ Big Buy pad from Joann. These pads tend to sell out quickly, but I believe this one is still available on Joann.com at the time of this post. Yay! So if you like it, you can still pick it up for yourself!

My daughter’s science fair project featured air quality. I thought this would be a good time to use my ‘weather’ dies. This cute Sun is by Fun Stampers Journey. The clouds are from an Echo Park Paper die and the hearts are a combination of an American Crafts punch and Provo Craft die (remember the Cuttlekids dies? Yep, it’s that old, but I still love the shape of this heart and use it often).

I organize my embellishments by color family: Primary, Brights (candy colors), Lights, and Neutral. For this scrapbook page I dug through my Primary embellishments and pulled out a pack of American Crafts die-cuts, wood buttons from Shimelle, and Daily Flash Stickers & cut-apart cards by October Afternoon.

This cute rainbow die is called the ‘Over the Rainbow Die Set’ by Echo Park Paper and is available at the Echo Park site HERE.

I have collected so many stamps over the years, but rarely make use of them. I challenged myself to use some letter stamps from my stash for the title. The letters were created with letter stamps from Fun Stampers Journey (no longer in business).

So, how about you? Do you have items in your stash that could use a little love? Challenge yourself to create a stashbusting layout this weekend. Perhaps dust off your dies and stamps and see what you can come up with. I’d love to see the end result.

Happy Scrapping!

JanaBold

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January 2023 Hip Kits: Award-Winning Writer

Even though I have my February Hip Kit in hand, I still have so many ideas for the January kit! The patterned paper with the ring of books has been calling my name, so I’m squeaking in one more layout before moving on to the February Hip Kit (watch for my first layout in a few days!).

AWARD-WINNING WRITER

My oldest daughter was an English major, so you know I HAD to use that paper on a layout about her. These photos of her receiving a couple of awards at a department banquet dinner were perfect!

I fussy-cut the smaller book wreath from the patterned paper, then backed it with light blue ledger paper. Two more strips of patterned paper anchor the left side of the photo and provide a resting spot for the title.

I used the dark blue puffy alphabet stickers from the Main Kit for my title, combining them with white Thickers (Subway font) from my stash. Next to the title, along the edge of the book wreath, I created a little scene using a mixture of cardstock die-cuts, floral die-cuts, fussy-cut florals, a speech bubble from the January Pocket Life kit, and two puffy cloud stickers. So CUTE!

In the bottom-right corner of the photos, I used a spray of floral die-cuts and fussy-cut flowers to cover a distraction in the photo (an electric outlet on the wall). Plus! It looks super pretty! Who doesn’t LOVE a spray of beautiful flowers?!

I matted both the photo and layout with navy cardstock, then stitched and distressed the edges of the teal geometric paper. A band of patterned papers anchors the book wreath to the background so it doesn’t look like it is floating out in space. Ha!

I’ve LOVED playing with the January 2023 Hip Kits this past month and I’m sure I will pull it out to create more with it soon. But, now it’s time to move on to the GORGEOUS February kits! Check back in a couple of days to see my first layout featuring the February 2023 Main kit.

For more information about subscribing to the Hip Kit Club, along with all of the perks, CLICK HERE!

See you soon!

JanaBold

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Close to My Heart: Last Day

Happy Friday! I’ve been working with the February Craft with Heart kit by Close to My Heart.

The thing I love most about these kits is that the designs are versatile enough to work with just about any photo configuration. Even though the photos on the sample page were different than what I was working with, I was able to adjust the design to work for me.

Check out the video below to see how I did it!

THIS IS THE LAST DAY

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Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a happy, crafty weekend!
JanaBold

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Close to My Heart: Hooray for Today

Happy Friday, Friends! I’m back with another video featuring the second layout I created using the Close to My Heart January 2019 Kits.

Each monthly kit includes two double-page layouts with the instructions, stickers, die cuts, and sheet protectors to complete those layouts. I used most of the stickers and die cuts on the layout I posted on Monday. So, for today’s page I decided to create my own quilled flower embellishments using the Decorative Borders Thin Cuts Dies. Watch the video to see how!

HOORAY FOR TODAY

I also used the title as inspiration for all of the circles across the top of the page — I wanted it to feel like a party! Can  you see where I added stamping, embossing, and dimensional dots, as well?!

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I’ll be back towards the end of this month with my layouts using the February kit. I hope to see you then!

SUPPLIES:
Close to My Heart Craft with Heart January 2019 “Something Fierce” Kit
Black & White Dots (Z3314)
Decorative Borders Thin Cuts Dies (Z4241)
Stitched Hearts Thin Cuts Dies (Z4182)
Raspberry Ink (Z2812)
Colorful Texture Stamp Set/Story by Stacy (D1784)

OTHER SUPPLIES:
Cardstock: White, Yellow, Blue
Scrap of Green Polka Dot Paper
Black Distressing Ink
Sponge Dauber
1.25″ Circle Punch
Polka Dot Embossing Folder
Manual Die Cut Machine
Trimmer/Scissors
Adhesive/Glue Dots/Foam Squares/Liquid Glue
Black Journaling Pen
Quilling Tool
Pencil Die Cut
Clear Stamping Block

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