Scrapping with the SB.com 6×8 Berry Sweet Paper Pad

Happy weekend! Are you doing any scrapbooking today? I have a layout to share with you featuring the SUPER CUTE ‘Berry Sweet’ 6×8 paper pad from Scrapbook.com. Let’s get started!

DECADE DAYS

My daughter’s 5th-grade teacher devised a fun idea to fill the days during the last week of school. She told the kids that they could dress up in any decade. My daughter chose to utilize our 50s poodle skirt costume for the day. Doesn’t she look cute?!

I selected the pink and black patterned papers from the ‘Berry Sweet’ 6×8 paper pad and cut a series of 2.5″ wide strips to layer together in the background. NOTE: The pink striped paper is slightly larger than 2.5″ so that there would be a pink strip on both edges of the strip.

Next, I matted my photos with the dark pink solid paper from the pad, then added a piece of the A2 Honeycomb Background Die behind for some texture. A die-cut tab adds a pop of blue to this corner of the layout.

I used cardstock scraps from my stash, along with my Silhouette Electronic Die-Cutting machine and an image from LetteringDelights.com (Image Set: Indognito) to create this stylish poodle. I love that the poodle is wearing a necklace just like my daughter!

I also die-cut a speech bubble, then stamped it with a sentiment from the Scrapbook.com ‘Happy Little Sentiments’ stamp set. This set is a great one to have since it works well for both cards AND scrapbook layouts.

I used more Scrapbook.com dies to create the title and flower accents for my page. The title was created using the Bold Basic Letter dies (I reach for this die set ALL the time!). I die-cut two layers of blue cardstock and then stacked them together using the 1/8″ foam strips for lots of dimension.

I love all of the different sizes and shapes of flowers in the Scrapbook.com Sunny Lane Florals dies. There are endless ways you can stack these! I used the smallest daisy flower in white (2 layers), then added a tiny blue flower and dark pink circle flower center. The black leaf branches are also created with the Sunny Lane Floral dies!

A few clear gems scattered around the page adds a bit of shine to finish things off!

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a happy weekend!

SUPPLIES USED IN THIS PROJECT:

May PageMaps Layout: Meteor 2009

Yay! The May PageMaps are out! Here is the page I created this month about a meteor that flew over our home back in 2009.

I was working late into the night doing a little scrapbooking. My husband was downstairs doing work in his office. All of a sudden my husband yelled to me, “Jana! Did you see that?! Did you see that?!”

I had my back to the window, but my husband saw the meteor light up the sky as it passed. We looked it up on our security camera, and these are the second by second shots it took. Pretty amazing!

I used the Echo Park Paper Imagine That Boy collection papers for this page … along with a few goodies from my stash.  Isn’t that background paper AWESOME! … The Galaxy Quest paper makes the perfect night sky for my comet!

The comet cut file is from the Out of This World cut set by Lettering Delights. The yellow puffy star stickers are by Bella Blvd.

I combined two older alphabets together for the title work on this page. The blue letters are a SUPER OLD set of American Crafts Thickers called Shoebox. The transparent white acetate letters are by Heidi Swapp. I used my mini stapler to attach each of the acetate letters to the page … where the stapler wouldn’t reach, I just stapled the letters before adhering them to the page with liquid adhesive.

I used the Imagine That Boy Decorative Brads and more Bella Blvd. Puffy Stars to accent this phrase.

I wasn’t sure if the sequence of the photos would make sense, so I used the numbers from the Fancy Pants Take Note stamps to add a little number label in the corner of each photo.

I finished off the page with cluster of the Imagine That Boy Stickers in the lower right corner.

What May PageMaps sketch are you going to try out this month?

SUPPLIES:

COMET – “Out of This World – CS” Cut File Set by Lettering Delights

American Crafts: Santa Tracker Globe

Christmas is such a magical time of year. One of my favorite memories of when my children were young was the excitement they had of hopping on the computer and tracking Santa’s whereabouts on the night of Christmas Eve. The anticipation was palpable! Well, now you can incorporate the fun of tracking Santa into your home decor with the One Canoe Two Santa Tracker Globe by American Crafts.

The Santa Tracker globe includes a Santa sleigh wood piece with a magnet on the back and several adhesive magnetic dot stickers to adhere to the surface of your globe.

I did not want the magnetic dots to show, so I opted to purchase thicker magnets and hot glue them to the inside of the globe. The stronger magnets penetrate the thickness of the globe wall and allow you to place the Santa sleigh piece in the places you have a magnet adhered to the inside.

I used the shiny, gold foil star stickers from the Shimelle Sticker Book to mark the location of the magnets on the surface of the globe. The stars add a festive flair to this fun decor piece!

Next, I added die cut poinsettia flowers (Lettering Delights) and greenery to the globe using American Crafts Textured cardstock. (Pine Branches created with the Stampin’ Up Pretty Pines Thinlit Die Set; Branches created using the Echo Park Be Merry Branch Die Set) I also added a ribbon tied in a knot around the base of the globe.

I can’t wait to add this globe to my Christmas decor! And I know my kids will have fun tracking Santa until the big day arrives.

 

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OTHER SUPPLIES:
American Crafts 12×12 Scarlet Textured Cardstock (71030)
American Crafts 12×12 Spinach Textured Cardstock (71051)
Lettering Delights Cut Flower Holiday Florist – Christmas Set
Stampin’ Up Pretty Pines Thinlits Die Set (141851)
Ribbon
Red Glitter Brads

Working with a Homemade Kit featuring Shimelle Go Now Go

I’m not sure if it is the beginning of a new school year, but I have been itching to play with some paper collections I purchased awhile ago and haven’t made the time to use. I decided to put together some homemade kits with those products and work on creating at least two projects with them to share with you throughout the end of the year. My stash needs some love!

This week the kit I put together has lots of Shimelle Go Now Go. I was able to create four projects (Yay, Me!!!) with this kit and wanted to share them with you today and tomorrow.

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First up … a two-page layout!

CATCH & RELEASE

I was in the mood to play with some cute cut files by Lettering Delights on this one. So that is what I did. The images featured on this page are from the “Happy Trails Too” set.

**SIDENOTE: I really struggled to get the colors just right on these pictures … so I hope you’ll bear with me!

Added into the mix are some older Pebbles stickers … I believe these ones were from the Walnut Grove collection.

I used my Silhouette Cameo 3 Machine to cut out the “Catch” letters (Font: Bebas Neue) and the Ampersand (“St. Patrick’s Day Set” by Echo Park Paper; Design #122732 in the Silhouette Design Store).

Those cute chipboard letter stickers are an older set from Bella Blvd.

It’s been awhile since I have played with my beloved embossing folders, so I used one here to add pattern to the light green pine tree.

The other side of the layout features this chubby bear; fishing for his dinner! Haha!

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OTHER SUPPLIES:
Cardstock: White, Kraft, Brown, Black, Red, Sunflower, Honey, Lime, Leaf Forest, Marine, Pink
Patterned Paper: HSN, Teresa Collins, American Crafts
Stickers: Pebbles Walnut Grove, Tim Holtz
Yellow Gems: My Mind’s Eye
Red Buttons/White Crochet Twine
Silhouette Cameo 3 Machine
“Catch” Font: Bebas Neue
Ampersand Cut File: “St. Patrick’s Day Set” by Echo Park Paper (Design #122732 in the Silhouette Design Store)
“Happy Trails Too” Cut File Set by Lettering Delights
Chipboard Alpha: Bella Blvd. Ciao Chip – Simply Simona Pickle Juice
Tab Punch: McGill
Adhesive/Foam Squares
Scissors/Trimmer
Black Journaling Pen

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Next up, is a single page layout featuring some vacation photos.

OUR TRIP

These photos were taken on the way home from a long family vacation. The kids were tired and, while we had a blast on this trip, we were all ready to get back home. Our fun had officially worn us out!

I used the Shimelle Go Now Go “Fly” paper for the background of this page, and then clustered my photos together on vertical strips.

At the top of the photos, I layered together several of the Go Now Go Chipboard stickers with one of the Wooden Buttons … of course I had to use the heart to go with the “I Left My Heart in Nauvoo,” right?! I also added in a couple of red gem hearts for good measure!

More gem hearts and another wooden button accents these chipboard stickers. I had to add a little sarcasm to this page with the “Happy Travels” chipboard sticker … because you can clearly see that Camryn was DONE. Done, and ready to be finished with this flying home thing! Haha!

I used the chipboard letter stickers again on this page for the title, clustering more stickers around it to give it some personality!

The “adventure” acrylic piece is available at Freckled Fawn. (I LOVE the handwritten script of this piece … it was created by talented friend, Crafty Jen Schow!)

SUPPLIES:

OTHER SUPPLIES:
Cardstock: White, Navy
Shimelle Go Now Go Chipboard Stickers
Chipboard Letters: Bella Blvd. Ciao Chip – Simply Simona Pickle Juice
Tile Letter Stickers: We R Memory Keepers, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type
Red Heart Gem Stickers: Dollar Tree, Recollections
“Adventure” Acrylic Piece (Freckled Fawn)
Triple Banner Punch by Stampin’ Up
Computer/Printer for Journaling
Adhesive/Trimmer/Scissors

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I’ll be back tomorrow with two more projects featuring these darling papers!

See you then!