Stashbusting: Simple Stories Emoji Love

I’ve hung onto the Simple Stories Emoji Love collection because I knew the emojis would be absolutely perfect for this page about my son getting his second set of braces. He was kind enough to let my husband take this crazy picture of him in the chair with the typical goggles and crazy contraption holding his mouth open (Classic!).

My son’s braces have been off for over a year now, so it’s probably time I get these photos of my son’s journey with braces documented. *giggle*

HERE WE GO AGAIN

I love the snarky words and phrases in this collection, especially to express feelings about a situation such as this. Plus! Teenagers are just naturally snarky. Hehe!

I layered the sunglasses on top of this emoji to mimic my son with the goggles in the photo. It makes me smile every time I see it!

I used up some letter stickers from my stash for the title and then used a black journaling pen to write the journaling below.

I thought the food was a perfect accent for a page all about the journey of my son’s teeth. Ha!

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More Stashbusting with PageMaps Sketches: Part 2

As we head into the weekend, I wanted to share the final pages I created with the October sketches at PageMaps. I’ve had the Dear Lizzy Lovely Day collection hanging out in my stash for over a year and decided to get it used up. These sketches were the perfect way to put this collection to use and I love the result!

FAMILY CHALLENGE

One summer my husband and I challenged our kids not to drink soda for a cash reward. They did it, but as you can see in these photos, they were pretty happy to have their soda back at the end of the summer. Haha!

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HEY, HEY, HEY

My daughter went to a day camp one summer with her best friend. This snapshot of her in her camp t-shirt was the only thing I had to remember the occasion. My daughter detailed the events of her camp in her personal journals, so a quick page about her experience was all that was needed for our family scrapbook.

Now that the weekend is upon us, do YOU have plans to do a little scrapbooking? Grab an older collection from your stash and challenge yourself to create as many pages as you can with it. The sketches at PageMaps are a great way to get you going!

Happy scrapping to you!

More Stashbusting with PageMaps Sketches: Part 1

Working with the monthly sketches at PageMaps always puts me in the mood to do some stashbusting. I’m back today and tomorrow with a four more pages I created using the sketches this month.

BIRTHDAY BASH

This time I used the two-page sketch along with the Bella Blvd. Mind Your Manners collection to scrapbook my daughter’s 10th birthday party.

The pictures are dark and grainy and some are a bit blurry, but these cute papers brighten them right up!

I used the letter stickers for this collection to build the title. There was an odd space to the right of the word “bash” afterwards. My simple fix was to punch three hearts and just line them up in a row to fill up the space.

I added a few more punched hearts around the page to tie them in with the title.

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This next page was a simple one and came together quickly using the Dear Lizzy Lovely Day collection. I love that!

LAST DAY

I decided to do a small title on this layout to stay true to the sketch, but honestly, it feels a bit naked to me. Haha! I’m wondering if I should have done a LARGE and in charge title above the tags/photos. I’m probably over-analyzing it, though. *giggle* And it’s good to try something new once in awhile, right?

I LOVE cloud dies! They are the perfect “filler” for an empty spot. These ones are extra cute with their faux stitching and flat bottoms! I bought them from AliExpress a looong time ago … but, I would highly suggest adding some cloud dies to your stash if you don’t have any. ❤

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed seeing me dig into my stash a bit and maybe inspired you to tackle a collection you own that could use a little crafting love. *wink*

Have a great day!

Stashbusting: Journey, Love, Crazy Hair Day

Yesterday, I shared my monthly PageMaps layout for October. I loved the sketch so much, that I decided to pull out an older collection I had hanging out in my stash and put it to work again. This time, I created a page about my daughter. The collection I used is the Amy Tangerine Oh Happy Life collection.

The main reason I pulled out this collection is because I couldn’t resist fussy-cutting those flowers! They are so happy and bright. I used some clear domes on the centers of the smaller flowers to add a bit more interest.

One day I will invest in a large format printer so that I can print my journaling directly on my 12×12 paper, but for now, I will use a transparency. It sticks out a little bit in the photos, but once the layout is behind a sheet protector in my album, I don’t think it will bother me as much.

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Since I already had the Oh Happy Life collection on my desk, I went ahead and used it to create the following layout. I used another PageMaps sketch that several people on YouTube have been working with lately. I’m not sure which month this sketch is from, but here it is in case you would like to give it a go, too!

More fussy-cut flowers and lots of layers behind this main photo.

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By now, I was on a roll. I finished off the bits and pieces of this collection and created one last layout … this time, the page is my own design.

I used large glue dots to attach the acetate piece that is part of the title, and in retrospect, I wish I would have done something different. Either smaller glue dots, or better yet, run the piece through my Xyron machine so that there was adhesive across the entire piece. Live and learn, right! 🙂

I LOVE using up my stash! Especially since it is so hard for me to part with older collections … I still love them as much as the day I acquired them!

I hope this has inspired you to pull out an older collection and put it to good use on a few of YOUR projects!

Have a great week!