Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop

I am the tail end of the Blog Hop this month so if you are just starting here, you will want to go on back up to the beginning!  Each month a group of paper crafters gets together and vows to create from our stash and only our stash!  We then share with you what we created!  We've got a fabulous mix of designers and giveaways so you won't want to miss any stops along the way!  

Here's the entire list for the hop!

Audrey http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/

Becki http://beckiadams.blogspot.com/

Alison http://alisondaydesigns.com/

Juliana www.17turtles.com 

Katrina http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/

Kelly Jean http://www.kelsterjean.com/

Brenda http://simplybrenhavingfun.blogspot.com/

Cathy http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com/

Wendi R http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/

Suzanna http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

Cheryl http://patchesandscraps.blogspot.com

Wendy C www.stampingrules.com

Kristy http://alwaysaworldaway.blogspot.com

Lee-Anne http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com

Susie http://mytime2play.blogspot.com/

Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com ***You Are Here**

This month I decided to create a layout to share and it did some serious Stash Busting!

While the papers and stickers are all older, here's my favorite part: the sunburst cut file and the word "sunshine" are both cut files that I had cut out and not used and had laying around.  Perfect for stash busting right!  Because of the bright and busy papers I decided to keep things pretty simple.  I outlined just about everything with black pen to make it pop more.  I added simple embellishments like enamel dots and cork stickers.  All of it helps to pull the eye into the middle and focus on the pictures of my little outdoors boy!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Papers: Doodlebug

Stickers: Studio Calico, Carta Bella, Bella Blvd

GIVEAWAY

As a Thank You for stopping by today I am going to do a special giveaway of a $10 gift certificate to SRM Stickers!  They have a great selection of fun products that I know you will love!

You can do any or all of the following to enter:

1) Become a follower here

2) Like my Scrapping with Christine facebook page

3) Follow me on Instagram @cameyer71

And lastly leave me a comment to let me know which you have done!

This giveaway will remain open until 11:59 pm on June 5th!  I will announce a winner within a couple days!  

If you haven't already hopped all the way thru head on over to Audrey's blog and get started!

Love You More Layout

First off I want to announce the winner from the blog hop this past weekend! Iris!!!

 Iris said...

Super cute layout and pretty blog candy. I follow you with Google friend connect and Like you on FB.

isoscia at aol dot comGo ahead and shoot me an email at practicalscrappers@gmail.com and I will get your prize off to you!

Now on to my project that was featured today on the Chicagoland Scrapbookers Magazine site!  The layout is based on this sketch created by me :)

I didn't follow the sketch exactly because, well, I almost never do :)  I cut the hearts out of my base and then added patterned paper behind them.  Outlining them with black made them pop a little more.  I added in the pictures of my little guy who likes to call himself "diddy kong" who is a character in the Donkey Kong family.  

The bright colors from Pebbles line "From Me to You" were perfect.  Let's face it, bright colors and three year olds just belong together!  I did lots of outlining and doodling giving it a whole lot of personal touch.  The final piece was to do splatters.  I don't know why I wait until last to do that!  At first I didn't like them, but once they dried, it was better.  I'm trying to embrace the splatters and messy fun :)

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Pebbles

Enamel Dots: Freckled Fawn

Stickers: Bella Blvd & Pebbles Inc

Wood Arrows: Studio Calico

Mist: Studio Calico

Webster's Pages Citrus Squeeze Layout

This month I had the opportunity to work with the Citrus Squeeze line from Webster's Pages for both my design team work and a class at The Scrapbooking Studio. It's a fun line full of bright colors and cheerful patterns.  I put my Christine spin on it and here's my first layout for the store!  And for those of you who are regualar followers here, I'm setting up a new format to my blog posts.  Each post, I will highlight Tips, Techniques, The Story, and Supplies Used.

Tips:

-The base for this page was one of "those" papers...you know the kind that already has a big, pretty design printed on it and you aren't sure how to work around it without covering it up.  I decided to offset my pictures from it and play off the colors from the flowers.  

-I also went with black and white photos so that the pictures wouldn't be overwhelmed with the colors of the layout.  

-These pictures were taken on a very humid day and came out a little foggy because of it.  When I changed them to black and white I was pleased with the clarity and they became much more usable!

Techniques:

-Layers of patterned paper are the perfect way to add in color to layouts.  I add adhesive only under the middle of my photo matts.  That way I can slide small pieces of patterned paper underneath to create layers.  

-If you feel like your layout needs more pop, use a black pen to do some outlining and/or doodling.  It adds an extra touch to a layout that makes it one of a kind!

The Story:

My little boy Cooper absolutely loves his friend Hannah.  They have so much fun together, she bosses him around and he listens and loves it.  I often refer to them as an "old married couple." I was trying to get a cute picture of them together and they kept posing all silly.

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Webster's Pages

Wood: Studio Calico

Black Pen: Uniball Signo

Stickers: American Crafts

Clean & Simple Boy Cards

I have three sons.  Words I never thought I'd say.  As much as I enjoy scrapping girl stuff, I am constantly playing around with boy stuff to see how I incorporate fun techniques and such.  Today I have a couple of clean and simple cards to share with you that I created for boys. Both of these cards only took about 20 minutes to create - very simple and a quick way to use up some extra supplies that I knew I wouldn't use on a layout! 

 For this card I used a patterned paper base.  I added white cardstock and dropped mist splatters onto the top. I then added a couple stickers and done!  

Supplies Used:

Stickers: American Crafts, Heidi Swapp, Echo Park

Patterned Paper: Websters Pages

On this card I decided to offset things.  I added patterned paper to my base to create my background.  I then used white cardstock and coordinated my stickers with a washi tape background.  I used a black marker to highlight the S O N letters.  I also used my black marker to outline various parts of the card to give everything a little more definition. 

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Echo Park

Washi Tape: Bella Blvd, My Minds Eye,

Stickers: Echo Park

Wood: Studio Calico

You Make My Heart Go...Watercolor Painting Layout

I've been wanting to play with watercolor paints on a layout for awhile...finally made time to do it and came up with what is one of my favorite recent layouts!

I started with some plain black and white patterned paper from Teresa Collins and added watercolor painted hearts in the colors I wanted.  Once dry I added the rest, trying to mix up my textures but stick within the same color scheme.  This also happens to include two of my favorite pictures of Cooper too!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Teresa Collins, Pebbles

Stickers: Bella Blvd, Jillibean Soup, American Crafts, Momenta, SRM Stickers, Echo Park

Washi Tape: Queen & Co, Bella Blvd, My Minds Eye

Wood: Lawn Fawn

Die Cut: Studio Calico

I Love Lucy

Not sure if I have done a layout yet titled "I Love Lucy" and it was high time!  

This layout features some fun pictures of her last summer that my mom took while we were awaiting Bo's arrival!  I created a banner belowt he pictures uses paper and stickers from Pebbles along with enamel dots from My Minds Eye.  I also added some doilies from Gina's Designs throughout the layout!  I think I have finally gotten a hang of how to make mist splatters and have been enjoying adding those to white space that just needs a little something extra!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Pebbles

Stickers: Pebbles, American Crafts, Doodlebug Design

Doilies: Gina's Designs

Sequins: Pebbles

Mist: Studio Calico

Reverse Canvas Heart starring Mayberry by American Crafts

I love the new Mayberry line from American Crafts and I had the chance to work with it for The Scrapbooking Studio.  Today I am going to share with you a reverse canvas that I made.

 Remember a few months ago when I made heart canvas that was inspired by the American Crafts blog...if you missed it you can see it here.  That got my wheels going on creating a canvas with the folded circles I like so much.  

 To create it, I cut out a big heart.  I started adding the folded circles and once done trimmed up the ones that ran over the edges.  It surprisingly didn't take too long...maybe an hour!  I started off with it being on traditional canvas....but I wasn't happy with some of the elements (shhhhh if you go into The Scrapbooking Studio do not look at the back side).  So I flipped it over and went with the reverse side.  This provides sort of a shadow box element!  I covered the frame part with some wood grain washi tape.  From a distance it really looks like a wood frame!  It was a little tricky to get that all adhered but in the end I am quite pleased with the results!

The colors of this line are a super unique combination but go together really beautifully and they scream summer!  I am planning to pick up more pieces from the line to play with because I am not ready to say goodbye to it just yet!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: American Crafts

Wood Hearts: Studio Calico

Die Cut: Silhouette Cameo

Washi Tape: Glitz Design

Bo Bunny "Family Is" Layout

This month I got to work with "Family is" from Bo Bunny for The Scrapbooking Studio.  It is such a fun, eclectic line!  I love the colors of it and all the sassy sayings it brings in.  This first layout that I am going to share is out of my normal style, but I had a lot of fun playing around with techniques and fussy cutting on it!

The paper I used consisted entirely of speech bubbles.  I wanted to find a fun way to use it but also incorporate a place for a title and some white space.  So I trimmed out a few areas with my paper trimmer and backed it with red cardstock.  I rounded a bunch of corners to add some visual interest.  I fussy cut some of the blank speech bubbles out and then added a picture of each family member to it.  I then doodled a black outline to draw more attention to them as well as adding buttons and wood pieces for dimension. Ended up being a kinda fun and funky look!

Supplies Used: Bo Bunny paper

Maya Road Arrows

Studio Calico wood diamonds & circles

American Crafts Thickers

Pebbles Family Ties Layout

After three boys, I'm getting the hang of this scrapbooking baby boys thing...thank goodness companies keep putting out fun papers to work with!  I love this picture of Bo and I and thought it deserved to be blown up and have a page of it's own.  This is another layout that I created a store sample for The Scrapbooking Studio.

I have been doing a lot of layouts using multiple pictures so I really had to adjust my mindset on this one!  The negative space trend is such a fun one and definitely one made easier by the Silhouette Cameo!  I created my hearts using that as well as parts of my title.  And of course...there's that fun wood veneer from Studio Calico.  I think I would like to own every pack of that that they make....possibly a couple packs of some :)

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper and stickers by Pebbles

Thickers by American Crafts

Hexagons by Studio Calico

Pebbles Family Ties Layout: So Cute!

You always can tell when I am working on magazine submissions...there is a total lull on my blog!  The good news (I guess) is that they don't all get picked up so then my blog picks up again!  Today I am going to share another one of my design team projects with you that I created for The Scrapbooking Studio.  I won't gush again about how much I love this line from Pebbles :)

    Maybe I will gush a little about how much I love this little guy :).  My sweet little Bo is probably the most challenging baby I've had but man he is a mama's boy and those adoring eyes make up for the exhaustion :).  I don't work with a lot of 8 X 10 photos...but this one was too good not to blow up.  I continue to be on a bit of a doodling kick and did a lot of it on this one.  The hardest thing for me about doodling is that sometimes you make a little mistake and there's no turning back.  But as my hubby says "that's what makes it crafty!"  

Supplies Used:

All Patterned Paper is from Pebbles

Stickers from Pebbles & SRM Stickers

Wood Hexagons from Studio Calico

Black Pen from American Crafts

Die Cutting from Silhouette Cameo

Twine from The Twinery

Pebbles Seen & Noted

My samples this month for The Scrapbooking Studio are from the Seen & Noted line that Pebbles makes.  Hokey doodle I loved this line!!!  Amazing embellishments, stunning patterned papers, it seriously might be my favorite ever!  Today I am going to share the card I created.

I just love the charcoal gray combined with all the bright colors!  I am also loving all the Studio Calico wood veneer embellishments lately.  And here's the great thing...I found them at The Scrapbooking Studio!  Honestly I probably wouldn't have used them if I hadn't found them at this fabulous local store.  When is the last time you popped in on your local store?  They all need our support!  I'll be back again soon with more projects from this line!

Studio Calico Cards

I didn't have a chance yet to share the cards I made for my Studio Calico feature over on Practical Scrappers.  I made both of them while at an all day crop so I was working completely with the kit and what I had on hand.  

I really like using gray and pretty much any other color right now :)  And in case you haven't picked up on it...I'm totally into manila tags too!  Seriously, I need stock in those things!  I used washi tape on both cards, this was only my second time ever using washi tape!  It's fun and adds some interesting texture.  I like that you can tell these cards came from the same kit but still have their own style.

Washi Tape Card Challenge

I didn't think I was going to get a card done this week for the Cards Challenge...life has been busy!  But I managed to squeeze one in.   I used the brand new line "Gathering" from Authentique.  It has a gorgeous combination of colors including brown, teale, and orange...so fabulous!

The challenge was to use washi tape, not a favorite supply of mine.  I twisted mine up and then used it to form a heart shape which I echoed with bakers twine.

Supplies Used:  Bakers Twine from The Twinery, Washi Tape from Studio Calico, Kraft Cardstock, and everything else is from Authentique

Studio Calico layouts

I have a Studio Calico feature up on Practical Scrappers today.  Here are the three layouts I created:

Still loving that triangle punch and absolutely love this layout!!!  I inked the edges of each and every triangle and glued them all down.  I highlighted a few with dashes - who knew grey and yellow and teal would go together soooo nicely!  I even misted on it and don't hate it!

I was going for a funky grid on this one...eh, just eh.  It's fine but a little haphazard for me :)  It was worth a shot right :)  What do you think?

Had fun doodling and scattering things about on this one and love that really old pic of my Lucy!