Birthday Boy / Bella Blvd DT

 Good morning everyone!

Sarah back here today to share with you a layout I made about one of my little guys and his birthday. You will notice with this layout, I used color photos. I know crazy!! I never use color photos. I used color photos this time because its the only way I had these. I lost my SD card in one of my moves and had these printed from years ago, so I decided to use them the way they were.

 

He turned 3 and was so sick, but his fever had finally broke so I wanted to do a little something before his birthday party the next weekend. So we went and got some cupcakes and his and his brother had a cupcake war in the front yard and they had a blast!

 I started this layout by actually getting the photos arranged the way I wanted, stuck them together and went to adding the layers behind them. I grabbed the ephemera packs that went with the Wish Big boy collection, along with the ciao chip icons and started to pull pieces that I thought I might wanna use on this layout. Once I did that I thought, well maybe I should get the background started. I was doing everything backwards with this layout, lol.

 

I pulled a few papers and decided I wanted this layout to be centered across the middle of the page. I chose the papers I wanted and went to arranging them the way I wanted. I changed it a  few times, but decided on the cute little animals in the back bottom layer. I wanted the stripes, I love pattern, so I knew I wanted that paper as well, but there needed to be a little break between the two busy layers, so I grabbed the teal tone on tone paper and added a strip of that between the layers and stuck it down and ruffled up the edges of them before I moved on.

 

Ok so I have the background done and had my photos with there layers, so I added 3D adhesive behind those and placed them to the right of the layout, since my son was facing the left in one photo and straight on in the other. 

So now I had my photos where I wanted them and knew I could start embellishing and that's what I did. I soo wanted to use that cute little dino with his cute little party hat on, so I tucked him under my photo to the left, added a cake and some balloons and moved on to adding cupcakes to the right of my photos and some little hearts. I loved the sayings on the stickers and ephemera pieces so I decided to pop some of those in there as well. I added two tabs at the top of my photo cluster and then went for the title. I love, love , love Bellas acrylic words and this made my title extremely easy! I added it and then added boy on top of the acrylic Birthday word, with some of the Illustrated Faith homespum alpha stickers. Popped a few of the star stickers from the sticky mix sheet and that was it for this layout!

 

Wish Big boy collection: 

Dinotastic paper, Blow them out paper, Boarders paper, Mack a wish paper, Happy birthday paper

Ephemera words, ephemera, Ciao chip icons, Sticky mix cardstock stickers

Acrylic word: Birthday

Illustrated Faith: Homespun cardstock stickers: Bananas for you

Paper Sweeties July 2019 New Release Rewind!

Good morning everyone!!

I'm here this morning to share with you some new stamps from Paper Sweeties!!

 

I know you've already seen my planner spreads for this month, but I up dated it a but with some of the fun stamps from this months new releases. They go so well with last months stamps and sweet cuts too!!

 

I know that my pictures from the zoo have nothing to do with the beach but its my planner so I can make it look however I want lol. So I added the cute light houses, boats, anchors and more. I thought they were great together and sooooo cute.

 

I loved the fact that even though these are beachy stamp sets that they still can make a little planner spread look great!

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my spread, I love to do my memory planning. I love to use the extra space in my planner, to journal about what went, cute little details and all. 

Thanks so much for stopping by to check it out!! Make sure to stop by all the other design team girl stuff too!!

 Ahoy Matey

 

 Beach therapy

Beach therapy Sweet Cuts 

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Diane Hover
Karen Bull 
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Golzbein 
Sarah Wyles--- you are here
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

 

Paper Sweeties July 2019 New release party

Good morning everyone,

 I'm back this morning to share another layout with you using the cute new stamps and sweet cuts by Paper Sweeties.

 

I started this layout by stamping those cute little fish on the background, I stamped quite a few but some got covered up when I started to add the papers and embellishments. 

I don't usually use colored photos but I have been lately. There have been a few layouts lately that I have used color pictures on them, I had found a bunch of old photos that I don't have copies of, so I'm using the original, and with these papers and stamps, it works great!

 

I had already stamped a bunch of little fishys, added a white mat around my photo and popped it up on 3D foam, so I started on my background. 

I decided I wanted my picture towards the top and on the left because of the way he was looking. So I cut some paper strips and grabbed a few boarder stickers and layered them on the left side, ruffled the edges up and placed them down.

 

Once I had the paper strips down, I stuck my photo down on top of them and started water coloring the cute stamps in. This way they match the papers I'm working with too. I have to say that's one of the major things I love about using stamps!!

 I added the title to the right of the photo, a mix of chipboard letters and some stickers, then I tucked that cute little treasure chest under the title to the right and a little pirate star down at the bottom of the title and under the photo. I added some cute little stripped and dotted hearts here and there.

 

Then I bounced to the bottom left corner and started adding embellishments there. I knew I wanted that tag, I tucked a hears and that cute scalloped circle behind it. I stamped sun kissed nose to the tag and along the paper strips. I knew that cute little pirate starfish would add a pop of yellow to the bottom of the layout, so I popped that cute little guy up on some foam adhesive. To finish off the layout I decided to add some stamped bubbles and then some teal and blue splatters. 

I love what these stamps added to the layout, the cutness and whimsy, were just perfect!!

 Ahoy Matey

Beach therapy

Beach therapy Sweet Cuts 

Make sure you go check out the rest of the ladies projects too!! 

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Diane Hover
Karen Bull 
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Golzbein 
Sarah Wyles---- you are here
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

 

Paper Sweeties July 2019 New Release Sneak Peeks!

Good morning everyone!!

Today I'm here to show you a sneak peek of Julys new stamps and dies.

 

I wanted to use this picture of my my son and me, it was his 1st time to a beach and he was so excited. He was about a year and a half old and he was just so cute! So this months stamps went fantastically with this layout, they are cute and whimsical and you can make them any color you want!

 

I decided to cut my picture into a circle, so I thought why not add a bunch more circles to the layout and by doing this that would give me placed to pop stuff behind and on top of around the layout.

 

I love the little little pirate starfish, he is so cute and can be used so may ways and the fact that you can color him and all the other stamps, anyway you want is so awesome!! The jellyfish was fun to play with as well, along with that cute little treasure chest!!

I really didn't use many embellishments on this layout because I wanted to use these cute little things. I love the whimsy it adds and the cuteness to it. 

Thank you for stopping by to check it out and I hope you make sure to check out the rest of the girls creations as well.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Diane Hover
Karen Bull 
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Golzbein 
Sarah Wyles----you are here
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Little fiercracker / Bella Blvd DT

Good morning everyone!! 

Looks like to day I have a double post, but for two different teams and two different things, lol.

So today I've already shared a planner post and now I get to share a 12x12 layout as well!!

So the picture I decided to scrap today is one I've had for so long. My oldest son is 14 now and he was only 1 in this picture, so I thought it was about time to scrap it!

 

I already had my photo, I grabbed a sheet of white cardstock, drew out some stars on it and cut them out by hand. I placed the cut out stars on the right of the layout because we were both moving that way in the picture.

 

I backed the stars with different patterned papers from the Freedom and Fireworks collection, then added a few layers behind my photo, with these two things done I knew what direction I wanted to go with the embellishments and where to place things on my layout. 

 

I pulled from the ephemera packs, doohickey sticker sheet and acrylic shapes and started playing with the placement of them. Once I had them where I wanted them, I thought that it would be nice to have some stitching marks around the stars that I cut out. Well my sewing machine is still packed, so I grabbed a pen and added the little marks around them by hand. After that I started placing embellishments down.

 

I added a lot of stars and hearts and made pretty much one whole side of my layout a big cluster. I did add three other more defined clusters to the layout as well. Right under the photo, to the bottom right of it and then the very top of the photo cluster as well.

 

I popped my photo and its layers up on some 3D foam adhesive and placed it on the left of my layout and added some tags, tabs, hearts and stickers to make my cluster there. On this layout instead of adding splatters I decided to added some of the enamel dots from the Heart Hugs. My layout was already busy so I thought this was a way to add the look but have it more controlled.  

Those cute littel dots finished off this layout for me and I hope you enjoyed seeing it. Make sure to look out for all the other amazing work the design team dose and have a great day!!

 

Freedom and Fireworks collection: Daily details pattern paper, Boom Boom, Boarders, Land that I love, Juicy Fruit, Love the USA, Truck Parade, Doohickey Sticker sheet, Ciao Chips-Icons, Ephemera Icons, Ephemera Words, Acrylic shapes- Patriotic stars

Heart Hugs: Wild Berry, Rainy Day

You are all kinds of amazing/Bella Blvd DT

Good morning everyone!! 

Life has been interesting lately. I moved!! So happy with the new place, but so many things have gone wrong since we moved in. I just got internet back today and oh man did I miss it! I've been without for over 2 weeks, crazy.

Well back to the fun and playing with the pretties!!

I'm here to share with you today a new layout using Splash Zone in a bit of a different way, along with a few other new things.

 

I have to say that I love the way this layout turned out. I started this back when I first knew we were getting the new collections, even posted a picture of the flower in the background that, for some reason I decided to do by hand. Sewing and then cutting out. Once I got the flower cut out I did a light trace on the background and pulled out my Illustrated Faith water colors and started splattering away. I did grab a gold spray from my stash and a little shine to the flower as well. Once it was all dry, I glued down the flower and moved on to adding embellishments.

 

I knew where I wanted my photo, that is why I added the flower a little more to the right of the layout. I wanted the flower to show more and have all the pretty colors. I added a few layers behind my photo and quite a few tags as well to the top of it.

 

I added flowers here and there, even tucked under the edge of the large flower cut out I made. I added a strip to the bottom of my layout and tucked a few florals there, along with a ephemera tag, that says it doesn't get better than this.

 

Finishing the layout off, I grabbed some of the new Florence Alphas and Ciao Chips and made my title to the right of my photo using a few different colors.

I hope you liked this layout and I hope you come back and see what everyone else has been crafting!!

 

Illustrated Faith Shanna's favorite water colors

Splash Zone collection: Boarders paper, Flower garden paper, Sunny Days paper

Ciao Chips: Ephemera Icons, Ephemera words, So in love

Florence Alphas: Orange, Peep

Oh my stars collection: Gift tags

Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Series - July 2019

Good morning everyone!!

Today I'm here to share some planner inspiration with you, using Paper Sweeties stamps!

 I used planner stamps, Planner Series Everyday basics, Vacation, and Business Basics.

 

I also used a few that werent planner stamps, but were so cute I just had to use them, I mean come one, its summer and having some mermaid tails and under water/beachy vibes are definitely something I want! I'd love to be laying on a beach!lol

 I used Handmade for you stamp set, Mermaid wishes,

 

I love the beachy vibe that comes along with these little mermaid tails, sea shells and starfish. The cute sayings are awesome too!! I did a little water coloring on the pieces I fussy cut out, and have much more planned for my week to week pages, using the same stamps!

Summer vibes everyone!! I hope you have a great day!!

Make sure to scroll down and visit the rest of the girls too and see what inspiration they have for you!!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Lilian Forsyth 

Maria Patrick
Sarah Wyles------You are here
Taylor Golzbein