Hello Layout

Back from a family vacation and ready to post some layouts. Unfortunately, because I was gone, I couldn't link up before the due date but I'm pleased with the layout. I used a bunch of hugs and kisses photos which I was going to make my title but couldn't get the fonts right with my limited vacay supplies so I went with using lots of hello's.

I used this sketch from My Creative Sketches.

 

I am playing along with the Clique Kits Anything Goes Challenge with this layout.

 

Supplies

Jillibean Soup: Healthy Hello Soup Collection

Blue and Yellow Rik rak: Michael's

 

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Sweet Girl Layout - SOS GDT

Hi there! I hope you'll join the challenges this month at Scrap Our Stash. I'm pleased to be the guest designer this month and I just love this challenge! Here is my layout:

 



The challenge is to follow the sketch and use one item from each column.

 

 

I began this layout with the Fancy Pants Me-ology kit as it has mini folders which I had no idea how to use. From there I chose two pictures that would match. I used Simple Stories frames, twine around the quote at the bottom and a Uniball pen for the journaling. I really thought a lot about the background as I have some awesome Teresa Collins stencils but after making my cluster, I decided to sew the background like the picture. I'm so glad I did because I never would've come up with this idea without the sketch. I found some tags I liked in the kit so I had to move the title for balance. It is from Creative Embellishments with some black embossing. Even though the quote at the bottom wasn't part of the sketch, I had to include it because it described the pictures perfectly.

 

Supplies

Fancy Pants: Me-ology Kit

Frames - Simple Stories: Carpe Diem

Title - Creative Embellishments
Black embossing powder: Close To My Heart

Black Uniball pen

Pearls and twine - the stash

White thread

 

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Dream Big Today Layout - SID GDT

I'm so happy to be joining the Stick It Down challenge blog this month as their Single Page Guest Designer. It is a great sketch to work with and I knew just what I wanted to do with it.

 

Here is the sketch:

 



I just purchased the Simple Stories Carpe Diem mega pack which came with a bunch of frames. I began by selecting five frames and corresponding circles to highlight in each one. Then I chose these pictures of our trip to Walt Disney World as the blue in Ariel's dress matches this collection. I love these flowers and fussy cut them. Everything came from the kit so it was a super easy, super fun layout to make. I hope you'll try this sketch too!

Supplies
Simple Stories: Carpe Diem
Black fine tip Sharpie pen

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Toothless Besties Layout

And now for my third layout from my week at the lake. This picture is of my daughter and her friend when they learned they had both lost the same tooth. Unfortunately, my daughter pointed her face down so you can't see her teeth and they ran off before I could get another picture. At the end of the day it is a great picture of them so I can't be disappointed.

 

I used a sketch from Stuck!? Sketches. You should see the stuff the design team made. Amazing!

 

 



Supplies
Simple Stories: Carpe Diem
Black twine from the stash
Yellow letters - Glitz Designs: 77

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Hotel Weekend Layout

Here is layout number two from my relaxing week at the lake. These pictures are from our family stay in a hotel for a weekend to celebrate my parent's 40th wedding anniversary. This is the second time we have done this as a family and I highly recommend it! The kids named it 'hotel weekend' as we didn't leave our city. The hotel was close to restaurants, shopping, had a waterslide and a spa. Something for everyone. I love this picture of my daughter walking her suitcase. She was soooo excited!

 

I used this month's sketch (#108) from Sketch-N-Scrap. I had to play with it a little bit as my papers were so busy and I really wanted to have the words on the middle strip to show.

 



Supplies
Jillibean Soup: Healthy Hello
Green letters - Bella Blvd: Lucky Starz
Fine tip black Sharpie pen

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Artist In Residence Layout

Just got home from a wonderful week at the lake. I managed to complete three layouts so I have a lot to post. The first one is of my daughter drawing at her little table that we keep in the kitchen. I highly recommend having a permanent art space in your living area. It is so nice to see my daughter choose to go there and begin creating without needing to ask for all the supplies.

I used the sketch from the Midweek Mojo Orchid #9.

 

Supplies

Simple Stories: Carpe Diem

Fine tip black Sharpie pen

 

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Graduation Layout - SOS GDT

I was very happy to be asked to guest design this month on the Scrap Our Stash blog. Here is my layout:

 

The challenge is to be inspired by the following book:

 

 

I found it a little challenging to decide which direction I wanted to go with this, but due to the requirement of using 5 patterned papers, opted for circles. They also match the shape and colour of the rings in the book. Since this book is often read at graduation, I chose a picture of my daughter graduating from pre-K. I chose the Atlas collection as it matched the photo. I used the brads as my round embellishment. The twine I originally wanted going to all the circles but it meant my title wouldn't lie flat so I opted for the side ones. It looked like my daughter had spider legs so I put some twists and turns in the twine! I like how the twine implies all the different directions she can take to all the different places in life. I did an Internet search and found the Doctor Soos Bold font. It is such a close match to the book and it cut easily.

 

Supplies

Paper - Pink Paislee: Atlas

Arrow clip - American Crafts

Black fine tip Sharpie pen

Brads and twine - the stash

White cardstock

 

Thanks for stopping by! I can't wait to see how everyone interprets this challenge!