I definitely enjoy scrapping fall photos & fall scrapping products definitely hold a dear place in my stash! Several weeks ago, I attended a Women's Retreat with friends from my church and was thrilled with the weather we had and the pictures I took. So needless to say, I very much enjoyed creating this layout.
Supplies used: Fancy Pants patterned apper and chipboard shapes, Pink Paislee letter stickers and some MOD buttons.
Don't ya just LOVE fall?!? It's my favourite time of year. One of the many things I look forward to is our annual family photo shoot. This is the photo I use on my Christmas cards. I used to trek the family over to a little bridge near my house, but in an effort to make my life as simple as possible, I've resorted to the magnolia tree in front of my home. *LOL*
Supplies: Scarlet Lime kit, Prima Say It With Crystals, Making Memories journaling notebook, Thickers, Quickutz letters.
Happy Fall!
Sonja.
Your challenge today is to create a project that is FALL inspired.
Fall is my favorite season. There is so much to love about it - beautiful light, cooler weather (but not winter weather), the leaves changing colors, warm sweaters... I could go on and on.
This year, however, I found a new favorite thing - watching my kids playing in the leaves. This is the first house we've had that's had a big tree on the yard. It was so much fun to watch them play and giggle, especially my son, who was really experiencing his first fall.
I couldn't wait to scrap these photos and was inspired by a beautiful layout done by Robyn Werlich.
Supplies: Bazzill Basics Cardstock, Jillibean Soup and Making Memories Patterned Paper, Jillibean Soup Journaling Sprout and Alphas, American Crafts Brads, Making Memories Embellishments
He couldn't get enough of the leaves. It was the sweetest thing and it took my breath away just watching him and the way he experiences life so fully.
There is something so pure and beautiful when you see the world through the eyes of a child.
Sorry for the late post, folks. I had computer issues yesterday! Without further delay, meet the lovely Erica Perkins, one of the winners of our "Scrapbooking Community" challenge at BC Crop for Kids.
Her winning layout is below. The DT and I loved the colours she used and the simple, yet eye-popping design.
Here are a few words from Erica...
I am a mom of two young babes, and I work part-time doing my own business in the childbirth community. I have been scrapbooking for close to three years now and feel blessed with the opportunities I have had to learn from some of the leaders in the Canadian scrapping community, to work with fabulous products and to build a wonderful circle of friends. When I started in this art, I was doing it with the idea of creating a show piece of my kids events and experiences, but it has transformed into so much more.You can find some of my work in the fall issue of Canadian Scrapbooker or in upcoming issues of Scrapbook Trends and Simply Handmade. Of course, I also share latest creations on my blog at www.apodofperkins.blogspot.com
I made two pretty simple pages for this challenge.
The first one was created with stuff I got from Scrapbook Fanatics last year; Imaginisce Hallowhimsy. This line is so cute and very easy to work with. The dotted and striped papers have all kinds of colours to work with, including purple, yellow, pink, green and so on. So you could use this paper with just about any costume. The images down the side, were punched out from one of the papers as well, and each of them is embossed! The title and the black shapes were cut out of foam with my cuttlebug and the felt pumpkins are Queen and Co, I just inked them up a bit. The journaling talks about how for the third year in a row, Jaxon was a lion and Danny was a dragon. lol.
Just this past weekend, was BC Crops 4 Kids, in Abbotsford, Sandra from the Memory Workshop gave me this CUTE CUTE line from My Minds Eye. I just HAD to sit down and create a quick page with it! The die cuts and papers are so cute and so fun to work with and I just happen to have a 'frankenstein' costume!
I used my favourite white gel pen from Stampin Up to outline the title and make the border around the paper. I also used my new edge punch from EK success that I got from Scrapbook Fanatics for the fun edge at the bottom of the striped paper. Aren't those little die cut monsters cute! There are tons more shapes on each sheet too!
Supplies:
Spooktacular; Imaginisce, Cuttlebug, Queen and Co, Bazzill, black ink.
Jaxonstein; My Minds Eye, Jenni Bowlin, Bazzill, EK Success, Cuttlebug.
It's hard to believe these photos were taken a year ago already! I figured it was finally time to scrap them - just before I take a whole bunch of new Halloween photos.
Supplies: Making Memories and Pink Paislee Patterned Papers, Bazzill Cardstock, Maya Road Ribbon, Making Memories Alphabet Stickers and Metal Embellishments
I couldn't decide which photo to use on this layout so I decided to use them all. I printed 4 photos to 2"x3" and then cropped some of them a little bit. The main photo is 4"x6". I love how easy it is to fit lots of photos on a layout when you make a bunch of them small. That way I didn't have to decide which ones to scrap.
Do you have lots of Halloween photos waiting to be scrapped? Create an easy multiple photo layout to quickly cut down your pile of photos.
Wishing you all a safe and happy Halloween!
Wishing all you ghouls and goblins, witches and warlocks, a very safe and happy halloween! Here are the treat bags I made for my son and daughter's classmates.
These Mummy Bags were inspired by a pumpkin I saw in Canadian Family Magazine. They wrapped a pumpkin in gauze to make it look like a mummy. I LOVED the idea, so I used it to make mummy goodie bags. First, I cut strips of gauze and sprayed them with "Caramel" Glimmer Mist. Once dry, I used these strips to cover small white paper bags. The big bag is filled with caramel popcorn for the teachers and the little bag contains a few goodies for the kids.
This was inspired by a project I saw in a Stampin' Up catalogue. I found these small brown paper bags at Creative Packaging. First, I filled a small plastic bag with goodies, then inserted them into the brown paper bag which I cut up first. A breadstick was used as the broom handle, but for the kids I'll use Halloween pencils.
Happy Haunting!
Sonja.
Hi Everyone! Here is my take on the Page Maps sketch for September 2009 by Becky Fleck.
In this layout, I included a pull-out journaling tag tucked under the middle photo. Thanks for looking!
Supplies: Bazzill cardstock, October Afternoon patterned paper and tags, Maya Road pompons, Making Memories ribbon, American Crafts Thickers, Making Memories Tiny Alpha stickers, misc. brads & eyelets
This week's challenge was to use the following sketch to create a layout. It is found at Page Maps by Becky Fleck, September 2009.
I love sketches! When I first started scrapbooking, I adhered very strictly to the sketch. But now, as I feel more comfortable with my style and being creative, I just make sure the bones of the sketch are there. Sometimes, I rotate or flip it to suit my photo. Sometimes I add extra elements, or leave some out. And honestly, sometimes, the finished layout ends up looking nothing like the sketch. And that's okay. A sketch serves as a starting point and inspiration jump-start to create a layout.
With this sketch, I left out the suggested piece of patterned paper in the centre and changed the size of my photos to work with the ones I'd already printed out.
