Saturday, June 21, 2014

Sneak Peeks of July Scraptastic kits!!!

Summer may only officially be starting but its been in full swing in Texas. It's hot hot hot here! Check out these sneak peeks at the awesome summery kits from Scraptastic. I just got my Either Way kit and I have already started a page.

July 2014 This Life Noted Kit


 Super cute and the Summer and stars wood veneers are awesome!

Either Way


ok this photo is not doing it justice at all! - this kit is gorgeous in person and the gold accents in the papers, gold paper clips, alphas.... you will have to wait to see all of it but seriously, you will love this kit!

Summer Nights


Not much needs saying about this collection - fun fun fun and the cutest wood veneers ever.

Friday, June 06, 2014

Disney Ferry Boat layout *June Scraptastic kit

As promised here is another Disney layout using the Sail kit, and Add on kit from Scraptastic. First I have to say that my friend, Nancy Burke, did a layout where she cut the woodgrain paper to make it look like weathered boards so I just had to copy that idea. Thanks Nancy :)

I used some white gesso and a stencil from DCWV for the dots on the background.  And the ahoy and anchor are 2 of the awesome wood veneers from the kit that I just rubbed ink onto to stain them.


And can you believe I pulled out my old gold brads and gold eyelets from my stash for this layout? When was the last time you used eyelets!? I think they really work well with a nautical theme.




Thursday, June 05, 2014

Disney Day 1 layout

These photos are from a trip we took in 2005. I love the photos of my son, but not so much me, still I had to scrap them. I used the Sail kit, Add on kit,  and the Best Day of my Life Stamp set from Scraptastic Club.
You may look at the Sail kits and think they don't look very Disney but the colors and theme were perfect for these photos of us at Downtown Disney by the boats. I know Nancy Damiano did a gorgeous Disney Cruise layout for the blog HERE.  I think they would be wonderful for the boardwalk area and for a few of the beachy themed resorts as well. And I have another disney layout to share with you guys later using these papers.


I am not that great at using kraft paper so at first I was stuck for how to use all the fun kraft die cuts in this kit. Then I stitched on one in white and I love the look!




Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Snap layout *Scraptastic june kit

My cousin, Joey, and I were taking some photos down by the bay on Easter and we each took a photo of each other so I had to scrap them. I used the nautical Sail kit, and Add on kit. 
This beautiful woodgrain made a perfect background for the crisp whites in the papers, die cuts, and transparency. The little wavy flair fit perfectly into the large spot of one of the die cut pieces. I used a chipboard camera from last month's kit and the buttons are from my stash.


I really really love whales so that big blue whale had to be on my page somewhere.


2 Cards and the June Scraptastic kits

Ok first of all I have to show you guys the gorgeous kits available for June. To see ALL the June kits visit Scraptastic Club HERE. But I got the Sail kit, Add on kit, and stamp set  - just look how much fun it all is!
 


So I was making a couple of birthday cards the other day and I used one of my older kits with the adorable whale stamp and Crate Paper Pier collection for one card. For the second card I used Goodies from Carta Bella Paper's Ahoy collection in this kit. The happy birthday stamps are from my stash.


Check back soon for lots of fun layouts from this kit :)


Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Layouts and cards *May Scraptastic kit

Today I wanted to share a few of my creations with the May "The Story I Heard" kit, add on kit, and stamp set. I really love the lighter colors of this kit because I am pretty bad about taking dark photos and I am always looking for ways to lighten up my pages. This is just a fun fresh kit to play with.

 For my first layout, I chose to use a large photo of my crazy family as we arrived at our resort one year at Disney World. Since it is Caribbean Beach Resort, I chose to cut some palm fronds from cardstock for a more tropical feel. I also loved the little tiny stamp that says "enjoy this moment" so I stamped over and over in places on the background as a bit of a design element.

It's all about the photos today, first I had a large photo and for my second layout I have three fairly large photos. I wanted room to embellish a little and still journal, so the journaling is hidden on a tag behind the photo. The thing that amazed me by the tiny town wasn't the houses or train, it was the little trees, shrubs, and even flowers. I thought it was so cool that I made a tiny banner in the lower left to go with the scale of my tiny town photos.

 and then with a few of the patterned paper scraps, cardstock, embellishments, and stamps, I created 2 cards and envelopes. Don't forget to decorate the envelope a little bit, too.

Here is a closer look at the card with the stamping. I just stamped the phone and dial onto cardstock, but for the greeting, I stamped onto a piece of the acetate that the cardstock stickers came on, using black Stazon ink.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

April Sketchy Thursday with Scraptastic

Today is Sketchy Thursday on the Scraptastic Blog and you know what that means - a chance at the $20 gift certificate if you play along! So hop over to the blog and check out the gorgeous pages by our Design Team for some inspiration, and then give this sketch a go! It looks good upside or flipped too. 


For my layout I used the Let Me Go kit, Add on Kit, the little car from the Let Me Go stamp set, and the hearts from the Worth Wondering stamp set. I just love the goodies in these kits, the little globe is my favorite and the gold dots are super cute.


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Thursday, April 17, 2014

birthday tags with Carta Bella It's a Celebration



I made a couple of birthday tags using the cute "It's a Celebration" collection by Carta Bella.

The most fun part is the pocket. First I punched a bunch of confetti from scraps of papers after my last layout I made using this collection. I also punched a star and then encased the confetti between two rectangles of vellum with a straight stitch around the perimeter. Lastly, I stitched the confetti piece to the tag on the sides and bottom to make a pocket.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

2 layouts using the April Scraptastic kit

Today I wanted to share a couple of layouts that I created with my April Scraptastic kits for the Scraptastic Blog.

I really have enjoyed playing with this Let Me Go kit, Add on kit, and Stamp Set. I wanted to share a couple of my layouts and show you some ways I like to use the stamps and some of the scraps from the kits as well.
For my first layout I began with a neutral cardstock for my background and I chose to stamp with light inks in the upper left corner and middle right, directly on the background. My aqua ink is a light shadow type ink, but the pink and gold are bolder so I stamped them first on a scrap of paper and then stamped onto my page so they would look lighter.





 I decided that it would be fun to die cut the state and title from patterned paper and if you haven't used an ombre paper for a cut title, you just have to give it a go. I love the effect. Its my favorite thing to do with ombre paper.



For my second layout I did some stamping that might work better for you if you aren't comfortable stamping directly onto your layout.
I created coordinating tags with a camera theme to go with my photos of vintage cameras that I took while antiquing. I stamped a pale aqua map image multiple times onto the light patterned paper with dots and then cut 4 tag shapes and layered with embellishments. These tags really are so much fun to make and you could use kit scraps and just keep tags on hand for future layouts.





I also used the scalloped outline stamp from the Worth Wondering Stamp set. I stamped it twice onto a scrap of patterned paper directly with black ink and just cut it out and used it as an accent next to the photos.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

8th stash layout

How are you guys doing with using your stash this year? I just counted and this is my 8th layout using just my stash from before this year. Now I am certainly not where I should be to have 50 done this year but 8's not too bad.

This page is for my brother's album and it was kind of a challenge in itself because I wasn't sure to go all Animal Kingdom-ish or all Christmassy. Speaking of which, someone needs to design a good safari collection again please :)  I chose to use some old Crate Paper mostly the Portrait collection. Its got Christmassy colors. Then I was digging in my holiday goodies and found these K&Co stars, DCWV rhinestones, and the walmart glittery snowflake - fun stuff!
 


Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Fluff *Scraptastic "Let Me Go" kit

The April Scraptastic "Let Me Go" kit has a travel theme and I did mostly travel pages with it  - you will see those soon :) , but I was looking at some of my favorite papers in the kit and they didn't seem travel-ish at all. And there were grey and charcoal colors so I had to do a Figaro page. Fig's birthday was April 1st and he turned 5 so it was a good time for photos.

I used the Let Me Go Kit, Add on kit, and the Worth Wondering Stamp set from Scraptastic.




and here is a look at the awesome stamp set 
Scraptastic Club's Worth Wondering Stamp Set


Friday, April 04, 2014

Non Traditional Birthday Card

I just wanted to share this card that I made to wish Jessica, the owner of Scraptastic Club, a very Happy Birthday. I decided to use a sunshiny greeting rather than just stamping Happy Birthday on the front of the card.  I used the April "Let Me Go" kit, Add on kit, and the "Worth Wondering" Stamp Set. I added some Basic Grey Candy Buttons and a bit of sparkle splatter from my stash.

To see the other cards created by some of our talented designers, visit the Scraptastic Blog HERE



Tuesday, April 01, 2014

April Scraptastic Kit Reveals!!!

HAPPY APRIL Everyone!

Did you get april fooled or did you fool someone? I have an april fools kitty - Figaro turns 5 today. No pranks around here, but it is a beautiful day for scrapping. I just opened my April Let Me Go Kit with add on kit and it is AWESOME! I can't wait to get started. And omgosh, look at the stamp sets with these.

Here are the full kit reveals so you can pick one out. Visit Scraptastic HERE to order yours 

Which is your fave?

THIS LIFE NOTED

(sold out!)

There are so many elements in this kit that I love.  The black+white is awesome and I love the repeating elements.  The star of this kit has to be the alphabet stamp set, designed by Kaitlin Sheaffer.

WORTH WONDERING KIT


a beautiful kit to play with on a sunny spring day, right?

WORTH WONDERING ADD-ON



WORTH WONDERING STAMP SET



LET ME GO KIT


Look at all the fun goodies! I love these colors for travel because they actually are in my photos and just look at that little cork bicycle!

LET ME GO ADD-ON


LET ME GO STAMP SET