Swimming Lessons: July Daily Diary Kit Color Challenge

Hi!  Sarah here with a layout using July's Daily Diary kit.  This week we were challenged to play with color.  We could either do a layout using a monochromatic or a rainbow color scheme.  I chose to do a monochromatic and using blues for this swimming themed layout.

I really loved pulling all of the blues out from this kit and making this layout.  The only thing I struggled with was papers because I have the Daily Diary kit, so many of the smaller papers didn't work for this one.  I did pull two extra paper scraps from my stash (the floral and the geometric behind the photo along with the cardstock).

I LOVE these Thickers in the kit!  I love the color and that they're ombre.  I pulled some smaller mini market alphas from October Afternoon from my kit since I didn't want to use up all of the "S" in the Thickers pack.  I might be hoarding them!  I used a piece from the Pebbles cut apart sheet to hold my title and it was perfect since it was a pool.

I had to use the sea horse die cut because my older daughter's swim group was called the Sea Horses.  It was orginially an orange-coral color.  So to make it work with this layout, I sprayed it with some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in the color Ocean.  It took the color nicely and make it work for my monochromatic theme.  The "Hello" is cut from a Project Life card from the kit.

I pulled three flair badges from my stash in different shades of blue just to add some height and dimension.  I finished the layout off with the bingo card, stickers and puffy word tiles, all from the kit.

I hope you enjoyed this and I hope you will take one the color challenge with us!  Please share all of your layouts in the Facebook group, we'd love to see them!

The Grand Canyon: April's "Let's Get Lost" Classic Kit

Hey guys!  Sarah here with my last layout using the Let's Get Lost classic kit.  I really wanted to redo a layout that I made a long time ago.  During a cross-country military move, we were driving from California to Florida and decided to make a few pit stops.  One of them was The Grand Canyon.

I really wanted to use that Pink Paislee mountain scene paper since it really resembled the Grand Canyon to me.  Since I didn't want to cover it up too much, I used 3x3 photos and minimal embellishments.

I used a few papers leftover from other layouts and layered them up, using some Tim Holtz Distress Ink to bring them together (not included in kit).  I also used some Heidi Swapp Colorshine in Ocean all around both sides of the layout.

For the embellishing, I used a few stickers from We R Memory Keepers which had the blue tones I was looking for.  I also love the Pink Paislee puffy heart sticker that has the same mountain pattern as the opposite paper.  I adds a perfect echo of pattern to help bring the two sides together.

I used some of the teal cardstock to matte my photos.  For the "Under the Stars" theme for this week...I used a few gold glitter stars from the Thickers pack.  I cut out a heart from the Shimelle patterned paper which had the perfect colors in them.

To finish off, I added a few stickers and echoed the pink woodgrain banner from the other side of the layout.  And the WRMK sticker that says "Life is a GRAND Adventure" was just too good...right?

Thanks so much for joining me today!  Have you ever looked back on a layout and wanted to redo it?  Don't be afraid to go for it!

Awesome Traveler - Let's Get Lost Kit (April Classic)

Hi!  Sarah here with my take on an adventurous layout.  Now...this one isn't about a particular event or trip.  This one is about how my younger sister didn't have the most adventurous spirit growing up.  She tended to get moody and whiny when we went on trips.  I have a series of pictures from different places and she just has the best "stink face" in all three photos.  I just had to document this!

I really loved the map paper from Echo Park that was in the kit so I used it to signify the traveling aspect of the photos.  

The title is a mix of the Thickers from the kit and a word sticker from the We R Memory Keepers sticker sheet.  I used the brackets also from the WRMK sheet to emphasize that this is a sarcastic title.  I fussy-cut some of the cameras out of the Echo Park paper to use as embellishments in three different areas.  Adding the yellow puffy sticker from Pink Paislee was the perfect way to finish off that camera!

I also used the "YAY" from the glitter Thickers pack and left out the exclamation point to further add to the sarcasm.  My journaling is right next to it talking about the topic of the layout.

I finished off the photos with some of the WRMK word tiles and used some of the Heidi Swapp Colorshine in Ocean as a finishing touch.  Since the map paper had so much design already, I didn't need to do too much to the layout.  Nice and simple and I love it!

Adventures come in different forms and mean different things to different people.  Do you have a funny story to tell that can be considered an adventure?  Maybe something sarcastic?  I can't wait to see what you make with your kits this month!

Greece: Let's Get Lost Kit (April Classic)

Hi everyone!  Sarah here with my first layout using April's classic kit, Let's Get Lost.  Now, I'll be honest, the travel theme intimidated me a bit at first because our family hasn't been able to really take any vacations lately.  But then, I remembered I had a project that I started a couple of years ago where I'm documenting some of my childhood memories.  And some of them are travels!  

For this layout, I found a picture of Baby Sarah in the back holder that my mom was wearing while on a trip to Greece when my father was stationed overseas.  Here, I'm about 6 months old.  My parents always teased that I had been to Greece before...and I say that totally doesn't count!  But here is the photographic evidence.  

I love how the white washed brink from the We R Memory Keepers paper highlights the washed stone in the picture.  The "Snug as a Bug" puffy sticker was perfect for representing how I'm quite snug in that backpack.

The globe fabric was just perfect for this layout.  I cut a long strip to go across the bottom of my layers and help create a place for my title.

For some extra accents, I cut out some of the heart images on the Shimelle patterned paper and used them as embellishments.  I also used one of the large Prima flowers (totally out of my comfort zone).  I love how it fits in the corner of my photo.  And I finished it off with a little sprinkling of the Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Ocean Blue.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I can't wait to see what you make with your Let's Get Lost kits.  Do you have any older trip photos you can scrap?

Have a great weekend!

Dying Easter Eggs Layout with the "Vintage Charm" Classic Kit

Hello kit club fans!  It's Meridy here with another double page layout for you.  This time I pulled out some springtime photographs of my kids dying Easter eggs in 2015.  I am using the "Vintage Charm" Classic Kit for this layout.  There are 2 more of these kits in the store, so hurry over to get one!

I started this layout by loosely placing the photographs where I wanted them on the page.  Next I added the strips of patterned paper across the top 1/3 of each page.   After that, I decided to matt each photo so it would "pop" better against the white background paper.

After adding strips of various patterned papers and stickers, I decided the top portion of the page needed a little more visual weight, so I added the gold scalloped sticker. I had fun with the stickers and color shine on this layout!

The right side of the layout is similar to the left side, the photos are the star of the show today!!!  

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I had fun creating sticker clusters and subtitles across both pages with the Heidi Swapp Glitter Alphabet stickers that came in this month's kit. I added a little journaling, and the layout was complete!!!

Thank you for looking!  See you next week with layout made from the September "Buttons & Bows" kit.

{Family Time} Challenge with the "Vintage Charm" Classic Kit

Hello!  It's Monday, so that means it's Meridy here sharing a layout with you using the "Vintage Charm" Classic Kit.  This week the design team has been challenged to do layouts showcasing photos of "Family Time".  I decided to do a layout using pictures from December of 2014 of my family playing in the snow.  I chose these photos, because the colors matched really well with the papers in the kit.

I started out designing this layout with a white background piece of paper from my stash.  This white paper had triangles outlined in a pattern across it.  First, I placed the photos in the approximate area I wanted them to be.  Next, I decided to cut coordinating triangles out of some of the patterned paper from this month's kit and place them randomly over some of the existing "outlines" on the background paper.   When I felt both sides of the layout were balanced, I adhered the triangles.

 I stamped a few snowflakes using white acrylic paint onto navy cardstock and used a snowflake punch to punch those out.  I also punched some snowflakes from the white and gold woodgrain paper in this month's kit.  These embellishments were fun and simple to make.

I added my title "Snow Day" using the Gold Thickers that came in this month's kit, and the subtitle "On Mount Lemmon" using the mini wood grain alphabet stickers from the kit.

I finished off the layout by tying some of the Twinery gold and white twine around one photo, stamping a few more random mini snowflakes on the background, doing a little journaling right on the background paper, and adding "The Fam" sticker to the right hand side of the layout.  

I liked the paper combination so much on this layout, that I decided to do another layout using the same papers, but a different subject.  As a matter of fact, the subject is the exact opposite as the subject in my first layout!  Rather than the winter snow, the next layout is about a summer stream!  I think it's so versatile that I can use this kit to create so many different types of layouts for different seasons!

I really enjoyed mixing fonts, Thickers, mini letter stickers, wood veneers, and some handwriting to create this title.

A small embellishment cluster with a painted wood veneer and a stamped label peeking out from under the photo grounds the collage on the right hand side.

I couldn't wait to use the Pretty Little Studio paper cut apart banner pieces that came in the kit!  Again, the gold and white twine "tied" them together.  A little journaling, a few stickers, and some Gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine was all the layout needed to be complete!!!

Thanks for looking at my layouts today, I hope I've inspired you to grab some photos and use your "Vintage Charm" Kit!!!

{I've Been Framed} Challenge with the "Vintage Charm" Classic Kit

Hello!  It's Meridy today.  I have another 2 page layout to share using the beautiful "Vintage Charm" Classic Kit.   The design team has been challenged to use some of the frames that came with our kits this week, so I have included 3 of them on my layout today.  I like adding frames to my layouts because they add so much dimension.  

I started with a set of baseball pictures from my daughter's first year playing.  I really like to challenge myself to scrapbook sports photos (especially for my daughter) without them looking like typical sports layouts with team logos and themed embellishments.  Sometimes those types of embellishments look very masculine to me.  Instead, I used the colors in the photos to guide me in choosing them to use with this month's kit. 

I focused the left side of the layout on her team and individual professional photos.  

I started with the cute chevron paper called "Neighborhood" by We R Memory Keepers, from the Honey I'm Home line.  I layered a few scraps of cardstock with another We R Memory Keepers patterned paper and one of the Simple Stories papers from the kit to matt the team photo.

My favorite detail of the layout has to be the machine stitching I did with red thread on pink cardstock that mimics the stitching on a baseball.  

Next I added my frames!  I used a Pretty Little Studio frame to house her individual photo.  I also used some of the packaging from the Jen Hatfield Gold Scalloped Washi to create a gold and white honeycomb frame.  (I did this on the layout I shared last week as well!)  I used this "frame" to hold my journaling.  I layered those frames with a die cut and a Simple Stories adhesive brad to finish them off.

I had fun mixing and matching the alphabet fonts from this month's kit to create the title "Baseball Fun Has Begun".

On the right hand side of the layout, I used a collage to fit quite a few photos that I wanted to include.  I added another frame on this side of the layout as well.  I actually turned the frame around, so the white back is facing up, because I preferred a white frame to the pattern that was on the front of the frame.  The white matched the layout better in my opinion.  

I added a few bits of journaling and some more of the mini letter stickers along with the "LOVE" wood veneer (that I painted white) to wrap this side of the layout up.

I finished off the double page spread by sprinkling some of the Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine mist across the pages. 

Thanks for joining me today!  Have a great week!

{Our House} Challenge featuring the "Vintage Charm" Classic Kit

Hello Noel Mignon Kit fans!  It's Meridy here today.  This week the Design Team is working on Our House Challenge.  We are either scrapbooking about our homes, or creating home decor with this month's kit.  I chose to scrapbook about a room in my home.  

Last summer I was pregnant and decided that we needed to repaint the interior of 2/3 of the house.  We started with the kids' rooms.  My layout this week is about how my daughter helped us paint the stripes in her room.  The colors of the cardstock in this month's "Vintage Charm" Classic Kit matched the paint colors to the T!

Since the cardstock matched so perfectly, that's what I started with, next I pulled patterned papers that also coordinated.  One of my favorites was the gold wood grain paper!!!  Swoon!!!

I used both alphas from the kit to create the title "Maddy's Bedroom Makeover".  I also used the Prima stamp set that came in the kit to make a monochromatic label to tuck in above the title.

I created a small cluster of embellishments and a journaling spot to tell the story.  I even used the "honeycomb" packaging from the scalloped glitter tape.  It was just the shape of a mini Polaroid frame.  I added a little bow made with the Twinery Gold Glitter twine and it looks like it was meant to be an embellishment!  

I used a collage print on the second side of my layout so I could fit quite a few pictures (I am really bad at narrowing down pictures---I love them all). 

I added a few ruler stickers to both sides of the layout, a Jillibean wood veneer, and the Queen & Co. blue glitter striped dots mimicked the blue painter's tape in my photos perfectly!!!

I finished off the layout with some splatters of the Heidi Swapp Gold mist that came in the kit---this might have been my favorite item this month!!!  

And there you have it...my layout is complete...

Thank you for stopping by today!  Stop by the blog all week to see what the rest of the design team did with their "Home Challenge".

UPDATE:  You can see a layout with the COMPLETED painted walls here.