Santa: Gingerbread and Peppermint Classic Kit

Hi!  Sarah here with a fun Santa layout.  Obviously, this kit was perfect since it is Christmas themed.  As soon as I saw the Pebbles paper with "Santa's Delivery List" on it, I knew I would use it for this year's Santa picture.

Like I said, the background paper is from Pebbles, along with the striped branding strip on the bottom of the layers.  I also used a Crate Paper kraft polka dot paper to help ground my 5x7 photo.  

The Thickers stand out nicely against the layers and holiday colors.  I used some of the circle stickers from My Mind's Eye and Echo Park.  The word tiles are from Pretty Little Studio.

I knew I wanted to use the chipboard "always believe" tile on here, it's just perfect!  I also did my journaling on the lines along the left side of the photo.

That Santa from the My Mind's Eye sticker sheet fit perfectly next to my paper layers.  I cut out a heart from one of the stickers and added it to his bag as well.  Some sprinkles of Heidi Swapp Colorshine in Tinsel (not in the kit) helped to finish it off.

I hope you enjoyed this layout!  Anyone else using this kit for their Santa pictures this year?  Please upload them to the FB page so we can see them!

Football Life: Apple Crisp Classic Kit

Hi all!  Fall time in our household means college football time!!!  We are huge Georgia Bulldogs fans, both of my parents went to the University of Georgia.  I grew up watching the games and it has stuck with me.  I got my husband on the bandwagon as well and my girls love to see their mascot, UGA when he's on tv.  It's a big deal to watch the games on Saturdays.  

Since the Georgia school colors are red, black and white, I took advantage of those colors in the kit.  The Prima paper was perfect for a background since it has a grey-toned marble look.  I used some reds and oranges as well to complement it.  I did pull a couple of things from my stash to pull it together such as the Georgia flair badges, the floral paper and some Tim Holtz distress ink.

The fall die cut was a great starting point for my title.  When fall comes around, we definitely get excited for football!  

The white acrylic pieces were a nice little touch.  I cut one of the die cuts up that said "go outside / stay inside" and just used the inside part.  The other word strips emphasized staying home and watching the games.

I finished off the layout with the black heart circle and the gems from the kit.

Nice and simple and showing our love for the Dawgs!  Do you guys enjoy watching football in the fall?  If so, who are you cheering for???

PSL Season: Apple Crisp Classic Kit

Hi everyone!  Sarah here with a layout using the October classic kit about one of my favorite topics...COFFEE!!!  More specifically, my precious pumpkin spice lattes.  I'm one of those people that want to line up at Starbucks at dawn for a cup of this glorious nectar.  This kit was perfect for documenting it.

This week we are challenging everyone to use some mixed media on your layouts.  I'm not big into mixed media, but I did take advantage of the fact that the kit came with some distress stain.  I used the stain and some coordinating ink to make some coffee stain images on the background paper.  

Up at the top, I used a scrap piece of paper from the kit to make an extra cluster.  I used the washi from the kit along with a word strip and gems.  The coffee cup flair badge is from my stash.

I fussy out some of the wood images from the American Crafts paper.  I also layered some of the Jillibean Soup stickers (coffee cup and heart).  

The puffy stickers from the kit are my favorite things ever!  The detail on them are amazing.  I used the coffee cup and the pumpkin to help emphasize the layout topic.  And the acrylic word helped to round it all out.

I just love this time of year!  I can't wait to continue making some layouts to document it using this kit.  We'd love to see what you're making with it as well!

Fall Banner with the Apple Crisp Daily Diary Kit

Fall y'all!  I love, love, love fall.  This year I am a little sad since I am usually crazy decorating our house for the upcoming holidays and this year my living room is full of boxes.  To make myself a little happier as moving day is quickly coming I bought a few little pumpkins and whipped up this little fall banner with the Apple Crisp Daily Diary Kit.

I used foam adhesive to place the large die cut letters on the Becky Higgins Project Life cards.  To add a little more color I added some teal ink around the edges of the cards.

I then cut tabs from the Echo Park pattern paper and stapled them to the top of each card.  

I strung them on the yellow Maya Road twine and hung it off the pumpkin stems since I have already taken down on the hooks from my mantle.  I am so happy with this cute little banner and the decorator inside of me is incredible happy to have a little color added to my mantle for the last time.  

And for a real life look here is a snap of my current mess.  ;)  

Crafting can be such a nice break!  Hope you are all enjoying a little craftiness in your own neck of the woods.  Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  

St Bernard Farms: October Apple Crisp Classic Kit

Hi everyone!  Sarah here with my first layout using the Apple Crisp classic kit.  It's fall just the best time of year?  We took the girls to a local farm to celebrate the start of the season.

 

This kit was just so perfect for this picture.  I used a combination of the Prima paper with the beautiful pumpkins printed on it and the Echo Park pumpkin print paper.  Using the orange ribbon I created a good border between the two papers.

Using a mix of the Thickers and Jillibean Soup I created the title, which is the name of the farm.  I used a pumpkin print die cut and a large paper bow to add to the title piece.

I fussy cut some of the floral prints from a Jillibean Soup paper.  There was a sticker on the Jillibean Soup that says "I Love You a Bushel & a Peck" which was so cute!  And there are some blue elements in the pumpkin print paper.  And since they're sitting among pumpkins, I thought it was so cute!

For the cut apart element, I used a craft knife to cut around the raccoon's tail and the top of the banner so I could tuck the gingham paper under it.  The prima crystals helped to finish off the layout perfectly.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope this month's kit will help you ring in the fall season!

Red Maple Trees with the Apple Crisp Daily Diary

Fall is here and it so happens that it is my very favorite season.  Here in Utah we get a beautiful change in the leaves and the slight nip in the air as the weather begins to cool down.  This months kit is perfect for documenting this season.  I decided to make a full page spread with the Apple Crisp Daily Diary kit and document my love of the red maple and the glorious color it turns in the fall.

I started with the Jillibean Soup pattern paper for my background. I used the large die cut letters for my main title and then added the 3x4 cards around it.  I chose to use two of them for embellishing, one for journaling, and one for my picture.

I then took the 6x6 Echo Park pattern papers and added a few strips among the 3x4 cards and added more across the top.

Noel combined some of my favorite embellishments this month:  letter stickers, enamel dots, and cork stickers.  I picked from the Tim Holtz word phrases and paired them with the heart cork and a couple of enamel dots.

Once I had placed everything down I went back and outlined the title letters with the AC Marker from last months kit and a few staples along the top.  Another very simple page put entirely together using the kit and a few must haves that are in my moving scrapbook tool kit.  At this rate I might need to get rid of all my stash and go back to all the basics . . . nah, that is probably too extreme, but it's nice to know that all I need is a few tools and Noel's kits and I am set.  :)

Happy Scrapping!

Must Have Books: Study Guide DD Kit

Hi!  Sarah here with the best challenge ever...BOOKS!  If you all know me, you know I have a passion for books and reading.  I even have a YouTube channel dedicated to books.  I love reading and sharing the books I love (and don't love sometimes).  I adored this challenge and wanted to do a layout about just wanting to buy all of the books all of the time.

 

I had a friend take some pictures of my with some of my favorite books of all time.  It was the perfect way to use this kit!  I used up a whole bunch of scraps from papers that I used on other layouts.

I loved layering the papers behind my photo and used up some of the die cut labels and a Freckled Fawn chipboard piece.

The Jillibean Soup bookshelf paper and library card paper were just begging to be used on this layout.  Those two papers are my life!!!  I loved cutting them into strips to really maximize the use of them.  The labels on the Echo Park sticker sheet were perfect to just tuck behind my layers to add a little something extra.

I really love how this layout came together and the Thickers were just perfect.  I paired them with some Teresa Collins tiny alphabet stickers (from my stash).

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I just love books and I love scrapbooking about books.  This kit just spoke to me!  

Don't forget to add your layouts to the FB group so we can see them!!!

Small Town Bar: Study Guide DD Kit

Hi!  Sarah here with another layout using the September Study Guide daily diary kit.  This week I'm documenting a small bar that is in our small town.  My girlfriends and I decided to go check it out one night and as we sat down, we took a fun little picture of us being a little nervous about going to a new place (spoiler alert: we had a blast!).

I really like the ombre paper and the effect it makes on the page.  I kept everything centered so you can really see that paper.

I didn't have an "R" in the Thickers, so I used a "P" and added on a piece from another letter to make the R work for me.  I loved using the layers above the title.

There was a piece from the cut apart sheet that had "Let the ADVENTURES begin" and I just loved that for a spin on this topic!  I used two stickers from a sticker sheet that were intended to be labels or banners and used them as layers under the photo.

I loved being able to use the globe on this layout.  Even though it's not a travel themed page, I used it since we were going to a certain place.  It worked nicely!

Thank you so much for joining me today!  We would love to see how you're using your September kits, please post them in the facebook group so we can see them!

Pray for Clovis: Study Guide Daily Diary Kit

Hi!  Sarah here with a layout focusing on our challenge this week: Creative Writing.  This week we are working on telling a longer story and stories that we have a lot to say about.  For this one...it was hard for me.  The story I was telling was not only a tough story, but it's fresh.  I do tell the whole story on my YouTube channel, you can watch that here if you want the whole thing.  But, basically we had a pretty bad tragedy happen at our local library here in town involving a mass shooting.  I wanted to talk about it soon after while my thoughts and feelings are fresh, but it was a tough one.

I wanted to keep this one a little monochromatic with a little color.  I used the beautiful Pink Paislee grey and blue stripe paper as my background.  Since it is about the library, I wanted to bring in the bookshelf paper from Jillibean Soup and cut a couple of library cards from Jillibean Soup paper to use around the picture.

I used the Fancy Pants black and white bird paper, along with the label card to record the date that the event happened.

I cut out a heart from a Project Life card and added a black flower.  The paperclip with the flower was great because the sentiment on it says "Better Things Ahead," which is exactly what we as a community are trying to focus on.  Also, the "Infinite Possibilities" sticker from Echo Park was perfect here.

My journaling was long and I spread it across three Project Life cards from the kit.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Summer Reading with the Study Guide Classic Kit

Hello everyone!  I am always amazed at how fast little ones learn to read.  At the end of kindergarten last year my little guy was reading.  I encouraged him through the summer to practice and did so by only allowing him the use of his kindle after doing his to do list for the day, which including reading.  It worked pretty well except he only wanted to read three books. 

At least he learned how to read those three books really well, right?  ;)


I started with #23 Pink Paislee pattern paper.  I love that it includes all the colors from the kit.  I then cut a piece of white cardstock and laid that on top.  I decided to choose a center weighted design and cut two more pieces of cardstock to fit the space above my picture.  Both patterns really help support my reading theme for the page.

Once in place I started on the title placing my chipboard stickers right above my picture and then chose to add the small Pink Paislee stickers to the chipboard flag.




I cut the "R is for Reading" from pattern paper and paired it with two shipping tags from my stash.
I layered these together and added a few stickers on top.  

The white space around my title seemed very empty and I filled it with a few of the star chipboard stickers from the Echo Park sticker sheet and a few of the Prima Sugardots.

I thought I was just about finished and felt like I needed a darker base.  I then took my trimmer and trimmed off both sides of my layout and backed the whole thing on a piece of Kraft cardstock.

This months kit works great for school themes, but also if you love reading, learning, or even want to record a few of those long ago childhood memories.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!  Happy scrapping :)