Layout using Crate Paper

Today, I am sharing a layout I made using Crate Paper's Acorn Avenue and some of their On Trend. I really like how certain elements of these two collections mix well together. The chipboard pieces and tag and accent cuts are my favorite items from all the Crate Paper collections.

My son Eli really likes feeding the ducks at the lake behind my parents' house and I wanted to document that. Here is the layout:

Note that I will add a link to this layout once I upload it to Two Peas late today. This will show most of the products I used.

Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Project Life - Baby Boy Scrapbook - Max

A week or so ago, Becky Higgins tweeted about a blog post by Katie at Sweet Rose Studio. She is doing Project Life and keeping it simple. Even though I like to add a lot to our weekly pages, I still thought it was great that she was advocating the "keep it simple" approach. I decided to follow along with her and use that method with my son, Max's baby scrapbook. Her first assignment was to complete 2 layouts last week. I completed that "assignment" with Max's scrapbook and am sharing that today.  I have to admit that I did add a few embellishments here and there but kept it simple for the most part.  Here are the pages I completed:

Your Arrival

 Your Arrival - Left side

 Your Arrival - Right Side

 The Day You Were Born

The Day You Were Born - Left side

 The Day You Were Born - Right Side

To keep with the simple approach, I am mainly going to use Design A Page Protectors. I am also sticking to the Baby Boy kit from Becky Higgins, along with the coordinating cardstock.  If you have any questions about any of the other embellishments I used, feel free to ask.

I am linking up at The Mom Creative -

Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Friday Favorites

Here are my Friday Favorites for this week:

Echo Park - Sweetest Girl Collection - Link to Two Peas

I bought the collection kit for this collection at Hobby Lobby this week. It was marked $9.99 and then was 40% off, so it was a deal. I am picking this because the paper and colors in this collection go great with the Blush Project Life kit from Becky Higgins - that many of us bought at HSN.  I am always looking for papers, etc. to compliment my PL kits so thought I would share this. I personally would probably buy the 6x6 paper pad if I had not found the kit at such a great deal (As a side note, if anyone has a good recommendation of paper that goes with the Jade kit, I would love to know!)

Simple Stories Let's Go - Urban Traveler Paper -Link to Two Peas

I love the fun chevron print of this paper - perfect for boy pages!


Lifestyle Crafts-Nesting Pinked Circle Dies - Link to Scrapbook.com

I have a big shot machine, and I mainly use these pinked circle dies and my circle dies with it. These cut really well and are great for cutting out circles to layer on a layout.

Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes Click - Link to Two Peas

I absolutely adore this paper! It is another paper that is great for boy pages. I may have bought a few pieces ;)

ALDO Crossland Purse in Turquoise-Link to ALDO website

I just bought this from ALDO and I love the color - so great for spring! Also, the cost - $50 - is great as I usually do not like to spend a lot on my purses...

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!
Megan

Layout - Shine!

Monday, I shared a layout I completed while taking the Bright Ideas class at Studio Calico. Today, I am sharing another layout I made while taking the class. It does not really correspond with any of the challenges (just like my layout on Monday) but was inspired by the video for the class about Titles by Nicole Samuels.

The picture I used is an instagram pic from my phone that I took of my son, Eli, outside playing one day. I love how the light is on the photo and thought it went perfect with the layout. I used a LOT of different letter stickers and such for the title. The paper and cardstock are from the Front Row kit by Studio Calico. I absolutely loved the colors in that kit!  Here is my layout and some close ups:

I first attempted to color the "Shine" with the Gold Lame from Heidi Swapp and it did not work too well - However, it did leave a little bit of Gold and so I added some Mister Huey in Powder Blue - I really like how it turned out...though not what I had planned!

I will try to add links to the products used at some point but if you have specific questions, please let me know...Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Project Life - Week 6 2013

Today, I am sharing my Week 6 Project Life layout.  I had bought the Studio Calico Here and There stickers and arrows to use in Project Life and wanted to use them this week, but I did not buy any of the coordinating paper (in order to use-and not add-to my stash).  So before I got started, I went through my 12x12 and 6x6 paper, as well as my Studio Calico PL cards, and found items that went well with the stickers and arrows. I also set a goal of adding some more doodling/lettering this week. I used the Chromatix markers from American Crafts. I like these fine, but I also bought a few Copic sketch markers and I love those.  I really want to buy more but waiting until I can buy a big set....Anyways, here are is my spread for Week 6, with close-ups of each page (no inserts this week):

You can see a lot of the supplies I used HERE at Two Peas in a bucket.  In addition to those, I used the following items: Studio Calico February PL kit, Studio Calico Darling Dear Stickers, October Afternoon Mini-Market stickers in grey, labels from Studio Calico (printed and cut with Silhouette), labels from Martha Stewart/Staples, washi tape from various Studio Calico kits, and Chromatix markers.

I am linking up at The Mom Creative today for Project Life Tuesday!



Thanks for stopping by!
Megan

October Afternoon-Woodland Park

The layout I am sharing today I made back in February but have just not gotten around to sharing yet (like a lot of my pages).  I actually made it when I was taking the Bright Ideas class at Studio Calico. I watched one of the videos and read a few of the lessons, and it inspired me to make quite a few pages and this is one of them. The class was full of challenge,s but I really cannot pinpoint what challenge this related to...I think I do a lot better with general "tips" vs. challenges; however, I did do a few of the challengs.

I used a lot of October Afternoon-Woodland Park on this layout. This was one of their summer releases, and it is one of my favorites. I remembered that the line had a the "LAUGH" in the chipboard, so I thought it would be perfect with this page. The background of the layout was created by cutting a design with my silhouette cameo and then misting over it with Mister Huey-Honor Society. I actually stamped the title (excluding laugh) with the Stepping Stone alphabet stamp from Studio Calico in white. It didn't show up very well so I traced the letters. As I was tracing, I messed up one of the letters, so my solution was to add the Heidi Swapp Color Magic letter stickers-colored with green ink over some of the letters...I actually really like how it turned out.  You can see most of the supplies I used HERE.

I created a "visual triangle" with the butterflies, and I used 3 butterflies in one spot, 2 in another spot and one in the last spot. I use that kind of grouping a lot when doing visual triangles.  (Did you notice the random white piece of paper on the left side of my layout? Nice, huh? :) I didn't have it in me to go find the layout and re-take a picture - I took this pic weeks ago - or edit it out so it stayed... )

I got the chipboard banners from this collection in one of my Studio Calico kits and loved how the banner pieces look in the corner of this layout.

I love butterflies and I use them quite often - I mean, who says you cannot use pink and butterflies on a boy page?? My favorites are the wood veneer butterflies by Studio Calico (you can also find these at Michaels now under the Recollection brand) and this butterfly punch by Martha Stewart.

At first, I just had the yellow die cut behind the bunnies, but I ended up adding the green patterned paper. I think it helped "ground" it and it reminds me of grass, while the die cut reminds me of the sun...(Aren't these bunnies so cute??? I have been semi-hoarding them and glad I found the perfect page to put them on!)

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you are having a Happy Monday!

Megan

Scraptastic Card Challenge-Crate Paper Party Day

Yesterday, I saw a thread on Two Peas message board about Scraptastic kit club. I had heard the kit club mentioned before but did not know much about them, so I went to their website and was really impressed with their kits. I absolutely LOVE that you have the choice between two kits each month and the reasonable price - $25 a kit for subscribers. I also really liked their stamps...so very cute. The current month's kit "Wake My Soul" kit was my favorite, but it was sold out earlier yesterday. Well, I ended up checking last night, and they are restocking it...I was surprised as I didn't know kit clubs did this but thought it was great. I ended up buying the kit this morning and signing up for the kit club. I also bought the "Everyday is Like Sunday" stamp set. I resisted buying any other stamps but all of their stamps are super cute!

I made it over to their blog and saw they had a Happy Birthday card challenge. I happened to have just finished a birthday card for my sweet nephew, Will, who just turned 2. (Will, if you are reading this, don't look so you will be surprised by your card ;) ). So I thought I would link up to the challenge. I used Crate Paper Party Day for the card and my favorite pop dots (you can see those HERE.)

Thanks for stopping by!
Megan