What can it be? It's a coffee cup for me

Hey guys, I'm up on the Blogger with an ANYTHING GOES Challenge for STAMPlorations.  Click here to join in on the fun and get some amazing inspiration! Their rules state you have to use stamps (if you are not using anything from →Stamplorations←.  Unfortunately I do not have anything (yet) from them.  Here is a link to check out their fabulous shop.

Today I decided to do a layout.  I have been making so many cards lately I am neglecting my layouts.  I am doing a Christmas layout from 2025 and found 2 pictures of my mom's husband opening a coffee cup my Nephew got him.

Since stamping was a requirement (and I am not mad at that at all because I have a TON of stamps) I decided to make my own background.

I pulled out a couple of stamp sets from Whimsy stamps  (GRUMPY HOLIDAYS and LOADS OF CHEER) and a Karen Burniston (SEASON OF CHEER) along with one of their alpha die set and a stamp set from Spellbinders (HOLIDAY GNOMES).

Since the pictures are primarily red and blues I reached into my Arden SEASON OF JOY collection and it was a perfect match for these photos!

I backed the 12x12 white card stock with a piece of Arden's Season of Joy but I made sure to gut it because it's not just red it has some black stamping on the background as almost a grunge effect and I didn't want to waste it...but since I needed to match the red I used to back the white 12x12 paper, I used it to mat the photos😞

After backing the 12x12 I went to town stamping.  I start with the largest stamp and worked my way down in size trying to keep them at odd numbers because for some reason our brains love that.  After I finished stamping I was going to color in the Charlie Brown looking Christmas tree with my Copics but I didn't want to ruin the look so I kept it as is and brought in some reds and blues in with the title, some title pieces and stars from that Arden collection and some bling.  I think keeping the background black and white those pieces really made it pop.

Well that is it!  I hope I inspired you to reach into your stamps and create your own background, it is so much fun to do!  Don't forget to head over to Stamplorations' Monthly Blog Challenge and join in on the fun.

Thanks for hanging out with my!

Stay crafty,

Kimberly

Keep Cool Cut File Layout featuring Scrappin Happy Epoxy Flairs and Word Phrases

Hi guys, I'm here doing a layout using the newest release of Scrappin happy Studio Flairs  and her new awesome Cardstock words!  

I'm also excited to be using a cut file (or cardstock cuts as they call them) from (Not) Just For Boys Kit Club!  It's a cool pair of sunglasses with the words KEEP COOL. When I saw this one I just had to have it!

Here's what I started out with.  I snapped a photo of me and my dog Tigger, being silly with these sunglasses so you know I just knew I had to use that cut file with this layout.  I was also excited to use my new paper pads I just got from Michaels as a HOT BUY.  Guys, if you don't know about Michael's Hot Buys you are missing out! Make sure you subscribe to their emails so you know when they are having their Hot Buys sales. I also scored a tropical paradise paper pad that was on clearance for $4.97! I choose to use these colors because well, the sunglasses are all kinds of these awesome colors and, it just so happens that it was a Color Pallet Challenge on our Facebook group and these were the exact colors!

I backed the sunglasses with part of a flamingo on both sides, I used a gorgeous aqua-green for the words KEEPIN' (but decided to back the apostrophe with a bright yellow so it pops). Then I backed the word COOL with a deep purple to pull some of that color from the actual sunglasses we had on.  The circles in the middle of the two "O", I backed with a shinny gold paper just to make it pop! I used foam adhesive to give it a bit of dimension on the page.

I had so many gorgeous papers in that Craft Smart paper pad (called Hot Tropic) that I almost couldn't decide which do use as the base.  So I decide to use a pattern paper with different shades of pinks and corals but I wanted to break it up and pull some of that deep purple out again. So I tore a page out of one of the HOT BUY pads, used the tear technique and put it on one side. I used that purple side to place my photo (which I backed with that shiny gold paper) and I did some paper tearing of each solid color that I had in the Color Challenge.  I added one of the Word Phrases along with two epoxy flairs from Scrappin Happy Studio.

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I had some empty space on the purple side so I decide to do something different.  I had all of the scraps left over from "side backing" my photo that I decided to put them into little clusters and adhere them with a flower brad in the middle. 

The top of the layout is a strip I cut from one of the pages from the paper pad and I fussy cut the bottom for the little scallops.  The bottom part of the layout is where I cut almost all of the rest of the strips from that page and decided to destress the edges of all of them.  The pineapples I backed with foam adhesive for some more dimension and then lined the rest one on top of the other.

Here is the finished layout...what do you think?  

Leave me some comments in the section below. Come visit us over at Scrapbooking For Newbies FB page or IG.

Thanks and Happy Scrapping!

Halloween Layout Featuring (new to the shop) Flair BUTTONS from Scrappin Happy Studio!

Hi Guys, Thanks for stopping by and checking out something brand NEW from Scrappin Happy Studio!  These cute Flair Buttons are super durable, cute as a (I'm going to say it) button, has a metal back to them, which means you can use any adhesive to adhere them to your layout, and they are brand NEW to her shop!

She sent me a pack, before she even has them in her shop, to try.  These Halloween themed (she will have other themes to choose from as well) are super cute and the colors are awesome for any Halloween themed layout.  There is even one that is versatile enough to use on a layout that isn't Halloween themed! 

I was so excited to get them yesterday that I just had to do a layout.  Here is a picture of me and my mom on a Halloween that we decided at the last minute to dress up and go out so we spent the day trying to find last minute outfits.  I'm not sure what she was...kinda of a Phantom of the Opera meets dental man? I have no idea to this day😆 I chose a black cat and found leggings, a black top and a cat eyes mask and some black gloves.  It worked and we had so much fun that night with people trying to guess who we were.

Ok, so back to the layout.  It came together pretty quick with these Halloween themed buttons and one of her Halloween epoxy flairs.  As I'm sure you can tell by now (because I'm sure I told you before) I'm all about color!  I see color, pull all colors I think will match both in paper and embellishments and making sure everything matches the theme.  So with these buttons being Halloween colors and themed, it came together quick!

Everything I used is listed below.  Thanks again for stopping by and checking out these super cute and brand new to her shop...Flair Buttons!

Collections I used:

Scrappin Happy Studio - Epoxy flairs - Halloween Words

Scrappin Happy Studio -  Flair Buttons - Halloween

ms.  sparkle & Co - HALOWEEN TEXTURES 6x6 paper pad

American Crafts Thickers - SPOOKY glitter foam  

K&Company - Dimensional Stickers (Halloween)

Echo Park Paper - SPOOKY  chipboard stickers

Bo Bunny - 12" Fright Delight Dingbat cut-a-parts

Adtech Glue Runner Permanent adhesive 

Leave comments below and let me know what you think about her new Flair Buttons.  Come follow me on IG (link on blog), and head over to Scrappin Happy Studio to see her newest collection of handmade epoxy flairs...she does a new collection about every 2 weeks!

Have a Scrappy Day😄

2 page Vaca layout featuring Scrappin Happy Beer Friends Epoxy Flairs

 Hey Newbies, I'm up on the blog doing a double page layout featuring these super awesome and funny BEER FRIENDS epoxy flairs from Scrappin Happy Studio!

She featured these in her new release last month and I just had to have them for this layout.  I was super excited to see them because I have been wanting to do this layout for a little while now. I will list the items I used at the bottom of this blog.

I'm also going to let you in on a little secret...I ran out of the perfect, summer time, drink time paper I've ever seen (retired paper from Stamping Up!) and I was so bummed out but was able to coordinate some other papers for the 2nd page and it worked out perfect!

Ok, first of all this is how it all starts in my head: I pull so much stuff from my stash and then I go from there.  It either works or I set it aside and pull from the remaining pile.  I mean, when I start on a layout I pull about half my stash (or at least the stuff that goes with the theme of the layout).

For the 1st layout, I started off with a piece of 12 x 12 bright blue card stock from a paper pad I had. I added some awesome summer time paper from Stamping Up! called Bubble and Fizz (unfortunately it is retired 😑). I love all of the bright colors and fun bottles! 

I printed the photos 3" x 2" and then backed them with 2 of the papers from the Bubble and Fizz collection.  I decided to use the 4 photos in a stacked way to show kind of a action flow to it.  I used 1/2 a page of the green bottled paper from the Bubble and Fizz collection and then used my very last piece of the big colorful bottled paper, from the Bubble and Fizz collection,  using the tear technique.  I laid it over the bottle paper, and then added the last strip of yellow and white paper that I had, behind it (guys, this is why I keep ALL of my scraps).  I added a torn 12 x 2" fizzy green paper from the same collection and then I had just enough of the small bright colored bottle paper left to do a 4 x 2" piece poking out to give it a pop of color.

I found some really cool chipboard stickers that had lemons and a SQUEEZE scripted word which was perfect for her puckered lemon face😂.  I also found an epoxy word LAUGH and a sticker of a girl in sunglasses.  All of these went perfect with the pictures and of course that  BEER MODE ON epoxy from Scrappin Happy Studio!  I managed to find a puffy sticker black palm tree and added that.  I had the VACA word in white and backed it on some of the same bright blue card stock that I used for the layout.

I had some foam alphas (thanks to an awesome crafty friend) and spelled out the word MODE and backed it with a piece of the fizzy green paper in the collection, and gave it a little tear action at the top just to blend it in.   The title I cut from a cut apart sheet I had, backing it with the fizzy green paper and a strip of yellow to tie it all together and added another LIVE, LOVE, BEER epoxy flair from Scrappin Happy Studio!  That finishes the 1st page of this 2 page layout.

The 2nd page I didn't have all of the same papers from that collection so I had to improvise.  I did have the green bottle paper so I measured it and lined it up with the first page. Instead of the bright colored bottle paper that I tore and laid on top I was able to find a bright colored camera paper and did the same tear technique and adhered it to the green paper.  I also didn't have any more of the yellow and white paper so I used a strip of the side 2 of the green bottle paper (which was the fabulous reddish/pink with white swirly lines and some green dots).  I also didn't have any more of that cool small bright bottle paper so I used the same size (approximately) of the bright camera paper.  I was able to find the I LOVE THIS PLACE puffy sticker from the same collection as the palm tree and used that.  The pineapple chip board came from the same collection as the SQUEEZE scripted word as did the JUST CHILLIN! I used the epoxy HAPPY word and TOGETHER word (both coming from the same collection as the  LAUGH word) and found this awesome green GOOD TIMES WITH GOOD FRIENDS sticker as well as the I'M FEELIN IT sticker.  The FUN MEMORIES came from the same collection as the palm tree and the cool beach jeep was from a stash from 2008!!!  Lastly, the WILD SIDE round chipboard sticker is from a collection called Jungle Safari (just sayin, just because it came in a collection of safari animals doesn't mean you have to use it for that😬).

Well, there you have it!  Thanks for stopping by and reading all about this 2 page layout and these super fun BEER EPOXY FLAIRS from Scrappin Happy Studio!

Collections I used:

Scrappin Happy Studio - Epoxy flairs - BEER FRIENDS 

Stamping Up! - Bubble and Fizz (retired but they have some awesome collections)

American Crafts Thickers - Honey Collection (FUN, MEMORIES)

American Crafts Thickers - Thick & Thin Collection (foam white letters)

American Crafts Thickers - Wander Collection (VACA, I LOVE THIS PLACE & BLACK PALM TREE)

The Paper Studio - Agenda 52 - I'M FEELIN IT, GOOD TIMES WITH GOOD FRIENDS

Pink Paislee - Citrus Blend Sticker collection - SQUEEZE, FRESHLY SQUEEZED,PINEAPPLE

Park Lane (epoxy words) HAPPY, TOGETHER, LAUGH

Echo Park Paper - Jungle Safari Collection- WILD SIDE chipboard stickers

Peebles/Jen Hatfield - Home Made Collection - LEMON chipboard sticker

Scrappin Happy Studio - Print & Punch, HERE & NOW 

Leave comments below and let me know what you like best about it.  Come follow me on IG (link on blog), and head over to Scrappin Happy Studio to see her newest collection of handmade epoxy flairs...she does a new collection every 2 weeks!

Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly

Featuring Scrappin Happy Studio "Covid" Epoxy Flairs

Hi guys,  I'm here putting together this cute layout featuring Scrappin Happy Studio Epoxy Flairs! 

Showing off a Collection of her Covid-19 Flairs which were perfect for this layout, even though it wasn't a Covid-19 Layout!

Ok, first I'm going to say I love the versatility of her flairs! Even though she specifically made these for the Covid-19, I purchased them for this specific layout which has nothing to do with Covid-19.  A lot of her flairs you can mix and match to fit into layouts that may not be specifically for what she designed them for but works perfect for what you are laying out!

I started as I normally do with a ton of stuff pulled.  I should rename my site 'The Messy Scrapper' because I pull a LOT of stuff for my layouts!  I'm big on color and that's how I plan out my layouts. I choose a photo and pic a color or two and then start pulling from my stash anything that has those colors.  I also like to keep the theme the same (although I will go slightly off of theme if it really matches the colors and makes it pop)! I can tell you I always pull more than I use...you just never know what's going to work😀

I wanted to make this a multi-photo layout because the pics told the story.  I mounted each smaller picture to 2 separate papers (once card stock and one from a paper pad) and used the same papers for the 4x6 picture as well. I aligned the 3 smaller pictures like a photo strip and placed the larger photo to the right.

The title of Be Brave was perfect because the look on her mom's face was priceless! I added a journaling card that said "TOTAL BUMMER" from a back I got in a Traveling Box over on our FB group (feel free to join so you don't miss out on the fun)!  Those cards are snarky and I love them! They came in 2 different sizes and this one fit perfectly. I added some stickers, a wood veneer pencil and one of the epoxy flairs from Scrappin Happy Studio.  I adhered it at an angle and then added a flag/banner "FOR THE RECORD" to the last small photo and added the THERMOMETER flair at the bottom corner.  I added a cute chipboard sticker flower and the cut file (I had backed several months ago to go with another layout but it didn't work out so I kept it and bam! It worked amazingly well for this layout)!  

I got these cute tiny stickers from our Traveling Box (really, these boxes are amazing so head over to our

FB page and sign up), and used them for a second mini title.  I used the check circle woodveener on the bottom of the photo along with a pencil sticker I backed with foam adhisive for some dimension.  At the top of the 4x6 photo I added a sticker (backing it with foam tape) FROM THE DESK OF: Doodles, MD.  I added another epoxy flair in the center on a square sticker.

Well there you have it, how I used Covid-19 flairs for a totally different layout. I hope you enjoyed this layout as much as I enjoyed creating it!  Thanks for stopping by and reading all about my BE BRAVE layout and see below for some of the items I used to put this together.

Items used
Epoxy Flairs: Scrappin Happy Studio (Medical Epoxy Flair Collection)
Cut File Letters (ARROW) and wood veneers: Kreative Cuts Club
Be Brave Chipboard Stickers: American Crafts (Girl Power Collection)
From The Desk Of sticker: Jillibean Soup

Pencil Sticker: One Canoe Two

Chipboard flower sticker: Simple Stories

Total Bummer Card: Project Life - Perfectly Imperfect Collection

Thanks for taking the time to read about this layout and the products I used.  Please come follow me on IG (ScrapbookingForNewbies) or on FB (ScrapbookingForNewbies)

Happy Scrapping!

Kimberly

Bashing my stash!

I dug deep into my stash to find this gorgeous, beach vibe paper I almost forgot about.  Most of you know that I got into scrapbooking through a neighbor (who turned out to be a really great friend) back in 2008.  We did a couple of albums together and then I ended up moving and life got in the way.  I stopped scrapbooking after that year and didn't get back into it until 2018!  

So needless to say, when I tell you this is old paper...it is!  I absolutely love the colors in this paper...they just pop and scream summer vibes!

I started off with this amazing aqua/turquoise (ish) bright blue.  I took the beach vibe paper and cut about 1" off the sides and did the tear technique and separated the 2 pieces (tearing out a big gap in the center to make sure that blue really popped)!  I backed the photo with some scrapes from a multi colored pink paper leaving just enough showing through to give that pink a little pop.

Then I grabbed my stash and started picking the pieces I wanted to go on this layout.  I'm not sure if you are like me but I go through ALL of my stuff and grab what I THINK may look good on a particular layout.  Then once I start with the paper and the photo I start going through what I pulled from my stash all over again to see what actually works.  This makes it so difficult to do YT videos😱...I keep watching other scrappers do YT videos and wonder how they just know what to use from one pick🤷🏻‍♀️

I pulled a lot from American Crafts (3 different collections I will list below) along with 2 flairs from Scrappin Happy Studio and some cute sayings and hearts from Me & My Big Ideas.  The blue heart is actually the background peaking through after I punched the paper with my Heart punch.

Well, there you have it.  This layout came together quick for me.  It's a simple layout that looks like I spent a lot of time doing.  The best layouts aren't always the once that take hours or days like some of my mixed media ones do.

Collections I used:

Scrappin Happy Studio - Epoxy flairs - Beach Vibes Collection

Scrappin Happy Studio - Epoxy flairs - Be Strong Collection

American Crafts - Thickers - Adventure Collection

American Crafts - Thickers - Colorful Collection

American Crafts - Thickers - Summer Lights Collection

Me & My Big Ideas - Mambi Chips - I love us Collection

Thanks for coming along on this blog.  Leave comments below and let me know what you like best about it.  Come follow me on IG (link on blog), and head over to Scrappin Happy Studio to see her newest collection of handmade epoxy flairs...she does a new collection every 2 weeks!

Happy Scrapping🤗

First Layout for Calvinball 2020!

Hey guys, I'm on the blog showcasing my double layouts that I did for CalvinBall 2020 this year!  If you don't know what CalvinBall is you are missing out!  It's a FB group that happens once a year, all month long (March).  You get a new challenge daily with bonus points, and the person with the most points at the end of the challenge gets bragging rights all year!  Last year I think someone had over 3,000 points!

Today I managed to squeeze out 12.5 points for this double layout.  I'm really feeling yellow this week...this is the 2nd layout I've done with yellow!  I will list everything below and include some links for you.

I started out with a 12x12 black heavy card stock for the back and added a paper from a paper pad I had gotten beginning of last year for both pages.  I was doing a lot of my son's baby pictures and this pad was all about babies.  To be honest I didn't think I would EVER use this particular page but...it works!  Then I added a heavy bright yellow card stock that I cut an each of each side so it fit nicely in the middle of that cute zoo animals page!

On the first page I used a cut file from Kreative Cuts Club and stamped using my awesome rubber stamps (sorry guys but I don't know the font on that) and used white pigment ink (another point for CalvinBall).  I added the black foam/sticker stars (that was a bonus point) had a super cool zoo sticker pack that included a puffy rhino.  It also included super fun circle letters in the same colors (which just so happens to match that amazing yellow card stock)!

I backed the photo with heavy black card stock and then added the frame and the epoxy flair (so cute right)?  Then I stamped the journaling square at the top.

On the second page I used the same black card stock to back the photos and used the foam/sticker stars, the cut FUN epoxy flair from Scrappin Happy Studio added the SATURDAY from sticker and finished it up with those cute zoo stickers I found at the dollar store.

Items I used:

FUN epoxy flair - Scrappin Happy Studio 

Road Sign Cut File - Kreative Cuts Club

Foam/Stamp Stars - Dear Lizzy

Frame - PinkFresh Studio

Zoo Stickers - Dollar Store

Well that's it! Thanks so much for joining me on my blog for my first layout on the Calvin Ball Challenge!  If you haven't joined Calvin Ball 2020, head over to their FB page (from March 1st March 31st).

Happy Scrapping!

Kimberly

Water color background and New Mermaid Flairs!

Hey guys, I wanted to share a layout I did using Scrappin Happy Studio's new Mermaid Flairs!  These are so cute and the colors are amazing!  Jenny (the owner of the shop) makes all of her flairs by hand and does special orders so if you are working on a layout or a card and want that extra pop or personalization for that special someone...just ask and she would be happy to do it!

Be sure to check out her site on Black Friday 2019 for amazing 50% OFF her ENTIRE store including her newest collections!

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Now, on to the layout!  I started with some Oxide inks, using some water and the paint brush technique to bring this water color background to life.  I'm not going to lie, I've tried this several times and most of them turned out to be disasters! I really had to take my time and really work with the water and colors to get the look I was going for.

After using clear Gesso on my white card stock paper and let completely dry, I dabbed the inks on to wax paper, - a cheap trick of mine that I use for mixed media stuff and just regular glueing down stuff.  Dollar store score! The clean up is easy and you can use one piece several times depending on how messy you are!  I applied the ink to the wax paper (one color at a time) I spritz with water and started dipping my paint brush and adding small amounts of both water and paint to the paper.  Once I got one color the way I wanted it I moved on to the other colors.  Using this technique you have to be careful not to move the paper around too much or you will get a drip effect which isn't what I was going for.

I ended up stamping the background with a "fishing net" using Pearl White powder and Versacolor White Pigment ink, it's very faint but in the right light you can see it and it looks amazing.  I pulled all of the ephemera items I wanted to use, added some wood veneer sea life, some mermaid stickers (dollar store score) and some cut aparts from one of my pages in a paper pad and stamped and fussy cut some little mermaids.  Added my picture (backing it with velum paper that I inked in a sea foam blue and added some Nuvo drops and making sure I left room at the bottom for journaling and BAM! The finished layout!

I hope you like the layout and the cute Mermaid Collection from Scrappin Happy Studios!  Don't forget to click HERE for the chance to win $50 (Open on Wednesday 11/27/2019 ONLY so hurry) 

Click for some awesome deals!

Thanks for taking the time to read about this layout and the products I used.  Please come follow me on IG (ScrapbookingForNewbies) or on FB (ScrapbookingForNewbies)

Happy Scrapping!

Kimberly

Reading is an Adventure - featuring Color Cast products

Hi guys, I'm here working on my next layout with an amazing cut file of a book which I couldn't wait to get to go with my Color Cast Design's super thin wood veneers! I also had some cute flairs from Scrappin Happy Studio that were made for this layout.

I started this layout using a 12x12 blush color card stock. I had just gotten a cut file of a book and decided to use it for this layout.   I backed it with card stock that had words on it to give it that book feel.  I dug into my Color Cast design stash and pulled out my wood veneers. They have this Book Collection and it was perfect!  These veneers are super thin, so no bulkiness; they have a sticky back to them so easy to peel and stick to your layout and they are in a perfect size and shape for any layout!

After picking through the ones I wanted to use, I moved on to picking the flairs from the Book Collection at Scrappin Happy Studio.  Thses were perfect and also on the thin side (not like the medal buttons that bulk up your layouts). I grabbed a few more embellishments and used my Sizzix Die Cut machine to cut the alphas out.  These alphas are perfect size for any layout (purchased from Amazon).

I then backed my photo with 2 different color card stock, added some foam adhesive to some of the embellishments and then stamped the stitching on the side.  Look, I couldn't sew a button on an ice cream cone so these Bo Bunny stitching stamps are the next best thing!

So there you have it!  A quick and super cute layout of my granddaughter reading her book (even if it is upside down🤷🏻‍♀️).

Thanks for taking the time to read about this layout and the products I used.  Please come follow me on IG (ScrapbookingForNewbies) or on FB (ScrapbookingForNewbies)

Happy Scrapping!
Kimberly

Scary Cat Halloween Layout using Scrappin Happy Studio Flairs

Hey guys, I'm back with a Halloween layout which is pretty much an "old school" quick and easy layout.  

When I first got into scrapbooking in 2010(ish) my neighbor and really good friend, Jessica got me into it.  Back then we did a lot of Cricut cutting (the old "dinosaur" Cricut), stickers and paper tearing, which I deemed "old School".  

I got away from scrapbooking for a few years when we both moved away.  I only recently got back into it and wow have things changed! So many new things like dies, die machines, Flairs, Nuvo Mousse, mixed media, shaker cards/backings, new and improved Cricut machine that doesn't even take a cartridge, puffy stickers, chipboards...oh my!

So when I say old school layout I basically mean some paper tearing, maybe some stickers and alphas.  This Halloween layout is basically just that with some added flairs and chipboard stickers!  

I teamed up with Scrappin Happy Studio because I fell in love with her epoxy flairs! They are super thin so they don't bulk up your layout like the buttons do!  She also has so many different collections and adding more every couple of weeks that I never get board of her stuff!  If you are looking for that extra pop to you layout, head over to her shop and check out all of her collections.

For this layout I started with some American Craft Thickers (Spooky collection), some chipboard autumn leaves and pumpkins, and of course a brand new collection from Scrappin Happy Studio called "Scarey Halloween" (one of my favs this season for sure)!

I took a heavy black 12x12 card stock with a nice sheen to it and used that for the background and another 12x12 piece of Halloween paper,  tearing one side of it into a quarter of a sheet, leaving an edge off to the other side to put the little pumkin's and leaves (I have a cute die set that cuts those) and adhered them down the side as a boarder.   

I backed my photo with orange card stock, tucking a small bit of it it under the Halloween paper.  I cut a background out of a slightly different orange card stock for the word "HALLOWEEN" that I used from the SPOOKY words collection from American Crafts, just to make it pop off the black background. 

I have this cute little spider die I got off of Amazon (not going to lie, it was a  lot smaller than I thought but I don't hate it).  I cut 3 of the spider dies from a halloween paper I had that was black and orange and I backed 2 of the epoxy flairs from Scrappin Happy Studio's, SCARY HALLOWEEN Collection. 

I added the "SPOOKY" epoxy flair from the "HALLOWEEN WORDS" collection on the bottom of the photo for that extra pop!

I then added the pumpkin and fall leaves chipboard stickers to the bottom and Bam! Done!  So simple, quick and easy.  This layout literally took me 15 minutes from start to finish!

What do you think about her new SCARY HALLOWEEN COLLECTION?  To see more of her collections click here.

Thank you guys for taking the time to follow my posts, I hope you enjoyed this old school Halloween layout!

Happy Scrapping,

Kimberly

Camp Site Collection - with Scrappin Happy Studio Flairs

Hi guys, I'm here doing a layout using the newest release of Scrappin happy Studio Flairs called Camp Site Colletion!

My son and daughter-in-law took my grand daughter to Starkey park in Florida to do a "camp site" photo shoot. If you don't live in Florida you wouldn't understand that this is as close to camping as most people want to get in the summer.  It's too hot, humid and full of misquotes!

I thought it was a cute photo shoot and I loved this picture so much, but me not being a camper myself, I didn't really have any "camping" scrapbooking items. No Ephemera, no paper, no flairs, no sayings...or did I?  Well, I didn't until I saw the new Camp Site collection at Scrappin Happy Studio...and then I did!  What a fun collection and a few of them could be used for other non camp site photos as well! 

I started off by pulling the papers I wanted to use. I'm a big visual/colors person.  I love to keep the theme but the colors are what I really work off of.  Colors and patterns...if it doesn't "fit" it doesn't sit (and get glued down).

As soon as they arrived I was super excited but still didn't know what else I was going to pull out to go with the theme and colors.  But once you have a photo and start with an item (my item being the flairs), papers, colors, ephemera packs, chipboard stickers...they all start calling my name!  I had so much that I didn't even know I had that worked for this camp site scene!

Here is a list of items I used to put this layout together!  I hope you enjoyed looking at it as much as I enjoyed putting it together!  

FLAIRS= SCRAPPIN HAPPY STUDIO
PAPER= October After noon - Sandcastle collection

STARS= Bella BLVD

TAGS=Bella BLVD, Jillibean Soup,

ARROWS=Bella BLVD, Vicki Boutin

BUTTERFLY= Die Set by Anna Griffin

WORD SAYINGS= Bella BLVD, Crate Paper

HEARTS=Vicki Boutin, Jillibean Soup, Bella BLVD

Here is the finished layout...what do you think?  Leave me some comments in the section below. Come visit us over at Scrapbooking For Newbies FB page or IG.

Thanks and Happy Scrapping!

Tip Day Tuesday - discovering new techniques

Hey Newbies, I've been so busy today with appointments and trying to finish this baby album that I almost forgot...

IT'S TIP DAY TUESDAY!🗣

Todays Tip is brought to you buy the letter (haha just kidding, bringing back memories or Sesame Street...showing my age).  

Today's tip is about discovering new techniques by actual mistakes. 

One of my photos in this baby album looks like I used the tear technique when in actuality I had used some mixed media and of course impatient me didn't let it dry before putting on washi tape. After I put on the tape (and used all of that expensive and really pretty Shimmerz and Mists on the background) I decided I didn't like the tape so I pulled it off.

Now, most of you who use Washi tape knows it pulls off pretty easily and doesn't rip a page...UNLESS YOU ARE IMPATIENT AND DIDN'T LET THAT PAGE DRY. So it took every bit of the color off down to the white of the page.

I was so upset and then I looked and thought to myself, self, it kinda looks like the tear technique. So I did it again ON PURPOSE! I liked it that much.
So today's tip is, if you screw up but like it keep it...don't even try to cover it up!

Well there you have it...Tip Day Tuesday!
Happy Scrapping🤗🤗

Tip Day Tuesday - being mindful

Hey Newbies, guess what...It's Tip Day Tuesday🤗🤗

This weeks tip: When working on projects be mindful of what you are doing. 

I am famous for working on layouts and not watching where my hands are arms are and end up messing up a picture or part of the background I worked so hard on. I get so excited to finish it that I don't pay attention to the details of what I have already done. Which means more work as in...how the heck do I cover that up🤦‍♀️ So be mindful of what you are doing and you will save time and frustration for sure!

Come join our Facebook page and share anything you are working on, we would love to see it! Also, feel free to invite anyone to our page, the more the merrier!
As always....

Happy Scrapping,

Kimberly

Tip Day Tuesday - Digi Downloads

Hey guys! It's Tip Day Tuesday👩🏻‍🎨

Today's Tip is all about digi downloads. I didn't even know it was a thing until the blog hop I joined! What is a digi download? It's a downloadable PDF file that you buy, say on Etsy (and pretty cheap I might add) to use for scrapbooking or card making.

What's the point of a digi download? 
Well, it's basically a stamp you don't have to buy or if you can't find that particular stamp by itself (think stamp sets that you would never use any of them but the one and only one that you want).
It will never go bad;You will never lose it; You will never have to go out and buy that special (expensive) pen/copic marker...as long as your printer has ink you are good;
No hours of coloring just to start over because you didn't like how it turned out - - because most of them come already colored for you (some only provide the black and white (think black stamp on white paper) but 90% of them that I have looked out have both; 
Last but not least...Once you downloaded, it's yours to use as many times as you want. 

You can print them in different sizes (depending on what you want to use them for -I used mine for the holiday card challenge - see my attached pic below). You can use different papers to print them on and then you fussy cut them and DONE! (ok, fancy word for cut it out of the paper).

I purchased mine from Pink Gem Designs on Etsay, she has the cutest stuff! 

So there you have it guys...Tip Day Tuesday!
What are you scraping today? 

Come on over to our FB page and Show us your stuff🤗🤗

happy Scrapping, 

Kimberly