haul video from Piece Craft Love

Hey guys, I just did another small haul video from Piece Craft Love.  This is a new shop for me and I'm loving it!  Click on her banner on the right to head over to her shop and get 10% OFF your order.  Use code KIMSCRAFTYCREW10 

She is getting ready to do a Blog Hop in August so I hope you can join us!  I will supply all the deets soon!

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Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly 

 

Summer layout featuring Scrappin Happy Studio Flairs

Hi guys,  I'm here putting together this cute layout featuring Scrappin Happy Studio Epoxy Flairs! Her Ice Cream Collection was perfect for this layout🍦

I started with creating a background full of Summer colors using my mini cubes of Tim Holtz distressed inks.  How amazing are these colors😱 (I will list them below).  

I used a heavy white card stock (no gesso required for this mixed media).  I swiped each cube directly on to the paper leaving a little of the white showing through...I love this effect🌈. I decided to leave some space at the bottom and put a very cool, summer vibe printed card stock that pulled all the colors in.

After I finished backing the printed card stock onto the background I took my picture and one of my Circle dies (size 3 3/4") and put it through my die cutting machine leaving just a little of the bottom sticking out so it was straight and I could line it up with the bottom of the page.  I also did the same thing to a bright yellow piece of card stock I used to back the photo with just to give it a little pop!

As you can see by the above picture I had already gotten into this, oh so cute collection of epoxy flairs for another layout.  So I pretty much used the entire rest of the set on this layout.  I also went into her  Pool Fun Collection and pulled this cute flair with sunglasses and since this is my sister (his Aunt) I had to use this super cool Aunties are like moms only COOLER flair!

I had this SUMMER word cut file I got from Kreative Cuts Club that I hadn't used yet and was perfect for the Ice Cream themed layout, after all Summer and ice cream go hand in hand don't they?

I just so happen to have been at Joann's last weekend (unless this is my husband reading this, then I was no where near Joann's😬) and found these amazing chipboard Thickers from American Crafts and they all had an accent I wanted to use, I mean look at that HAPPINESS accent😱 and since my sister is into hearts I wanted to make sure I had some of them and I think every Thickers pack I purchased had some in them.  All of the chipboards were from AC with one exception...that THIS MAKES ME SMILE arrow is a puffy sticker from the PinkFresh Studio BE YOU collection.I decided to do the SUMMER at an angle and then started laying out the accents.  I wanted the colors to really stick out so I did most of the accents, flairs and puffy stickers at the bottom with just a few of them on each side of the layout to make sure those colors really showed through!  Quick tip: I love, love, love my sticker maker which is what I used for each of the letters...easy peasy!

Well, there you have it...my SUMMER layout. I hope you enjoyed this layout featuring Scrappin Happy Studio Flairs.  If you haven't had a chance to see her collections head over to her Etsy shop (here) and check her shop out! 

I will leave details and some links below on what I used...it may be the middle of Winter but looking at this layout I feel Summer calling my name!

Items used
Epoxy Flairs: Scrappin Happy Studio (Pool Fun Collection, Ice Cream Collection, Auntie Life Collection)
Cut File Letters (SUMMER): Kreative Cuts Club
Distressed Inks: Tim Holtz (in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Squeezed Lemonade)
Chipboard Thickers: American Crafts (Colorful, Confetti Wishes, Pick Me Up, Summers Lights)
Puffy Sticker: Pinkfresh Studio, BE YOU collection
Circle Dies: Spellbinders, Nestabilities - Standard Circle LG

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

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!

It's a Good Day - Layout #11 of the 365 scrapbook challenge and what lessons I learned with this layout

Hey Newbies,
I'm here working on my 365 Page Layout Challenge.  I will try to list everything I used below and try to link up to where you can purchase them if you happen to like any of them.

This was a special day in more ways than one.  It was my birthday (and brother-in-laws, sister's and mom's husband) are all in September, so we try to get together at my mom's in Florida for a few days to celebrate.  
For my birthdays, my sister gave me a very special key chain with the MS logo on it.  She knows how hard I struggle with this disease.  No matter what her struggles are (and she has a few with an autistic son), she sees mine and that meant a lot!  We had such a great time together this year!
I started out with this amazing paper that I have had for a while.  It's a 12 x 12 paper pad I got from Michaels (Hot Buy!!!) called WRITE YOUR HEART by Craft Smith.  It has such amazing papers in it.  There wasn't much for me to add to this layout.

I started by backing the photo with green card stock paper and with a card that came in the paper pad...and here it is; LESSON #1 - adhering your picture should probably be the very last thing you do.  For me, personally, it will be for now on.  I have ruined 3 photos (luckily they were not my "throw back" photos from way back when.  You know, the ones that you only have the original copy because there were no such thing as camera phones back in my day, so there is no reprinting it.  I have managed to get shimmers, glitter and glue on my photos by not watching what I am doing.  Even when I don't think I have anything on my hand/arm, somehow glue manages to get on the photo.  So this girl will be mounting her picture last from now on.  

I did some splatters using my new Shimmerz Vibes in GLORIOUS DAY on the background (I struggled on whether to use a white or the Glorious Day and I picked the Glorious Day but as it dried and with the embellishments I think I should have went with the White - - and here comes LESSON #2; use a test paper of the same color/design.  Don't be in such a hurry that you don't have time to wait until it is completely dry before making the decision- - just sayin.

Recently I purchased some nestling dies from  Spellbinders and cut circles with my Big Shot die cut machine as well as using my 3" circle punch for one of them.  

Side note: Here is a pic of my new Big Shot...Can I tell you how much I L-O-V-E the Big Shot!  So well worth the money!!!  

The paper that I cut the circles out came from the same paper pad (I told you, I didn't use much with this layout).

I did some hidden journaling by printing on another card from, you guessed it, the same paper pad!  I fussy cut the card out from one of the pages and I cut it in half and then put tape to a piece of 81/2 x 11 paper and ran it through the printer.  I put parchment paper over it to semi-hide the journaling and secured it with a pink brad.  I also found the border from the same pack of paper - I'm telling you guys, if you can find this pack you should purchase it!  It is so versatile!  

I used a pink heart flair from one of my all time fav flair shops...Scrappin Happy Studios, check out her Etsy store, she has new lines coming out all the time and they are amazing and she does special orders!  

 The  puffy stickers "YOU CAN DO THIS", was from Bella Blvd (MAKE YOUR MARK collection); "THIS IS REAL" & "HAPPY MOMENTS" puffy sticker from PinkFresh Studio (BE YOU collection), glitter sprinkles (pink) dots from Doodlebug Designs.  The "CELEBRATE: pink and gold sticker was from The Paper Studio, (AGENDA 52 collection, purchased at Hobby Lobby) and the gold hearts from Crate Paper - OASIS collection

Like I said this layout was pretty simple with this awesome pad of 12 x 12 paper!  I hope this inspired you to get up and get scrapping!  Super quick and easy and only a few embellishments and still have a great layout!

I linked up all of the items I used above in the article, so if something gets you excited, you will be able to find it!

Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!

Please join our FB page for more challenges and to share your layouts with the group or come follow me on IG!  

Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly

Lessons on Layouts - Going from stash to Sas!

Hi there Newbies!  Today I wanted to blog about creating layouts using your stash (and...we are already at lesson 1). Lesson 1 being, when buying a kit, from say The Hip Kit Club, you get so excited when they arrive (or at least I do).   I mean the pages and embellishments match up so perfectly, you want to see it all!  So you take it all out of the package and  if that's what you want to do to see all of the goodies in their awesomeness of match-e-ness (here is where the lesson comes in) go for it!  Just make sure it's the only thing on your table when you do or, like me, you will be putting it ALL away after ogling it and then it will hit you.  The KIT you just purchased that matched so perfectly together is now all in separate bins/boxes/drawers and you have no idea what was what!  Yes, that is what I did with my very first Kit, key word being...KIT🤦🏻‍♀️

So let's move on from lesson one, shall we?  I have this beautiful grand daughter and she has my heart!  I have done a couple of layouts with her and want to share this one.  When I saw this picture that my daughter-in-law took I just knew right then in there I would be scraping it!  My mind started going crazy with ideas.  

So now that I have this new stash (since I broke my one and only kit up, it's all stash). I went through every drawer, paper boxes, sequence bins, inks and stencils!  I usually only have a few things that a pull but everything I touched went with the colors in my head that I wanted to do for this layout.  The more I pulled the more that came out!  So I started with this huge pile of stickers, washi tape, embellishments, phrases, flairs...you name it I had it on the table!

I knew I wanted to use a stencil heart on this layout (and here comes lesson number 2); lesson 2 being, when buying stencils, stamps, inks and even paper...DON'T BE A CHEAP AS*!  

I saw a YouTube video with Heatherscraftylife using this "Puffy Heart Stencil" from PinkandMain - side note:  I love her layouts! I have learned so much from her, she is definitely one of the scrapping ladies you need to be following - especially on YouTube if you want to learn a few things.

I went on line and saw the price of their heart stencil (which really wasn't that much) but had to order some stuff from Amazon and while on Amazon I saw an entire set of stencils including a similar heart stencil for half the price...an ENTIRE set! So I said to myself, self, this is an amazing deal go for it.  Well...that amazing deal turned out to be crap!  The stencils were cheap, one has already torn and trust me, the heart one was NOT the same!  Soooo, I went back and bought the PinkandMain heart stencil.  It worked beautifully!  The difference was night and day (although, I am a Newbie to using stencils...so it took me a couple of times to get it down...ok, a few times, stenciling is tricky ya'll).  

On this particular layout I started out with stenciling going across the page, white space in the middle and then a row at the bottom.  It started out beautifully but went South pretty quick!  I thought I would add some heat embossing and stamped the embossing stamp all over the page (not using the stencil) which is NOT the way to emboss hearts people...it was a big fat mess (and kinda comical after I thought about it).  So I trashed it and started again (I told ya'll stenciling was tricky). 

Starting from scratch, I decided to do a row of hearts diagonally this time, leaving white space in the middle and then a small diagonal row at the bottom.  I also did some going in a different direction at the top corner because that's just how I am.  That's the way a lot of layouts go, you have something in mind, start out and it ends up a little (or a lot) different than what you pictured it in your head.  But it ends up looking amazing! 

After I had my background done I started pulling from my stash pile (or mountain of stash).  I knew I wanted to keep it mostly pink (because that jacket tho😱) and wanted a little bit of black to pull some of the color of her pants and boots but wanted a little color in it as well.  

I started by backing the photo with some Pink Paislee 6 x 6 pad called TURN THE PAGE.  I found a pink background and a gorgeous flower pattern that had a bit of light teal in it.  I had so many embellishments with that color I knew it would be perfect!

I used some Dear Lizzy (61) Accent and Phrases stickers, the camera, heart and "captured" flairs are all from Scrappin Happy Studios (her Etsy shop is amazing)!  I had some clear stickers from The Paper Studio called CHILDREN PHRASES.  I love these phrases and used them on other layouts but  I didn't like the look of it on the page.  You could still see the clear square edges of the sticker so I had some cute pink polkadot washi tape in my stash that was see-through enough to cover up the sticker and still see it!   

The title I fell in love with!  Not only was it perfect for this picture, I love the script of it and...it's kind of rubbery.  I've never come across it before but will be ordering more of it!  It's from American Crafters Thickers "SKYLER" pack.  

I added a lot of other stickers and chipboards and other stuff I will list below in case you are interested in any of them.  I finished it up with some sequence from Ink Road Stamps (I love Lara's stamps!  She is always working on new lines and her stamps are very well made and worth the price - see lesson 2 above if you are thinking differently).  

I hope you enjoyed seeing this layout and the lessons I learned from it.  For more tips, tricks and challenges come over to our facebook group (follow the link and ask to join, we keep it private because a lot of us are working on layouts as gifts and don't want the friends and family who follow us on FB to see them before we give them) or join us on IG to catch up!  And if you like the blog please follow me!

Happy Scrapping!

1. Heart Stencil - PinkFresh Studios
2. Photo backing - Pink Paislee - TURN THE PAGE
3. The pink heart with "Love", The "Carefree" - American Crafters- FIELD NOTES PHRASES FOIL CHIPBOARD THICKERS
4. Stickers - Dear Lizzy Accent and Phrases (61)
5. Epoxy Flairs - SCRAPPIN HAPPY STUDIO
6. Clear Sticker Phrases - The Paper Studio - CHILDREN PRASES STICKER PACK (Hobby Lobby)
7. Title - American Crafters - PEBBLES GIRL SQUAD PHRASE FOAM THICKERS
8. Be You puffy stickers - PinkFresh Studio
9. Make Your Mark sticker - Bella Blvd Stickers
10. Awesome Smile sticky pix - Paper House Puffy Stickers - Ebay
11. Tiny Hearts - Doodlebug - SHAPE SPRINKLES TINY HEARTS
12. "This is Your Life" sticker - The paper Studio - AGENDA 52 (bought at Hobby Lobby)
13. Escape the Ordinary, chipboard stickers - AMERICAN CRAFTS
14. Find your joy, puffy stickers - Bella Blvd - MAKE YOUR MARK ICONS
15. Pink Sequence - Ink Road Stamps
16. The "Diva", "Fabulous", "this photo" and tags were all miscellaneous stash pile

Learning lessons with a Pink Fresh Studios Challenge - 2019

Hey guys, thanks for following my blog posts about being a Newbie in the Scrapbooking World.  I just want to say, when I'm writing these blogs, it is more of a lesson on what not to do or how I managed to do or what I have learned to do, so far.  I will always try to give the exact products of what I used in case you want to try any of the layouts I blog about.  

I also write these blogs 1)hoping they will help you guys in this big community of scrapbooking; 2)challenge you guys to go out of your comfort zone; 3)let you know what is going on out in the scrapbooking community, like, challenges, sales, new products and techniques; and 4)to let you know this is a hobby that is meant to bring enjoyment.  If you find yourself getting all stressed out over it because you make mistakes, we all do.  The best of the best do.  So remember to keep this fun and enjoyable!  You can find other tips and posts on my FB page.

So yesterday I was going through IG and found that Pink Fresh Studios was having a January challenge.   It is their "2018 challenge in review", so you get to pick any of their challenges from last year and go for it!  So I went through the challenges and found this one.  It's a simple layout, but I liked that it was on an all white background.  I tend to stay away from a lot of white space (yeap, apparently that is a term in the scrapbooking world).  This layout also let you choose any shape you wanted (if you aren't into stars), which for this layout I was not.

So I picked a photo of my sister and I in 1986 (yes, I said 1986)!  We were so young (but old enough to drink).  It was New Years Eve and we decided to dress in black and gold sparkle (I didn't have my jacket on in this photo but TRUST me, it was black and gold, it sparkled and it had big shoulders to match the big hair).  If you were from the 80's you will get the big shoulder and big hair reference.

I started to pull all of my stash together and liked what I came up with and got started!

I picked an off white colored card stock and used some clear Gesso on it before starting since I was using some acrylic paint (black - and really cheap from Target).  When it comes to acrylic paints you don't have to spend a lot of money.  I used my heat gun to help the drying process because I'm a bit impatient.  Once it was dried I sprayed the Perfect Pearls Mists from Ranger on it (and right here comes lesson 1, LET YOUR MISTS DRY COMPLETELY.  Mists are mostly water and if you don't let it dry COMPLETELY any other medium that you use that is water based, say like the acrylic paint I was using, it will run!

Apparently, I didn't let it dry enough and when I did the splatters of black acrylic paint (again, water based) it ran instead of blotching or splattering as the pro's say it.  It was pretty bad.  I thought I was going to have to trash the card stock but I took my heat gun, dried it and turned it around so my photo would cover that part. (and that was lesson #2) if you can cover a mistake with a photo or sticker, do it! No one can tell and you will save some time and money, and a bit of frustration.  It happens to the best of scrapers!

After I re-did my Mist and splatters and the paper was dried I started with laying my gold boarder.  I don't remember where I got it it was part of my stash from my "borders" drawer and not in the packaging any longer.  I really liked the waves in it and it was gold and shiny so I used it.

I also found these circle chip board that have the same hues as my layout.  I used the Becky Higgins Project Life Kit, I believe it's called Midnight Edition Core Set.  After gluing those on top of my wavy border sticker, I placed some tissue paper with cold flakes in it behind my backed photo and glued it down (covering up my first mistake).

I have this amazing gold foil paper, in 8 1/2 x 11".  It's pretty thin and delicate so using it is a challenge some times.  I used this paper for 1 of the photo backing and also to cut out a 3" heart from my Cricut machine (I have the dinosaur of Cricut machines but it works and it was free from a friend who used it once so I'm good with that).  Cutting with that foil paper was a bit of a challenge.  The Cricut machine cut it fine but getting off of the mat was not fun.  I cut 2 of them and ended up throwing the other out because it just ripped and tore off of the mat.  Yes, I have had to trash a couple of my projects when using it. 

I glued the heart down along with the additional tiny hearts (made from my heart punch).  I backed my photo with the additional piece of gold foil paper and Pink Paislee's  TURN THE PAGE collection.  I also backed the photo with some tissue paper with flakes of gold in it that I had left over from a Christmas gift (lesson #3, don't throw away stuff you think you might use...think tissue paper for backing of photos, a Starbucks sleeve you can cut and make a sticker out of, ribbon...you get the idea).  I always say waste not want not and hey, this is a pretty expensive hobby!

My title I did out of the gold foil paper as well and ran it through my X-ryon stickers machine...AND here comes lesson number 4, make sure you have ALL of the alphas BEFORE you go sticking them on a layout.   I managed to leave out the "R" in Sparkle the first go around...2 words....PROOF READ! 🤦🏻‍♀️

So, this black and gold theme came together pretty well with what I had in my stash.  Unfortunately for me, I wasn't able to use any of my awesome stuff from PinkFresh Studios was the backing of my photo so that basically disqualified me from the challenge.  I do love their stuff and have quite a bit of it from my Christmas Sale buys but nothing that matched this layout other than that backing.  But I had a great time making it and I think it turned out pretty good.  I will list all of the stuff I used below just in case you saw something you liked.

Thanks for following my blog and learning all of this amazing and fun scrapbooking techniques and layouts!

Items Used:

1. 8 1/2 x 11" gold foil paper - Michaels.com (it goes on sale for $2.50 a pack so if you can... wait for it go be on sale)
2. chipboard stickers - Maggie Holmes - CRAFT PAPER COLLECTION
3. Perfect Pearls Mist - SUNFLOWER SPARKLE - by Ranger
4. Acrylic Paints - Target.com
5. Pink Paislee - TURN THE PAGE - collection
6. Clear Gesso - Amazon.com (a little goes a looooooong way)
7. Off white card stock - Michaels.com

Thanks again for joining me on this blog, hope to see you guys on IG and FB!

Happy Scraping🤗