Memories of You {My Creative Scrapbook}

Hey there, friends!  I hope your Monday is going wonderfully.  I'm sharing another page I created using the June Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook today.  I was so excited that I found a sunburst stencil at Michael's a few weeks ago, and I couldn't wait to use it on a summer layout!  I paired it with the American Crafts Mayberry goodies in the kit and this is what I came up with.  Summer pool pages are my favorite...all the bright colors just seem to come together so fast for me.

The Thickers in the kit are white, so I inked them red so they'd pop against the white and yellow.

I just love the cute little ribbons in the kit, too!  They add such fun little details :)

If you're a fan of bright colors and fun patterns, this June Main Kit is something you'll enjoy.  It's so easy to work with because all the yummy colors just flow together so nicely!  You can purchase a kit right HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today....have a good one!

Father's Day projects {Love My Tapes}

Happy Friday!  I'm here with you today to share a few "manly" projects that I made for Father's Day over at Love My Tapes :)  I'm terrible at making masculine things...mainly because I have two daughters.  I mostly scrap girly things, so it's hard for me to keep things "boyish."  I decided to give it a try for this project, and it turns out it wasn't that hard after all :D

I pulled out some neutral colored washi tapes and made long strips of them on some cardstock.  Then I punched out different sized circles to scatter around my page.  I've had the fun mustache tape for a while, but I've never used it.  This layout was perfect, and I cut out some of the mustaches and used them as cute little embellishments!  Easy!

Washi tapes are so fun, fast and easy...and those circle embellishments took me no time at all.  

I also threw together a card...and I don't particularly excel at making cards.  Especially "Dad" ones.  I went through my stash of old papers and found this red, white and blue striped piece.  I've been wanting to use this navy patterned tape for a while now, and it looked great against my paper.  I also added strips of the red & white striped tape to pull out some of the reds, and then topped it off with a strip of the mustache tape.  Easy and quick, and my dad will love it!

If I've learned anything from these projects, it's that venturing out and trying something new is okay.  And even if you're out of your comfort zone, it's nice to try something out of the ordinary for you.  I wound up liking both of these projects, even though they were intimidating at first.  You never know what you might come up with :)

You can purchase these and many other types of washi tapes HERE.  So much variety!

Have a great weekend!

Where Are You?

Hello there, and happy Thursday :)  I hope your Summer is starting off nicely.  Ours is nice and hot, and we've been spending the past few days in the pool.  I wish it was pool weather all year round :)

Here's a page I created for My Scraps and More last week.  I pulled out the newest lines from Lily Bee...Pinwheel and Sweet Shoppe.  I noticed right away that there were a lot of primary colors.  I was instantly inspired to create a rainbow of sorts.  I really love this chevron paper, but it's busy and overwhelming, so I used some black paint and my finger to create some separation between my photos and the background.  I also backed my paper strips and photos onto black cardstock to break up the busy-ness.

I also used matching paints to create drips.  I just held the bottle up to the paper and squeezed some out...easy!  I spritzed the streaks with water to help it drip a little better.

I cut my title with my Cameo...I just love that machine!

A close-up of the strips and the cute chipboard buttons.

Stickers and fabric-covered brads...woo hoo!

You can pick up these Lily Bee collections in the My Scraps store HERE.  Don't forget about our Got Talent Contest going on all summer long...plenty of fun challenges and lots of prizes to win!  Come join us!!

Thanks for taking a peek today, and have a wonderful Thursday!

Enjoy the Flowers + a paint tutorial

Happy Tuesday, friends!  Today I'm sharing another page I created using the fabulous June Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook.  I absolutely love all of the Mayberry goodies included from American Crafts!  They were perfect to scrap this photo of my little Reesie from a few springs ago.  Our azaleas were in full bloom and were the perfect backdrop for this little photoshoot.

I added a little texture to my background with a mask and some modeling paste.  I lightly chalked over it to give it slight pink touch.  The rest is layering and paint drips...and then adding in embellishments here and there.

Here is a quick tutorial I created for the MCS blog on how I create my big paint splatters.  If you don't have a medicine dropper, this is another way to do it and it works great!  Your fingers get messy, but who cares, right?!  :D

If you're interested in purchasing a kit from My Creative Scrapbook, click HERE for all the details.  I promise you won't be disappointed!

Have a great day!

Play Time

Hey there, friends :)  I can't believe I forgot to post this layout from last month!  The girls from My Creative Scrapbook were special guests of The Color Room in May, and took part in both of their color palette challenges.  It completely slipped my mind that I hadn't posted this one...oops!  You can go HERE to see the color palette, sketch and full reveal from the MCS girls and TCR team.  Beautiful pages everywhere!

I'm really enjoying making pages from scratch lately.  I go through phases where I don't feel like using specific papers, and I just grab some paints and create my own background.  It's a great opportunity to use up those little things...like cardboard, stamps, washi tape, and those other random things that you have laying around that you didn't think you'd use....like old transparencies!  That glittery green flower and blue frames are SO old I don't even remember buying them.  But they matched my color scheme, so I made them useful :)

I had a lot of fun making this one!  I do appreciate you stopping by...have a wonderful day!

My Scraps Got Talent...1st Challenge!

Happy Saturday, friends!  I'm here with you today to remind you about our Got Talent III contest going on over on our boards...we just started yesterday with our first challenge.  The challenge is to use NO PATTERNED PAPER...pretty hard, huh?  You should see the awesome pages our members are creating!  They are tackling it and loving it, and surprising themselves!

Here's what I created as my sample page...lots of paint, tissue paper, stamping, washi tape, some old Fancy Pants transparencies, chipboard and a die-cut title.  I just went through my stash and picked out random things that were pink and yellow.  I started by painting and then literally just started stamping in various places.  I laid my photo down and started adding the tape.  It's all a matter of layering, and there's no right or wrong place to put something.  That's the beauty of the messy factor :)

A close up of the tissue paper.  I just tore some and used some glossy accents to stick it down.  I put some on my finger and just smoothed it over the top.

This piece with the circles cut out was actually the backing of a sheet of old circle stickers.  It added some texture and interest, and I just gessoed over it and added all my goodies on top of it.

I gessoed and painted this butterfly with my fingers and then traced around him with a black pen.

Random stamping and washi tape...

It looks complicated, but this kind of page is actually easy and fast to make.  There is no picking out papers and measuring.  Just throw it down and go!  If you'd like to join in on our summer-long contest, go HERE.  We'd love to have you join us!  We have challenges going up all summer every Friday and a mini-challenge every Tuesday.  GREAT prizes up for grabs!!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!

My Creative Scrapbook June Kits!

Hey there, scrappy friends!  I'm so excited to share the new June kits from My Creative Scrapbook!  They are all amazing, and you won't want to miss out on any of them....take a look!

Main Kit

Creative Kit

Limited Edition Kit

Album Kit

You can purchase any of them right HERE.

I created five layouts using the Main Kit, which is filled with the Mayberry line from American Crafts.  There are some gorgeous colors and patterns in it, and I just couldn't get enough of it!  Here is one page I made with it...

I love the yellow background paper...this huge scalloped circle was perfect for my design idea.  I traced around it and added some pink paint on the inner scallops.  I love the blue flower paper because it matched Paige's bright blue eyes in this photo :)  I layered up more papers and added some strips here and there.  The chipboard embellishments in the kit are so awesome...they made my title work so easy!  I also added in a bit of the sequins included in the kit...it gives it a little shiny kick!

This is one of my favorite kits so far...you really should get your hands on one!  I'll be sharing my other four pages throughout the month.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day, even if it's raining in your neck of the woods!  It's crazy raining here in Florida.  Perfect scrappy day :)