Lucky 14 Scrapbook Page with Family Stories

Happy Wednesday Friends! Today, I am sharing a scrapbook page of my daughter using the Family Stories collection. This collection is perfect in documenting the person you love. 

Here I decided to use to to showcase my daughter at the beach. Very versatile collection to be used for your significant other, or a special person in your life.

 Hope you receive a bit of inspiration to create your own scrapbook pages using Family Stories. It has become an all time favorite!

Time For A Masquerade Party - Leslie Ashe

Hi everyone!

It's Leslie here again sharing 2 projects I've made recently 
that I just ADORE.

Halloween is so fun. Seeing all the kids dressed in their costumes 
Trick or Treating, I mean really...how CUTE are they? Going to pumpkin
patches, whatever...this time of year is one of my favorites! I love it.

For my projects today I've created those very things!
Masquerade Party makes it so easy to create fun fall layouts:

My precious niece at the pumpkin patch and getting ready to go
Trick or Treating:

First up, 
Trick or Treat:

with this layout, 
I simply punched circles using a 3" circle 
punch (from several of the papers in this line).
Next, I placed them 4 in a row, 3 rows down.
Using black & white photo's of "Snow White",
I placed them in a row of 3 right in the center of my layout.

The file folders in this line make for GREAT mattes for pictures.
As you can see, I used one for one of my photo's.

The chipboard borders make it SO easy to add to any part of your layout.
Here, I placed mine at the bottom of my layout, with the bottom

part of my title right on it.
I also used a border at the top with my title.

Around 2 of the circles, you'll see journaling and just some extra penmanship.

Such an easy layout to recreate! so fun to do!

and now, let's take a visit to the Pumpkin Patch:

How PERFECT are the colors and designs for little Presley

 

 

I chose lots of orange to represent the season.
By layering a bold on top of a bold, really makes the photo's stand out.

Starting off, I simply cut the bold orange background to 10" all around

and added to the center of my base. I wanted to damask print to show as my frame.

Then I cut 2 small borders, added to the left side, with my title in letter stickers

going up...meeting with my chipboard "Halloween" which serves as the other

part of my title page.

and I just made this one simple by using several elements in the

embellishments and chipboard for my title and my extra little "pow" 
to these photo's. Again...this one is EASY to recreate. You can use one big photo,
or several wallet sized like I did here.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed my Masquerade Party!

Memorabilia Layouts by Jamie Harder

Happy Friday!!!  I love when Fridays roll around 'cause that is my scrapbooking day!  Do you have a set time when you scrapbook?  Or tend to seize the opportunity when it arises? 

Today I am sharing a couple of pages from the gorgeous Memorabilia collection.  I think this collection is perfect for documenting families!  I love the focus it has on really capturing those moments.  

I layered a few chipboard pieces on this layout and of course I always reach for the brads, enamel dots and my new found love SEQUINS (squeal) to add to my pages!

For my next layout, I cut out the word "moment" from the patterned paper to use as part of my title.  I love how it pops!

 Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Have a fabulous weekend!

Captured Layout by Dedra Long

Hey Everyone! I'm still loving the Memorabilia Collection, such a rich elegant collection. This layout was all about documenting and capturing our youngest daughter, so the captured border was perfect for this layout. I also took one of the cardstock stickers and cut it in half, tying the top and bottom of the gray patterned paper together.

The patterned paper that has cards on it that you cut out (sometimes it is very hard for me to actually cut the papers when they are awesome) and measure approximately 3x4 to 4x6 are so well done. I especially love the whimsy fonts, they make the perfect accent to a layout or right now, I'm using them in my Project Life (will be sharing that soon).

On the stamped tag I added a foam sqaure on the edge to not only add dimension but to hold the twine in place so it did not get loose. Enamel dots in the middle of buttons and sequins can never be wrong.

Hope you have a fantastic Thursday! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Silly Girls by Stacey Michaud

Hi everyone!  Today I am bringing you a new layout that shows the girly side of the Family Stories collection!  The reason I adore this line is because it is so versatile.  The colors included pink and navy, good for boys and girls!

I decided to use the papers and embellishments to make a soft, feminine page celebrating my daughter and niece.

I immediately pulled out this pretty, light blue chipboard flower and the pink stripe paper.  I knew I wanted those two elements to be my starting point.  After I placed some key elements down, I knew I wanted a unique feature.

I saw those pretty flowers on one of the journaling cards so I grabbed my scissors and started to cut.  When hand cutting an element, you can either cut directly along the line or add in a bit of a border color.  When I cut flower clusters, I don't worry about being too exact.  I tucked the flowers behind the photo and let it hang over other elements.  It add a bit of freedom to the page.

I added in one more cluster to the top photo.  I did this because it is my focal point.  I simply placed to brads together, one big and one banner brad.  I like to work in groups of three so I added a sequin to the cluster.

I did add in some navy and black because the page needed to be anchored.  Having those strong colors gives balance to the page.

Have some fun and make a gender specific page using the Family Stories collection!  There are so many options!

My Home - A Family Stories Layout by Leslie Ashe

It's Monday! Hi everyone! Hope you're having a GREAT
start to your week. It's Leslie here again to share
another Family Stories layout with you.

For some reason, when I think of my husband & creating
something about him, us or even just our family - hearts come to my brain.
Maybe because they're my FAVORITE shape of all the shapes, but 
probably because I just love the chance to use them...on my favorite person.

With this layout, I decided to take and punch a TON of hearts
from papers in the Family Story collection:

It's so easy to just sit and punch away while I watch a movie
in my scrap area. After I get them all punched, I arranged
each heart (almost like a puzzle) a certain way on my page.
After changing it up, what felt like a million times, I became 
happy with my final outcome:

After I laid my photo & arranged my hearts, I simply added
a couple of strips of patterned paper, as well as embellishments, chipboard
pieces (all from the Family Stories line)  & came up with a fast, fun & easy
layout of my sweet husband.

I hope you've enjoyed my little piece of inspiration today!
Thanks for stopping by!

Masquerade Party Layouts by Jamie Harder

Happy Friday everyone!  I don't know about you but I sure have been enjoying every last bit of the summer sunshine!  Fall is just around the corner...and you know what that means?  Halloween!  I absolutely LOVE Halloween and I was thrilled that Teresa did another amazing Halloween collection.

The Masquerade collection has so many great patterned papers...I used 4 of them of on the layout below!!!  Because my daughter dressed up as a vampire, I decided to cut a few bats from the paper to use as embellishments! It is so great when there are so many fabulous designs on the papers that can also be cut out and used as embellishments, don't ya think?   I also love the stickers, the brads and the enamel dots...so fun!  But my FAVORITE embellishment is the treat bags!!  I know I will be putting treats in them for cute little gifts but they can also be used on layouts to!  I used the bag with the big H - halloween on it, as the title of my page!

The next layout features my youngest daughter - she is such a cute Wonder Woman!  I wanted to include the pumpkin she made on this layout since I thought it was hilarious she wanted to make marshmallow teeth! Ha!  I again had lots of fun mixing in patterned papers, stickers, brads and enamel dots.  This time I cut out a raven from the patterned paper to use as an embellishment!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your weekend!!!

Our Story Layout by Dedra Long using Family Stories Collection

Hey everyone! If you really want to document some of your Family Stories then this collection will deliver. This family themed collection is jammed packed with all of the phrases, quotes and the perfect color scheme to document everyone in your family or in my case my whole family at once. This layout was all about our family and my perspective of my husband and our girls.

I loved all of the papers in this collection and I was racking my brain trying to figure out how to get as many papers as I could on this layout. I also wanted to add some movement, or interest into the mix. I gathered all of the papers together and started moving them around to see what sort of combination I liked. Once I firgured out what sheets I wanted and in what order looked good I cut them into wave pieces and started layering them. The woodgrain sheet below was missing something so I added a cardstock sticker to break it up a little. I framed the patterned papers and the photo with white cardstock to give some definition to those elements.

When I was taping the wave cut pieces down I only taped the top of them so I could layer the chipboard flowers underneath one of the pieces.

To finish this layout I added clusters of layered stickers and brads and stamped in black to give a grounded feeling.
Thanks for stopping by!

Building Theme Based Layouts by Stacey Michaud

Hello everyone!  I am here today to share a layout using the awesome Family Stories collection.  I consider myself to be a theme-based scrapper and will be sharing some tips for how to integrate a theme into your next page.

I had two great photos of my kids that I wanted to use on a layout.  I started with a neutral base, this fabulous woodgrain paper.  Then I started looking for elements that would support my photos.

I was instantly drawn to the Right Now layered sticker because of the girl and boy figures.  I was inspired to scrap about what makes my two children special right now.  The Today chipboard piece was chosen based on the Right Now sentiment.  I decided to use the & stamp to tie those two elements together.  My first cluster was developed. 

I knew that I wanted to incorporate that fabulous paper with all the different numbers.  It went along with my theme as my kids have numerous strengths.  When I cut the paper to place it along the side, I noticed something.  The Two was at the top, left hand side.  I wanted to use it as a part of my title.  It just so happened that the S was just below the Two.  I decided to use it as the first letter of the word shine.  A title was born.  To ground the title and draw attention to it, I used the OBSERVATIONS card.  I knew it would also give me a place to journal.  I layered in dimensional objects like the brad and enamel dots.  Those little details finished off my second cluster.

When I looked at the page, it didn't seemed done.  The idea to add the rays of light came at the very end, after my title was developed.   I cut the chevrons strips and simply placed them under the photo cluster.  The sequins were added to give a bit of sparkle.

When scrapping with a theme, look for different papers and elements to support your main idea.  Be sure to gather a hard element like chipboard or an enamel dot.  Incorporate at least one piece of metal such as a brad or sequin.  Finally, collect several stickers or die-cuts that contain relevant icons or matching phrases.  Doing this can help you to create fantastic and unique clusters.

Shine On Memorabilia Layout by Suzanne Sergi

Happy Wednesday!  Suzanne here with a scrapbook page of my daughter Gabriela, using the new Summer CHA collection called Memorabilia. I love the chalkboard graphics found throughout this  collection. Perfect for more formal photos, and even the everyday photos, too. A very versatile collection for documenting everyone in your family.

On this page I used the Memorabilia die cuts to pull in one of the journal cards to add the quote from the Snippets 12x12. I layered the quote on the Frames blue damask paper, and embellished it with the chipboard star in the corner. Then used my favorite little enamel dots to add more texture. 

 Here I cut a large scallop from the Recorded 12x12 paper. I used the grey, and white side to add an extra pattern on my page. You probably have noticed I love utilizing many patterns onto my pages. On top I used the reverse side to punch two black flowers that I embossed. On top another layer of vellum, and used a memorabilia brad for the center.

I love using vellum on my pages, and projects! I love the extra soft layers it creates, and it is perfect for creating vellum pockets onto your pages. Here I cut two 2inch strips of vellum, and stitched along the sides, and bottom. I left the top of the pocket open, and tucked in these small wood stars inside. It added an extra dimension to my page, and thought it tied in the three chipboard stars found on the buttons package in this collection.

At the top of the page I cut bits from the Snippets 12x12 to add again more layers at the top of my page. These would also be perfect for stamping on top of, but since I am in the middle of unpacking, could not find my stamps at the moment! Hope to have all my supplies back in their spots by the weekend! So while I am organizing, I hope you have time for creating with Teresa's fabulous new collections!

 Thanks everyone for stopping by,today! I will be back soon to share holiday projects featuring Teresa's  holiday themed collections!