Hopscotch Meets Soccer

I know, I know, the Hopscotch paper is retired and you all want examples of layouts using the paper you can still get through my website. I promise to work on something with current papers soon and share next week.

Sorry for the bad pictures, it is an overcast day and I am using my iPod.  Anyway, I had a ton of pictures from when my oldest played soccer in the fall of 2012.  She had fun, but soccer is not her cup of tea, she just wants everyone to feel good and score goals no matter what team they are on.  I used a lot of retired Close to My Heart product: the patterned paper, the Picture My Life Hopscotch cards, and the colored brads.  

I love using the Picture My Life cards in a layout, they help with the journaling spots and the title (I can not be the only person who has a problem coming up with titles, please tell me I am not the only one!). Also the Extra Thick Twine is really fun to play with and adds a lot of dimension to layouts and cards. Don't hate me but I like it more than the bakers twine.

If you have a lot of pictures from one event or a lot of pictures you want to group together on one layout check out Close to My Heart's How to Books.  They have so many layouts that use a ton of photos. Another little tip: if you don't have the size of photo called for use more than one photo to fill the spot.  This layout caked for two 5x7s and I didn't have any. I cut two photos to 5x3.25 so that they would fit on the 5x7 photo mat and still have patterned paper all around the photos.

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapbooking!

What's New Wednesday-Base and Bling

Close to My Heart came out with the Base and Bling line a couple of Idea Books ago, but with the Annual Inspirations they really streamlined it and added a lot of fun options. Though I will say that when I first saw it all I was a little confused as to what I needed to finish a necklace and how to go about it. So today I am going to walk you through the process and let you know what the final price is for one necklace.
First you will start with a chain and you have two options Faux Antiqued Silver (Z1940) OR Faux Antiqued Gold (Z1954). You can also make a cuff bracelet that also comes in either the Faux Antiqued Silver or Gold.

If you choose the necklace you will now need to choose which shape of pendant you want: oval, rectangle, square, or circle. Keep in mind that these do come in packs of 3 and they will be all the same shape. The pendants will come in either Faux Antiqued Silver or Faux Antiqued Gold and it will be the same finish in each pack.

After you have picked out your pendant shape you will also need to get Glass Covers that are the same shape as the pendant that you choose. If you choose the cuff you will need to get the oval Glass Covers. These also come in packs of 3. Here is what the circle Glass Covers look like:

Next comes the really fun part, you get to choose which Style sheet you want:

These come in the rectangle shape, to get them into the shape that you want you just have to trace around the glass cover that you picked (circle, oval, or square). These are stickers so they are really easy to just cut out and stick to your pendant. Then to finish your necklace just put a little liquid glass down on the sticker and place your Glass Cover on top. Close to My Heart has also given you a few options for adding some fun bling to your necklace:

Also what you see in these pictures is what you will get, 6 charms 3 in each of the 2 finishes, silver or gold. These are easy to just add to your necklace, all you do is open the jump ring a little, place onto a loop in the chain and then close the jump ring. As you can see these are really easy and fun to make and personlize. Also you can also see that it is also going to be easy to make these in multiples of three. If you do this each necklace will be $13.75, and that is with one of the bling accents, if you don't add the bling it would be $13 a piece. If you choose to make a cuff it will be $8. It would be so fun to do a Jewelry buffet. Just order a bunch of the chains, one Style Sheet, a couple packages of the pendants and the glass covers. If you are local and are wanting me to help with throwing one of these just let me know because it would be so fun for you and your friends. Just let me know if you are interested.

My Crush tips

This weekend got really busy when my parents decided to come for a visit so I am a little late in getting this posted and I wasn't able to get my layout finished for the CTMH Halloween challenge. I did get my DisneyWorld My Crush album finished though, so I thought I would share some more layouts and some tips.

I used almost all of the Mini Assortment Flip Flaps and I love them! They helped me so much in getting all my photos together the way I wanted. I highly recommend them if you are putting together a My Crush album.

The stickers that come in the My Crush Memories Assortment are super fun to play around with and to use as titles and to label pictures. I cut a lot of them in half. I also wrote on most of them to help add journaling and information.

Don't be afraid to use one page for one picture if it is one that you love. Also using cardstock in a coordinating color is also a fun way to frame photos. I also loved using the shimmer tape and glitter paper to give some pages some sparkle.

There were a few pages that I didn't like the paper on so I just covered the whole page with photos. You can also remove those pages if you don't need them.

There are a few pages that have really fun backgrounds and I decided not to put any pictures on them because I loved them so much!

I loved the My Crush because I could put fun things on the pages like these oragomi birds from the Japanese restaurant that my children got and had to bring home. Because you too will probably be adding bulky things to your pages I do not recommend using the foam tape, it might make your album too bulky.

I included maps of all the parks with the things we did circled as well as the map of our resort. With the My Crush you can add those things and it makes your albums really fun and personalized. Also then you don't have to write it all out.

The little pockets that come in the memories assortments are super cute and handy. Here I put a few of the single rider passes that we kept.

If you can't tell I had a lot of fun putting this album together and I love the My Crush line and I am super excited to get the Christmas one to keep track of all our Christmas memories.

See you tomorrow for Tool Tuesday!

Flip Flaps meet My Crush

Here are some pictures of how I am using the Small Assortment of Flip Flaps (Z1747) in the Bluebird My Crush album (Z1856) that I have been sharing with you this week.

Flip Flaps are so easy to use. They come with a strip of white on one edge that you  just fold back. Slide in your photos. Take the strip of white off and place on your page. Tada! You have now added two more photos to your layout. If you want to add even more photos just add more Flip Flaps like I did above.

Here I just used one flip flap to add more photos of my littles on the Star Tours ride.

Lastly I was able to add another photo to this page of my oldest. These two photos were taken as a remake of ones we took of my oldest when we brought her to DisneyWorld when she was 18 months.

I am loving this project and how easy it is. I love the idea of one book for this vacation and cannot wait to finish.

What's New Wednesday-My Crush

On Monday I shared with you my My Crush album that I am using to document my family's DisneyWorld trip from earlier this year. Today I am going to post pictures of the the other My Crush albums and give you some ideas on how to use them.

Here is the one I have My Crush Bluebird (Z1856). This one is perfect for gender neutral things as well as everyday life. I LOVE mine and am having so much fun playing with it! My sister got this one and used it as a baby album.

This is My Crush Modville (Z1855). The inside of this book is so fun and modern. I would use this as a baby album as well, or I think it would make a fun vacation book, or a fun school themed book.

This is the My Crush In the Pink Book (Z2000) and I think this would be perfect for a girl themed book (baby or growing up years) or a beautiful teen/tween book.

This is the one of my favorite of the new My Crush books, mostly because I see it as my new Christmas book that I can just keep adding to year after year and it makes scrapbooking all those fun Christmas memories really easy. This is the Holiday Happenings My Crush book (Z2098).

This is the last of the My Crush books and is the Wildwood book (Z2001). I think this one would be perfect for the outdoors person or family. Perfect for all the hiking and camping my families does. This would also make a great every day book or a fun vacation themed book as well.
Each of the My Crush books also has themed assortments that compliment and can add dimension and fun to each of the pages. These are also a great value and you get a lot for your money. I will post more pictures tomorrow to show how I am using some flip flaps in my My Crush to show how fun and easy this product is to add to your albums.

My Crush Album meets DisneyWorld

I have had the Bluebird My Crush Album (Z1856) for awhile just waiting for me to decide what I want to put into it. This weekend I finally looked at the stack of photos from my families DisneyWorld trip and was a little overwhelmed, so I thought-MY CRUSH! So far it is working out really nicely and I am loving it. I am also using the My Crush Memories Assortment (Z1888) and the My Crush Favorites Assortment (Z1889). I am also planning on using some of the Small Assortment Flip Flaps to help get some of my photos on the page in a different and fun way. So if you have a stack of photos that all go together (a year, an event, college days, high school days etc) grab a My Crush and start preserving your memories in a fun and fast and simple way. I will be talking more about the My Crush on What's New Wednesday so check back to see more photos and to learn more!

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