Seaside again

On our family trip to Newport Beach, California, last November I may have taken way too many pictures, and liked/loved most of them.  So here is another layout using the Seaside paper and featuring my cute family.  Hopefully you are enjoying seeing the Seaside paper in different layouts, and hopefully it is helping to give you some ideas on how to use your own Seaside paper.  

As you can see in the pictures I am also working really hard and putting my layouts right into my album instead of letting them pile up like I have in the past.  Here is a list of the products used and links to my website to get them if you would like to:

Seaside paper pack

Seaside Picture My Life cards

Aqua Dots

Paper Fundamentals Whimsy collection

Sorbet stamp pad

I stamped the little fish using a stampset from an old Workshop on the Go that you can't get anymore.  Also I am loving how fun and easy it is to use the PML cards on layouts.  On this layout I didn't want it to look like PML cards so I cute out the title and the seahorse.

Happy Scrapbooking!

Seaside Part 2

Here is the second layout I made using the Seaside Workshop on the Go.  I love how it turned out!
The Workshop on the Go are such great values and super easy to follow and put together.  If you haven't tried them yet, you should!

If you want to purchase the Seaside Workshop on the Go, just click here.   Also don't forget that you can get the stamp of the month for FREE this month with a purchase of $25 in stamps, or you can get one of the Hostess stampsets for $5.  I love a good deal don't you?

Happy Scrapbooking!

Seaside part one

I have been waiting for 500+ pictures to show up at my house so that my creative mojo could come back.  Does that ever happen to you, I still have quite a few pictures that need to be scrapbooked from 2011-2013, but I just wanted to scrapbook 2014-2015.  So I waited.  Well the pictures arrived yesterday and today I got my first layout from the Seaside Workshop on the Go finished.  It seriously took me an hour to do and I love it!  Tell me what you think!

You can get your Seaside Workshop on the go here.  It comes with all the papers, and embellishments that you need, along with a stampset that only comes with this kit.  All you need are some stamp pads (glacier, pear, sorbet, and desert sand).

Happy Scrapbooking!

Use Your Stash Blog Hop-Coloring

If you are coming from Paige Dolecki's blog you are on the right track!  Welcome to the Use your Stash Blog Hop.  This month's challenge was to coloring something on our scrapbook page.  I LOVE to color and so do my littles, so I thought this would be a fun challenge.  I decided to do a page following a sketch I found online from Pinterest.  I love the way that it turned out and hope you do too!

I used the ShinHan Marigold and Turquoise Blue markers to color in the flowers from the Love Blooms stampset.  Yes this is a stampset that has a stamp that will color in the flowers for you, but I wanted a different look this time around.  I wanted to make a few of the flower petals darker than others, but didn't want them in a normal, usual pattern.  By coloring over the petals more than once I was able to get the darker look that I was looking for where I wanted it.  That is the joy of using the ShinHan Alcohol markers, you can get the different tones just by coloring over the areas more than once.  You can also get a totally different color by using two markers and they blend so well together because they are alcohol based.

Now head on over to Marilee Eatough to see what she had fun coloring this month!

Products used:

Blossom paper pack X7196B 
Pear Cardstock X5764 or in a combo pack X5935
Kraft paper Z1375

Pear stamp pad Z2197
Chocolate stamp pad  Z2111

Handwritten Print Alphabet E1030
Love Blooms C1511 (no longer available)
Brushstrokes Flair C1608

Coral Reef Sequins Z3042
Teal Shimmer Trim Z1918
White Shimmer Trim Z3024
Lagoon Hearts Washi Tape Z2004

ShinHan Marigold Z2457
ShinHan Turquoise Blue Z2465

You can get all these products at my website.

Happy Scrapbooking!

Pathfinding and Exploring

The Pathfinding paper pack is so fun to use with everyday photos that work well with orange and blue (which by the way are complimentary colors because they are opposite each other on the color wheel).  While looking through my photos from 2010 that haven't been scrapbooked yet I found some that worked well with the Pathfinding papers.

I had a great time using up a ton of my stash in this layout.  I used three products that are retired and that you can't buy anymore and I love how they mix in well with current products.  I love that Close to My Heart keeps their colors current and that they don't change ALL the time, so my chocolate stuff is still usable with current products because chocolate is still a current color.

Products used: 

Pathfinding paper pack

Chocolate cardstock

Goldrush Cardstock

Love Blooms stampset C1511 (no longer available)

Pathfinding Scrapbooking Workshop stamp set D1621 (only available in the workshop on the go)

Dark Chocolate Ribbon Z1617 (no longer available)

Rosette Ribbon Z1800 (no longer available)

Bronze Shimmer Trim 

Bling Gems Assortment Gold

Dimensional Elements letters (no longer available)

Chocolate ink

Sap Green ShinHan marker

Marine Blue ShinHan marker

Marigold ShinHan marker

Bronze ShinHan marker

Happy Scrapbooking!

Use Your Stash blog hop If You Stamp It

Thanks for joining us on this blog hop where we are using some of our scrapbooking stashes.  If you have come from Heather Jane Schmuckal's blog you are on the right track!   This month we are featuring stamps that we bought because we loved them and when they arrived we forgot about them, put them away, or just didn't have a use for them at the moment.  I actually have a ton of stamps like this so it was really fun for me to grab a few and use them.

I used 3 brand new stamps on this layout, each stamps set featured a frame stamp that I used to run down the middle of my layout.  I used Sweet and Lovely from the Artbooking Cricut collection (D1571), a stamp from the Art Philosophy Cricut collection (D1496), and this months stamp of the month, Just Sayin' (S1505).  I also used a few other stamp sets, but I had used them before so I will list them at the end of this post.

This layout sketch came from the Stashbusters class that I took and featured awhile back from Big Picture Classes and I felt it was fitting for this blog hop. I hope you enjoyed this layout and blog hop.  To keep hopping just head over to Shirley Ross's blog.  

Happy scrapbooking!

List of materials used:

1358 White daisy cardstock

X7196B Blossom paper pack

D1571 Sweet and Lovely from Artbooking Cricut collection

D1496 Art Philosophy Cricut collection stamp set

S1505 Just Sayin' (this months stamp of the month)

C1429 Party Pennants 

C1474 10 Things

Marigold ShinHan marker

Z2105 black ink

Z3042 Coral Reef Sequins

Z1853 Aqua Dots

Z1799 Silver Shimmer Trim

All products can be found and purchased on my website.

Super Stashbusters old and new

Challenge 8 in Super Stashbusters was to use some of your oldest stuff with your newest stuff.  I dug around and found some fun metal embellishments that I got close to the beginning of my journey with Close to my Heart almost six years ago.  I have been having so much fun playing with the Hopscotch paper and it is really new to me so I picked that as my new thing.  I also wanted to play with the January stamp of the month so I pulled that out as well. Here is what I ended up with:

I have decided that I love to mix and match things!  One of the reasons I started with Close to my Heart was because everything coordinated which made my scrapbooking easier and faster, but I am loving that I can mix and match and stil create fun and beautiful layouts in a matter of minutes.  

Products used and available on my website:

Smoothie ink Z2196

Warm clay ShinHan marker

Colonial white cardstock 

Hopscotch paper X7194B

Teal shimmer trim Z1918

Aqua dots Z1853

Hopscotch assortment Z3016

Tags Z1684

This moment January stamp of the month S1501

Sharesa.ctmh.com

Hopscotch layout #2

I decided to create the second layout using the Hopscotch workshop on the go.  I ended up rotating the pages to work with horizontal photos (apparently I live horizontally since most of my photos are horizontal).  So once again, make the sketch or the guides work for you, they are made to make your scrapbooking faster, simpler and easier.

Products used:

Hopscotch workshop on the go G1091

Flaxen ink Z2642

Glacier ink Z2641

Slate ink Z2173

Smoothie ink Z2196

Cricut artbooking collection Z1906

Marcy journaling pen Z1979

All of the above are available on my website at sharesa.ctmh.com

Hopscotch workshop on the go

I love the new Hopscotch paper and thought that the workshop on the go was a lot of fun.  There were a few things that I didn't like and I felt it was all a little busy, so I changed it to something that I loved. To do this I didn't do all of the cricut cutting and I moved the journaling as well.  So if you get a workshop on the go and you just aren't feeling every little detail it is okay to change it and make it work for you.

A couple of tips for this workshop:

Spray glue works wonders on Cricut cuts, such as the photo mats that needed colonial white strips and the photos adhered before glueing to the layout.

To get the pinwheel look the easiest thing to do is to put them all on the block and then turn your stamp sheet over and hold your block over the pinwheel shape and adjust your stamps till you get the shape you are looking for.

Use tape on the back of your layout to hold the twine.

Products used:

Hopscotch workshop on the go G1091

Flaxen ink Z2642

Glacier ink Z2641

Slate ink Z2173

Smoothie ink Z2196

Cricut artbooking collection Z1906

Marcy journaling pen Z1979

You can get all of the above at my website: Sharesa.ctmh.com

Challenges

Nothing like a two for one right? I had two challenges this week (one from super Stashbusters and a CTMH one) and I decided to combine them into one layout. Here is the finished layout:

I wanted a layout that I could hang in my house to show our goals for 2015.  (Challenge from CTMH).  I followed the sketch from Super Stashbusters challenge numer 7 (yes I skipped challenge six and will come back to it later).  I used the paper from the Year>>noted paper (January National Papercrafting Special), along with the gold foil stickers and stamp set. I love this list and am so excited that it only cost me $5 with a $50 purchase. 

Here are a few close ups:

See those white dots? Those are the reduce, reuse, recycle part of the challenge from Super Stashbusters and are pieces of paper from my three ring hole punch.  I am loving this layout. I love that is has all our goals and a picture that shows how old we all are when these goals were made.  It uses our word for the year and is a pretty reminder of what we are striving for this year.

Products used:

Desert Sand cardstock 1273 or in cardstock combo Basics X5933

Year >>Noted paper 

Flaxen ink Z2642

Glacier ink Z2641

Light orange ShinHan marker

Clay ShinHan marker

Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge Z1686

Artbooking Cricut cartridge Z1906

Tags dimensional elements Z1684

Teal Shimmer Trim Z1918

Auqa Dots Z1853

All of the above are available on my website (Sharesa.ctmh.com)

Happy Friday!

Stamping technique

Challenge five for Super Stashbusters was to use a stamping technique. I choose to do some second generation stamping (ink stamp then stamp on scrap paper before stamping on desired piece of paper).  I used a stamp that I had never used but bought because I loved it, guess what I still love it and I am going to try and use it more often (S1304 My Sunshine).  Here is the final layout and some close ups:

The above photo shows the second generation stamping technique. I stamped the outside of the sun with first generation, and the inside is the second generation using the same color ink.

This layout took a turn when I started adding the embellishments.  I was planning on blue and black as my accents and just having the su be the bright yellow, but I found that I really like the contrast of the yellow which then lead to adding the purple accents because it went so well and added depth and more interesting contrast.  So don't be afraid of following the process and trusting yourself.

Products used:

Golden Yellow ShinHan marker

Lavender ShinHan marker

Silver shimmer trim Z1799

Purple glitter gems Z1936

Black arrow washi tape Z2003

Tags dimensional elements Z1684

Gypsy ink Z2190

Black ink Z2105

Honey ink Z2162

Colonial white cardstock 1388

Crystal blue cardstock 1292 or in the whimsy cardstock combo X5940

Black cardstock 1386 or in the basic cardstock combo pack X5933

Patterned paper from the Wanderful paper pack X7191B

Artiste Cricut cartridge Z1790

Handwritten Print Alphabet E1030

The above list is available on my website, Sharesa.ctmh.com.

Color scheme that makes me happy

Challenge 4 in Super Stashbusters was to make a layout using a color scheme that makes you happy as well as coordinates. I love our new color Glacier and decided to look to Close to My Hearts color wheel to find some others colors that would work together. I came up with Smokey Plum and Pacifica.  Keeping it to three colors helped me to not go crazy and to keep the layout simple.  I also had to follow a sketch and I am learning that I really like following sketches and growing in my creativity.  

 Also with this layout I used all my deep blue buttons and finished a package of triangle studs. I also got out some background stamps that I hadn't used in a while.  I am only going to list the supplies I used that are still available on my website (Sharesa.ctmh.com).

In the background Flair D1540

Glacier ink Z2641

Pacifica ink Z2192

Purple glitter gems Z1936

Triangle studs Z1928

Marine blue ShinHan marker

Smokey Plum cardstock 1291 or as part of a combo pack X5934

Colonial white cardstock 1388