My future little teacher!

Nicholas has been "teaching" his brother and sister all week...I documented the conversation (or rather directional dialogue) that he had with his brother and sister during their pretend school session and created this layout to tell their story. For the layout design, I referenced back to CTMH's How To Book Imagine.

This layout will be the layout for the Month's Fly By Series that features the Monthly Word Puzzle Stamp Sets. To find out more about this workshop, or to sign up, click here. To see the details of the layout or to read the journaling, click here.

Fall Scrap Challenge: #13 Use a bracket shape.

True Love...

Still Twitterpating...

Still loving this new paper collection! It is a reminder that Fall is almost upon us! And I do truly love the fall season! This paper, and the new Workshop To Go program inspired me to create this heartwarming layout of my husband's and my trip to visit his grandparents several years ago. The photograph on the left is one of my favorites--and changing it to sepia tones, made it all the more perfect! Want to create this layout yourself, join me for the Twitterpating Workshop To Go on September 17th! To see the layout details, click here. For the workshop details, click here.

Supplies used: Twitterpated Exclusive Workshop Guide, Twitterpated Level 2 Paper Pack, Foam Squares, Liquid Glass, Natural Hemp, Basic Brads (Colonial White), Headline Alphabet Stamp Set, Organic Dimensional Elements, Chocolate Love Story Rub Ones, Chocolate Exclusive Ink; Chocolate and Colonial White Cardstock.

Fall Scrap Challenge: #Create a border using stamps. #20 Create, and use, your own patterned paper by stamping; #26 Use a Technique from Wishes on a Scrapbook layout.

Fall Scrapbook Challenge!

How often do you go to a scrapbook store/craft store, fall in love with a paper collection or adorable new embellishements that you HAVE to have, only for them to sit in your closet (often still in the bag even) and they go unused? When you shop with me, or take workshops and crop with me, I try to come up with creative ways for you to use the great product that you buy! This is one of the reasons that inspired me to create this challenge series with my scrapbookers...to encourage you to try new things and to use your left over workshop treasures!

So, without further to do, here is the fall list of challenges. The deadline is the November Crop.

Fall Scrap Challenge!

1. Use different font/types of letters to create an interesting title—no two letters can be done the same.

2. Somewhere on the layout create a pattern of mosaics.

3. Create a border using stamps (on at least one side).

4. Use photo corners on a layout.

5. Cut lettering for a title (or some other important written) from a coordinating patterned paper.

6. Triple layer a flower and use brad or some other embellishment in the center.

7. Use ribbon accent by layering it under at least one photograph and over another…like a weaving.

8. Use a repeat punch in a way so that it creates another image.

9. Use at least 5 arrows to go through both right and left side layouts to carry the eyes through the pictures.

10. Use either real stitching, marker stitching, or rub on stitching somewhere on your layouts.

11.Stamp a design, cut it out and use as an embellishment

12.Use a circle on a layout - the top of a brad, a button, the circle made by an eyelet or a window charm does not counts towards this :)

13.Use a bracket shape.

14.Use tearing.

15. Use a metal rimmed tag.

16. Do embossing using a stylus.

17. Use one or more eyelets (see Tonya's blog post of 4/29 for suggestions)

18.Use a picture that is a shape other than a rectangle.

19. Use a photo hanger.

20. Create (by stamping) and use your own B&T paper.

21. Use a circular Dimensional Elements piece.

22. Use Liquid Glass on a layout in a manner you have not used it before.

23. Scrapbook a layout that includes a photograph of yourself.

24. Use paint in some shape or form on a layout.

25. Use two shades of Waxy Flax on the same layout.

26. Use a technique from Wishes on a scrapbooking layout.

27. Create a layout with textured cardstock.

28. Create a layout with a solo stamped somewhere on the layout.

29. Color in a stamped image with watercolor pencils.

30. Use a number in your title.


Here’s the fine print! The challenges should be completed on artwork from August 22nd-the November Crop (date TBA). Complete 25 of the challenges and receive a Level 2 Paper Pack. Scrapbookers who complete all thirty items on the challenge may choose a Level 2 Paper Pack and a coordinating My Stickease to reward you for your hard work! Remember, this should be fun! Enjoy the challenge!

Circles, circles, and more circles!

Circles everywhere! Circles can add another dimension to a layout! Many times, the artist will cut the photographs in the shapes of circles to incorporate the shapes into their layout. Here, I choose another route--I left all of the photographs in rectangles (except for the one that is 4x4" in the bottom right corner), and then created circles around them! To keep the continuity, I added buttons around the focal picture (5x7"), and rub-ons around two of the curves of the supporting circles. For a more detailed look, click here.

Supplies used: Summer Craft Buttons, Assorted CTMH Rub-ons, Animal Cookie Creative Basics Collection, August Word Puzzle Stamp (soon to retire), Bold Color Ready Alphabet; Dutch Blue & Tulip Exclusive Inks; Coluzzle Cutting System.

I am teaching this layout a part of the Month's FLy By Series Workshop that features the monthly Word Puzzle stamps. The workshop will be this Thursday, August 27th from 6-8:30PM in Broadway. The cost is $16. $14.00 for club members. There are still spaces open if anyone is interested. E-mail me for details.

For those following the Fall Scrap Challenge, I completed :

#10. Use either real stitching, marker stitching, or rub on stitching somewhere on your layouts.

#12. 11.Use a circle on a layout - the top of a brad, a button, the circle made by an eyelet or a window charm does not counts towards this :)