To You With Love Stitchbound Album

What do you get when you combine some Club Scrap papers with a book binding needle and some beads? The answer, of course, is that the sky is the limit! But you may just find yourself creating a gorgeous handmade book!



Instead of a plain stitched spine, why not have a little fun and string some beads on the outside of the spine? If you don't cover over the spine, not only does it show up beautifully when the book is closed, but between every other page you'll get a glimpse of those beads!



Of course, you can't forget the cover! Create a fun frame with extra waxed linen thread and use beads or brads as anchors at the corners, tie some more beads and charms on at the end of the threads and have fun!



Use beads on any of your pages as additional decoration! Use them as bullet points, beaded flowers, stitch them along the sides of a pocket (add these to the page or cut on page a little taller than the rest and fold over the bottom edge before stitching up the sides)!



Club Scrap: To You With Love 2/04 - TYWL Red Chalk Ink Pad, Prints and Solids; Bead & Embellishment Cup; Waxed Linen Thread; Bookbinding Needle;

For more stitchbound books using the same techniques, please check out the following blog posts!

• Chinese New Year Beaded Album
  
• Paisley Stitchbound Journal
• Animal Stories Hardcover Book

And check out tons of other book designs through my Book Making category!

8 Layouts using 10 of Spades ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2

Here is another multiple layout set, this time using the 10 of Spades card from the ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2! Each pair of layouts uses only 4 sheets of 12x12 paper plus 1 sheet of 8.5x11 paper (or three photo mattes)!



Vermont Cows - 10 of Spades Left by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades (left); Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Robin's Egg, Light Celery, Dark Celery; Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth;
Dollar Tree - Foam Alphabet Stickers;

When we visited the Ben & Jerry's factory, in Vermont, the kids couldn't get enough of the cows that were grazing past the flavor graveyard! Luckily we managed to remind them that the fence might be electric before they got too close!



Smart Car - 10 of Spades Right by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades (right); Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Robin's Egg, Light Celery, Dark Celery, Dark Celery Print; Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth;
Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage Chic 5/08 - Thickers Velvet in Cream;

My son loves spotting cool cars everywhere that we go... yet somehow it took a trip to Montreal to see our first Smart Car on the road! Of course, it was in his favorite color, lime green!



Recycled Creations - 10 of Spades Left by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades (left); Bistro - Tangerine; Science - Topaz Foil Print; Stratosphere - Green; Wheel & Sprocket - Green; Palette Hybrid Ink - Noir Black;
Scrapbook Takeout - Alphabet Stickers;

No, sadly we didn't make these wallets, but we took phoos since we loved them and want to create some! But first we have to start getting paper cartons of milk and juice! These very cool wallets are available to buy in the gift shop at the Montreal Botanical Gardens.







A Perfect Day - 10 of Spades by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades; Artifacts 2/09 - Paprika Print, Paprika Plain, Dark Aqua Print, Dark Aqua Plain, Light Aqua Plain, Stickers; Palette Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;

My cousins had a blast showing one of their local playgrounds off to my children! We laughed, we swam, we climbed, and we even hunted in the marsh for cattails!







Bridging to Juniors ALSB Vol2 10 of Spades by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades; Mirror Mirror 11/09 - Robin's Egg Blue, Light Celery, UM Stamps;
Ranger: Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad - Espresso;
K & Co: Brownie Scrap Pad; Marcella by K - File Folder;

We had such a beautiful bridging ceremony for our troop as the girls progressed to Juniors! They each drew pictures of a favorite Brownie memory and these images, plus photos of the artist during brownie events, were in a slide show right before we called them up to cross them all over! For this layout, I paired up Club Scrap's Mirror Mirror kit with one reversible official Girl Scout print and made just a few extra cuts to help frame the artwork... And added in the printed folder that wasn't part of the Girl Scout line, but matched beautifully! (I've got tiny reprints of the girls' bridging certificates to tuck into the file folder on this layout!)



Easter 2009 Digital Layout by Neith Juch
Club Scrap Digital: Memoirs 7/09 - Plain2, Tag01, Tag03, BBFStamp7; Perfect Ten 6/09 - DBG4; Inked Edges Volume 1 - 4x5, 4x6c, 8x10a, 12x2, 12x12a, 12x12c;
PSE: Altered Hues/Saturation, Layer Blending Modes, Opacity;

This layout is indeed digital, but, by using transparent papers you can create a similar layout! I loved the quiet colors in the main photo and wanted to really set it off, so I took it a step further by creating three layers of the same photograph and desaturated a top layer of the photo, then used the Screen layer blending mode on that layer... then I used the Multiply layer blending mode on the middle layer and adjusted the top two layers' opacity and color until I was satisfied. Then I applied the same effects to the smaller images that share one matte.

10 Layouts Polynesian Crafter Classics

There are so many wonderful Crafter Classics from Club Scrap! The designers take the original artwork from an amazing older kit and rearrange everything, adding new artwork and text, then pair it up with a mix of solid cardstock from different Club Scrap kits to create a brand new twist on old favorites! The Polynesian Kit was way before my time and I only have odds and ends from the original, but thanks to the Crafter Classics, I have the full new kit plus the coordinating Remix Unmounted Stamp Sheet with all new coordinating images!

Here are the 10 ALSB pages that you can make with the free instructions for this kit! I've just added inked edges, rotated a layout or two, and added one stamped sentiment to the butterfly page... everything other than the ink and stamp are part of the kit!

Museum Visits, 1 Paper and 3 Digital Layouts

We usually keep very busy during the Summer with museum, zoo, and park visits . . . But this year we're been busy tending to sick children each week! Here's hoping that this new trend is over! Who would expect the flu and bronchitis during the Summer! Right now everyone seems on the mend and I even managed to find a little time to scrap during Club Scrap's PSL Summer Camp (Pro Scrapping League, where teams compete to score points by creating paper layouts, cards, or digital creations and earn prizes and discounts each week)!



Club Scrap: Perfect Ten - ALSB #8 (I used the same base cardstock, but with prints from the original kits instead of the Perfect Ten prints); Private Eye 10/08 - Green Print, Stencil; Gimme a Ring 1/09 - Bisque Print, Dark Maize;
Ranger: Distress Ink Pad - Brushed Corduroy; Ink Applicator Tool;

Uatchet really enjoyed scoping out the artifacts at the Boston Museum of Science with the magnifying glasses! I loved the look of this layout in the Perfect Ten Special Edition Kit, but couldn't bear to give up the prints, quite yet! Instead, I created the layout using the same ALSB instructions and the same colors of cardstock, but with their original kits' prints instead of the new Perfect Ten designs. I have a few more layouts coming that were approached in a similar manner!



Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle Digital Kit 6/09 - Template6, CSJRStencil1, EMBFiber8, EMBTag31, EMBTag32, EMBTag38, EMBTag40, EMBTag42, Sticker16; Perfect Ten Special Edition Digital Kit 6/09 - DigitalBackground1;

We took a few friends with us to the Boston Children's Museum on a Friday night and had a blast! I still can't believe that Nekhebet did a slam dunk!



Club Scrap: Private Eye 10/08 Digital - Stencil Xtras12, CS_Paper5, CS_Paper6, Paper1, Paper3, Paper5, Stamp08; PSL Summer Camp Prize - Week4_1a_1a;

Sebek and Nekhebet teamed up to examine the insects embedded in amber at the Harvard Museum of Natural History!



Club Scrap: Memoirs Digital Kit 7/09 - EMBFiber03, DigitalBackground3, Print2, Print5; Concrete Jungle Digital Kit 6/09 - Font; Artifacts Digital Kit 2/09 - Template4;

After taking a free watercolor and chalk workshop at the Peabody Essex Museum, Sebek immediately needed new supplies for the week away from home! White the girls played, met new friends, and learned new things, Sebek kept sneaking off to create!

9 More Layouts, 1 Formula, 3 of Clubs

What else can you get when you combine 4 sheets of paper, 2 mattes/another sheet of paper, and one ALSB Idea Deck Card? Plenty more great layouts, of course! Here are 9 layouts that I created using the 3 of Clubs card from the ALSB Idea Deck Vol. 2! (Check out the ALSB, Assembly Line ScrapBooking, definition to the right!)







Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades; Matrix - Red Print; Cruisin' - Black; Science - Topaz Foil Print; Artifacts - Sky Blue;
Scrapbook Takeout - Red Felt Thickers;

We're still not quite sure what these people-cutouts, 80s themed workout photos, and cell phones have to do with one another, but the girls had a blast playing in the cutouts at the Montreal mall! The original ALSB design sandwiches 3 small mattes and thin strips together, but I like the thin strips to spread out a bit and to leave the three adjacent mattes uncut, for now!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs (right); Common Threads 3/09 - Teal; Avant Garde 3/08 - Green; Fizzin' Blue 2008 - Green Print; Stratosphere 4/07 - Dark Blue Print, Stickers;
Scrapbook Takeout: Wonderland 3/09 - Fancy Pants Felt Shapes, KI Memories Chipboard Shapes, Punchinella Ribbon;

I have fallen head over heels for this Crochet Grocery Bag Pattern By Haley Waxberg! It's a simple combination of single crochet, chain, and slip stitches to create a wonderfully stretchy netted produce/shopping bag. I altered the pattern, just a little, in between the increasing rows, I did one less row than called for and did 12-14 of the ch5 rows as the main body.. also, I thickened my straps a little and used 100% cotton by Lily and by Bernat.

I combined the photo with some coordinating papers, earthy embellishments, and the fun punchinella ribbon, that reminds me of the bag's open pattern. I love drawing my color scheme from my photographs and really enjoy mixing and matching papers from different kits to do so! Having a handmade swatch ring of my Club Scrap cardstock is invaluable for this style of scrapping!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs Left; A Study in Red Digital Kit 1/08; Milestones 12/09 Digital Kit; Digital Inked Edges Vol 1;

One of the great things about digital scrapbooking is that you can easily create 12" wide panoramic photographs without any extra expenses! Another great thing is that when you adore the rich texture of a Club Scrap paper you can go ahead and zoom in on it to really emphasize the pattern in your digital layouts!







Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs; Great Outdoors 10/07 - Mushroom, Green Text Weight Print, Light Green, Dark Green, Dark Green Print, Light Green Tags; Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth;

Adding a lightly inked edge really helps distinguish one piece of paper from another and helps maintain the illusion of 12" long strips hiding under an overlapping matte. Just remember not to ink the edge that is hidden under or alongside the matte!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs Right; Bridges Digital Kit 2/08 - CS03; Great Outdoors 10/07 - CS01, CS02, CS08; Refresh Digital Kit 2/07 - PLtBlue1; Farmer's Market Digital Kit 10/06 - CSBrown;

When working with digital scrapbooking, never be afraid to alter the hue of your elements to make them coordinate with your layout! For this layout, I loved the printed wooden bridge from the Refresh kit, but the color would have completely clashed with my layout... so I used Ctrl-U to alter the hue, saturation, and brightness of the print until it blended perfectly with my layout!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs; Let Me Count the Ways Digital - Paper; Mirror Mirror Digital - Paper, Transparencies, Digital Font;

I took full advantage of digital scrapbooking in order to copy random stripes from the transparency overlay image to create borders for my photographs and "paper" strips. With the outline nature of the Mirror Mirror font images, it was easy to cut and paste some of the digital cardstock into the text to help continue the style. I also just loved how the patterns on these two prints combined in both pattern and color scheme.



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Clubs Right; Pure & Simple 4/09 - Digital Kit; Digi Inked Edges Vol 1;

With digital kits you can always play with the transparency levels of your different layrs and use any color of paper as an overlay to retint a patterned paper that is underneath it. For this layout I took a nearly grayscale background paper and tinted the lighter areas green by layering up a green cardstock image over it with the overlay style. I also retinted some of the paper from lime green into a deep purple to coordinate with the flowers to try to maintain the color scheme of the photograph.



Of course, I couldn't leave you without a quick glance at the basic design for this layout formula! When you create your page, never fear to move your elements around and alter the cuts slightly to fit your needs!

9 Layouts, 1 Formula, 3 of Spades

What can you get when you combine 4 sheets of paper and one ALSB Idea Deck Card? Tons of great layouts, of course! Here are 9 layouts that I created using the 3 of Spades card from the ALSB Idea Deck Vol. 2! (Check out the ALSB, Assembly Line ScrapBooking, definition to the left!)



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades; Artifacts 2/09 - Paprika Print, Sky Blue; Matrix 7/08 - Red Print; Sparkle & Shine 12/06 - UM; Palette Hybrid - Noir Black;

I just loved using the sunburst print from Artifacts with photos of sparklers! Even though we didn't capture a great image of the burst of sparks, it was a fun moment and the print, plus the stamped title, give a picture of what was taking place!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades; Artifacts 2/09 - Paprika Print, Sky Blue; Matrix 7/08 - Red Print; Sparkle & Shine 12/06 - UM; Palette Hybrid - Noir Black;
Unknown Alphabet Stickers;

I have no clue was was so exciting about this kiddie ride, but the girls really adored it! All those little joys in life, eh?



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (right); Stratosphere 4/07 - Green, Blue Print, Green Frames; Fizz 1/07 - Dark Pink; Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;

When you've got brand new wheels, what better place to go than Lynch Park? Did I mention that we're so lucky to have all three kids' birthdays within a 3 week timeframe? We can give them all coordinating gifts, like scooters, in between the birthday hooplah and have everyone playing at once!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (left); Crusin' 8/08 - Black, Ribbon, Stickers; Fizz 1/07 - Dark Pink, Light Pink; Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;

When the girls were ready to get their ears pierced they picked out their most fabulous dress up outfits, put on some fancy shoes, and strutted their stuff through Walmart! We set up our appointment with the nicest lady on staff and she had lollipops for them plus certificates that she'd printed at home and it was quite the event!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (left); Matrix 7/08 - Red, Blue, Gold; Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;
Unknown Alphabet Stickers;

Not only did the kids love the ice cream and factory tour at Ben & Jerry's, but the girls were also so proud to use their own money on souvenirs!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades; Great Outdoors 10/07 - Digital Kit;
Font: Concrete Shoes;

With the size of this dinosaur, he just needed to be a big and tall photo! This time I happened to scrap the layout digitally, but there's no reason why you can't spread one photo across multiple mattes on a physical layout!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (right); Matrix 7/08 - Red, Blue; Stratosphere 4/07 - Fuchsia Print; Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;

I really do love when my kids get to "help" out with a younger child on an outing! They loved looking after their little cousin at Boston's Children's Museum this Spring!



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 3 of Spades (left); Common Threads 3/09 - Teal, Green, Lilac Print; Hybrid Ink Pad - Sapphire;

Of course, they also have fun with cousins who are the same age and a little older than they are! This time, my cousins were sharing their neighborhood park to my children before they moved away! :(



Club Scrap Digital: Common Threads 3/09 - Print10, Stamp03, QDDL6; Body & Soul 5/08 - DP03, DP04, DP11, DP14, Fbr02;
ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2 - 3 of Spades Left;

On this digital layout, I layered up elements from the Body & Soul and Common Threads kits to get my own backgrounds and overlays for the layout. Just another day at the park with everyone trying to outswing one another!



Thought I'd throw in a little peek at the basic design of the 3 of Spades card so that you can see where I rearranged things and added more to it!

10 Cards Using Herringbone and the ALCM Idea Deck

Club Scrap has tons of great ideas to help you with card making! Every month the Club Stamp Rap (full color newsletter that comes with the monthly Club Stamp membership kit) includes images of 15 great cards that are often created by members, using that month's kit. There are often tips and techniques scattered throughout the Sr, Jr, Club Stamp, and Digital Raps that either deal directly with cards or translate easily to them. There is also a full set of free instructions available to members to help them make 15 cards using the optional monthly Greeting to Go side order. And then there are countless videos in the Cinema with more ideas... And finally, the awesome ALCM (Assembly line Card Making) Idea Deck which has 52 idea cards with full cutting instructions so that you can transform a few sheets of 12x12 and/or 8.5x11 papers into a set of coordinating cards! A sampling of these cards were given away for free during the last PSL (Pro Scrapping League, a multi-week challenge to work as teams to create layouts and/or cards, competing for prizes and discounts... a brand new Summer Camp PSL is opening up on July 6th)!

Today, I'm going to share 2 new cards that I made using the Herringbone Technique that was just featured in a recent CS Cinema episode and some cards that I made during the last PSL using the 5 of Hearts card from the ALCM deck and papers from the Vintage Choice Collection! Enjoy!



Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - Birthday CSt WM Stamp; Milestones 12/08 - Plain Paper in Soft White; Wings 7/05 - Plain Paper in Apricot, Brown, Dark Blue, Light Blue, and Mustard; Hybrid Ink Pad in Earth; Herringbone Technique;
Carpet Tape;

The Herringbone Technique was features in the Henna 5/09 Club Stamp Rap and there is also a great video up in Club Scrap's cinema that teaches the technique! Basically you take thin scraps of cardstock and adhere them to carpet tape (from the hardware store) or another equally sticky surface, and lay them out in a Herringbone-like pattern then trim away! very simple and lovely! Use plain cardstock, printed papers, or stamp all over them before cutting... use left over scraps or cut up some extra paper, anything goes! It's a really great way to use up tiny scrap from your projects! I wound up diving into my ziplock baggies with old scraps in them and trimmed the strips to some skinnier pieces!



Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - Birthday CSt WM Stamp; Collections 6/06 - Plain Paper in Red, Saddle Brown, Tan, and Teal;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Stream;
Carpet Tape;



Club Scrap: Idea Deck Assembly Line Card Making - 5 of Hearts; Vintage Choice Kit: DIY Green Block Print, DIY Light Tan; Extra Extra 6/04 - UM; Rhapsody 3/07 - UM; Refresh 2/07 - UM;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pads - Latte, Starfish Green, Meadow; Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain;

What do two sheets of 12x12 paper do when thrown into a PSL final challenge? Why, pair up with the Assembly Line Cardmaking Idea Deck's 5 of Hearts and become a quick set of 4 cards, of course! And I love this recipe since it creates cards which fit into standard invitation sized envelopes while also working quite easily with printed papers and stamps! Or toss some simple embellishments onto the smaller rectangle to finish out the cards!



Club Scrap: Idea Deck Assembly Line Card Making - 5 of Hearts; Vintage Choice Kit: DIY Purple Print, Time & Space Mauve Dust; Ivory Elegance - UM; Chapter One UM; Unknown Flowers and Brads; FFC Ways of Stamping - UM; Palette Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;
Colorbox: Unknown Purple Ink;

Stay tuned for some more ALCM Idea Deck cards, coming soon!

Trash Menagerie at PEM with 2 Digital Layouts

The Peabody Essex Museum has a new and wonderful exhibit called Trash Menagerie which features an array of animal sculptures made from recycled and reclaimed materials! They have a few themed special events still coming up and the exhibit will be on display until May 1, 2010! Below are just a few pieces from the installation! http://pem.org/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=83



Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - QDDL3; Digital Inked Edges Vol 1 - 4x4, 12x12c;

I layered up a border by inverting the color on the Quick Drop Digital Layout and added back the original color by pasting it over the brown version and using Ctrl-G after laying inked borders over the background.

Sulphur Blue Smeck, 2005, Michelle Stitzlein, mixed junk, 62x84x11 inches.

"Recycling is not only one of the most creative arts but it also needs some imagination and lots of skills to perfect. Michelle Stitzlein is an artist who has both these creative skills along with tons of patience. Michelle has created a dazzling “Moth” series of recycled artwork made from items including car license plates, car parts, piano keys, broken china ware, tin cans, electric wire and bottle caps among other stuff that might just be rusting in your garage." http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-arts-michelle-stitzlein-s-recycled-moth-sculptures/



Club Scrap: Concrete Jungle 6/09 - Template3; Perfect Ten 2009 - Plain5, Print8, Print10, Tag22;
Font: Santana Black;

Raggedtailed Dragon Fish, 2007, David Edgar, 30 x 64 x 9 inches, mixed recycled plastic. (I still need to get the title of the larger piece.)

8 Layouts of my Son

In honor of his birthday, I'm posting 8 recent layouts of my son, over the years! Please forgive me for the photos of layouts, I took them quickly when I had just made them and planned to scan them in, but I want to get them posted today! Half are paper and the other half are digital layouts, enjoy!



Club Scrap: Centennial - Classic ALSB #6;
Scrapbook Takeout - Antique Autumn 11/08 - Chipboard Stickers; Pot Pourri 7/08 - Thickers Glitter Chipboard Alphabet Roller Rink Tangerine Gold; Eclectica 6/08 - Maya Road Stitched Ribbon;

These first three layouts are from the waiting period before his little sisters were born, when he got to take a visit to my parent's house to hang out, get tattooed, and take a night visit to the beach!



Club Scrap: Retreat 2006 - Let Me Count the Way Design Classic ALSB;
Scrapbook Takeout: Antique Autumn 11/08 - Felt Bird Shapes, Basic Grey Designer Rub Ons; Eclectica 6/08 - American Crafts Vinyl Stickers in Orange Sprinkles;
Ranger: Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap;



Club Scrap: Time & Space ALSB;
Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage Chic 5/08 - Thickers Velvet in Cream; Ribbon;
Basic Grey: Distressing Kit (used on photo edges to file away some of the image);



Club Scrap: Bugs Remix 08 - ALSB #12 (includes Generations, Interior Designs, Retreat Cream, plus Bugs artwork);

Sebek and his friends were busy checking out his birthday cake complete with a painted on puzzle scene and handmade chocolate critters on top! You've got to love his shushing while they sang to him!



Club Scrap Digital Kits: Common Threads 3/09 - Print1, EMBXtra1, EMBXtra2, EMBXtra3; Gimme a Ring 1/09 - Template2, EMBFiber09; Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Plain4; Serengeti 11/07 - CS06, CS08; PSL 09 Prize - 4b;

It was such an unexpected treat to hear Sebek read his essay about me in front of his entire class!



Club Scrap: Academy 8/07 Digital Kit; Digital Inked Edges Vol. 1; Assembly Line Scrapbooking Idea Deck Vol. 2 - 9 of Hearts Left;

Not only was Montreal's Botanical Gardens filled with lovely plants and butterflies, but there was a small school playset in the middle of the greenhouse and Sebek had a blast in it!



Gimme a Ring Template; Inked Edges Vol 1, Artifacts BBF;

On out last trip to Montreal we were surprised by an array of street art stenciled onto the sidewalks and crosswalks! Since Sebek is named after the Egyptian crocodile god, I had to scrap this photo right away! I used the photograph of the title as my background "paper" and added the crocodile back in, creeping over the frame from the Gimme a Ring digital template!



Club Scrap Digital: Avant Garde 3/08 - DPaper11, DPaper12, Tag63, Tag80, Tag87, Xtra74; Be Still 9/07 - Xtra02;
Font: Clingy;

On our last visit to the Boston Museum of Science, we got to perform experiments! Here's one shot where Sebek and Jay successfully floated a paperclip on top of a glass of water!

5 Layouts From my Childhood and my Children's

Here are a few layouts that I completed earlier, some digital, some physical! You may notice that I create 8.5"x11" layouts for my life before kids... I just love being able to work in different sizes without having to create mini books all the time. So, years ago I decided to scrap in 12"x12" for my main albums and 8.5"x11" as my "Book of Me" and have never regretted it! Plus, for those older photos, I'll often only have one image per event or just smaller photographs!



Club Scrap: Bridges 2/08 - Dark Brown Plain; Academy 8/07 - Tan 8.5x11 Print; Autumn Splendor 10/04 - Dark Brown Plain;
Scrapbook Takeout: Journal - Scenic Route Save the Date Chipboard Circles;
Cuttlebug: Funky Circle Frames;
Ranger: Adirondack Ink Pad - Espresso; Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain;
Zig: Memory Writer - Chocolate;

When I saw the "Save the Date" and "Good Times" chipboard shapes, I just had to break out those "funky circle" die cuts and get playing! The slightly brown tinted photograph worked well with an assortment of brown cardstock, inks, and embellishments for a fun layout!


Club Scrap: Chapter One 6/07 - Blue Print, Blue Plain, Stencil;
Scrapbook Takeout: Tell Your Story 3/08 - Jenni Bowlin Printed Tickets; 7 Gypsies 97% Complete Stickers Inspiration, Heidi Swapp Journaling Spots Mini Stars and Moons;
Making Memories - Transparency;

I just loved taking this photo and layering up a frame for it, starting with a transparency and cardstock, then overlapping stickers and embellishments, and text printed and painted onto the background paper! And I worked to pick up the main colors from the photo, blues, pink, white, and grey



Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - Jack of Spades (left); Cruisin' 8/08 - Translucent Print, Light Coral, Black, Stickers;

Forgive me for the quality of this photo, but it really helps to show off the sparkles in the papers from the Cruisin' 8/08 kit! All but the translucent paper have the full sparkles when you look at them in real life... but using them for fishing photos wasn't what I expected! However I think it worked out great! I moved the photos just a little from the plan on the ALSB recipe card and added some skinny scrap strips to echo the strips in my daughters' jackets and love how it all fell into place! And the girls always have a blast at the Cub Scout Fishing Derby, never afraid to get their hands dirty!



Club Scrap Digital Kits: Common Threads 3/09 - Plain1, Template4; Gimme a Ring 1/09 - Print6; Cruisin' 8/08 - DP05; Fizz 1/07 - Trans22; Wheel & Sprocket 8/06 - Trans25; Let Me Count the Way Digi Demo - Paper04; Digi Inked Edges Vol. 1 - 12x12b;

The template from the Common Threads 3/09 Digital Kit is SO FUN! You can alter the style of each layer and cut all kinds of papers and colors to fill them, move things all around to your heart's content! It just screamed out Hula Hoops to me! With our vibrant photos of the Hawaiian themed weekend on the ski slopes with the Girl Scouts, I just had to go bright and load on the colors! I grabbed the shadow from another photo of my daughter hula-hooping and added it in turquoise to the background, then added a few digital stamps from some favorite past kits and digitally inked edges to finish off the layout.



Club Scrap Digital: Artifacts 2/09 - Plain5; Gimme a Ring 1/09 - Plain2; Bistro 7/07 - CS07, CS08; Surf's Up! 7/06 - Trans17, Trans22; Oh Baby - Trans09, Trans24; Inked Edges Vol 1 - 12x12c;

For this layout, I was inspired by Kim B's layouts in the 3/09 DigiRaps with all of the great vertical lines and small photos with embellishments sharing on vertical strip! And with the cartoony duck photo prop, I had to get a little cartoony on my layout! I switched the photo to black and white and upped the contrast, then gave it a bold black border stroke. I found the great dotted frame from Surf's Up and selected the border for the frame, stroked it in a new layer, and moved it to the side! When I grabbed the dotted line and text images, I also applied a heavy border stroke to them in black, but chose to ink the edges of the paper strips. I grabbed the great duck stamp and "colored" it in with the background yellow paper as the final touch!