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!

Travelogue Wired Book

A great way to commemorate a special trip is to create a small coffee table album! To simplify things and to unify the album, pick one color palette for your papers, embellishments, and inks or paints. Choose a small selection of stamps and use them to create accents, borders, decorative strips, etc. In no time you'll have a gorgeous little album to keep or give to whomever shared the journey with you!





I created this originally for a challenge with a specific set of embellishments and stamps to draw from, just added the inks, paints, paper, and binding! I plan to bring it with me to Thanksgiving and have my mom, grandma, and the girls add the journaling since they were all there, but I wasn't!

Supplies Used:

• Scrapbook Takeout: April 08 Graffiti Artist - Heidie Swapp Mini Chipboard Variety Set; June 08 Eclectica: Unmounted Stamps, American Crafts Treehouse Chipboard Shapes, Hambly Brocade Overlay; July 08 Potpourri Works: Unmounted Stamps; August 08 Summer Splash: Maya Road Sheer Journaling Card; Prima Flowers; October 08 Scrap Harvest: My Minds Eye Everyday Journaling Card, My Minds Eye Happy Journaling Card, My Minds Eye Scroll Die Cut, My Minds Eye Happy Graph Transparency, My Minds Eye Coastal "Celebrate" Chipboard Accessories, My Minds Eye Mellow "Happy" Assortment Tags, Kaiser Craft Wooden Button Flowers; Kaiser Craft Rhinestones, Bazzill Crochet Blossom, Dream Street Cafe Chic Lounge and Venti Latte Paper;
• Club Scrap: Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Beads and Paper in Robins Egg Blue, Dark Celery, Light Celery, and Brown; Wired Book Design; Waxed Linen Thread;
• Ranger: Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber in Aqua and Lettuce; Adirondack Dye Ink in Ocean Aqua; Adirondack Pigment Ink in Snow White, Archival Ink Pad in Coffee; Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso and Paint in Yellow Pastel and Saddle Brown;
• Jewelry Wire;

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This week I've been working on some layouts about my own life as part of Club Scrap's PSL Camp Challenges, beginning to work on a series of challenges based on Bernie Berlin's Artist Trading Card Workshop book, and had a card to make for my son's birthday! Here are two of the layouts and a card that combines the ATC workshop and my son's card.. plus one other layout for my Book of Me that I made earlier in the month!


Club Scrap: Rhapsody 3/05 - Cream Plain; Farmer's Market 10/06 - Leaf Plain; Egyptian 8/03 - Gold Plain;
Scrapbook Takeout: Eclectica 6/08 - American Crafts Journaling Stickers, Maya Road Stitched Ribbon, Heidi Swapp Felt Flowers;
American Crafts: Galaxy Marker - Purple Nebula;
K&Co: Kimberly Hodges - Red Multi Striped Flat Paper 643077 639546;
Sizzix: Alphabars - Ransom;
Unknown: Fibers;


Club Scrap: Bridges 2/08 - Brown Plain; Science 9/05 - Gold 8.5x11 Print, Transparent Overlay;
Scrapbook Takeout: Tell Your Story 3/08 - Jenny Bowlin Die Cut Sticker;Celebrations 12/07 - 7 Gypsies Photo Turns; Wonderful Whimsy 6/07 - American Crafts Felt Punctuation; Journal Jammers 4/06 - Heidi Swapp Chipboard Alphabet, 7 Gypsies Gaffer Tape;
Zig: Writer - Chocolate;
Unknown: Decorative Brads;


Scrapbook Takeout: Eclectica 6/08 - American Crafts Treehouse Chipboard Shapes, Maya Road Stitched Ribbon,
Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 - Red; Be Still 9/07 - Yellow; Collections 6/06 - UM Font; Salsa 10/03 - White;
Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin: Intuitive Watercolor;
Darice: Kid Concoctions - Liquid Watercolor Hot Colors;
Niji: Waterbrush;
Stewart Superior: Palette - Noir Black;
Zig: Millennium - Pure Black;


Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage 5/08 - 7 Gypsies 97% Complete Flashcard Sentiments, Maya Road Trinkets Velvet Sparkle Blossom, Manila Tag;
Club Scrap: Simply Beautiful 5/07 - Green Print, Tan Plain;
Ranger: Distress Crackle Paint - Antique Linen;
Zig: Writer - Denim;

Love Is In the Air: Cards, Envelopes, FFC ALSB Kits, & Digital Layouts

In honor of my little brother's 1 week wedding anniversary today and my older sister's 1 month wedding anniversary 10 days ago, today's post is all about love!



Club Scrap: Body & Soul 5/08 Digital Kit - Fbr13; Generations 4/08 Digital Kit - DPaper05, DPaper10; A Study in Red 1/08 Digital Kit - CS02, CS07, CS09; From the Heart 2008 Digital Kit - Tag30, Xtra28, Xtra29; Fiber; After 5 2008 Online Digital Event - Jac Carney's Jr Class Tutorial;

Here's a close up of the custom shadow created from the tutorial and also with the top layer getting a Bevel effect!


There are two more love related FFC Exclusive ALSB kits. The Love ALSB Kit features the now extinct FFC Host Reward Line from last year, remixed into a set of 6 ALSB pages and a slew of surprise goodies to embellish your creations with. (They all include a 12x12 sticker sheet with plenty of left over images, but the goodies vary from tags and ribbon to alphabet stickers and fibers or Glimmer Mist, and who knows what else might surprise you as your bonus!) The From The Heart ALSB Kit contains all of the papers, tags, and embellishments that you need to make the 10 ALSB Layouts from the original Club Scrap kit, but slims things down a little by not including the stamp, cards, Scrap Rap or stencil... saving you a little money while still leaving you with plenty of extra tags and embellishments to adorn several more layouts and cards!

The Love FFC ALSB Kit makes a wonderful gift for a wedding, anniversary, etc! Please click on each image to see a larger version in the same new window!





I actually used the From the Heart ALSB pages and a coordinating album as an initial wedding gift for my brother! He's currently serving with the Army in Iraq but is on his 2 weeks leave right now, so they had a very small wedding and will have a larger celebration and ceremony when he returns... at that point they'll actually have wedding colors to play with!

Here are the 10 layouts that the From the Heart FFC ALSB Kit will create and all of the leftover goodies! Please click on each to open them in a single new window! In addition to the kit supplies I used Club Scrap's From the Heart 2008 Stencil, Ranger's Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad in Pitch Black, Ranger's Distress Ink Pad in Vintage Photo, and Stewart Superior's To You With Love Red Memories Chalk Ink Pad;











This card uses the original From the Heart 2008 Kit's Wood Mounted Stamp and Greetings To Go Card along with the optional unmounted Borders and Backgrounds stamps, plus a Tag and Brads from the ALSB remnants. For ink I used the Stewart Superior Palette Noir Black Ink Pad and Loew-Cornell Aqua Crayon Sticks with my Niji Waterbrush.



Club Scrap: From the Heart 2008 - Greetings to Go Card and Panel, UM B&B Stamps, Heart Shaped Paperclip; Generatios 4/08 - CSt WM Stamp; Wings 7/05 - Lt Blue;
Leow-Cornell: Aqua Crayon Sticks;
Niji - Waterbrush;
Ranger: Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad - Pitch Black;
Staples - Transparency;

I just loved filling the open window in this card with a transparency! I also adore how the new Ranger Pigment Ink Pads can stamp and air dry on transparencies! (I also used the same pad with the stencil for the ALSB layouts and it goes on with a little Cut 'n' Dry Foam or the Ranger Ink Applicator Tool like a dream and cleans up quickly with water, leaving no trace on your tools but a gorgeous matte finish on your projects!) I painted the backside of the transparency with my watercolor crayons and it pops on the light background while looking very cool on the transparency when you have the card open!

Learn more cool Watercolor Crayon & Pencil techniques in Tricia Morris's Artist Incognito Webisode at TVWeekly!


Have you ever painted with your DigiPapers? You don't need to have intense fine art skills when you have Club Scrap's great artwork to color in! Simply create a layered image using one or more of the Transparencies on top layers, then in layers beneath them, use the Paintbrush tool to color in the images, one color per layer. Pick from all of your great textured Club Scrap DigiCardstock to Copy and select the color in the corresponding layer (use Ctrl and click on the thumbnail for that layer in the Layer Window to see the "marching ants" around everything in that layer) and you can either work right on top of the layer or in a new layer, then use Edit >> Paste Into Selection to fill the painted areas with the textured DigiCardstock! And voila! You have a cross between painting with paper and paper piecing... all in a digital format!

This Valentine's Day envelope design uses From the Heart's HeartTran08.png and HeartTran13.png along with DigiCardstock from Collections 6/06, Interior Designs 11/06, Rhapsody 3/07, and Simply Beautiful 5/07.

Bright Pages and Children Go Hand in Hand!

These layouts feature a variety of kits, some ASLB (Assembly Line ScrapBooking, complete cutting plans for layouts using particular kits, provided by Club Scrap each for each and every new kit) and some free-form! While I adore the variety of earthy and neutral colors that Club Scrap offers in some kits, the bright clothing and surroundings for my kids often call for bolder color schemes and Club Scrap has some great ones available!

The first five use the Special Edition Centennial 2007 Kit which features two kits in one! These are from the Casual half of the kit, as opposed to the browns and creams of the Classic half.


Club Scrap: A Study in Red 1/08 - Puffy Velvet Fabric Marker in Black; Centennial Kit 2007 - Casual ALSB LO#2;
Stewart Superior: Palette Noir Black Ink Pad;
Zig: Millennium Pen in Pure Black;

Journaling Reads: JOY Is there anything even half as fun, for a pair of 4 year olds, as flopping out in a ball pit? Millis Pride Day 2003


Club Scrap: Centennial Kit 2007 - Casual ALSB LO#7;
Scrapbook Takeout: Wonderful Whimsy 6/07 - Elsie Roxie Trinkets Stickers, Elsie Roxie Rubons;
Stewart Superior: Palette Noir Black Ink Pad;
Zig: Millennium Pen in Pure Black;
Marvy Uchida: Puffy Velvet Fabric Marker in Light Blue;

Journaling Reads: Treasure Seekers at Sebek's 6th Birthday Party 6/29/2003


Club Scrap - Centennial Kit 2007 - Casual ALSB LO#4; Serengeti 11/07 - Leaf Solid;
Stewart Superior - Palette Noir Black Ink Pad;
Zig - Millennium Pen in Pure Black;

Journaling Reads: Racing to the end of a Treasure Map... Resting on a deserted isle... Digging into a treasure-filled cake... What more could a 6 year old pirate want? 6/29/03


Club Scrap: Centennial Kit 2007 - Casual ALSB LO#8;
Mitsubishi: White Uniball Signo Pen;
Scrapbook Takeout: Wonderful Whimsy 6/07 - Elsie Roxie Trinkets Stickers;
Stewart Superior: Palette Noir Black Ink Pad;
Zig: Millennium Pen in Pure Black;

Journaling Reads: Making magical princess wants at your 5th Birthday Party! 7-19-03

Details about this layout can be found in my Got Bugs? blog entry from October! It features the ALSB #7 from the Centennial Kit.

Club Scrap: Fizz 1/07 - Sr ALSB #5, Dark Pink Plain, Light Pink 8.5x11 Print, White Translucent Plain; Christmas 2005 - Font UM;
Ranger: Distress Ink Pad in Worn Lipstick;
Stewart Superior: Palette Ink Pad in Noir Black;


Club Scrap: Serengeti 11/07 - Brads from Embellishment Pack; Fizz 1/07 - Stencil; Mosaic Twist 1/05 - Handmade Lime/Blue/Teal, Handmade Lime 8.5x11; Salsa 11/03 Turquoise 8.5x11 Print;
American Crafts: Pigment Pro Marker - Blue;
Scrapbook Takeout: Graffiti Artist 4/08 - American Crafts Photo Turns; Winter in the Tropics 1/07 - Hambly Screen Prints Rub-Ons Twig/Dandelions Lime Green; 2/07 - Fancy Pants Biggest Chipboard Flourishes; Clearly Speaking 7/07 - Kit Heidi Swapp Bordeaux Ghost Alphabet in Lime;
Ranger: Adirondack Paint Dabber - Clover;

The girls were helping my parents weed their sidewalk when Uatchet found this shock warning tag under some weeds!






Club Scrap: Avant Garde 3/08 - Green Plain; Wheel & Sprocket 8/06 - Family Ride Stencil; Mosaic Twist 1/05 - Lemon Print, Lime 8.5x11 Handmade; Salsa 11/03 - Lime 8.5x11 Print;
Ranger: Adirondack Ink Pad - Bottle; Adirondack Paint Dabber - Clover;
Zig: Writer - Hunter Green;

This is from Sebek's only trip to a car race... and he got to do laps in the lime green car that he loved (even though they were guests of another driver)!


Club Scrap: Avant Garde 3/08 CSDigital Kit - Paper 01, Paper 09, Paper 10, Tag 11, Tran 24;
tweed. Computer Font;

I created a digital stencil using both the transparency and the tag shapes, then "stippled" color within the boundaries of those shapes in a new layer with the paintbrush tool.