Bash My Stash: Rollerblading Layouts

Here are a couple more layouts from the Summer of 2000.  I had finished this album over a year ago but then came across a few more prints a couple of weeks ago.  Easy enough to add them into my album, that's what I like best about using side-loading pages. 

I'm still working on bashing my stash and was able to find two different lines that went nicely together.  I really like the bright colours in the Bella Blvd Molly Collection with the CTMH Taste of Summer papers.  Great for children's pictures.

I found these rollerblade stickers in my stash and started pulling paper and embellishments that matched.   I'm pretty sure that I've had these stickers since the early 2000's.

I used a sketch from CTMH Stargazer WYW kit (free to download on their website until the end of April) for this two page layout.  

For this page I used a sketch from a Scrapbook Generation e-book:

Simply Sketches 20 One-Page Sketches using only 4x6 photos

 Products Used:

• CTMH Taste of Summer Papers (pink and purple patterned paper)
• CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
• CTMH White Shimmer Trim
• Recollections White Glitter Enamel Gems
• Recollections Black Cardstock
• Bella Blvd Molly Collection (stars and camera prints, title stickers)
• Bella Blvd Color Chaos Blueberry Strandz (navy stripes)
• Mrs. Grossman's Rollerblade Skates Stickers

Bash My Stash: Red & White Birthday Layout with Scrapbook Paper from Michaels

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Another layout using up my stash of scrapbook paper from Michaels. I kept it simple with a Red & White theme and added a little contrast with a pre-cut zigzag border from an old kit in my stash.

Supplies Used:

• Birthday Scrapbook Paper - Michaels
• Red Embossed Cardstock - Michaels
• Yellow ZigZag - Die Cut Kit
• Red Glitter Paper - American Crafts
• Recollections White Cardstock
• Carousel Cricut Cartridge - Balloons
• Close To My Heart Artiste Cricut Cartridge - Birthday Boy Title

Bash My Stash: Using Up Really Old Scrapbook Paper (1997)

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I'm not sure when I bought this scrapbook paper but the tear off strip has 1997© on it.    Since my goal is to use up as much of my stash this year as possible I decided to use it for this layout of our front door renovation.

I used a sketch from the Scrapbook Generation e-book:  Simply Sketches Ebook: 4x6 Only (One-Page Layouts)

Supplies Used:

• Tool Scrapbook Paper - Design Originals
• Recollections Solid Cardstock
• Recollections Brads
• Handy Man Cricut Cartridge - Fixing Up The Place Title
• Ribbons & Rosettes Cricut Cartridge - Stamp Border

Bash My Stash: Layout using SU Razzleberry Lemonade DSP

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Working my way through my pictures from 2002 and bashing as much of my paper stash as possible.  I've been going to the paper holder with my old Recollections and Stampin Up papers before looking at anything newer.    The Razzleberry Lemonade DSP has always been one of my favourite SU products. I love the vibrant colours.

I used a sketch from the Scrapbook Generation e-book:  Simply Sketches Ebook: 4x6 Only (One-Page Layouts)

My daughter with her pet rabbit, Chocolate. 

Supplies Used:

• CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
• SU Razzleberry Lemonade DSP
• SU Rich Razzleberry Cardstock
• Recollections Solid Cardstock (Pink & Yellow)
• Recollections Enamel Glitter Gems
• Kate's ABC's Cricut Cartridge - Adorable Title
• Creative Cards Cricut Cartridge - Flowers
• Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge - Circle Scallop Doily
• Cricut Basic Shapes (included with Design Space) - Circle 
• Bits and Pieces Cricut Cartridge - Banner
• Giraffe Font - Cricut Access

Bash My Stash: Christmas Layout using Scrapbook Generation Sketch

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I love the Sketches by Scrapbook Generation.  I found myself constantly pinning their layouts so I decided to buy a few of their e-books earlier this year and I find I am using them a lot.

I'm working on older albums and my pictures are all printed in 4x6 format.  I've been scanning the pictures with my Photomyne app before scrapping so I have a digital copy in addition to the original negatives.

I bought a couple of the 4x6 SG Sketch Books and recently added the 6x6 Paper Pad Class to my collection.   I have a bunch of 6x6 samplers left over from when I was with CTMH and I figured the layouts would probably work with almost any paper that I have in my stash too.

This layout uses one of the 6x6 paper pad sketches.   I used up some of my 8-1/2 x 11 cardstock from Michaels (comes in those multi packs that always go on sale each month).

My journaling circle was inspired by some layouts that I saw on YouTube by ohMamarazzi Scrapbooking.   I cut the circle and the mat on my Cricut.

The Holly was cut using the CTMH Artistry Cricut cartridge - I backed it in white and brushed over it with my CTMH Clear Shimmer Brush for some sparkle - to go with the white accent on the Holly on the cardstock.
The titles were cut with my Cricut using the Augenblick font.

I embellished with some CTMH White Shimmer Trim, Whisper Twine and Black Sparkle Flourishes.
I'm trying to use up as much of my stash as possible before buying anything new.  It's fun rediscovering things that I've bought over the past few years.

Bash My Stash: Love This Layout

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Another layout using up my CTMH Happy Times scraps.  This will go beside the 50th Birthday page that I posted the other day.

I used a stamp from CTMH This & That stamp set and heat embossed it in Ranger Princess Gold embossing powder.

The chipboard title and hearts are from a Heidi Swapp Project Life kit.  I used up the other half of the shimmer trim that I cut for the Birthday layout.  I'm still loving this paper and am happy with all the different cards and layouts that I've been able to get out of this one pack.

Title Page for 2000 Scrapbook using Bella Blvd Molly Collection

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I realized that I haven't added any recent projects to the blog in the past couple of weeks.

I've been spending a lot of time in my craftroom lately and finally finished my albums for 2000.
I ended up splitting the year into 2 books because one was just too thick with all the extra Flip Flaps™ that I included.

I was able to get a matching album in the CTMH clearance section, so I have both in the Slate Circle post bound album and I changed out the posts that are included with the album to smaller 1" posts so all the pages are laying nice and flat.

I've also started on my 2001 album, which won't be as thick since we didn't have as many pictures printed for that year.  

Here is the title page for my 2000 album:

I chose a couple of leftover photos that didn't have a theme but were taken at the beginning of the year.  My son is a clown and I have lots of pictures of him making faces for the camera.


For this layout, I used a free sketch that I downloaded from Scrapbook Generation and the Bella Blvd Molly Collection.

I created the two titles in the Cricut Design Space App using the Augenblick Font.  

I love how intricate the cut is using my Cricut Explore.   The title was cut out of plain Black cardstock and I added some shine with my CTMH Clear Shimmer Brush.  I also applied it to the Thin Cuts Hearts at the top of the page.


Products Used:

• CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
• CTMH Black Cardstock
• CTMH Teal Shimmer Trim
• CTMH Shimmer Brush—Clear
• CTMH Thin Cuts—Hearts
• Bella Blvd Molly Collection - Papers and Embellishments

Scrap My Stash: School Picture Layout

I was inspired by all the layouts posted last weekend in the Bash Your Scrapbook Stash Facebook Group and created this layout using up some Recollections patterned cardstock and these cute grade school cut-out titles.  

I had forgotten all about these products, I'm not sure when I bought them but I had used one of the titles in a CM album that I finished years ago.

The photos are mounted on SU Pumpkin Pie and Real Red (my last sheet of 8.5x11) cardstock &  I added a border using CTMH Red Shimmer Trim.  I used CTMH Colonial White cardstock for my base pages.  

This is the last layout that I needed to do for my 2000 Album,  I just need to go through and finish up some journaling and a few titles. 

Birthday Layout Using CTMH Chalk It Up Scraps

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I've been working on my album from 2000 and was able to use up some of my Chalk It Up Scraps on a couple of layouts from my kids birthday party.

Since their birthdays are a day apart (2 years, less a day), we sometimes would combine their parties and take all the kids somewhere fun.  This time was at the local Bowling Alley.

This layout is the 2nd from that day.   I had about a third of the star patterned cardstock leftover from the first layout (still need to add some Cricut cuts - will post soon), so I just divided it up so I could use some on both pages.  I added some Teal Shimmer Trim and some Whisper Twine for accent, with some mini-staples on the ends of the Twine.    I matted all the photos on the coordinating solids and also used up another scrap of patterned Chalk It Up.

I don't usually use lot of Black Cardstock for kids pictures but I found that the mats really popped with the Black background more than white or any of the solids that I had.

I added a couple of Cricut cuts popped up with foam tape and some journaling on White Daisy Cardstock sponged around the edges with Ink.

Cricut Cuts:

Birthday Boy - Photo Booth Props Cricut Cartridge

Birthday Girl - Once Upon A Princess Cricut Cartridge

Close To My Heart Products Used:

CTMH Chalk It Up Patterned Cardstock (retired)

CTMH Black Cardstock

CTMH Flaxen Cardstock

CTMH Lagoon Cardstock

CTMH Sorbet Cardstock

CTMH White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Glacier Cardstock

CTMH Teal Shimmer Trim

CTMH Whisper Thick Twine

CTMH Mini-Staples

CTMH Mini-Stapler

Chicken Pox Scrapbook Layout using Cricut Dr. Checkup cartridge

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Finished another layout this week from when my son had the Chicken Pox.

I used CTMH Magic How-to book for the page layout and used up some of my Bella Blvd Color Chaos scraps from previous layouts.

It is really hard to find cardstock to match Chicken Pox spots so a bit of the multi-coloured cardstock with some Recollections embossed cardstock in red had to do for the spots on my layout.

I used Recollections solid cardstock for my Cricut cuts and embellished with a bit of CTMH Red Shimmer Trim.

Cricut Cuts Used:

Dr. Checkup for title and thermometer

Barnyard Babies for Chicks

Plain Jane Cricut Font for Date (from Cricut Access subscription)

CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for Slider Tag

Happy Planner Layout and Sweet Stamp Shop Haul

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Week 3 Happy Planner Layout -  I kept it really simple just added a little bit of patterned paper from Pink Paislee: Hello, Sunshine 12x12 Paper Pad with a couple of pieces of CTMH Lagoon cardstock and some CTMH White Shimmer Trim.

 I love the colours in this paper pad and since the forecast was calling for a bit of rain and mostly cloudy days I wanted to do a bit of a Weather theme but with nice bright colours.

I used StudioL2E List It stamp set and just stamped the first part of the week.

  I was waiting for my Sweet Stamp Shop order to arrive and wanted to leave lots of room to use my new stamps this week. 

My order arrived on Monday and I added some of the cute cleaning icons from Plan To Clean, a couple from the Plan Pet and used the weather icons from Plan To Go.  These stamps are adorable and I just couldn't resist that Dog & Cat stamp set. 

Close To My Heart Products Used:

CTMH White Shimmer Trim

CTMH Lagoon Cardstock

CTMH Lagoon Exclusive Ink

CTMH Cotton Candy Exclusive Ink

CTMH Whisper Exclusive Ink

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Planner Haul and First Happy Planner Layouts

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I ordered my Happy Planner during last months Blitsy sale.  While I was waiting for it to ship I did manage to find some goodies at my local Dollar Tree, Michaels & Staples.

Our Michaels didn't start carrying the Happy Planner until a couple weeks after I placed my order but I'm happy to say they now have a great selection off add-ons and I can use coupons for them.

I love the arc punch from Staples.  I bought some 6x8 pocket pages and I can add them to the Happy Planner by covering the holes with Washi Tape and then use the Arc punch.

I tested it out with one of the Heidi Swapp Project Life cards and it worked great.  

I added it into my weekly spread as a book mark.

There are tons of great printables out there, many of them free.  

I found the Mason Jar printable in one of the Facebook Groups that I joined.  

I also ordered these great planner stamps from StudioL2E.  

Here's my first layout in my Happy Planner.  I'm using it mostly as a planner and will add in some pictures and journaling as I go.  I've seen a lot of cute planner layouts that are more memory keeping/journaling but I needed a place where I could keep track of appointments and thought this would work well - no more loose pieces of paper or random notes in my phone. 

  I used some retired Stampin' Up cardstock and a co-ordinating stamp for my meal planning area.  I used the StudioL2E stamps for my dailies and then added in some CTMH Coral Shimmer Trim. 

My second week and it was Canadian Thanksgiving this week, so I used up some scraps of 

CTMH Pathfinding (retired) cardstock. 

I used some free Thanksgiving Cricut cuts that were featured in 

Design Space this week and added some CTMH Bronze Shimmer Trim 

for sparkle, and a couple of shiny stickers from my stash. 

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Handmade Journaling Cards with CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge

I was working on my pocket pages today and have a few pages of the kids playing in the Snow during Christmas Break.     

I used the CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge to make the 3x4 pocket card then using the attach feature in Cricut Design Space,  I added the font from the Artistry Cartridge to cut the names out of the card.  I backed it with the same patterned paper that I used on the 4x6 card.  The Ambersand was stamped using the new CTMH Zoe WOTG stamp set.  I added a few Bitty Sparkles for embellishment.

I cut a 4x6 piece of patterned paper and rounded the edges with my CTMH Corner Rounder.  I used my Cricut Explore to write my journaling with a Pilot Precise V5 Blue Pen, then inked the edges of the White Daisy Cardstock.

I cut the Snow Day title from my new CTMH Artistry Cartridge in White Daisy and a blue cardstock from my stash.  I added a few small snowflakes for embellishment but they don't show up in the photo.

Close To My Heart products used:

CTMH Artistry Cricut Collection

CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Collection

CTMH Zoe Workshop on the Go Stamp Set

CTMH White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Indian Corn Blue Cardstock

CTMH Corner Rounder

CTMH Bitty Sparkles

Cricut Explore Make It Now Multi-lingual Thank You Card

Here's a Cricut Design Space Make It Now Card that I made using the Slice Feature to change how the words would cut out.

I have the words cut out from the front of the card and used scraps to make the rainbow on the backside of the front layer.  Then I used foam tape to pop it out from the A2 card base.

The original file in Design Space had each letter being cut out individually and then pieced together on the card front.  

This entire card was made from scraps in my craftroom, even the card base was leftover from another project.   It was fairly quick using the slice feature.   And I just trimmed the rainbow coloured scraps with a pair of scissors then used some Tombow permanent adhesive to stick it down.

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Make It From Your Heart Vol 2. Scrapbook Layout

Here is a layout I made with CTMH Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 Layout Book - Pattern 2.

I had this patterned paper that I had bought from Stampin' Up a few years ago and never did anything with it since I only had 8-1/2x11 cardstock and really wanted to save it for 12x12 layouts.

After I got my Cricut Explore I re-cut the image of the cat in the dresser.  I was impressed with how much better the Explore cut it than my Expression 2 (see previous post to see comparison cuts)

I love how well the CTMH solid cardstock goes with the SU Domestic Goddess patterned cardstock.

 CTMH Products Used:

Make It From Your Heart Volume 2

CTMH Canary Cardstock

CTMH Sorbet Cardstock

CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge - Tag on page 69 (#M444F7 Cricut Explore)

Other Products:

Stampin' Up Domestic Goddess cardstock

Stampin' Up Pool Party & Island Indigo cardstock

Cricut Suburbia Cartridge - Title

Cricut Lite Meow Cartridge - Dresser

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Disney Layout - Picture with Pluto

I've been working on my scrapbook pages from a trip we took in 2003.  I'm doing the bulk of the trip in pocket pages and making a lot of my own journaling cards with my Cricut.

The WDW part of the trip will be done with traditional scrapbook layouts.

Here's the first layout that I've done - just need to add journaling on the right hand page.

I used Close To My Heart's Magic Scrapbook Layout (page 62) Book (item 9040) for my Pluto layout.
I used the following products in the layout:

CTMH Black Cardstock - background and photo mats.
CTMH Honey Cardstock

Patterned Disney & Stripe paper are from Joann.com both came in assorted Disney cardstock packages.

SU Real Red for the solid pieces on both pages.


Pluto and his bone are both cut from the Mickey & Friends Cricut cartridge.

Pluto is cut at 4.5"

I used:
CTMH Black Cardstock
SU White for the eyes
SU Summer Sun for the body (very similar to the CTMH Honey)
The pink and the green are leftover cardstock purchased over 15 years ago from a local scrapbook store that has been out of business for a long time now.

Pluto's Bone Title image is cut at 2.5"

I used CTMH Black Cardstock for the Shadow
Same leftover green cardstock that I used for his collar
Letters are SU Daffodil Delight & White

I love this Cricut cartridge! I have been using up so many odd sheets of cardstock that I have had for years - many that I only have one or two sheets of.  A lot of it is retired SU colours that I don't have any co-ordinating items to use with it so it has been basically worthless to me until now.   I've been using the bits and pieces for the Cricut cuts and saving my CTMH 12x12 sheets for the larger backgrounds.

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Baby Girl Scrapbook Page with CTMH Flip Flaps, Artbooking Cricut Cartridge

I recently finished a 12x12 layout of my daughter from when she was a baby.  Using Close To My Heart Flip Flaps I got the equivalent of 3 12x12 pages to fit one 12x12 page protector.  I will be working this page into my Picture My Life album that I have started of her First Year.

I started by choosing these layouts out of the CTMH Cricut Artbooking Cartridge Handbook.  They are shown as Holiday/Wintertime Layouts but are so versatile I was able to use cardstock that I had on hand already and change it to suit my daughter's pictures.  Sorry the photos are a little off colour - I really need to use my camera instead of my phone when in the craftroom.

Front of layout using two 6x12 Flip Flaps.  I cut the Wintertime layout in half. Love the pennant frames.  Cardstock and embellishments are from my stash.

Center layout is from the Artbooking Holiday layout.  I loved the bows and the CTMH Thistle cardstock picks up the purple color of my daughters ribbon.  Top and bottom are reverse side of 6x12 Flip Flaps with co-ordinating photo frame.

I added a 4x6 Flip Flap to bottom right of centre layout.  

Here it's opened to see the extra photos I had.  Flip Flaps are a great way to add more pictures to your layout. They are also good for adding journaling or memorabilia.  

I attached an extra bow with Liquid Glass to the front of my Flip Flap so it would blend in with the rest of the layout when closed.

The title and the baby clothes are from CTMH new Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge.  

CTMH products used:

CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge

CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge

CTMH Thistle Cardstock

CTMH Liquid Glass

CTMH Flip Flaps  4x6 & 6x12

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Scrap My Stash - Using 6x6 Patterned Paper for Cards

I was working on these cards in June using the 6x6 cutting formula that I found over on Kathryn's Cards.  They aren't quite finished but I thought I would share them anyway since it was such a great way to use up stuff from my stash.  I've got tendinitis in my left wrist right now and won't be able to finish these until it gets better and can take off the wrist brace.

I have quite a bit of 12x12 cardstock so I grabbed 1 of each pattern from this retired Stampin' Up pack and cut it into 6x6 as is shown on the cutting diagram above.

Sorted the cut pieces out and mounted them on coordinating cardstock.

Did some stamping and added some matching brads

Cut out a few tags with my cricut and used the coordinating CTMH stamps on them.  I haven't finished mounting the tags yet and will probably make a few changes before they are completely finished.  It's was great way to use up some of that extra paper I have. I'll try the other diagram when I'm not in so much pain.