Baby Album Title Page with CM Woodland Whimsy

I finally had some time this week to get back into the craft room.

I have been working on some pages from my son's baby album, in no particular order, but want to start assembling it.  So I decided I would do my cover page before anything else.

I found this 5x7 photo sketch on Pinterest and recreated it using Creative Memories Woodland Whimsy Collection (retired).

I really love the non-traditional colours in this collection, and the adorable woodland creatures.

I popped up the squirrel sticker with some foam tape and added a little bling to the heart with a CTMH Bitty Sparkle.  And yes, I am really far behind with my some of my albums!  I thought that I had already finished a baby album but then my son mentioned it and when I checked my albums I didn't have one for him just his sister.  

How adorable is that fox!  I cut the title on my Cricut using the Starfish font.  

I used the Picket Fence Border Maker Cartridge along the edge of the orange paper and threaded some Stampin' Up Early Espresso Ribbon through it. 

I usually will cut page titles with my Cricut but decided to use the pieces that came in the embellishment pack instead.  

Products used in this layout:

• Creative Memories Woodland Whimsy Paper Pack (retired)
• Creative Memories Woodland Whimsy Embellishment Pack (retired)
• Creative Memories Woodland Whimsy Sticker Pack (retired)
• Creative Memories Border Maker System
• Creative Memories Picket Fence Border Maker Cartridge
• Stampin' Up Early Espresso Ribbon
• Recollections Dark Brown Cardstock (Photo Mat and Baby's Name)
• Close To My Heart Bitty Sparkles
• Close To My Heart White Daisy Cardstock
• Starfish Font

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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: O'Keefe Historical Ranch Clean & Simple Layouts

Getting close to the end of this album, I only have a few more layouts to do of our tour of the Historic O'Keefe Ranch in Vernon, BC.

For this set of pages, I wanted to highlight the heritage features of the buildings so I kept my layouts simple by matting my photos on black cardstock and using the same woodgrain chevron pattern cardstock on all three.  My only embellishment is a strip of Shimmer Trim that I cut in half lengthwise and used as a border along the edge of the cardstock.

Schubert House - this house was smaller, but the trim work inside the house reminded me of the heritage house that my family had owned.

These are my favourite pictures from this tour and the reason that I decided to stick with very simple layouts.  I really wanted the pictures to stand out on these pages.  

I love all the old products in the General Store.  I was a Watkins Consultant for many years and spotted a few Watkins products on the bottom shelf.

I found a map online and printed it out and added to one of the layouts.   So glad that everything is online to reference since these photos are from 2002 and I couldn't remember the names of all the buildings. 

These layouts were so easy to put together - unlike the rest of my album where I used sketches, for these layouts I was inspired by the Power Layouts method.  I laid my pictures out on each sheet of cardstock and set aside.  When it came time to adhere I just quickly matted all the pictures at once, cut the two sheets of wood grain cardstock and the embellishment strips, adhered everything, journaled and just like that I was done.  

So fast and easy!  I love decorative scrapbooking but I have quite a few albums to do so I am trying to keep it as simple as possible. After I do the last three layouts from this trip I will have completed three albums this year.  The first album took the longest (started a couple years ago) because it is all decorative layouts.  The last two are fairly decorative but I planned differently and they went a little quicker - better use of my time and supplies.   I will be ordering one (or two) of the re-released Power Layout kits from Creative Memories and pre-sorting my layouts so the box is ready to grab and go when I find I have an extra few minutes. I will still do some decorative layouts - I'll just add a post-it note to the guide to reference which sketch I want to use for that page.  

If you aren't familiar with this sorting method check out this YouTube video - it's from 2010 but

explains very well how this method works. 

I wish this method had been around back when I first started using CM products in the mid-90's.  I probably would have completed more albums.  I really like that you know what will be on the back of the right-hand page.  I love the quality of the CM pages with the jeeping but was always concerned that I would mess up and put the wrong pictures on the back.   By using the guide to represent the back of a page I can rearrange and have everything exactly as I want it before adhering.  

You can find the Power Layout Kit under the Tools section of my Creative Memories website. 

Supplies used in these layouts:

• CTMH White Daisy cardstock
• Recollections Black cardstock
• CTMH Fundamentals Wood-grain cardstock (retired)
• CTMH Bronze Shimmer Trim

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: Layout using Recollections Giant Paper Pad

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Another layout using up product from my paper stash.   My goal this year is to keep up a steady pace so I can get my older albums completed and use up as much paper and embellishments that I already own instead of purchasing more.

It's been easier than I thought and with my husband being on strike the past couple weeks I have been able to complete a bunch of layouts without spending a dime.

I love using my Cricut to create custom titles and embellishments instead of having to buy stickers for each layout.


Today's layout is inspired by a sketch that I found on Pinterest by Basic Grey.   I placed an extra photo on top of another before taking the picture of the layout.  Once I slide the layout into a page protector I will be adding a 4x6 Flip Flap to it with the photo on the bottom left in it.

Supplies Used:

• CTMH Kraft Cardstock
• Recollections Patterned Paper 
• Recollections Spice Market Solid Cardstock
• CTMH Hemp Ribbon
• CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge - Leaf Border
• CTMH 4x6 Flip Flap
• Cedar Font - Title

Layout using CM Fur Buddies Collection and Project Recipe

With my order last month I purchased the Paw Print Border Maker Cartridge.  I had wanted this before I had even bought the Border Maker System and couldn't wait for it to arrive.  I have so many pet layouts to do and I know that this will probably be the cartridge that I use the most.  

Isn't it cute!  

It was so easy to make this border along the edge of the page.  

Here's a quick how-to video by Creative Memories showing how easy it is to create pretty borders for your scrapbook pages. 

I grabbed my CM Fur Buddies Paper Pack and chose a few papers to go along with the Cat patterned background following the Fur Buddies Project Recipe.   If you haven't tried a Project Recipe yet ask your CM Advisor for more information.  New Recipes are released with each new paper collection and feature cutting guides and instructions to help you quickly put your layouts together.  

Here's my finished layout - I followed the Project Recipe to create the page then decided to re-arrange my photos in a different pattern than in the recipe.  I matted them on solid yellow and gray cardstock and decided to put the White Patterned paper away and use it on another pet layout.  Since I've been bashing my stash this year I'm trying to use up as much of my old cardstock as I can before digging into my new stuff.   

I submitted this layout in the CM Canada Advisors FB Group for a challenge and I was so excited to learn that I had won!  CM is sending me the new Adventure Collection!   I have camping pictures printed and will be doing layouts as soon as it arrives!  

Supplies Used:

• CM Original Border Maker System
• CM Paw Prints Border Maker Cartridge
• CM Fur Buddies Paper Pack (also available in digital)
• CM Fur Buddies Stickers (also available in digital)
• CTMH White Shimmer Trim 
• CTMH Whisper Cardstock
• Recollections Gray Cardstock
• SU Crushed Curry Cardstock

You can order Creative Memories Products in Canada from my CM Website or use the Advisor locator to find an Advisor near you.  

Bash My Stash: Layout with CTMH Rustic Fundamentals

I've been so busy working on my son's baby album that I haven't posted any layouts for a while.

I'm taking a break from his book while I wait for more of the CM Woodland Whimsy paper to arrive with my next order, so I thought it would be the perfect time to go back to the album that I started earlier this year.

I joined the Bash Your Scrapbook Stash Facebook Group earlier this year and it has made me look at my supplies in a totally different way.  I was able to finish putting my 2001 layouts together in just a couple of months with the exception of journaling and titles. And I've cut way back on buying new stuff - I've been going to my stash and looking through old product first when putting layouts together.

I did buy a few 4x6 layout books from Scrapbook Generation. I kept pinning their layouts and when they had a sale on the e-books I decided to buy them. I'm glad I did, my layouts have come together so fast using the guides and I don't tend to crop my pictures after printing them so these books are perfect for me.

For this layout I wanted to keep it simple, our friends were building their 1st house and I wanted to showcase the pictures so I went with neutral cardstock on black pages.   I'm not exactly sure which sketch I used for this layout - I usually write down the supplies and sketch used but I've moved everything around while doing the baby album and couldn't find the list.

Supplies Used:

• CTMH Black Cardstock
• CTMH Rustic Fundamentals
• CTMH Enchantment Fundamentals
• CTMH Bitty Sparkles
• Recollections White Cardstock
• CTMH Flower Market Cricut Cartridge

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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

CTMH Sugar Rush Featured Project: Sprinkled with Love Page

Each month Close To My Heart highlights a paper pack from one of the current Idea Books.

Today's Artwork uses the Sugar Rush paper pack and coordinating embellishments and can be found on page 17 of the new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book.

Supplies:

• Sugar Rush Paper Packet
• Sugar Rush Complements
• Sugar Rush Dots
• Sugar Rush Washi Pack
• Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen

Fall Memories Scrapbook Layout with Simple Stories Hello Fall

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I love this pattern from the CTMH Cherish How-to Book (page 41) so much that I have used it twice in my album from 2000. 

Just by changing up the cardstock and adding some large Flip Flaps on my other layout I get a completely different look to my pages.

I found the SVG for my page title on the Miss Kate Cuttables website and cut it with my Cricut Explore.  

I've used an assortment of solid cardstock on this layout, mostly trying to use up what I have in my stash and coordinating as well as I could with the Simple Stories - Hello Fall patterned papers.

I used hemp twine for embellishment on each page and added in some mini staples.  I really wanted just to keep it simple and masculine.

CTMH January Featured Paper Pack: Sprinkled with Love Page

Each month CTMH highlights a paper pack from the current Idea Book.

The featured paper pack for January 2017 is Sugar Rush.

You'll find the Artwork for today's Sprinkled with Love Layout on page 15 of the new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book.

Supplies:

• Sugar Rush Paper Pack
• White Daisy Cardstock
• Sugar Rush Complements
• Sugar Rush Dots
• Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen
• Thin 3-D Foam Tape

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. 

Halloween Layout with CTMH Jeepers Creepers

Here's a layout I finished using pictures from October 2000 using cardstock and embellishments from the new CTMH Jeepers Creepers Workshops Your Way Scrapbooking Kit.

I used two free sketches that I downloaded from Scrapbook Generation to plan out my layout, changed just a little to include the Beware pocket card instead of a 4x4 piece of cardstock.  On the RAWR layout, I switched the photo to the opposite corner from what was suggested but kept all the cardstock and photos the recommended sizes.

After inking the edges in Goldrush Ink, I dressed up the Beware Pocket Card with a strip of Black Shimmer Trim, and the embellishments and Washi Tape are from the Jeepers Creepers Kit.  The Willow patterned cardstock that I used to mat the smaller photos is from the Adventure Fundamentals paper pack.

This is one of the cutest Halloween Kits I've seen, there is also a patterned cardstock with adorable little monsters on it.

Close To My Heart Products Used:

Jeepers Creepers WYW Scrapbooking Kit

Black Shimmer Trim

Willow Cardstock - Adventure Fundamentals

Goldrush Exclusive Inks

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

Layout with CTMH Happy Times Paper Pack and Stamp Set

Have you seen the gorgeous new paper pack and matching stamp set that Close To My Heart has made available this month only for National Scrapbook Month?

It's called Happy Times and has beautiful papers with gold foil accents and pretty floral prints.

One of our talented Consultants created a special workshop just for this exclusive set of papers.  You can see all the layouts included in the workshop here

This is the photo from the original workshop, I made a few changes using supplies that I had on hand.   

I followed the cutting guide and instructions but changed it just a little by heat embossing the sentiments from the matching stamp set instead of using the gold foil Picture My Life cards.

I love Shimmer Trim -  I decided to cut it half lengthwise and use thinner strips on the pieces of White Daisy that have the heat embossed sentiments.   

I used Gold Bling Gems for the centre of the flowers, I love the extra bit of sparkle in them. 

Close To My Heart Products used in this layout:

CTMH Happy Times Paper Pack  (free with a $70 purchase)

CTMH Happy Times Stamp Set

(only available May 2016)

CTMH White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Pomegranate Cardstock

CTMH Gold Shimmer Trim

CTMH Gold Bling Gems

CTMH Gold Sequins

Ranger™ Princess Gold Embossing Powder

Pomegranate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

Canary Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

Fern Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

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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

Day Trip to Deer Lake Scrapbook Layout using CTMH Jackson

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Here is the third layout from a day trip to a local lake made with the CTMH Jackson paper pack (retired).  I didn't want to crop any of the photos of the lakeside scenery so I followed this sketch that I found at NutsAboutSketches.com

I followed the sketch pretty closely, only cropped a little bit off of the photo at the bottom right so I could add in the Zip Strip with the Glacier Twine below it.  After gluing down the Twine I added two CTMH Mini-Staples to each end. 

My Great Outdoors title was cut from CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge and the Mountain Scene cut beside it is from the Campin' Critters Cricut cartridge.  The Woodgrain overlay is also from the CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge.  I also sponged the title with CTMH Glacier Exclusive Ink.

I cut the Pine Cone image from the CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge out of CTMH Desert Sand cardstock and sponged with CTMH Desert Sand Exclusive Ink.  I used the Cricut Explore writing feature to journal on the Pine Cone image using the font from the CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge. 

Close To My Heart Products:

CTMH Cocoa Cardstock

CTMH Barn Red Cardstock 

CTMH Desert Sand Cardstock

CTMH White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Sweet Leaf Cardstock

CTMH New England Ivy

CTMH Jackson Paper Pack (retired)

CTMH Glacier Extra-Thick Twine

CTMH Mini-Staples

CTMH Mini Stapler

CTMH Thin 3-D Foam Tape

CTMH Glacier Exclusive Inks

CTMH Desert Sand Exclusive Inks

Other Products:

Recollections Light Blue Cardstock

Recollections Black Cardstock