After All These Years

Inspired Blueprints: Right Now

After a bit of a blogging break, I'm back to share my latest layout using Inspired Blueprints sketch #94. The sketch called for one larger photo and had room for lots of journaling strips. I knew precisely what I wanted to create!

 

 

On the first day of school earlier this year, I asked Amelia a few questions to get a snapshot of her right now. Love this and I'm excited to do this every year!

 

 

I've used the Simple Stories Urban Traveler collection for this layout. Just to prove how versatile these papers and embellishments are - I love the colours and fun arrow and chevron designs! 

 

 

I'm also loving their new brad embellishments! Such cute designs and I can't help adding them here and there!

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Inspired Blueprints: New Friends

I had loads of fun with this weeks Inspired Blueprints sketch!

 

These fabulous photo booth pics are from the scrapbook retreat I attended last month. I swear, everytime I look at them I have a little giggle! I used my favourite Maggie Holmes line from Crate Paper.

 

The sketch called for two doilies in the design but I swapped them out for a couple of chipboard frames. I added a bit of patterned paper to each "window" in the frame. I love the effect!

 

 

Thank you so much for visiting today and I hope you all have a great weekend!

 

Inspired Blueprints Sketch: Hello Pony

Sketch #90 was interesting as it left the window open for some creativity in the centre! I worked on this layout while at the retreat and was inspired by the amazing Sharmaine Kruijver to apply texture paste through a mask to the centre of the layout and it added such a great element of dimension!

 

It's quite messy and uneven and I love it! 

 

 

I didn't know what to call the layout and was inspired by the "hello" sticker in the end. Love those wood veneer stars!

 

 

Instead of your typical banner strung across the page, I've layered lots of scraps of patterned paper in coordinating colours!

 

 

Be sure to check out the other design team takes of the sketch on the Inspired Blueprints blog here. 

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Inspired Blueprints Sketch: In The Bath

It's time for another sketch reveal on the Inspired Blueprints blog today! I must confess, I'm loving being part of this design team as it's getting me doing more scrapbooking! And you know I love getting those memories and stories recorded!

Here's my take on sketch #88:

It's not often that my two have a bath together, Amelia preferring to NOT share the bath with her brother. So when they do, there is lots of laughing and splashing!

 

A added a few layers throught the centre of the layout. The sketch had a scallop border and I added a patterned paper strip below and a Heidi Swapp banner on top.

 

 

Hmmm. Still not liking my handwriting so much on my layouts but I do try to include it every now and then. 

Thanks for popping by today and be sure to check out all the design team sketch interpretations on the Inspired Blueprints blog here.

 

Inspired Blueprints: 18 Months

The latest sketch is up on the Inspired Blueprints blog! I had fun this week adding my own twist to it to make it more . . . boyish!

 

Just look at that cute, dimply smile! I wanted to create a layout for Noah, recording some of his little habits at 18 months old. I've used one of the newest collections from Simple Stories called 24/7 and I think it is the PERFECT line for boyish projects! See that arrow patterned paper behind the large circles? I think it's one of my all time favourites!

 

 

The sketch had a couple of doilies so I swapped them out for the circles of patterned paper that I have showing through the background cardstock! 

As usual, I had plenty of journaling to add to this layout so I have left my photo able to be lifted up to reveal the journaling underneath.

And one last look at the layout with the photo lifted:

 

Thanks for looking, be sure to check out the other design team members' layouts on the Inspired Blueprints blog and have a great weekend!

 

Inspired Blueprints: First Day Of School

It's Friday! Yay! Not only does it mean the weekend is almost here but it also means a NEW sketch is revealed at Inspired Blueprints! 

I was excited when I saw this sketch as I LOVE multi photo layouts! Here's my interpretation of the sketch:

You can see I dove right on in my stash of Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper! Gosh I love this colour combination! I've layerd up some gorgeous patterns and used the smaller patterns from the 6x6" paper pads for the panels on the main block. 

The sketch had ribbon through the centre but I substitued some patterned paper strips and this gorgeous die cut that I shaped a bit to give dimension.

The sketch had the date in this little cluster but since the date was in the photo (lol!) I just added a word sticker and a '4' die cut as she's four years old! And how old is that mirror heart???

The scallop border is a fabric strip that I've coloured with my new favourite mists, ColorShine from Heidi Swapp (this colour is Mustard). To get the darker yellow, I sprayed heaps of mist, really saturating the strip and I simply sprayed lightly over the smaller strip to make it a bit softer yellow. I heated them with my heat tool to dry them quickly too!

So fun!

Be sure to check out the other interpretations of the sketch on the Inspired Blueprints blog!

 

 

Inspired Blueprints: Wonderful Four

Did you know that a new sketch is revealed every Friday over at the Inspired Blueprints blog? There is no excuse ever for being stuck for layout ideas . . .

Here's my layout based on today's sketch reveal:

As soon as I saw it was a single photo layout, I knew I wanted to use this photo taken of the four of us just before Christmas last year.

I kept pretty close to the sketch details except I used a file folder on the top half of my layout. Inside reveals a few more photos and journaling.

So pop on over to Inspired Blueprints and check out the other designers' layouts too! There is so much inspiration! 

 

Thank You: Inspired Blueprints Introduction

My introduction post is up on the Inspired Blueprints blog here! I have a layout to share that I created using sketch #79.

I've been wanting to create a layout for Amelia's album about her fantastic Kindy teacher. The sketch with the one large photo and room for journaling was the perfect opportunity. She starts school in just over a week but that's a whole 'nother story!

The embellishment cluster in the photo above wasn't in the sketch but the patterned paper that I was using had some printed elements placed there. It wasn't quite the right colour so I just covered it up using my own bits and pieces.

Thanks for visiting and the first sketch kicks off on the Inspired Blueprints blog on February 1st!