Right at Home Scrapbooking

Turning One...

Today, I turned one of the May sketches into a layout about my son's first birthday party. I had so much fun playing with this sketch, along with the Lily Bee Design: Victoria Park Collection; I see so many possibilities for both single and double page layouts. In addition to a handful of more layouts to make using the remaining sticker sheet (I just love the spring flowers and text elements in this collection.)

 

Quinn's 1st Birthday Party

 

Left Side

On the first page, I took some creative license with the vertical 4x6 image, and turned it into three 2x6 photo strips.  I had so many images I wanted to use on Quinn's birthday party layout, and thought the smaller images would offer me more versitility. In addition, I replaced the circle/title area with some fruits found in The Very Hungry Caterpillar book (the theme of Quinn's birthday party), since I was using a copy of his party invitation for the title. In this book, the caterpillar eats his way through each of the foods, so I added a green brad in each of them, trying to add my own " caterpillar hole" to each of the foods.

Right Side

On the second page, I decided to expand the banner further, instead of using the semi-circle.  I flipped through The Very Hungry Caterpillar book (and my cricut cartridges) many times, but just couldn't come up with another item in this semi-circle shape, so I decided to add the ice cream cone over the banner.The fun thing about sketches is that you can use the elements you like, and later the ones that just don't work for you.

The next time you are at Right At Home, be sure to check out the Lily Bee Design: Victoria Park Collection, its certainly filled with many great patterns (I used 11  of them on this layout); patterns like honey comb and the very popular trend: Chevron (see the inside of the watermelon).

I hope you enjoy!

--Cory

How can you not love baby boy paper?

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to stop in and share my take on the May Sketch:

I used the Bella Boulevard Baby Boy Collection to capture a snapshot of my nephew's life at one.

To enhance the squares surrounding the photos I used cork to mat them. I love running cork through my Sizzix Vintaj machine and made these using the Spellbinder square dies.

 
I think it is also important to use some handwriting on my layouts so that years from now people will actually know what my handwriting looked like! Granted, it may not be perfect as my photo below shows but you can always get creative and bold certain words to correct an error :)

Hope you enjoyed my take on the May Sketch!

Cheers!

Holly

 

Aaaah, Sweet Summery Strawberries

Lisa gave me this fruit basket to work with this month and when I saw it I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.  I love strawberries and knew I had found this paper strawberry template that I wanted to try out.  I cut the strawberries out of red cardstock using the template and the tops from green cardstock.  I ran the strawberry shape through my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  I then punched a hole in each spot indicated in the pattern and threaded through the twine and pulled it tight and tied it off.  I then added the top and tied a bow.  So easy and such a beautiful presentation.

Project Materials: Bazzill Cardstock, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, The Twinery twine, strawberry pattern.

Download Strawberry Box Pattern

See you soon.  Hugs,

Anita

MFT Fan Club Layout

I had a lot of fun putting together this month's MFT Fan Club Layout.  I've discovered that if you want fun pictures of your teen...the best thing to do is to get them a camera phone...they take it everywhere and don't groan and hide when their friends want to take pictures.  These pictures are from a recent gymnastics meet...the girls had lots of fun waiting for the awards ceremony to begin!  The bright and cheery  Amy Tangerine papers and fabric papers, and the MFT Behind the Camera Die namic were  the perfect additions to my silly pics! Take a peek.

This month's MFT Fan Club meetings will be held on both Saturday, May 26th at 10:00am or Thursday, May 31st at 6:00pm.  If you are attending, please make sure to bring adhesive (regular, foam tape and liquid) and  a black brush marker in addition to your regular class tools.  Hope to see you there!

Playing Double Dutch

Hi everyone!  Today I am playing with Lily Bee's Double Dutch collection.  It's a little bit country and a LOT fresh!

I pulled out a bunch of the green and blue prints for this boyish page, but there are also lots of tans, reds, and yellows too.  I've got another little project coming up that really gets to the heart of this Summer-y line. 


I created a fun chevron backround area on this page with the help of my Silhouette.  Chevron is HOT right now but really it's just a fancy name for zig zags.  I staggered the patterns along three rows and also added a few at the top to balance the design. 


I splattered a bit of blue mist (using the straw inside) to add extra interest to the background.  I love that Lily Bee gives us so many great "neutrals" like the subtle grid pattern on this paper!


My absolute favorite thing about ALL Lily Bee collections, however, is their tiny alpha stickers!!  No one else makes this size and you get a ton of colors on one sheet. 

You'll notice that I had to "construct" a few e's near the end of my title there... this is what happens when you need forty letters to complete your title!  But it also gives me a moment to talk about "mistakes".  Yes, we all make them!  I completely forgot to count the letters that I would need before I started laying down my title.  But you know what?  I don't care that a few of those e's are Frankensteins! I was going for an almost tone on tone look with the background and I'm hoping my letter hacking comes across more clever than sloppy. 


And here I did it again... I was writing my journaling and it just looked terrible!  So I didn't panic and I just patched the area with another piece of journaling card and kept on trucking.  You can see the line there but I like to think that these kinds of "mistakes" add character and personalization that I never get when I simply print my journaling off the computer.  Embrace the mistakes!

Double Dutch is a rare collection for how well it truly works for almost ANY scrapbooking subject.  With lots of dots, grids, gingham, and other small patterns you can really stretch its usefulness.  And I am telling you, you NEED some of those alpha stickers!!

My Mind's Eye...On the Sunny Side

It has been a little bit since I posted some of the new goodies that have arrived at our Home, and thought this would be the perfect time.  As I'm sure you can figure from the photo below a little My Mind's Eye...On the Sunny Side has arrived.  This paper line is just perfect for all the great Summer activities that we're sure to be enjoying very soon!  There are patterned papers, 6x6 paper pad, decorative brads, chipboard and layered stickers.  Gotta go I think I just heard the ice cream truck bell...

Take Note: A Color Challenge

The Take Note Collection by Echo Park couldn’t have been more perfect for this month’s color challenge.

I really loved this color scheme and the paper was really perfect for my family photo.

I have been wanting to use the Jenni Bowlin label stamp for awhile and it created a perfect spot for journaling.

By using random alphabet letters for your layout title you not only create a fun type title but you also use up letters in your stash.

Hope you enjoyed this month’s color challenge. Check out the blog this month for much more inspiration to come!

Cheers!

Holly

Delightful Spring Wishes to You

  Anita here hoping that everyone had a beautiful weekend and enjoyed the gorgeous weather.  I had such fun this month playing with these gorgeous papers and embellishments from Authentique.  Lisa has them in the store and you just have to see them in person, they are gorgeous. I am completely in love with the My Favorite Things Chevron Stripes Die.  I am using it so much.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

  

 Project Materials: Authentique Delightful 6X6 Bundle, Bazzill cardstock, Authentique Delightful Details stickers, My Favorite Things Dienamics Chevron Stripes, The Twinery twine

I had a lot of fun creating this dress out of card stock.  I searched on the web for a template and found this cute one which was so easy to use.  I hope you have a chance to try it.  I used the sketch from the Scrapbook and Cards Today Cardmaps 2 book, on page 18.

Project Materials: Authentique Delightful 6X6 Bundle, Bazill Cardstock, Authentique Delightful Details stickers, K & Co. Pearls, lace

Download Dress Template by card crazy

See you soon.

Hugs,

Anita

Wayfarer

Prior to Quinn's arrival, I would have certainly considered myself a traveler; someone who loved the adventure of exploring the unknown. Now, my "wayfarer" ways, are much more in the local day trip variety. I love everything about my transformation into Mommy-hood, including the exploration of our surrounding area, like our local zoo.

Capron Zoo

Today, I share with you Bazzill's Wayfarer collection. Its filled with many cool travel themed papers, perfect for your next adventure. However, on the alternate side of each paper is a beautiful earth toned pattern. I'm simply in love with the mix of creams and blues, and even enjoy the touches of peach! Here are a few images of my favorite papers:

The next time you are at Right At Home, be sure to check this collection out!

Enjoy,

--Cory

Authentique Carefree

Hi Everyone!
Kathie here with a peek at the Authentique line "Carefree". The paper weight of Authentique is so substantial....I love working with it so much! I have two cards to share with you today one is using this months sketch and the other is a fun card where I did lots of fussy cutting! (FYI: I love saying "fussy cut")

I used some Die-namics dies as well as Distress Stickles to add some sparkle. I made the circle flowers by cutting five circles and distressing them and then using a brad to secure them. The Alpha Sheet from this line had lots of cute words so I put them together for the sentiment.

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For the second card I distressed the edges of all the papers and I used brown chalk ink to bring out the edges of the paper. I also used a black Glaze Pen to doodle and make the dots on the flowers to give them some dimension. On this card I also used Distress Stickles to add some sparkle

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Hope you enjoy these projects and I'll be back later in the month with some more projects with this paper line.
Hugs,
k.