Mandie's September Layouts

Hi, there!  Mandie here with my projects for September.  I totally love the pattern papers and colors in this month's kits.  So adorable!  I made 3 layouts & a little wall hanging (which I realized I forgot to photograph! Oops!  Will need to go back and do that!) I found myself making layouts about school this month.  I don't know if it is the back to school or the kit colors.  

For this layout, I cut some flowers from the pattern paper and layered them together with tags - which are textured and thick and fabulous & the misting mask. (I am just not a mister.  But, I love the pattern!)  

(the thickers are from my stash.) 

 I layered some of the tags together.  I wanted more of the pattern paper to show because I love the patterns so much!

 I cut my title for this one before layering it on.   I typed out my kiddos "stats" for 2nd grade on some cardstock and on one of the Basic Grey tags

Summer Picnic Sneeks

Here is a little sneak of what I created with the August Main Kit, Country Picnic

I stitched, I folded, I layered and have so much more to keep going! Can't wait to share the whole layout!

Randi

I dreamed of this layout!

Yes, I am that kinda scrapbooker! The other morning I woke up and jumped out of bed with the vision of this layout in my head! This was about 6 a.m. on a school morning so I had to be quite and hurry so I wouldn't wake the boys...they need to sleep till 7 at least or we are in for a GRUMPY morning!
Anyways I tip toed to the scrap room and put this together. I love it! Actually this picture inspired me to stalk and gobble up the entire CHAP line by American Crafts!

This adorable little boy is a little brother of a preschool classmate of my youngest!?! I see his beautiful mom and her 3 pretty little girls and 1 super sweet boy all the time. I honestly fell in love with him. As you can see he really is a happy kid! This particular picture was taken at the Halloween Parade at school, it made my day to see his smile running towards me! I got a this great picture of him and an amazing hug!
I had fun with this layout! The title was a mis-match of letter stickers and it really made the layout playful! As you may notice I am loving the look of ink'd edges. " Oh, I'm happy inker" can't you just hear the sing song voice repeating this in my head??

 I gave the mom this layout this morning and she loved it! I was so nervous to give her this layout I mean we are just casual-say-Hi-in-the-hall acquaintances. I was nervous she would think it weird I have had this picture of her son for over a year now. Lucky me she didn't think any of that. She even came to tell me later how special that photo was to her and that the vest her son was wearing was actually his Dad's when he was a little guy! She said her husband would be so excited they will have a photo to capture that memory! I had chills when she told me that! You just never know when a photo is going to have a special memory to go with it! This is the reason I scrapbook...well that and so I will have proof I gave my kids a good childhood! (J/K)
I want to say a BIG HUGE thank you to her for letting me post this layout and share her story of this photo on here for all of you to see! Enjoy!

Sneak Peak New Layouts

We are so excited for the kick off crop on Saturday... we can't wait!!  It's going to be a scrap-tacular day with lots of trimmers buzzing.


To get you a little bit more excited... here are a few sneak peaks of some new layouts that will inspire you to stay scrappy all day... be sure to find Randi's red scrapbook at the creative resource center to see the complete layouts. 

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Hybrid Pages... to create an album!

Like Randi said...we both put off using the WRMK Hybrid pages... and we were definitely missing out on a good thing!  I have in the past made traditional 12x12 albums as gifts and stopped making them for a few reasons; costs, time, and it required the new Mommy to crop and glue the photos into the album... and who has time for that when your changing soooo many diapers! (right!).  Well... Hybrid albums are the answer!!!  Because the layouts are pre-designed, it took no time at all to make 14 single page layouts (only 3 hours).  And, because I used double sided patter paper, I was also completing the back side... saving time and money.  I'm sure the new Mommy will also appreciate that all she needs to do is just insert the 4x6 photos ... and the album is complete.

Here is an example of a WRMK Hybrid Page. There are several different pages layouts to choose from too!

There is brand called 'Simple Stores' that has a few themed patter paper lines, that are designed to go with the WRMK Hybrid page inserts.  The paper is designed to be cut to the size and shapes for each pocket in the Hybrid page (Example, 4x4, 4x6, 2x12, or 6x12).  There is even coordinating stickers that make embellishing quick and easy too!  The line I used for this baby book was Baby Steps.   Below is a 12x12 sheet of images, that when cut will create 6 - 4x6 tags... and don't forget they are double sided!

To make this album, I started by cutting all the Simple Stories pages according to their images and inserted them into a few pockets in the Hybrid pages.  Then I used the coordinating 12x12 patter paper and cut it to fit into a few of the pockets, and lastly matched cardstock to put into the remaining spaces.

For the cover page, I made a traditional 12x12 page... and I actually Scrapbooked the back side too!... (saving me from having to use another sheet of cardstock).

Cover Page - traditional 12x12 album using left over scraps and coordinating embellishment stickers.

The back side of the cover page and the first Hybrid page.

 

The hot air balloon is the back side image of the owl on the previous page!  I just 'heart' double sided paper!

I thought it was going to take much longer than it did... but I was right at about 3 hours of work.  With extra time and paper left over, I even made a few brag books for the Grandmas too!

I wish I could have this on display out our next crop November 19 (our last crop for 2011), but I must send it to my cousin for his First birthday coming up soon.  I will definitely be making more albums for friends and family using the Hybrid system!

Mandie's "Chillax'n on the Beach"

If I click my heels 3 times maybe I can join her! Ok, so this was last summer but I bet creating this layout helped her beat this June-gloom Blues we've got going on here! I am loving the excape feeling I have when I look at this layout! The color combo is totally "chillax" and the bright banner couldn't match the beach chair better!

This month we challenged our Design Team to use burlap. I love Mandie's clever use of burlap in this rosette! How did she get it to stick???....one of our new favorite products, Glubers! If you haven't seen them yet you have got to try them! Mandie said it was super easy and you can see it turned out adorable!



Thank you Mandie for a beautiful card and inspiring layout! Be sure to file this in your 30 minute layout folder and make it at our crop on June 18th! Or send us a picture of your scraplift we will post it for you!

Quick n' Easy!

The end of the school year is rapidly approaching! I am crammin in any scrap time I can! I am also becoming a BIG fan of single page layouts!!! I find I am more creative and can bust one out in a LOT less time! Here is a simple and fast layout of my son's last day of preschool last year. 

A few strips of patterned paper, border punches, off set a couple of photos add a few embellies and you'll be done in no time! Scraplift this and send us a picture to info@scrapagain we will be happy to post it!  Thanks for letting me share my creativity with you!

Randi's May Design Team Layouts...in 30 minutes!

I am truly blessed that as a mom of 3 boys we ALWAYS have some kind of birthday or celebration going on. This month's kit with all the bright colors and banners was perfect for documenting those fun memories! I had a lot of fun and could hardly choose which sides of the paper to use!

This layout could easily be a 30 Minute Layout! It works best if you have two horizontal photos and 1 vertical photo. The blue and white polka dot paper is about 3x 12 and placed vertically along the edge. The other two patterned papers are  4 1/4 inches wide and 10 1/2 inches in length. These two I adhered vertically and rounded two of the corners on each. I did ink the edges of the papers but to save time skip this step.  Arrange photos, embellish and put a title on there and you are finished. Notice I didn't mention journaling ;)  as this is a time saving step I often skip! I usually add the journaling to pages when I don't have time to pull out all my scrap stuff but still want to feel like I was crafty for a minute!

My next layout could also be completed in 30 minutes! For this layout I wanted to use a lot of photos...so I went to my usual collage arrangement for the pictures. This arrangement is simply placing the photos together in any order that makes them look good or by how they fit together! Next I start at the inside of the layout and work out with the paper. I cut the cupcake paper to 6x12 and placed it along the inner edges. The red I cut 2x10 or 11 and border punched it. Last I cut the blue dot paper out with a shape from the Songbird Cricut cartridge, cut it in half and layered it under the red. I adhered my photos added a few embellishments and a banner which is totally optional and again finished!

 I know no journaling, again!

Thanks for checking out my layouts. If you scraplift any of my layouts send me photos to info@scrapagain.com and we will be happy to post them for you! Happy scrappin'....until we Scrap Again!

Marcie's Design Team Creations for May

This month Marcie really WOW'd us with her layout and card! The green and blue color combo that she chose is amazing!  I love how fun her banner looks with the stars and the patterned paper is a clever touch! This layout is so full of fun elements I hope you will try to scraplift it as I know I will!

 One of my favorite things about Marcie as a designer is her embellish-ability! Often I struggle with what embelly to use or where to place it. Marcie's pages always come out flawless and I am in awe of her embellishments!

She makes it look so simple! Flowers with a brad in the center ad a tag and a button and there you have it....AMAZING!

Here Marcie used her rickrack as a border strip. A great compliment to her border punched strips!

Marcie also created this card that will be sure to impress  your friends on their special day! I love that the card is more than your regular square or rectangle! The way she pulled the top elements "off the page" make this clean-lined card absolutely stunning!




Thank you Marcie for sharing your fabulous style and work with us for another month! Keep em' coming!

Mandie's May Design Team Creations!

When you are a kid birthdays are the best! When it is your 1st birthday it's all about the icing on the cake! Mandie captured some GREAT pictures of her son eating cake for the first time and did a fun layout to celebrate that memory!

This is such a fun layout! I love how she printed her pictures wallet-size so that she could use all the gooey photos without having to make it a two-page spread!   I also love the black background it really makes the pictures and the banner pop on the page!

Of course we all fall in love with all that yummy birthday themed paper but what to do with it after you have made a few pages??? Mandie sure had the right idea and made cards that could be a gift on their own! I may have to try some of these! They are so bright and fun!



These could even be a great embellishment on a birthday page!

Cards can be a fun way to experiment with those border punches and use the phrase images on patterned paper! That "Celebrate" card is an image right from the paper! Rather than covering with a picture on a layout Mandie cut the image out and made a card out of it! I love all her many uses with the rickrack this month! Way to go Mandie!

2011 Scrappy Resolutions Update

BIG NEWS!!!! Heavy Breathing...I'm a ball of nerves!

Today, after a serious confidence booster from friends and my "scrubby" (a.k.a. husband of a scrapbooker, compliments of my new favorite utube videos by mocktv, I submitted my layouts to a magazine for publishing! EEEK! I have always wanted to but have been way too nervous and unworthy feeling! I have no clue when or if I will be selected  but sending them in was half the battle and totally worthy of checking off the list of Scrappy Resolutions for 2011!

The submission call was for a November issues so I sent them layouts of Fall 2009...sadly the most current fall layouts I have. Here are some pictures of what I submitted!

I will keep you posted to see if I made the mag! Hopes and fingers are high and crossed!

Thanks,
Randi