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Happy Thursday, everyone!  I'm here today with a little something I like to call the "anatomy of a layout".  

For this page, I kept my design very simple by placing four of the Maggie Holmes Fabric Frames on my patterned paper in a grid design...

Next, I placed my photo in the top left frame and added a few embellishments that I knew I wanted to incorporate into my layout...

Then I added a few more embellishments and the rest of my title in the bottom left frame...

And finally, I added a journaling pocket in the bottom right frame and some rainbow washi tape in a few spots which I ended up stitching down using my sewing machine...

I also added a few strips of striped paper at the top and bottom, the "celebrate today" sticker on the cloud die-cut, and a few phrase stickers and ta-da!  A completed layout in about 25 minutes!   

I like how the simple grid design allowed for as much or as little embellishing as I wanted.  In this case...a lot!!!  You could also switch out more photos or journaling in the frames as well.  

Shop Items Used:  Fancy Pants "What A Wonderful Day" Collection (Astounding & Superb Patterned Paper, Decorative Bags, Ephemera Pack, Label Stickers), Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Circle & Tag Stickers), Jenni Bowlin (Doily Sequins), Freckled Fawn (Neon Enamel Dew Drop Stickers), Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes Fabric Frames), Pebbles (Lakeside Phrase Stickers), Elle's Studio (Saltwater Cut Outs)

I hope you enjoyed this little peak into my creative process :)  Have a great day!

 

Hello everyone and happy Saturday!  It's time for another sketch challenge here at the Come On Get Crafty blog...

Let's take a look at what our amazing creative team came up with!

Ginny rocked the sketch by using different patterned paper strips as her background...

And here's what Diane came up with...

Isn't that photo amazing?!?!  I just love how she used gold accents to bring out the beautiful sunflares in her photo. 

Suz said, "I stayed pretty true to the sketch and decided to use the sentiment stickers not only for my title work, but also to represent the rectangles in the sketch (along with my photo of course).  I kept this layout pretty minimalistic.  Sometimes I like my layouts to be more about the photo + words and less on the embellishments.  (And then sometimes I like to play away with the embellishments!  I guess it just depends  on how I feel on that particular day!) ;) 

"My journaling is hidden beneath the photo as shown below.  It documents how I love the age my DS is at right now; curious, wanting to learn, and still liking to hang out with the 'rents.  I pop-dotted the camera sticker to add a bit of dimension and a little machine stitching down the borders. "

Shop Items Used:  Pebbles (Lakeside Phrase Stickers), Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Strawberries and Cream Patterned Paper, Sweet Shoppe Label Stickers)

Here's how Nicole interpreted the sketch...

Nicole says, "I loved how this sketch has borders and the potential for lots of layers.  I decided to stamp the borders on the side using the Jillibean Soup stamps and then draw some attention to it with the Lily Bee twine from the embellishment bundle.  I've been grabbing old photos that are already printed trying to create scrapbooks for our older sons who will be graduating from high school soon.  This is one of my favorite photos of my husband with our two oldest kids when they were just starting to love books.  I love how my son is looking at his daddy as he reads...priceless!"

Shop Items Used:  Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Embellishment Bundle and Letter Stickers), Jillibean Soup (Chilled Cucumber Clear Stamps Set 2), Basic Grey (Candy Buttons), Freckled Fawn (Black Pinwheel Washi Tape)

Here's Melissa's layout using the sketch...

I just love all the circular elements she used and those layers are just fabulous! 

 

And here's my take on the sketch...

I went all out with rainbow colors to emphasize my photo of the double rainbow that I had captured one summer afternoon after a rain.

Shop Items Used:  Basic Grey (Candy Buttons), Elle's Studio (Saltwater Cutouts, L'il Snippets, and Tabs), Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Circle & Tag Stickers, Sweet Shoppe Embellishment Bundle), Fancy Pants (What A Wonderfu Day Sticker Fundamentals), Crate Paper (The Pier Paper Pad)

Now it's your turn to show us your take on this sketch!  Link up your creations to this post by Friday, August 23, 2013 and get a chance to win a $5 Gift Card to the Come On Get Crafty online shop.  

Good luck and happy crafting! 

 

Stars & Sequins Forever | Product Showcase

 

Hi all! Happy Wednesday! I am posting from a bit of a remote site today (the nearest wifi is about 20 minutes away-LOL) as the fam and I are on a bit of a Staycation at our lake cabin. This week, in honor of the 4th of July I thought I'd showcase "Stars & Stripes {Sequins} Forever," with the Studio Calico Glittered Stars and Atlantic Sequins from the shop.

First up is a clean and simple layout:

I love how versatile these embellishments are and I find myself using them quite often. 

A little bit of cutting, scoring and sewing to finish it off.

And a few cards using the sequins. I love that the package includes both masculine and feminine colors as well as woodgrain ones. *swoon.

I think I channeled my inner Joey Tribbiani (Friends) with this above card. You can hear Joey speaking this, yes? ;)

ETA: I realized that a few sequins didn't stay adhered to my card after uploading these pics. Oh well, you get the idea. :)

PRODUCT SHOWCASE SHOP ITEMS USED: Atlantic Sequins

Atlantic Glittered Stars

OTHER SHOP ITEMS USED: Crate Paper Pier Paper Pad, Mayberry Cupcake Shaped Wooden Veneers, Mayberry Paper Pad, Sweet Shoppe Embellishment Bundle

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a safe and happy 4th if you celebrate the day!

Hello everyone!  I'm here today to share my "Everyday life. Documented." spread for Week 26.  Can you believe this year is already half-way over?!?!

My kids and I spent most of our free time this week swimming and hanging out with some of our favorite friends :)  The weather was hot and humid, which is typical for this time of year, so the pool felt extra refreshing this week!

Left Side: 

Right Side: 

I've ran across a few great quotes on Pinterest and Instagram lately and I plan on including a quote each week from here on out :)  I also always include a screenshot of our local weather in each spread. 

Shop Items Used:  Studio Calico (Atlantic Cork Arrow Stickers, Cork Circle Stickers), American Crafts (Mayberry Orange Soda Chalkboard Stickers), Crate Paper (The Pier Ephemera Pack, The Pier Paper Pad), Jillibean Soup (Wise Words Stickers), Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Circle & Tag Stickers), Pebbles (Lakeside Chalkboard ABC Stickers), Webster's Pages (Sweet Notes Noteworthy Patterned Paper), Basic Grey (Mint Julep Snippets)

How have you documented your Week 26?  I would love to see so be sure and link up your projects to our Flickr gallery :)  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! 

 

Product Showcase | Freckled Fawn, Crate Paper Pier, & Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe

Hi there and happy Wednesday! I am back today to share with you a few ways in which I have incorporated the adorably cute Freckled Fawn wood veneers along with the Crate Paper Pier 6x6 pad as well as the Lily Bee flair and chipboard. (Sorry folks, there are just so many awesome items in the store right now, I just had too much difficulty narrowing down the showcase to just one line! I seem to have a recurring issue with this, don't I?) ;)

 

First up is a card that highlights a tiny Freckled Fawn wood veneer heart as the focus of the card and of the sentiment.

SHOP ITEMS USED: Freckled Fawn Cloud Wood Chips (wooden heart)

Crate Paper The Pier Paper Pad

 

I simply machine stitched around the pp and used an Xacto to cut out the center for placement of the wood veneer heart. Sometimes I think simple (little) can make a big impact. KWIM? :)

 

Here's a peek at the inside with the sentiment typed with my vintage cursive typewriter.

 

This card highlights the Crate Paper Pier Pad although there are a few bits and pieces from other shop item collections.* ;) I created a popsicle die cut in my Silhouette software and used my sewing machine to outline the cut for added texture and dimension.

 SHOP ITEMS USED: Crate Paper The Pier Pad 6x6

                                             Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Circle & Tag Stickers

                                             Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Embellishment Bundle

In this layout below I have highlighted my focal point photo with the Freckled Fawn "remember" sentiment. 

 

   SHOP ITEMS USED: Freckled Fawn Wood Chips Frames   ("Remember" sentiment) 

                                               Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Circle & Tag Stickers

And on my Project Life spread I used a few of the adorable Freckled Fawn Clouds to play off of the graffiti in the picture at our local skate park. *Note: I broke out my gelatos again and used the white and light blue to colorize the wood veneers. 

 

And lastly, two cards I created over the weekend at the cabin. I didn't have my Silhouette handy, so I cut out the Coke bottle freestyle. It's not perfect as I was going from memory, but I kinda like that it has a vintage "Old School" Tool (think paper + scissors + glue-lol) feel to it. And my neighbor (the card receiver) loves Coke and loved the card, so that's what matters right? ;)

SHOP ITEMS USED: Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Embellishment Bundle 

                                             Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Tiny Tablet

 

 and here I used the flair/badge as the focal point to my Hello Sunshine. Sadly, the card was either left behind at the cabin or lost in the "Craftermath" of my scrapspace! (Just keepin' it real here people). So, for now I will share my Instagram sneak pic of it. (I will post full pic of the card, once located, in the COGC Inspiration Gallery). 

SHOP ITEMS USED: Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Label Stickers 

                                            Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Chipboard Stickers

                                            Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Embellishment Bundle

                                             Crate Paper The Pier Paper Pad

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out the new inventory in the store and take advantage of the new US shipping prices. (All Jillibean Soup is 20% off too-if you haven't already heard the news!) ;)

Have a beautiful day!

Friday Faves

Hi there! Today day I am back to share with you a few of my favorite Come On Get Crafty Shop items. With new items being stocked in the store quite frequently now, it was difficult to pick just a few! But here goes!

**Note: Shop Items are linked by simply clicking on each item highlighted in orange below.

 

First up are the Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Letter Stickers. 

 

 

I love that this alpha set has several colors and sizes of alphabets and I have been  picking these stickers up often to use on my Project Life spreads, on my layouts, and on my cards to add sentiments as shown below:

*Note: To make the sun, I used some gelatos to color  & paint in yellow and orange hues and then stitched the sunbeams over the top.

I also used some adorable die cuts from the Crate Paper Pier Ephemera pack on this card.

 

Being that we are "Lake Lovers" here in the Ozarks, I couldn't wait to get my hands on some of the Pebbles Lakeside Collection too. I have lots of plans for this collection making it into the pages of my Project Life and elsewhere. :)  Here I have used a few of the journal cards from the Lakeside Journal and Quote Book.

 

I simply added a bit of embellishments, machine stitching, and then journaled away. Easy peasy. Each card took only a few minutes (and by this I mean less than 5 minutes including the stitching) to create.

Another favorite of mine continues to be epoxy brads. The above "Hello Lovely" brad is from the  shop item: Studio Calico Atlantic Epoxy Brads.

And lastly, a favorite patterned paper of mine; Lakeside Chalkboard.  I know Ginny has highlighted this particular paper in the past as one of her faves too, but I wanted to share with you what I have done with the paper to customize it a bit. 

When I first saw this paper, I knew I wanted to use it as the intro page to an album I am creating on "Our Summers." I broke open my new Copic markers and colored in some of the words to have them pop out as the title and then colored in all of the stars too. 

Quick and easy to do and I think it has a pretty fun effect. Opposite this page I have started a collage of pics from various summers past, and plan to make a fun page of those pics mixed with embellies from the Lakeside and Atlantic collection. I will be sure to post that layout in the inspiration gallery as soon as it is completed. ;)

So, what are your plans for this "First Day of Summer" weekend? Does it involve lake time? Or scrapping? Or both? Whatever it is, enjoy!! :)

Happy Saturday, everyone!  It's time for another sketch challenge here at the Come On Get Crafty blog!  

Check out how our fabulous creative team used the sketch...

Suz said, "I really loved playing with this sketch and knew right away what photos I wanted to scrap with and what COGC shop products I wanted to use as well.  I initially started out with the idea of rotating the sketch 90 degrees and pretty much stuck to that design arrangement.  I decided to use the Freckled Fawn wooden "remember" frame to highlight one of the photos and thought it would be fun to use the chipboard heart and make it into a strawberry by adding a small amount of the "B" side of the Lily Bee Lollipop paper as the stem."

Shop Items Used:  Freckled Fawn (Wood Veneer "Remember" Frame), Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Chipboard Stickers, Letter Stickers, Tiny Tablet, Label Stickers, Lollipop patterned paper), Crate Paper (Pier Paper Pad)

 

And here is Nicole's beautiful layout using the sketch...

Shop Items Used:  Studio Calico (Snippets Chipboard Stars), Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Lemon Drop patterned paper, Pink Mint patterned paper, Alpha Stickers), Fancy Pants (Down By The Shore Paper Pad & Tape Stickers), Freckeled Fawn (Wood Veneer "Remember" Frames)

And here's what I came up with...

I was really inspired by the colors and the playfulness of the Sweet Shoppe Collection by Lily Bee Designs and I thought they would be perfect for a layout using some photos from my son's last day of kindergarten.  I also really liked the Chipboard banner pieces (also from the Sweet Shoppe Collection) and used them throughout my page.  

Shop Items Used:  Lily Bee (Pinwheel Picnic Basket Patterned Paper, Sweet Shoppe Licorice Patterned Paper, Sweet Shoppe Lollipop Patterned Paper, Sweet Shoppe Letter Stickers, Label Stickers, Embellishment Bundle, Chit-Chat Stickers, Chipboard Stickers), Studio Calico (Atlantic Cork Arrow Stickers, Atlantic Sequins), American Crafts (Mayberry Strawberry Lemonade Paper)

Now it's your turn to show us your take on the sketch!  Link up your creations using this sketch here by June 22, 2013 for a chance to win a $5 Gift Card to the Come On Get Crafty shop!  And don't forget to post your creations to our Flickr Gallery  and be sure to "Like" us on Facebook!  

Have a great weekend!  

 

 

                           

My favorite things this week are definitely geared towards Summer scrapping. The Pier from Crate Paper and Lakeside from Pebbles. I love both of these collections and since my kids are water lovers I know that I will have tons of photos to scrap using these collections! The layout that I am sharing today really put The Pier 6x6 paper pad to hard work!

                    

I used a die cut doily from the Ephemera Pack as a cloud and put a little bit of gold around the edges of the sun to make it pop just a bit. 

I love this paper from Pebbles, I can see myself needing about 100 sheets! It can be used as a background or you could just cut certain phrases from the paper to use on your layouts and projects.

I hope you have a great weekend!!

shop items used-Crate Paper(The Pier 6x6 paper pad, Ephemera pack)

We have some of the Studio Calico Atlantic line embellishments,  a few more Pebbles Lakeside embellishments and just a couple of items from the Crate The Pier line coming tomorrow evening to the shop. We will post here as soon as it arrives! Happy Thursday! :) 

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Happy Tuesday, everyone! I'm sharing my February Project Life pages. While printing my photos for February I realized I didn't have enough square photos to fill two 12x12 pages  so I used one page for square photos, one 8 1/2 x 11 divided page protector with 3 spaces for larger photos and one 5.5 x 8.5 page protector for journaling.

In my album, I placed the 12x12 divided protector on the left, the 8.5 x 11 on the right and the smaller protector with my journaling in between those two pages.

 

The Jillibean Soup Label and Shape stickers are my go-to item for adding captions and shapes to my photos.

For the journaling card, I used one sheet of paper and punched numbers from one of the Jillibean sticker sheets to bullet the highlights of the month.

I hope this has shown you how flexible PL can be. You don't have to fill the same number of pages each month. Work with what you have and keep it stress free.

Shop items used: Jillibean Soup (Irish Farm House Soup Shape Stickers, Irish Farm House Soup Label Stickers, Fresh Vegetable Soup Shape Stickers, Fresh Vegetable Soup Label Stickers, Yellow Smile Wise Words Stickers), Studio Calico (Sundrifter Wood Veneers Circles, Snippets Wood Veneer Punctuation, Snippets Journal Cards Months), Fancy Pants (Trendsetter Label Stickers), Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes Accent Stickers)