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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!

 

Tips, Tricks & Tutorials | 6x6 Paper Pads

I love the 6x6 paper pads. The smaller prints make them great for cards but they are really easy to use on layouts too and are quickly becoming a favorite for me. The 6x6 pads usually come with 2 sheets of each print.

Today I'm going to show you how I used one sheet of each design to make a layout and two cards, with plenty to spare for more projects. Lets start with the layout.

I had a lot of fun creating a patchwork block along the left side of my page. The smaller scale of the prints is perfect for small pieces of paper. Keep reading...I'll share how I created the patchwork block at the end of the post. :)

Here are a few close-ups...

I used one of the coordinating frames from the Down by the Shore collection for my journaling spot.

I used took the same concept and applied it to a couple cards. For this one, I placed rectangles around the edge of the card and finished it off with another frame and my greeting.

On this last card, I used strips of paper for my base instead of random squares and rectangles, and again placed a frame and my greeting over the background.

Shop items used: Fancy Pants Down by Tthe Shore collection (6x6 Paper Pad, Photo Frames, Tape Stickers), Park Bench (Button Set), What a Wonderful Day collection (Cork Stars, Sticker Fundamentals), Studio Calico (Atlantic Glitter Star Stickers, Wood Veneer Burnished Circles).

Do you want to give it a try? Here is how I created mine.

Begin by cutting a piece of vellum the size of your desired patchwork piece. I used vellum to keep it from becoming too bulky. Place small squares of paper randomly over the vellum and stitch each one of them down.

Add another layer of squares, overlapping and filling in the some of the holes. Again, stitch each square down.

Continue adding squares, overlapping them onto previous layers until all empty spaces are filled. Stitch each one down for a quilted look.

That's all there is too it. I hope you'll give this technique a try.

Good Morning, everyone! This is Melissa here for the first time on the Come On, Get Crafty Blog! I'm super excited to be here and to share some ideas and inspiration with you all!

This is going to be a simple tutorial using some paper weaving as your layout background. 

1.) Choose some pattern papers that work well together. 
       TIP: To make this easy on yourself, choose papers that are all from the same collection. For my layout, I chose pattern papers that all belonged to the Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe collection. 

2.)   Cut out some strips from several of the pattern papers. They do not all need to be the same length or width. 
        TIP: This is a great technique to use when you want to get rid of some of those extra scraps laying around!

 3.)  Take a piece of Kraft card stock (12x12) and layer a slightly smaller piece of white card stock on top. 

4.)  Choose some corresponding colors of mist that will match well with your pattern papers. I chose to use pink, orange, and yellow mists that I then splattered in the upper part of my layout and the lower part. 

5.)  After the mist has dried, take some of the pattern paper strips you cut out earlier and lay them horizontally across the white card stock. Do not adhere them down.

6.)  Then, you will take some more strips of pattern paper and you will start weaving them in between the horizontal strips. 

7.)  Add as many vertical strips as you need until the entire piece is covered. You can weave these papers tightly (leaving no white cardstock exposed underneath or you can weave them loosely). 

8.)  Once all of your strips have been woven together, you are going to stitch a few of these pattern paper strips down using your sewing machine.
        TIP:  I usually start with the very middle strip of paper. This helps to anchor all the other strips down for the most part and will prevent them from sliding around while you run the rest of them through the sewing machine.

9.)  Once the background was all sewn down, I chose the picture(s) I wanted to use. I decided to go with a black and white photo as my layout background was already fairly busy with all the strips of pattern paper. I used two of the same photo and trimmed them down slightly from a 4x6 size to more of a 3x5 size. I layered these on top of each other slightly and adhered down. 

10.)  After my pictures were glued down, I decided where I wanted my three groups of embellishments to go. I had made a big mist blot in the upper right hand part of my layout that I needed to cover up so I knew one of my embellishment groups would go right there. I placed one off to the right hand side of my photos and one to the upper left hand side of my photos. 

11.)  Lastly, I placed my title right underneath my photos. I used a mixture of a word cut from my Silhouette Cameo and some black Pebbles alphabet stickers. 

And here is the final result!

...and a couple of close up looks at it!

Supplies used:  Kraft Card Stock, White Card Stock, Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe Pattern Papers (Lemon Drop, Saltwater Taffy, Strawberries & Cream, Pink Mint, Cotton Candy, Lollipop), Red Shipping Tag, Fancy Pants Decorative Tags, Fancy Pants Decorative Bags, Lily Bee Chipboard Stickers, Fancy Pants Cork Shapes, Basic Grey Candy Buttons, Lily Bee Label Stickers, Pebbles ABC Stickers. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Make sure to check out the Come On, Get Crafty web store for some scrapbooking goodies :-)

Hi All! Back to share with you a Travel Edition of "Everyday life. Documented." Last week my hubs and I vacationed in Vegas celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary and attending the CHA (CreateNConnect) summer show. (I attended that solo! -LOL) ;)

Knowing that I wouldn't be able to scrap on the road this time due to luggage restrictions and time, I simply collected ephemera all week including, tickets, napkins, coasters, and other small items to add to my layouts.

Here is my intro page which I added as I could no longer fit any more pages into my album!! So this year is broken into two albums and our summer trip and CHA seemed to be a good place to break the year up into two.

I cut out the bracket frame (below "Hello There") with my Xacto knife and added some color behind it. The Becky Higgins Project Life kit cards from the shop came in very handy in simplifying the process and helping me get this week documented relatively quickly.

Here is the left side:

I pieced together a bunch of sentiment stickers from Fancy Pants to add to the "love this place" Project Life card and layered a few other Project Life cards together to create the Monday card. 

 

Here is a portion of the insert I added to my spread. It houses a bunch of journaling from the PL Days of the Week cards that are in the shop along with some pictures and ephemera (hotel coasters). 

I will simply stitch through the page protector a bit to keep the coasters from falling out. (Thanks Ali Edwards for your continuous inspiration!) 

Here I have added a portion of a napkin from Serendipity 3 ( the restaurant known for it's frozen hot chocolate). I plan to add some more journaling to the "this is life" journaling card as well.

 

**SHOP ITEMS USED: Project Life Jade Kit Project Life Midnight Kit Project Life Blush Kit Project Life Kraft Kit Fancy Pants Cork Stickers Freckled Fawn Heart Wood Chips Fancy Pants WAWD Sticker Sheet Fancy Pants WAWD Reminder Patterned Paper 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Feel free to ask questions in the comment section if you have any! Have a great day!

 

Hello everyone!  I hope you're having a great week :)  I'm here today with a quick and easy way to dress up the adorable What A Wonderful Day Patterned Envelopes from Fancy Pants using the coordinating Ephemera Pack.  

I always find myself needing small envelopes for gift cards, little notes of affection, and for gift-giving and these are perfect for any occasion...

I don't always have a lot of time to spend decorating items for gifts, so the Ephemera Pack was very helpful in dressing up the envelopes.  

I kept my embellishing simple so the envelopes wouldn't be too bulky or hard to package.  

I used my Tiny Attacher stapler to punch some of the Ephemera Pack pieces before I adhered them to the envelopes so I wouldn't affect the ability to slip something inside of them. 

Shop Items Used:  Fancy Pants (What A Wonderful Day Patterned Envelopes, What A Wonderful Day Ephemera Pack) 

I clipped them to my display frame in my craft room so they would be in clear view and easy to grab in a hurry...they also look great as decor :) 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great day! 

                                                

Happy Thursday! Today I am going to show you how I altered the American Crafts Mayberry Rasberry mixed tags. I think these are so cute on their own, but I added just a little bit of personality to them. It is also great to have a few of these on hand to add to gifts when needed. This is the way they started straight out of the package. 

                

and after I embellished them

                

The tag on the far right was cute, but I wasn't certain that I would be able to use it. So I carefully took the white piece off and flipped it over for a blank canvas. I had a lot of fun making these! It really makes you  look at the products you have and imagine different ways that you can use them. Thanks for stopping by!

shop items used-American Crafts(mayberry tags, 6x6 paper) Pebbles(lakeside wood veneer shapes, chipboard shapes,phrase stickers)Studio Calico(atlantic cork circle stickers) Crate Paper(the pier ephemera pack) Freckled Fawn(wood chips frames) May Arts (blue twill)

The die cutting machines on the market today have opened up a whole new world to scrapbookers. For some, you may not have the means or the room to purchase and keep a die cutting machine. For those that don't own a die cutting machine I want to share an easy way to duplicate the look of the geometric backgrounds that are so popular right now.

On this layout, I simply cut three strips of paper to 10" x 2" and used a circle punch to punch multiple circles down the length of the strip. Using the same punch, I punched some circles in various pieces of patterned paper.

From here the fun begins...simply fill in the holes with the punched circles, add a favorite photo and embellish your layout.

This is so easy to do and could be done with a variety of shapes like hearts, stars or butterflies! I hope you'll give this a try.

Supplies used: Pebbles Lakeside collection (6x6 paper pad, Chalkboard paper, Accent Stickers, Phrase Stickers), Basic Grey (Candy Buttons, Mint Julep Bottle Cap Stickers)

Happy Thursday, everyone!  I'm here today with a quick and easy way to whip up a little mini book perfect for documenting all of you summertime memories...

First, I took a few pages from the Lakeside Journal Quote Book and scored them down the middle of the fold where you would otherwise have cut them apart...

 

I scored the page that I chose to be the front and back twice to make a sort of "spine" so the other pages would fit inside more precisely...

 

Next, I layered my pages on top of each other in the order that I wanted them to be and used my sewing machine to sew down the center of the spine that I created in the step above.  

And ta da!!!!! Insant mini book...

I kept the embellishing pretty simple because of the small size of the book and I wanted my photos to take center stage...

I sized all of my photos at 2.25 x 2.25 for this album...

I also used a small corner rounder to round off the corners of each of my pages...

 

I plan on filling in all the books I read over the summer on this page...

Shop Items Used:  Pebbles (Lakeside Journal Quote Book, Lakeside Phrase Stickers), Basic Grey (Candy Buttons), Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe Chit Chat Stickers, Sweet Shoppe Letter Stickers)

Our summer is just beginning so I might have to make a few more of these adorable mini's :)  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

 

Hi everyone! Today I want to show you a great way to add some fun and whimsy to a layout…pinwheels. They are a hot trend in paper crafting!  You can buy all sorts of styles and sizes that are pre-made, but today I'm want to show you how you can make your own. They are surprisingly easy to make and making them allows you to use colors and sizes of your choice.

To make a pinwheel, cut a piece of patterned paper into a square. The larger the square the larger the finished pinwheel will be. The pinwheels I used on my finished layout were made using an 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch square.

 Fold the square in half on the diagonal. Open it up and fold it in half on the other diagonal.

 

Open your square, then using your scissors, cut from each corner, following the folded line up to a little over 1/4 inch from the middle. Repeat this on all corners.

Once all the cuts are made, place an adhesive dot in the center of the square. Next, fold up every other cut section and adhere it to the adhesive dot.

To complete the pinwheel, embellish the center with a button, brad or other item of your choice. 

Here is how I used the pinwheels I made on my layout.

Super easy, right?!

If you try these pinwheels, share your project in our Flickr gallery, I would love to see how you use them.

Shop items used: American Crafts Mayberry Collection: 6x6 paper pad, Strawberry Lemonade patterned paper, Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe: Licorice Whip patterned paper, Embellishment Bundle, Basic Grey: Mint Julep Collection: Bottle Cap Stickers, Woven Labels, Candy Buttons, Crate Paper: Maggie Holmes mini alpha sticker sheet.

Hello everyone!  Most of you are probably getting ready for summer vacation, or have already started the celebration...my kids have been out of school for three weeks already!  I've had to make some adjustments to my crafty schedule due to them being home all day and I've really been focusing on getting my projects done a little quicker so anything that saves me time is a plus :)  

So I'm here today to show you how I completed this layout in 30 minutes and I also challenged myself to use only one piece of patterned paper.  

Step 1:  Choose a piece of patterned paper and cut it into three pieces.  I chose this piece by American Crafts because I loved the design on both sides and the frame design on the opposite side made it really easy to cut...

 

I cut my paper about two-thirds of the way down and I cut the bottom "manufacturer" strip off so I could use the pattern that was on the other side.  Here's a view of the opposite side of the paper and where I cut it...

 

Step 2:  Use a piece of card stock and adhere each piece of the patterned paper to it...

 

Step 3:  Begin embellishing and add photo...

I sized my photo at 2"x3" so it would fit nicely in the white area of the green frame.  I also added a large tag, journaling card, a tiny bit of washi, and a few wood veneer shapes in the other frame spots.  

Step 4:  Add journaling and finish embellishing...

I added a few more embellishments, journaled in the far left pink frame, added a few mist splatters and was done!  This was such a quick and easy page to complete.  I hope you try it out and don't forget to check out all of the amazing products that are in the shop!  

Shop Items Used:  Pebbles (Lakeside Die-Cut Wood Veneer Shapes, Phrase Stickers), American Crafts (Mayberry Lemon Pockets and Cards, Mayberry Orange Soda Chalkboard Stickers, Mayberry Raspberry Mixed Tags, Mayberry Shady Lane Patterned Paper), Studio Calico (Atlantic Cork Circle Stickers, Atlantic Sequins), Basic Grey (Mint Julep Mini Envelopes), LilyBee (Sweet Shoppe Circle & Tag Stickers), May Arts (Twill), Divine Twine

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!