Ally- Baby album 2 months

This year I worked through Ali Edwards’ Type class. One of the assignments was to play with type.

 This is a layout for my daughter’s baby album. I had found a layout on Pinterest that this was scraplifted from. 

I had some Amy Tangerine stitching templates, but the fonts were too small for the look I was going for. Instead, I found an simple font and created a simple template myself. 

I used white for a one on tone look so it wouldn’t over power the layout. I did use punk thread on the I the heart (O) and U like the inspiration layout did only they used blue for a boy.

I used a border strip that was edge punched at the bottom because there wasn’t enough room to stitch another row of letters but was too bare to leave. 

Cut the 3 month circle title on my Silhouette. All of the monthly pages in this album will have one. Realized I didn’t use the correct month and fixed to 2 months in the album.

Love how this one turned out. Hope to make more progress with this album soon, as this daughter is already 6! 

Loving the Type class giving me the excuse to try some different techniques.

Thanks for looking!

Daddy’s Miracle

Last year, when completing some of the last layouts for my son’s baby album, I realized I needed to remove a few to allow it to fit into one album. This was a layout I took out. It had no journaling and little to no embellishments. 

That’s how this one landed into the pages in progress pile. 

Revisiting it, I added a tag with journaling as well as quite a few embellishments. It was kind of fun, going through my stash of baby boy embellishments, knowing that I had no future baby boy layouts in my future. It was kind of a now ir never scenario. 

Love how it all came together in the end. This layout will is reside in our family albums. Goes to show it is never too late to add story.
 

Hello 2006

This layout foundation came from an old Creating Keepsake kit collection from Lisa Bearnson ages ago.

The page kits are a bit simplistic for my taste and were when I purchased them, but like this one were great starting points for a layout.

 I finally finished this layout after some detective work on the date. These pictures were taken on a one-use disposable camera so they were not in my digital library with the date. I had to find the negatives and look at the photos before and after to pin point the correct year!

Things I added to this layout to make my own: Thicker titles remember and hello 2006 as well as the foam thicker stars. Also used some number washi tape from Kelly Purkey.

Loved how this turned out and happy to have it in my album!

School Zone

Another layout in progress complete! Really like how this layout turned out!

 This is another kit from Just Kitting. Love the Arthur and his 3D backpack sticker!

The matte sticker paper worked well for my journaling for this one.

So happy to have this story in my albums!

Take the Plunge

As I tackle really old layouts, figuring out the details and even the date has become quite a challenge. I have had to reach out for help, but find their memories are as unreliable as mine!  

This layout had photos that were taken with a one use waterproof camera. This meant that I didn’t have a digital copy or the date. 

The design was another from Just Kitting. Other than Goofy and the beach ball, the rest was modified. I even added the splashes and waves since the bottom seemed empty.

Found a fabric splash sticker in my stash and added the journaling with clear label sticker paper. Wish I would have placed it a little differently, but it is good enough!

Another layout finished and on to the next!

The Magic of Brother Bear Totem Ceremony

Sharing another Layout in progress I completed as part of my Finishing Project at Simple Scrapper. 

This was yet another layout design by Just Kitting. I definitely mixed this one up to work for me. 

This one was unique in the fact that the mountain and foreground was fabric! I would have never thought to do that, but it works!

The title and journaling spot evolved first and foremost because it was the last remaining space left on the layout. I found some alphas from my stash to create the title. Just finishing up Ali Edwards Type class, I used all of the lessons here to influence my choices. 

Love getting this story told and into my album! 

A day at the Zoo

 Here is layout #4 for my Finishing Project at Simple Scrapper.

This layout was another page kit from Just Kitting. I had to modify this one quite a bit to fit all of my photos on it, but loved all of the animal print patterns included for the photo mats on this one!

I had a pack of zoo Project Life cards in my stash that I pulled out to add my journaling to for this layout. I cut up another card from this kit and used it on the sign for the title of my layout.

I used an Everyday Explorers stamp set to create the label with the date on it. 

Love how this turned out and ready to tackle the next layout!

Scrub-a-Dub

Here is my layout #3 for the Finishing Project at Simple Scrapper.

This is another layout kit from Just Kitting. This one is a favorite because of all of the added texture that was in this one! The cotton fill and the bubbles are just so awesome!

Because the journaling was what was needed to complete this one and it was from eleven years ago, I decided to use a journaling prompt to get my words on the page. 

I used Ali Edwards prompt Story Stamp's "I want to remember" as the header for each memory/fact.

Recently I purchased some clear label sticker paper to try using to add journaling to layouts just like this, where there is no way I could run this paper in the printer at this point. 

The sticker paper worked awesome on the white pattern paper I layered it over on the right page, but the peach color paper, it was really obvious where the sticker paper ended. Something I know to try before committing in the future. 

My story is told and although it wasn't perfect, the layout looks awesome! 

Off to finish another layout!

A Day at Chuck E. Cheese

 Here is layout #2 for my Finishing Project with Simple Scrapper this year. 

This is another kit from Just Kitting. Modified this one quite a bit. It was intended for a birthday party originally, but for these photos, it was just a get together with friends so I switched out some of the die cuts for ones that would work. 

Since most of the layouts I have to be completed for this project need journaling, I have been trying to find some creative ways to document the story. Since this layout was for an event that happened so long ago, I knew it was going to be a challenge to find what I was going to say. On top of that, I couldn't find the original photos in my photo library to put a date on it as well.

After some investigating, I finally searched my emails to find when and where and other details about this to document it. In the process, I decided to stick to the 5 Ws (who, what, where, when, why). In searching my stamp stash, I found I had an old Technique Tuesday/Ali Edwards stamp set that was perfect for this! The label shape even repeated the shape from the title!

Repeated the label on the second page and called this one complete!

Feels good to have another layout ready for my albums rather than in a pile!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dog Tired and Moused Out

 It is Finishing Project time at Simple Scrapper. Last year I completed 15 layouts that were in progress. I am talking about layouts that were over eight years old, some of them. Once the 15 had been completed, put in their albums, I found that I had at least another dozen to tackle. Nothing like meeting a goal to find that the goal post had moved again!

I decided that the next time the Finishing Project was done live, I would tackle the 12 I had left. 

Here is layout #1 that I have completed for this year. 

This is a layout kit that was designed by Just Kitting. When my mom created this one, I knew I had a handful of photos that would be perfect for it! I love doing layouts that encompass multiple trips to Disneyland!

This layout didn't take much to finish this go round. At some point this year, I managed to order a few more photos and reprint one of Maddie at a different size to fit more on the page to tell a more complete story.

As with most of these kits, I modified quite a few things to make it work with the photos I had. 

I ran the ticket booth off the page and tucked the journaling in the top window. I went through my Disney sticker stash and found one that was perfect for embellishing the bottom of the ticket booth. 

As a finishing touch I added some star confetti around the page to add some texture and interest around the layout. 

And there you go. Another page in progress complete! So thankful for the Simple Scrapper community to help motivate me to get this project done! 

Feel free to check out the other pages in progress from last year as well as the blog post I wrote in 2016 when I decided it was time to tackle these unfinished layouts! Will be so happy when the pile is eliminated from my craft space.

Ally- Month 10

 I am taking Ali Edwards Type class self-paced this year and have a list of techniques I want to use on some upcoming layouts.

The layout I am sharing today was for an assignment to use “type on type”. 

I thought about a layout using a type based pattern paper and die cutting it out. I thought about backing a title with a type based paper as well. In the end I settled on creating another layout for my daughter’s baby album.

All of the monthly layouts in this album use a die cut title in white card stock cut on my silhouette. I found another type sentiment I had cut when practicing to use my machine, using the same paper.

I layered the die cuts over a text paper from DIY shop newsprint 6x6 paper pad.

The base paper was from Felicity Jane. I loved the scallop at the top. 

The other papers were from Dear Lizzy Fancy Free collection.

Embellished with a few pink and white sparkle gems as well as punched pinked circle and hearts.

Finished it off with a few roller stamps on the diagonal.

Love that little face in the photos. It makes creating this layout so much more enjoyable!

Ally- Month 1

Hello! 

Sharing a layout that was inspired by Ali Edwards’ Type class. The assignment was to create a layout with hand writing.

I have been slowing making layouts for my daughter Ally’s baby album. 

I decided to find a pink stripe background paper that O could hand write a sentiment over and over to modify the pattern.

The paper I found was from an old Dear Lizzy paper. The banner was created with a Crate Paper cut-a-part that also had the Love piece. I used a triangle banner punch and alternate, using papers that coordinated with the cut a part.

I also used some velvet paper from SEI for the title block. I cut the month 1 circle title with my silhouette.

On the lower section of the paper (designed to be the top but I flipped the pattern) there were blocks of different sizes. Wasn’t sure how to fill it. Decided to repeat my hand writing in the big block. The long strips I used an old Technique Tuesday/Ali Edwards baby stamp set. The little ones I inked 3 rows of another oldie but goodie stamp set from TT/AE.

Sprinkled some sequins as a finishing touch.

Enjoying learning about Type and playing around with the class assignments has be a lot of fun!

 

First Tooth

When going through some older blog posts on my site, I realized this one had never been published. 

This one is still very much my style still and love the products I used to create it. Used the First Story Stamp from Ali Edwards for the title. The background paper is one from Crate Paper and the others are from Little Bicycle, which to my knowledge no longer exists. 

The little flash cards are from Tim Holtz and I used 3 around the page for the foundations to my embellishment clusters.

Glad I found this to share with you now, even if it is an old layout!

Funny Little Story

This layout was inspired by the Fun Story Stamp by Ali Edwards. FUNNY enough though, the laugh story kit came out before I created the layout and so I used some stamps from both sets to tell this story.

I had recorded this story in 2017 the day it happened, knowing I wanted to create a layout about it later. I am definitely a document now create later kind of gal. 

It was conversation that my daughter and husband had and when I saw the speech bubble stamps on the Laugh kit, I thought it would be a perfect way to document the story. 

When putting this layout together, Ally wanted to help, and seeing it was a page about her, I let her help pick the supplies and colors of the layout. She selected a Basic Grey pattern for the back ground and then helped me find coordinating Distress Ink colors to stamp with. 

Created my own pattern paper on the left side of the layout using a mix of stamps from both the fun and laugh story stamp sets as well as some emojis from a Hip Kit stamp, I believe.

I created the journaling in PSE, using the digital stamps of the speech bubbles to help me know how the placement was going to work. Initially I was going to print the speech bubbles separate and layer on the background, but I printed incorrectly and was going to have to restamp them all and decided just to do it as one.

Used a lot of stamps on this layout. Used some for the title, the subtitle, the tag embellishments as well as the scalloped strip!

Loved how this turned out and how many of my stamps I played with and that got used on this layout! Also excited that I got this story told!

 

Lights, Camera, Action

I struggle with some of the Story Class themes from Ali Edwards when it comes to stories I want to tell. I struggled with Bloom and again with Action. I always stretch myself to find at least one story to tell, and love where it leads me. 

The layout that was inspired by the Action Story Stamp was one of those stories. 

I was inspired by "Lights, Camera, Action" as a title and went from there. It sparked the story of Maddie's favorite types of toys and how they are all props essentially to the shows and movies that she likes to watch.

I decided to do a lay flat photo of the toys that she is currently playing with and pair it with small 2x2 photos of her over the years playing with those toys. 

 

With my stash of products to use, I struggled to find a starting place. I even asked my friends at Simple Scrapper for a jumping off place. 

Ultimately the arrow on the stamp set inspired me to look for arrow patterns. I remembered one from a Studio Calico collection I had but I didn't use the one I had thought of because I found this rainbow arrow instead. I thought it pulled all of the bright colors from the toys.

Along the arrow theme, I also found some acetate arrows as well as some chipboard silver foiled arrows that paired nicely with the patterned paper I had found. I attached the acetate arrows with my Tim Holtz tiny attacher.

I don't have a wide format printer to print on 12x12 paper, so I printed on an 8.5x12 page and pieced it with the pattern on the right to stretch it to 12x12.

I am working my way through Ali Edwards' Type class right now as well, and the title work was inspired by the stacked type assignment. I used Kelly Purkey alphabet stickers along with the action stamp from the Action Story Stamp.

To go with the film themed title, I found a Teresa Collins stamp in my stash with the film strip. I stamped it on vellum and cut it out and layered it around the layout. 

In my main 3 areas of embellishment, I also added a stamped sentiment from the Story Stamp in Ali's Pendleton ink as well as some Heidi Swapp's Tinsel Color Shine splatters.

 Love the end result of this! Love what stories I can tell when I am inspired by Ali's Story themes. 

Thanks for checking out this layout!

 

Love Blooming Together

 Here is a layout that was inspired by the Story Class and Story Stamp for the theme of Bloom from Ali Edwards. 

The story came about from the stamp "Love Blooming Together". This last May my husband and I hit our 25 dating anniversary. We have done a lot of growing together!

I was inspired by this sketch from PageMaps.

The background paper and journaling cards are from Maggie Holmes, her first collection. The tickets are from Tim Holtz. 

The stamps were from the Bloom Story Stamp. I created a patterned with the sentiment on a journaling card. I then stamped again on white yardstick and popped it up for the title.

The flower die cut, I created on my Silhouette Cameo. The digital stamps come with the physical stamps, so I took the flower stamp and removed the center and then added the love from the other stamp and had it cut it from the center. I originally tried cutting the whole stamp sentiment but the letters were so small, it wouldn't cut cleanly on the size flower I wanted to use.

I also used the stamps to create a patterned paper from a piece of green Bazzil card stock and some of Ali Edwards craft inks.

I used a bit of velvet rickrack ribbon to replicate the seam on the sketch, added a few staples with my Tiny Attacher, and added a label to bring in a bit of white to that corner of the layout swell as the date and called this one done. 

Thanks for looking!

Perfect Time for Change

 The layout I am sharing here today was inspired by the Story Stamp from Ali Edwards with the theme Change.  

My oldest daughter got a new room when I was expecting and this layout documents that change.

Shimelle's Sparkle City collection had the perfect color of purple to match the color my daughter chose to paint her room. I used papers from the paper pad.

I used the stamps from Ali Edwards' Story Stamp for the change theme as well as the transition theme, that had come out after that, since some of the stamps also worked well for this layout as well.

I used the sketch from Page Maps found here.

I used Ali Edwards Deschutes ink for the stamping. I had a planner sticker book that I got the astric and banner stickers from.

I am currently taking Ali Edwards’ Type class (self-paced) and used some of the things I learned, contrast, in creating this title.

Thanks for stopping by. Sharing another layout soon!

May 2020 By the Numbers

There hasn’t been much activity here on my blog. I have been primarily focused on my December Daily for 2020, as well as the OLW project and some digital layouts.  I also had a big clean out of the memorabilia in my home, and have been journaling a lot as well.

Realized during a clean up that I never shared this layout I made as part of 20 projects in 2020 class from last year. For May Everyday I kept tally of an assortment of things. I created this layout to share what I kept track of. 

The foundation of this layout is made on a Vicki Boutin mixed media background. I love the look of mixed media but have yet branched out to try making my own. Her paper pads of these designs are a great way to get the look without the mess.

I used two alphabet stamps with the same font from Close to my Heart. The stamping was very therapeutic. I also went through my Thickers and other letter stickers to find numbers that would work. 

I used a stamp from Ali Edwards and another from Kerri Bradford for the title. Love how this turned out.

Getting back to layouts and wrapping up my December Daily so should have more to share soon. Thanks for stopping by.