Ally- Newborn

Sharing a layout I created as the featured artist for October for Simple Scrapper. This layout was featured in Simple Scrapper’s Spark magazine. 

Most of the products I used here are from Echo Park’s Baby Girl collection. 

For the title I cut an Ali Edwards digital stamp. The lace I created using a Tim Holtz / Sizzix die.

The swirl is another Tim Holtz/ Sizzix die paired with embellishments from the collection. Used an Ali Edwards stamp for a tone on tone look. The puffy heat is from an exclusive from scrapbook.com by Pink Fresh.

Repeated similar elements in the upper cluster.

Was honored to be featured in Spark magazine! Thanks for looking!

 

Community

This layout was inspired by the Community Story Stamp by Ali Edwards. 

The journaling was something I had written for Simple Scrapper after I was asked to be their first Member Profile within the membership. 

The post card image of the old Simple Scrapper logo was from a kit I got from Everyday Explorers that was a collaboration with Simple Scrapper.

The supplies from this layout are from Felicity Jane. I managed to pick up a handful of their products before they closed up their shop.

I was in a stash bashing mood and got into my button stash to locate a few to embellish this layout instead of my go-to enamel dots. Love the stitching detail it adds. 

The leave die cuts are from an old Sizzix die from my stash. 

 

Tough

Sharing a layout I created for Shimelle's Use What You Buy- Stamp Edition as well as Ali Edwards Story Stamp for the theme of Tough.

I struggled with this one, selecting appropriate papers and embellishments, but when I saw Shimelle's cloud paper, it seemed perfect for this story. Not too happy, not too sad, perfect for a "tough" story.

 

I had some cloud stamps in my stash that I used for this as well as the Tough Story Stamp. 

Used some stamps from a collaboration between Ali Edwards and Laura Wonsik, the half circles.

Used some Thickers for the title and put my journaling on a tag with some twine from my stash. Love how it turned out!

40 By the Numbers

This layout was inspired by Ali Edwards Hello Story lesson on Numbers. 

I capture 40 things that had to do with numbers in my life during my 40th year. From phone numbers to number of kids to the number of to be read books in Good Reads.

I used the collection Simple Vintage Life in Bloom from Simple Stories as well as the number paper from Just Add Color collection from Bella Blvd.

I used some stamps from Ali Edwards Numbers Story Stamp.

Braved a bit of mixed media on this one! I used some of my Distress Inks and some splatter stamps on the edges of the number paper. Got a bit more brave an splattered with out the stamps as well!

So happy to have these numbers documented! 

 

Awesome Smile

 I created this layout using the Ali Edwards Story Kit and Stamp for the theme of Awesome.

I paired it with a paper from 49 and Market’s Spectrum Sherbet collection and a few border die cuts. 

The 3x4 card in the middle was put in upside down on purpose because it was the shape of a smile. I couldn’t get the vellum embellishments to feel right that way, so I didn’t. 

Finished with a few enamel dots from my stash.

Thanks for looking!

Morning- bring on the routine

This layout was inspired by Ali Edwards’ Morning Story Stamp. 

I used a Vicki Boutin mixed media paper for my background. Love the look and I don’t have the struggles in making it!

Since I was a little hesitant in stamping the title on the background after I had added the acetate suns, I opted to put on vellum and adhere instead. I used some Stampin’ Up! yellow embossing powder. 

The acetate and puffy suns were part of the Light Story Kit. Stitched the acetate in place so regular adhesive wouldn’t show. 

Used a few other Ali Edwards stamps from my stash to finish it off. 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Baby-Sitters Club

This layout had quite a few inspiration points. 

Simple Scrapper had a Bucket List Project class that I took over 3 years ago. I had identified a story I wanted to tell about my love of Baby-Sitter Club books and my collection of them.

Fast forward a bit and I discovered a set of printables designed by Brandi Kincade that were on this very topic and they were awesome, so I purchased them.

I have continued to work through my bucket list stories and this one finally rose to the top to complete.

Because I am also working through past Story Stamp classes, I consumed the Read Story class in there and decided I would find a way to incorporate some of the stamps for this layout as well.

Being a bucket list story, I knew there would be plenty of words so I had to create a design that would allow for pocket cards and a lot of words. 

I found a Vicki Boutin mixed media background that went well with the colors of the printables as well as some papers in one of her collections that I used for matting.

I did use a few stamps from the Read Story Stamp, but I used a handful of others as well: Kerri Bradford read stamp set, Elle’s Studio heart label stamps and matching dies, and an old Technique Tuesday/Ali Edwards stamp with the read stamp.

Love how the last stamp is really subtle with the same color as the background!

I used 5 cards from the printable kit. The title card was a must, then I cut the light bulb and phone from 2 others. I wanted a good green color match to die cut the leaves, so die cut the green out of the last. 

I used some My Favorite Thingsdies to cut the flowers and added some enamel dots from my stash. I also tore a bit of the background in placing my journaling on sticker paper down, so to cover it up, inspired by the stash bash challenge at Simple Scrapper, I used a skinny washi to “finish off” the journaling block and tucked it into 2 of the other clusters. 

Glad to finally have this bucket list sorry told, the printables showcased and stamps from my stash used! Thanks for stopping by!