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Snapshots | Inspired by SCT

It’s always a fantastic mail day when SCT magazine arrives in my mailbox and I was so excited to curl up with a big cup of coffee to peruse through the gorgeous pages of the winter issue. There's just something about flipping through an actual paper magazine that no digital content will ever replace. And naturally, the inspiration I found in the issue led me to my scrap table to create!

 

I was especially inspired by Erica Thomson’s Inspiration Challenge layout on page 49 with the layered circles in a simple grid formation. I am a sucker for a good grid, and I immediately wanted to create a page using that same foundation!

 

S U P P L I E S :

Bazzill Kraft  |  Bazzill White  |  Crate Paper Magical Forest  |  Chipboard  |  Alphabet  |  Puffy Stickers
Coffee Ring Stamp  |  Scallop Punch  |  Circle Cutter  |  Ink  |  Gems  |  Date Stamp  |  Foam Adhesive

 

 

I wanted to highlight some everyday photos together on the page, and this grid framework gave me nine different spots to incorporate pictures. I chose five photos, leaving the other spots open for featuring fun embellishments and a title.

 

 

After cutting patterned paper circles from the Crate Paper Magical Forest collection (but before adhering them!) I decided to add an additional layer of texture to my grid with stamps. I used a few circle-shaped images as well as an ink splatter stamp to to frame some of the circles in the grid. This is a subtle way to add another layer of detail so don't forget about your stamps!

 

 

A bit of stitching adds additional texture to my circles, and layering up embellishments is also a great way to add tactile dimension to a page. And don’t be afraid to let elements hang off the edge of the circles! It visually connects the circles by breaking up the white space in between them.

 

 

I saved the lower right corner for my title, which combines chipboard letters with a die-cut word (cut on the Silhouette from the font Love Mama). 

 

 

So are you inspired to create a circle-based grid? Other shapes like stars, hexagons and the traditional squares would work too! I’d love to see what you create!

Family | Scrapbook & Cards Winter 2020

While I typically work with 4x6 (and smaller) photos on my scrapbook pages, there are some photos that just need to be enlarged! Our annual family photo shoot usually yields some great shots from a professional photographer, and I always want to showcase these captures in a special way. And I did just that on a recent assignment for SCT!

 

S U P P L I E S :
Bazzill Admiral  |  Bazzill Lava  |  Simple Stories "Cozy Days" Papers  |  Blue Dot Paper  |  Gray Plaid Paper
Large Floral Paper  |  Blessed Paper  | Small Floral Paper  |  Pink Plaid Paper  |  Gray Text Paper
Chipboard  |  Die Cuts  | Twine  |  Enamel Brads  |  Scallop Circle Punch
Scallop Border  | Silhouette Cameo  |  Foam Adhesive

 

If you have a great photo, give it center stage by enlarging it to fill a big portion of your page. Here, I've printed my photo 9.75 x 5.5 to roughly occupy the top half of the page. Then I filled the lower space with a repeating squares to keep the design organized. You know I love a grid!

 

 

The Cozy Days paper collection has so many lovely patterns that are meant to play well together, so I mixed florals, plaids, dots and text in layered squares. Don't be afraid to embellish the embellishments - adding stickers, brads, gems os stitching for added interest and fun!

 

 

 

My title takes up the space of two of the grid blogs and was printed on a tag, along with a die cut "family" from the font Jenthill. Don't feel constricted by a grid format - you can alter it to fit your elements as needed!

 

Have you created a large photo layout lately? If so, I'd love to see it!

Count the Ways | Scrapbook & Cards Winter 2020

I'm a self-proclaimed font geek, so when my assignment for the winter issue of SCT involved incorporating numbers in a layout, I may have spent an entire day browsing font libraries to find the perfect bold, curvy type to showcase those numbers! Dafont.com is one of my favorite free font sites to get lost on and with more than 50,000 fonts available for download, it's easy to do. 

This is the page that resulted, and I absolutely love the stacked numbers for a list-centered layout. And the cut file I created of the numbers is a free download as part of the Bonus Content in the winter issue!

S U P P L I E S :
Bazzill White  |  Maggie Holmes Marigold Papers  |  Woodgrain Paper  |  Striped Paper  |  Yellow Dot Paper 
Pink Grid Paper  |  Aqua Diamond Paper  |  Teal Green Paper | Blue Floral Paper  |  Stickers |  Alphabet
Silhouette Cameo  |  SCT Cut File  |  Foam Adhesive

 

I loved the colorful stripe paper in the Maggie Holmes Marigold collection and thought it would be a great way to break up my list-style journaling, which is chronicling the many ways I love my hubby! After cutting the numbers from various patterned papers and adhering them to the white cardstock frame (also cut on the Silhouette) I was able to determine the placement of the typed lines.

 

I selected the woodgrain paper for the left edge of the layout since it gave a nice solid background for my photos. I also added some texture to the stripes by machine stitching a zig-zag between each color.

 

The small stickers in the collection were a perfect accent to each of the numbers, and I selected them to color coordinate with the papers. Because the stickers were slightly translucent, I adhered them first to white cardstock and then trimmed them out before applying them as accents to the numbers. This helps them to pop more and makes it easy to adhere them much like die-cuts!

A simple title block that's a mix of chipboard letters and stickers fit perfectly in the lower right corner and completes the page. Hope it inspires you to try a numbered list on your next page - and if you do, I'd love to see it!  Happy Scrapping!