Sweet Pea Scraps, scrapbook kits, embellishments

Design Team Layout Gallery for Current Month - July 2009

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I didn't realize that this is almost a replica of my New Puppy layout!! UGH. But I REALLY like that circle paper!! lol **based on a sketch from CMK message board**

based on a sketch from designbydiana.

Reading - my son has discovered the wonderful world of reading and reads a lot in the morning when he comes to work with me. I used the transparency behind the photo to create a whimsical feel. Then anchored my photo and journaling with the circular elements. I cut apart the Basic Grey bling sticker and scattered them through the swirls and stars. The date spot is from Jenn's Etsy store and all the journaling I added using my "new" old 1950's typewriter.

Number obsessed - It's so fun to showcase what kids are into at the moment. One morning Wes took some scratch paper at my work and started writing numbers on it: 1-100. I love it and decided to scrap it and show his love of numbers. I added the chipboard numbers from the May kit, journaling and date spots from Jenn's Etsy store, and a few Making Memories 's's for my title.

Sunset on the Mississippi - As soon as I saw the Fancy Pants paper with the rays on it I thought of this picture I took on my trip to Nauvoo. I covered some of the rays in the background paper with different papers from the kit and then emphasized them more with some pen doodles. Items added: Journaling spots from Jenn's etsy store, the blue tag, and a Making Memories "s" for my title.

5th birthday - I finally started scrapbooking some of my husband's childhood photos. More of Jenn's Etsy goodies used here and the candle stamp is from Cornish Heritage Farms.

Summer album - I bought this license plate on one of our adventures to the antique store last year and always thought it would be fun to make into an album. Well I finally did it! This is what I'm going to use this year to document all of our outings and staycations in. Adding photos and ephemera as we go along. All the paper elements on the front I strengthened by adhering them first to chipboard before gluing to the license plate. Back cover is a thick piece of chipboard covered in cardstock and then embellished. felt car: Fancy Pants, mailbox letter 's': Making Memories, binding: Bind-it-all

Summer album (inside) - The 'guts' of the album are odds and ends of cardstock and patterned paper left over from the kit. Some are full sized sheets and some aren't. I even added in some baseball sheet protectors and 4x6 picture protectors to just add photos. It will be fun to see the finished results at the end of summer :D!

Bear Lake - Photos are of my husband and his little sister on a family vacation. Photo turn is from February's kit and journaling/date spots are from Jenn's Etsy store.

Boy For Hire: Cutting our neighbor's grass was Nathan's first paid job. I just loved the lime paper and I cut out the flowers as decorations. I compiled the pics and the film strip (from escrappers) in PSE then printed it out. I also used an Anna Griffin tag, Colorbok and mm sticker letters and buttons from my stash.

Mmmf: This is a pic of our dog with 3 tennis balls in his mouth. If he could he'd cram in some more. I used a tag from the June kit and some buttons and a Maya Road tag from my stash. The thickers and bracket are also from previous SPS kits.

Smiles: I love the orange/red combination. I cut the paper into a bracket shape and also used a MS edge punch. I added sticker arrows from June kit and large brad and MME diecut from my stash.

Birthday Wishes: I love, love the bright colors in this kit. I used the Cherry Arte paper as background, cuttig along the huge white flowers and sliding the other papers underneath. I added Colorbok and American Craft letters from my stash

Never Enough Time: I love how this turned out so simply. It went perfectly with the pic of Dan resting in the sun. I cut the title quote and sun, cloud and wave details from the paper and added brads around the pic.

Brr: Nathan was determined to go for a dip in the frigid 35 degree Alaskan water on a hot day. Brr. cut around the circle paper, the wave paper and folded a strip of diamond paper. I added ribbon a thickers from my stash.

Curve Ball: I cut the flowers from the paper , added a Fiskars edge and stamped an Inkadinkadoo sentiment

Celebrate card: . Loved the color combo in these papers. I added AC rubons from my stash

Happy Birthday: I cut around the scallops on the paper,the sentiment block is actually cut from packaging. I added a candle and a bow made from twisted crepe paper

Mohawk Man - My DS asked one day if he could have his hair in a mohawk just for the fun of it. How do you say no to such a cute face?? I used the negitive space of the chipboard stars from the July '08 kit as a template to make the ones here.

Peggy's Cove - These are my favorite pictures from my recent trip to Peggy's Cove, Halifax, NS. Special thanks goes to my sister for allowing me to borrow her awesome panoramic shot. I created the title in WordArt, handcut it and added two layers of Glossy Accents to make the title stand out. Also, I went to my LSS with the kit cardstocks and cut out the lighthouse and seagulls using the store's Cricut. Two layers of Glossy Accents were added to them as well. Also, I created a pocket behind the title & it holds a map of the Cove, a pamplet that tells some history and other interesting facts and a bag from the gift shop. From my stash : the green MM brad, the white Doodlebug brad, and the tiny bead I used for the seagull's eye.

Beach Day - This is my youngest daughter at the beach at Restoule Provincial Park last summer. It was a super windy day that day! For this LO I placed all the pictures under the transparency, but the title on top. Then I had to figure out how to attach the transparency to the LO without the adhesive showing, so I decided to us the brads to hold everything together. The mini Doodlebug brads and the large misc. brads are all from my stash. I applied 2 layers of Glossy Accents to the green AC Thickers in the title as well (Man, I love that stuff!!)

Snowball Fight! - Every year my uncle fills his big recycling bin with Zamboni snow from his local arena to keep the drinks cold during the family reunion. Last year at the end of the day, we had a multi - family snowball fight with the leftovers. The snowflake sequins are from my stash. The pictures were taken by my cousin Karen.

Dig - My favorite pictures from my yougest brother's recent wedding. The little file folder opens up to reveal more pictures. The title comes from thier wedding song : Dig by Incubus, and the journaling is the lyrics. From my stash - mini file folder from 7Gypsies, chipboard heart - misc, Letter stickers from LYB, and jute. The jewels are from the May '09 kit.

Just For You - This is another favourite picture from Peggy's Cove, NS. My sister took this shot which I tinted slightly blue before printing. The gems are from the March '09 kit and the journaling rubon is from my stash.