I just loved this layout by Shanna Noel, especially that one diecut with the paper backed to it! I used the Studio Calico kit Antiquary to complete it.
This was nice and simple and quick again!
Showing posts with label Cut & Paste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cut & Paste. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Lovely Girl
Just a simple layout of Natalie playing on her mat on a typical day...
I just loved this layout by Shanna Noel, especially that one diecut with the paper backed to it! I used the Studio Calico kit Antiquary to complete it.
I just loved this layout by Shanna Noel, especially that one diecut with the paper backed to it! I used the Studio Calico kit Antiquary to complete it.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Bearded Buds
Our friends came over to meet Natalie and also made and brought us an amazing dinner! I didn't get pics of the dinner though because we ate it right away, like while they were still over!! It was delicious and we were so blessed by it, especially back then - that first week with our newborn was so crazy!
I made this layout tonight while Chris took Natalie for a walk - it was that fast!! I wasn't planning on making a layout tonight because my new kit comes tomorrow, but it came together so quickly and easily I wasn't gonna fight it!
I used the Double Scoop kit by Studio Calico, but also added some bits and pieces from Amy Tangerine's Cut & Paste collection. I basically just grabbed some scraps from the kit that were on my table and arranged them to make the background, then embellished - I'm amazed how quickly I scrap these days! I guess if you've got a ticking time bomb going (aka baby), then you're bound to do things a little faster haha!!
I made this layout tonight while Chris took Natalie for a walk - it was that fast!! I wasn't planning on making a layout tonight because my new kit comes tomorrow, but it came together so quickly and easily I wasn't gonna fight it!
I used the Double Scoop kit by Studio Calico, but also added some bits and pieces from Amy Tangerine's Cut & Paste collection. I basically just grabbed some scraps from the kit that were on my table and arranged them to make the background, then embellished - I'm amazed how quickly I scrap these days! I guess if you've got a ticking time bomb going (aka baby), then you're bound to do things a little faster haha!!
WCMD: Birthday card
I made this card for my niece with the scraps from my last layout, which was a challenge over at Studio Calico for World Cardmaking Day!
I just used the Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste line to piece the card together and embellish!
I just used the Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste line to piece the card together and embellish!
Daddy & Me
One more layout with the photos of Chris and Natalie outside... I wasn't going to make so many layouts with this set of pictures except I, for once, caught up and ran out of photos to scrap (until the next order anyway)! I like home printing, but I find I scrap a lot more when I have a stack of photos I can just bang out instead of having to stop between each layout to choose, edit, and print.
Anyway, this layout was inspired by the sketch preview provided for the next Studio Calico class, Lifted with Lisa Truesdell! I signed up for the class, because I love working from sketches. Plus it was fun to create!
I used the Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste line and cut up a bunch of 1.5" squares from the 6x6 paper pad, then I adhered them all and embellished and done! :)
Anyway, this layout was inspired by the sketch preview provided for the next Studio Calico class, Lifted with Lisa Truesdell! I signed up for the class, because I love working from sketches. Plus it was fun to create!
I used the Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste line and cut up a bunch of 1.5" squares from the 6x6 paper pad, then I adhered them all and embellished and done! :)
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Love These Moments!
More and more I am realizing that a great majority of what really makes a great layout starts with great, high quality photos! What a difference when I use our nice DSLR camera versus when I use my iPhone or point-and-shoot! And I only got these printed at Walmart, so I imagine how awesome they'd turn out if I got them printed at a "real" photo processing venue!
Anyway, this is the left side to my last layout, from when we took Natalie outside randomly, to have playtime outside! I just used the auto setting for the photos, but having awesome daylight also makes a huge difference. Too bad I couldn't photograph my layouts in such high quality!
Again, I used the new Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste line by American Crafts! I had already cut that inside square piece of paper, when I was thinking my layout was looking really square-y, so I decided to cut the pictures into circles and add other circles to it! I cut the Love Love Love bubble from my Silhouette, which was a digital cut file by Studio Calico this month. Once I had the idea, this layout came together quickly and easily!
Anyway, this is the left side to my last layout, from when we took Natalie outside randomly, to have playtime outside! I just used the auto setting for the photos, but having awesome daylight also makes a huge difference. Too bad I couldn't photograph my layouts in such high quality!
Again, I used the new Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste line by American Crafts! I had already cut that inside square piece of paper, when I was thinking my layout was looking really square-y, so I decided to cut the pictures into circles and add other circles to it! I cut the Love Love Love bubble from my Silhouette, which was a digital cut file by Studio Calico this month. Once I had the idea, this layout came together quickly and easily!
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Love
This is one of my favorite photos of Natalie (and Chris) so far! We took her playmat outside and played with her in the shade in our front yard! It was so nice to get some fresh air and good lighting for some photos!
I bought a bunch of paper and embellishments from the new Amy Tangerine line, Cut & Paste by American Crafts! I let the background paper dictate how this layout came together, and just added in some of the bits here and there, some thickers for the title and some chipboard shapes!
This layout literally took me about 20 minutes? It was very fast, something I've gotten better at since having a newborn baby, who can wake up at any moment and derail scrapbooking by several hours or a couple days!! She was good though, and waited till I completely finished this layout before I had to feed her :)
I bought a bunch of paper and embellishments from the new Amy Tangerine line, Cut & Paste by American Crafts! I let the background paper dictate how this layout came together, and just added in some of the bits here and there, some thickers for the title and some chipboard shapes!
This layout literally took me about 20 minutes? It was very fast, something I've gotten better at since having a newborn baby, who can wake up at any moment and derail scrapbooking by several hours or a couple days!! She was good though, and waited till I completely finished this layout before I had to feed her :)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
My Family
I just LOVE these pictures I got of Chris and Natalie after her first sponge bath at home (at like 5 in the morning because we weren't yet on any sort of schedule haha)!!
This layout came together very quickly! I knew before I even started it, that I wanted to cut out some of the frames from that piece of paper. I created the large colored frame for the photo by cutting it from a piece of paper, then penciling in a frame to look like the frames on the background paper!
I just embellished with patterned paper, stamps, etc. till it looked complete - easy and fun to work on!
This layout came together very quickly! I knew before I even started it, that I wanted to cut out some of the frames from that piece of paper. I created the large colored frame for the photo by cutting it from a piece of paper, then penciling in a frame to look like the frames on the background paper!
I just embellished with patterned paper, stamps, etc. till it looked complete - easy and fun to work on!
Sleep Tight
How cute are babies when they are swaddled!? I never really thought so until I looked at my baby girl all swaddled up, and especially with that hair!! She is too cute! Of course this picture is from about 2 weeks ago, when she liked to be swaddled... now at 3.5 weeks old she has already grown out of it and doesn't like it anymore haha!
I just loved this layout by Nicole Samuels, and scrap-lifted it pretty closely except with different papers etc.
I used the latest Studio Calico kit, Double Scoop and the newest stamp set, Cotton Candy! I embossed the diamond stamps in white Zing embossing powder then cut them out with scissors.
I made my own tag out of some large chevron patterned paper, cut out the two corners with my circle punch and added the circle sticker and twine from my stash. I didn't think I would, but I love the label set from Bananafish Studios (that smile tag is one of them) that came in this month's Studio Calico add-on, Sprinkles! I thought I would hate having to cut them out, but I actually like it better that I can see all of the labels and then only cut out the one(s) I want to use - plus I don't have a very high-quality printer to print the labels that nicely anyway.
I just loved this layout by Nicole Samuels, and scrap-lifted it pretty closely except with different papers etc.
I used the latest Studio Calico kit, Double Scoop and the newest stamp set, Cotton Candy! I embossed the diamond stamps in white Zing embossing powder then cut them out with scissors.
I made my own tag out of some large chevron patterned paper, cut out the two corners with my circle punch and added the circle sticker and twine from my stash. I didn't think I would, but I love the label set from Bananafish Studios (that smile tag is one of them) that came in this month's Studio Calico add-on, Sprinkles! I thought I would hate having to cut them out, but I actually like it better that I can see all of the labels and then only cut out the one(s) I want to use - plus I don't have a very high-quality printer to print the labels that nicely anyway.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
1st Walk
Same set of pictures from the last layout - taking Natalie out for her first walk in her stroller along the canal! The best part was in our conversation, Chris said the stroller wouldn't collapse with the car seat adapter in it, but if it did, he would call Baby Jogger and yell at them "your stroller clam-shelled my baby!!" Hahaha, clam-shelled! That gave us such a good laugh after a lot of sleepless, crazy nights!
Anyway, I got the inspiration for this layout, loosely from the last sketch for the Stashbuster's Anonymous class with Aly Dosdall over at BigPictureClasses.com. After that I grabbed some scrap pieces of paper in various sizes off my table to arrange them on the page in different ways till I liked this arrangement, and cut the same size pieces from the papers I wanted! This might be the best way I figured out to cut specific size scraps that work for my page! Usually I just try to use a ruler and eyeball it, but having actual pieces of paper (without cutting into my good paper) to move around worked well and quickly!
For the embellishments I cut the clouds, banner, and flowers from that same piece of background paper from the Cut & Paste collection by Amy Tangerine for American Crafts! The rest of the embellishments and the papers etc were all from the Double Scoop Studio Calico kit!
I'm happy with how fast this layout came together! This month was the first time in awhile that I ordered the "More Patterned Paper" from Studio Calico and so glad I did, since I haven't had any issues with cutting into the papers for just a square or small piece etc, and especially because I tend to use a whole sheet at a time for an entire background since I don't usually use plain card stock for my backgrounds. Maybe I should do this more often! :)
Anyway, I got the inspiration for this layout, loosely from the last sketch for the Stashbuster's Anonymous class with Aly Dosdall over at BigPictureClasses.com. After that I grabbed some scrap pieces of paper in various sizes off my table to arrange them on the page in different ways till I liked this arrangement, and cut the same size pieces from the papers I wanted! This might be the best way I figured out to cut specific size scraps that work for my page! Usually I just try to use a ruler and eyeball it, but having actual pieces of paper (without cutting into my good paper) to move around worked well and quickly!
For the embellishments I cut the clouds, banner, and flowers from that same piece of background paper from the Cut & Paste collection by Amy Tangerine for American Crafts! The rest of the embellishments and the papers etc were all from the Double Scoop Studio Calico kit!
I'm happy with how fast this layout came together! This month was the first time in awhile that I ordered the "More Patterned Paper" from Studio Calico and so glad I did, since I haven't had any issues with cutting into the papers for just a square or small piece etc, and especially because I tend to use a whole sheet at a time for an entire background since I don't usually use plain card stock for my backgrounds. Maybe I should do this more often! :)
#CANALSIDE
4 days after Natalie was born, we took her to her first Doctor's appointment (because of the weekend) and then we took her for her first walk in her stroller! Who knew she'd love it!
My inspiration came from this layout by Amy Tan using the new Studio Calico kit, Double Scoop!
I used the digital cut file by Studio Calico to cut out the stamp background on white paper, then stamped over the die cuts with Hero Arts inks - love the coordinating stamps and diecuts!!
Granted, we didn't walk very far since I was still healing from delivery, but it was great to get out and get some fresh air! We have been so blessed with this season that Natalie was born in - able to get out for lots of walks and have the windows open in the house!
My inspiration came from this layout by Amy Tan using the new Studio Calico kit, Double Scoop!
I used the digital cut file by Studio Calico to cut out the stamp background on white paper, then stamped over the die cuts with Hero Arts inks - love the coordinating stamps and diecuts!!
Granted, we didn't walk very far since I was still healing from delivery, but it was great to get out and get some fresh air! We have been so blessed with this season that Natalie was born in - able to get out for lots of walks and have the windows open in the house!
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