All Around Best Bro - a Lasting Memories challenge

Happy Sunday everyone!

My goodness, I cannot believe September is almost over, along with my first month on the Lasting Memories Design Team. Time flies when you're having fun!

Today I have another layout I created for this week's challenge - "All Around". The theme is directions - anything goes. Or you can use circles. I actually used the word Around in my layout.

My sweet scrappy friend/pen pal, Cherylsent me a fun happy mail a while back that had these great 6x6 papers in it. We both have boys to scrap about, so they're perfect.

A few weeks ago, I was listening to Live Inspired and Tracie was talking to Crafty Jen Schow and mentioned that she did a YouTube series where she demonstrated different ways to use her 6x6 paper pads. I watched one of the videos, and it did have good ideas. I'm sure she probaby used them this way as well, I just layered them all behind one another to spread across the page. I actually cut some of the larger bits that were hidden behind layers to paper save.

I have seen this little quote about brothers and superheros pop up in different places, and I knew I wanted to incoporate it into my page. However, while I was designing the page, I really didn't have a space for it. So, I improvise. I just created a 6x8 page, and I plan to mirror against my 12x12 in my album.

I used my Cricut and free fonts from dafont.com to create the page. I have had the chipboard elements for forever - I picked them up from a Scrapbook Clearance store a while ago. They went perfectly with the great superhero papers. I cut the capes from one of the superhero papers.

I super love how the spread turned out. I hope you have been inspired to create with us over at Lasting Memories!

Supplies:
Gray cardstock - CraftSmith by Michaels
Superhero cardstock - Bazzil
Gray alphas - Amy Tangerine
Red foil alphas - Thickers by American Crafts
Superhero Chip board - American Crafts.

Thanks for looking!

BFFs - using a free cut file!

Today I have a sweet little layout of my boys to share. Through an online scrappy friend, I recently found the lovely blog over at SpiegelMom Scraps & it's so inspiring. They're all about sequins and other shine, and we all know a little sparkle on your scrapbook page is right up my alley! So glad I found them!

So they recently put up a FREE cut file & it's oh so cute! It has a seahorse, which I LOVE, and was even recently looking for... I used a cute heart border they offered for this layout.

I got this amazing Dear Lizzy paper pad as a hot deal at Michael's the other day - $5!! Not afraid to use a little pink for my boys, I had to use it. It's got some great papers, but I have to say, it's kind of annoying that within the same paper pack with coordinating papers, there are some with crisp white, and some with dirty/distressed cream. I like either one, but I cannot combine the white and the cream, so that limits my paper combinations!

Anyway, here's a close up. Of course I had to add in some sequins since they're all about that at the SpiegelMom blog. Isn't that cut file the cutest!?

I added a tiny bit of transparency upon which to put my rub-on alphas for the title. I punched a hole and tied a bit of twine for a little added texture. I also had some washi stars that were perfect colors to compliment some of the paper, so i had to add a little cluster at one side of the photo. I really love how this sweet layout of my two sweet little best buds came out. It's about 8 months later and they still hold strong to that love - let's hope it sticks!

Supplies:
Papers - Dear Lizzy
Transparency, stars, sequins, and alphas - Studio Calico
Twine - Target
Peach marker - Sharpie

Thanks for looking!

Crazy Love - a NSD challenge!

So I was out of town for National Scrapbooking Day, but admired all the creations, inspirations and challenges from afar. However, I realized that some deadlines for submissions for NSD challenges could still be attained, so here goes!

I got this lovely cut file for FREE over at The Cut Shoppe. There were a few sweet goodies in the file to choose from, but I picked Crazy Love.

What a perfect title for this sweet photo?! This was taken in the hospital when my little boy, Lachlan, was born. His big bro, Heath, wanted to help feed him, and CRAZY LOVE describes just how much love I have for these boys & their love for each other. I'm sometimes a little jealous that my baby loves his brother more than me! haha!

Here are a couple details.

So I also happened to use my May Counterfeit Kit, Sparklers. I tried this fun bokeh stamp technique on my background paper from the Forgeries on the Fourth post for the month. I think I still need a bit of practice, but it will do for this page! I love the contrast of color with the black and white title. And that was a fun theme in the inspiration kit for the month.

Suppplies:
Cardstock - Studio Calico
Stamps/Ink - Studio Calico
Orange/Yellow watercolor paper - Amy Tangerine
Black and White title paper - Me and My Big Ideas
Cut File - The Cut Shoppe
Fabric stickers - Amy Tangerine
Enamel dots and starts - Studio Calico

Thanks for looking!