Sisters Layout

Hello!
Can you believe it is already the last day of March?  With everything going on, this year has flown by so far!  I have been focusing on my schoolwork mainly but it is nice to switch gears and pull out my crafty stuff!  A few days ago, I was just in the mood to scrapbook!  I pulled out a cute photo of my girls and played around with the new Chunky Chevron Die by Waffle Flower Crafts:

The photo was from the 4th of July a couple of years ago so I went with mostly red, white, and blue for my colors.  I picked a pattern paper and a few stickers from Bella Blvd. to add as well!  I cut a bunch of chevrons out using the Chunky Chevron Die and layered them on white cardstock.  When you want a longer chevron piece, there is a tab that you can connect to make it all line up nicely!

I also added some stamping to the layout.  I wanted to add stars to look like splatter to the background so I used a light blue ink with the stars stamp from the Bowtiful Stamp Set.  The words are from the Bowtiful Additions Stamp Set.

Cuties!  I'm glad I got this photo added to my album!  You can also see the details in the chevrons in these closeups.

At the bottom, I added some more words- these ones are also from the Bowtiful and Bowtiful Additions Stamp Sets.

I hope the scrapbooking bug hits me again soon!  I love adding layouts to my album :)
Thank you for stopping by today!

A Happy Girl Layout

Happy Monday!  Hope your week is off to a great start!  I saw that Inspired Blueprints posted their latest sketch over the weekend so I thought I'd pop on and share my take this morning- it's Sketch #107!

I took these photos of Zoey on the first day of school last month.  They are some of my favorite of her- she was so happy!  When I got the new You Are My Happy collection from Teresa Collins I knew they were perfect for each other!

I followed the sketch for the most part- adding some layers of patterned paper behind the photos.  I added a cluster of embellishments from the collection to the left side, finishing it off with a bit of twine.  My favorite thing about this collection is the metallic prints- the rose gold hearts here are to-die-for-cute!

 I loved Sketch #107!  It was so inspiring!  I also loved seeing what each of the design team members created!  Pop over to the Inspired Blueprints blog to check out their pages- there are so many talented designers this season!

Well, hope you have a great Monday!  I've got a big to-do list this week- the Scrapdoodles Retreat is this weekend!!!  Gotta prep for my class and figure out what I'll be working on all weekend! :)  At least it's a fun to-do list!

Thanks for stopping by!

-tessa

Springtime Beauties Layout

Hello!  How's your Monday going so far?  Mine has been pretty productive-- got my house cleaning done early, built a fort for the little guy I'm babysitting and printed pictures for some scrapbooking later!  I thought I'd take a little break and share a layout I created over the weekend.  It's another layout based on a sketch from the 28 Days of Sketches, Round 2 Class I'm taking over at Big Picture Scrapbooking. This one is based on sketch 3 and features some pictures of my girls:

We took these photos at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC a few weeks ago.  It was the tail end of the cherry blossoms but the trees were still pretty!  We always enjoy this area, no matter what season!

I chose Simple Stories Vintage Bliss line to accent these photos- aren't the patterns fun!  This line was one of my favorite release this year from CHA Winter.  I love the colors!  I ended up with the entire line I think! :)  I'm sure you'll be seeing it again soon on my blog!  lol!

I enjoyed working with this sketch!  I cut the circles out with my Cameo and sanded the edges before I adhered them to my background. I added a little twine from The Twinery and some rhinestones from Stampin' Up! but everything else is from the Vintage Bliss collection.

I'm happy to say that I'm keeping up with the class!  I really might get 28 pages done by the end of it! :)

Well, better get off the computer and back to being productive!  Thanks for stopping by today!

-tessa