Zest for Life

This layout I made for the June challenge over at Sarah's Cards blog. I find keeping different parts of the page separate with white space in the middle very difficult to work with. So for this sketch I kept the basic design but I just pushed it together so that all the elements from the sketch form a cluster in the middle of the page. From then I was able to create I page which I was able to work with!

I used vellum from Dear Lizzy and attached it to the card stock using washi tape. I love this technique! I then just kept layering and adding things here and there. I used a SC mask which I bought at the shop to create a home for my title. I tried to keep with a circular, polka dot theme throughout in line with my photo of my daughter have a ball in a ball pit!!! I also chose stars and repeated them throughout my layout. I added some sparkle elements as well: a heart, the word zest and a sparkle paperclip (which I also bought at the shop!). I then finished off with some Basic Grey flowers. I kept the journalling inside a pocket as I had quite a lot to say.

Thanks for looking!

Campbells est 2008

I created this layout for a challenge over at Sarahs Cards. The challenge is to scrap your work or work space - something work related. However, as a SAHM I feel my work space is either my home or my buggy. I did consider scrapping my buggy but then I thought about it for longer and although I will eventually scrap my beloved buggy (Bugaboo Donkey -it holds 3 kids!) I also thought that for the past 4 years I have been on a roller coaster of 3 pregnancies and breastfeeding. I feel that is my job now! Being pregnant and breastfeeding!

I thought about scrapping the details of my 3 labours like: Estimated due date, length of labour, cravings, location of birth, length of pregnancy, others (like I had a shoulder dystocia and one back to back) etc.... I bought a Studio Elle Kit in February and I loved it! It is every 2 months and it came full of exclusive goodies like exclusive stamps and tags. I highly recommend their kits! So I used loads of bits from that kit. I also used some Amy Tangerine and Crate brads to illustrate that I had 2 girls and a boy. I also luckily found the number sticker at the bottom. I love the touch it gives. I added it up to 9 months and added a Studio Elle tag saying "love this" because I love being pregnant. I will miss it now that our Campbell family is complete! At the bottom of each picture I put some more exclusive Studio Elle tags with the names of each child in order of their birth. I also added one red, one pink and one blue pin at the side as a little embellishment also to symbolise their genders.

I am happy how this layout came about and thanks Sarahs Cards for the great inspiration! Funny how a little inspiration can mean so many different things to different people!

Ballet Shoes

Sarahs Cards is where I get most of my scrappy products in the UK. I can't wait to see what they have in store for the new CHA products!!! They have also got a fab loyalty program! Their challenges are great. This one is for the movie challenge. To take inspiration from a film since it is Oscar month!

I love the film Ballet Shoes as it reminds me of when I took ballet as a young child. So I finally scrapped this picture of my daughter at my friend's ballet shop back in 2010. I kept the layout quite pink and feminine. I was eager to try this new banner style as well. Again I am so loving my idea of using an older paper and combining it with a newer collection. This time I used an older MME background paper from the Oh La la collection (!) and the newer October Afternoon Sidewalks collection. I am so trying to get through the older October Afternoon collections as the new ones that are coming out this first quarter as soooo cute!!!

Simon Says Stamp

So here I am again with another layout this time for a challenge over at Sarahs Cards. I love the challenges over there and the best part is that the prize is a voucher!!! They are the best Scrappy shop in the UK and with all the latests CHA products coming it's good to have a go at this challenge!

This challenge had to do with creative resolutions for 2012. My resolution is definitely to use more of the stamps that I seem to hoard. I have an unhealthy obsession with buying stamps but I never ever seem to use them. I took a picture of only a few of them as there are 2 more baskets which are so hidden away that I couldn't even access them for this picture! THat really needs to change. I was looking at all my stamps today and I really need to get them out and onto those pages. I used a background butterfly stamp which just arrived today through the post. I subscribe to Unity Stamps and that was one of the stamps this month. I have been subscribing with them for like 7 months but I really have only ever used 2-3 of their stamps. Its that bad!

I used Jenni Bowlin ink pads and stamped the butterflies in the different colours. The name of the layout is Simon Says Stamp! I also used some washi tape (I also hoard this but I have no problems using these babies...I love them) and bits and pieces from my Boardwalk SC kit. I am still trying to get it all used up before Reveal Night on Friday as I want to get all the add ons. Last month I missed 2 add ons as I logged on 4 hours after and they were all gone. Not this month though!! I am gonna be on the computer come 17 and buying all those babies straightaway. It will be the quickest shop in history!!!

Piecing it all together

So today is my due date but since I am always late I am still scrapping away. I made this one for a sketch challenge over at Sarah's Cards. It is a great sketch calling for a large circle and some stars. I always print out ALL my pictures and organize them by category so that I am ready to go if I feel like scrapping a certain picture. I have been known to get 900 pictures from Photobox which was a real pain to organize!
My daughter loves puzzles and since this sketch called for stars I thought it would be appropriate here. I used papers from Studio Calico and BG Hopscotch line which matched the Sleeping Beauty puzzle she was making. I just got my GLEE CLUB Studio Calico kit which had this adorable camera stamp which I used here. I can see myself using this stamp loads!!! I also used a tag from Elle's Studio which came from my Magpie Kit last mont. What I enjoyed most about doing this layout is at the very end I wanted to use some washi tape but did not know where to put it. I then crumpled and pleated some at the edges of the circle. I have not tried doing this before but because of the circle shape I had to and know I think I am going to be doing this technique loads! I am loving washi tape!!!! I have stamped on it before which I enjoyed as well, but the pleating just added a girly touch which I loved (you can see it in the detailed picture)