Traci had a scrap of colorful striped paper left over from a kit that she wanted to use on a layout. She cut the stripes into strips and added them down the background of two white traveler’s notebook pages. She … Read More ...
Summer Lovin’ Pocket Page
The new Summer Lovin’ Collection from Simple Stories has bold colors, plaids, stripes and polka dot patterns and lots of summery sentiments and images like food, bathing suits, beach umbrellas, suns, sentiments and more. Jess used it to create a … Read More ...
Day at the Beach Layout
The large off center layered circles in the middle of this layout from Krislyn not only draws the eye to the center but also looks like a large bubble, perfect for an Ocean themed design! Check out the cool border … Read More ...
Beach Layout with Tags Frame
Anna create a wonderfully unique “frame” around her summer beach layout using tags. She created the colors for her page background and the tags by ink blending Distress Oxide ink pads onto the paper. She created tags by cutting the … Read More ...
Father’s Day Fun Layout
I hope you snapped some pics on Father’s Day and are ready to make some cool layouts. Angel used lots of chipboard embellishments for loads of dimension on her page. Notice how she added lots of different colors to the … Read More ...
Create Scrapbook Page Backgrounds with Washi Tape
Reiko created her own beautiful backgrounds on these sweet layouts using washi tape. She applied thin stripes of different colors of tape mixed with gold tape to create her colorful designs. She then used word dies to cut out … Read More ...
Aperture Travel Layout
This colorful hexagon design from Amy looks like the aperture that opens on a camera lens and it really brings focus to the photo in the center. She’s sharing how she create this design using a handmade template to cut … Read More ...
Concentric Circles and Flowers Layout
Yui Oku used a concentric circles die cut for the focal point of this Sweet Smile layout. Cutting it from white cardstock and placing it over pink paper she then punches out lots and lots of little flowers from pattern … Read More ...
Summer Treats Layout with Shaker Element
This sweet summery page is full of yummy treats and a simple shaker element. Strips of pretty pattern papers in different lengths create the background behind the photo. A round shaker element was created with circle dies and placed on … Read More ...
Free Blocked and Squared Scrapbook Template
This fun template full of squares has lots of room for photos, journaling and embellishments in a simple, modern and graphic design. You can download a FREE template designed by Elizabeth over on the Kate Hadfield blog and check out … Read More ...
“Wild Thing” Zoo Layout
Check out the fun Leopard paper on this “Wild Thing” Zoo layout from Jessica. She used leopard printed toner sheets from Therm O Web and added her own gradation of color to the background by ink blending Distress Oxide Inks … Read More ...
Summer Bubbles Layout
Lindsay added stamps and stickers to pattern paper to create a fun mixed media background for this Summer Bubbles layout. Notice how she mimics the shape of the bubbles from the photo with a small accordion element of round photos … Read More ...
New Baby Frame Decor Project
This adorable frame is perfect to welcome a new baby. I love the sweet honey bear theme that Kate used which would work for either a boy or girl. Starting with a shadow box frame she stamped and colored the … Read More ...
Enjoy the Sunshine Mixed Media Layout
Pinks, yellows and gold mimic the colors of a sunrise on this pretty “Enjoying the Sunshine” layout from Tracey. She create her own background using gold paste over a flower stencil on top of white and pattern papers. She added … Read More ...
Decorate the Corners Baking Layout
I love sweet the mix of flowers and baking on this page. Almost all of the design on this layout from Desiree is on the opposite corners, leaving a diagonal section of white space across the center for such a … Read More ...