In the First Avenue kit, you’ll find a set of fuzzy rub-ons by Basic Grey. They are a great way to add titles, sub-titles and accents to your pages. Ursula put them to fabulous use on a recent layout. Let’s take a look:

Usrsula used the “awesome” rub-on as part of her title.

She also used the “word” rub-on as an accent with a piece of flair.

Great page, Ursula! Thanks for the inspiration to use those rub-ons. Have you played with the rub-ons yet? We would love to see! Be sure to post your layouts on our Facebook page. Have a great day!

Thank you to everyone to commented on our giveaway for a seat in Ali Edwards’ Hello Story class.

We randomly selected a winner from the comments.

Orange Gearle, please email us at info@scrapbookcircle.com and we will get you set up in the class.

For more info on Ali Edwards’ Hello Story class, you can visit Big Picture Classes.

Hello! Today we are sharing Dani’s lift of this layout from Andrea. She shared her work with us on the Scrapbook Circle Facebook page.

I love her layering, fun stripes on her background paper and the stitched, loopy arrow near the title. The bling in the center of the flowers is great, too!

Here is what Dani made to lift Andrea.

Dani kept the photo placement and the layers by using vellum, stickers and diecut shapes. She swap the misting background for gesso and created a frame around the page with my sewing machine instead of the pen.

Loving the inspiration, ladies! Keep it coming!

If you want to be considered for the Lifting You feature here on the blog, share your work using Scrapbook Circle kits on our Facebook page.

The First Avenue kit is not only great for photos of the men in your life but it’s perfect for fall colors too. I created this layout of our visit to the pumpkin patch last fall.

I really love the Basic Grey transparent letters included in the add-on kit this month – they are great for titles!

And here I created a grid of photos with the Scrapbook Circle exclusive printable – this month was amazing!

Be sure to pick up your First Avenue kit today!

Hi Daniela here with a layout from June kit – First Avenue.

I am not sure about the clean part, but simple for sure. I guess clean would be if I used a plain white background or something without a pattern. I just loved that I printed two vertical and two horizontal photos, totally by accident. Once I started arranging them this is what came out. The small empty space in the middle was perfect for one of our exclusive flair  buttons. “hello” is cut with my silhouette and I sprayed it with mist to match the colors of the layout. Some stickers, a rub-on and some sequins from my stash and that completes this layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by. What is your scrapbooking style?

Make sure you share your projects on our Facebook page.

Hello! Today I am sharing with you Project Life pages from Rebecca. Here at the Scrapbook Circle blog, we like to focus at least once each month on those real moments that we capture on-the-go with our camera phones or those times we don’t make a whole layout about.

Here is what Rebecca had to say about her Be Real moments for this month.

I LOVED doing this assignment. I do have a project project life type album, but I am very relaxed about it and I do not take a photo each day. I do not do a spread a week. I do the number of photos I want and the number of pages I feel like accomplishing.

Mostly I use Instagram or camera phone photos and I print them with my Selphy. They tend to be photos that would not necessarily make it into my scrapbook pages.

I have fallen behind, so I decided to jump ahead and do the last week in May and Memorial Day weekend for this week’s Be Real post.

I used Simple Stories Pocket Pages and a mix of the main kit, add on and party kit from June for these pages. I always like the Scrapbook Circle printable, and it is ABSOLUTELY perfect for project life pages. I used it all over the place in mine.

Thanks, Rebecca! We love what you made, and I know I personally can’t wait to get off the computer and get to work on some Project Life catching up myself!

If you are using your Scrapbook Circle kits for Project Life, let us know! Share your work on the Scrapbook Facebook page so we can ooh and ahh over your work.

We’re excited! Today we have a giveaway for a seat in Ali Edwards’ Hello Story at Big Picture Classes. We have loved Ali’s classes in the past and we are sure this will also be inspiring!

Here is the info on Ali’s upcoming class:

Hello Story
12 weeks of creative storytelling techniques with Ali Edwards
7/8/2013-9/29/2013 $99

Class Description
What’s your story? This summer, say hello to a dozen fun strategies for sharing more of your words, and more of yourself, on your scrapbook pages.

Through dozens of in-depth videos that cover storytelling and design ideas as well as 36+ exclusive layout examples from Ali (12″ x 12″ and 8 1/2″ x 11″ layouts, plus Project Life inserts), Hello Story will inspire you to take action and give you the tools you need to tell your own stories with confidence.

Are you ready to discover (or rediscover) the fun that comes from the interplay of design and words? By the end of class, you may even enjoy the writing process just as much as you love taking photos and playing with paint and paper!

New to Big Picture Classes? Learn more here

Ready to win a seat in Ali’s Hello Story class? Just leave a comment here telling us one of your favorite things about summer and you will be entered to win.

We will select one random winner from the comments and post the winner on Monday, June 17.

Are you playing along with our current challenge, Daddy Dearest? The challenge is to honor a special man in your life with a layout. Jill created this fantastic page featuring her dad interacting with her girls:

What a great memory to document and treasure! Jill’s grid design keeps the focus on the photo and their sweet relationship.

The stitching on this layout is great, too. Love the title work!

If you would like to join in on the challenge – and possibly win a Hipster prize pack from Basic Grey! – you can find the details here. We hope to see your Daddy Dearest page soon! Have a great day!

Good morning!

I love the colors in the June kit! I was strumming through my photos and found some of my husband when he was just a little boy. The colors from the 70s and 80s photos are PERFECT for the color scheme in this month’s kit. So, here is my layout:

It almost seems like it was taken over 30 years ago just for this month’s kit! So, pull out those old photos (or use a few of the Instagram filters to give it that look) and scrap away!

Jennie

Every month, Scrapbook Circle kits feature exclusive content – items made just for Scrapbook Circle that match the kit contents perfectly. June’s kit, First Avenue, includes a 6-piece set of custom flair. I asked Jennifer to put them to use on a layout, and this is what she created:

Jennifer strategically placed four pieces of flair on her page to draw your eye to that adorable photo and the title. I love how the flair coordinate so well with the papers!

The star motif is such a great accent to boy pages.

And isn’t the placement of that “awesome” flair great? It was meant to be!

Have you played with the exclusive flair yet? We would love to see! Share with us on the Facebook page. Have a great day!