Hi there! Today Rebecca from the design team is lifting subscriber Alexa. She shared her page with us on Facebook.

I just love this page from Alexa. Great way to use the woodgrain paper for a background — really makes the photo pop. And love the layering of the strips are the bottom of the page. So fun!

Here is Rebecca’s page. She converted the layout to 12×12, but she kept it a single photo and used the strips of paper underneath. How great is that big heart?!

I am so in the mood now to use strips of paper at the bottom of a layout. Such a great effect. Great job ladies!!

Would you like to be lifted by our DT? Share your work using Scrapbook Circle kits on our Facebook page!

So, if you are a card maker, you may pull our those alphabet stickers for your cards now and then, but you may also think that the numbers aren’t as useful for you…well, I have a fun card design to share with you today that let’s those number stickers be the star of the show!

And…if you are anywhere even CLOSE to my age, you TOTALLY recognize that number. Just say’n. *wink*

To create this fun card I started with a plain white cardstock base. I rounded the corners and then layered the fabulous Cosmo Cricket 2wenty Thr3e Phone Booth paper (one of my favorites from the Daydreamer Kit!) and rounded the corners of that, as well. I then cut out three phones from the Jillibean Soup Neapolitan Butter Beans paper to use as accents on my card. The letter and number stickers are from the Echo Park This & That Alpha sheet!

And now…I must say you are very welcome for putting that song in your head for the REST of the day! Thanks for visiting!

….8-6-7-5…3-0-9….

Hello everyone!

Today lets talk pop. Ya know its really all about that for me, color and when I get a kit and a color draws me in, I run with it always! Like The Story kit from this month.

Just from the worded elements, I decided to run with the red color. Using a color palette that worked with it I chose the grey papers and cardstock to really make all the red stand out on the page!

Everything about scrapbooking tickles me, but nothing more than color! Go be inspired to find color in the littlest of elements and run with it too!!!!

Elizabet

Hi! Today let’s get to know the May guest designer: Allison Waken.

My name is Allison Waken and I’m a 29 year old wife, mother, photographer, and dog lover! I am an Arizona native and definitely have that thin AZ blood (I HATE being cold). As much as I love the desert I think my heart still belongs to the ocean so it’s a good thing we have family who lives near the beach so we can visit often. I LOVE being busy and having lots of things to do. I love Legos, being outside, and most of all preserving all the amazing memories we love to create! I LOVE pictures and am often working on paper layouts and projects as well as a little digital.  I love music, dancing, typography, and did I mention the beach? My brain goes in many directions at once and is all over the place but I’ve learned to embrace it – just waiting for my husband to embrace it as well!

Mother’s Day is celebrated in the US in just a little over a week from now, but no matter where you live, mothers deserve to be celebrated everyday, don’t you think? Challenge #31 is the perfect opportunity to to do just that. Document your thoughts on motherhood, mothers in your family, or other special women in your life in a layout.

Using “The Story” and the “Life Documented” add-on, I decided to collect some of my favorite quotations about mothers. Inspired by the SMASH journaling pad in the add-on, I created my layout in one of my SMASH books:

All of the Elle’s Studio tags, Heidi Swapp labels, and Cosmo Cricket papers were perfect for SMASHing. I wrote short quotes on the smaller journaling spots and used journaling tags from the SMASH pad for longer quotes.

I added some mist and washi tape, but everything else you see is from the May kit and add-on. I have a feeling I’ll be using a lot more of “The Story” for SMASHing.

I’ll be sharing a traditional 12×12 layout by Rebecca with you next week, but no matter the format you scrapbook in, I hope you’ll join in on this challenge. Ready to play? Here’s how:

1. Create a layout with the theme of Mothers. We would love to see a Scrapbook Circle kit in action, but any materials will do.

2. Post your layout to your blog, a gallery, or our Facebook page. Come back to this post and leave a comment with the direct link to your posted project.

3. Deadline to enter is Wednesday, May 16th, 9:00 pm Pacific.

4. One player will be randomly selected to win a $10.00 Scrapbook Circle credit.

Happy scrapping!

I had so much fun going through all the entries to our Neon and Framed challenges! Fabulous layouts, everyone! Each of these lucky ladies has won a $10.00 credit to Scrapbook Circle. Ready to find out who? Here goes!

The winner of Challenge #29: Neon is…

MARIE P

…with this layout featuring an orange day-glo title:

And the winner of Challenge #30: Framed is…

JULIE BONNER

…with this fantastic layout:

Congratulations! Please email me at precociouspaper (at) yahoo (dot) com to claim your prize. Thanks to all who participated! A new challenge is coming up shortly, so stay tuned!

Morning fellow scrappers!

This layout has a fun way to do your journaling on it. I had cut out the colored chevron pattern to use on another layout from this month’s kit. What I had left, were a few fun strips of light, plain chevron patterns left, so, why waste them? I used them on this layout and decided to journal on the middle one! Who says your journaling has to be right to left and top to bottom? No one! So, get creative with your journaling… just remember to journal. You may think you’ll remember the why behind each picture, but, trust me, you won’t! Just don’t forget to put the date on your pictures (like I did when I took this picture of my layout!). I went back and fixed it!

Happy May! Tell your Story….

Jennie

We are kicking off the month of May with a One Item Wonder post featuring my favorite part of the “The Story” kit – the doily mask. Part of the Christy Tomlinson line for Pink Paislee, this mask is perfect for misting, stenciling and even stamping. Let’s take a look at how Diana and Elizabeth put it to use on their layouts.

Diana misted over the mask in the four corners of her layout, filling the white space with the pretty design. I love how the photo and embellishments are central and the focus.

Elizabeth used the mask to anchor her photo/embellishment cluster. The neutral color mist allows the greens and yellows of her page to pop!

How will you use the doily mask? We would love to see! Be sure to share with us on our Facebook page. And if you haven’t checked out the new kit yet, take a look here. Thanks for stopping by today!

I’ve ALWAYS admired when people scrap large photos and make it AMAZING.  I’ve been holding on to this picture for a long time trying to get it right–you see I LOVE this picture for many reasons.  The kids running away carefree (notice the lost shoe in the foreground), the fact that this was taken in literally a second!  I told them to run away, I turned and shot this…  I also was a little frustrated at the grate/drain thing in the background.  What to do?

The Story kit was perfect for colors, so I decided to give it a go!  I decided to cover up the grate a little with a sub title–I’m liking the affect.  You still see it but it doesn’t really draw your eye into that direction.

We would LOVE to see your layouts with larger photos, please feel free to share them on our facebook page!

HI !Sophie here to share with you one of the new things I tried this month:

a no photo layout!

I almost never do this sort of layouts and it was really fun.

 In the Daydreamer kit , I was inspired by the bright colors and the Heidi Swapp stickers which are very much internet orientated.

So I decided to document my addiction for Pinterest.

 I just printed my computer screen on my old printer and had so much fun scrapping it!

For this layout I mostly used the Amy Tangerine paper pad from the add on.

I recently have become addicted to these smaller sizes sheets of paper.

I feel less guilty cutting through them and the good thing is you get each pattern at least twice. Which means it is ok to try things out and to go wrong.

In a no photo layout the  journaling becomes more important so I created something a bit different to hold my journaling: folders.

I used the Jenni Bowlin tab punch I adore and I printed my journaling on one of the paper pad sheets.

I am so happy with the result !

Do you ever scrap no photo layouts?

Come on: give it a go, it will encourage you to explore your creativity and you might be surprised by the end result !

Have a great day

Sophie