Neat & Tangled + Scrapbook Circle and a Giveaway

I'm really excited about today's post.  Neat & Tangled is hopping with Scrapbook Circle this week.  There's an exclusive Neat & Tangled stamp set in the Scrapbook Circle kit, Mix Tape, this month, and this week we're showing off projects using the kit.



I created a layout.  I love the stamp set and used the books to create a border for my title panel.  I watercolored the border and then fussy cut the top.

I love how bold and graphic the papers in this kit are.  I chose one of the graphic black and white prints for my base paper and then layered some of the other papers under my photo.  I used one of the journaling cards on one side as well to kind of anchor the photo.

There is a great mix of embellishments in the kit.  I was particularly enamored with the Elle's Studio cork shapes and Evalicious puffy stickers.  I stamped the word 'stories' from the N&T stamp and added that with one of the cork pieces in the kit.



Please make sure that you stop by the Scrapbook Circle and Neat & Tangled blogs all week.  Neat & Tangled will be selecting one lucky commenter for a $30 credit to Scrapboook Circle and Scrapbook Circle will be selecting a winner of a $30 credit of N&T.  

AND, I also have a giveaway.  I've got an extra exclusive stamp set up for grabs.  Just leave a comment here, if you follow my blog you can leave an extra comment.  I'll pick a winner this weekend, good luck!

Ice cream LOVE @ Ben & Jerry's

I've been neglecting my scrapbooking again....always seems to be the case, but I decided to get back into the game and play along with the current Font Frenzy challenge at Scrapbook Circle.

These are photos from our vacation this summer in Vermont.  There's no going to Vermont without a healthy dose of Ben & Jerry's!

I used AC's Mayberry Line.  I'm loving it and thinking I'll end up using it a lot for these vacation photos, the colors and patterns are just perfect for summer.

The challenge was to use at least two different alphas, not too hard considering the amount of Thickers I own!  I was happy to be able to use those green journal thickers.  The Journal series is my all time favorite, but I really only have these green ones left and they're not an everyday color.  Incidentally if anyone out there knows where I can get more or has some they don't need, please contact me, because I don't think I have enough white/black ones to actually spell anything anymore.

It's a pretty clean and simple layout, partly because I just need to get stuff scrapped, but also because I knew I wanted to include the drip art pieces that the girls made and they are so bold and colorful I didn't want the layout to get too busy.

In case you're wondering why there are only three tickets, we all went on the tour, but Ellie has a little mini album of her summer activities, so her ticket is in there.

That's all for today.  Thanks for coming by!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  AC - Mayberry Collection; CTMH - White Daisy Cardstock
Other:  AC - Journal and Boardwalk Thickers, Black 05 Journaling Pen; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Sewing Machine

The ABC's of Me - Scrapbook Circle Challenge #58

Just popping in to share a layout I made for Scrapbook Circle's Getting to Know You Challenge.

For this challenge you are supposed to create a layout about yourself.  I don't normally scrapbook myself, and I also don't tend to have a lot of photos of myself as I'm usually the one holding the camera.  So, I opted to go for a photo free layout. 

This was a lot of fun to create.  Each of the little squares is 2" x 2", and I got to use lots of stuff from my stash. 

Coming up with all the different words was a little harder than I thought.  Had to stretch on some of them.  I tried to use both good and bad characteristics, and there are some contradictions too - for example I have both introverted and (e)Xtroverted on the layout.  I would normally classify myself as an extroverted introvert.  I'm extroverted once I get to know you, but until then, I'm introverted.

Since I used so many different thickers on the layout itself, I thought I would create my own lettering for the title.  Looking at the layout when complete, it kind of reminds me of a calendar.  I'm not going to list the supplies on this since it's just a ton of little piece of paper and thickers.

Anyway, that's all for now.  Thanks for coming by!

Matching Game Layout

This is another one of those layouts where I ended up with a gazillion collections, kits, and embellishments all over the the floor in the family room while I picked and chose from them. I'm also continuing to get comfortable with mixing and matching patterns and collections, in fact, there is almost no plain cardstock on this layout!

This one is also for a bunch of challenges:
1) Elle's Studio - Show me your tapes
2) Scrapbook Circle - Sketch challenge
3) Two Peas CHA Summer Social Challenge #9 - Put it in a pocket
4) Paper Issues - Wishy Washi theme

I love these photos and wanted to get them scrapped. They are from this past March. Ellie had closeted herself in the master bathroom (so Carina wouldn't bother her) and came out with her own matching game! I have no idea what possessed her to create her own game, but I was so impressed. Her matching pieces actually match, and it was so touching to see how proud she was of what she had created.

The pocket is kind of hidden. I used a glassine envelope that I got from the Curtsey Boutique Etsy store. I dressed it up with a little washi tape from Target, and then attached it to the page using that fun cloud/heart washi that came in a Polka Dot Whimsy kit. Since the little pocket is so full, I ended up needing three layers of dimensional foam tape for the photo on the left.



There are a variety of papers from CTMH, Bella Blvd, and GCD as well as a bunch of Elle's Studio tags (the blue chevron ones on the left side of the page are actually the same one, I just cut it in half so I could get a little more mileage out of it). The bracket and flower pieces are actually stickers (one is Crate and the other is Bella Blvd). I cut small circles to go in the centers because the Crate one was more of an off white color, and there was actually some writing in the center of the Bella flower that I didn't want to use.






It's a busier layout than I normally do, lots more elements, but I think it works. Thanks for coming by, hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock: CTMH - Dotty for You and Cruisin papers, White Daisy cardstock; Bella Blvd - Flirty; GCD - Sweet Tooth
Other: CTMH - Dimenstional Foam Tape; Elle's Studio - Lil Snippets, Turquoise Pennants, blank pennants; American Crafts - Black Custard Thickers; Crate - Random collection Phrase Stickers; Bella Blvd - Winter wonderland sticker; Curtsey Boutique - Glassine Envelope; Target - Washi Tape (pink stripe); Polka Dot Whimsy - Cloud/Heart washi; CM - Photo Splits; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Pigma Black Micron Pen