I've been back for about a week or so and I've already been scrapping my heart out! I think it is safe to say that I've missed scrapping, either that or I am trying to preserve what memory I can remember of our recent road trip! I dont think it is the latter and probably is the first! I've been away from home since the last week in June and haven't scrapped a page until I got home. I am shocked I still knew how to scrapbook!
Here are a few layouts that I've scrapped recently:
You all know we went to Universal Studios earlier this year. You remember the only reason why we went to Universal Stuios was to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, right? When I saw that Jady Day had come out with
A Wizarding World, I knew I needed to pick it up and scrapbook our time visitng Harry's world!
And I did! I put together this fabulous layout of the girls meeting the conductor at Hogwarts Express
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I hope to scrapbook more of those photos that I took that day, but for now, I am very pleased with the one layout that I have of our exploration in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Plum Dumpling Designs came out with a new kit while I was on vacation called
The Open Road.
When I came home, saw the kit, I realized it was a perfect for me and my thousands of photos that I took during our road trip! But as I was browsing through her store, I noticed she had a neat element pack,
Vintage Postcard Maker, that I couldn't resist and had to pick up and incorporate in my layouts.
I think the Vintage Postcard Maker is a really creative product and I am glad that I stumbled across it because while we were on our road trip, I kept asking where all the postcards were as we couldn't find any of them in the gift shops! So putting her two products together, I created this layout
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Speaking of road trip, did you notice that Little Green Frog Designs is having a
Blog Template Challenge? Basically you use her template and link back to your layout on her blog. The winner will get a gift card to her store at the beginning of next month. It really is a win, win situation, especially if you are not picked for the gift card at the end of the month. If you dont win the gift card to her store, you won because you've gotten a layout completed in your album! Anyways, this month is a two page template. When I saw it, I knew I wanted to scrapbook about Mount Rushmore, getting as many photos on to the page. When I was trying to figure out what kind of kit I wanted to use, all I could think of was something patriotic since we had gone there around Independence Day. So I picked up Trixie Scraps Designs and Sarah Bennett's collab kit,
Old GloryAnd using Little Green Frog Designs template and this kit I created this two page spread of our visit to Mount Rushmore
Page One:
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Page Two:
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Charm City Scraps is a new designer over at Funky Playground Designs. When I saw her uploading product to her store, I couldn't help but find myself checking out
Happy Feet.Years ago my children were in ballet. My oldest was in ballet for three years while my youngest was in ballet for a year. They both loved it and I took countless photos of them practicing. Ballet kits are hard to come by because they are usually not the right color of the girls outfit. But when I saw this kit I knew I could use it over and over again for my daughter's ballet photos!
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Oh and as a side note, this ballet layout was picked for LOTW nomination over at Funky Playground Designs! Am I on a roll or what?! The only thing is I know it will not be picked for LOTW as I am the one picking this week's winner! It wouldn't be right if I picked my own layout! So needless to say I'll have to be pleased and honored with being nominated!
Obviously by now you've noticed that I am a huge fan of Little Green Frog Designs templates. I usually try to pick up two or three a month just because I have to have them! What can I say she is super talented! This week I picked up
Breakthrough Template PackI love this template pack and already found myself using two of the four templates! I imagine today I'll probably use the other two templates just because this pack is an awesome addition to her store!
Isn't this kit pretty?! I love the pop of the colors and the beauty that is just within the packaging of this kit! I was so excited as I downloaded it, not sure of what I was going to scrap. When I unzipped and looked at everything inside the kit, I knew the direction that I wanted my layout to go
**please click here for credits** Isn't that just the cutest? If you can't read the wordtab, it says "A perfect sister I am not, but thankful for the one I've got" which is perfect for my girls as they often fight but in the end are really best friends! I love this layout and how it all came together!
Lastly, using the above template pack and Funky Playground Designs store collab,
Corduroy Boy
I was able to scrapbook a special moment between my daughter and my newest nephew during our visit in Pennsylvania
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Well that was a mouthful this blog entry! I knew I scrapped a lot but didn't realize how much I've been scrapping. I know today I plan on scrapping a couple layouts as I try to get caught up on what I've missed during the month that I've been gone! When I get those scrapped, I'll make sure I show them off here and showing you the yummy goodness that I have been using!
Until next time . . . .
