Disney layout: me & you (wonderful you)/Hollywood Studios fireworks

This is the second layout I’ve made for iNSD challenges this year.  I’m combining Shimelle’s challenge from Paige Evans’ Facebook group (use a Paige Evans cut file, Paige Evans products, and Shimelle products on one page) with Crafty Jen Schow’s Use it or Lose it Facebook challenge to use lots of layers.

I knew I wanted to do another layout for my Disney 2016 album, so I looked to see what photos were printed and ready, and this pair of photos caught my eye.  On the night we were in Hollywood Studios, we stayed by ourselves later than the rest of our group and saw the Star Wars fireworks, which were really fantastic.

This particular starry cut file by Paige Evans was perfect for the page– the stars are a nod to Star Wars, and I placed them to give the idea of fireworks.  I reduced the size of the cut file a bit, cut it from the rose gold glitter paper from the Head in the Clouds project pad, then backed the stars with vellum.

Around the photos, I added lots of tiny little paper layers to make a frame–thanks to the Crafty Use It or Lose It challenge– until I saw that challenge I was at a bit of a loss as to what I was going to do!I added the journaling in a big empty area of the lefthand photo.

The title is NOT grammatically correct, I know, but I wanted the “Truly Grateful” puffy letter phrase  to tie in with the cute Paige Evans die cut that says “wonderful you,” so I sacrificed grammar for the look of the thing 😉

At the very last minute, I decided the layout looked unbalanced and needed something more, so I tore down a bit of the upper left edge of the layout.  And then I panicked, because it looked so odd to my eye (it’s the first time I’ve ever tried this, though I’ve admired it on others’ pages)!  I added more layers behind the torn area and then to make everything tie together, I roughed-up the edges of the paper layers around the photos.

Of course as usual, there are wood veneer and enamel dots…and a hidden Mickey!

Supplies:
patterned paper: Shimelle Starshine,” My Mind’s Eye “So Sophie” 
glitter paper: Shimelle “Head in the Clouds”
embellishments: Paige Evans “Truly Grateful” puffy word stickers, Paige Evans “Oh My Heart” die cuts, Shimelle “Starshine” die cuts, Studio Calico wood veneer, vellum, enamel dots
cut file: Paige Evans PE-stars-background4
tools: Silhouette Cameo 3, Nicapa cutting mat, Fiskars star punch

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Disney pocket page: Aurora in France

This page is on the back of the righthand side of the spread I just shared in my previous post!  Crafty Jen Schow’s sixth Stashbusting Month challenge is to “fill in the blanks” in an album.  For the most part, I prefer to make “traditional” (non-pocket) layouts, so this challenge was a welcome motivation to keep working on the pocket pages in my Disney 2016 album.

We got some lovely photos of my daughter and Princess Aurora in the France Pavilion of the Epcot World Showcase, and so this layout is meant to really feature them.

When I was planning out my prints for this page, I decided to make the more “full-length” shot of the two of them really large: I created a 6″x8″ canvas for my photo in Photoshop Elements and subdivided it into two 4″x6″ to add to my print order.  When I received my prints, I cut the lower 4″x6″ in half so that the pockets collage together to make the whole.

The rest of the layout was pretty straightforward.  I wanted to add in some of Shimelle’s “Head in the Clouds” collection with the “Starshine”, and this layout even includes colorful starry paper from “Glitter Girl!”  I thought it would be fun to reference Sleeping Beauty with a quote about a dreamer…

The rose-gold alphas from the “Head in the Clouds” project pad were a perfect compliment to all the pink…

And this castle card from a cut-apart sheet was exactly what I needed to fill in the last pocket (isn’t that rose-gold foiling so pretty??).

P.S. I’m so excited that I was able to complete all six of Crafty Jen Schow’s Stashbusting Month challenges!!  What a great series…

Supplies:
patterned paper: Shimelle “Starshine” 6″x6″ paper pad, 12″x12″ paper pad (detail-cut rose from Mercury floral paper, journaling block from Astro cut-apart paper), “Glitter Girl” Treat Yourself, “Head in the Clouds” project pad
embellishments: Shimelle “Starshine” chipboard stickers, ephemera, Project Life Baby Edition journaling card
alphas: Shimelle “Head in the Clouds” project pad stickers, Shimelle #stickerbook

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Disney pocket page: World Showcase

This next spread that I completed for my Disney 2016 album is the beginning of our afternoon in Epcot’s World Showcase.

When we entered that section of the park, I took a series of photographs that I later stitched together in Lightroom to create a panorama view of the different country pavilions around the lake.  I printed it as four 4×6 photos and cut them each in half so that the panorama spans the spread.  I really like the effect!!

Here are individual photos of the left and right pages (by the way, the left page is an upside-down design F pocket page:

I used the map print paper from Shimelle’s Starshine to create a large title block at the top left of the spread.  I trimmed the border from the paper and reassembled it around the 4″x12″ piece to frame it.  For the title, I hand-lettered the word “world” and cut it out.  I’m still not convinced that I love it (originally I had intended to scan it and make it into a cut file…), but I do like how it picks up the navy blue lettering in the large circular chipboard sticker, and the white helps it to stand out from the aqua behind it.

Thanks to Crafty Jen Schow’s fifth Stashbusting Month challenge, I had some “rails” to put this layout together. The challenge was “Scrapbook Bingo”, and I chose to use the fourth row of the grid:

• use 3+ patterned papers: I used 6 different papers from my Shimelle Starshine pad  (some are cut-aparts)
• use scraps: I cut into only one whole sheet of paper for this one–the map print for the title block.  All the other bits and pieces are cut (banners, backgrounds, photo mats) or fussy-cut (flowers, camera, stamped camera) from scraps.
• use something I’ve been hoarding: the chipboard stickers from Shimelle’s “Starshine” have definitely been hoarded! I will admit I was stingy in using them even on this page, since I only used two…  but I have so much album still to make!  I will also say that some of the patterned papers also fall into that “hoarded” category, especially the floral from Starshine.
• use journal cards: I used two 4″x6″ journal cards from old Project Life core kits (Clementine and Jade) to hold the longer stories on this spread, and on the bottom left, I used a patterned journal card from Clementine behind a photo.
• use sequins: I sprinkled some gold sequins around where I would have otherwise used enamel dots

 

Supplies:
patterned paper: Shimelle “Starshine” : Mercury, Hubble, Orion, Galileo, Pioneer, Pathfinder
journaling cards: Project Life “Jade” and “Clementine” core kits
embellishments: Shimelle “Starshine” chipboard stickers, Shimelle “Head in the Clouds” stamps, one little flower sticker from Echo Park “Beautiful Life” 12×12 sticker sheet, sequins
alphas: American Crafts Thickers “Happy” gold glitter

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scrapbook layout: adult ballet

 

I’ve been wanting to make this layout for a long time.

I ordered the background paper for this layout back in December of 2016. I printed my photos, and I mulled over my journaling.  In the meantime, my ankle injury forced me to step away from ballet (hopefully I’ll go back eventually), and honestly, it became emotionally a bit difficult to think about making this page.

However, Crafty Jen Schow’s Stashbusting month challenge #4 to make a layout about myself immediately brought this to mind, so I pulled out the plastic slip that had been holding the paper and my photos together and got to work.

The hardest part of this layout was the journaling.  I had a lot more to say than I thought (which was already a lot), and so I decided to make a facing 8.5″x11″ page to hold it all, plus an additional photo.

Since I put my journaling onto the facing page, I was able to feature the majority of the Maggie Holmes “On Point” paper by clustering my photos near the top.  I cut the paper and flipped it over so that the white-on-black music print could be at the top.

I added lots of little layers under the photos, but they are sneaky layers– I cut off the branding strips from some of the Maggie Holmes “Gather” 6×6 paper pad and cut into four strips one of the patterned stickers in her #stickerbook.  This gives the look of lots of pieces of paper, but they’re only about 1/2″ wide or less!

I used bits of paper doily and rhinestones to add to the delicate effect.

I also used a lot of the gorgeous florals from the #stickerbook to cluster in with the photos, and a couple of the word strips.

I used pale and white alphas to form my title, because while I wanted it to be obvious, I didn’t want it to dominate the delicate colors in the rest of the layout.

I printed my journaling on a plain 8.5″x11″ sheet of cardstock, and then I added another large photo that I took of myself in the dance studio one night before class.

To tie the two pages together, I used more branding strips and stickers from the #stickerbook.  Plus more doily bits and rhinestones, of course!

 

Supplies:
patterned paper: Maggie Holmes “Gather”: “On Point” 12×12 paper (both sides) and 6×6 paper pad (branding strips)
embellishments: Maggie Holmes #stickerbook, Queen & Co. adhesive gems, paper doilies, crochet thread
alphas: American Crafts “Daiquiri” white foam, Glitz “Teeny Alphas” aqua stripe

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Disney pocket page: day 1 MK stories

Some of the stories that I want to include in my Disney 2016 album are not big enough for their own page, but I still want to tell them, and for that, pocket pages are perfect.  This page faces the Carousel layout and is on the front side of the pocket page that faces my Dumbo layout.

P.S. There will be one more tiny photo in the bottom lefthand pocket… I just need to place another photo order!

The thing I’ve discovered about myself is that it’s hard for me to use anything but “scraps” for pocket pages, especially when I’m making an album that also has full-page layouts.  So this was the perfect match for Crafty Jen Schow’s third challenge for this year’s Stashbusting Month: Use Leftovers!  I started with off-cuts of papers that I used in the Carousel layout, since these pages are facing each other.  The rest of the papers are scraps that I’ve saved from making other layouts in my album, and I also pulled out leftover journaling cards from past Project Life kits — I used one whole, but I cut up three others to include in the other pockets.  I even had Husband write one of the captions in his own handwriting!

The one “newer” thing that I dove into for this page is the Shimelle #stickerbook.  I found some perfect little embellishments to scatter around the pockets– they help keep everything cohesive.

Supplies:
patterned paper: Shimelle “Glitter Girl” (stars and cloud branding strip) and “Starshine” (stripes, green and blue chevrons, cut apart), Anna Griffin “Carmen” (yellow quatrefoil)
journaling cards: Project Life “Baby” and “Jade” Editions
embellishments: Shimelle “Starshine” diecut, Shimelle #stickerbook, Paper Studio enamel dots, Shimelle “Head in the Clouds” washi tape
other: aqua tissue paper

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Disney layout: Enchanting farewell

These gorgeous views of the castle were our farewell from the Magic Kingdom on our first day at Walt Disney World in 2016.  I knew I wanted to feature them on a layout in my 2016 Disney album, and this next challenge in Crafty Jen Schow’s Facebook group (Crafty Use It or Lose It) for Stash Busting Month 2020 was perfect.  This challenge was to use “something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.”

something old: the polka dot bunting flag stickers are probably the oldest thing on this layout; they are from Jenni Bowlin Studio, copyright 2010.  I think I got them in a Lucky Girl Crafts kit when I was on the DT!

something new: this is the first time I’ve used the “White Pearl” Therm O Web Decofoil Metallix Gel on a layout.  I put it through a tiny star stencil that I created by modifying one of Paige Evans’ cut files (so you could maybe argue that the stencil is new, since I created it for this layout!).  Now I want to put tiny stars all over everything I make!  It was also the first time I’ve used the Elle’s Studio “Magical Memories” wood veneer confetti that I sprinkled among the stenciled stars.

something borrowed: was the hardest one of these.  Because I don’t scrapbook with any friends locally, I tried to figure out from whom I could borrow something, and I did consider using some of my daughter’s stamps.  In the end, though I was super-inspired by one of Crafty Jen Schow’s YouTube videos that I watched while I was walking on the treadmill.  I really loved the “sketch” of her layout with the banner bunting and florals on either side of the photos, and so I “borrowed” that idea.

something blue:  While the layout has a more lavender/orchid feel to it, I like how the blue striped flags and flower (from the Echo Park “Beautiful Life” sticker sheet) pull out the blue of the castle tower roofs.  I also used some of Shimelle’s “Glitter Girl – Treat Yourself” star paper with a navy background behind the photo.  Oh! and the alpha stickers for “farewell” are a purply-navy color.  Those are from Shimelle’s “Sparkle City” sticker folder, and it’s the first time I’ve used those, too, so I guess you could put that in the “new” category!

I’ve been actively working on about four projects at once this week, so this layout took way longer to finish than I expected!  I’m glad that I worked on it in bits and pieces, though, because I was able to add a lot of little details that make me really happy with how it turned out.

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Disney layout: Belle bounding

I think this might be my very first 8.5″x11″ layout!

I made this layout for the first challenge in Crafty Jen Schow’s Facebook group (Crafty Use It or Lose It) for Stash Busting Month 2020.  The challenge was to use this sketch:

find the sketch and FB group HERE

Obviously, this sketch is for a square (presumably 12″x12″) layout, but these photos belong to a smaller story in my Disney 2016 album, so I decided to try my hand at 8.5″x11″ for this one.  Not only did I change the size and aspect ratio of the sketch, but I kinda-sorta inverted it, too!

The cut file that I used on the layout is also from Crafty Jen Schow in her FB group; it’s a freebie for Stashbusting Month 2020.  I cut it twice, and the full cut-out is underneath the photos.  The first time, I didn’t have my settings correct for my Cameo, so I had to do some hand-trimming, and I cut a piece off to use in the upper left corner of my photo block.

Even though it’s a smaller size layout, I kept to my theme for this album of using wood veneer and enamel dots–including a “hidden” Mickey!

I’m probably not going to switch to this size/aspect ratio any time soon, but this layout certainly came together very quickly using this sketch and size!  Thanks, Jen!

Supplies:
patterned paper: Pink Paislee “Pen Pals” (polka dot), Shimelle “Glitter Girl” (stars) and “Starshine” (cut-apart tag), Anna Griffin “Carmen” (yellow quatrefoil)
cardstock: American Crafts (white textured), Park Lane (white smooth)
alphas: Thickers (Maggie Holmes Dreamer), Glitz Designs Teeny Alphas (gold)
wood veneer: Studio Calico
enamel dots: Paperbilities (Hobby Lobby)
tissue paper, yellow ribbon

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