October Afternoon

Pirates in January

Hi everyone! Alex here.

I don't know about you, but I needed to take a break from winter. Therefore, I am bringing you pirates and the summery Treasure Map collection today. 

I knew I had to use Treasure Map for my son's birthday layout. He is so into pirates right now, that I had to throw him a pirate party. I still can't believe that I actually made that pirate ship cake! Still kind of impressed by myself! :D

I didn't use a lot of papers for this one, only a fuzzy cut piece of Whale Bone Reef. Instead, I played with a lot of bits and pieces. I marked the upper edge with a strip of Nautical Flags washi tape. I cut off the pirate that was sitting under the palm tree sticker and stuck it under my photo. Number 3 is a Daily Flash Early Riser. 

I can't seem to be able to make a layout without Daily Flash chipboard arrows...

I have mixed three different alphas for my title: TM mini market, DF Meringue and TM alpha stickers for the year. The big anchor is TM Chip 'n Stick. Finally, I added some Eggnog pop drops and a cute little TM tin pin to the right side of the page for a more balanced design. 

I love to pull out collections that are not really right for the season to mix things up a bit. I feel so much better now :-)

Thanks for stopping by!

//Alex

Winter Wonderland + Cut File

Hi everyone! Alex here with you today, bringing you one wintry layout.

I have used OA's lovely Under the Tree collection for this one.

I also added a small touches such as a chipboard snowflake and a "joy" brad from the last year's Silent Night. That's one of the things I really love with OA: old and new collections are super easy to mix and match.

These photos are from my daughter's first "real" cross-country tour. She was awesome! That girl never stops to amaze me... "A good memory" pin was a perfect match for this page.

I have also designed this "Snowflake in a Heart" cut file to go with this layout. I would love to share it with you! You can grab it HERE. Have fun with it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

♥

 

Multi-photo Christmas Layout + Cut File

Hi everyone! Alex here with you today. 

I don't know about you, but I find Christmas photos a little hard to scrap. They are often pretty dark and messy with a lot of things going on on them. Therefore, I chose to keep my background light and bright and play with little details instead. I also chose to use a lot of small photos. They give a little lighter look with some white space in-between them.

I have used the lovely Under The Tree line for this layout.

Love this cute banner from the stickers sheet. 

To make my white background a little more interesting, I cut out a big Christmas Tree made of hearts (also in white). I like the "airy" look white on white creates.

The size of my tree trunk was perfect for the "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" stamp from the Under The Tree stamp set. It's all in the details, right? :-)

I would like to share the Christmas Tree cut-file I designed with you. You can download the cut-file HERE. Have fun with it!

Thanks for stopping by today! 
Have a lovely weekend!
♥

 

ETA: Thank you for letting me know that the link didn't work. It worked for me the first time I tested it. I have updated the link now, so hopefully you'll be able to grab the cut-file :-) Sorry!

 

Thursday Sketch: Squares of Different Sizes

Hi everyone! Alex here bringing you this week's sketch. I have used a lot of squares on this one.

And here is my own take on it.

I am not really ready for Christmas yet but I do love the new Under the Tree papers, so I decided to use them for this non-Holiday layout. The red and black were a perfect match for my little fire fighter. I have used papers Carol Singing and Card Sending. 

I mixed it up with bits and pieces from DF All Boy, DF Snapshots and DF Girl Talk. 

I also added some chipboard stars and a chipboard frame. 

For my title, I used the DF Nightfall alphas.

I hope that you feel inspired by this sketch and that you want to play along. Have fun!

//Alex

 

Tuesday Inspiration: Frame Gallery

Hi everyone! Alex here bringing you this week's inspiration piece. I was browsing Pintereset for frame gallery inspiration, when I came across this image. I fell for the frames arranged as a heart and decided to use it for this week's layout.

I started by cutting a lot of 1.5'' x 0.75'' rectangles out of different Summertime patterns. Then I build up a heart with white cardstock strips and started to play around and arrange patterns until I was happy with how it looked. Finally, I adhered the patterned rectangles to white strips and put it all down on a lovely B-side of the Backyard Lights paper. 

Once the heart and my photos were in place, it was time to pull out all the Daily Flash goodies and start decorating.

I have used bits and pieces from DF Snapshot and DF Girl Talk. 

I also added a chipboard arrow and some Eggnog pop drop hearts. 

I hope you like this inspiration piece and that you feel like scrapping after reading this :-)

Have fun!

//Alex

Monday challenge: Photo Strip

Hi there! Alex here with you today. 

I don't know about you, but I love making multiple photo layouts. One of my favorite ways to include many photos is to make a strip of them. For today's layout, I've made a strip of five small photos from our visit at the Playmobil Fun Park in Nürnberg, Germany. This big pirate ship quickly became our son's favorite. I was happy to take a lot of photos knowing that I had the Treasure Map collection waiting for me back home! :D A perfect match!

I've been dying to use this little guy!!

To match the photo strip, I cut the strips of journaling cards and layered them behind.

For my title, I mixed the Treasure Map alphas and small red Daily Flash Stop Light stickers. 

I hope you feel inspired to use photo strips on your layouts! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

//Alex

Tuesday color inspiration

Hi everyone! Alex here bringing you this week's inspiration piece. I found this image on Pinterest and I loved the colors!

The colors inspired me to pull out my Summertime collection and play with it. This is what I came up with.

I've been away on a roadtrip with my family for almost a month and haven't touched a single paper during all that time! I was feeling really rusty making this layout...

I used a piece of the lovely Puffy Clouds paper as my background. I adhered a sun-sticker on top of the sun from the paper to add some 3d-texture.

Love the small cut-outs from the Blue Skies paper!

I hope you feel inspired to pull out the Summertime and play with it! Have fun!

//Alex

 

Inspired by Citrus Slices

Hi everyone! Alex here today with a fun inspiration piece I found on Pinterest. I fell in love with the arrangement and colors of these citrus slices.

I wanted to print it and use it as it is for my background, but that wouldn't be much fun, would it? Instead, I followed the arrangement of the slices and created this Silhouette Studio cut file which you can download HERE. 

And here is the layout I made using the cut file and some gorgeous Summertime and Daily Flash All Boy.

 

I wanted to scrap this photo of the little man for some time, but until now I didn't have the right shade of green in my stash. Thank you OA for this beautiful Fresh Fruit Summertime paper! 

I let most of the slices be white on white (which I love!), but just to mix it up a bit I backed some of them with pieces of the Green Grass. 

These cute Tin Pins above are from the DF All Boy collection and the one bellow is DF Good to Go. 

The tiny hearts are Summertime Double Take stickers. I wish I had a full sheet just with them! 

I sent my inspiration piece to my super talented friend Patricia, knowing that she would rock it! Here is the layout she made.

I adore the mix of different round elements!! So clever!

Here is what Patricia had to say about her project:

I am a huge fan of circles and Alex’s inspiration piece had my creative juices flowing.  I loved the smaller clustered circles between the larger circles, so that is exactly how I did my layout.  I punched out circles and scallops…layered them, and then filled in with circle stickers, more punched circles, enamel shapes and brads.  I mostly used the new Summertime collection for the pattern paper, stickers, and badges.  But I was also able to pull in Treasured Map brads,  stickers and chipboard  Public Library brads, Saturday Mornings brads, and Daily Flash stamps, badges, enamel shapes.  Continuing with the circle theme, I placed my title and subtitle (it is actually a conversation with Stitch and Gantu) around two of the circles…keeping Aloha! around the photo for the main focus.  To attach the brads, I cut the prongs off and applied either liquid glue or a pop dot to attach it.  This gave me better control of exactly where I wanted them.  Thank you so much, Alex, for this amazing inspiration!

Don't you love how all the brads and layered circles add dimension to the page! Love this SO much, Patricia! Thank you so much!

I hope you feel inspired to make something with these pretty citrus slices or/and the cut file I created for you. Have fun!

 

Monday Challenge: OA cut-outs

Hi everyone! Alex here.

Today I wanted to put spotlight on OA's gorgeous cut-outs. Every collection has a 12x12 paper or two that calls for a trimmer. There are two such papers in the new Summertime collection:

Blue Skies

Green Grass

So, to my challenge... I want you to cut these papers down and use them as cards! I chose the small 3x3 cards for my layout. Love them! 

Do you have a favorite ice-cream too? Summertime is a perfect choice for a layout about it! :-)

The B-side of Green Grass is just as pretty as the little cards. I just had to use it for my background.

I hope you feel inspired to play along and cut into these pretty papers! Have fun!

//Alex

Thursday Sketch

Hi all! Alex here with this week's sketch. This is what I came up with playing around in Photoshop.

For my own take on the sketch, I have used the brand new Summertime collection.

The Sunshine paper is my favorite! Love the big sunburst which I chose to flip 90 degrees for this layout.

I really wanted to use the Grey Flannel chipboard alphas for my title, but I was out of "y":s. Then I realized that the negative part of the letters is just as pretty AND it adds a fun little touch to the page. Problem solved :-)

The "recorded" snap-cap above is from the Daily Flash Snapshots collection and the "so you" snap-cap bellow is from the Daily Flash Girl Talk collection. One of my all time favorites, btw... Almost every DF collection has something fun in it that goes perfectly well together with the Summertime. 

To bring the two patterned papers together, I put one of the Summertime tin-pins and a double-take label in the center of the burst.

I hope you feel inspired to play along with this sketch! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

//Alex