Scraptastic Club layout - Let's be Happy!

Hi everyone! Today I've got another Scraptastic Club layout to share. This one I did for the "Pinterest Monday".

These are the pins we (Nancy and I) chose:

We just loved how colorful these images were and felt inspired immediately!

Here's what I did, using the "I Lived kit" and the "I Lived add-on".

I used the colored stripes from the lollipops and re-created the striped theme on the left side of my layout. Because of the image of the cake and the words "happy day" I chose a photo of my youngest's second birthday. How I love the wood veneer numbers in the "I Lived" kit!!

Next, I embellished my page with all the different stickers that come with the awesome "I Lived" add-on!

I added a little journaling, some more stickers and some paint spatter. Last but not least, I used my sewing machine to stitch the paper stripes to my background. And I was done!

Thank you so much for stopping by again today!!
Have a fab day!
xoxo

Scraptastic Club - 4x4 Soccer Game and Silhouette Tutorial

Hi everyone! I'm so sorry to have been absent for a couple of weeks, we were visiting our daughter/sister in Louisiana!! I hope I'll find the time to post some photos, but for now I've got some catching up to do with my layouts ...

Here's a layout and little Silhouette tutorial I did for Scraptastic Kit Club with the April "I Lived" kit, the "I Lived add-on" and the "I Lived Cut File".

Every year the primary schools in lots of cities in The Netherlands have soccer competitions, which are called 4×4 (which simply stands for 4 players from one school against 4 players from another school). Every school can send as many teams as they want, as long as the teams have at least 4 players. My kids have very fond memories of these days, so these photos had to be scrapped! When I saw the papers and the cut file with all the numbers in the I Lived kit I knew straight away which photos to use!

I really love the cut file and knew that I wanted it somewhere on my page:

When I downloaded the April cut files I saw they came as a “png” file and because I used to struggle making these files work and to actually get them to cut, I thought I’d show you how to do that. I think most of you probably already know this, but for those of you who don’t (like me – for a loooooong time), here it is:

1. Open the “png image” in your Silhouette:

2. Click the “trace” button in the top right corner (6th button from the right) and click "Select Trace Area":

3. Select trace area:

4. In the vertical row on the right “unclick” the “High Pass Filter” and move the “Threshold” to the right, i.e. to 100%:

5. Click the “Trace” button (also on the right of your screen) and you’ll see that the black numbers get red lines:

6. You can now remove the black numbers and only the red outlines (the cut lines) will remain:

7. Click on the cut file and drag the corners into the desired size:

And that’s it, you’re done! Very simple, right?

Hope you like it! And if you have any questions, just ask!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today.

xoxo

My Mom - Imaginisce

Hi everyone! I'm having so much fun playing with the new Heartland Farm collection from Imaginisce, it's a perfect collection for so many of my photos!

For last week's "Mother's Day" assignment I decided to scrap a layout about my mom. My mother passed away a few years ago and I still miss her so much that I have a hard time scrapping her photos. In fact, I think this is the first time. But seeing as it's for Mother's Day I decided the time had come.

My mother was a huge animal lover, so when we were camping next to these horses she wished them a good morning every day, bringing them some apples. Of course the horses soon knew she would be coming and so, for the remainder of our holiday every morning they would be there waiting for her.

The die-cuts in this collection were absolutely perfect! (I know, I don't have a pig in my photo, but it's just so cute, I had to add it!). Love that the flower sticker has a bit of dimension.

Also I adore those wood pieces:

And I added a bit of journaling as well:

I'm in love with this new collection! Can't wait to see what you will create with it! Don't forget to share it on our facebook page!

Supplies:
Imaginisce: patterned paper, cardstock die-cuts, enamel dots, dimensional stickers, wood piece (Heartland Farm), American Crafts: cardstock, Thickers. Other: Silhouette Cameo.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I hope you enjoyed my project!
xoxo

Be Lead By Your Dreams - Webster's Pages - Scraptastic Store

Good morning everyone, today I want to share this layout about my daughter using the awesome “Dream In Color” collection from Webster’s Pages! How I adore this collection! The bright water colors are so very beautiful! and all those dreamy images! I thought I would have a hard time using this collection, but I found it so beautiful I ordered it anyway. And I was wrong, it wasn’t hard at all! In fact, it was super easy, this page came together in an hour (which is quick for me!).

I started with matting my photo on to some papers as well as on to some vellum. Next I chose the papers for the left side of the page, but before adhering these I used some pink water color paint so add a bit of soft color to the (too white) right side of my layout. I hate how this makes my layout buckle but when I was done I adhered it on one of those brown sturdy cardstock sheets Jessica always add to our orders and now my page looks 100% better!

I added bits and pieces of other collections to my layout, like the chipboard camera which came from the Crate Paper “Craft Market” collection and the gold arrow and the chipboard flowers which are from the I Am collection from Simple Stories. Next I added the mandatory machine stitching to my pages (my pages don’t feel finished without).

This quote is “made” for my daughter, she doesn’t even see problems, she just lives her dreams. So awesome! I wish I was a bit more like her sometimes!!

And here’s the supply list: Webster’s Pages – Dream In Color – Collection Kit; Webster’s Pages – Dream In Color – Storyteller II Paper; Webster’s Pages – Dream In Color – Dream In Color Paper; Webster’s Pages – Dream In Color – Dreaming Paper; Webster’s Pages – Dream In Color – What A Day Paper; Webster’s Pages – #Happy – Word Stickers; Webster’s Pages – #Happy – Sentiment Stickers; Webster’s Pages – #Happy – Keep It Real Vellum; Webster’s Pages – Dream In Color – Assorted Paperclips; Simple Stories – I Am – Enamel Dots; Simple Stories – I Am – Chipboard Stickers; Crate Paper – Craft Market – Standouts.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!
xoxo

Scraptastic Club April Sketch Challenge

Last Thursday it was time for Scraptastic Club's sketch challenge! Here's what I made with the "I Lived" kit, add-on and stamps:

And a few close-ups:

And Susan's sketch:

If you want to play too, you have until April 29th at midnight to submit all of your entries for the Scraptastic April Blog Challenges. The prize this month is $20.00 to spend at Scraptastic Club.

Thanks for stopping by!
xoxo

Imaginisce layout with brand new Heartland Farm collection!!

Good morning everyone! My Imaginisce layout using their new  "Heartland Farm" collection is up on their blog!! I'm so excited about the brand new collection! I love the bright colors, the super cute embellishments and the versatility of this collection!

For today's layout I chose a photo of my daughter's rabbit, called "Muffin". It's sad, but while my daughter was (is) away at High School in the US this rabbit passed away. Because my daughter was so upset about this, I decided to create this page for her.

I started with the large circle cut file and adhered several of the beautiful patterned papers behind it. Because of the round shape of the cut file I chose lots of circle die-cuts to embellish my page.

And also used my i-Top tool to create a couple of matching brads.

The round wood pieces were just perfect as well!

And although the carrot die-cut wasn't round, lol, it was made for my page!

The other die-cuts are just as awesome, like these flowers. I used some foam adhesive to add a bit of depth.

I really and truly love this new collection and am already working on my next project! I'm sure you'll love it too!

Supplies:
Imaginisce: patterned paper, cardstock die-cuts, wood piece (Heartland Farm), brad daddies 16mm and 22mm; American Crafts: cardstock, Thickers. Tools: Imaginisce I-Top tool, I-Top punch (16mm and 22mm). Other: Silhouette Cameo, 17turtles cut file.

A few images of this new collection:

Cute right?!!

The "love" cutting file I used is a free file from 17turtles.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I hope you enjoyed my project!
xoxo