Fabulous Adventures of Listgirl

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Lily Bee Layout | Laguna Beach

In June, Lily Bee Design teamed up with PageMaps sketches to bring double-goodness to my scrapbooking world. Using sketches is a jumpstart to creativity when you might be stuck or your mojo has left the room.

Earlier this month on the Lily Bee blog, I had a layout using a sketch that Becky Fleck provided me.

Laguna Beach
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Lily Bee Supplies: Sweet Shoppe Collection (Jujube paper, Gumball paper, Lemon Drop paper, Jelly Bean paper, Licorice Whip paper, letter stickers, label stickers, chipboard stickers, chit chat stickers, Embellishment bundle)

This layout came together very quickly when I realized that I had the perfect photos to go with the yellow and blue color scheme in the Sweet Shoppe collection.
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I was excited to see the stitching in the sketch because sometimes I forget to take out my sewing machine, but I always love the look of sewing on my pages when I remember!
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Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to stop by the Lily Bee blog and PageMaps this month and check out more awesome sketches and layouts! :)

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Evalicious | Status Update

I blogged at the Evalicious blog yesterday with a layout featuring lots of Evalicious stamps! As you know, Eve recently had a shop update and there are SO many new awesome stamps in the shop! I love them all, so I wanted to use a bunch of them on a layout.

My layout was inspired by Facebook status updates, or the popular “currently” posts that you’ve seen on blog posts and layouts. I cut up strips of camera patterned paper and notched them so they look like arrows. Then I did the same for white cardstock and stamped various Evalicious stamps on them.

I added some circle stamps and used a 1” circle punch to punch them out and adhered them to my layout using dimensional foam adhesive. I also included a camera badge button.

I loved this easy way to use lots of stamps in different colored inks on my layout!

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Saturday, June 01, 2013

Write.Click.Scrapbook. | June Gallery Layout + Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Write.Click.Scrapbook. 4-year birthday celebration blog hop! I'm so glad you're here! I remember four years ago when some of the women involved with Simple Scrapbook Magazine launched this site. I wouldn't have imagined that four years later I would be a part of such a talented group of women, sharing our layouts, stories, and inspiration on a daily basis.

In the spirit of what Write.Click.Scrapbook. is all about, I'm sharing three tips today!

Before I go to sleep every night, I jot down the highlights of the day in a Moleskine daily planner. This is the 3rd year I've done this and it's become an invaluable tool to me to remember my days. Last year I also wrote an entry everyday in Oh Life, all 366 days!

Use a self-timer and get in the photo! Your family will be glad to see photos of you in the years to come.

Make a list of all the techniques or supplies you would like to try or use. Cut each into a strip of paper roll them up and put them into a jar. Next time you are stuck creatively, pull out any random three and use that to jump start your scrapbooking.

Our June gallery theme is Year 4 Favorite. My layout was inspired by Katie Ehmann's post about only using papers on your layout. A myriad of papers!

My layout: Date Night

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (American Crafts Amy Tangerine, Dear Lizzy, Studio Calico) + stamps (American Crafts) + ink (Memento) + pen (Sharpie) + punches (Fiskars, Marvy Uchida, McGill) + digital graphic (Ali Edwards) + digital die cutter (Silhouette America) + adhesives (Scotch, Glue Dots, Tombow) + stapler (Advantus) + font (Blackout)

I cut strips of patterned paper. Then I cut them into squares. Then from there I cut the squares diagonally into triangles and lined them up and adhered them to my layout.