Behind the Layout for SBC

Today I am going to share with you the steps for putting my layout for SBC sketch 402 together. When I saw that big circle I knew I wanted to make that a volleyball and create a page of my daughter playing volleyball.  I found my background paper which is a net.  I then went on the internet and found a drawing of a volleyball, made it the size I wanted, and then printed it out. I also wanted some small white volleyballs.  I used my cricut to emboss some white paper and then cut out some smaller circles.  Below you can see my background paper, volleyball, and my 2 small embossed circles.

I had about 7 volleyball photos.  I chose 4 that I liked the best for this layout.  I cut these photos into 3X3 squares.  Now I had the basics that I needed for my page.

  I then moved the volleyball to where I wanted it and moved my photos around to where I wanted them.  I went back and tried several places for the 2 small white circles.  I decided to put them near the bottom right of the volleyball.

I then find a journalling card that I liked and wrote my journalling.  I used some sparkly white letters to spell out volleyball for my title.  I found some string that was similar to the string lines of the volleyball net and added this to the left side of my page.  Since our mascot is the shamrock I drew freehand a shamrock and cut it out.  I added white paint to the edges and then put pop dots under it to secure it to my paper so that it had some depth to it.  Here is a  close ups of the letters, the shamrock and the string.

Lastly I wanted some sparkle so I added some plastic discs.

Here is my finished page.

I hope these steps have given you some ideas as to what you can do on your next LO.  

Kitchen Keepsake Blog Hop Starts today!!

Hello everyone and Welcome to the first Kitchen Keepsake Blog Hop!
We are super excited to share some wonderful inspiration with you. Be sure to grab your favorite drink and enjoy the hop.

Here is the complete list of talented ladies.

Suzanne
Carmen
Janet
Kelly
Shelly
Phillis  YOU ARE HERE!
Colleen
Kitchen Keepsake (forum)

If you came from Shelly's blog you’re in the right place.

Some blogs will have a random give away so please leave a comment on each blog.

Thank you all for joining us today and we hope you enjoyed today’s hop. You will have until July 31, 2014 at 12:00 midnight Eastern time to join us.

The winners will be posted on the blogs offering a give away so please check back on August 1. 

Thank you for stopping by, please leave a comment and follow my blog to have your name entered in a random drawing for a free RAK from me.

Your next stop is: Colleen

In case you get lost here is the order:

Suzanne-http://oscrappyday.blogspot.com
Carmen-http://kalahenscrapjoy.blogspot.com
Janet-http://stellaruby.typepad.com/creating_from_the_shores/
Kelly-http://kelzscraps.blogspot.com
Shelly-http://reelgirlsanimalhouse.blogspot.com
Phillis-http://justfindtimetoscrap.blogspot.com/
Colleen-http://scrappingranny-colleen.blogspot.com
Kitchen Keepsake-http://kitchenkeepsake.com

Here is my Blog Hop Challenge:

What do I think of in Summer?
It is the sun! Usually hot and sunny. So I want to see you gals create a LO with sun as a focal point. You can put the sun on your page as an embellishment, show something you do in the sun. Just get some yellow on your page and let's see what you are doing outside in the sun.

My LO has my daughter and hubby after a round of golfing.  What is something that you or your family does in the summer sun?  Create a LO and come back here and let me know where it is so I can see it.  I look forward to seeing all the Blog Hop creations!!  

Monday means there is a new sketch at SBC

It is sketch 402 at SBC.  My daughter began playing volleyball this past Fall for the first time and really liked it.  Here are a few photos that I chose to scrap.

Check back tomorrow for details on how this LO was put together.  For now if you want to see this sketch and some other LOs then go to the SBC blog.

CHWC for Kreative Koncepts

CHWC (Catholic Heart Work Camp) was the camp my kids decided to go to last summer and my daughter went back this summer.  It is a mission camp where catholic kids help the elderly with jobs around their homes during the day.  At night they worship and enjoy catholic traditions  It was certainly a week they enjoyed.  These photos are the group photos taken on the day of arrival and another day.

I chose the sketch from Kreative Koncepts Challenge #27 to create my LO.  To see this sketch and the details for their challenge click HERE.

You spin me round

Here is my LO with circles and also with my own patterned paper that I made.  It is my hubby and kids when we went to the PGA golf tournament last summer.  This was the beginning of the day when we got soaked. The day before we got sunburned.  Go figure.

The Southern Girls Challenge was to use circles.   I cut 2 different sized circles out of patterned paper and some white paper that I embossed to look like golf balls.

Here is a close up look of a couple of the white golf ball circles.

For the Kitchen Keepsake July Tips and Techniques I had to make my own patterned paper.  I used 3 different stamps and inks to make this paper.  I forgot to take a photo of it before I put it on my page.  But here is a close-up of it as best as I could take.

You may want to see all the visit the Southern Girls Challenge Blog or the Kitchen Keepsake Blog to see all their scrap booking ideas and challenges.  Happy scrapping to you today!

Triangles can be difficult to work with on a LO

I don't like working with triangles.  This was reaffirmed after trying to create this LO from Stuck Sketches.  It is their July 1st challenge.   I cut them all from my cardstock and ended up having different kinds of triangles.

Stuck Sketches is also teaming up with Frosted Designs to use a punch on your LO.  I used my mini flag punch.  I had some extra triangles and so I cut these out the the unwanted triangles. 

So if  you  want to enter 2 challenges with one LO check out these two scrapping blogs:  Stuck Sketches and Frosted Designs.   God luck and happy scrapping to you.

sketch 401 at SBC

Here is my take on the sketch at SBC.  It is an old christmas card from 2012 that I recently came across.  I thought it would work nicely with this sketch.

The photos on the card were from the April trip we took to Florida.  My daughter was not too pleased with the one I chose of her by herself.  To see this sketch and to enter your LO for this challenge click HERE.