Another Layout!

Once again, thanks again to Beth for giving us some extra motivation to get some layouts done with our stamps.  I've completed another, and now I'm out of pictures to use and must print some more.  Next up - Christmas!

Here's my layout.  I didn't use PTI stamps for the background, but the words are Fresh Alphabet, and the green paper is New Leaf.  I also inked the edges of the green paper with Tea Dye Duo. There's some Dark Chocolate twill  in there too. 

Here's a close up of the cute dinosaur stamp.  I won it in a Paper Crafts Connection give-away in April. 

I'm not completely crazy about this layout; I wanted to do something other than squares or rectangles for the photos, so it looks a bit strange to me for now.  I usually don't like my layouts until I put them in the book and look at them a few days later.  Anyway, it's done now and I can move on!

Papertrey Pages June Challenge

This is my third post for today, so please scroll down to see the other two!

Beth has motivated many of us on the PTI forum to use our stamps for our scrapbooking layouts.  Like many other people on the forum, I was a scrapbooker first.  Then PTI came into my life, and scrapping took a backseat to cardmaking.  I was thrilled when Beth opened the floor for layout challenges. 

This month's challenge was to create our own background paper with stamps.  PERFECT!  I've had these zoo pictures sitting around waiting to be put on a layout, so there is no time like the present.

I love PTI's background stamps.  I especially love the ones that are easy to line up.  BB: Tin Type is so easy (even a caveman could do it! [sorry, had to do it])
I'm not sure I've used the other two stamps in this set because I love, love, LOVE this one so much. 

Here's my layout:

I am becoming a CAS scrapbooker lately, perhaps because it is easy and fast.  I need to get caught up.  You can see I'm only on November, and right now it is June.  I set my own deadlines.  The facing page is made up of more pictures with some patterned zoo paper.  No PTI stamps on it, so I didn't take a picture.

Thanks, Beth!  Keep up the motivation please!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Stamps: Background Basics: Tin Type, Vintage Labels

Paper: Dark Chocolate

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Rustic Jute Twine, Dark Chocolate button

Heather's Sketch

During the latest countdown for PTI, Heather gave us a sketch to use.  You can see her awesome example and the sketch she drew here.  Again, I have been scrapping each month of my son's life since he was born.  This is the past Thanksgiving.  A lot happened in November, so there will be 2 other layouts for that month - going to see "Walking With Dinosaurs" and a trip to the zoo.  I've just started using these page dividers to make life a little easier.  That is the layout on the left; it's just out of the dividers.  The right side is following Heather's sketch.  She also wanted us to use some PTI dies in our layouts.  This die is Fillable Frames #1. After seeing Heather's example again, I wish I would have looked at it again before I started my own.  I like how she used more patterned paper.  That is always a challenge to me. 

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink Supplies:
Turning a New Leaf Stamp set
Fillable Frame #1 die
Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate, Tea Dye Duo inks
Rustic Jute Twine and Rustic Buttons

Other Supplies
Hero Arts "Happy Thanksgiving" set (CL119)
unknown patterned paper
Probably Archivers green and gold cardstocks

Papertrey Pages, May Challenge

Beth posted a challenge for the PTI scrapbookers to motivate us to use our stamps more in scrapbooking.  This month's challenge is to use watercoloring on a layout.

Since my son was born, I have made a scrapbook each year that highlights month by month.  This is the October page from this past October.  A friend of mine dragged me kicking and screaming into the pre-divided page protectors, so that is the page that is on the left.  I just took it out of the protector to prevent the glare.  The reason I have gone in this direction of scrapbooking is because I'm behind on my self-imposed deadline because some certain company has entwined me into cardmaking.  Hmmm. Wonder which company that is!

Here is my layout.  I blacked out the faces of other kids.  My husband asked me why I did that and the only answer I had was that it just felt like the right thing to do, so please excuse the blotches.  They are precious children, just not mine.

I stamped the pumpkin on Vintage Cream and colored them in with Aquacolor pencils using orange and brown. Then I used my Dove Blender pen to blend in the colors.  I tried to make the pumpkin darker on the left side.  The change is not as dramatic as it looks in the picture.  It's actually blended pretty evenly.

Supplies:
-Stamps:  Hero Arts Happy Thanksgiving (pumpkin), PTI's Turning a New Leaf
-Paper: random Kraft 12x12, PTI's Vintage Cream
-Ink: PTI's Dark Chocolate and Orange Zest
-Aquacolor Pencils and a Dove Blending Pen
-American Crafts Thickers