Layout Love

Sometimes I get so into "card making" mode that I forget how much fun it can be to make a scrapbook page!

I've re-discovered my love for scrapbooking recently (my first love when it comes to paper crafting).

This season's adorable paper lines and embellishments have really made crafting a breeze!

Another thing I love about making pages is that I can use lots of my embellishments. 

I love decorating my pages with flowers, bling, rub-ons...basically whatever I can get my hands on.  :)

I really love this layout.  I'm really into banners right now, and I tend to use them everywhere. 

I love the ginham print on the paper and the collage feel.

Shabby chic layouts are so much fun to make. 

You really get the opportunity to use lots of fun goodies, from yarn to resin!

Be sure to stop by my Etsy shop and check out all the handmade layouts I have available!

Thanks so much!

xoxo

Gen

Disneyland Mini Album

We took our son, along with the in-laws, to Disneyland early this month.  It was the first time our 3-year-old had been to the magic kingdom and he had a blast! 

I decided to make a mini-album for my mother-in-law as her Mother's Day gift this year. 

I just finished it today and wanted to share!  :) 

 

This is my favorite page of the album.  I hand-cut Jackson and layered him on top of glittery polka-dot card stock. 

I love this picture of Mike in goggles.  It really captures his personality!

Now to start on my own layouts....

Inspired

I don't know about any of you, but I spend lots of time online getting ideas for layouts and cards.  I love finding inspiration and there are so many amazing creations out there!

I got the idea for this Easter layout from one of my favorite page kit websites, Scrapbox Studios.

I had purchased this happy Easter paper a few weeks back, but wasn't sure how to build my layout around it.  I know that Scrapbox Studios always offers such detail-rich layouts so I went there to get some ideas. 

Here is the layout that inspired me:

I used the first page of this layout as my inspiration and tweaked it slightly to make it my own.  I had a lot of fun with this page and even cut the bunny heads out of a second sheet to make them pop-up embellishments (I tried to photograph the dimension). 

I also used some white Puffy Velvet fabric markers on the bunny tails.  (If you haven't used this product, you should definitely pick some up ~ it's so much fun to use on so many crafts!  You just wait for it to dry and then use a heat gun on it to make it puff.)