I finally got my scrapbooking mojo back! It's been probably a month at least since I made a page. I attempted another one a few weeks ago and after struggling with it for a few days I just put it aside. If I have to force it then it's no fun, and if crafting isn't fun then I don't want to do it! Yesterday, I pulled out these pictures that my wonderful mother in law took of my oldest son a month or so ago. She turned on the sprinkers in our backyard and the boys had a great time running back and forth through them.
This layout has a lot of elements, but I prefer full pages to empty ones. The trees are from Pooh & Friends and Everyday Pop Up Cards. I inked the edges, and added a bit of ribbon, and a flower made from Flower Shoppe to the larger tree to make it a bit more interesting.
More flower shoppe flowers - the first one blinged out just to make it a bit different. All three of these flowers are just the quilled flowers without any flower backing.
I used Spellbinders Grand scallop square dies to cut out the journaling block and mat. I also used Spellbinders to cut out the vellum quote and its corresponding mat.
This is my little guy in all his glory!
These pictures were printed as 4 x 4. I did some trimming, adhered them to white cardstock (which you don't see) and cut the collage out with my Spellbinders grand nestie scallop squares. I wrapped ribbon around the pictures to help frame each one. This is the first time I've done something like this and I really, really, like the way it turned out.
The pictures are mounted on a circle that I cut out using Elegant Edges and then stitched with black thread. Splish Splash was cut from H20 three times and layered to create a shadow effect. Summer, as well as the four flower borders were cut from Gypsy Wanderings. I added a little bling to each to add some interest.
As much as I love quilling, I do NOT have the patience to quill something like these dragonflies! I went through my embellishment drawer and there they were! I often purchase things like this that I think are cute because I know I will find a use for them eventually. Same with the puffy ladybugs. I think they are so cute!!
I am going to enter this layout in a few challenges. This week's challenge over at the Cricut 360 Challenge blog is "refreshing". What is more refreshing than running through the sprinklers?! I am also going to enter this one in the Cricut Circle Monthly challenge where we have to create a scene. I think this is a pretty fun summertime scene. I've never entered any of the Circle challenges before so I figured, eh, what the heck, it's about time.
Recipe:
Paper: K & Company Citronella, Me & My Big Ideas Sunshine, Martha Stewart Specialty, and a few other scraps that were laying around!
Cartridges: Elegant Edges, H20, Flower Shoppe, Mother's Day Bouquet, Disney Pooh & Friends, Everyday Pop-Up Cards, Gypsy Wanderings
Spellbinders: Grand scallop squares, Curved Rectangles
Ribbon, ladybug puffies, and dragonflies - my stash
Punches: EK Success bubble punch
Vellum Quote: K& C Company Hopscotch for Boys
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