Week 42 & 2 Hawaii Pages!

We had a great week at the beach. I had a hard time picking out which photos I wanted to share. I tried to pick out ones that showcased our whole family....because that's what it was about. Maybe I'll have to put together a little mini album for this trip. I also finished a couple more Hawaii pages. The second one actually showcases our first snippets of Honolulu.

Zine Life Templates 11 by Scrapping with Liz

Gratitude by Joyce Paul Designs

 

Zine Life Templates 11 by Scrapping with Liz

Gratitude by Joyce Paul Designs
Noteworthy Designed by Soco
Must Watch Doodles 2 by Scrapping with Liz

Simple and Sweet Album Templates 10 by Scrapping with Liz

Just Plane Fun by Forever Joy Designs

Simple and Sweet Album Templates 9 by Scrapping with Liz

Nohea by Ninigoesdigi

Paradise by Sahlin Studio and Brittish Designs

-Liz

Tiny Photo Templates, Focal Point Templates 11 and Bold Background Cut Outs

 New this week are my Tiny Photo Templates, Focal Point Templates 11, and Bold Background Cut Outs. 

This is what I had planned to release on Special Saturday for DSD but I wasn't able to. Now that I have them in the store I'm offering them to you at the same price you would have gotten at DSD & all proceeds from these sales will go to Hurricane Helene victims. *read more below

Bold Background Cut outs are 50% OFF and Focal Point 11 and Tiny Photo Templates are 40% OFF!

Tiny Photo Templates have square-shaped photo spots to create a page that shows off your pictures in simplicity and style.

Focal Point Templates 11 have large faded mask feature photos with smaller accent photos in clusters.

Bold Background Cut Outs are great for digi and hybrid projects. There is a mix of backgrounds to help you add layers to your digital scrapbook page.

*I will be donating 100% of the profits of these new templates to Becoming Exponential. It's a local relief organization in my hometown that works very closely with the surrounding areas that have been devastated by Hurricane Helene. I personally know that they are doing a good work here in WNC. If you feel led to donate more, you can on their website.

Layouts with Tiny Photo Templates

Layouts with Focal Point Templates 11

Layouts with Bold Background Cut Outs

Week 39 - 41 & Another Hawaii Page!

Catching up today with a few pages I created over the past couple of weeks but didn’t have the time or Wi-Fi to share until now. It’s been an eventful few weeks! First, Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina, narrowly missing our town but still knocking out power, internet, and cell service for a few days. Then came the uncertainty of Hurricane Milton, leaving us wondering if we’d have to cancel our vacation plans. We held off deciding until the last minute but, after hearing that the area we were heading to was unaffected, we went ahead with the trip.

On a creative note, I managed to complete another Hawaii page—though it's more of a "waiting at the airport" page than a true Hawaii one!

Zine Life Templates 10 by Scrapping with Liz

Know Your History by Ninigoesdigi

Must Watch Journal Card Templates by Scrapping with Liz

Zine Life Templates 10 by Scrapping with Liz

Know Your History by Ninigoesdigi

Must Watch Journal Card Templates by Scrapping with Liz

Zine Life Templates 10 by Scrapping with Liz

Gratitude by Joyce Paul Designs

Zine Life Templates 10 by Scrapping with Liz

Gratitude by Joyce Paul Designs

Zine Life Templates 11 by Scrapping with Liz

Gratitude by Joyce Paul Designs

Zine Life Templates 11 by Scrapping with Liz

Gratitude by Joyce Paul Designs

Must Watch Templates 3 by Scrapping with Liz

Simple and Sweet Album Templates 10 by Scrapping with Liz

Just Plane Fun by Forever Joy Designs

Must Watch Foundations by Scrapping with Liz

-Liz

It's GSO Time!

Can y’all believe it’s October already?  I can’t because that means the holiday season is almost here and I’m not ready for it!  Well, a new month means a new GSO blog post so I’m excited to bring this one to you today.  With DSD just here, Liz’s gallery is just FULL of gorgeous layouts.  I’m going to show you a few now:

This one by flowersgal is gorgeous. I love the painted background and the frames on her photos look just like the traditional scrapbooking I know and love!

Next is this one by fruitysuet.  I’m not sure who’s cuter, the cat or the little girl 😊 I love the paper choices she made and her repeated round shapes throughout the page are a perfect balance to those 90-degree angles!

I’m always in favor of good journaling so you know I had to show off this one by Aussiegirl.  Her story is so detailed, and I love that because we all think we will remember those moments, but we never do.  What a great page!

Remember when I mentioned how much I love journaling?  Check this layout by carrie1977.  I love that she’s captured her own thoughts about choices and that she’s not afraid to scrap those thoughts or that gorgeous selfie. Journaling really does help clear the mind so if you don’t want to tell a story, journal anyway because it’s cheaper than therapy!

Y’all, READ this journaling by Brendazzle   Her story is as beautiful as her great photograph.  She’s said she’s lucky to get this shot, but I think she’s more talented than she knows!  I love the circle around both the image and the text and the way she placed her stars and splatters perfectly mimic the Milky Way.

Well, that’s it for me this month.  I hope you get a chance to leave these scrappers some love in the gallery and maybe they will inspire you to scrap some more pages like they did for me!  Thanks for reading this post and see y’all next month.

Another Step-by-Step Layout

Welcome to another Step-by-Step blog post.  CTM Robin here to show you how I scrapped a layout about my son’s journey to completing his Cycling Merit Badge.  Today I used Liz’s Memories Template 2 because I knew it was perfect for the two photos I had.  

Here’s the template I’m using today:

First, I placed my photos:

Next, I clipped all my papers from the This is Now collection by Rachel Jefferies.  The colors were perfect, and the layered mixed media background paper coordinated with all the layered shapes in this template:

After my papers were in place, I added elements from the same collection being mindful to have strong colors and shapes repeating an odd number of times throughout the layout.  This way the page is balanced and keeps your eyes moving.

Finally it was time to focus on my storytelling and my title.  I love that Liz incorporates shaped text boxes into her templates which saves me a lot of work.  I added my text into this text box and was able to resize it while maintaining the structure.  Not every template has this so I’m always thankful when I find a designer who takes this extra step!

Well, that’s it for me today.  Do you see how quickly you can scrap a page with Liz’s templates??  I hope you find this set as much fun as I did!