I don't make many masculine layouts at all, not just because I am bad at them, but because the men in my life don't always enjoy getting their photos taken. Is that a problem with you ladies? How do you get more photos of your guys? I'll hopefully be working on some more masculine layouts soon to get some more practice in.


I have had this background paper in my stash for a while, so I'm not exactly sure where it's from. I also managed to stash bash some of these fun darker green floral stickers and frames. I have had these forever (no idea what company made them) and I'm so glad I got to use some of them! I included other elements as well, including a fun cork patterned border sticker from Crate Paper Storyteller collection, some Scotch lattice washi tape, and a large wood veneer tag.


I mounted my photo onto some fun foam to give it dimension as well as using a small polka dot paper to create a border. The 6x6 paper as a base for the 6x6 photo is by KI Memories. I used a Teresa Collins 3x4 pocket page card from her Hello My Name Is line to create my title. I just used some Webster's Pages Painted Passport mini alphabet stickers to customize it.


To complete this layout I broke out some white felt flowers and some of my dark brown sequins. Because nothing says masculine more than sequins! Then I used my Heidi Swapp Color Shine in the color Tea to add some more distress splatters to the background. I hope you enjoyed this layout! Thank you so much for stopping by!

I knew that I had to use this lovely paper before my kit was up. This floral paper was the inspiration for creating this kit and I just love it so much. I'm glad that it is finally used and put into the books!

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It was a pretty simple process today. I loved being able to use some of my Project Life cards in unique ways though! I started by pulling out which pieces from my kit that I wanted to use. I picked out some pink cardstock, a piece of my striped pattern paper, and three PL cards. I then had to decided how I wanted to layer them together.


I pulled these fun pink die cut circles from my embellishment container and placed them about my page in a triangular format to promote eye movement across the page. Although this layout is very busy due to the background paper, the triangles will hopefully help the eye rest for a moment between the busy-ness.


To add a few more bits onto this layout I grabbed some gray buttons and also placed those in a visual triangle for your viewing pleasure ;). Then scattered all about the layout are the Heidi Swapp gold foiled stickers and some pearl gems.


To complete this layout I slapped on a title, that I again left until last minute (ugh, I need to work on that). I also cut out this fun typewriter piece and popped it up on some foam dots. I hope you enjoyed this last layout from my kit! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Heidi Swapp PROJECT LIFE Gold Stickers 312055

Heidi Swapp PROJECT LIFE Color Shine Spritz 312056*

Heidi Swapp BUTTER Color Shine 369358

Heidi Swapp CREAMSICLE Mixed Media Color Shine 399789

3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 0.25 Inch Adhesive Glue Gun

3M Scotch ATG 0.25 Inch GOLD REFILL TAPE Adhesive 36 Yards Acid Free

These photos don't have a huge story behind them, but I'll tell you a little bit about it. My boyfriend adores when my kitten sleeps on his shoulder. This time while he was taking photos with her, I managed to get in some of the photos as a photobomb. It was cute and fun!


I used some cut apart pieces from the Ambrosia 6x6 paper pad by Kathy Davis. This includes the little piece that says, "love with your whole heart", the heart stamp, and the little border piece on the right hand side of the photos. I decided to also incorporate some flower wood veneer pieces across the layout. In the top right cluster I put some rounds of teal twine and a Heidi Swapp tiny word sticker. In the bottom left hand corner of my layout, I used this top note shape die from Spellbinders to cut out a journaling spot from a piece of scrap gray paper. Besides the previously mentioned items, I also added a My Mind's Eye date label on to this cluster.  


To complete the entire layout, I decided to sprinkle around some clear sequins. Then, of course, the last thing I did was create and add a title! So I went with "photo bomb" since it went along with the story of the photos. These alphabet chips are from American Crafts. I hope you all enjoyed this fun and simple layout! If you were inspired, be sure to tell me in the comments below! Thanks for stopping by!

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I knew I wanted to go with a crazy color scheme for this layout. Orange and teal are quite the combo, but I think I made it work. The background paper is from Basic Grey Fact & Fiction 12x12 paper pad. I have a stack of random 6x6 papers from swaps or from little bits left over and I decided to dive into those to find papers that would work on my layout. I ended up choosing 3 pieces out of that pile to incorporate on this layout. Two I used for layering under the photo and one is that white and teal pattern strip flowing down the side of the page. I also cut apart a piece of one of the 6x6 pieces to use the fan that was on the paper.



Besides just using up some old stash, I also wanted to incorporate a lot of textures onto this one layout. I thought that this dainty vellum arrow from Studio Calico provided great contrast next to the three brads from my stash. To incorporate this contrasting theme throughout the layout, I also used two washi tapes along side that light teal and white patterned paper to aid in the contrasting theme.



I knew that I had a few bits of orange pieces in my stash that I wanted to try and incorporate into this layout. Some of these pieces includes the little chipboard circle that says you, a star sticker from Pretty Little Studio, a wood veneer heart from Project Life, and a little hello die cut from Elle's Studio. Since my title was going to take up so much room on the layout, I wanted to keep my clustering small, so they weren't competing.


This large sticker is actually from a set from the dollar store. I wanted to find a place for another wood veneer and this camera fit well here. In this photo, you can see some of the splatters I sprinkled around. I used a sprinklers from October Afternoon in Rocket Age.


To complete the layout, all I had to do was stick on this title. The tiny alpha stickers are from Teresa Collins and the round chipboard alphabet are Thickers from American Crafts. I hope you enjoyed this layout with a fun color scheme and long title!

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Teresa Collins Basically Essential Matchbook Alpha Stickers, 3 by 4.5-Inch, Black, 6-Pack

Mziart 10 Rolls Rainbow Washi Masking Tape DIY Sticker Adhesive Paper Tape for Scrapbooking &Phone DIY Decoration

Travel Wood Veneer Cameras

Studio Calico Wood Veneer Shapes-Hearts & Arrows

I used quite a few mixed media elements in today's process. There's paints, stenciling, splattering, and more! I hope you enjoy this layout and the process behind it. My pick 5 items were some mini star brads, a sport stamp set from Recollections, a stencil from Target, the Basic Grey Fact 12x12 paper pad, and DCWV Costal paper pad. All of these items will be linked down below for purchase.  Here's how I put it all together!


I hope you're all enjoying these mixed media type layouts! I really like how this one ended up coming together. I especially love how the visual triangle of that pop of green turned out in the end. It really helps the eye move about the page.


I know that there has been a lot of discussion about white and cream being together and personally, I don't mind it. On this layout in particular, I think that I used enough of both that one doesn't seem out of place over the other. Scrapbooking design tends to be about balance. Often times on my layouts you'll see me put three of one thing, in this case I used the star stencil in three different sections on my layout to help create triangles and diagonal movement.


For all of my journaling I used a silver gel pen from the dollar store. It's a little bit hard to see in the photos here, but it is much more apparent in person. That pretty much sums up this layout!


I hope you all enjoyed this mixed media layout and process video! If you like these types of projects be sure to let me know. Be sure to also subscribe for more projects and inspiration! Product links are down below. Thanks for stopping by!

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I used this fabulous paper in conjunction with some white cardstock to create a 12x12 background. Once that was completed I used another pattern from the Minty Lace stack by DCWV to mat my photo. I also pulled out a square Freckled Fawn doily. I knew I wanted to pop my photo up on some fun foam as well.


After flipping through the stack, I found some papers to back behind my photo. I also found some fun cut-aparts to use. Some of these include the ampersand piece and the adorable piece. To create a border between the patterned paper and cardstock in the background, I used two strips of washi tape a and a fun black border. I think this is a great way to provide contrast and keep the layout cohesive.


I created two fun clusters, one in the top left and one in the bottom right. The top left consists of a fun polka dot circle and some fun embellishment layering. I took a banner piece from the Fancy Pants Office Suite collection and layered it with a cut out from the DCWV stack. I finished off that cluster with some enamel dots, resin flowers, star stickers from Pretty Little Studio, word stickers from Seven Paper and a wood veneer asterisk. The bottom cluster is made of a Wilton doily. some more Fancy Pants tags, a chipboard love, then more final embellishments that are found in the other cluster as well.


I absolutley adore the way this layout came out. It has varying textures and tons of patterns! I hope you enjoyed today's project. Be sure to subscribe and comment so I know that you did. Product links down below as always! Thank you so much for stopping by! Do you like using a lot of patterns on your layouts?

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I've got a photo heavy pocket page to share with you all this week! I often times find myself wanting to embellish overload, but I took a simple approach to this embellishment light layout. As you can see from the overview of the project below, these photos look very, very alike in nature. We're all wearing the same outfits and it is very overwhelming due to so much repetition. When having photos with repetition like this the placement of your photos is very, very important! As you can see, I put two photos sitting in the left column towards the bottom and then two photos in the right hand column towards the top. This help creates movement in the layout and breaks up a huge block of repetition.


As you can identify, there is only one filler card and then the title card. We'll take a look at those beauties in a little bit down below, but I wanted to point out how I separated them on this layout. Again, to help break up the heaviness of the repetition, spacing out the unique things helps out quite a bit.

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