Create Magazine: November Issue

The month of November means it is time for a new Create Magazine. This is not only the last issue of Create for the year, but the last indefinitely. You can read more of the reasons in the Editor letter on page 3.

This month, I had the Sketch Challenge (page 55). Download the FREE sketch here. Here is my layout using the sketch:

I also had a theme challenge (page 147). The challenge I chose to use for the layout is Christmas. Here is my layout: 

Be sure and check out all of the projects and there are over 200 pages of them!

Create Magazine: September Issue

The month of September means it is time for a new Create Magazine. 

This month, one of my challenges was the Color Challenge (featured on page 80). Look in the magazine for the colors and how everyone applied them to their own layouts.

I also had the Tag Sketch and the Card Sketch (featured on pages 108 and 116). The sketches can be downloaded for FREE this month. 

There are a lot of other challenges in the 203 pages of this magazine. Don't miss out! 

  

Create Magazine: July Issue

The month of July means it is time for a new Create Magazine. The brands featured in this month's magazine are: We R Memory Keepers and Bazzill.

This month, one of my challenges was the Sketch Challenge (featured on page 57). You can download this sketch for FREE from the website. Don't miss out!

I also had the Theme Challenge (featured on page 233). Find what the theme was and how I used it on the layout in the magazine. 

There are a lot of other challenges (tag, product, etc) in the 277 pages of this magazine. Don't miss out! 

  

Create Magazine: May Issue

The month of May means it is time for a new Create Magazine. The brands featured in this month's magazine are: My Favorite Things and Paper House.  

This month, I had a Product Challenge (featured on page 12). Find out what the product was and see all of the different approaches using this product in the magazine!

I also had the Altered Card/Tag Challenge(featured on page 264). I used the Tag Sketch and created a layout. Here is the result:

The Create Magazine is full (over 300 pages) of amazing projects and lots of other challenges. And best of all, it is FREE!

Create Magazine: March Issue

The month of March means it is time for a new Create Magazine, issue 13 (by Scrapbook Generation). Doddlebug Design is the featured manufacturer for this month. 

I had the Journaling challenge this month (featured on page 164) and the Theme challenge "spring" (featured on page 238). These are how the projects turned out:

The magazine is an amazing 291 pages and has many other challenges like: the color challenge, the product challenge, sketch challenge and many others. It is a magazine that is packed full of amazing inspiration for any design taste! 

January Create Team Layout

It is a new year and time for a new Create Magazine (by Scrapbook Generation). There have been some changes to the magazine this year. There is a new design team, new challenges and a lot of great scrapbook inspiration. Jillibean Soup is the featured manufacturer for the month of January. 

I had the color challenge this month (featured on page 164 of the magazine). This is what I came up with using that challenge.

New to the magazine this year, the design team will also have additional challenges each month. This month, I used the January Card Sketch and Tag Sketch to make projects. Here they are:

The magazine is an amazing 303 pages and is packed full of amazing inspiration for any design taste! 

November Create Team

Scrapbook Generation has put together the Create magazine for November and it is full of inspiration! BoBunny is the manufacturer featured in this issue.

This issue is unique because not only does it announce the design team for next year, but everyone submitted a layout that represents their unique style!

For November I had the color challenge and the colors were beautiful and such a fun combination. The magazine features the color samples that we were given so you can play along as well!

With 249 pages of inspiration, you are not going to want to miss this issue!

September Create Team Layout

Scrapbook Generation has put together the Create magazine for September and it is full of inspiration! The brand featured for September is Heidi Swapp. 

For August I had the color challenge this month and this is what I came up with:

With 217 pages of inspiration, you are not going to want to miss this issue!

August Create Team Layout

Scrapbook Generation has put together the Create magazine for August and it is full of inspiration! The brand featured for August is Authentique. 

For August I had the sketch challenge, using an original sketch by Allison Davis (which is free this month for you to download). My layout turned out quite a bit different from the original sketch. 

With more than 200 pages of inspiration, you are not going to want to miss this issue!

July Create Team Layout

Scrapbook Generation has put together the Create magazine for July and it is full of inspiration! The manufacturer featured for July is Sizzix. 

For July, I had the color challenge. See what I had to say about it in the magazine. 

The magazine has over 200 pages full of information and inspiration. Find it all here. 

June Create Team Layout

Another month, means it is time for another Create Magazine from Scrapbook Generation. This month, the featured manufacturer is Pink Paislee. 

This month, I had the sketch challenge {using a sketch that you can download for FREE this month from here.} The sketch is beautiful and has so many possibilities. Here is what I came up with: 

With 267 pages of scrapbook ideas, you are not going to want to miss this issue!  

May Create Team Layout

May has arrived, which means summer is almost here! A new month also means it is time for another Create Magazine from Scrapbook Generation. And this month, the magazine is 245 pages {and free}! Also, Simple Stories is being featured in the magazine for the month of May. 

This month, I had the color challenge. And it did prove quite challenging for me! The colors were beautiful, I just didn't have much in my stash with those particular colors.  

I also participated in the extra Sketch Challenge for May. As always, I modified it slightly to get a bit different look. 

Be sure and check out the magazine and see how everyone else did on the the color and sketch challenges!  

April Create Team Layout

I can't believe April is here and it is time for another Create Magazine edition! 

For April, I was back to the Sketch Challenge, which was a lot of fun! It was my first time to use transparent {vellum} letters, which in itself presented a challenge for me. 

To see how everyone else did on the challenges (both sketch and color), check out the entire magazine. 

March Create Team Layout

For the March Create Magazine, my team had a color challenge. And it was quite a challenge! 

To see how everyone else did on the challenges (both sketch and color), check out the entire magazine. 

February Create Team Layout

For the February issue of the Create Magazine, I participated in the Sketch challenge. Based on the sketch given, this is a sneak peek of the layout I created:

This month, the My Mind's Eye design team participated in adding a lot of amazing projects to the magazine. To see the entire layout and see how the team used the Sketch and Color Challenges for February, visit the Create Magazine. 

January Create Magazine Debut

Scrapbook Generation's CREATE, a free monthly digital magazine, goes live today! With over 200 pages of papercrafting goodness, the inaugural issue is packed with information and inspiration from talented scrapbookers and cardmakers.

The magazine focuses on sketches -- providing four free layout, card, and tag sketches designed by Allison Davis and Debbie Sanders each month -- but there is so much more!

CREATE features a different manufacturer's design team every month. For January, the Fancy Pants design team has created 34 layouts, cards, and tags using the SG sketches.
Allison Davis and her sketch expertise will show up in a variety of articles. You'll get a close-up, detailed look at her creative process, and her ability to make simple, yet totally theme-specific handmade embellishments. 
CREATE magazine has its own talented design team that is featured in three segments: a color challenge, a sketch challenge, and an optional project challenge.
The magazine also includes other inspirational articles and features related to scrapbooking, cardmaking, and papercrafting, including a monthly technique tutorial by Tammy Tutterow.

For the January Create Team challenge this month, I had the color challenge to incorporate into my layout. Here is a sneak of the layout. To see the entire layout, check it out within the Create Magazine. 

I also made another layout using the tag sketch for the month of January. You can find it here. Here is a sneak peek:

Create Team

Scrapbook Generation announced their Create Team for 2014 today, and I am excited to be a part of it! Starting in January, Scrapbook Generation will be starting a digital magazine that will have new articles each month, called Create. And it's FREE! 

 

Head over to the Scrapbook Generation Blog for the official announcement and to find out more about each designer!

November Sketch Week

It is time for November Sketch Week and there is a new sketch on Allison's blog. You can download the sketch here.

I used the right side of the sketch to create my one page layout. I used two vertical photos on the right side, similar to the sketch. I also added one smaller photo on the bottom left, which is also similar to the sketch. I added a horizontal strip of paper under the title which is similar to the sketch, although I moved my strip of paper farther down on the page.

I flipped the title from the top right to the bottom right, which is different from the sketch. I traced around the arrow and added some additional doodling. The "thanks" is a stamp, but the "give" portion of the title is handwritten.

We hang up a garland on the mantel every year and add leaves to it, adding one thing we are thankful for, leading up to Thanksgiving. I added some leaves that my daughters wrote last year along the left side of the layout. My youngest was too small to write it herself, so her leaf has a lot of extra coloring on it! Then I added some hand-stitching down the side of the leaves. 

Allison's blog will feature different takes on the sketch all week! Be sure and check it out. 

Products used: Crate Paper: Maggie Holmes Wonderful, Storyteller phrase stickers, DIY Stop Design; Amy Tangerine Stamp, Cut & Paste A-lister; Studio Calico Marks & Co kit (Gold Polka Dot Washi, Asterisk Thickers); Evalicious Real Life Label Snipsnip Tags; Bazzill In Stitchz Floss Desert Sun

September Sketch Week with Allison Davis

There is a new sketch for September on Allison Davis' blog (download it here). It is a two page sketch with a lot of different possibilities. For some amazing inspiration on how to use this sketch, check out Allison's blog, she has been featuring projects all week long!

I made a one page layout using the sketch. I varied the sketch by rotating it so my layers were horizontal instead of vertical. I found a couple of my favorite photos from the Spring to include in this layout. It was an ordinary day and a perfect capture of my oldest daughter simply blowing dandelions in the wind.

I clustered the title on the right, similar to the placement of the stars in the sketch. The heart card is adorable and the colors seemed to compliment the layout perfectly. I added to it by stamping "amazing moment" and the date on it. I love how it turned out!

I tucked a little journaling card behind the photo to keep the layout simple. I also added some washi tape on the top and bottom of the layout.

Products used: Studio Calico Limitless and Say What (Valley High kit) and Amazing Moment stamp, gold dot washi and Amy Tangerine A-lister (Marks & Co kit); Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Captured, Ameircan Craft Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party Paper Pack; Chic Tags Journaling Tags Road Trip and Maya Road Perfect Shot Arrow Stamps

August Sketch Week

It is Sketch Week for August on Allison Davis's blog. Allison will be posting a lot of different versions of the sketch for this month, so be sure and check her blog often this week! The sketch for this month is shown below (and available from the Scrapbook Generation Online Store for you to download and use as well). 

I mirrored the sketch, placing the photo on the right and clustering my other elements on the left. I also included some accents at the top and bottom corners of the layout.

Instead of using 2x2 photos, I layered washi tape and arrow accents.

I tucked the journaling behind the tag to simplify the layout. When I had the journaling on top of all of the different patterns and colors, it made the layout a little too busy. 

Be sure and visit Allison's blog for more versions on this sketch!

(Supplies used: October Afternoon 9-5 Word Stickers, Elle's Studio Day to Day Tiny Tags and Daily Labels, Evalicious Real Life Page Tabs, Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm Wild Hearts, Crate Paper Little Bo Peep Border Stickers and Maggie Holmes Elizabeth Kate, Click, Washi, Tags, Glitz Tape Bokeh and Rainbow Chevron)

Peep Bunny Banner

I decided about a month ago to try making a Peep Bunny Banner to decorate our mantel with for Easter. The tutorial and pattern are found HERE {from Dana Made it}. 

It took quite a while of fitting it in here and there to actually finish it, but it did get finished - and before Easter! I am not so great with the sewing machine {one of my life long dreams is to learn to sew...well, with the machine. But, since my husband already does, it is sometimes easier to let him do it instead!} So, one of the reasons it took so much longer is I hand-stitched each little bunny. Usually while catching up on some of my tv shows {Big Bang Theory anyone?} in the evenings.

Here is the final product:{And yes, we still have portions of our Valentine's decorations included with our Easter decorations. Our girls did not want to take them down quite yet.}

Fun Girl

I was able to get away for a few hours Friday night for a quick crop. I have been out of the habit {and lacking motivation} lately and this was a good push for me to get back at it! I am a little slower, since I am out of the habit - so one layout completed seemed like a big accomplishment! This is what I came up with:

 

This is one of my favorite photos lately of B because it represents her completely at this stage. Her love for dressing up, her fun spirit and just what a typical day looks like with her! I wanted to use the dark gray paper, but didn't have a full sheet. So I layered it onto a lighter gray paper and made it work.

I layered some October Afternoon and laid some Crate Paper on top of that. Then I added some border stickers along both edges to frame the photo. I cut out the "Fun" and stamped "girl" along the side of it with some cute wooden stamps from the Target dollar bin! I layered that on top of a Lily Bee journal card. I finished the layout with some arrows cut out of an October Afternoon paper, another border sticker along the bottom and a date sticker. I used a rolling date stamp by Amy Tangerine and called the layout complete!