So normally, Sandra (ohsnapgonzo) and I have a challenge. It's usually every week, but this week Sandra is gone on holidays. So I was sitting in my scrapbook room and realized that I look forward to our challenges. In fact I look forward to them so much that I hit a road block when I went downstairs to scrapbook. What was I to do? Then it hit me....how about challenge everyone else to it. (I hope Sandra doesn't mind.)
For this weeks challenge, use up your leftover alpha. I know you have them in your stash, well at least I do. It's the package that has hardly any alpha left and it's almost impossible to make a title with. Well let's use it up. Get those half used up packages on a layout. I would love to see what you make. Leave a VR under my YouTube process video, or post a picture to Facebook and tag my name (Maggie Mylow) to it so I can see what you made. You can also leave the link below. I can't wait to see what you made.
I did make a prep video for this challenge, you can see that video here:
Hi Everyone. It's Saturday, so you know what that means. It's another episode of Saturday Stash Dive. I will be continuing the focus of using 6x6 paper pads on a layout. I did do a prep video for this episode and I was meaning to post it on the blog but somehow I missed doing that. Here is the prep video:
So from the pictures, you can see I definitely went a little out of my comfort zone and tried something completely out of my style. I think it's important to try new things to see if you can incorporate these new techniques into a layout. Although, I'm not too happy with how the page turned out, I love the elements of the page and I think I would try doing this page another way.
I love the colors that I chose for this layout. I just love the soft and light colors and how the pop of Gold Pow Glitter Paper just added some interest to the page. This was my first time trying a Mood Board and I can say, I love it. I love how it can give you a fresh set of eyes to try something new.
I must say the only thing that went terrible wrong with the page was the excessive amount of misting splatters on the left side of the photo. I was trying to do a "Boca" type effect and ended more like a bad paint ball accident. I do love the misting on the right side of the photo. I wish I did that one first, then I would have just left the other side alone.
Today is the reveal of the Ohsnapgonzo Project Life Card Challenge. For this challenge, Sandra and I needed to use Project Life cards on a scrapbook page. I know I say this everytime, but I LOVE how this page turned out. I wanted to merge the styles of scrapbooking and Project Life together and I think I accomplished it.
I started by pulling out some of my favorite PL cards from Studio Calico May PL kit, called Planetarium. I used the heart card as my inspiration for my color pallet. I pulled a lot of other smaller items from my PL container. (I have a container that has dividers in it to store some of my smaller embelishments for my PL.) I knew I was going to need smaller embellishments to keep it more like a PL style.
I have pulled washi tape for my last four layouts and I didn't end up using them...CRAZY!!! I know. But I did make up for it this time. I used 4 different kinds of washi tape, so that should make up for it.
I also used a whole bunch of items from a RAK that I got from Sandra. It just seemed like they all went together so well with this page. I also used a lot of potty people as an emblishment as well. This just signifies my children in the photo.
I just loved how I used up a whole bunch of stuff from my stash. This is page 35/50 for the 50 Projects Facebook Group. If you are addicted to buying and not making, head on over. The group has been amazing. I have been more creative than ever.
Here is the finished page. The process video is below.
I have to admit, I am loving this new series. I get so inspired by all of the layouts I see on the 50 Projects Facebook Page. When Tiffany puts of the Motivation Monday, my brain starts spinning as to how I can incorporate that into my Saturday Stash Dive. I love seeing everybody's layouts and cards. It amazes me how everyone's style is so different.
For this weeks SSD, I started by looking for inspiration. I was looking on Printerest and message boards for inspiration but nothing really jumped out and grabbed my attention. It wasn't until I was moving some things around my scrap room where I came upon my binder of Shimelle Lain classes. I just thought for the fun of it I would open the book and just look at the pictures and see if anything spoke to me. Then, there it was. The layout just jumped off of the page and I knew I had to use this design. It was perfect. I loved how you could used several papers so you could get a hint of each pattern. So now I had my plan.
Next came inspiration. It is so true when the say inspiration can happen anywhere and that is exactly what happened. Sandra (ohsnapgonzo on YouTube) and I were having a Skype scrapbook crop one night and I showed her what the modeling paste, that I had made, did. She loved how it got all puffy. Then she said I should do a layout using clouds on the top of a page. So I was keeping this in mind while I was picking my papers.
I chose a paper pad that I purchased from Studio Calico for March, called Neverland. I loved how their was some cloud paper and city skyline paper. Now that I had the paper, I knew what photo I wanted to use. I kept that in the back of my mind while I was pulling the rest of my embellishments. I placed everything down on my desk and then put the picture on top. GENIUS!!!! It looked brilliant!
I couldn't wait to get started, so I got to it right away. The farther into the layout I got, the more awesomer it got. (Awesomer, is that even a word.) I just loved how it turned out.
The process video is below:
Please make sure you leave a comment below for your suggestion for future episodes.
Alright everyone, here is your sneak peek into the next episode of Saturday Stash Dive. This one was so much fun to make and super easy. So grab your favorite 6x6 pad and play along with me on Saturday, June 15. I can't wait!!!
This weeks Saturday Stash Dive was totally inspired by a friend of mine, Sandra who is Ohsnapgonzo on YouTube. We were talking one night on Skype and I was showing here the modeling paste that I had made for my Silhouette Challenge with her. She asked me if I could tint it, so I tried and it looked AMAZING!!! So when I showed her, she said "Lisa, you have to do a layout using that. You need to make clouds." So that's where the whole inspiration for this page came up.....THANK YOU SANDRA!!!! That just goes to prove our late night Skype talks are totally worth it.
Yesterday I started preparing my supplies for my next episode of "Saturday Stash Dive". I pulled one collection 6x6 pad this time. I chose the Studio Calico Neverland pad that was from March. I wanted to make sure all of the papers matched and this was the easiest because Studio Calico has done all of the work for you.
After I chose the 6x6 pad I wanted to pull in some 12x12 papers to coordinate. I knew I was going to use white cardstock as my base so I pulled that out as well. For the 12x12 patterned paper, I pulled a few from Studio Calico and one from Pebbles. I also made sure I pulled a couple of 12x12 papers that have journaling cards on them.
Now for the extras. I knew I wanted to use one of my Las Vegas pictures, so I pulled the Amy Tan Yes Please stamp set. I really love the city skyline stamp and wanted to use it. I then pulled some coordinating inks from Hero Arts in charcoal, tide pool and pale tomato. I then pulled some Washi tape in some coordinating colors. I then went to my stickers and pulled some from October Afternoon and Amy Tan. I have a dish in from of the scrapping area that has a whole bunch of different embellishments like wood vernier, flair, and sequins. I pulled some of these out that I thought would work well. So to tint my clouds, I wasn't sure what color I wanted to use. I pulled Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, and Evergreen Bough Distress Reinkers.
I hope you join me on Saturday, June 15th for the next edition of Saturday Stash Dive.
Ok, I must confess. These challenges between Sandra and I, are so much fun. We talked about it the other day and we are going to keep going with it for as long as we can. We are discussing a lot more episodes of this in the future....I hope everyone stays tuned to YouTube so they can hear when we are going to have the next one coming up.
For this challenge, we needed to use our Silhouette to cut out files and use at least 3 of them on a layout. I chose to cut mine out on white cardstock so that it would give me some versatility of inking them of painting them a different color to match my layout.
I must say I really love how this layout turned out. I used most of the items from the Studio Calico May kit, called Planetarium. I just love all of the dimension of the modeling paste and the flecks of gold glitter.
It even impressed me more when I took pictures of it and it sparkled. That doesn't happen very often when you take pictures with your iPhone.
Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think of the layout, or if you have any questions.
I'm so excited to bring the premier episode of "Saturday Stash Dive." It's a week late, but I wanted to make sure I had it all perfect for everyone. I came up with the idea for this new series while I was watching the latest Two Peas in a Bucket episode of "Scrap Your Stash." I noticed that they were using brand new product, instead of something they may have in their stash. This really bothered me. After I joined the 50 Projects Facebook Group, I felt there was an even bigger need for this series that ever before. It just felt like there were more haul videos than ever out there. I even heard someone say that "Scrapbooking was one hobby and Scrapbook shopping was another." This feels so true. I really feel there is a need for these videos to aid people in using up what they have.
This month's focus is going to be on 6x6 paper pads and how to incorporate them into your layouts. If you don't have 6x6 paper pads, don't feel like this doesn't apply. You can simply substitute it for 12x12 patterned paper. It might work better for smaller patterns, but you could try big bold patterns and see how it looks.
For week one: Boxes.
I was inspired by "Motivation Monday" on the 50 Projects Facebook Group. Every Monday, Tiffany will post a new inspiration to help get your creativity going for the week. There is no commitment or obligation to make a page from week to week, but it's too inspiring not to participate. Boxes are a perfect way to use up 6x6 paper. I used a 1-1/4" square punch but you could use any size of punch, or die, or even your silhouette to cut out the squares. I used a variety of 6x6 paper pads from My Mind's Eye, Studio Calico, and Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic. I just chose one paper that had a multicolor pattern and then picked other papers that complimented the multicolor patterned paper. I also chose a 12x12 chocolate colored cardstock as my background to lay all of my punched out squares on.
Here is the process video:
Please feel free to leave a comment below and let me know if you have any suggestions for future episodes.
I had full intentions of posting my new series on Saturday called "Saturday Stash Dive." This is going to be a new series that will come up every Saturday using some of the supplies that you might have on hand. I grew very frustrated with the Scrap Your Stash series from Two Peas in a Bucket. I found that they have been using new supplies instead of showing us how to use the items up or in a different way. I just found it very frustrating. So I decided to make my own series. The focus will be different every week. It might focus on a product or tool to use it, instead of letting it collect dust. I hope you will join me every Saturday, just not last Saturday.
Now, as to what happened. I had part of my layout finished on Thursday and was ready to finish it on Friday. On Friday afternoon, I started to have a little bit of pain in my upper back. I didn't think anything of it and just thought maybe I moved the wrong way or lifted something too heavy. On Friday evening as I started to work on the layout, the pain started to get worse and worse. I just thought if I went to bed early it would be better in the morning.
I woke up and the pain was radiating down my back, it even escalated up into the front of my chest and into my shoulders. It hurt to breath. If I moved a certain way, it was like someone was stabbing me in the back. It was unbelievable. I was beginning to wonder if I was having a heart attack. I seriously debated on going to the hospital. The pain wasn't any better all day on Saturday. I went to bed early on Saturday, hoping that it would be better. When I woke up it still hurt but was a bit easier to breath. Then it wasn't until Sunday evening that I could finally feel the pain start to release and subside.
Diagnosis: I think I had a pinched nerve from driving on the rough muddy roads. I had to drive out west on Thursday and spent most of the drive fighting the really deep mud and the rutted up roads. I was constantly getting bounced around the truck.
So with all of that hassle this weekend I didn't get my layout finished to post. So my apologies everyone. I was so excited to start June off with a bang and a new series. I will try to get the layout finished this week and get it up for this Saturday.
Thank you for your patience. If you have any suggestions for Saturday Stash Dives, leave a comment below and I will try to make an episode for you.
I was so excited today when I opened up my blog and I can attach my YouTube videos again. It took a long time for them to get it fixed, but I'm so glad it is.
So for the first layout. I was in a "feather" challenge with Sandra (ohsnapgonzo on YouTube.) We both have a hard time incorporating these icons into our layouts, so we challenged each other to get them on a page. It was a lot of fun.
This layout was one of those Oprah A-Ha moments for me. I had a bit of self discovery with this layout. I chose the title "Feathers Appear When Angels Are Near." As I decided that this was going to be my title, it all of a sudden dawned on me that, this was my Dad's way of saying he was close to me at all times. I describe the realization in detail in the video.
