Having Fun Together Scrapbook Layout

Happy Wednesday! Today I'm sharing my take on Freckled Fawn's July Sketch Challenge. I was so inspired by how Megan used her frames so I decided to use the frames as well. I had been struggling to find a way to use up the frames that came in a previous kit.

I decided to document our day at Six Flags. I tend to take lots of photos of my boys and husband so a lot of times I am not in the pictures. A really nice employee offered to take a couple of photos of us with Daffy Duck so I knew that I had to use the photo in a layout.

I picked a few of the frames and adhered them together onto the cardstock. Then I added my photo. Once my photo was in place, I added the chipboard letters that spells out "Together" and then added my journaling. Then I just simply added the rest of the embellishments.

I don't normally use rubber embellishments in my projects, but I am loving the new rubber shape embellishments that came in this month's kit.

I really loved using the sketch because I was able to quickly put this layout together. I think sketches are also great when you have no idea how to use a specific product or when you're suffering from "creative block". 

Supplies Used:

• Freckled Fawn July 2017 Embellishment Kit

• Freckled Fawn April 2017 Embellishment Kit

• Freckled Fawn pearl stickers

• Ruler

Do you use sketches when creating?  

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Currently List

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Currently List.

Watching: I'm still annoyed that Still Star-Crossed has been cancelled. I also watched Ouija: Origin of Evil. I love supernatural horror films so I was a bit excited to watch this. I also have to catch up on Game of Thrones and Attack on Titan.

Reading: I caught up on some blog posts and emails. I also plan to finish reading my book this month.

Listening: I love this song. Hopefully Christina Perri makes more music because her songs are amazing.

Making: I just finished making blog posts for this month. I also finished my 100 Day Project. I made my last card on Saturday. Even though I did miss a few days here and there, I am so happy to say that I finished this project.

Feeling: I find it amusing when people post articles based on the title or a caption without reading the article. For the past few days, I have noticed that my Facebook timeline has been filled with people sharing articles and being angry simply because of the title. They didn't even bother to read the article and if they did they would have known that it was a satirical article.

Planning: I really want to get a bunch of blog posts written in advance for August. I've been wanting to share more personal stories for a really long time, but always end up getting afraid. I've been really inspired by Holl & Lane Magazine and love all of the personal stories that people share. Seriously finding out about this magazine really came at the perfect time.

Loving: Old Navy has the best lounge pants ever. Unfortunately, Old Navy does not sell the ones that I have anymore, but they do have some other ones that looks comfy.

What are you currently up to?

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The Nerd Nest Challenge -- Repeat a Shape

Happy Monday! Today I'm over at The Nerd Nest with my take on this month's challenge. This month's challenge is to repeat a shape. You can check out my entire take on the challenge over here.

Are you participating in this month's challenge?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, Chrissy for their weekly link up.

1. Scrapbooking

2. Happy Mail

3. Maybelline VoxBox

4. Six Flags

5. Family day at White Water

6. Peanut M&Ms

7. Awesome sales

8. Iced Caramel Macchiatto

9. Cold Reese's peanut butter cups

10. Makeup

What made you happy this week?

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Project Life with Studio Calico

Last month, I mentioned that I planned to start a new Project Life album in July. I was really afraid to start a new album since I never did finish my old one. I felt so pressured to make a layout every week and eventually fell behind. This time, I decided that I would take it easy and just make a layout whenever I felt like it. 

For this month, I decided to use Studio Calico's Fairground Project Life kit. This is an older kit that I barely used. Using a kit is extremely helpful because I didn't have to worry about going through my stash to find the right embellishments or cards. I also used a Currently List for my first layout. Currently cards are such a great way to document your day, week, or month.

This chipboard piece is so cute, but I did have a hard time trying to figure out how to use it in my layout. I ended up adhering some different patterned papers to the chipboard and then adhered it to a blank Project Life card. I wrote down the year and made a couple of doodles.

This is one of my favorite layouts. I love the "Dear Summer" card and decided to use the colors in the words as my palette. I chose two other cards that matched the colors as well as the coordinating alpha stickers.

This is also one of my favorite layouts. Since this was a Fourth of July layout, I decided to stick with a red, white, and blue color palette. I adhered my photo onto a blank Project Life card and then embellished it with a blue and red star as well as used a phrase sticker as a sentiment. Below is a closeup of the layout.

So far I am loving how this album is turning out. I'm not sure if I will only document my Summer, but I can't wait to see how this album looks at the end of the month.

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Currently List

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Currently List.

Watching: This is a really interesting anime series. It's an adaption of the Japanese manga series Attack on Titan. I've been watching season 2, but plan on watching season 1 soon. The show isn't really scary, but it is a bit gory.

Reading: I was finally able to catch up on some blogs. I've also been reading some articles on Holl & Lane Magazine's blog. I'm so glad that I found out about this magazine and plan on subscribing soon.

Listening: This song has been stuck in my head for days now. I like the original version way better.

Making: I'm still making cards for my 100 Day Project as well as some new cards for my shop.

Feeling: July is always a busy, but exciting month for my family. I am so excited because my wedding anniversary is just a few days away! I'm not sure what we are going to do to celebrate, but I know it's going to be fun. I'm also excited because so many of my favorite shows are going to premiere on July 30th.

Planning: I have so many projects that I have to (and want to) work on and I really need to get organized.

Loving: Game of Thrones premiered on Sunday and it was such a great episode. I'm so excited for this season, but am really nervous about who may end up getting killed off the show. If you watch this show then you know that anyone can die. Seriously do not get attached to the characters.

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Happy Summer Card

Happy Monday! I'm getting close to completing my 100 Day Project and wanted to share a card that I made last Friday.

I was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches. I used my new Freckled Fawn embellishment kit for this card. I also used two separate stamps for the sentiment. This card was really easy to make. I used a washi stripe for the background and then punched a Project Life card using my circle punch. I adhered the circle with my Tombow Xtreme Adhesive glue runner. Then I adhered the resin flip flops to the circle and then added some pearl stickers. I wasn't sure what I wanted the sentiment to be, but ended up deciding to go with "Happy Summer". I used a Happy Birthday stamp that I have in my stash and made sure to only put ink on the word "Happy". Then I used the "Summer" stamp from my Studio Calico stamp set. Once I stamped my sentiment, I added a few more pearl stickers and then colored the word "Summer" with my colored pencils.

Supplies Used:

• July 2017 Freckled Fawn embellishment kit

• Studio Calico "Pick a Plaid" stamp set

• 2 1/2 circle punch

• Stampabilities "Happy Birthday" stamp set

• Tombow Xtreme Adhesive

• Jane Davenport Magic Wands

• Versafine Onyx Black Ink

How was your weekend? Did you get to make anything?

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