Category: Scrapbooking

Hello family and friends.  Well we are rolling right into November and through it quickly!  I have two layouts to share from Get It Scrapped and I believe I will have a third later this week.  As per usual my assignments seem to line up nicely in little batches.  Here is the first based on a fun trend right up my ally, DOODLING!  Yep I actually got to doodle all over my layout 🙂

Merry Christmas by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: paper, bling, cardstock borders and stickers; SEI, markers; Sharpie, Zig Bic, Too Marker Products and American Crafts

I had so much fun drawing all over my layout and my photo.  I designed the layout very simply purposefully knowing what I was join got do with it, but it could have stood alone without the doodling.  Here is a before shot;

I stuck with a tone on tone color scene with creams and golds kept the embellishing simple but still included all my elements of title, journalling, embellishing and keeping the design balanced.  But THEN I got to play!  I used 4 different types of markers to get all the pieces in place some are opaque and worked well on the photo where others did not so there was some experimenting on a spare photo.  The girls LOVE that everyone got crowns.  They both did a double take and asked when we dressed up like that and then Sara said do we all look like kings and queens?  I gave her a big hug and said you got it girl!  She was excited that she got the purple dress :-).  I have to say the Creative Team did a great job on this assignment and you will want to check out the other Marker Doodle Re-Mixes!

The next layout assignment was to add found objects onto your layout.  Not just found in your scrapbooking stash but found from the rest of your life.  I had the perfect page in mind and was excited to put it together.

In Loving Memory by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: papers, doilies, tag, brads, crochet flowers and die cuts; SEI, ink; Sharpie, chipboard letters; American Crafts, butterflies; my husband’s grandmother

There is not much to say here other than I have been saving these magnets to include on a layout about these amazing wonderful people that I am honored I get to say I am related to, even if it is by marriage only, it is still an honor.  Kathryn and Eugene are two of the most selfless, giving people you will ever meet and I am blessed daily by having known them both while they were still in their prime.  Eugene leaves a legacy of love in his amazing family, he is and will be missed.

To  see the other wonderful work from the Creative Team check the article HERE.

As I type this it is snowing outside!

Happy Monday all!

I have another layout up at Get It Scrapped today.  The inspiration is “Selfies” the fun trend of taking photos of yourself.  Those of uswho are the memory keepers and photograpers in our families are often missing in the photos so it is a nice trend to catch yourself on occasion.  Here is my layout:

I’m a Gonzo by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock and letters; American Crafts, watercolor paper; Strathmore, pearls; Prima and Want 2 Scrap, ink; Copic; color on photos; Prismacolor, background color; Gelatos by Faber Castell, trims and tag; unknown

I had a great time creating this background with my new found medium Gelatos by Faber Castell.  Here is how I created it:

Step #1 – On heavy water color paper I used a white crayon, just a regular Crayola crayon, and wrote words all over the page.

Step #2 – I used 3 shades of Gelatos to color over the entire page lightly.

Step #3 – I used  a brush and water to go over the entire page.  I cleaned the brush regularly, I wanted the colors to blend but not mix completely.

Step #4 – I let my paper dry, distressed the edges, adhered it to a navy cardstock and added all my elements on top to finish my layout.

I also printed my images on matte photo paper so I could hand color my eyes.  I used Prismacolor colored pencils to do the coloring here.

Thanks for stopping by, I will have another busy blog week this week so stop back by! Oh!  And HERE is a link to the fun article at Get It Scrapped!

Happy Tuesday!

Goodness!  When it rains it pours!  I have two more layouts to share from Get It Scrapped this week AND my next installment of guest designer work is up at JBS Mercantile.  Tomorrow I have an article posting at GIS that I have written so I better get caught up!

Here is my art that I am sharing at the JBS Mercantile:

This is a crazy little mini album that I created with the mini album kit and some additions from the Papercrafting kit.  (I cheated and did not follow the instructions but I love my little monster!)  If you would like to see the inside, it is filled with A LOT of doodling and Copic love, head over to the inspiration page at JBS and check out the pages.

I also added 4 more layouts to the inspiration page!  Here is one of the pages, I will let you click HERE and go peek at the other pages at JBS Mercantile.

JBS…check! On to Get It Scrapped!  On Monday or Tuesday Debbie posted a fun article with TONS of inspiration for adding chalkboard elements onto your scrapbook layouts.  Here is my contribution:

Back to School by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock; Kraft and Core’dinations, patterned paper and chalkboard tape; Fancy Pants, chalkboard paint; Americana, chalk; General’s, ink; Ranger and Sharpie, brads; Stemma, trims and stick pins; unknown

I have to say this is one of my very favorite layouts as of late.  I LOVE this photo of the girls and the layout turned out just perfect, at least I love it 🙂  The chalkboard element on my page is done by painting on chalkboard paint then transferring my hand lettering with tracing paper and chalk and going over my letters with a Sharpie paint pen.  I used the exact same steps on another layout that I gave step by step instructions for HERE.  Check out more amazing chalkboard inspiration HERE.

Then on Wednesday Debbie posted a fun article about adding hand crafted elements onto your layouts.  Here is my contribution:

Snuggle by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock; Kraft, ink; Copic, doilies; Bo Bunny, chipboard letters and twine; American Crafts, stick pin; Tim Holtz, metal charm, yarn; unknown

This was such a fun page to complete and really once I added the section of crochet work there was not a lot more to do.  I added the title, added doilies that I colored lightly with Copic, the bright white was a little too stark for the warm layout.  I searched a little for the charm to add the touch of journaling, I knew what I wanted but had to do a little shopping to find it, OH DARN!  This little metal charm is just right, I added cream cardstock, my note and then filled it in with Glossy Accents to hopefully make it look a little like an antique  broach.Make sure to go look at the other wonderful had crafted elements HERE

OK deep breath, I think I am caught up for about 8 hours he he!  I am having so much fun and getting a lot of scrapping done.  I will have another post tomorrow so if you are checking in keep checking back, I even have a few fun posts next week with layouts from my lovely scrapping weekend with Brenda!

Happy Thursday all!