Citrus Summer Scrapbook Layouts – Part 1

Whoa! Summer needs to SLOW down! I took a little break from scrapbooking last month to enjoy some fun family time and also some much needed relaxation time with my hubby. But now in a blink of an eye, it’s almost August!

Here are a few layouts that I created with some of my summer photos and the new Citrus Summer collection from Creative Memories. Citrus Summer consists of paper, stickers, variety mats, a Fast2Fab album and pages, and my most favorite item – an adorable box full of ADORABLE embellishments!

My first layout is a perfect representation of our summer. Both my husband and I are are typical Type A personalities who find it difficult to slow down and relax. But somehow on our pontoon boat with the combo of water and sun, we’re able to decompress and spend the day simply… floating. It’s our most favorite thing to do in the summer.

To make my layout:
1. Trim wave patterned sheets of paper to 11″ x 11″ and adhere to 12″ x 12″ sheets of peacock cardstock. To conserve cardstock, cut out the centers of the peacock cardstock first.

2. Use the Original Border Maker System with the new Scallop Wave Border Maker Cartridge to punch borders from white and peacock cardstock and adhere together as shown. From white cardstock, cut 12″ x 1/2″ wavy borders using the 12″ Decorative Trimmer. Layered these three pieces with 12″ x 3″ strips of the floating sunbather paper.

3. Use the Custom Cutting System with the medium sized Circle Pattern and Red Blade to cut a circle from goldenrod cardstock. Use the Banner Flag Punch to punch sun rays and adhere and trim as shown to create my large sun.

4. Mat your photos with 4-1/4″ x 6-1/4″ pieces of white cardstock and tuck your photos underneath the wave border.

5. Finish the layout with fun combos of the cute Citrus Summer Embellishments and Stickers adhering some with Foam Squares, and add journaling and faux pen stitching.

My second layout features photos from the family reunion that we hosted in mid-June. As you can see, I used the beach-themed paper for my lake photos. If you’re like me and don’t have any beach photos, don’t be afraid to use these papers for any type of water photos from lakes to your backyard kiddie pools.

I must commend Creative Memories for being “on-trend” with both of these beach and water-print papers. Throughout the summer, I’ve seen similar prints from a variety of vendors on a multitude of home and personal goods – including wrapping paper!

To make my layout:
1. Adhere 4″ x 12″ pieces of the water paper to two sheets of the beach paper and adhere 1/2″ strips of white cardstock over the seams.

2. Use the Original Border Maker System with the Scallop Wave Border Maker Cartridge to punch borders from white, peacock and aqua cardstock, layer as shown, trim, and adhere to the bottom of of the water paper with Foam Squares.

3. Use the Custom Cutting System with the Red Blade on the outside edge of the smallest Circle Pattern to cut your photos. Use the Green Blade to cut circles from aqua cardstock, and the Blue blade to cut circles from white cardstock. Layer and adhere as shown.

4. Use the Original Border Maker System with the Scallop Wave Border Maker Cartridge to create multi-layered wave borders from aqua, peacock and white cardstock. Use the Custom Cutting System with the smallest Circle Pattern and Blue Blade to trim pieces of the wave border to fit to the bottoms of your photos. Adhere the wave pieces with Foam Squares.

IMG_8600

IMG_8601

5. Complete the layout with journaling on a Citrus Summer Variety Mat and more fun combos of Citrus Summer Stickers and Embellishments adhering some with Foam Squares.

All of the items that I used are available for purchase through my Creative Memories website. Plus everyone who places a $50+ order will be entered into my new Quarterly $100 Shopping Spree Give-Away! Just place an order, and I’ll enter you in my next drawing on October 1st.

Also Creative Memories is currently offering a summer “Mystery Bag Promo”. With a purchase of $150 (USA), you’ll receive some awesome exclusive items including one of seven possible album covers, one of four possible tote bags and a pack of designer paper. These freebies have a retail value of $63! Please place your orders through my personal Creative Memories website and please order sooner than later as supplies may sell out before the July 30th end date.

I hope that I’ve inspired you to take a look at the Citrus Summer collection and to make time in your busy summer schedule to slow down and preserve your summer memories and photos! (Stay tuned as I’ll be sharing more Citrus Summer layouts soon.)

Karyn

15Apr2019

National Scrapbook Day 2019 – Daisy Scrapbook Layouts

Posted in Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Floral scrapbook layouts, National Scrapbook Day, Spring Scrapbook Layouts, Summer Scrapbook Layouts by Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe

Each spring, scrapbookers around the world celebrate our love of scrapbooking with National Scrapbook Day. This year, I’m holding my National Scrapbook Day workshop on May 4th – the “official” day of NSD. My event is almost full, but please contact me if you would like more information about my workshop.

Creative Memories has created some super cute exclusive 2019 NSD items that can only be purchased directly from a CM advisor. There is a NSD Kit with materials and instructions to make 2 double-page layouts, a pack of coordinating cardstock, a NSD Daisy Album, and a 2019 NSD Charm. If you don’t have a CM advisor, I would be glad to help you get any of these items.

nsd-2019-project-recipe-kit-creative-memories-656906-01

daisy-a-day-charm-creative-memories-656927-02

I loved the NSD Kit so much that I made some additional layouts with it. I also used the coordinating NSD Cardstock and NSD Gift Embellishments that are packaged as gift items for advisors. I’ll use these layouts for photos from my National Scrapbook Day workshop.

To create my first layout, use scissors to hand-cut around the hexagon shapes of the yellow print paper. My resulting piece is 12″ x 9″. Fussy cut a 12″ by approximately 2″ strip of daisy paper and adhere under the yellow paper. Cut individual and partial daisies and layer and adhere behind the first strip. (You may wish to complete some of the other layouts first, and then cut your daisies from you scraps.)

To complete your page, add stickers and embellishments adhering some with Foam Squares as shown. Use a black pen to add faux stitching and details as shown.

My second layout, is a fun take on the daisy theme. Cut a hollow frame from a sheet of the Vista (blue) Shimmer Cardstock and attach a piece of 11″ x 11″ white cardstock. Using the Custom Cutting System with the small Heart Pattern and Green Blade on the outside edge, cut 5 hearts from Vista Shimmer Cardstock. Use the Red Blade on the outside edge to cut 5 hearts from the daisy print paper. Use the smallest Circle Pattern with Blue Blade on the outside edge to cut a circle from the yellow print paper. My photo mat is 6-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ and is also from the Vista Shimmer Cardstock.

(This exclusive shimmer cardstock is significantly lighter in weight than other shimmer cardstock that CM has offered. So it’s much easier on our blades and punches. The NSD Coordinating Cardstock also contains 2 sheets of Lagoon Shimmer Cardstock – an aqua shade that I did not use on any of my layouts.)

Complete your layout with stickers and embellishments adhering some with Foam Squares as shown.

To make my third layout, cut a 12″ x 6-3/4″ piece of the green dot pattern from one of the sheets of multi-print paper and a 12″ x 5-1/4″ piece of the yellow print paper and adhere to a sheet of white cardstock. (For layouts like these, I like to use the packaging piece of cardstock that is included in CM paper packs. One side of these sheets is printed with info about the paper pack, but they are nice heavy sheets of photo-safe white cardstock.)

Use the Custom Cutting System with the old Jumbo Circle Pattern and Blue Blade on the inside edge to cut a half circle from the daisy print paper. Use the Green Blade on the inside edge to cut a half circle from evergreen cardstock. (Don’t cut full circles as you’ll want to conserve your paper.) Use the Original Border Maker System with Lace Flower Chain Cartridge to punch two borders from the yellow print paper. Adhere the three pieces bending the flower border as you adhere it behind the green cardstock.

Use the Original Border Maker System with Lace Flower Chain Cartridge to punch a border from white cardstock and adhere to a 12″ x 1″ strip of evergreen cardstock. Use the new Essentials 4-Way Punch to punch small circles for the flower centers from yellow print paper. Adhere the border piece and the semi-circle on the page as shown.

From white cardstock, use the Banner Flag Punch to punch three banners. Use a dark green pen to add faux stitching to the banners and the heart and flower embellishments. Adhere banners with stickers and embellishments as shown adhering some with Foam Squares.

For my next layout, adhere an 11″ x 7″ piece of daisy print paper and an 11″ x 2-3/4′ piece of the striped paper to a sheet of navy cardstock. Use the Flower Child Punch to punch a border from yellow print paper. Use the old CM Daisy Bouquet Punch to punch small daisies from white cardstock, and punch centers from yellow print paper using the new CM Essentials 4-Way Punch. Adhere to the Flower Child border as shown and adhere finished border to the page.

Use the Banner Flag Punch to punch banners from cloud cardstock, and use a navy pen to add faux stitching to the banners and the heart embellishments. Create three clusters with embellishments and stickers as shown and adhere the cluster pieces with Foam Squares.

For my last layout, I used a sketch from the recent World Wide Virtual Crop held by Creative Memories as my inspiration. Adhere a 12″ x 3″ piece of yellow dot paper to a sheet of white cardstock. Add a 12″ x 6-1/2″ piece of cloud cardstock and a 12″ x 1″ piece of yellow dot paper. Use the old CM Daisy Punch to punch daisies from the daisy print paper and Vista Shimmer Cardstock, and cut flowers in half. Punch flower centers from yellow paper using the Embossed Trio Flower Punch. Assemble flower pieces and adhere to layout as shown adding a vine sticker.

Use the Custom Cutting System with the largest Circle Pattern and Blue Blade on the inside edge to cut two circles from daisy print paper. Cut circles in half and adhere to bottom of layout as shown. Cut a 4-3/4″ x 7″ piece of yellow paper and a 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ piece of Vista Shimmer Cartridge to create a photo mat.

My square daisy piece is the packaging from the NSD Gift Embellishments. I cut it slightly and matted it with Vista Shimmer Cardstock. From yellow print paper and Vista Shimmer Cardstock, I created a ribbon piece for the right edge. Add stickers and embellishments adhering with Foam Squares as shown.

I hope that I’ve inspired you with my National Scrapbook Day layouts! Please contact me if you would like to purchase any of these NSD materials as they are only available directly from a CM advisor.

Happy National Scrapbook Day!
Karyn

15Apr2018

2018 National Scrapbook Day Layouts – Part 3

Posted in Children Scrapbook Layouts, Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Scrapbook Page Layouts by Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe

Hi! I’m glad that you’re back for Part 3 of my 2018 National Scrapbook Day layouts! The National Scrapbook Day materials are such a happy collection of papers and stickers and are perfect for photos of a birthday party! Stay tuned as I still have two more layouts to share with you.

The National Scrapbook Day Kit, Papers and Stickers are exclusive items only available from a CM advisor. If you don’t have an advisor, I would be glad to help you get the items – just send me a message!

Last weekend, I attended an event for Creative Memories advisors, and this is my interpretation of a page sketch that was shared with us. I used two sheets of white cardstock as the base of these pages.

The wide border consists of multi-colored pieces that measure 12″ x 1″ and 12″ x 1/2″. I cut these pieces in relation to the pattern on the paper. I wanted the rows that had yellow scallops. The four royal cardstock strips are 12″ x 1/4″, and the green striped piece is 12″ x 3″. I used the Original Border Maker System with the Button Cartridge to punch the final piece of the border. The title stickers are adhered with Foam Squares.

I used the Custom Cutting System with the medium sized Circle Cutting Pattern and the blue blade on the inside edge to cut the three circle pieces at the bottom of the page. The stickers are adhered with Foam Squares.

I cut the circles for my ice cream cone using the Custom Cutting System with the medium-sized Circle Cutting Pattern and red blade on the inside edge. I started with a 2-1/2″ x 3″ rectangle for the cone. To make a cone shape, cut on a diagonal from the top corners down to the center of the bottom edge. I cut the cherry from red cardstock using the smallest Circle Cutting Pattern and the blue blade on the inside edge. I highlighted the cherry with the Silver Metallic Dual-Tip Pen, and adhered it with a Foam Square.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayouts3 - Page 075

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayouts3 - Page 077

My photos are 4″ x 6″ and 4″ x 4″, and my photo mats are 4-1/4″ x 6-1/4 and 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″. For my journaling, I drew uneven wavy lines to write above. And I finished the layout with faux pen stitching using the Dual-Tip Black Pen.

See you back here tomorrow! Happy Scrapping!

14Apr2018

2018 National Scrapbook Day Layouts – Part 2

Posted in Children Scrapbook Layouts, Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Scrapbook Page Layouts by Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayouts2 - Page 079

Welcome back for my second layout featuring the exclusive National Scrapbook Day Kit, Papers and Stickers from Creative Memories! These materials are super cute and perfect for pages featuring children. I still have 3 more layouts to share, so make sure to come back and visit with me over the next three days.

If you don’t have a CM advisor, I would be glad to mail these exclusive items to you as they are only available directly from an advisor. The kit is $12.50, and the coordinating paper pack is $5.00 – plus everyone who purchases from me will also receive a coordinating sticker strip for free.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayout2

As with my first layout, these pages also started as single pages that I later put together as a double-page spread. If I had started as a double-page layout, I would have done something different with my banner stickers. But since I had already added the faux pen stitching, I decided not to move them.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayouts2 - Page 080

For the first page, I used the orange print paper as the base and added a 6″ x 12″ piece of the green striped paper. I punched an edge of the white print paper with the Original Border Maker using the Scallop Dot Cartridge and cut it off of my paper at 2″ wide. The peach patterned strip is 3/4″ wide.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayouts2 - Page 078

To make my ice cream cone, I cut my photos using the Custom Cutting System and the smallest circle cutting pattern with the red blade on the outside edge. The yellow print, red cardstock, and royal cardstock photo mats were cut on the outside edge with the blue blade. The cone piece is 4-1/2″ wide and cut on a diagonal from the outside corners to the center of the bottom of the piece. I matted the “cherry on top” sticker with a red cardstock circle cut from the medium circle pattern on the inside edge with the blue blade. It is adhered with a Foam Square as are all of the other stickers.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayouts2 - Page 081

The orange print paper is also the base for the second page. The green striped strips are 3/4″ and 2″ wide. The wide scalloped border is 1-1/2″ wide, and the peach print strip is 3/4″ wide. My two photo mats are 6-1/4″ x 4-1/4″, and my six photos are cropped to 1-7/8″ x 4″. All of the stickers are adhered with Foam Squares.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayouts2 - Page 079

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayouts2 - Page 078

Lastly, I used the Dual-Tip Black Pen to add some faux pen stitching. I love how the simple use of a pen can add so much to a page!

I’ll see you here again tomorrow with another National Scrapbook Day layout!

Signature

13Apr2018

2018 National Scrapbook Day Layouts – Part 1

Posted in Children Scrapbook Layouts, Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Scrapbook Page Layouts by Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayout1 - Page 086

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayout1 - Page 085

With National Scrapbook Day right around the corner, I thought that I would share some layouts that I made with this year’s exclusive National Scrapbook Day Kit and National Scrapbook Day Paper from Creative Memories. These materials are only available directly from a CM advisor. If you don’t have an advisor, I would be glad to mail a set to you.

The kit comes with instructions to make two double-page layouts. But I decided to combine materials from the kit, the coordinating pack of paper, and also the exclusive individual sticker sheet to create my own pages. I went a little crazy, and used most of two kits, two packs of coordinating paper, and two of the single sticker strips to make 5 double-page layouts of photos from my granddaughter’s last birthday. If you love these materials and my pages, you might want to get 2 packs of each as they are limited edition items. Please keep checking back as I’ll be sharing a different two-page layout with you over the next 5 days!

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayout1

At first, I made these as individual pages but decided that they would work together as a double-page layout. I love the bright fun colors, stickers, and my large cherry embellishments on these pages!

To start, cut the background papers to 11-1/2″ x 11-1/2″ and adhere to pieces of 12″ x 12″ royal cardstock. To conserve cardstock, you may cut out the centers of the royal cardstock first.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayout1 - Page 082

To make the border, punch one end of the blue paper using the Original Border Maker with Scallop Dot Cartridge. Cut off of your paper at about 2-1/2″ wide. Add a 1/2″ yellow strip and a 1/4″ dark orange strip. Punch small circles from yellow paper, and start layering the circles with your stickers. I cut my stickers off of the sticker sheet with scissors and played with my positioning before removing the backing and adhering them to the page. I also used Foam Squares on most of the stickers.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayout1 - Page 083

To create the cherry journaling box, use the largest circle cutting pattern from the Custom Cutting System. Use the blue blade on the inside edge to cut a circle from white cardstock and the green blade on the inside edge to cut a circle from red cardstock.

To create the stem, I used the medium sized circle cutting pattern with the blue blade on the outside edge to cut about a quarter of the way around the cutting pattern. Without moving the paper or the cutting pattern, I used the red blade on the outside edge to cut in the same spot. To make the leaves, I used the inside cutting edge and the green blade to create teardrop shapes. I adhered my top leaf with Foam Squares.

iphone4-13-18 004

iphone4-13-18 005

iphone4-13-18 006

iphone4-13-18 007

I used the same technique as above to create my double cherry embellishment on the second page. The smaller cherry is cut from the smallest circle cutting pattern using the red blade on the inside edge. I used the blue blade on the inside edge of the medium sized circle cutting pattern to cut a red cardstock circle for the sticker. I adhered this finished piece and the top leaf with Foam Squares.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayout1 - Page 084

My photos are cropped to 4″ x 4″, and my mats are 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ and cut from royal and red cardstock. I cut the border sticker and adhered with Foam Squares on the top and bottom of my photos.

KarynCropsWordpressNSDLayout1 - Page 087

Lastly I used our Red Dual-Tip Pen to add faux pen stitching around the scalloped edges of the border sticker on the top and bottom of the photos and also on both sides of my side border. I used the Red and Green Dual-Tip Pens to add faux pen stitching around my cherry journaling box and embellishments. I also used our Silver Metallic Dual-Tip Pen to add a little detail to the small cherry. I love how the addition of the pen work really helped to make these pages pop!

Please send me a message if you need helping purchasing these materials, and please check back tomorrow for another double-page layout!

Signature

3Mar2018

Forever Yours & Woodland Whimsy Layouts

Posted in Baby Scrapbook Layouts, Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Love Scrapbook Layouts, Scrapbook Page Layouts, Wedding Scrapbook Layouts by Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe

DSC_1253

DSC_1260

Several product collections from Creative Memories are now in limited supply and available while supplies last. Before they’re gone, I wanted to share a few layouts with you. My first pages feature the Forever Yours collection. Forever Yours is elegant with shades of pink, rose, gold, navy and silver and perfect for wedding photos. On March 5th, our new Black & White wedding collection will be released. If black and white is not the color palette for your wedding photos, I suggest purchasing the Forever Yours items sooner than later.

KarynCropsWordpressForeverMadeWithLoveWoodlandWhimsy - Page 084

My first layout is quick and easy but yet so beautiful. I conserved paper by cutting both the silver and navy paper in half at 6″ and adhering to the 12″ x 12″ paper insert from the paper pack. These inserts serve as a label for the paper packs and show photos of each sheet of paper in the pack. They are also photo-safe and can be used in our albums. With this trick, I saved two 12″ x 6″ pieces of designer paper.

I adhered a border sticker to the paper seam and used the Doily Border Punch to punch two borders from white cardstock. I used the Custom Cutting System with the Circle Cutting Pattern to cut my photo and also to cut a photo mat from the navy paper. I used Foam Squares under the flower and title stickers and added a few grey pearl gemstones.

KarynCropsWordpressForeverMadeWithLoveWoodlandWhimsy - Page 083

My second page is also a snap to make! I matted a piece of 6″ x 12″ rose patterned paper with navy cardstock and adhered down the center of a sheet of the multi-print paper. My photos are 4″ x 6″ and also matted with navy cardstock. I used the Original Border Maker with the Heart Chain Cartridge to punch three navy borders and adhered them using our Repositionable Tape. If you don’t yet have CM’s Original Border Maker, the Heart Chain Cartridge is one of three cartridges than come with the border maker when purchased. Lastly I added a paper flower from the Forever Yours Embellishments and leaf and title stickers adhered with Foam Squares.

KarynCropsWordpressForeverMadeWithLoveWoodlandWhimsy - Page 087

Although the Forever Yours Paper is perfect for wedding photos, the prints are neutral enough to be used with all sorts of photos. To make the page above, I cut two sheets of pink patterned paper in half on the diagonal and attached to another insert from a paper pack. Since the paper wouldn’t fit in my trimmer when turned on the diagonal, I folded it in half and cut with my scissors. I used my flower embellishments and stickers to cover the uneven cut lines. You will need to cut apart the border sticker to make it fit on the page. I used a Gold Dual-Tip Pen to edge my Forever Yours flower embellishments, added small flowers punched from Gold Shimmer Cardstock to some, and added pearl gemstones to the centers. My photo is 6″ x 4″ and triple matted with two pieces of Gold Shimmer Cardstock and white print paper. The largest gold mat is 7-3/4″ x 6″, and the white piece is 7-1/2″ x 5-3/4″. The smallest gold mat is 6-1/8″ x 4-1/8″. My title piece was cut from a Variety Mat and is matted on a gold shimmer circle and a paper flower embellishment. I hand-cut the ribbon pieces from Gold Shimmer Cardstock.

KarynCropsWordpressForeverMadeWithLoveWoodlandWhimsy - Page 086

My last page is a reminder that two of my favorite collections from the last year are also being discontinued and are in limited supply. I’ve made many baby and non-baby pages with both the Woodland Whimsy Baby Girl and Baby Boy Collections. But I love making pretty pages, and I just had to share this final baby page made with the Woodland Whimsy Baby Girl Papers and Embellishments.

I used the Custom Cutting System with the old Jumbo Circle Cutting Pattern to cut a hollow circle from brown cardstock. Using the Original Border Maker System with the Sprout Cartridge, I cut two borders from brown cardstock. Using the Cherry Blossom Punch and other flower punches, I created layered flowers from the pink designer paper. My leaves were punched with the Maple Leaf Punch and old Leaf Trio Punch. I used the Outdoor Adventure Quartet Punch to punch a single bird from black cardstock. My photo is 7″ x 5″ and matted with brown cardstock. To assemble, I recommend laying out all of the pieces first before you start to adhere. You’ll have to cut the sprout borders in order to wind them around the circle. I adhered all of the flowers, the bird and the title embellishments with Foam Squares. You’ll notice that I also edged my flower pieces with a brown pen and used the brown pen to draw veins on the leaves and bark lines on the sprout borders and the large circle piece. I also added a pen detail around the entire edge of the page.

KarynCropsWordpressWoodLandWhimsyBabyGirl

You may purchase the pieces of the Forever Yours and Woodland Whimsy Baby Girl Collections under the Going Gone section of my Creative Memories website.

Happy Scrapping!

Signature

31Jan2018

Winter Blog Hop With Creative Life

Posted in Blog Hops, Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Scrapbook Page Layouts, Winter Scrapbook Layouts by Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe

Welcome to our Creative Life Scrapbooking Winter Blog Hop! We’re so glad to be back hopping and sharing some winter scrapbooking ideas with you. At the end of my post, you’ll find the link to take you to the next stop on our hop.

I’m in the midst of a love affair with the Glacier Collection from Creative Memories! I’ve already used up two packs of paper and two packs of stickers. I also have to admit to going out in single digit freezing weather just to get some snow photos to use with this beautiful collection! Once I started making pages, I couldn’t stop. So I have a few layouts to show you today.

My first page might be my favorite! I used a page sketch that Creative Memories shared with advisors and gave it my own twist.

To make my page, cut the birch bark paper to 11.5″ x 11.5 and mount on 12″ x 12″ navy cardstock. To conserve cardstock, you may cut out the center of the navy cardstock first. Cut four strips from the snowfall paper that measure 2.5″ x 10″, notch the ends, and then following the same angle cut off a 3/4″ chevron shape. Rub black chalking ink or the side of a wide point black pen around the edges of the pieces.

From the Variety Mats, fussy cut a series of trees and ink the edges. My photos are 4″ x 4″ and matted with navy paper. My journaling box is a Variety Mat cut to 4″ x 4″ and also matted. Assemble the page by tucking the bottom edges of the photos and journaling box under the trees. I used Foam Squares to adhere my trees and the center photo. Place the lovely vine border sticker across the bottom of your trees, and add the title sticker and fern stickers. Adhere pinecone, bird, and snowflake stickers with Foam Squares.

My second layout is a fun snowman-making page! I have a lot of ideas happening on this page, but I think it works as a background to highlight one large photo .

To make this page, cut the blue paper to 11″ x 11″. To evenly space your punched out snowflakes, flip the blue paper over and measure to the center of the page. Use the Snowflake Trio Punch to punch snowflakes in the center. Punch more snowflakes from each edge of the paper. And then center the punch between the center snowflakes and the edge snowflakes to make your last two punches. (Unfortunately, the Snowflake Trio Punch sold out quickly and is no longer available. So if needed, substitute other snowflake punches.) Adhere the blue paper on top of the knit print paper.

Using the Victorian Border Punch, punch fences from white and brown cardstock. Adhere the white fence behind the brown fence to look like snow. Use the Original Border Maker System with Snowman Cartridge to punch a row of snowmen from white cardstock. Cut off of your cardstock at 2″. Adhere snowmen to the fence, and cut the entire border to 7.5″ wide.

To make the large snowmen, use the Custom Cutting System with the largest Circle Pattern and cut a circle from white cardstock using the blue blade on the inside edge. Cut a circle from white cardstock and another from the knit print paper using the medium size Circle Pattern and the green blade on the inside edge. From the knit paper circle freehand cut scarf pieces. Also freehand cut arms and a nose from cardstock. Use the old Button Trio Punch to punch three buttons. Assemble the pieces as shown. Repeat for the smaller snowman using the medium sized circle pattern with blue blade on inside edge and the smallest Circle Pattern with the red blade on the inside edge. The heart is a punch out from the Border Maker System with Heart Chain Cartridge.

To finish your page, mat your photo with royal cardstock and knit print paper. My photo is cropped to 5.75″ x 5″. Add journaling boxes and stickers as shown. Use Foam Squares to adhere some of the punched out snowflakes, and use a black pen to add detail to the snowmen and snowman border.

My next layout features large snowflakes that I created with the new Daisy Bouquet Punch, the new Arrow Border Maker Cartridge, and the old Star Maker punch.

Cut the snowfall paper to 11″ x 11″ and adhere to navy cardstock. To conserve cardstock, you may cut out the center of the navy cardstock first. Use the Border Maker System with new Arrow Cartridge, the new Daisy Bouquet Punch, and the old Star Maker to punch pieces for your snowflakes. Layout the pieces for the large snowflake on your paper to get the spacing and design figured out before you start adhering. The Precision Point Adhesive Pen is

very handy for this. Use a navy pen to add detail, and use Foam Squares to add dimension.

KarynCropsWordpressCLSBlogHopGlacier - Page 076

KarynCropsWordpressCLSBlogHopGlacier - Page 077

Select a Variety Mat with a title, and mat it with navy cardstock. Also mat photos with navy cardstock. Use the Original Border Maker System with Snowflake Chain Cartridge to punch borders from white and navy cardstock, and adhere navy borders behind the white. Trim borders to size and adhere. This page would also look nice with the snowflake borders going horizontally. I positioned mine vertically to evoke the feeling of the large icicles in my photos.

After a recent snowfall, we took a special drive to see snow on the mountain. So with this title on my mind, I knew that I needed to make some mountains for my last layout.

To make my mountains, use the Custom Cutting System with the diamond from the Gemstone Cutting Patterns. My large mountains are cut using the red, green and blue blades on the outside edge. My small mountains are cut using the red and green blades on the inside edge. Cut matching pieces from white cardstock, and use your All-Purpose Scissors to add rounded edges. I used black chalking ink on the edges of my mountain and snow pieces. Assemble the mountains as shown and adhere the smaller mountains with Foam Squares.

Use the Original Border Maker System with the Snowflake Chain Cartridge to punch borders for the tops of your pages. I used the old Word Bubble Punch to make snow clouds that I also edged with black ink and adhered a few with Foam Squares. Mat your photos with navy cardstock and use Navy ABC Stickers for your title. Add the tree and house stickers as shown.

The Glacier Paper and Stickers are truly lovely and are one of my favorite collections from Creative Memories. You can purchase these materials and the current tools on my Creative Memories website. And don’t forget to follow Creative Life Scrapbooking on Facebook where we share weekly ideas, page sketch challenges and virtual crops!

Thank you so much for visiting with me today, and please hop on over to Fran’s blog for the next stop on our Winter Blog Hop!

Noreen Smith
Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe (You are here!)
Fran Allen Smitherman
Julie Tambrini
Stefani Jones
Lisa Brown Graham
Sarah Fitzgerald

1Dec2017

Sugarplum Christmas Scrapbook Layouts

Posted in Christmas Layouts, Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Scrapbook Page Layouts, Winter Scrapbook Layouts by Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and visions of the new Sugarplum Collection from Creative Memories are dancing in my head! The new Sugarplum Collection is full of sweet pastel prints and the most delightful Christmas stickers and embellishments. Although the papers, stickers and embellishments are perfect for cute and whimsical scrapbook pages, I also used the materials to make a few elegant holiday pages as well.

Fancy ornaments, a classic border, and shades of gold and purple give my first layout an elegant feel. This layout is the perfect way to highlight a Christmas collection. I used my home printer to print a sheet of twenty 2″ x 2″ photos of my Precious Moments ornament collection. Although this only a portion of my collection, I love how the ornaments are showcased on a double-page spread instead of spread out over numerous scrapbook pages.

KarynCropsWordpressSugarplumOrnaments

I embellished the page with ornament die cuts from the Sugarplum Embellishments and used CM’s Custom Cutting System with Gemstone Cutting Patterns to make additional ornaments. To make my ornaments, cut two diamonds from Gold Shimmer Cardstock using the blue blade on the inside edge of the diamond cutting pattern. Use the green blade on the inside edge to cut one diamond from the Gold Shimmer Cardstock. Cut two diamonds from Eggplant Cardstock using the green blade on the inside edge and one diamond using the red blade on the inside edge. Mat the gold diamonds on top of the eggplant diamonds. Use your 12″ Decorative Trimmer and Original Border Maker with Zig Zag and Snowflake Chain Border Maker Cartridges to cut and punch pieces from the Sugarplum Designer Paper and Gold Shimmer Cardstock to decorate your ornaments.

To finish the page, cut a 1″ x 12″ strip from the gold print paper and adhere to the left side of one sheet of the lilac print paper. From the gold print paper, cut a 4-1/4″ x 12″ piece and adhere to the right side of the second sheet of lilac print paper. Rub your Gold Metallic Pen around the edges of the ornament die cut embellishments and adhere those pieces with Foam Squares and adorn with Rhinestone Gems. The title is cut from a sheet of the Sugarplum Designer Paper and matted with Gold Shimmer Cardstock. The border at the top of the page was punched with our new Holly Border Punch from Eggplant Cardstock and also adhered with Foam Squares.

KarynCropsWordpressOrnaments2

My second layout features another of my Christmas collections, my Department 56 North Pole Village. The addition of Navy and Gold Shimmer Cardstock really helped to make these pages pop. Use the 12″ Decorative Trimmer to cut a wavy edge on a piece of 11-1/2″ x 6-1/4″” White Cardstock. Cut the aqua print paper to 11-1/2″ x 6″, and adhere both pieces to 12″ x 12″ Navy Cardstock. Cut additional swell and wave pieces from White Cardstock using the 12″ Decorative Trimmer and edge the pieces with swell and wave pieces cut from the aqua print paper to create snow drifts for the bottom of the page. Repeat for second page.

KarynCropsWordpressSugarPlum - Page 053

I used scraps of the Sugarplum Designer Paper to hand cut and create small houses. I adorned the eaves of the roofs with pieces punched with the Original Border Maker with the Crown and Scallop Dot Border Maker Cartridges. And I used the Heart Chain Border Maker Cartridge to punch the heart pieces. CM’s new Precision Point Adhesive Pen came in handy for adhering all of the small pieces. I edged all of the house pieces with Gold Shimmer Cardstock to give them more definition. I used some of the Sugarplum Stickers as further decoration for my houses and the pages. I matted the title stickers with Gold Shimmer Cardstock and my photos and journaling box with Navy Cardstock.

KarynCropsWordpressSugarplumSingle - Page 068

My next layout is a quick and easy two-page spread. From Peacock Cardstock punch a fence using CM’s Victorian Fence Punch. Cut the fence off of your cardstock at 3-1/8″ to make a 12″ x 3-1/8″ piece. Repeat. Cut the Santa border strips from Sugarplum Designer Paper and adhere to your borders. For your top borders, cut the tree border strips from the designer paper and mat with Peacock Cardstock.

KarynCropsWordpressSugarPlum - Page 051

Mat your photos, title, and journaling boxes with Peacock Cardstock. My photos measure 4″ x 3-1/4″. I used CM’s Pastel Pink ABC Stickers for my title. (Get these before they’re sold out as they are in the Going Gone section of our website.) Finish the pages by adding trees and the reindeer and moose from the Sugarplum Embellishments pack. I adhered the deer and moose with Foam Squares and added Rhinestone Gems to my trees.

KarynCropsWordpressSugarplumNaughtyNice - Page 066
The layout above is an elegant single page. Again I used our Gold Shimmer Cardstock to brighten the page and give it more definition. Cut a piece of the poinsettia/holly paper to 9-1/2″ x 9-1/2″ and adhere to a sheet of 12″ x 12″ Peacock Cardstock. (To conserve cardstock, cut out the center of the Peacock Cardstock.)

To make a double frame, cut a piece of White Cardtock to 11″ x 11″. Measure 1″ from each side of each corner and make a small mark with a pencil. Use your 12″ Trimmer to cut out a frame starting and stopping at your pencil marks. You will do the same from a sheet of Gold Shimmer Cardstock, but first cut the gold piece to 11-1/4″ x 11-1/4″ and measure 1-1/4″ from each side. Adhere the white piece onto of the gold piece and use your Gold Metallic Pen to add dots around the white piece as shown.

iphoneNov23 013

iphoneNov23 011

Use the large die cut piece from the Sugarplum Embellishments in the top left corner and add a poinsettia punched with CM’s new Poinsettia Punch and a piece of holly punched with the Holly Border Punch. I used my Gold Metallic Pen to highlight the edges of the embellishment piece and also all of the title stickers. My photos are cropped to 5″ x 4″ and matted thinly with Gold Metallic Cardstock.

KarynCropsWordpressSugarplumNaughtyNice - Page 067

My last layout is another single page and features the Sugarplum Stickers. Cut a piece of the pink dot paper to 11″ x 11″ and adhere to top of the striped paper. (To conserve paper, cut out the center of the striped paper first.) Mat photos with striped paper. My photos measure 4″ x 5″ and 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ and my mats are 4-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ and 4″ x 4″.

Adhere pieces of sticker strips to aqua print paper and mat with white cardstock. Adhere pieces with Foam Squares to resemble a Christmas Tree. The presents are pieces cut from a sticker strip and adhered with Foam Squares. The tree trunk is a candy cane sticker. The tree topper, the title, and the stockings and candy cane in the banner are also stickers that are adhered with Foam Squares. To finish your page, add faux pen stitching around the edge of the pink dot paper.

Thanks so much for visiting with me, and I hope that you like my Sugarplum pages! All of the tools and materials used can be purchased on my Creative Memories website.

I wish all of you a beautiful holiday season filled with memorable moments and a very Merry Christmas!

Signature

15Nov2017

Fall Blog Hop

Posted in Autumn Scrapbook Layouts, Blog Hops, Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Fall Scrapbook Layouts, Scrapbook Page Layouts by Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe

Hello and welcome! My friends and I at Creative Life Scrapbooking are so glad that you’re joining us for our Fall Blog Hop! After you finish looking at my projects, click on the link at the bottom of my post to hop over to Stefani’s blog to see more ideas.

Today I’m sharing scrapbook pages using all of Creative Memories fall themed products! I made my first page using the Exclusive Limited Edition Croptoberfest 2017 Project Recipe Kit. This kit contains decorative paper, stickers, cardstock and instructions to make two double-page layouts and is only available to purchase directly from a CM advisor. Instead of using the kit instructions, I used the materials to make my own fall themed page.

KarynCropsWordpressFallBlogHop - Page 095

Use a 12″ x 12″ white scrapbook page or piece of white cardstock as your base. From the decorative paper and cardstock in the kit, cut a variety of strips of varying widths and 6″ in height. Using CM’s Original Border Maker System with the Zig Zag Cartridge, punch three borders from the orange print paper and cut each in half. From green floral print paper, cut a 12″ x 1/2″ strip. Using the Border Maker with the Scallop Dot Cartridge, punch a border from the teal cardstock and cut off of your cardstock at 2″. Assemble page as shown adding stickers and faux pen stitching as shown. I used Foam Square Adhesives to adhere some of my stickers.

KarynCropsWordpressFallBlogHop - Page 092

I used CM’s Limited Edition Toil & Trouble Paper Pack and the Exclusive 2017 Croptoberfest Cardstock for my second page. This pack of cardstock coordinates with all of our fall collections and can only be purchased directly from a CM advisor. To make my page, use the cream cardstock in the pack as the base of the page. From the floral designer paper, cut a 3″ x 12″ strip. From the teal dot paper, cut a 2″ x 12″ strip. From wood print designer paper, cut strips that measure 1″ in height and notch the ends with scissors. Thinly mat the wood strips with the dark orange cardstock. Cut two 6-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ photo mats from the dark orange cardstock. Using the Maple Leaf Punch, punch 6 dark orange cardstock and 6 orange print leaves. Assemble page as shown adding title with CM’s new Burnt Orange ABC Letter Stickers.

KarynCropsWordpressFallBlogHop - Page 094

The Countryside Comfort Collection was perfect for my last three fall pages. To make the page above, cut bird print paper to 11-1/2″ x 11-1/2″ and adhere to a 12″ x 12″ piece of brown cardstock (To conserve cardstock, cut out a hollow square frame from the center of the cardstock first.) From brown cardstock, cut a photo frame to 10-7/8″ x 4-1/4″. Crop photos to 3-1/2″ x 4″ and adhere to mat. Use CM’s new Victorian Fence Punch to punch a fence from brown cardstock and adhere underneath the top of the photo mat. Using the Border Maker with new Pumpkins Cartridge, punch two borders from brown cardstock and one border from orange print designer paper. Adhere the two brown pumpkins border together, and then add the orange pumpkin border onto the top adhering with Foam Squares. Adhere border to bottom of photo mat. From brown cardstock, use Maple Leaf Punch to punch 20 leaves. Use Maple Leaf Punch to punch 10 leaves from gold designer paper and 10 leaves from orange designer paper. Mat the leaves and assemble as shown. Adhere the top 6 leaves with Foam Squares. Add titles using the new Everyday Sentiments Embellishments.

KarynCropsWordpressFallBlogHop - Page 093

To make my second Countryside Comfort page (above), cut wood print paper to 11″ x 11″ and adhere to top of the plaid paper. (To conserve paper, cut out a hollow square frame from the center of the plaid paper first.) Using the Border Maker with Scallop Dot Cartridge, punch a border from orange paper, cut off of your paper at 2″, and trim to 11″ wide. Using Victorian Fence Punch, punch a fence from brown cardstock, cut to 11″ wide, and trim as shown. From floral print paper, cut a 11″ x 3/8″ strip and thread through the fence piece as shown. (See photo below.) Using the Custom Cutting System with the largest Circle Pattern, cut a circle from floral paper using the green blade on the outside edge. Cut a circle from brown cardstock using the blue blade on the outside edge. Crop photos to 3-1/2″ x 4″ and mat with orange paper cut to 3-3/4″ x 4-1/4″. Assemble page as shown adding banners, a journaling box and Countryside Comfort stickers as shown. I used Foam Squares for my banners and stickers.

iphonedemo 002

For my last page, I used paper, stickers, and variety mats from the Countryside Comfort Collection. I also used the November Sketch from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine as my inspiration.

KarynCropsWordpressFallBlogHop-GatherPage

To make the page above, cut the white/grey print paper to 4-3/4″ x 10″ and mat with a 5″ x 10-1/4″ piece of navy cardstock. Mat the two variety mats with navy cardstock cut to 1/4″ larger, and add photos that are also matted with navy cardstock. Using the Victorian Fence Punch, punch fence pieces from the white/grey print paper and navy cardstock. Using the Custom Cutting System with the heart from the Gemstone Patterns, cut a heart from orange print paper using the red blade on the outside edge and cut a second heart from navy cardstock using the green blade on the outside edge. Use CM’s old Daisy Punch and Maple Leaf Punch to punch flowers and leaves from wood print and orange print papers and navy cardstock. Assemble page as shown adding stickers and using Foam Squares to adhere the flowers and the bird stickers to the fence.

KarynCropsWordpressFallBlogHop-Meme

Make sure to “Like” and “Follow” me and the others at Creative Life Scrapbooking on our Facebook Page where we share weekly features and host special events. Here are some borders that I recently shared using CM’s fall products.

KarynCropsWordpress.Com-CountrySideComfortBorders - Page 095 KarynCropsCLSPumpkinLeafBorder - Page 094

Please let me know if you have any questions about my projects or any of the materials that I used. You may purchase the tools and materials on my CM website. If you would like to purchase the Exclusive 2017 Croptoberfest Project Recipe Kit or Croptoberfest Cardstock, please contact me.

Thank you so much for visiting with me, and hop on over to Stefani’s blog to see more great ideas!

Sarah Fitzgerald at Click Write Share
Noreen Smith at Organized and Creative Mom
Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe at Karyn Crops (YOU ARE HERE)
Stefani Jones at Crop With Stef
Fran Smitherman at Celebrating Your Beautiful Life

29Oct2017

Toil & Trouble Halloween Scrapbook Page

Posted in Autumn Scrapbook Layouts, Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Halloween Scrapbook Layouts, Scrapbook Page Layouts by Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe

Have you seen the Toil & Trouble Collection from Creative Memories yet? It’s super fun for Halloween pages, but the paper is doubled sided and has neutral prints that can be used for almost any occasion. I love the combination of the of bright orange, yellow, black and teal colors!

On Friday, my friends and I at Creative Life Scrapbooking held a Virtual Crop on our Facebook Page. We shared six different ideas using the Toil & Trouble Paper and Stickers and the newest tools from Creative Memories. Make sure to visit our page and “Like” and “Follow” us. We have weekly features and special events where we share lots of ideas for using scrapbooking materials and tools from Creative Memories.

Here’s the page that I shared on Friday. You can find printable instructions and a printable cutting template for the spooky tree on our Facebook Page. I used the NEW Victorian Fence Border Punch, the Original Border Maker System with the NEW Pumpkins Border Maker Cartridge, and the Custom Cutting System from Creative Memories to make my page. You can purchase all of these tools and the Toil & Trouble Paper and Stickers on my Creative Memories website.

KarynCropsWordpressToil&Trouble

Copy and/or adapt my page and share a photo of it on our Creative Life Scrapbooking Facebook Page! We would love to see your version!

Boo!
Signature

Karyn Crops

Scrapbooking Products & Inspiration / Scrapbooking Retreats & Workshops

Tag Archives: Custom Cutting System

Citrus Summer Scrapbook Layouts – Part 1

Like this:

National Scrapbook Day 2019 – Daisy Scrapbook Layouts

Like this:

2018 National Scrapbook Day Layouts – Part 3

Like this:

2018 National Scrapbook Day Layouts – Part 2

Like this:

2018 National Scrapbook Day Layouts – Part 1

Like this:

Forever Yours & Woodland Whimsy Layouts

Like this:

Winter Blog Hop With Creative Life

Like this:

Sugarplum Christmas Scrapbook Layouts

Like this:

Fall Blog Hop

Like this:

Toil & Trouble Halloween Scrapbook Page

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this: