Saturday, May 4, 2013

Love You Always | Nat'l Scrapbook Day

Welcome to the American Crafts National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop! I hope you'll be inspired to whip out your American Craft supplies and start creating after you make your way through the 20 design team members'  blogs. There are a lot of fun challenges in this hop so there's no excuses not to play along!

MY CHALLENGE: Create an embellished, multi-dimension layout using a grid!

To create this layout, I cropped my photos to approximately 2x3 so that they would fit inside the frames. Prior to adhering them, I layered different types of pattern papers (from my 6x6 paper pad). I distressed some and left others with the cut edge. 

The Love You Always chipboard fit great inside the frames. I chose to add the yellow striped chipboard over the yellow striped frame but I embellished it by punching the red gingham and adhering it to the LOVE chipboard piece and popping it up over the sentiment. This was perfect for my title!

I added more clear cut shapes, rosettes, stickers and more to the layout to tie it all together.

I added my journaling, the cutest picket fence chipboard and the date using a date roller stamp.

Here is the full hop list in case you get a little lost along the way, or maybe you just ran across the hop from right here on my blog and you're just dying in anticipation to see them all right now. Either way, make sure you go through the entire hop, leave a comment on each blog, then visit the American Crafts blog to win a "super ginormous prize"! 


Next on the hop is Andrea Budjack!

Happy National Scrapbook Day!

112 comments:

Stacie said...

Love grid layouts. I like your use of dimension elements too!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

So gorgeous!! I loveeeeee the colors and the grid design!!

Angeline Choo said...

the grid is awesome! i like all the details :D

Angi Barrs said...

Happy NSD! The grid is FABULOUS! Beautiful page.

Desiree Hetrick said...

Cool grid! Love all the colors!

Tammy B said...

wow, your grid is so effective, love it!

Kimberly Kett said...

Love how this came out, ADORABLE!

Tami said...

Fabulous design for sure!! Loving all the bright, cheery colors! :D

Laura M. said...

Beautiful layout! Thanks for sharing :)

Amanda Johnson said...

This is awesome! Love all of the dimension!

Unknown said...

I love the look of a nice clean grid and you did a beautiful page! I really love the pops of red through out it and how you overlapped the embellishments! So pretty!

Diana said...

What a cute page! Happy NSD!

serena said...

what a lovely detailed layout! love what you did with the grid

Irit Shalom said...

Adorable photos, adorable page. Love your style a lot!

Lea Lacoste said...

i love grids on layout from time to time!
happy nsd :)

Giorgia Rossini said...

lovely layout, thanks for sharing, ciao dall'Italia

scrappinmomto2girls said...

I love this LO!!!! What a great idea!

Happy NSD!!!

Kim said...

This is amazing! Each little grid section is like its only little LO! LOVE!

Houses Built of Cards said...

Absolutely DARLING layout! LOVE all the layers!!!

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Tatiana Yemelyanenko said...

Wonderful LO! Happy NSD!

Melissa Mann said...

Gorgeous layout, Heather!

Ellie said...

Fun FUN FUN layout. I love all the sweet elements on it. Happy NSD!

Carol said...

Love the grid and all the fun color!

Carol B
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Theresa said...

sweet. Your layout is so IN FASHION right now! I LOVE it!!

Стокли said...

Very pretty LO - I love to see many photos.

Sarah said...

just gorgeous!

Unknown said...

Such a colorful fun layout!! I love grid designs!
THank you!!

Renee said...

Love the layout of it with multiple squares and pictures :) So fun! Happy NSD!

Agus said...

Awesome layout! what a great idea! thanks for the inspiration and for the chance to win (:

Kelly Massman said...

sweet layout!

Nicole said...

Love how you scrapped this in a grid. This looks great!

Lastochka said...

great project!!!

Jen D. said...

What a creative take on journaling cards. I love it! Happy NSD!

Auror Willow said...

Happy National Scrapbooking Day! Your layout looks awesome, I love the grid!

Maria said...

Lovely LO!!!

Alex said...

This is stunning! Love the grid and all the little touches here and there. Happy NSD, Heather!

Sue D said...

Great embellishments and I like the grid.

Unknown said...

Love your use of a grid- something that I have not done in a while! :)

adziamar said...

Bardzo ładne LO. Pozdrawiam

Jessica Navarro said...

Quite adorable. I love the grid system.

Renee V said...

This is a very stunning LO! Really love the distressed papers for photo mats! Happy NSD :)

Miriam Prantner said...

Love the grid, and all the bright colors, this layout just pops!

Sophia said...

Gorgeous job on this LO, love all the details...♥

Patricia Roebuck said...

Oh I love the grid, Heather! Just gorgeous!

Shannon said...

Great dimension on your pretty layout! :)

Jamie said...

Fantastic! Love it =)

Ashley Horton said...

Really awesome page Heather!! Love your grid design!

Ann Cicilie said...

Lovely! Love all the photos, the colors, the design... Truly inspiring :) Love the grid idea as well. You rock! Happy NSD!

Paula said...

Happy NSD! This is a layout to treasure!

LauraEva said...

Love this!!! So wonderful!

Ivo4ka said...

I really like the LO!

Jennifer Grace said...

Fabulous! I love how each frame has a different photo/detail! x

Tracey said...

This is gorgeous Heather! Loving the grid design!

Lea L. said...

Cute layout! Love the blocking you've done!

Jean Bullock said...

What a great idea! The grid format is very cool. You have decorated each rectangle beautifully! The little girls are so cute. You have really captured the feel of the moment. Great job!

Jean Bullock said...

PS: I pinned your project. http://pinterest.com/pin/415386765601146632/

Missy Whidden said...

Oh my goodness! This is stunning. I love the different colored striped paper and the mix of colors. This is a genius way to use a lot of photos on one page! I love it all!

Unknown said...

There have been so many beautiful and sensational projects on this blog hop and yours is no exception. Beautiful work, indeed! I just love grids!

Rose said...

Great pics and project!

Anonymous said...

This is a great page and such an easy way to use a lot of pics!

selina.mcginn said...

I love you Project Life layout. I'm new to PJ and am always glad to get inspiration from others. Thank you.

Denise Bryant said...

Beautiful! Love all the special details!

txscrapbooks said...

what a great challenge! Happy NSD!

Jenny Chesnick said...

Love it heather, I need to do rhis!

Michele and Stephen said...

Can't wait to scrap lift this one.

CalleLillyCafe said...

Love the grid! This would be perfect for PL too!

Beatrice Lawson said...

Pinning again... Your blog is one of my main inspiration sources. Stunning!

Kathy said...

I love how you embellished all the rectangles in your grid

leah said...

Gorgeous! Great layout, Heather!

The Rantings of a Drama Queen's Mum said...

That came out really cute.

angie gutshall said...

Love how you used that paper! Great idea and fun challenge!

Gina Lideros said...

I am a big fan of dimension, love the grid design!

Unknown said...

I love to make pages with multiple pictures, and your layout showcases several pictures without looking cluttered - thanks for the inspiration (and the giveaway)!

Tash said...

I really like this layout, it's given me some ideas for our blueberry picking photos. Thanks for sharing

Michelle said...

Cute layout, I want to go strawberry picking!

Unknown said...

I adore grid style pages! The dimension really makes this fun! Awesome job!

Barb Turpin said...

So many cute details!

Unknown said...

very clean but interesting layout. I love the use of journaling

Leanne said...

wow! beautiful! thanks for the inspiration..x

Elizabeth said...

Great layot!! I like that grid pattern you used for the design!

Shelley said...

Love your clean style with dimensions added. Thanks for the chance!

Kris Berc said...

I have never made a grid layout. Yours looks amazing, thanks for the inspiration!

KellyG said...

So cool, love your grid design and all the elements you used!

ShoppingTamii said...

love your great use of colors!

Rhonda said...

Very cute and detailed layout. :o)

Ellen H. said...

I like the idea to separate your layout in squares.

craftykellyj said...

This is a gorgeous grid layouts!! I love it!

lisa j said...

love the love sticker and the grid!

Anne Fisher said...

Love your grid layout. So many awesome embellishments!

Patricia said...

Gorgeous! GReat job with this grid look!

Pam said...

Great job using the grid. Lovely LO !

D said...

Wow, that's gorgeous!!! It's like a bunch of beautiful mini pages all wrapped into one.

Barbara H said...

More inspiration - great job on your grid with wonderful details.

julie e said...

What an adorable layout. Thanks for the chance to win.

Robin B. said...

Love this technique, the layout is beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Wow...amazing layout. Love all of the little details you added.

Paige Taylor Evans said...

SO so so so cute! I love the grid design!

Anonymous said...

Such a fun idea. Thanks for the inspiration!

Andrea said...

oh my! What an awesome grid page and the collection goes great with your photos!

stateless said...

Lovely page - the grid design is fantastic!

Gayle215 said...

I love a grid style layout. Perfect choice for strawberry pickin photos!

Alyssa said...

Doing a page by grid looks like it is good for embelishing.

Kelsey Noble said...

I love the grid layout! Can't wait to take on this challenge!

cornellgj said...

gorgeous grid with so many amazing details! LOVE it!

beckyjune said...

LOVE how you used the Mayberry paper for a grid layout here!

Ali said...

What an eye popping page. I love it an will do a grid page soon!

Lillian Child said...

I really like your idea of using a grid for a page layout ... allows you to bring in so many different elements and points of interest. LOVELY page!

Taunya Butler said...

Love, love what you did here!! Excellent colors, composition and lovely pics!!!

Diana Waite said...

WOW this is just so detailed and FANTASTIC!! LOVE it!!

MonaGee said...

fantastic layout and great challenge!

Kimberly said...

Oh I just LOVE the design you created with this page and the tags! GORGEOUS!
Love doing this blog hop with you too! xx
Loves,
K

Keri said...

I love a good grid page, and this one is so fun...so bright and colorful! I especially love all the layering and photo-matting you've done here!