Book Nook Layout

My first layout for my 2025 album and with this year I am getting back into the 12" x 12" size for my layouts. I had recently been introduced to Book Nooks - a fun craft kit that makes a scene inside a book for your book shelves. I bought 1 kit and enjoyed putting it together - this could definitely become an obsession easily! I pulled out the February Paper Pumpkin kit for this and used the card elements to create this layout.

The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch from Laura Whitaker I found on Pinterest. 

I used the card bases from the kit for the patterned paper in the sketch. For the longer strips I overlapped 2 smaller strips together - luckily the patterns lent themselves to this. I pulled a journal card from my stash and stamped the title using a set from my stash. I used a circle template an Early Espresso Stampin' Write Market to create the faux stitched circles. The embellishments also came from the Paper Pumpkin kit.

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October Paper Pumpkin and Alternatives

I know I am a little late in posting this but I still wanted to share this with you. In case you are not familiar with Paper Pumpkin from Stampin' Up it is a monthly subscription box that typically contains card projects but will sometimes also contain other paper crafting and stamping projects. This October's Paper Pumpkin Kit gave all that was needed to make 10 cards - 5 each of 2 designs. I played with the contents and made 10 cards of differing designs plus a scrapbook layout. I wanted to showcase how you can change up the results from a kit.

This is the contents of the kit that I worked from. To create what I did I added some Basic White for some card bases, window sheets for the shaker cards as well as Night of Navy and Shaded Spruce for the layout.

First off is the layout I created. 

I have been working with 8 1/2" x 11" for my layouts this year so I kept to this size for this. I cut apart 2 of the card bases and then cut 2" trips from them. The "seam" for joining the strips is hidden behind the strip of Night of Navy. I used some of the die cuts and sentiment banners for this as well.

Next are the cards. Cards 1 and 2 are the cards meant to be created with the kit. For the remaining cards I cut apart the bases and built each on a Basic White card base.  I created some as shaker cards and others as regular cards.

One thing I do really enjoy with the Paper Pumpkin Kits is having some materials leftover when complete. These are the pieces I have leftover after creating the layout and the cards shown. I plan on making some Christmas present tags from what remains.

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Days to Remember Layout

Northborough holds an Applefest weekend every year in September. There are so many events that weekend to check out - 5K road race, street fair, farmer's market, barbeque, fireworks, etc... This year it was pretty rainy on Saturday but we still managed to check out as many events as possible.

The inspiration for this layout came from this layout from Even More Scrapping. You can see this sketch along with others here.

I converted the layout from 12" x 12" to 8 1/2" x 11" and modified the photo sizing to work with the new layout size. I challenged myself to use the September Paper Pumpkin kit for the layout. I like being able to use the supplies I get in this kit for other than intended uses. I did some tone-on-tone stamping of leaves on the background cardstock. The large "log" element was cut out of one of the card bases. The stickers for the title came from the Sweet Days of Autumn paper pack sticker sheet.

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June 2024 Monthly Recap Layout

As soon as I looked over the photos I chose for this Monthly Recap Layout and the sketch I had picked for Wednesday's Scrapbook with me event I knew I wanted to work with the papers from the Painted Petals July 2024 Paper Pumpkin kit! I had looked at the papers and embellishments when I received the kit and had se it aside to work with in a scrapbook layout instead of cards.

The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch from the Create e-Magazine from Scrapbook Generation. 

I converted the sketch from 12" x 12" to 8 1/2" x 11" and changed the photo sizes to work with the new layout size. I also changed up the number of squares of patterned paper on each page but kept the sizing the same. The title was cut with my Cricut. 

I used some of the die cut pieces from the Paper Pumpkin kit to embellish the layout and add dimension. Each floral piece was originally inside a frame which I fussy-cut it away from and then used Dimensionals to place it directly over the matching printed square.

I love how this whole layout came out!

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Classic Cars Layout

I love classic cars so was very excited to get to go to the Marlboro Car Show this past weekend. They have this set up along Main Street in Marlboro with all kinds of cars up and down the street. Mike, Meghan, and I had so much fun checking out the different ones. I love looking for the odd-man-out style of car - one that you do not see too many of at the show. I was especially excited to see some Ford Thunderbirds there from the 1950s. My favorite car is the 1957 T-bird with opera windows and was especially happy to see one of those there!

The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch from Sketch Savvy. You can see this sketch along with others here.

This layout was a challenge I did for myself in that the supplies I used for the patterned papers and die cuts came from the May Paper Pumpkin Kit from Stampin' Up. I wanted to see how I could use what are typically card making supplies for a scrapbooking layout.

I converted the sketch from 12" x 12" to 8 1/2" x 11" to work with my current album size. The photo sizes were converted to work with the new layout size. I used some die cuts for the circle and journal box elements. The branches were some die cuts from the kit that I cut in 1/2. The title was cut on my Cricut. I added some Basic Grey and Smoky Slate Pearls along with some White Diagonal Trim ribbon to embellish the layout.

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