Author: cristina

Trip of a Lifetime

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I am so excited to share what I created with this month’s Memory Pockets Monthly at The Lilypad! First off, I made a page with the main kit and papers by Sara Gleason.

Credits:
Memory Pockets Monthly: Viewpoint by The Lilypad
Arboretum: Viewpoint and Viewpoint Papers by Sara Gleason
Viewpoint Element by Sahlin Studio

Then, my jaw just about dropped to the floor when I saw the add ons by Sahlin Studio:

 

These products were absolutely perfect for me to scrap a recap page about my month-long April travels. I scrapped these pages in 9″x12″ size (a first!). I love the right page with the 3×4 cards. I had to matte my 8.x”x11″ hybrid map onto a larger piece of paper, and I selected this pretty vellum from my stash, since it matched the colors perfectly.

Credits:

This page is hybrid (=I printed out the digital designs by Sahlin Studio on Canon matte photo paper 8.5×11 and 4×6). Then I added more details.. washi tape, stitching, and of course stamping.

I chose one or two photos from each of the countries we visited.

I also made a fun recap of the main statistics of the trip. I couldn’t fit more, but I love this summary.

I added numbers to the map for the countries we visited, and listed them on a journaling card.

More stamping on journaling cards..

I made the title combining three pretty alpha stamps. It truly was the trip of a lifetime!

I’m so happy with how this spread turned out!

May gallery

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With my travels, I never shared here the page I made for the May gallery at write.click.scrapbook. The theme was everyday, so I scrapped a couple pictures I took of a groundhog in our backyard. Looking out our kitchen window is one of my favorite daily activities!


For the May gallery at write.click.scrapbook

 
Credits:
Bloom Papers and Bloom Elements by Paislee Press
A Pretty Mess by Kaye Winiecki
The Golden Friends fonts by Heather Joyce

Have a nice day!

Inked | Color

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You guys.. I am still pinching myself that I was asked to contribute to Inked | Color, an online class taught by Maggie Massey at Studio Calico!
I have a big, big love for stamps and bright colors, so this class couldn’t have been a better fit for me! There’s still time to sign up, and classes start on May 12! Here are a couple sneaks of what I have been working on for class… 😉

I am using this stamp that is one of 4 stamp sets released for this class.
Hope to see you in class!

 

Heart This One Photo

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Hello and happy Friday! The page I am sharing today means a lot to me, because it’s about one of the most important people in my life, my beloved grandmother. Her health has been declining rapidly these past two years, so I wanted to document one of the happy moments she’s had when I visited her recently.

This is one very special lady right there, who gave me the best childhood memories I could possibly have.

I combined 2 new products from The Lilypad (left) and digital brushes from Ali Edwards (right) to make this page.

  

This lovely kit is perfect for Mother’s Day (this weekend in the US) and it’s 20% off too!

An Awesome Story

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And after the pandas.. my second page from my vacation features a koala! 🙂 Straight from Australia.

It was seriously the cutest!! This is a hybrid page. I printed out the picture, word art by Ali Edwards and journaling, then added it on top of the background paper, and embellished with some paper and washi, plus a couple of physical stamps.

I love how Ali’s products encourage me to get those stories told! It would have been easy to make a page with this awesome photo and no words, but I wanted to document more than just the cuteness.

Click

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Hello hello! Wow, it’s May already. I was gone the entire month of April.. just got back last night. I was on the trip of a lifetime, to China, Australia and Thailand. So no scrapping for a month, but plenty of memories! I came back with nearly 3,000 photos(!!), and the first thing I did today was make a page with the latest Story Kit from Ali Edwards: Click.

I love this theme since photos are a big big part of my life! I haven’t even finished downloading all my photos yet, but this one taken one of our first few days in China deserved its own page. Wherever we went, Chinese people kept asking to take photos with us, which we found pretty funny. And then as I was taking a photo of my husband with the pandas, this happened. It was so funny and cute!! 🙂

I also included the shot of my husband and the pandas that I had set out to take. 🙂
Also, if you want a chance to grab past Story Kits and Stamps on sale, check out the store for some great deals going on right now!

Sweet Treats

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Hello hello! In the middle of a busy week, I have some awesome goodies to share that are on sale for 50% today at The Lilypad! I used them on this page:

Credits:

April template by Gina Miller – come play along!
The Golden Friends fonts by Heather Joyce

I also used the free template for the April template challenge. If you play along in all 7 challenges you get a chance to win a guest spot on the creative team, plus you earn a discount!