First Day / First Grade

:00Hi friends & happy weekend! I had some down time last night, so I popped in Grease and took over my kitchen table to get some crafting done. Not before I spent an hour or so browsing for new inspiration, though! My cyber travels took me to Got Sketch?, Page Maps and Scrapbook & Cards Today blogs, and combined inspiration from the colors, layouts and embellies to create this fun layout to enter for the American Crafts 5 Photos Facebook challenge:


This layout combines three paper lines from American Crafts: Letterbox, Botanique, and Dear Lizzy Enchanted. I added my all-time favorite Thickers along with some altered Dear Lizzy Enchanted ribbons from this month's Lucky Girl Crafts kit.

I took the seafoam green and white velvet ribbon and cut it down the middle, then gathered it for a ruffled look. I also took one of the blossoms from the coral rose ribbon and added some bling and vintage buttons in the center, and a ribbon "leaf" for my central flower.

My layout was inspired off of this sketch from Scrapbook & Cards Today. I took my favorite elements from the two page spread and altered it to fit my needs on a single page layout:

Thanks for stopping by!