I love, love, love the sketch this month for CREATE! I got right to work with my 6×6 paper pads constructing a super fun color scheme for these photos.  I wanted the beautiful pink flowers to jump off the page.  😉

Please stop by and see what my fellow designers did with this sketch and other inspirations this month in the September CREATE magazine.

Products used: Patterned paper: Bella Blvd, My Mind’s Eye, Making Memories, We R Memory Keepers, Recollections, SEI; Cardstock: Bazzill, Core’dinations; Letter Stickers: American Crafts, Studio112; Stickers: My Mind’s Eye; Buttons: American Crafts; Flowers: Making Memories, Prima

This layout starts a series from another trip.  My extended family descended upon California for a mini reunion while my cousin Aleshia was visiting from Japan. These pictures are from the Easter egg hunt her sister, Shannon, hosted for us.

Sketch: Scrapbook Generation
Papers: SEI Couture
Grey paper: Creative Memories
Title: Thickers
Eggs/baskets: Cricut Create a Critter 2 cartridge

Layout 2 from our Santa Cruz Zeta Reunion.  Here we are in the redwood forest in Henry Cowell State Park.

And yes, I went crazy with flowers and butterflies on these layouts because, hey, I scrapbook boys most of the time.  😉

Sketch: Scrapbook Generation
Papers: American Crafts
“Redwoods:” Thickers

So super excited to have scrapbooked this trip recently.  We have a group of sorority sisters that get together on a yearly basis. If too much time goes by between weddings and baby showers, then we plan extra vacations.  Here we are in August 2010 having a baby meet and greet in Santa Cruz because 2 babies were born that year in our group.

Whenever I scrapbook a trip, I just put it in with my chronological album (with a couple exceptions) but I still want it to feel cohesive.  I accomplish this grouping by scrapbooking the trip in a specific paper line.  Here, I scrapbooked our Santa Cruz trip with the American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line.

Sketch: Scrapbook Generation
Papers: American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan
Title: Thickers
Clouds: Basic Grey
USA stamp: Close to My Heart

I had put off scrapbooking our two trips to the California Academy of Sciences because I was overwhelmed by the variety of photos taken each time and wasn’t inspired.  Well, I posted the first trip a few days back.   On that layout, I focused on the Lizard and Snake exhibit and the aquarium.  For this second trip, I decided to highlight my favorite part… the ray and small shark tank.  The glass bottom viewing for the kids is just wonderful and Tobin loved it both times!

This layout was inspired heavily by a layout in the Creating Keepsakes Simple Scrapbooks magazine.  The original layout was of nesting birds – the eggs at various stages – and the left page was a large bird’s nest.  I converted the concept for my photos by turning the birds nest into the glass bottom view through the boardwalk.

This is for sure one of my new favorite layouts.  =)

Products used:  Patterned papers:   My Mind’s Eye (planks),  Colorbok (vellum);  Letters:  Prima;  Tools:  Cricut Lyrical Letters cartridge, Silhouette (animals, fronds);  Inspiration:  Creating Keepsakes Simple Scrapbooks

Finally I got around to scrapbooking Tobin’s first birthday party.  We had a robot theme complete with a robot tshirt, cupcake holders, ice cubes, and paper robots displayed on the window.

Products used – Patterned papers and stickers: TPC Studios; Letters: American Craft (Thickers), Making Memories (glitter); Tools: Cricut Robotz cartridge

I designed this layout based on Sketch Support’s March Double Page Sketch.  Please visit Sketch Support to see the original sketch and more great projects made with it.

Back in August, my mom came out to visit and we went up to Sacramento for my cousin’s daughter’s 1st birthday party. It was a great mini reunion with my cousins, aunt, and mom.