Scrapbook layout: coffee tasting

Hi everyone!

I'm here with my design team project for The Rubber Buggy.

This time I have a layout of a coffee tasting, I'm really a tea drinker.
But as I work in construktion I thought I'd better learn to drink coffee.
Don't get me wrong - I love coffee, in a large cup with double the amount of milk and hazelnut or caramell sirup. Hahaha!

Anyway, I had more fun than I anticipated and I liked it so much I surprised myself.

For this layout I imideatly thought of Lawn Fawn Love you a latte stamp set and I stamped my own background. I also mixed it up with several graphic 45 collections.

The red strip at the top and the bottom is from French country, the scripty background is from A botanical garden, the letters, coffee bean and text embellishments are from Steampunk spells.

I really think I was super creative when I scattered the little beans as sequins on the page.

Products used on from The Rubber Buggy:

Lawn Fawn Love you a latte stamp set

Lawn Fawn alpha dies Cole's ABC

Lawn Fawn ink soot

Memory box stitched circle layers

Graphic 45 French Country

Graphic 45 Botanical garden

Graphic 45 Steampunk spells 6x6 paper pad (not in stock anly longer though)

Stamping supplies (doublesided tape, acrylic block, paper trimmer, stamp storage sleeves)

I hope you liked it.

Thank you for visiting!



Leafy layout

Hi everyone!

I'm here with a layout of a card that I took last fall, when the leaves were changing colors.

I had forgotten how much fun I used to have with Bo Bunny. It's been all brights and pastels lately, I sort of had forgotten my love for Bo Bunny's soft and muted color scheme.
I used a die from my stash and made a tab from G45 French country 6x6 pattern & solids. This paper pad is no longer availabel in the store, but as I've pointed out before - with G45, you just need to know what color group your're looking for. I'm sure that Good ol' sport or Home sweet home or maybe even a Christmas paper pad will work fine if you are looking for a similar color scheme. I also added a tag from Prima Seashore collection. Even the brads are from the seashore collection, who would have thought they'd go so well for a fall theme.

From my stash, I added a couple of metal details, such as a couple of corners and a key. There are a  selection in the store, such as staples from G45 or Tim Holtz. But you could also add the same look with embossing powder.


Products used from the store:
Bo bunny paper 12x12 Trail mix, Medow
Bo bunny paper 12x12 Trail mix, Cabin fever
Grossgrain ribbon
5,5inch doily
Prima brads seashore collection
Prima tags seashore collection (not available anymore)
Prima keynotes paperclips seashore collection (not available anymore)

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Scrap our stash November stash challenge

Hi everyone!

I'm here with a scrapbook layout inspired by SOS November stash Challenge.
The idea was to use an item represented by each letter in the word Albums.

Oh, my where to start...?

I actually had to cheat and see what the DT used for their A & U. I couldn't even come up with arrows - LOL!

But here it goes...

A - Alphas letters, Amy Tangerin by American crafts
L - Lace
B - Blue ribbon, baby boy, Becky Higgins' project life 3x4 cards
U - Uniball signo pen (the white "stitching" on the PL card at the bottom)
M - Ministaples (they are a bit hard to see, as they hold the large border at the top, they are also by metal)
S - Starred paper

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Darling child layout

Hi everyone!

I'm here with another layout for The Rubber Buggy.

The journaling is acutally the lyric from a Swedish song by Jessica Nilsson, that I read as a poem on my son's Christening. It simply says how much we've longed for our child and how our lifes has a new meaning and purpose now.

I mixed products from my stash with great pieces from The Rubber Buggy store. The background is a textured cardstock from my stash, but if you are looking for more muted tones, please check out Pion Designs palette papers. They are sturdier than their pattern papers and I'm pretty sure that Pion blue IV is a good match to the colour I've used.

I'm very happy with my combination of different embellishments to add texture and depht to my page. The white lace is perfectly dainty and yet, simple enough to fit a boy layout. I tried a number of venice drop lace, but it just looked to girly for my taste. Underneath the green lace from my stash I layered a white grossgrain ribbon. I'm super excited to have found such a good use of a doily. Love them, but they rarely look good on my projects from some reason? But here I thought it was the perfect match :)
My favorite pieces however on this layout is the shabby staples from Graphic 45. They add just a little weight to the layout.


Products used from the store:
Graphic 45 staples shabby chic ornate metal key holes
Graphic 45 staples shabby chic ornate metal keys
White lace w satin center
White grossgrain ribbon w satin edge
Doilies 5,5inches
Stamping supplies (doublesided tape, score tape, scissors)

Thank you for visiting!

Challenges entered:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Mother Goose layout for The Rubber Buggy

Hi everyone!

This week I'm showing a LO as my DT-project for The Rubber Buggy.
I'm really pleased with the result and I like the fact that I've used G45 papers, but changed their vintage look, since there is a white background.

The layout is about the books we read together, or rather the books about pets and farm animals, which I moo and oink my way through - LOL! Loving life as a mother I must say.

I've used project life card for the journaling (Jade kit, Becky Higgins) and rather used the coordinating stamps as accents and embellishment. There are also some elements from Simple stories 24/7 collection. I've rearranged my stash to color coordinating rather then by collection and I think I'm doing better.

Products used from the store:
12x12 paper Graphic 45 Mother Goose, Humpty Dumpty
12x12 paper Graphic 45 Mother Goose, Story time
12x12 paper Graphic 45 Mother Goose, Playful postage
12x12 Bazzill cardstock Marsmallow
12x12 Bazzill cardstock Peppermint
May arts Grossgrain ribbon w satin edge white
Bakers twine, yellow
Graphic 45 Clingstamp, Mother Goose set#3
Lawn Fawn fundamental ink, Black licorice
Stamping supplies (doublesided tape, scissors,)


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Elmo song LO

Hi everyone!

I'm here with another easy layout using the collection kit Baby to Bride by Graphic 45. I've done several layouts now and I still have plenty to play with from the kit, both papers, stickers and chipboard.

The thickers for the title is from my stash and the journaling is about how my newborn recognised his father's voice due to months of singing Elmo's song. A really love the subtle teal tones of this collection and I have to admit I'm on the verge of hoarding it. But one great effect of becoming stressed for craft time is that I don't have time to dwell over how to make the most of paper (I use to cut out large pieces that will be covered) - LOL!

I've created small clusters with scrap paper cut to banners, prima resin birds and stamping splatters and stars to guide the eye through the page. I don't know if it was the right decision, but I wanted something on the left side. It looked to much unattended, so I added two rows of twine for texture. But like I said, I'm still not sure if I like it or not...


Products used on the layout:
12x12 Baby 2 Bride, Graphic 45 deluxe collection
(Paper, stickers and chipboard)
Prima resin
Twine
Starry night stencil
Stamping supplies (doublesided tape, scissors)
Thickers


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layout Underbara stunder

Hi everyone!

I'm here with another layout using Graphic 45's deluxe collection kit Baby 2 Bride from The Rubber Buggy.
I just love playing with these papers and I've also added some papers from my stash, but mainly stuck with the kit.

The titel spells "Wonderful moments, with you" in Swedish. The golden thickers are from my stash, but the subtitel is spelled using stickers from the kit. The journaling is about my baby boy falling asleep in my arms. I've scattered word stickers from the set around the journaling. The set also contains chipboard elements which I've used in the corners. Once again I've used fuzzy cut elements from G45's Little darlings and they coordinate perfect.

Products used on the layout:
12x12 Baby 2 Bride, Graphic 45 deluxe collection
(Paper, stickers and chipboard)
Bazzill cardstock, candybar
Stamping supplies (doublesided tape, scissors)
Thickers


Thank you for visiting!

Challenges entered:
Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything goes

Brahm's lullaby layout

Hi everyone!

I'm here with another layout for The Rubber Buggy.

 

I've used G45's collection Baby 2 Bride again together with some elements from other G45's collection such as Le romantique, Little darlings and Once upon a time. You can also hint a thin boarder from the paper I used to mat some of the background pieces. That's also a paper from G45, a curiosity shoppe. So you see how easy it is to combine the different collections no matter what theme.

The layout is a picture of my sleeping baby boy and the title and journaling is the lyric of the Swedish version of Brahm's lullaby. I've focused on embellishing with roses. The large background 12x12 has small roses scattered. I also used Le Romantique stamps of roses as an element across the page. The journaling card from the deluxe collection already has roses, but I've added a fuzzy cut element from Little Darlings to cover the figure in the circle on the journaling card as it didn't fit with my theme. The title is written with stickers from the little darlings collection, but the other smaller stickers "lullaby" & "rock-a-bye" is from Baby 2 Bride.

Products from the store:
Graphic 45 deluxe collection baby 2 bride
Stamping supplies (doublesided tape, scissors)


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A father's love

Hi everyone!

Another baby layout for The Rubber Buggy.
However,  I'll be reluctant to post picture of my boy on the Internet, I hope you will all understand.

I have mainly used Graphic 45 deluxe collection baby 2 bride, but there are a couple of other collections as well. The background across the layout is from Le romantic and the bird in the lower left corner is fuzzy cut from Little darlings.  The paper and photo are matted with paper from my stash.


Products from the store:
Graphic 45 deluxe collection baby 2 bride (paper, cut a parts and stickers)
Stamping supplies (scissors, double sided tape)

So you see how easy it is to work with a collection pack :)

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Graphic 45 crossover

Hi everyone!

I'm here with a new project for The Rubber Buggy and I have finally managed to make a LO of my newborn precious baby boy. 

Kellie has brought in the latest of Graphic 45 and I am waiting for my DT-package to arrive with Graphic 45's Deluxe Collectors Edition Baby 2 Bride. But until then I made this layout with a cross over of several collectins from Graphic 45. I'm hoping to show you how easy it is to mix and match them.

The collections I've mixed are from Once upon a time, Little darlings and Birdsong. The LO is inspired from the sketch challenge at my local scrapbook store. The titel reads "finally!" in Swedish and I've used a lot of metal filigree and prima pearls from my stash.

Products used from the store:
Graphic 45 staples ornate metal keyholes
Vintage photo distress ink
Bazzil cardstock (matting)
Shimmer sprays (blue and brown droplets on the LO)
Stamping supplies (scissors for fuzzy cutting, tape, glue)

 I hope I've inspired you to look at your Graphic 45 collections differently.
Thank you for visiting!


Challenges entered:
Cili in papers månadstävling - september 2014
Simon says stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Prima layout of cinque terre

Hi everyone!

Let's hear it again for The Rubber Buggy!
So I'm here with another layout using Prima Seashore collection. This is a memory from the Italian Riviera - oh, how I long to go there and back again :)

Products from the store:
Prima seashore 12x12 collection kit
12x12 chipboard seashore
Tickets and tags
Prima typewriters keys
Prima leaves
Enamel dots from Prima brads

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Prima seashore layout

Hi everyone!

Another vacation layout using the Seashore collection for The Rubber Buggy.

I really wanted to take advantage of the gorgeous papers. So I fussy cut parts of the seashells from the paper to be able to layer underneath it. I also left the corner with all the flourishes and sentiments without any embellishment as I thought that it was an element in itself.
 
Products from the store:
Prima seashore 12x12 collection kit
12x12 chipboard seashore
Tickets and tags
Prima typewriters keys
Prima leaves
Enamel dots from Prima brads
Distress tool
Score tape

New LO for The Rubber Buggy

Hi everyone!

Times just flies by:)
Here is another LO using the new collection from Prima - seashore. I really love the colors and is was absolutely perfect for my vacation photos with gorgeous mediterrainian water. I which we could have that in Sweden too - LOL!

 

 Products used on from the store:

12x12 collection pad Prima seashore

12x12 Prima seashore chipboard

Prima seashore tickets & tags

Prima seashore typekeys

Prima seashore brads

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Prima seashore layout for The Rubber Buggy

Hi everyone!

Have you, like me, been drooling over the new Prima collection Seashore?
Well, Kellie has now stocked the store with Prima goodies and there is more to come =D

I've mainly used the 12x12 collection kit, it comes with 2 sheet of each doublesided design plus several sticker sheets and cut-aparts. All the stickers except the chipboard on the LO is from the collection kit. Since everything coordinates it's so easy and quick to put this together.

Be prepared for more to come - LOL!

Products used from the store:
12x12 Prima seashore collection kit
6x6 Prima seashore paper pad
12x12 Seashore chipboard
Prima seashore typewriter keys
Prima seashore tags & tickets
Prima seashore flower leaves

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Magnolia LO for The Rubber Buggy

Hi everyone!

With mother's day coming up I wanted to make a LO of an old photo from just Mother's day.

I've used a mix of products from the store. The Magnolia paper is fabulous on it's own, but I stamped some Magnolia Love background and added some cracks with Kaierscraft clear stamp and the paper took a whole new dimension.

Close up of the stamping with Magnolia and Kaiserkraft
background stamps.

Close up of the stamping with the same background
stamps behind the postcard. An element from G45
Place in time, cut-apart sheet from May

There is a lot of layering going on and lots of different shapes to look at. But the LO is still very plain and simple.

Products used from the store:
12x12 paper Magnolia ROSE PATH
12x12 cut-apart sheet, May from Place in time by Graphic 45
Divine paper pad 6x6, prima marketing
Kaisercraft clear stamp CRACKLE
Kaisercraft clear stamp DREAM BIG
Magnolia rubber stamp LOVE BACKGROUND
MFT die-namic LARGE LEAFY FLOURISH
Magnolia die SCALLOPED TAG (similar)

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Bo Bunny LO for The Rubber Buggy

Hi everyone!

I made a LO using the wonderful colour from Bo Bunny.

The red journaling card is from my stash, since the red was such a perfect match with the red in the photos.

Products used from the store:
12x12 Bo Bunny trail mix, MOUNTAIN AIR
5,5 inch doilies large
Bakers twine, red

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Mythical ocean and treasure islands for The Rubber Buggy

Hi everyone!

I'm here with a LO from my latest vacation to Italy as my DT-project for The Rubber Buggy.

I really wanted to show the beautiful colours of the photos and Magnolia's sea breeze paper Mythical Ocean was so perfect as the colour is gorgeous and it has lots of tiny anchors all over the paper.

I've used Studio Calico's wellum embellishments from the Atlantic collection as well. If someone has any good advice on how to adhere these, please let me know - the adhesive I'm using is always showing through... The letters are from Tim Holtz wordplay - love that die:) Super good investment. I've taken water colour paper and sprayed it with LSG Azure sea Asters and Blue Hawaiian blue. Some of the letters are also accented with ice stickles. To create some texture I've used stickles to try it look like sand.

To top it of I placed a globe from my die cut swap with Cristy P, which I coloured in acrylic paint. I then splattered some drops of Heidi Swapp's teal colour shine to look like water drops and in the midst I added a cluster of flat backs to emphasis the look.

Product used from The Rubber Buggy:
12x12 Magnolia, sea breeze, mythical ocean paper
6x6 Graphic 45, French country, solids & pattern paper pad
Ice stickles, artic blue
Ice stickles, crystal
Ice stickles, gold
Prima say it in crystals

Thank you all for visiting!

The Rubber Buggy Layout

Hi everyone!
I wish to share a layout that I made for the Rubber Buggy. Love this Magnolia paper, so fun and easy to make your own. Here I have stamped and splattered the paper with LSG to make is more personal.  And the wood grain has a beautiful white colour which makes it so easy to coordinate with colors and seasons :) The memory box delicate fern die is perfect as the fern is very common in Sweden and it adds just the perfect touch. I've tied some jute twine to enhance the country feeling to the page. The butterflies are fuzzy cut from graphic 45 paper and I've added some dew drops in coffee (from Simon says stamp, although I find the colour more orange).

Products used from the Rubber Buggy store:
Magnolia new england wood paper 12x12
Magnolia tag die
Magnolia love background stamp
Graphic 45 paper 8x8 (this collection is the olde curiosity shoppe)
Graphic 45 french country stamp set #3
Graphic 45 packaging from metal brads
Spellbinders postage stamp nestabilities

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Graphic 45 LO (The Rubber Buggy)

Sorry for the late post!!!
Creater's block...

But a little help from CCL sketchy LO and some Graphic 45 goodies - voila!

I sprayed the paper with LSG and that's why it looks somewhat bulky. But that will be sorted when it goes in the page protector.

Products used from The Rubber Buggy:
Graphic 45 12x12 place in time
Prima paper pad 6x6, Divine
Magnolia chicken wire rubber stamp
Graphic 45 staples, ornate key holes 
WOC green mulberry leaves
MFT die-namic lg leafy flourish
Spellbinders neastabilities (I used small circles, but you can find other here)
Bo Bunny stamps  (I have the timepiece set, but you can find the current collections here)

Thank you for your patient!
See you soon :)

Creative inspiration at MB's treasurista

Hi all!

Today we're showcasing a new feature at MB's Treasurista - creative inspiration! That means all of the design team have the same sketch, color combo or product and you'll get great samples of how various you can be even though using the same, same, but different.

This month we had a sketch to work with and I made a LO. I love this sketch and I will use it for more LO and cards.

List of products from the store:

White Lg Drip Venise Lace

Salmon heart pearl trim

White daisy Venise lace #2

Satin Ribbon

Paper kit 12x12, Vintage finds, Teresa Collins

Paper pad 6x6, Vintage finds, Teresa Collins

Clear stamps set #1, Vintage finds, Teresa Collins

Flat back pearl 10mm brown

Whimsy mums, peach

I hope you feel inspired, I know I do, by this sketch.

Please visit the blog and see what my fellow design team members has in store for you. They are so talanted and I know their creations will blow you away!

Have a great and creative day :)