Integrating Photos & Background Patterned Paper Elements

Hi, guys! How are you? Ann Marie here with a 12×12 scrapbooking layout process video! Today’s video focuses on integrating photos into the background elements of the patterned paper you use.  Here is a timestamp if you’d like to skip straight to that part! There’s also written directions here, just below the video.

So, I had this really beautiful paper. It’s got a mixed-media feel, and there’s some really pretty, photo realistic butterflies. My photo overlaps some of those pretty butterflies, and that feels odd to me to just slap a photo over complete elements like these, so I wanted to find a way to integrate them.

I’m going to very lightly draw lines where my photo was going to be and then I’m going to erase where the pencil crosses the top of the butterfly wing, because we are going to put those butterfly wings on top of the photo. I’m going to leave the pencil marks in place on the borders where the edges of the photo and the butterfly wings meet up to help me line the photo up again when I am done cutting into my paper.

All I have to do is place my glass mat underneath my layout and get out my craft knife and very carefully slice around the butterfly wings where they meet up with the photo!

Satisfying and Relaxing ASMR Fussy Cutting Butterflies, #2

Enjoy this lickety split short! Fussy cutting is so satisfying and relaxing to me! Seeing the results is just 👩‍🍳 💋 Hope you enjoy–more to come 🦋

https://youtube.com/shorts/cfu-_DPg6FE?feature=share

Bevy of Beautiful Butterflies!

Hi! Time for Weekly Wrap-up #19, where I share what creative mess I’ve made this week. Today I have an in-progress layout from my mini May Counterfeit kit. What scrappy fun have you gotten into this week? Please share! ❤️ And if you enjoyed this video, please consider subscribing to my channel. Thanks for watching! :)

Love Is… 8 1/2 x 11 Layout & Sketch!

Hi, guys! Today I’m sharing an 8 1/2 x 11 process video, with an original sketch! Of course, you could adapt 12 x 12 sketches to 8 1/2 by 11, but I wasn’t in the mood to do all the mental gymnastics because the proportions *are* different…. So then when I went searching for 8 1/2 x 11, I wasn’t finding sketches with all the components I wanted, and I decided it was easier to plan it out myself.

There’s a few different ways you can get the sketch. You can watch the video below and screenshot it–it appears near the beginning and again near the end. You can also pin it from here, right- or ctrl- click and download it, or print it.  

Hope you enjoy this video–if so, please like, comment, share, subscribe, you know the drill! ;)

Embellishment Extravaganza!

Made lots of fun embellishments for a swap. :)

A fun shaker card built on top of a Project Life card:

Stamped and stacked:

Stamped, fussy cut, and embellished tickets:

A fun central piece for a card and a sweet pocket:

Fun banners!

September 2015 Month In Review

December 2015 Month In Review

Sharing a layout from my 2015 Month in Review album. This one was just general December memories. I feel like I definitely need to add some journaling, though! We painted with pom poms to make Christmas trees with ornaments, met our family’s elf, Clementine, and sang at church. So fun. And I had fun playing with all the blinged out elements, here, too! Foiled polka dot cardstock, foiled embellishments, a couple glittery enamel dots, and gold foil borders. <3

They were so little and precious. Aughhhhhh. :/