Scrapbook Trends Publication!

Last month, one of my favorite pages was published in Scrapbook Trends! 

This is my cover page for my 2011 album--a quick visual summary of my visitors, experiences, and the daily grind. Some experiences are shown in pictures, others represented by stickers, but either way, 2011 is summarized colorfully in my favorite style: clean, simple, bright, and graphic. 

Materials: Upcycle/Re:Design Paper by Cosmo Cricket (pink); Black Magic/Apothecary Emporium Collection Paper by Echo Park (orange); Sunny Sunday/Spring Flings and Easter Things Paper by Bella Blvd (yellow); Slideshow/State Fair Paper by Studio Calico (green); Family/Laurel Burst/ Indie Chic Paper by My Mind's Eye (blue); brad by Crate Paper; Sticker by Amy Tangerine/American Crafts (camera); Basic Grey (envelope); Creative Imaginations (Harry Potter Stickers), Bella Blvd Alphas ("HP"); Recollections Green Glitter Tape (under "HP"); Washi Tape by Amuse and Sweet Bella; Alpha Thickers by Amy Tangerine/American Crafts

Simple Scrapper January 2013 Blog Hop & Giveaway

Happy New Year!

It's been a while since I've posted, but I'm back with gusto for this post! This is my last month with the Simple Scrapper Design Team. We have a wonderful group of women for 2013--some veterans, some newbies-- all with extensive talent. I'll be sad to leave them, but I'm choosing to do so for my own good. (Mainly, we've moved into a little ol' house that's gonna need plenty of work and loads of my free time!)

My layout from the Simple Scrapper Premium Membership includes a picture from the first weekend at our new home. We had visitors. And I was in a show. And loads of other stuff too that I would like to not share on the internets. (Not that y'all would care.) All in all, it was a success. Now I just need to make a page of Mr. Handsome and me from that weekend--you know, since I bought the house with him and everything.

Materials can be found here

In 2013, Simple Scrapper will have story prompts each month, and for January, it's gratitude. My layout below shows some of my own day-to-day favorites of life before our move. Being home by 6 is definitely long gone by now, but I can't wait to see what sort of day-to-day favorites emerge in our new lives.

Materials can be found here

Hop on over to the other team members' blogs to see their fun creations. You'll recognize some of the names; others are new. There are some really well done layouts this go round, including gorgeous uses of patterned paper, color, and white space. You'll love them!

Working with Jennifer Wilson and the design team from Simple Scrapper has been such a joy! Enjoy taking a peak at each one of the designers' blogs below to see how they are ringing in the new year with the January 2013 Templates from Simple Scrapper's Premium Membership.

Julie Aldridge

(**This is me**)

Jeryn Carlisi

Lisa Corbin-Polak

Ronnie Crowley

Kim Gehring

Michele Holcomb

Margrethe Aas Johnsen

Amy Kingsford

Samantha Landay

Pam Lozano

Aimee Maddern

Jean Manis

Melissa Priest

Sara Case Strickland

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The Premium Membership at Simple Scrapper provides skills and shortcuts to help you simplify and find more meaning in your memory keeping.

Want to win a one-month Simple Scrapper Premium Membership? Visit the team member blogs and look for the entry link. Entries will be pooled and one winner selected at 11:59pm CST on Wednesday, January 9. You may enter from multiple blogs. Use this link to enter the giveaway for a one month trial membership to Simple Scrapper: http://ow.ly/ctrlx.

Graffiti Sign Layout

Simple Scrapper's challenge this month is to make a layout with a sign. Head on over there to enter the challenge for yourself. You might win a prize!

I had loads of pictures with signs to choose from, but ultimately, summarizing a trip on a two-page spread was my choice. Rimini, Italy is a curious beach city. A lot of Russians come down there for Spring-break-like trips, so all of the old quintessentially Italian views, ruins, and monuments were hidden, blocked off, or covered with graffiti. I suppose it had it's own kind of charm.

Materials: Studio Calico: Newsport/Classic Calico; Scenic Route: Metropolis/Market St.; Bazzill Basics: Metallic Paper; S.E.I: Mountain Trail/Silvervalley Collection; Graffiti paper: Unknown, probably circa 2007; White Vellum, Ivory Glitter paper by Recollections; Studio Calico: BookJacket/Memoir Collection; Template by Simple Scrapper Premium Membership

I kept the embellishments to a minimum because the photography was strong. (I try to get artsy with my photos, but Mr. Handsome has a steadier hand. We make a good pair.) I added some flags and stripes in a graffiti paper to make the sign stand out. Here are a few detailed pictures so that you can see the shimmer of the paper (top) and detail in one of my favorite pictures (bottom):

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October Simple Scrapper Blog Hop

Welcome to the October Simple Scrapper Blog Hop!

The Simple Scrapper layouts this month are gorgeous. I'm particularly fond of 3 of them, but I'm only showing one here! The one on the right is one of the grid layouts this month, and I combined it with one of September's grids so that I could include more pictures. (Sneaky me!)

Materials: Focal Point/Classic Calico by Studio Calico, Clam Bake/Lauderdale Collection by BasicGrey, Hambly Studios Screen Prints are Little Circles in magenta, Birds on Wire in silver, and Woodgrain in silver; thin strip under picture is River Rock/Silver Valley Collection by s.e.i; other squares are recollections (pink houndstooth) and unknown (green polka and violins); American Crafts Delight; Crate Paper Brad; Fonts are Broadway and Channel; Template from Simple Scrapper's Premium Membership

You'll notice that I went outside my box and used pink. As a general rule, I avoid pink, but crazy things happen sometimes! I'm moving mountains today!  

Be sure to hop over to the rest of the Design Team's blogs for more! Leave a little love as you go, and don't forget to use this link to enter a giveaway for a one-month trial subscription to Simple Scrapper: http://ow.ly/ctrlx.

Julie Aldridge (This is me!)

Sue Althouse 

Jeryn Calisi
Lisa Corbin-Polak

Ronnie Crowley

Michele Holcomb

Margrethe Aas Johnsen

Amy Kingsford

Pam Lozano

Aimee Maddern 

Jean Manis

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Simple Scrapper September Challenge: Maps

The Simple Scrapper Challenge for September is to create a page with maps. 

For my photo-less page, I combined 2 Simple Scrapper Layouts and relied heavily on my Silhouette Cameo to create pop-ups for added interest.  

I hope you can join us in our challenge this month! 

Materials: Map and Navy Paper by Heidi Swapp; Brad by October Afternoon, Alpha Stickers by Prima Marketing, Inc. Washi Tape by American Crafts; Mister Huey's Color Mists in Cameo and Cable Green; Stamp by Paper Trey Ink; Silhouette Cameo; Silhouette cut outs are "assorted callout shapes" by Jamie Koay, "3 thought bubbles" by Lori Whitlock "hello thought bubble" by Loni Stevens, by "airplane" by American Crafts/Amy Tangerine; fonts are Courier New, Bebas Neue; Simple Scrapper Premium Membership Template 

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Making Paper Scrapbooking Easy Again: Using Templates

Head on over to Simple Scrapper today to view my guest post on how to use a template to create a traditional scrapbook page.

There, I guide you through my process of making a clean and simple paper scrapbook pages using a printed photo and one of my favorite Simple Scrapper Premium Membership Templates. Plus, I offer a little advice on how to use complex templates with large pictures to paper scrap big pictures for a big impact.

Using templates and doing a bit of pre-planning makes my scrapbooking process easier and quicker. Hopefully, my tips can inspire you! Click the picture to pop over to Simple Scrapper and see how to make this layout!

For more examples of Simple Scrapper Premium Membership templates in use, check out the pages made by the design team for July's Challenge.

September Simple Scrapper Blog Hop

Welcome to the September Simple Scrapper Blog Hop!

Today the Simple Scrapper Design team has loads of gorgeous takes on this month's layouts to show you. The great templates make our job easy!

True to my style, I kept my version simple and clean. My sister is also a clean-and-simple scrapper, and this page is going in her album, so it needed to be true to her too. I raided her stash of papers and embellishments and used a handmade brad. I also had her write the journaling. Isn't her handwriting gorgeous?

Materials: Bazzill Basics Paper, Metropolis/Market Street paper by Scenic Route for the top and bottom strips, Recollections glitter paper for hand cut stars, Disney Button, handmade fabric brad, American Crafts Thickers, Template from Simple Scrapper's Premium Membership

That's all for today for my little piece of inspiration! 

Hop on over to the rest of the Design Team's blogs for more! You'll be pleased! Leave a little love as you go, and don't forget to use this link to enter a giveaway for a one-month trial subscription to Simple Scrapper: http://ow.ly/ctrlx.

Julie Aldridge (This is me!)

Sue Althouse 

Jeryn Calisi
Lisa Corbin-Polak

Ronnie Crowley

Jess Forster

Michele Holcomb

Margrethe Aas Johnsen

Amy Kingsford

Pam Lozano

Aimee Maddern 

Valerie Mangan 

Jean Manis
Mandy Ross

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