Disney layout

So I had a picture of my son with his mickey mouse stuffed animal and I remembered I did an entire book of Disney for my brother and sister in law for their first trip to Disneyland with their son.  So I knew I had extra paper I didn't use or descent amount of scraps. I could not find them.  I de-stashed a while ago and I guess it went too.  I probably thought to myself we are not going to go to Disneyland, so why keep it.  Just want to kick myself.  I did fine some and it was enough for the one page layout I did last night.

The title was done with Pink Paislee called Fascinating
The paper was EK Success for the boxes of characters and names. The paper ribbon strips I made were from a paper pack I got at Joanns a few years ago.
The strips are 1 X 10 inches
Block is 6 X 6
Names 1 X 6
I did some journaling in the corner because the reason I took this picture was because this was my son's first double ear infections.  And I thought it was cute that all he wanted was his mickey PJ's, his Mickey, and to watch Mickey Mouse Club House.  Have you even scrapped someone that was sick?  How did it turn out?  I would love to see your work as well.

Getting Published

I have now been published in Scrapbook Generation's CREATE Magazine for the second time.  They have a reader's gallery at the end of every issue.  And then they include the layout challenges for the next issue as well.  I have been published in the May and July issue.  Their magazine is great! It usually over 250 pages and always free to download. In the current issue I did a card and the one page layout.  I used my dog for this one.  

Little Boy Two Page Layout

Paper and embellishments used were all by Echo Park Paper Co. The paper line is called Little Boy by Crystal Wilkerson. I love this line.  It had planes, trains, cars, and boats.  Perfect for scrapbooking a little boy. All the squares and photos are 4 X 4 inches.  The button border and the scallop border are stickers that I split between the two pages. I used pop dots on the car, small train, and boat embellishments.  I left the big train flat.  All the cars were separate stickers so I divided that between the two pages as well. I love cutting paper into "ribbon points."  All you have to do is pinch two corners together and cut at a diagonal toward the rest of the strip. If you haven't noticed I also ink the edges of all my papers and paper ribbons with chalk ink. I print my photos as 4 X 6s at Walgreens because I can always find a discount code for forty to fifty percent off.  Then I cut then down myself centering the photo on what I want with my X-Acto ruler.  You can find the link for that particular ruler in my favorite blog post. I bought the paper at Scrapbook Generation.  You can make purchases from their online store as well.  They are out of this line but they have the new one My Little Boy. I linked the page.  Feel free to ask any questions. 

*I am not sponsored by any of the companies or products mentioned. 

Favorite Brands

I wanted to share my favorite brands of paper, stamps, tools, and embellishments. All the links send you to find that product.  Now I am not sponsored so this is really just my opinion.  

Paper: 

Echo Park
Pebbles
American Crafts
Imaginisce
Bo Bunny
Doodle Bug
Pink Paislee

Stamps:

Unity Company
heidi swapp

Tools:

Scissors: Fiskars scissors
Paper Trimmer: Fiskars trimmer
Knife: Fiskars Knife
Rule: X-Acto centering ruler
Glue Runner: Elmer's
Regular glue and glue stick: Scotch scrapbooker's glue with 2-way applicator
Cutting Machine: Cricut Expore

Embellishments:

I rarely buy random embellishments.  Most paper lines at my local scrapbooking store have coordinating embellishments.  I find buying the sticker sheet and sometime chipboard are the best accents to my layout.  I also try to buy the sheet of paper that has cards or tags that coordinate with the paper line.  I linked the store because you can order from them online as well.  Plus they have a great FREE scrapbook magazine called CREATE. 

Feel free to comment if you favorites are different. I would love to see your favs too!

Happy Crafting!-Lesley