Daily Inspiration: Layout of the Day!

Were you around when The ScrapRoom hosted challenges for creating a 4 in 1 layout?

Lisa Lahiff created a creative and meaningful page, this month, with three of the kits represented in her layout, a 3 in 1!  Do you recognize the different lines represented?

Frugal Paper Tip

The Plaid Paper, you see below, from The ScrapRoom's November 2015 Pattern Paper Kit is included as part of the PhotoPlay Autumn Day line.  It is a beautiful warm plaid on the front and an awesome clean newsprint design on the back.  Seriously, could you ever have enough of a sheet of paper like that?  I cannot.

But, since I only had one sheet, I wanted to maximize the design.  Although the newsprint had me enamored, I wanted to use the "cozy" plaid as much as I could.  On the layout below, I chose to use the Coffee Cardstock as the base and cut the plaid pattern to use on two layouts.  

My cuts are as follows:

The sides were cut 1.5 inches from the edge and the top and bottom were cut 2.75 inches from the edge to cut out the large hole.

The smaller rectangle was cut out from the edges of the smaller piece of patterned paper, as well, to create the mat. I cut one inch from the sides, and .75 of an inch from the top and bottom.  This left me with a frame and a 5x7 inch mat out of that piece.  

The large piece and mat were used on the "Cozy Fall" layout below:

The frame was reserved for my "Fall in Love" layout from the PA Renaissance Faire.

Which sheet(s) are you wanting to maximize the use of?

Freaky Fast Friday!!!

Are you finding yourself being swept into the holiday hustle and bustle? I sure have.  I just know January will be here in a flash.  Just thinking about all the "To Do's" from now until then has my head spinning.

If you're looking for a way to fit in a quick page, I can assure you that the Freaky Fast pages will accomplish this.  Lisa proved it to me just this week.

When we were changing up our blog plans through November, our dialog went like this:

Janine Rachau

November 16 at 10:06am

Lisa Bankes-Lahiff, I'm wondering if it isn't too late for you to literally come up with a "Freaky Fast" Page for the November 20th post.....

.....some exchange of explanations of what was needed ...

Janine Rachau So, using the Nov 2015 kit you need 6 pieces of patterned paper. You choose a cardstock and fit the pieces together to your liking.

November 16 at 2:11pm

Lisa Bankes-Lahiff Thanks Janine! smile emoticon Will get busy!

November 16 at 2:12pm

Lisa's page was finished and uploaded by November 16 at 3:37 pm. 

Freaky Fast, right?!

The November 2015 Freaky Fast formula...

(6) 2"x 6"

It's as easy as 1,2, 3,...(and 4)!!

1. Collect as many pictures as you like.

2. Cut your patterned paper to the dimensions stated above.

3. Push the paper around your cardstock till you achieve the look you want, or simply lift one of the layouts below!

4. Adhere and EMBELLISH! It is that easy!!

Here's Lisa's quick and fun page using Bella Blvd Family Frenzy from the November 2015 Flavor of the Month Kit:

 

And a recap from last week:

 Rochelle Spears offers her fun take on the formula for inspiration using this month's Bella Blvd line, Family Frenzy.

Recapping last week, Brenda Ragsdale created hers with this month's Bella Blvd line, Family Frenzy, also. (Great minds think alike!)  :)

No hustle and bustle, just "Freaky Fast" pages!! 

Lisa's Quick Cards

Hello!  It's Lisa here today, and I am writing to share how I created two greeting cards very quickly while using up some of my scraps from this month's kits at the same time!  For my first card I used left over scraps and embellishments from the Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Collection as shown in the photo below.

After trimming my scraps down to fit a 4 ¼ x 5 ½” card base I then adhered the sentiment to my acetate tag.  The hearts were diecut from the pink strip and I added some gold stickles.  Then it was all layered onto my card base using a mix of foam adhesive and liquid glue.  And viola!  This card took probably 10 – 15 minutes to make…

My next card uses scraps and embellishments from the Bella Blvd. Family Frenzy Collections…

To create this card I started by adhering the red patterned paper onto my cardbase.  I then diecut the yellow paper into a smaller rectangle, adhered it to the base and added the corner sticker.  Finally I had trimmed the green stripes and red hearts from the boarder paper and laid them horizontally over the yellow and red panels.  I then applied some baby powder to the back of the I love you sticker and popped it up with some foam adhesive.  Another 10 minute card in the bag!

My favorite thing about these cards is not just how fast they were to make, but it also used up my scraps so no need to waste anything in my kits!

Thanks so much for stopping by and we would love to see what cards/projects you are currently making with your kits!