I don’t know about you, but I love summer! School is out, and there are so many exciting things to do—take vacations, go camping, play in the pool, enjoy the sun—that you always end up with bunches of fun memories to scrapbook. However your family celebrates summer, you can find cute and creative ideas for your summer scrapbooking layouts in the July/August 2012 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
Let’s take a look at how one CK reader was inspired by a layout from this issue:
“Thank U” by Shannon Brouwer has a clean and simple design that can easily be scraplifted for layouts for any occasion.
Thank U by Shannon Brouwer, as seen in the July/August 2012 of Creating Keepsakes magazine, page 45.
When she saw Shannon’s layout, Milagros Rivera thought it would be perfect for her vacation photos. The only problem was she had one vertical and one horizontal picture–what to do? Then Milagros thought, “Why not flip Shannon’s design to make it vertical?”And the result was this beautifully scraplifted page. Nice thinking, Milagros!
Roma by Milagros C. Rivera.
Another CK reader (and Club CK moderator), Gloria Martens, is always on the lookout for layouts that use lots of pictures, such as Laura Vegas’s “Wedding Party” layout in the May/June 2012 issue of Creating Keepsakes.
Wedding Party by Laura Vegas, as seen in the May/June 2012 of Creating Keepsakes magazine, page 27.
When Gloria saw Laura’s layout, she knew it would be perfect to scrapbook her photo shoot of children enjoying the great outdoors. She added even more photos by including two pictures in place of each of Laura’s 5″ x 7″ photos, and used soft pastels to match her theme. Beautifully done, Gloria! (And extra kudos for the adorable handmade outfits!)
Matching by Gloria Martens.
As much fun as it is to take vacations and play outside, sometimes there is no nicer place to be on a summer afternoon than your own home. Searching for a way to scrapbook her daughter’s love for time spent at home, CK Reader Kerry Cawthorne was inspired by two layouts in the September 2008 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
First, she found exactly the design she was looking for in Elizabeth Kartchner’s home-shaped layout.
Home by Elizabeth Kartchner, as seen in the September 2008 of Creating Keepsakes magazine, page 44.
Then, she fell in love with the tree accent on Tiffany Tillman‘s “Growth Interrupted” layout.
Growth Interrupted by Tiffany Tillman, as seen in the September 2008 of Creating Keepsakes magazine, page 100.
Kerry combined Elizabeth’s home-shaped layout with Tiffany’s tree accent, added some embellishments of her own, and created this sweet and adorable page. Well done, Kerry!
Home Sweet Home by Kerry Cawthorne.
We’d love for you to join us in congratulating these ladies on a job well done! And we invite you to submit your own CK & Me layouts. Simply send a picture of your layout, along with information on the project that inspired it (designer, issue featured in, page number, and how you were inspired) to editorial@creatingkeepsakes.com with “CK & Me” in the subject line. Your layout could be featured on our blog or in a future issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine! Happy scrapping!
—Meghan Nestel, Assistant Editor
Fabulous pages ladies!!! Love Kerry’s cool tree and the colors and accordion flowers in Gloria’s page.
What a neat surprise to find my LO as one of the features here today on the CK blog. I had so much fun making those little outfits for my grandchildren. Loved seeing the other LOs, too.
Congrats, Gloria (& all the other talents!) This surely is a nice surprise for you & I’m happy for you!
OMGosh Gloria…that’s an adorable LO!
Great work from all the ladies!
I love all these original layouts and their interpretations! Bravo to the ladies for not just being inspired but following through. (I rarely get past the part where I admire a layout and tear the page out “for future scraplifting”, LOL). And Gloria gets extra kudos for the handmade outfits and cute babies
Great LO’s this week! Gloria I am loving all of the pics you got to fit on that LO! And the outfits are adorable too.
Kudos to you all!
Yay!!! Congrats to all the scrappers, the layouts are gorgeous. I’m a huge “Gloria fan” and always love seeing what beautiful touches she does on her layouts. She has some pretty special subjects to focus on with those precious grandbabies, too. ♥
All of these featured layouts are beautiful. I’m a huge fan of Gloria’s work, I always look forward to seeing her latest creation!
Great lo’s, congrats everyone! And a special congrats to our girl Gloria, love the lo!
Congrats to everyone for their featured LO’s! And a special shout out to Gloria (GLOANN)…another beautiful LO!
Congrats Gloria I adore those cute matching outfits, your LOs are always inspiring, as are all the scraplifts featured here. I particularly love the combined house and tree one by Kerry and Milagros great thinking to turn the design around to suit! Marvelous scraplifts! well done, so inspiring.
Kerry, I am so happy you got this well deserved recognition! I see some Creative Memories touches and I believe you were working on your “tree- home” pages at our crop! Kudos to you for now being published!