Dotted Rainbow Scrapbook Layout Created with Dot-Tip Pens

Posted in Children Scrapbook Layouts, Scrapbook Page Layouts, Summer Scrapbook Layouts by

Many of us view our scrapbooks as dairies of our daily lives. We chronical the good times, the bad times and everything in-between to help us preserve our memories and create a lasting legacy for our families. We add journaling along with our photographs to tell our stories.

For your journaling, you’ll want to use pens that are photo-safe, fade-resistant and bleed-proof. Creative Memories offers a variety of Dual-Tip, Dot-Tip and Micro-Tip Pens that offer these qualities and are also quick drying to prevent smearing. Right now, you can purchase the Rainbow Pens Bundle that includes a mix of Dual-Tip and Dot-Tip Pens in fun colors and a free Fabric Pen Holder!

One of my cropping buddies recently asked me to share ideas for using the Dot-Tip Pens. The Dot-Tip Pens have a fine-point for journaling and also a round dot tip for making perfect dots. With a quick tap of the dot tip, you can make small dots. And by pressing the dot tip longer and harder, you can make larger dots. The dots make fun accents to a cluster of stickers and/or embellishments and can be used instead of epoxy dots or gemstone embellishments. I used several Dot-Pen Pens to create a colorful rainbow that is the focal point of my layout below.

I used the Jumbo Circle Cutting Pattern as a guide to create my first row of dots and then added more dots in more colors. The Bright Delight Paper, Foam Stickers and some of the cardstock are from our most recent 2024 Secret Box #2.

For measurements and a step-by-step demonstration, please see my YouTube video.

Please click here to view video instructions.

The Secret Box #2 is available for a limited time while supplies last. So please don’t delay on purchasing.

Please click here to purchase Creative Memories pens, the Secret Box and other scrapbooking supplies.

Happy Scrapping!
Karyn

Quick & Easy Scrapbook Layout using Shape Punches

Posted in Family Scrapbook Layouts, Scrapbook Page Layouts, Spring Scrapbook Layouts by

I love making pretty pages, and often these pages will be intricate and layered with lots of fine details – like my recent exclusive National Scrapbook Day layouts! But pretty pages can also be quick and easy too, and that’s what I’m sharing today. This is a great technique to use with your Shape Punches.

To create my layout, I used the Custom Cutting System, Jumbo Circle Pattern, Cap & Diploma Punch and the You Graduated Paper and Embellishments all from Creative Memories. I started by cutting a circle using the Custom Cutting System with the Jumbo Circle Pattern and Red Blade on the inside edge from Black Cardstock. From the remaining cardstock, I punched graduation caps using the Cap & Diploma Punch. I adhered the punched-out caps with Foam Squares and added photo mats and embellishments.



To see a step-by-step demonstration, please view my technique video on my YouTube channel. Please also make sure to subscribe to my channel to see more of my videos.

Please click here to view my instructional video.

I used the same technique to create my second layout. This time I used materials from the Creative Memories 2024 NSD Kit and the Fresh Flower Punch also from CM. I used Blue Cardstock for my photo mats and added pen details with a Dual-Tip Pen.

All of the tools and materials that I used for these layouts are currently available with Creative Memories and can be purchased through my website link. While you’re on the site, make sure to check out our new Summer Break Collection and Cardstock Buffet. CM is offering some fun bright cardstock colors through the Cardstock Buffet, but the colors will only be available for a short time.

Please click here to view my Creative Memories website.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today and happy scrapping!
Karyn

Diagonal Punched Scrapbook Borders

Posted in Baby Scrapbook Layouts, Children Scrapbook Layouts, Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Family Scrapbook Layouts, Heritage Layouts, Love Scrapbook Layouts, Scrapbook Borders by

I love scrapbooking techniques that are quick and easy, but yet create beautiful results! And that perfectly describes the technique that I’m sharing today. This technique only requires 2 sheets of paper, a few embellishments and a chain style border maker cartridge.

I used the Original Border Maker System from Creative Memories to punch a portion of the top sheet of designer paper and then reassembled the sheet with the borders. For my first layout, I alternated the Brocade Chain and the Wispy Chain Border Maker Cartridges and used paper, stickers, embellishments and a variety mat from the Something Blue Collection.

For my second layout, I used the new Bears Chain Border Maker Cartridge with papers and embellishments from the Welcome Baby Collection. I also added flowers and leaves from the Floral Essential Yellow and Teal Embellishments (a recent promotion offering). I love how we can easily mix and match across many of the collections by Creative Memories!

For step-by-step instructions, please view my YouTube video where I provide the measurements for cutting a triangle from the top sheet and also tips on selecting papers and border maker cartridges.

Please also subscribe to my YouTube channel and click on the bell icon to receive notifications when I add new videos.

Please click here to view instructional video.

You may purchase the tools and materials that I used for both layouts through my Creative Memories website link. I appreciate your purchases and offer a generous Customer Rewards Program!

Please click here to purchase Creative Memories products.


Please consider joining me for two different virtual events in April. On April 20th, I’ll be hosting my Virtual National Scrapbook Day Workshop on Zoom and sharing my own exclusive layout designs. On April 26th, my scrappy friends and I at Creative Life Scrapbooking will be hosting our PJ Party Virtual Crop on Zoom. Both events will be recorded if the dates are bad for you. Please use the links below to see more information about the events and to register.

Please click here for my Virtual National Scrapbook Day Workshop.

Please click here for the Creative Life Scrapbooking PJ Party Virtual Crop.



Thanks so much for visiting with me today!
Karyn

Unique Use for the Spring Leaves Frame Punch

Posted in Family Scrapbook Layouts, Love Scrapbook Layouts, Spring Scrapbook Layouts, Wedding Scrapbook Layouts by

I love to make pretty pages, and today I’m sharing a beauty! I used the new Spring Leaves Frame Punch and the Something Blue Collection from Creative Memories for my monthly technique layout and challenge.

We can use the frame punches to punch square and rectangular frames and borders. But we can also use them to punch inside frames! I started with 6″ x 6″ squares that I cut into hollow frames and then punched with the Spring Leaves Frame Punch. For my third frame, I used White Shimmer Cardstock as a pretty shimmery accent. Please note that this technique will only work with designer papers and thin shimmer cardstocks. Cardstock and heavier papers will likely jam your punch. This technique will also work with border punches in addition to frame punches.

For step-by-step instructions and a demo, please view my YouTube video. While you’re on YouTube, please also subscribe to my channel and click on the bell icon to receive notices when I add new videos.

I begin my video with a look at the very lovely Something Blue Collection that is the new wedding collection from Creative Memories. In the video, I show how many of the pieces can also be used for other types of layouts.

Please click here to view my instructional video.

Creative Memories is offering FREE SHIPPING until noon CT on Friday, March 8th! Now is a great time to purchase the Spring Leaves Frame Punch and Something Blue Collection along with our new spring collection, Birds & Blooms!

Don’t forget to add the NSD 2024 Customer Bundle to your cart to make my exclusive National Scrapbook Day layouts.

Please click here to purchase Creative Memories items.


I also invite you to join me for my Virtual National Scrapbook Day Workshop on Saturday, April 20th. I’ll be sharing recorded video instructions and printable handouts for my own exclusive National Scrapbook Day layouts. We’ll meet on Zoom on April 20th to create the layouts together. If you can’t be on Zoom, you will receive access to the recorded videos. My layouts are beautifully layered and detailed and contain some unique features. I will only share these layouts through my event.

Please click here to register for my Virtual National Scrapbook Day Workshop.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! Happy Scrapping!
Karyn

Virtual & In-Person National Scrapbook Day Workshops

Posted in Creative Life Scrapbooking, Events, National Scrapbook Day by

Please join me for my 2024 Virtual National Scrapbook Day Workshop!
I’ll share instructional video recordings and printable handouts for my own exclusive page layout designs and will host sessions on Zoom. We’ll also have a private group in Facebook for sharing and interacting. Plus, we’ll have fun with a few games and door prizes!

I’ll use the NSD 2024 Customer Bundle, Fresh Flower Punch and Spring Leaves Frame Punch to create my layouts. The Forest Mushroom Border Punch is optional.  You may substitute with other tools and materials. If you would like to purchase these items, I appreciate your orders at www.creativememories.com/user/karyn. 

We’ll meet on Zoom on Saturday, April 20th beginning at 11 am ET to create the layouts together.  If you cannot be on Zoom at that time, the recorded video instructions will be shared in the private Facebook group for the event.

The instructional materials and layouts are exclusive and are not to be shared with others or on the web including Pinterest.  Please also do not share photos of your versions of these layouts on the internet including Pinterest.  Thank you!

Please click here to register for my Virtual NSD Workshop.

Please join me for my 2024 In-Person National Scrapbook Day Workshop on Sunday, May 5th! 
We’ll be in the new Community Building in Sidney, Illinois at 211 E. Main Street and will crop from 10 am – 6 pm.

We’ll enjoy a relaxing day of scrapbooking and will create the CM layouts using the NSD 2024 Project Recipe Kit.  Please purchase the NSD Project Recipe Kit to make these pages.  (If you have purchased the NSD Customer Bundle, you will need a second Project Recipe Kit to make these layouts.)  I will also serve lunch, and there will be gifts for attending and door prize opportunities.  

Please note that I’ll also be creating some exclusive layouts of my own design using the NSD 2024 Customer Bundle.  For access to those layouts and instructional materials, please register for my Virtual National Scrapbook Day Workshop above.

If you register for BOTH my In-Person and Virtual NSD events, I will give you a $10 credit to spend at my In-Person workshop.

Please click here to register for my In-Person NSD Workshop.

Creative Life Scrapbooking PJ Party Virtual Crops!
April 26th, July 26th and November 1st

Registration $25
To register: www.creativelifescrapbooking.com/events
Seven layout ideas!
Printable Handouts!
Live Zoom Session!
Recorded video instruction!
Flexible layouts – scrap your stash!
Exclusive Facebook Group with all content saved so you can access on demand!

Sweet On You Scrapbook Layout

Posted in Heart Scrapbook Layouts, Love Scrapbook Layouts, Scrapbook Borders, Winter Scrapbook Layouts by

Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope that your day is happy and filled with love! I like to create pretty pages and find unique ways to use Creative Memories tools. For Valentine’s Day, I was inspired to find a new way to use the Infinity Heart Border Punch and create a layout using the Sweet on You Collection. This layout will also look beautiful with the new Something Blue Collection.

I love the large chunky border that I created by cutting apart and threading pieces that I punched with the Infinity Heart Border Punch! I added some extra love with letters and hearts punched from the recently retired Love Letters Punch. I used the Original Border Maker System with the Notebook Edge Border Maker Cartridge to add a decorative edge to my journaling box.

To Create My Layout:
1. Cut a piece of Hot Fudge Cardstock to 12″ x 7-5/8″. Cut a piece of the icon paper to 12″ x 7-3/8″, and adhere to the cardstock piece. Adhere the layered piece 3/4″ from the bottom of a sheet of brown striped paper.
2. Cut three 12″ x 1/4″ strips from the red paper.
3. Use the Infinity Heart Border Punch to punch two borders from White Cardstock. Use Micro-Tip Scissors to cut apart the borders into segments of three, two and one as shown. Thread a red strip through each segment, and adhere to the page as shown.
4. Use the Love Letters Punch to punch three words from White Cardstock and six hearts from red paper. Adhere the love letters to the strips as shown. Use Foam Squares to adhere the hearts as shown.
5. Cut a 2-1/4″ x 5″ piece of Hot Fudge Cardstock. Cut a 2-1/4″ x 4-3/4″ piece of white grid paper. Use the Original Border Maker System with the Notebook Edge Border Maker Cartridge to punch one long edge of the white grid paper and adhere to the hot fudge piece. Adhere the layered piece to the layout. Use the NEW Tab Punch to punch a tab from White Cardstock. Cut the tab in half, and adhere to the top of the journaling box.
6. Cut four 4″ x 4″ photo mats from Hot Fudge Cardstock and adhere to the layout as shown.
7. Add stickers with Foam Squares and love letters to the journaling box.

I appreciate your purchases through my Creative Memories website link, and I offer a generous Customer Rewards Program!

Please click here to purchase.


Happy Scrapping!
Karyn

Easy Jumbo Heart Layout

Posted in Heart Scrapbook Layouts, Love Scrapbook Layouts, Scrapbook Page Layouts by

I LOVE making pretty pages, and hearts are one of my favorite motifs. With a loving hubby and two sweet granddaughters, it’s easy to find photos for heart themed layouts. Search my blog for “love” and “hearts”, and you’ll see many heart layouts that I’ve created over the years. This year, I used a quick technique with squares to create a large heart background and used the Love Letters Punch from Creative Memories to add words around my hearts.

For my first layout, I used the new This Life Collection from Creative Memories. This is a great basic collection in primary colors that can be used throughout the year for all sorts of layouts. This Life Word Embellishments are my favorite part of the collection. It’s an entire pack of titles! CM also offers a This Life Calendar Kit Bundle and Simple Page Kits that coordinate with the This Life Collection. Look for these items to remain in the product line for all of 2024.

For my second layout, I used the super cute Sweet on You Collection from Creative Memories. This is a mini collection that features a paper pack with 6 sheets, a single sheet of stickers and a layered frame. The heart, strawberry, and donut icons are fun, and I love how they’ve included shades of brown to temper all of the pink and red. I used this collection to create a layout for the Creative Memories Blog. Please click here to see my layout on the CM Blog.


I embellished both of my layouts with letters punched with the Love Letters Punch. This punch recently sold out, but it was in our product line for over a year. I still have some in my personal inventory if you’re interested. Please watch my video for tips on using the Lifter Stick, Multi-Purpose Tool and Repositionable Tape Runner for easily and quickly placing and adhering the small, punched letters. 

Please see my YouTube channel for step-by-step instructions on how to create my layouts. When you subscribe to my channel, make sure to click on the bell icon to receive notifications when I add new videos. 

Please click here to view my instructional video.

I appreciate your purchases through my Creative Memories website link, and I offer a generous Customer Rewards Program. 

Please click here to purchase Creative Memories items.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! Happy Scrapping!
Karyn

NEW Page Kit Club!

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Join me for my new Page Kit Club! Creative Memories will release a new This Life Simple Page Kit each month of 2024. The kits will coordinate with the new This Life Collection which will remain in our product line for the entire year. Members of my Page Kit Club will pre-pay for a quarterly or annual subscription to the club, and we’ll meet once a quarter on Zoom to assemble the kits together.

Benefits of Joining the Page Kit Club:
* No need to remember to order the kit each month.
* I’ll order the kits for you!
* No special tools needed – just a 12-Inch Trimmer and Tape Runner!
* Pay for one quarter at a time – or pay for the entire year!
* Fun private Zoom crops to create the layouts!
* I’ll demonstrate ways to incorporate other tools!
* The page kits are quick & easy and super cute!
* Option to add an exclusive quarterly 3-pack Card Kit to your subscription!
* Invite a new beginner scrapbooker & receive your quarterly kits for FREE!

I’ll order the kits for you, but you’ll also need to have a 12-Inch Trimmer and Tape Runner on hand. Other optional items are Foam Squares, Repositionable Tape Refills, Peekaboo Pockets, and Top Loading Single-Pocket Pages (or White 12×12 Plain Pages and Protectors).

Click here to register for my Kit Club!

THIS LIFE COLLECTION

This Life is a year-round collection that will be your go-to for 2024! Designed to coordinate with CM’s custom cardstock colors, the collection exudes a bright, playful vibe with general patterns and tonal treatments. The monthly This Life Simple Page Kits will coordinate with this collection.

The 12×12 Blue Agate This Life Album Cover is perfect for holding all of your completed layouts!

Click here to purchase tools & optional items.

Please let me know if you have any questions about my new Page Kit Club! I hope that you can join the fun!

Karyn

Pretty Punched Scrapbook Borders

Posted in Creative Memories Border Maker Ideas, Family Scrapbook Layouts, Love Scrapbook Layouts, Spring Scrapbook Layouts, Winter Scrapbook Layouts by

Creative Memories offers some of the best scrapbooking tools on the market. Some of the tools stay constant in the product line while others retire and are replaced with new tools.  Over the years, I’ve collected a LARGE assortment of Creative Memories punches and border maker cartridges, and I LOVE to find new ways to use them! You’ll love the technique that I used to make these two layouts as it can be used with many different border punches, frame punches and border maker cartridges!

For my first layout, I used the Original Border Maker System with the Brocade Chain Border Maker Cartridge to create my pretty punched borders. I used papers and stickers from the new Sweet on You Collection. 

For my second layout, I used the Damask Flourish Frame Punch and papers and stickers from the Painted Garden Collection. 

I LOVE how many different punches and cartridges can be used with this technique to create totally different looks!

To create the border pieces for both of the layouts, cut squares to 3″ x 3″, fold the squares into triangles, and then punch the triangles. You can use the punched pieces to create single borders or double borders as I did. Or you can add the pieces around all four sides of a page for yet a different look.

To view a step-by-step demonstration, please click here to see my YouTube video. Thank you also for subscribing to my YouTube channel. 

Please click here to view my video demonstration.


All of the tools and materials that I used for these layouts can be ordered through my Creative Memories website link. Thank you so much for your purchases!

Please click here to order Creative Memories products.


UP-COMING EVENTS:

Please see the Creative Life Scrapbooking website for information about our PJ Party Virtual Crops. Our first Party of 2024 will begin on January 26th (all Zoom sessions are recorded.). You can register for all 4 of our 2024 PJ Parties at a discounted price for a limited time.

Please click here to see the Creative Life Scrapbooking website.


Camp Crop-A-Lot Week Scrapbooking Reteat
February 22nd – 25th, 2024
I have a few spaces remaining for my February Weekend Scrapbooking Retreat. Please register asap to save your spot! Please click here to see the registration form for complete information.


Karyn’s Croppers Quarterly Kit Club
Please contact me ASAP to join my Quarterly Kit Club! (Please use the Contact Me tab at the top of this page.)

Happy Scrapping!
Karyn

Folded Tree Scrapbook Layout

Posted in Christmas Layouts, Outdoor Scrapbook Layouts, Winter Scrapbook Layouts by

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Here’s a perfect layout to use for some of your holiday photos. It’s a simple technique that delivers a beautiful dimensional impact. I used the very lovely Nodic Winter Collection from Creative Memories for my layout.

The only tool needed is a 12-Inch Trimmer! If you’re in the market for a new trimmer, please check our the 12-Inch Trimmer from Creative Memories. In my 25+ years of scrapbooking, it’s the best trimmer that I’ve seen. Cut a few triangles, fold a few and layer to create this beatiful tree embellishment!

For step-by-step instructions, please see my YouTube channel. While you’re viewing my video, please make sure to also subscribe to my channel.

Click Here to View Instructional Video.

I used Avocado Cardstock and Nordic Winter Papers for my layout. I embellished using Nordic Winter Embellishments, Stickers and a Variety Mat. Make sure to check out the Nordic Winter Embellishments – they’re gorgeous and include several deer pieces.

Please use this technique to create a layout and share a photo of your layout with me on Facebook in Karyn’s Croppers. Go to the Album section and add your photo to the #TechniqueTue 32 Album for an entry into my December Door Prize Drawing.

You may purchase the 12-Inch Trimmer and/or Nordic Winter Collection through my Creative Memories website link.

Please click here to purchase.

All of my best wishes for a very happy holiday season and a very Merry Christmas!
Karyn