My Mr Star Man - My Scraps & More

Back again. Hopefully not for the ladt time this month. There are soo many layouts I want to do and never enough time.
Today I add another page to the 'My Mr Man' series which is pretty much an excuse to scrap my favourite photos of Jayce =D

My Mr Star Man.

Almost all his suits had stars on them but this one was my favourite. And these photos making me involuntarily smile!

The pages design came courtesy of My Scraps & More sketck challenge, which looks like this:

I instantly LOVED it and knew exactly what I was going to do! In fact the sketch was so perfect that for the first time ever I created to page without the photos!

The layout is 90% Bella Blvd 'Lucky Stars' collection. 

In fact the strips that form the herringbone triangles are from the front page of the collection pack where it showcases the papers inside!

I also used a few bits from the 'Max' collection and star stamps from Elle's Studio.

The 'super star' has been fussy cut from an extremely old piece of Bella Blvd that I have slowly been cutting away at and using on all my pages, like here and here and here.

Seeing as I intend to use this title a lot and it involves 3 m's I have taken to cutting out the letters using a cricut each time I visit my home town and can get my hands on one at the LSS =)

Finally the date stamped with an Amy Tangerine stamp and page done.
Thanks for checking it out! Why not leave some love it the comments? Or hate? I don't mind.
XoXoX Nicole

Edit: I am proud to note that this layout was chosen as a one of the Top 3 layouts for August at My Scraps & More. Thank you!

Teddy Bear - My Creative Sketches

Welcome to the 2nd half of the year. Still hard to believe we are already here.
I have another 'My Mr Man' series layout to share with you today. If you would like you check out the other layouts from this series I invite you to use the 'Content' labels which you can find listed at the bottom of the right sidebar.
The picture is of Jayce looking particularly cute in his super fluffy suit on a shopping trip, I think he stole a few hearts this outing.

My Mr Teddy Bear Man

This photo has been printed and hanging around my scrappy mess since it was taken in November last year, almost teasing me to be scrapped. But when I saw the Webster's Pages Hello World collection announcement I knew I had to be strong and wait to match these two up!

This layout is designed around the June sketch from My Creative Scrappers.
Normally a sketch instantly inspires me and I know that I must use it asap, however I wasn't completely sold with this one. I printed it out anyway and it seemed to gradually grow on me until that light bulb moment did finally hit.

It was the lighter triangles in the corners and the dashed lines that brought the layout together, they made me think of transparencies and stitching respectively.

The idea of stitching over the clothes line on the transparencies just seemed logically to me.

It was the triangles to the left of the photo in the sketch that kept me from jumping on this sketch, everything I thought of/tried took anyway from my photo too much. Eventually good ol' never going out of style chevrons came to my rescue.

The 'smile' charm is from the Websters 'Record It' collection my equal favourite Websters collection.

You may notice that the absolutely perfect sticker 'can you believe how cute this is?' has a bit of extra colour... That would be Chloes addition =( thanks bub.
XoXoX Nicole.

Edit: I am very pleased to note that this page was chosen in the top 3 at My Creative Sketches. Thank you so very much for your support.

Water Dragon - Purple Pumpkin

Hello everyone.

How are we today? What is the weather like in your part of the world? Sydney has been windy and horrible for 3 days now making the kids and I stir crazy but scraping some happy summer photos that bit extra pleasing.

I finally have another layout to add to the 'My Mr Man' series about Jayce. Taking the total to only 3 but plenty more in planning. You can view the other two here and here. 

My Mr Water Dragon Man

This kid LOVES the water. Jumps in any chance he gets whether it be shower, bath, pool or puddle. He got this super cute swimming outfit from my mother for Christmas so I HAD to snap a few shots the first time he wore it (and everytime since)

The layout of the page was inspired by the current sketch challenge over at Purple Pumpkin, a super cute embellishment shop. Can you see the resemblance? 

Like my previous page, this one also uses only Simple Stories 'Good Day Sunshine' collection. I was actually working on them both at the same time to ensure I didn't use something on one page I wanted for the other.

I LOVE the colours in this collection. So bright and happy. Plus like any SS collection there are plenty for embellishments to match! I have used a bunch of the brads on this page, two of which hold the twine banner.

There is absolutely no glue involved in this banner. The 'flag' pieces were fussy cut from the blah blah paper then two tiny holes punched and twine threaded. I then wrapped the twine around the brads a few times and tied the ends together, job done. This way it looks naturally placed and a bit different each time.

The photos are much more important then the title here, so I backed them with white and used flat alpha stickers. I tried to blend the My Mr Man part into the background colour to make the main part of the title stand out. The 'g' in dragon was actually blue but I coloured it with a yellow marker to make it match.

XoXoX Nicole

Edit: I am also linking this layout up at Paper Issues for their current Issue: Gettin' the Scoop on the Sweet Days of Summer link party. A great spot to get some extra summery inspiration from other scrappers.

My Mr Frog Man - Purple Pumpkin

So it has been quite a while but finally I bring you my second installment from the 'My Mr Man' series. You can find the first one here.
I thought this froggie suit was super cute and snapped a photo after I dressed him. Lucky too because it was the only time he got to wear it =( he had out grown it just two days latter!

My Mr Frog Man

I have used completely and only Bella Blvd and Purple Pumpkin for this layout.
I never previously liked sticking to manufacturers, thought it too restricting, but as my ever growing stash gets bigger the task of finding the exact right paper/embellishment has become almost daunting. I'm now starting to prefer it.
The page design came from the current sketch challenge over at Purple Pumpkin

I have used a portrait photo instead of landscape but I think otherwise stuck to it fairly well. Line of stars across the top,embellishment bottom right of photo, title below and partly on the photo and journalling under the title.

This is one of the cutest lil froggies (except Jayce of course) and was my main reason for choosing Bella Blvd for this layout. I tried to make it look as though the frog is sitting on a PP button and stuck the front feet to the button, the back feet to the paper direct and placed foam squares behind the head to keep it lifted.

A couple of close-ups of other PP goodies which I have placed in circles of corresponding colours.

And finally my journalling. I'm still not a big fan of my own hand writing but am too lazy to find an alternative.

Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully more to come soon...
XoXoX Nicole.

Materials.
Bella Blvd - Baby Boy - Baby Blue
Bella Blvd - Baby Boy - Boarders
Bella Blvd - Baby Boy - Cute Cuts
Bella Blvd - Spring Flings & Easter Things - Cute Cuts
Bella Blvd - Love & Marriage - Alpha Bits
Bella Blvd - Sunshine & Happiness - Alpha Bits
Bella Blvd - Baby Girl - Alpha Bits
Bella Blvd - Washi
Bella Blvd - Crochet Hearts - Scallop
Purple Pumpkin - Large Spotty Button - Green
Purple Pumpkin - Large Spotty Button - Blue
Purple Pumpkin - Button - Yellow Heart