Spring Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to Creative Life Scrapbooking's Spring Blog Hop! I'm following Julie Tambrini from  Julie's Creative Memories Blog today and Fran Smitherman from CelebratingYourBeautifulLife will be your last stop. If you missed any of the stops, you'll find a list of each of the stops at the end of today's post. Be sure to visit all of the stops on the list for some great ideas from the scrapbookers and crafters at Creative Life Scrapbookers. You might also want to follow our Facebook page at Creative Life Scrapbooking for even more inspiration and ideas for your scrapbook layouts! Today I'm going to share another layout using CM's Blend & Bloom Pink Decorative Paper Pack. If you haven't guessed it by now, I'm obviously way into pink.

Here's what you'll need to complete this layout:

Blend & Bloom Pink Designer Paper Pack 
Blend & Bloom Embellishments
Light Grey or Silver Cardstock
Tape Runner & Foam Squares
12-Inch Trimmer & Wave Blade
Black & Silver Pens

Instructions:

1. Trim three vertical & three horizontal 4x6 photos to 4x5 and three 4x6 photos to 4x4. 
2. From cardstock cut two 5 1/4" by 12" pieces and one  3" x 4" rectangle to use as your journal box.
3. Using the wave blade, cut four 3/4" x 12" strips from light pink patterned paper and four 3/4" x 12" strips from dark pink pattern paper.  Using your tape runner, adhere strips to the underside of cardstock so that the first layer shows about a quarter of an inch from the edge and the second layer shows another quarter of an inch from the edge of the first as shown. Adhere cardstock to pink gingham pages as shown. Adhere your 4 x 5 photos to cardstock as shown. 
4. Using the wave blade, cut three 4 1/2" square photo mats from dark pink pattern paper and three 4 1/4" square photo mats from light pink pattern paper. Layer and adhere with 4" square photos as shown. Adhere photos to layout as shown. 
5. To create a title box, use the wave blade to cut one 2" x 4 1/2" rectangle from dark pink pattern paper and one 1 3/8" x 3 5/8" rectangle from light pink pattern paper. Layer and adhere to page as shown and use a silver pen to create faux stitching as shown. Use foam squares to adhere embellishments shown. 
6.  To create a journal box, use the wave blade to cut one 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" rectangle from dark pink pattern paper and one 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" rectangle from light pink pattern paper. Layer and adhere to page as shown. 
7. To finish, use the wave blade to cut small squares from scrapes to anchor your butterfly embellishments. Adhere to page and use foam squares to adhere butterflies as shown. Adhere bling and an epoxy dragon fly as shown and you're done. 

There you go! I'd love to see what you've done with your own photos. Just visit my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/cmcdbrinsley to leave a photo of your layout. 

For more information about the products used in today's blog post, please visit your advisor's website. Of course, if you don't already have an advisor, I'd be more than happy to be your personal Creative Memories advisor. Just visit my website at http://www.creativememories.com/user/dbrinsley to create an account. 

Here is a list of today's participants:
Stop 1: Noreen Smith at Organized and Creative Mom

Stop 2: Karyn McDermaid-Rolfe at Karyn Crops
Stop 3: Julie Tambrini Julie's Creative Memories Blog
Stop 4: Me …. you are here
Stop 5: Stefani Jones at Crop With Stef

Stop 6: Lisa Graham at Lisa's Workshop

Stop 7: Fran Smitherman at CelebratingYourBeautifulLife

Your next stop is Stefani Jones at Crop With Stef

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Have a good day and thanks so much for visiting my blog! 
Diana