INSPIRED BY Scrap The Girls

You know how sometimes you come across something and you know straight away that you just need to read it or make it? Yep that feeling is what is inspires this new series on here. I'm not sure how often they will be or whether they will all be scrapbook layouts or not but I am very excited to see where this series goes. So without further ado I will show you whats inspiring me this week.

This week I decided to go check out the Scrap the Girls blog. I have followed them on Facebook for a while and I saw a post and something made me click through this time.  I looked through a few pages on their blog and just knew that I needed to scrap. So here goes nothing.

This first one is inspired by the February sketch post and when I came across Michelle's take on the sketch I j use knew that I wanted to copy. I have been saving this collection from last year and I really need to start using it. I had a quick look through photos on my computer and found these ones from May 2014 that weren't scrapbooked AND that I didn't mind turning black and white AND that I had multiple ones that I wanted to include. I really really love how this layout turned out and I am very thankful I had pre fussy cut those little flowers from the 6x6 paper pad and that I got a chance to use my big date stamp from Studio Calico.

The next one that completely stuck out to me and I just knew I had to do asap was the November sketch challenge. This time however it was the actual sketch that inspired and not one of the creative members take on it.

I really liked that it included multiple photos again and knew it was perfect for an adventure we had in January this year. I had multiple photos I wanted to include but none that were amazing or that i wanted to be large. I really like that I got to use up some of my untouched Felicity Jane kit from October last year and that this was the first layout I have made about 2017. Also was happy that I got to include some stamping which is something I often struggle to add to my layouts even though I have lots and lots of stamp sets. 

Haul

So lately I have been on a bit of a shopping spree - usually i don't actually buy many things besides my Ali Edwards Story Kit subscription and recently I signed up for Felicity Jane as well. I have done a few orders in the last month and they have started arriving so here are my TWO orders from scrapbook.com

So first up we have some misc. things that weren't like a lot of things from one collection. Amy Tan vellum letter stickers, candy cane stripe thickers, Heidi Swapp chat bubbles, C'est La Vie Cork Heart stickers from Pink Paislee, DIY shop gold puffy hearts, Maggie Holmes Bloom rubber charms, Pink Paislee Fancy Free buttons, 12x12 sheet from Pink Fresh studio Felicity collection and the WRMK fuse mat with holder.

Since Little You by Crate Paper I have been really wanting it but I just can't justify the cost usually. Well since I was ordering anyway and scrapbook.com were having a bit of a sale on all things owned by American Crafts I decided to just go for it (well within reason). As you will see I didn't get that much of it and I'm actually hoping to order a little bit more from an Australian store next pay :P. So for Little One I got the 12x12 chipboard stickers both Girl and Boy variety, Thickers in both, the embellishment pack (enamel dots and little wood things) in both, and the ephemera in both but for some reason I only ordered the card stock stickers and the paper pad in the boy design?

Ok so since the latest releases I haven't been able to resist most of them. It took such a long time to choose what to buy because I knew that even though I was spending lots of money I still couldn't afford to get them all. My first definite was Take Me Away designed by Paige Evans and manufactured by Pink Paislee. I could not choose which patterned papers I wanted so I went with the 12x12 paper pad. Major regret! I didn't realise that Pink Paislee paper pads only have the a-side included and the b-side are some of my favourites - bummer! I also picked up the 12x12 speciality acetate, the roller stamp and 3 sets of thickers that came out with this collection.

Last up, the two new children collections from Crate Paper: Cute Girl and Cool Kid. For Cute Girl I got 2 12x12 papers, the speciality vellum, 6x6pad, resin hearts, ephemera, mixed embellishments pack, cute puffy thickers and the tassels. For Cook Kid I choose 2 12x12 papers, speciality vellum, 12x12 chipboard stickers, mixed embellishment pack, 6x6 paper pad, card stock stickers and the puffy thickers.