My name is
Jamie Arthur and
I'm so excited to be a guest designer this month. I love scrapbooking
and really love working with sketches. I have been scrapbooking for over
20 years at this point. I have two children, a Golden-doodle, and I'm
married to the best man a girl could ask for. And when I say the best I
mean it! This man puts up with my scrapbooking obsession as well as my
coffee addiction and my love of books (which are everywhere)! I enjoy
spending time in my craft room creating layouts for our family scrapbook
albums. It is so fun to be able to open our family albums and not just
look at pictures but relive the memories through the layouts themselves.
I put my albums in the order in which things happened and I go year by
year. The only problem with this method is that I end up with a lot of
albums! I tend to scrap everything, however I find that it is so worth
it when I look at my children enjoying them.
Most
of my layouts can be found on my
blog and on
Instagram. On my blog I
try to share what materials I used to create my layouts. Usually I am
using my Cricut Explore and Design Space, although occasionally I like
to challenge myself to not use it. I also love using lots of pattern
papers and embellishments.
This "Love You" sketch was so much
fun to work with. It challenged me, I'll admit. I haven't done a layout
like this, with such large words. I have to say I really liked the way
it came out! I used Cricut Design Space to create my words. "Love" is
Agnetha - a system font. I welded the letters together to make it look
seamless. "You" comes from the font feature on the Birthday Bash Cricut
Cartridge and I used Cricut Basic Shapes for the heart. I am in love
with My Mind's Eye paper and diecuts. I had gone to our local Tuesday
Morning a few months back and found several My Mind's Eye paper stacks
and diecut packs. All the paper and diecuts come from this collection.
The paper is Lost and Found: Market Street and the diecuts Lost and
Found: All Things. I cut the photo into a circle shape using my Creative
Memories cutting system.
Thank you Stick It Down for an awesome sketch
to work with! And thank you for taking the time to check out my layout and now it’s your turn! I can’t wait to see what y’all come up with!
Check out Jamie on Instagram and her BLOG !
