Better Living Through Scrapbooking November Challenge #4: Whistle While You Work Create a layout about household tasks that you perform every day. (i.e. laundry, lawn mowing, cooking dinner, washing dishes, garden tending, school carpool, etc.) Journal about why you love or hate doing them. Sponsored supplies used: Cardstock: Discount Cardstock “Clove Felt 80# 12x12,” “Kraft Cardstock 80# 12x12” Polymer clay buttons: Charlene’s Button Box “Large Teal Bird Buttons” Paint & stencils: Plaid “Apple Barrel: Victorian Green,” “Apple Barrel: Vanilla Ice Cream,” “Simply Stencils Value Packs: Damask” Adhesive: Plaid “Mod Podge: Matte” Additional supplies used: Paper: Cloud 9 Design “All-In-One Paper Craft Kit: Cat;” Alpha: American Crafts “Thickers: Vera (Black Vinyl);” Stickers: American Crafts “Remarks: Catnip Glitter Accents & Phrases,” “Remarks: Dog Bone Glitter Accents & Phrases,” Studio Calico “Anthology: fabRips;” Other: Thread Journaling: Feeding Time: Oreo is so happy to find fresh food & water in his bowl — & he’s so cute when he washes himself afterward. Naturally, I don’t mind making sure he has a belly full of goodness when it’s time to eat. Scooping Time: The litter box is a necessary evil as far as I’m concerned… Kitties need it, but ew. Just ew. Luckily, having cats who like to run around outside means not having to scoop all the time… Chosen Criteria: 1. Use at least 2 photos that represent your household tasks. 2. Use a paper-tearing technique somewhere in your page design. Techniques: To create the playfully distressed look seen on my background paper (kitty claw marks!), I simply poked small scissors through it and tore random, jagged lines. I adhered a scrap of Clove Felt cardstock behind the patterned paper, making sure it was big enough to cover all gashes, and then stitched a repetitive, stenciled damask design over both paper and cardstock. The mass of thread is composed of scraps I collected with this kind of use in mind; it wasn’t until this layout that I pulled them all out, clumped them together, and followed my plan. I layered the American Crafts stickers for a more personalized look.
Better Living Through Scrapbooking November Challenge #4: Whistle While You Work

Create a layout about household tasks that you perform every day. (i.e. laundry, lawn mowing, cooking dinner, washing dishes, garden tending, school carpool, etc.) Journal about why you love or hate doing them.

Sponsored supplies used:

  • Cardstock: Discount Cardstock “Clove Felt 80# 12x12,” “Kraft Cardstock 80# 12x12”
  • Polymer clay buttons: Charlene’s Button Box “Large Teal Bird Buttons”
  • Paint & stencils: Plaid “Apple Barrel: Victorian Green,” “Apple Barrel: Vanilla Ice Cream,” “Simply Stencils Value Packs: Damask”
  • Adhesive: Plaid “Mod Podge: Matte”

Additional supplies used:

  • Paper: Cloud 9 Design “All-In-One Paper Craft Kit: Cat;” Alpha: American Crafts “Thickers: Vera (Black Vinyl);” Stickers: American Crafts “Remarks: Catnip Glitter Accents & Phrases,” “Remarks: Dog Bone Glitter Accents & Phrases,” Studio Calico “Anthology: fabRips;” Other: Thread

Journaling:

Feeding Time: Oreo is so happy to find fresh food & water in his bowl — & he’s so cute when he washes himself afterward. Naturally, I don’t mind making sure he has a belly full of goodness when it’s time to eat.

Scooping Time: The litter box is a necessary evil as far as I’m concerned… Kitties need it, but ew. Just ew. Luckily, having cats who like to run around outside means not having to scoop all the time…

Chosen Criteria:

1. Use at least 2 photos that represent your household tasks.
2. Use a paper-tearing technique somewhere in your page design.

Techniques:

To create the playfully distressed look seen on my background paper (kitty claw marks!), I simply poked small scissors through it and tore random, jagged lines. I adhered a scrap of Clove Felt cardstock behind the patterned paper, making sure it was big enough to cover all gashes, and then stitched a repetitive, stenciled damask design over both paper and cardstock.

The mass of thread is composed of scraps I collected with this kind of use in mind; it wasn’t until this layout that I pulled them all out, clumped them together, and followed my plan.

I layered the American Crafts stickers for a more personalized look.

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