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Ohana

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Ohana means ‘family’ and you’ll certainly feel like part of the community with this tropical kit from Scraps N Pieces. Bright, bold artwork conjures up images of an island paradise, perfect for scrapping tropical vacations (or dreams of tropical vacations). Bright colors and wood feature heavily in this kit, with traditional wood carvings and a wooden alpha featured alongside hippie surfer vans, surfboards, and coconut drinks. Traditional hula dancers, floral shirts, tiki torches, and palm trees add more tropical touches. Two big packs of papers, patterned and solid, provide a great background for your featured photos. Whether you’re traveling to Hawaii, hosting a luau in your backyard, or just watching Lilo & Stitch for the hundredth time, you can scrap your story with Ohana.

The individual pieces and template pack are on sale for $1 through the 7th of July. The full kit is on sale for $3 through the 7th as well. Kit is exclusively at Gingerscraps this month and will be at Scraps N Pieces and My Memories next month.

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Of course, I wanted to scrap some photos from our Tahitian vacation. Scrapping it has brought back some really fun memories. These two layouts document dinner at Bloody Mary’s, a Bora Bora institution since 1979.

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – Ohana
Template: Scraps N Pieces – Template Pack 28
Font: Candy Round BTN

Digikit: Scraps N Pieces – Ohana
Template: Connie Prince – Project 2015 December
Font: Candy Round BTN

Travelogue North Carolina

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Travelogue North Carolina isn’t a new installment in Connie Prince’s travel series, but I was lucky enough to get to work with it this week. Available at Ginger Scraps and The Digi Chick!

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We traveled last summer to North Carolina and I had lots of pictures to choose from, but I chose these photos of the farmhouse at the Mountain Farm Museum, which is adjacent to the Oconaluftee Visitor Center of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Digikit: Connie Prince – Travelogue North Carolina (kit, word bits); arrow from Travelogue Minnesota
Template: Connie Prince – Travelogue North Carolina
Font: Candy Round BTN

Digikit: Connie Prince – Travelogue North Carolina (kit, flairs)
Template: Connie Prince – Project 2014 August
Font: Candy Round BTN

I’m sad that my month guesting for Connie Prince is coming to a close. Hopefully, I’ll be guesting again soon.

The Ocean Calls

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THE OCEAN CALLS by Magical Scraps Galore is a tropical collection that celebrates Moana and the Polynesian spirit.

In a beautiful color palette inspired by the sand and the sea, this gorgeous kit is filled with wonderful tropical patterns and elements such as sea shells, exotic flowers and foliage, Maori symbols, Moana and her canoe, among many other fabulous goodies. This collection is perfect for scrapping Moana meet and greets, tropical beach vacations, Polynesian resort or Aulani pictures, dinners at ‘Ohana, Adventureland photos, Moana themed birthday parties, and so much more! This collection is full of endless possibilities for all your summer, beach, and vacation memories.

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I decided to scrap some of our 2008 Tahitian vacation. I made a double-page layout of the hotel grounds of the resort we stayed at for the first five nights.

Digikit: Magical Scraps Galore – The Ocean Calls
Template: Aprilisa Designs – Picture Perfect 41
Fonts: Pacifico; Amazing Grotesk; Throw My Hands Up in the Air (journal/date)

Some wonderful inspiration from the Creative Team:

Here’s a beautiful cluster freebie created by CT member Karrie.

Click on the preview to download and enjoy!

Stay tuned for Marina’s new collection coming to stores in July:

Have a great day!

Travelogue Minnesota

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I absolutely adore Connie Prince’s Travelogue Series. The latest installment in the series is Travelogue Minnesota available at Gingerscraps and the The Digi Chick!

The only time I’ve been to Minnesota was a layover on my way to Madison, WI. The weather was not the greatest, so it did turn into a 6-hour layover. My friends Katie and Stacy, whom I was traveling with to attend the ASCE Student Confence, and I did leave the airport and hit up the Mall of America, but alas I don’t have any pictures to prove that. Now, my sister-in-law’s brother does live in Minnesota and I remembered that my brother, sister-in-law, and niece did travel to Minnesota when he got married, so I asked Julia to share some photos and I decided to scrap these two on the shore of Lake Superior. Lake Superior does look mighty massive.

Digikit: Connie Prince – Travelogue Minnesota (kit, word bits, word art)
Template: Connie Prince – Travelogue Minnesota
Font: Throw My Hands Up in the Air

I decided to scrap some non-Minnesota photos too. I did add a flair and some greenery from Travelogue New York, but I thought Travelogue Minnesota worked quite well to scrap these photos of High Falls in Rochester, NY. That trip in 2013 was the last trip James and I took just the two of us. I had hoped for us to sneak away this summer too, but it didn’t quite work out. Next summer though!

Digikit: Connie Prince – Travelogue Minnesota (kit, word bits, word art)
Template: Connie Prince – Travelogue Minnesota
Font: Throw My Hands Up in the Air

June Template Bundle

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I’m a little behind in blogging. I have quite a few half started posts. I will try to catch up. Connie Prince’s June Template Bundle is already broken up into the individual template sets, so they’re no longer quite the deal, but they’re still fabulous template sets. I do love Connie’s templates.

I used two of the sets. The first one is In Pieces, Vol 9. You can pick it up at Gingerscraps or The Digi Chick. I think the In Pieces series makes some really fun “quilted” layouts.

I also used Busy Bees, Connie’s contribution to the Gingerscraps Buffet this month.

I decided to scrap this really neat photo of my maternal grandmother. My Mom thinks the photo was taken about 1970, so I will update the layout with a c.1970 before I have it printed.

Digikit: Connie Prince – Busy Bees (kit, word art, extra papers)
Template: Connie Prince – In Pieces Vol 9
Font: Janda Elegant Handwriting

The second set I used is White Space Vol 19. You can pick it up at Gingerscraps or The Digi Chick.

I am personally not a big white space scrapper, because they usually like to make the photos small and that is not my style. However, if you use a large photo as the background, it changes the whole concept and I love it. This layout with the New River Gorge Bridge taking center stage is a new favorite layout and surprisingly the first layout I’ve completed of our West Virginia trip back in 2011.

Digikit: Connie Prince – National Park
Template: Connie Prince – White Space Vol 19
Font: Graphite Std Bold Wide