“Smiles” by Megan Smith

1. Gather your supplies: Crop Addict July 2011 Monthly Kit, Crop Addict July 2011 Monthly Kit Option, one 4”x6” photo, extra sheet of cardstock in any color, four border punches, a black journaling pen, circle cutter and various adhesives (including dimensional adhesive).

2. Adhere the patterned paper with the bike to the spare piece of cardstock for extra support. This is your base.

3. Cut a piece of the brown with blue polka dot paper to 11”x1½”. Cut a piece of the green on green circle patterned paper to 6 ¾”x 1½”. Use your circle cutter to cut a 4¾” diameter circle from the blue paper.

4. Take the three just-cut pieces of paper and one of the border die-cuts and layer them in the center of your layout, taking care not to cover the bike or polka dots on the background paper.

5. Adhere your photo over these layers.

6. Take four different My Minds Eye Papers and punch a different border strip from each one, each strip being about ¼” wide. Add one border strip to each side of the photo, trimming the overhanging edges to create a frame around your photo.

7. Embellish the upper left corner of the photo with a die-cut and title block. Use dimensional adhesive on the title block and add two red clips to it for extra detail.

8. Embellish the lower right corner of the photo with three die-cuts using dimension adhesive on at least one of the die-cuts.

9. For added detail, glue several of the metal rings to the polka dots on the background paper.

10. Add your photo caption to your layout using the black journaling pen.

Check out the fun July Crop Addict Kit!

The Crop Addict July Rockets Red Glare monthly scrapbook kit features papers collections from My Mind's Eye and Basic Grey. Six coordinating sheets of Bazzill Cardstock are included. We've also added Making Memories Velvet alphabet stickers, a mini alphabet set, chipboard stars, acrylic stars, die cuts, rhinestone bling, chipboard frames, ribbon, Heidi Swapp slide clips, brads, and so much more!

July 2011 Crop Addict Kit

All of this can be yours for only $50. View the full list of supplies and order yours here! An awesome coordinating kit option is also available here for only $14.

July 2011 Crop Addict Kit Option

Here are the projects I created with this month's kit...five layouts (including 2 double-page spreads), a card and I still have plenty of supplies left over for more!

Visit the Crop Addict gallery to see the rest of the Design Team's pages and projects.

Project 12: May 2011 Layout

I'm back on track for Project 12. After missing the April deadline, I managed to get my May layout done in the nick of time. I adapted this sketch to fit the majority of vertical photos I had. I also chose to use a mini Bingo card as my title block rather than a circle. I love the line of flowers in the lower right corner on the sketch so I made sure to keep that element as is. Since my photos had a variety of your basic reds, blues and greens, I used this trio of colors throughout my layout. Now it's time to backtrack and complete my April layout before I move on to June. If you aren't participating in Project 12, check it out here! It's never too late to start.

Katie's Bridesmaid Mini-Album

So I made this mini-album two years ago for my best friend Katie as a present from all her bridesmaids before she got married. I neglected to take photos of it then, so when we were back in town this past month, I had a chance to snap some photos of it. Better late than never right? TFL!

The All Boy Crop Addict June 2011 Kit is here!

The Crop Addict June Boys and Their Toys monthly scrapbook kit is chock full of some amazing all-boy products. This kit features papers from Carolee's Creations Adornit Father, Rumble, Motorcycle, and DIrt Biking Collections and Dream Street Papers Jack Collection. It also include a round die-cut sheet of paper from My Little Shoebox, a sheet of die-cut Bazzill cardstock and four more sheets of coordinating Bazzill cardstock. Embellishments include Alphabet Cardstock Stickers, Square Cardstock Stickers, Heidi Swapp Chipboard Theme Set, Coaster Photo Corners, Piggy Tales Taglets, Making Memories Velvet Sayings, Heidi Swapp Rubons, Making Memories Rubon Wordage, Die Cuts With a View Chipboard Stickers, Hampton Arts Studio G Clear Stamp, Hampton Arts Studio G Clear Stamp, die-cut tags, three feet of fiber and a Zutter Mini Album! All of this can be yours for only $50! Order yours now from the Crop Addict Store!

A fabulous kit option is also available that coordinates perfectly with the June Kit. This add-on option includes an outlined chipboard alphabet, Bo Bunny iCandy Brads and clear gear accents. This add-on is only $14. Get yours while supplies last!

I had so much fun with all the masculine-themed products in this kit. I created five very different layouts with this kit - one about a crazy Red Bull dare devil event, one about an adorable baby boy, one about an unexpected visit with my brother-in-law, one about a pair of competitive cousins and one about a baby girl and her daddy (yes, this kit can even work for girl-themed pages!) I also had plenty of leftovers to create a set of Father's Day cards ready to mail out this upcoming week. Check out all these projects below!

Also, be sure to check out what the rest of the Crop Addict Design Team created in the Crop Addict Gallery!