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Summer is the perfect time to hang out with old Best Budz and discover new Best Budz. Whether it’s a friend that grew up across the street, a cousin visiting for a month or a brother or sister that you just couldn’t do without…the Best Budz phenomenon is so much fun during the hot, summer months. So it’s the perfect time to put together Tina’s Best Budz 12×12 layout.

Tina used various pieces of June’s Contrary Bliss kit from Little Black Dress Kit Club to piece together this priceless layout. I love all the open space. I think that it’s often hard for us to “stop” scrapping when there is “still room” left on the page. But this layout by Tina shows exactly how the focus can be amplified by the open page.

In addition to the fabulous picture, Tina was able to use several different elements of the kits. Layering the fun patterns and colors with stitching for decorative and functional purposes is done carefully so that the layering is a supportive element of the page rather than drawing all the attention away from the Best Budz!

I loved that Tina added a small string of buttons/cardstock sticker flowers. But the coolest part about this particular element of the page is that she used her stitching tool to generate a line of stitching and then stitched her buttons so it finished off the look. Perfect!

Remember to utilize your various pieces to create texture and depth like Tina did here with the popped flower embellishment. It adds so much to any page!

Watch for more June projects coming soon!

Kids and their ABC’s. They go together like koolaid and sprinklers. And you’ll see just how fun it can be to work the connection when you check out Tina’s 12×12 layout using May’s I’m Smitten kit. She calls it the A is for Addie Layout!

I particularly love the way Tina used a variety of letters and gave them equal billing alongside her sweet Addie! It makes for such a fun and visually interesting layout.

Here are closeups so you can see how Tina gave the layout dimension and combined the different kit elements to come up with the finished scrapbook layout:

Love LOvE LOVE Tina’s detailed cutting that allowed her to make full use of the fun and fabulous papers from the kit that worked perfectly for this layout. You’ll also notice that Tina made use of some of the labeling from the papers in the kit and accented her basic structure on the page with black straight stitching.

Check the LBD Facebook page for a few extra pics if you’re interested in putting together a similar layout of your own!

And watch for more projects to come from the LBD Design Team members!

There aren’t a lot of things more disturbing than looking at one of your favorite little people and noticing that they’ve changed. They’re a foot taller suddenly or they’ve lost their baby chubba or they’ve grown out their hair or they’ve cut it off. But nothing is quite as disturbing as looking at “that face” and noticing that something has changed never to come back. There’s a moment at which “that face” just isn’t a baby face anymore. There’s a moment at which “that face” just suddenly looks older. There’s a moment at which “that face” somehow wakes up belonging to a teenager. And then there’s that moment when “that face” no longer belongs to a child at all.

That’s why I love layouts like this one that are centered around one amazing, tiny, sweet, adorable little face.

That Face 12×12 Layout by Francine:

You’ll notice that Francine arranged her page elements to leave two different spots for journaling. She used the teeny alphas and the cardstock stickers. She used the banner pulled from the Glitz Design paper whatnots and she used the vintage clear star flower embellishments.

Check out the closeups:

This particular sticker was one of the most popular elements in the March kit!

Gotta love the way Francine used the banner!

Isn’t that an amazing picture? I love it! In fact, I’ve got “nothing but love” for it! This is a 12×12 layout sent in my LBD Design Team Member, Amy Heller. I olove her layering and the way she mixed the light and dark elements from the kit.

Check out the closeups:

I love how Amy used different layers of the same polka dot paper to create depth along the bottom of the page (you can see how the top strip is raised).

Love this little cluster of butterflies on which the adorable little girl cut out rests. It’s such a great combination.

Here you can see a bit of the teeny alphas, a strip of fabulous trim, the fabric flowers that are such a hit with subscribers this month and, of course, some great vintage wooden bingo numbers that add a great touch to the look of many layouts.

In this closeup you can see how Amy adds little touches to finish off her layouts like embroidery thread/twine threaded through vintage buttons, etc.

Wanna see more layouts? Well…you will, you will. More will be headed your way shortly. And don’t forget to keep your eyes open for information on upcoming giveaways and contests. Post one of your latest Little Black Dress kit club projects on the LBD wall and you just might win the Betsey Johnson bracelet that’s up for grabs! It’s utterly gorgeous! If I didn’t think I’d get in trouble I just might try to keep it for myself!

Sometimes I’m not happy with what’s happening on my scrapbook table. I admit it. It doesn’t matter what music I have on. It doesn’t matter if my friends are there hanging around or if it’s just me alone. It doesn’t matter if my magnificently inspiring sisters are in the house. It seems that nothing can get my head thinking in the right direction. It’s like my brain has gone stale.

And I HATE that! I hate that mostly because I hate wasting time. Who has time to waste?

So I’ve got a solution. When my brain is stale…I borrow someone else’s ideas to get my own creative juices flowing. I try to start by getting ideas for a few quick layouts. Once I’ve finished a few quick layouts I typically have my own brain back.

I gather ideas for quick layouts from a variety of sources: magazines, blogs, online forums, social media sites like Facebook, but my favorite place to find ideas for quick layouts is through video tutorials. The video tutorial is perfect for those times when you’re sitting there with all your gorgeous supplies laid out all around you and an empty spot right there in the middle where you fabulous and amazing newest creation should be sitting.

You can find quick layouts video tutorials online through kit club websites, manufacturer websites, YouTube, etc.

I’m not saying that you’ll get the best ideas that you’ve ever had from quick layouts video tutorials. I’m saying that they’ll get your hands moving. And once your hands are moving…your brain will catch up. That’s the point at which you’ll start to feel like yourself. And that’s the point at which you’ll notice that you’ve got the beginnings of fabulous and amazing sitting there in that previously empty spot there in the middle of the table.

And once you’ve got your video tutorial projects completed your brain will keep moving. And you are yourself again. And when you get there…share the love. Post pictures of your inspirational projects in some of the online forums and social media outlets that cater to scrappers like yourself. Who knows? Maybe you’ll create the video tutorial that will be the creativity magnet for some other scrapper down the road? It’s only fair.

Subscribe to the Little Black Dress Youtube channel! We’ll be posting March Black Tie Love Affair project video tutorials this week!