Baseball & Boom Booms Scrapbook Layout
by Jessica Michaels
Hello everyone! Jessica here with a layout featuring Deco Foil Blanco Gel and Gina K Fancy Foils to document some photos of my boys(hubby included) when we went to a Spikes Baseball game in July 2022. They also had fireworks at the end of the game and gave my boys 3D Glasses to have a magical experience! They promptly ripped them off soon after the fireworks started though LOL.
Therm O Web Supplies Used
Memory Runner XL
Memory Runner XL Refill
UltraBond Liquid Adhesive, 2fl oz
Craft & Carrier Sheets
Easy Tear Tape ½”
Jumbo Tape Roll 1/8″
Pixie Tape
Gina K Fancy Foils, Radiant Red
Deco Foil Blanco Transfer Gel
Stencil Pal
Other Supplies Used
Fancy Pants Hometown Summer collection
Elle’s Studio embellishments
Echo park Summertime and A Slice of Summer brads
Distress Ink in Prize Ribbon and oxide in candied apple
Black Archival Ink
Scrapbook.com fireworks stencil
Big Shot manual die cutting machine and Echo Park stitched circle dies
Laminator
Sequins from {Not} Just for Boys Kit Club
Heidi Swapp fireworks stamp set
Colorbok textured white cardstock
I started this layout by pulling out a sheet of textured white cardstock by Colorbok and a fireworks stencil by Scrapbook.com. I then reached for my Deco Foil Transfer Gel Blanco and my Stencil Pal, along with a spatula to scoop some out. I taped off the one firework I wanted to use on the stencil with some Pixie Tape so I wouldn’t get any of the other ones on my layout. I wanted to strategically place a few in certain areas so they would peek out around my photos, which I cut into circles on my manual die cutting machine with some stitched circle dies from Echo Park. I applied the Blanco gel using the Stencil Pal first, but when I move onto the second firework, I found it too bulky to continue without running into my first one, so I switched to a plain spatula for the other ones. I continued until I had 5 fireworks on my page.
While that was drying, I set it aside and went to work on my photos. I cut bigger circles for behind each photo out of patterned papers from the Hometown Summer collection by Echo park and I distressed the edges with my edge distresser. I then added some foam tape from the Jumbo Foam tape roll between my photo and the patterned paper for dimension. Once my Blanco Gel was dry, I added pieces of Gina K Fancy Foil in Radiant Red over the gel and sandwiched it between a couple craft and carrier sheets to run through my hot laminator. I just love how those fireworks came out! The photos don’t even do the sparkly goodness justice!
Next, I grabbed a fireworks stamp set by Heidi Swapp from my stash and went to town stamping lots of sparklers on the page behind where my photos would sit. I used distress ink in prize ribbon, distress oxide in candied apple, and archival ink in black. I then embellished with lots of random elements from my stash like Echo Park and Elle’s Studio. I kept to mostly circly bits to match my photos and fireworks.
I added some wordy-bit stamping on the top section of my layout and also used up the last two scraps of patterned paper I had by making a small slice in the white cardstock and tucking them in behind it, adhering with my tape runner. I have the XL tape runner and I love it because it fits so nicely in your hand and it’s super easy to reload when it runs out. I then added a couple staples for cuteness. I attached all my photos down with some easy tear tape, I like the half inch size. The easy tear tape is super sticky so it’s definitely not going anywhere!
Lastly, I added my title using some Hip Kit Club alphas and admittingly, I spelled it wrong the first go round and didn’t realize it until I had my pictures ready to upload to this blog post. Ooof! Watch the video if you want to giggle at that being spelled wrong the entire time! I did fix it at the end, and it sparked the idea to add some machine stitching across the letters as well with my sewing machine! I added a few more bits to this, more stamping, and lots of sequins from the {Not} Just for Boys Kit Club to really pull it all together. I like using the UltraBond Liquid Adhesive to attach my sequins because it comes out of the bottle with nice, controllable flow and it dries completely clear!
Watch the Baseball & Boom Booms Process Video:
Thank you for being here today and I hope I was able to inspire you to create!
Jessica
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