Summer Memories with Claudia Harvey

Hello everyone. Claudia here. Its Labor Day here in the U.S., and my family and I are enjoying a weekend away camping on the last official weekend of summer vacation for my boys; they go back to school on Tuesday.

I am so delighted to share this layout with you. My family and I went on a cross country road trip this summer, and I couldn't wait to start scrapping! I wanted a layout dedicated to our cute little camper, Dory, with pictures of some of the places we visited.

Some of you may remember my vinyl tutorial from July, using Samantha's cute little camper silhouette file on the side and back of our camper; you can see it HERE; it also tells the story about how the camper got its name. Our road trip was such an amazing adventure; we saw so many things along the way. My personal favorite was Mount Rushmore; Yellowstone National Park and The Grand Canyon were simply breathtaking. We even made it all the way to California, and visited Disneyland and the new Cars Land; having four boys, Cars Land was a must! Just like walking in to the movie!

For my layout, I used Samantha's Retro Road Trip collection; it was just perfect!

If you look closely, I have also placed a Hidden Mickey within the layout; if you don't know what that is, its just a plain Mickey head that Disney hides around the parks. We love searching for them whenever we visit; its fun to see how creative they are in making them a part of landscapes, sidewalks, lampposts, etc.
My family loves searching for them within my layouts whenever I add them too.

Do you see it in my layout?

Until next time.

Lots of happy hugs,

Additional product used:

Sample Pack 12 Templates by ChrissyW Design

Skinny Stitches Shapes by Scotty Girl Design

Introducing Guest Designer Claudia Harvey!

Hello everyone! My name is Claudia, and I couldn't be more excited to be a guest designer on Samantha's blog; I am so glad I was sitting down when I received the invitation. I have always admired Samantha's paper crafts, and was thrilled to see her digital products at Jessica Spraque.


I love digital scrapbooking, so I couldn't wait to play with the Retro Road Trip papers and embellishments. I just love the colors in this kit.

See the picture frames? I modified one of the 12x12 papers in the kit to create those in PSE. 

I couldn't stop at just one. I love how Samantha's Road Trip papers can be used for more than just that theme. I added embellishments from the Cuckoo 4U Chocolate Melon kit, and created this layout.

 All I had to do was touch up the pinks in the embellies (in PSE) to match the pinks in the Road Trip kit, and there you have it.

Thank you so much Samantha (and Samantha's readers) for allowing me to share my layouts with you.

Lots of happy hugs,

To see more of Claudia's work be sure to check out her blog Lattes, Toys, and Crafts!

New This Week! April 30,2012

Happy Monday!

New this week at Samantha Walker's Silhouette die cut store! 

Please note, designs may not be up in the store at the beginning of the week, but they have been uploaded to the queue.  Watch for them as the queue rolls out the new designs!


Be sure to check back in tomorrow afternoon as we have an exciting announcement that you are not going to want to miss!