family memories

This layout was up on the Jillibean Soup blog this week, showcasing the new Kraft paper tape! It is so much fun!

How  cool is that kraft tape right!!!
It comes with words or polka dots and I am lovin it!

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I am happy to be sharing a layout today celebrating my oldest son's creativity as part of my Guest Designer spot over at 17 Turtles digital Cutting Files etsy store. I got to play with the
 Circles Within Circles cut file which I cut with Vellum.

 

I tucked the die cut under the side of my photo for some fun!

 

 

I combined the die cut with the Colourful September Skies collection from Heidi Swapp ... and ...

those fun Water Colour Jumbo numbers which I misted with Colorshine and mini Stencils.

I am totally in love with how fun that die cut is, Ill be back soon to share another layout I created soon.

BOO!!!

I posted this layout over on the Heidi Swapp blog recently sharing a quick tutorial for creating the misted  title! I used the yummy new September Skies collection for this layout about last years Halloween Trick or Treat walk.

 

 

here  you can see I used the 12x12 letter mask and Citron ColorShine to create my title,

and the Halloween word is part of Heidi's digi Halloween word set.
 

I love that the new Roller Date stamp can be used for previous years as well!

the socks

last week  I played along with Society 52 on Instagram - their prompts were "Large Title" and "Wood Veneer"on a layout. I also played with the yummy October Afternoon Milk Money collection. This layout shares my memory of my youngest this year in his first year of school and his socks continually down!

 

 For my large title I hand cut it using scraps from my scrap bin!

 

 

 

happy

There is a lovely new mood board over at JOT magazine. I love the soft silvery tones of this one!

 Here is my sample for the mood board using the yummy new September Skies collection from Heidi Swapp.

...and yes those die cuts are leaves ! I mistakenly downloaded some leaves from the silhouette store instead of feathers  but I loved them so had to use them on my page.

Pretty texture created with wood veneer, acrylic shapes, die cut leaves and stitching!

This challenge will run through until 18 November 2014.
I hope you get a chance to play along!

the stache

I have a super fun layout up on the Jillibean Soup blog today using their new Soup Staples and Mix The Media collections.
My boys crack me up sometimes and I love those moments to scrapbook and therefore cherish forever!

 

new ideas....

Over on the Heidi Swapp blog recently I shared  3 new ideas  using the Favorite Things Project Life cards.

Card 1
 First, I created a birthday slider card. I combined one of the Project Life Mini Memory Files and a 3×4 card from the Favorite Things Core kit to create my card.

 

I have a hidden message on the front of the card that is revealed when the slide is pulled back.

 

Inside the card I stamped a simple birthday sentiment using the Mini Stamps.

 

Here's how I made my card.

 

 

1. Gather your supplies- Mini Memory file, 3×4 card, strip of pattern paper, Color Magic Jumbo number, Mustard Colorshine, 6×6 Polka Dot stencil, Heidi Swapp ink pad , Project Life Clear Stamps, 1 inch circle punch, craft knife, ruler, foam squares, adhesive.
2. Place the Dot stencil over the Jumbo number and Spritz with Mustard Colorshine.
3. Take the 3×4 card and slide the circle punch in as far as it will go and to the right of the card and punch. Repeat for the left side.
4. Using a ruler and craft knife cut lines joining up each circle to create the window.
5. Using the Project life Clear Stamps, add a sentiment to the right of the Memory File.
6. Turn the 3×4 card over and add strips of foam tape along the edges of the window to create a channel for the paper strip to run along. Trim the pattern paper to fit along the channel.
7.  Adhere the 3×4 card using foam tape to the front of the Memory File. Add a foam square to the end of the paper strip to act as a stopper for the slider.
8. Adhere the Jumbo Number to the foam square.
9. Add Epoxy words, splashes of Black ColorShine and punched shapes to complete the card.

 

 

Card 2
For card 2 I created a “rub off” birthday card  for my son to use to pick  an after school treat for his birthday.

 

 

A coin is used to rub off the paint mixture to reveal the fun choices.

 

 

 Here's how I made my card.

1. Choose a 3×4 card from the Favorite Things Core Kit and print or draw on three shapes with the choices to be rubbed off.
2. Gather your supplies- the 3×4 printed card, metallic paint, small paint brush, white candle or white crayon, dishwashing liquid, black ink, mini stamps.
3. Use the white candle and rub over the printed parts of the 3×4 card.
4. Mix 2/3 metallic paint and 1/3 dishwashing liquid.
5. Use the paint mixture to paint over the printed shapes. Allow to dry and add a second coat.
6. Finish the card with mini stamps and epoxy shapes.

I wanted to share a quick video of my son using the card.

Card 3
I used some washi tape to stamp onto the 3x4 card then completed the card with some of the mini stamps!

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