2018 Week 16

This week's personal layout has only ONE photo on it - a rarity for me, but it was called for.
Are you putting your scraps in your scrapbooks, as well as your photos?

May Card Workshop

The May card workshop will be on May 10th, from 5:30-7:30PM.  Cost is $5 for 3 cards. 

The perfectly lined are hearts are because it's not stamped - it's paper from the Adventure Fundamentals paper pack.

2018 Week 15

This weekend was cold and rainy. I spent it all indoors - but on Saturday my scrapping mojo just wasn't to be found.  I had better luck on Sunday with this.

These pictures were similar to Christmas photos, with all the different colors.  But I found an old paper pack I felt went well.
This layout started with the photos, trimming them down to
11 - 3"x3"
2 - 4"x4"
1- 4"x6"  (I need to get one more printed, thus the place holder.)
That's a lot of photos!  Most of the time I can't cut my pictures down, but I'm learning to back off the zoom some of the time.
Next I worked with the size papers I had left in this kit.  Just for reference the vertical strips, from left to right are 1", 1/2", 4 1/4", 1/2". 
We've all got tons of ribbon, so I grabbed some and covered where the papers meet.  I love this little ribbon with the gold line down it (and it comes in several colors!).  I put a thin line of liquid glass down on the papers, then laid the ribbon on top, pressing carefully.  Works every time - just make it a THIN line.
The mat for the 3"x3" photos is a 12" x 3 1/2" strip.  One photo hangs off the edge, but I love that look. You could always use more paper if you don't.  The side where both pictures fit is 6 5/8" long.  The other side is just whatever's left.  I alternated which side has the hang-over picture.  So - now you know.  In scrapbooking, you can have a hangover without any alcohol!  The strips start at 1/4" from the bottom, with 1/4" between each one.  I centered the appropriate zip strip in the middle of what was left for space at the top.
The title is 2 1/2" tall, because that's what I had for paper, but that particular cut would work better as a bigger title.  The word getaway is very thin at this size.

2018 Week 14

Week 14 got away from me but for good reason-I was out making memories to scrap!  We went to visit the youngest down in Orlando and went to Universal Studios for the first time. 

Yo ho ho and a Bottle of Rum!

I had a scrap of paper floating on my desk for months with the recipe for the sweet sauce I like to use on bread pudding.  As I was working with the Gimme Some Sugar papers - I thought they would work great for recipe cards.  But as I typed up this recipe, the Rum Sauce just called for some pirate action!  The stamp is from a retired birthday set and the papers are from the retired Jack pack.  Not only do you get to see my cute 6X6 card, you also get my recipe!

2018 Week 12

For my personal scrapping goal, I did two double layouts this week, with some really old CTMH papers, called Aspen.

 

 

 

Most of the time, I'm in high gear - so much to do, so much I want to do, I do it quickly so I can get more done in a hour, in a day.  And then, I look at some of the beautiful antiques and architecture of old.  The details make them so amazing.  But those details take time.

I want to have that level of details in my scrap pages.  Sometimes I can manage it, other times not so much.  On these pages, the pictures went down very easily.  These papers are preprinted with the picture spaces - no paper cutting or arranging.  So I spent some time on the details.

For starters I added some clouds.  These are 3 different stamps from a retired stamp set.  To make them group together properly, I stamped each one on post-it notes and used the masking technique.

You have to cut them out, but only once and it was well worth the effort.
Next I worked on the title.  The You Are Here cartridge made this one easy.  I stamped the clouds behind, then added the layered cut for my title.

My final touch was another combination of stamping, double layered cut, and some liquid glass.

Using the Flourishes stamp set, I stamped the word Hello, and then a couple of other flourishes right on top of the Hello.  Then I covered most of the letters with the camera cut, also from the You Are Here cartridge.

After the camera was attached, a sprinkled a little loose glitter in the middle and made the glass lens with liquid glass.  This was the last touch, so I could let it dry without moving the paper around.
They say with enough repetition, things become habit.  Maybe I can slow myself down enough to get into the habit of this great detail.

April Card Class

I had a request for sympathy cards, so this class will make a few.  How many sympathy cards you need can vary depending on your age.  For my younger card makers, you can switch out stamps and turn these into thank you cards.  I have 12 kits available, but only 10 of the bonus cards.  Class is April 12, 5:30-7:30, cost is $5.00.

 

This is the bonus card - very simple but elegant.