Viv's 6th Birthday: A Layout

I have slowly but surely been heading up to my craft room lately. This double layout was inspired by a challenge at SplitCoastStampers- go check it out!

I used the above sketch from Scrapbooks Etc. as a jumping-off point.

Supplies:

Paper- misc (love using up scraps!)

Glimmer Mist

Stamps- Unity

Ink- SU! Whisper White

Punch- Bling Bling by Fiskars

Baby Lucas: A Scrapbook Layout

My friend and co-worker welcomed baby number 3 this past summer. I loved her adorable birth announcement! So scrapworthy!

 Pencil Lines Sketch #247

Supplies:

Paper- My Minds Eye (Fine & Dandy; Lil' Robots)

Die Cut- My Minds Eye (Stella Rose)

Stickers- My Minds Eye (Stella Rose)

Stamps- Unity

Distress Ink- Dried Marigold, Peeled Paint, Broken China

Flowers- Prima

Pins- Tim Holtz
Adhesive- Helmar adhesive runner, 450 Quick Dry, and ZapDots

Glimmer Mist- Electric Blue, Coffee Shop
Brads- misc.

Rhinestones- Kaiser Kraft
Tearing tool- Creative Memories

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A Woman of Grace- Art Journal Page

This art journal project was inspired by a quote I found on a blog post over at the Right Brain Planner. Check her out! Lots of good stuff about loving yourself, being creative, following your heart...sigh...

" A woman of grace knows that her strength comes from her journey. Thus, she journeys- even when she is weak". ~Teresa Jennings Robinson

Just so perfect for me and where I am in life right now, struggling with health issues and every day with its ups, downs, and unknowns. Yes, I am weak. Tired. Frustrated. 

But I journey.

Supplies

leftover pink computer paper

stamps- Unity, Verve, Prima

rub-ons- Fancy Pants Designs

vintage book

pieces from old magazines

Elmer's glue stick

Sharpie markers

Staz on Black ink

Worn Lipstick Distress Ink

Pink Bubblegum Glimmer Mist

photo mat from an old collage frame

office tag

I just LOVE collage, don't you?

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• A Collage Life (kzgrc.wordpress.com)
• Collage fever (orangeduchess.wordpress.com)
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Dad's 60th: A Layout

My Dad turned 60 this past April. I loved this photo of him and his girlfriend!

Supplies:
Paper- Pink Paislee
SU Slot punch
Alpha stickers- Pink Paislee
Red Velvet Glimmer Mist
Tattered Angels Mist-ables (die cuts)
Faded Jeans Distress Ink
hand-cut chipboard stars
Broken China Crackle Paint
Ribbon brad- OTC
Crystal Stickles
Misc. Ribbon (dyed with tea)

Sketch: Pencil Lines #235

It's Happy Hour! A Layout

Nothing beats drinks with my besties!

Supplies:

Paper: My Mind's Eye (purchase at Scrap-Tastic)

Glimmer Mist: Red Velvet

Acrylic Paint: Berry Red

Alphas: Pink Paislee

Heart punch: Creative Memories

Tristan- A Layout

Family friends, with two kids the same age as ours.

That equals lots of birthday parties!

 

Supplies:

Paper- Basic Grey

Stickers- Creative Memories

Alphas- Basic Grey

Glimmer Mist- Tiger Lily and Sunshine

Adhesives- Helmar ZapDots, Adhesive Runner and Liquid ScrapDots

Sketch:

Pencil Lines

Raising Bookworms- A Layout

I am a self-pronounced Book Nerd. Book Geek. Book Worm. 

Whatever you call it, I have always loved to read!

Seems like I'm passing that on to my girls...

Don't you just love their matching Princess Snuggies?!

Here I colored in white alphas with SU ink and a paintbrush. Love being able to customize things!

I think all the gloomy and rainy days have me going a little overboard on the sunny yellows on my scrapbook pages!

Supplies

Paper- Scenic Route, Bella Blvd., Bazzill

Glimmer Mist- Sweet Clover, Lily Pad, Coffee Shop

Alpha stickers- Bella Blvd.

Flowers- Prima

Provo Craft dec scissors

CM Custom Cutting System

Ink- SU Blue Bayou

Stamps- Unity- Little Buggers and Frame This Alpha

Papers, flowers, glimmer mist, and stickers can be found at Scrap-tastic.

Sketch

Twisted Sketches #97

 

Love this Girl- A Layout

Morgan is definitely my cheesy corn-ball kid. There is no stop to her "I love you's", "I'm glad you're my mom's", and "You're the prettiest mom ever's". This photo perfectly captures her sweet and loving nature.

 Supplies:

Paper- Bella Blvd. and My Mind's Eye

Chip Tile- Tattered Angels

Glimmer Mist- Viva Red and Coffee Shop

Creative Memories Custom Cutting System

Flower- Bella Blvd.

Adhesives- Helmar 450 Quick Dry, Adhesive Runner, and ZapDots

Most supplies can be found at Scrap-Tastic.

Sketch by Pencil Lines:

Music Makers- A Layout

Music plays a huge part in our lives. Definitely a must to document on a scrapbook page!

I used this sketch from The Scrappiest:

Supplies:

Cardstock- Bazzil Bling

Patterned Paper- Bella Blvd.

Doily Paper- Basic Grey

Stamps- Unity and Whispers

Ink- Whisper White (SU) and Staz on Black
Glimmer Mist- Chalkboard and Bubblegum Pink
"J" alpha- Funky Brush Sizzlets
Creative Memories Custom Cutting System
Journaling Transparency- Recollections
Adhesives- Helmar Adhesive Runner, 450 Quick Dry, and ZapDots

Celebrate 60- A Card

Today is my Dad's 60th birthday. We had a surprise party for him last week, and this is the card I made:

Supplies:

Paper- Colorbok "Friendly Forest"

CS- Creative Memories

Glimmer Mist- Electric Blue and Coffee Shop

Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!)

Stamps- "All About U" (SU!)

AC Thickers

Creative Memories circle punch

Adhesives: Helmar 450 Quick Dry and Liquid Scrap Dots

I also used this sketch from SplitCoastStampers:

Baby Sarah- A Layout

My youngest niece will be two years old in May. I ran across these pictures from when she was a newborn- can't believe I hadn't scrapped them yet! 

So I grabbed a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays:

And came up with this:

This layout shows off my newborn niece with my two children, my husband, and my oldest niece.

Supplies:

Paper: Scenic Route and Bella Blvd.

Alpha stickers: Basic Grey

Glimmer Mist: Viva Pink and Electric Blue

Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend!

Winter Park- A Layout

In "honor" of snow returning to my area after a few days of 70 degree weather, I'm posting this layout of a winter trip to the park!

Supplies:

Paper- My Mind's Eye

Transparency- Hambly

Doily strips- Basic Grey

Notecard- Prima

Alpha- Sizzix die cuts

Glimmer Mist- Coffee Shop, Spun Silver, Old Lace

I used this sketch from Sketchy Thursdays as a starting point:

I hope your weekend will be warmer than mine! Thanks for stopping by.

Making Valentines- A Layout

This year, filling out Valentines for classmates was quite the production. Each card was inspected and read carefully in order to choose just the right one for each person. My girls were careful to not send the wrong message to certain boys. Less than friendly girls did not get cards that said "BFF". And on and on and on. It was exhausting, but made for a cute layout!

I started with this sketch from PencilLines:

 

Supplies:

Paper- Basic Grey

Cardstock- CM

Die Cuts- Girls' Paperie

Flowers- Prima

Heart punches- CM

Viva Pink Glimmer Mist

Vellum title- CM

Adhesives- Helmar Adhesive Runner and 450 Quick Dry

Helmar USA Design Guest Designer Submission

I was recently introduced to Helmar Adhesives through the awesome chicks at Scrap-Tastic. It was love at first sight! Here are some projects I have created using some of their great products:

Project 1: Button Storage Bottle

What I used:

Glass bottle

Paper- Prima and Creative Memories

Rock Candy Crackle Paint from Ranger

Worn Lipstick Distress Ink from Tim Holtz

Misc. ribbon

Acrylic sealer

Border punch- Martha Stewart

Adhesive- Helmar 450 Quick Dry (works like a dream on slick surfaces like glass and plastic)

What I did:

1. Wash bottle thoroughly, removing label and old adhesive

2. Cut paper strips. Here I used one 2 1/2 inches wide and one that was 1 inch wide.

3. Punch border on thinner strip and ink edges.

4. Adhere paper with Helmar 450.

5. Cover entire bottle with crackle paint and let dry.

6. Sponge bottle in random places with ink.

7. Apply a light spray of acrylic sealer and let dry.

8. Tie ribbon around neck of bottle.

Project 2: Flower Headband

 This project began life as an old headband my kids didn't wear anymore, a large plastic bead, and a broken flower pin. Here's my daughter modeling the finished product:

What I used:

old headband

bead

fabric flower

Adhesives: Helmar 450 Quick Dry and Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

What I did:

 1. Remove existing bow and residual adhesive from headband.

2. Remove center from flower.

3. Adhere large button to flower center. The flower was deep, so I needed a thick, dimensional adhesive. Scrap Dots to the rescue! Let dry.

4. Adhere flower to headband in desired location with Helmar 450 Quick Dry.

Project 3: "8 Years Old" Layout

 What I used:

Paper- Mooch collection from Urban Lily  (#1- Hyperactive; #2- Sugarhigh) and Bazzil cardstock

Alphas- AC Thickers and Creative Memories

Glimmer Mist- Electric Blue, Red Velvet, and Tiger Lily

Adhesives-Helmar Adhesive Runner and ZapDots

What I did:

1. Cut small circle from patterned paper #1 and spray with Glimmer Mist. Let dry.

2. Position and adhere large square of patterned paper #1 in upper left corner of base cardstock. 

3. Place small circle back in original position and adhere with dimensional ZapDots.

4. Cut large circles from second patterned paper #2. Distress edges and spray with Glimmer Mist. Let dry, then adhere on page.

5. Crop and mat photos.

6. Adhere photos on page. Add dimension to one with ZapDots.

7. Adhere alpha stickers to create title.

Here are some photos that show off the dimension a little better:

Project 4: "Happy" Card

 What I used:

black, white and orange cardstock

Patterned paper- Urban Cuts by Urban Lily

Tiger Lily Glimmer Mist

All About U stamps- Stampin Up

Ink- Staz On Jet Black

Slot punch from Provo Craft

Misc. ribbon

Adhesives- Helmar Adhesive Runner and ZapDots

What I did:

1. Cut black and white cardstock to size.

2. Cut out "h" from Urban Cuts Alphabet paper.

3. Adhere "h" to orange cardstock.

4. Spray white cardstock with Tiger Lily Glimmer Mist and let dry.

5. Punch 2 slots in white cardstock and thread ribbon through.

6. Adhere orange block with the "h" to the white cardstock.

7. Stamp "happy" with black ink.

8. Adhere white cardstock to the black base with ZapDots. The dimension allows for the bulk of the ribbon under the white cardstock.

I hope you enjoyed a sampling of the various uses for Helmar Adhesives. Check out their blog here. My preferred distributor is Scrap-Tastic. Friendly and speedy service!

Friday Faves 3/11/11

Friday Faves from around the web...

Love these "Around Here" posts by Ali Edwards.

Yummy one-pan cabbage casserole recipe. I used sausage instead of the ground beef.

Gorgeous creations using Glimmer Mist on fabric.

Easy-peasy sparkly shamrock tutorial from A Fanciful Twist. Printable template included!

A real-life family (yep, I know the mom) is intentionally downsizing their home in this gotta-have-it-bigger-and-better world to create the life they want. Cool stuff.

Got a fave to share? Let us know in the comment section!

And stop back by tomorrow for my compilation post from my "Tip Week" Facebook questions!

Happy- A Layout

This layout uses a sketch from Magistical Memories. I just love photos of my girls with their great-grandfather. This layout is "Happy" because we got the good news that his inoperable tumor is shrinking, even without treatment!

Supplies

Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye

Chipboard word: K & Co.

CM punch

CM custom cutting system

Haunted Shadows Glimmer Mist

CM chalk ink

trim: Scrap-tastic "Sweet Tooth" kit

Helmar Zapdots dimensional squares

Helmar 450 Quick-dry adhesive

Burlap Valentines

I rescued a piece of burlap from the trash and cut out some hearts...added some paint, or a button, or Glimmer Mist...inked up my Unity stamps...and made some Valentine's Day cards!

Stylish Halloween- A Layout

My last Halloween layout, I promise!

Didn't all the girls look stylish?

 Papers by Pink Paislee and My Mind's Eye

 Sweet Clover Glimmer Mist, Pink Paislee rub-on, and Kaiser rhinestones make up the title

 Edging the photos in Whisper White craft ink from SU adds definition

I used Black Soot Distress Ink to tone down the look of the green patterned paper. Small alphas by Making Memories.

This sketch (#262)from Splitcoast Stampers was my inspiration! And my supplies came from Scrap-Tastic, of course!