Talented Mom double page layout

This is a double page layout that I just completed in tribute to my daughter-in-law's creativity and talent when it comes to keeping the kids occupied and doing face painting.  She does some great crafts with the kids and comes up with some great face painting ideas and the kids love it!!  I used Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland Papers, chipboard flower pieces and ribbon for these pages.  Thanks for looking!

Mixed Media layout "Only you can be you and we like it that way - Be an Original

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Another Mixed Media Layout "Only you can be you and we Like it that Way - Be an Original" This is a photo of my 5 month old Grandson Jack.  Look at that beautiful smile - he is always happy and I wanted to capture that beautiful smile.

Products used: White Cardstock, Scrapmatts frame, handmade tissue tape, Li'l Davis Designs Chip-Art Coaster, Crafter's Workshop stencil "Mini Ledger", Kaiser craft stamps: Arty, Perfume, and flutter. Additional stamps are Hero Arts "Long Writing Background, Studio 112 "Mini Assortment", Stampers anonymous "Curiosities", glossy accents, texture paste mixed with red acrylic paint, staz on black ink.

Thanks for looking!

Three Generations Scrapbook Layout using Graphic 45 Secret Garden papers

Hi everyone.  Back again with a layout I created using Graphic 45 Secret Garden Papers.  It was a kit that I bought at the Scrapbook and PaperCraft Expo.  The kit was designed by Cathy Cafun, but I altered it some because it was missing some flowers and it didn't have the ferns or leaves or stick pins.

This photo was taken of Me with my Mother and Son in May.  The other products used:  Manor House Creation flowers, 2 handmade flowers, handmade stick pins, handmade beaded rose, brown lace ribbon.  I used Dylusions spray - Melted Chocolate on the chipboard "stone wall".  I made my flowers out of the Tim Holtz Bigz Die tattered florals using the largest and medium flower for the two in upper left corner.  I used Glimmer Mist - Burnt Red to color them.  They are made out of organza and Tulle.  I made two stick pins, with charms.  The letters were foam adhesive letters from Cre8tive.  Thanks for looking!

Imagine the Possibilities - scrapbook Layout of our beautiful Claire Bear

Hello again, I just wanted to share another scrapbook layout that I just completed of my granddaughter Claire.  In this layout, I wanted it to be mostly white because the photograph of her was so beautiful that I wanted the photo to be the main focus of the page.  I added a pop of black (and a little pink thrown in for good measure).  

The larger flower in the top left corner was made with lace from a Kaisercraft Lace Pack White # EM926.  I used the 1" lace for the outer layer and the inner layer was made with the 1/2" lace.  I ran a running stitch along the straight edges of the lace and gathered it.  I then sewed the edges together with the raw edges to the back.  I added layers of netting in between the lace and at the back of the flower.  I also added tiny strips of the netting that I had brushed with white glue and sprinkled with fine white iridescent glitter just under the button. I added a feather and some pearl sprays to the back.  The center is one of Tim Holtz button accoutrements. 

The medium flower was made from white dotted Swiss fabric from an old blouse.  I cut the flower petals with my Tim Holtz Tattered florals edge die - only using the small flowers and I also added netting between the layers.  The Chrysanthemums were cut with my cuttlebug die.  I also used the leaves from this for the bottom right flower.  All of the elements on the page that glitter were covered in white glue with a paint brush and sprinkled with the Martha Stewart glitter called Crystal fine.

At the top right corner I cut the "Imagine" word on my cricut with the Cricut Alphabet.  The shadow was cut in white and the letters in black.  Beneath the word at the top right is an element cut with the Spellbinders die Grate Works.  The black and white strip down the center was a strip of paper that I cut and then using my EK Success Stampa Ma Jig I stamped down the whole piece with my Tim Holtz Stampers anonymous stamp "Components Stamp" with Black Soot distress ink.  

The pink lace border around the photo is cut from Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles.  Other elements on the page included "I love You" and I don't know the name of the set as it is no longer in the package.  The large dove was from Glitz Stamp set called Pretty in Pink.  The chipboard Sticker was from a pack by "Merci" but has no name.  On the white base cardstock, I added the image from a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop #TCW177 with Diamond Glimmer mist but it is not visible in these photos.  I used some white sparkle rick rack trim, black and white ribbon, and white iridescent ribbon.  The butterflies are from Cheery Lynn Designs "Exotic Butterflies" die.  The tiny spiky flowers were made with my Cheery Lynn Designs die called Build a Flower.  The small glittered medallions were cut with the Spellbinder die called Majestic elements.  The vines, small birdhouse and tiny bird were cut with Marianne Creatables die.

The embossing folders I used for the two background rectangles were Cuttlebug "Goochie Script" and Couture Collections "Adagio".  Thank you everyone for looking!  Have a great day.

"First Boy" Scrapbook page of my grandson

This is the first scrapbook page I have been able to get to of my new Grandson Jack.  The paper is from the free paper "Nature Garden" by Prima that came with my issue of Australian Scrapbook Ideas Magazine.  All of the cogs were cut with svg files on my Cricut.  The dog tag I used a chipboard tag - covered it with silver tape and embossed his name in it with an embossing letter punch set.  I added real metal washers, nuts, and some screws to the center of the cogs as well as some hole enforcers, brads and a button.  All of the cogs are embossed with silver, gold, copper embossing powder.  I hung the word "love" from one of the cogs.  Page layout and design scraplifted from a page designed by Michelle Grant featured in the magazine.  Thanks for looking!

Two additional Xmas Cards for my friends and Family 2012

Hi Everyone,
Just adding more Xmas cards that I made to mail out this year.  I started out making the Xmas card for everyone that I have posted below with the Sleigh but I needed to make 26 and I got tired of piecing the sleigh together after card number 7!  So I decided to make another card that would not be so involved for the rest of them.

I took white bazzil cardstock and embossed it with a snowflake design but I used my brayer and rolled beige and green chalk ink on the debossed side of the embossing folder so that when it embossed the design, the snowflakes would remain white.  I used a chipboard frame on both cards and placed a Collections Elements scrolled label with a small piece of cheesecloth behind it on top of the chipboard label.  I stamped the word Joy on the label.  The snowflakes were cut using my Cricut personal die cutter and a Penny Duncan free svg cut file.  I cut two different styles of snowflakes out of thin chipboard, painted them with white acrylic paint and then painted glue over the top and added fine white glitter to them and then touched white paint to the edges and added a rhinestone in the middle.

To finish them off, I added a white satin bow and some rick rack trim across the bottom.