Cards- Using Some New Masks

Hello! I have a few new cards to share! I got some Altenew masks and inks for Christmas, so I had some fun playing with them.

First up is the "Daisy Craze" mask set. I chose bright, fun colors for this. I then used this sketch from Stick It Down to finish the card: 

I cut the flower using my Cricut and stamped the sentiment on the flower center. I used a border punch for the strips behind the flower. I attached the flower suing foam tape for some dimension.

My next card also uses the "Daisy Craze" masks. I used three colors that are close to each other on the color wheel for a more muted color scheme. I also didn't ink the smaller flowers for this one, instead filling that area in with dark grey Nuvo Drops for some texture.I stamped the butterfly on light pink cardstock and heat embossed the wings with glitter embossing powder. I stamped and fussy cut the sentiment strip and added it behind the wing.

I used the "Sunburst" stencil on my next card. I again used colors near each other on the color wheel. This time, I just randomly blended them over the mask. This mask leaves a nice blank circle in the center, so I used that to add my sentiment. I then used my Cricut to cut the balloons. I blended some ink on the bottoms of the balloons to add a bit of dimension. The yellow balloons were attached directly to the card front and the green ones with foam tape. I added twine strings to finish off the card.

Finally, I used the "Cherry Blossom Bunch" stencils on my last card. I've had this set for a while, but I used some of my new inks on this card. I blended two colors of green for the leaves and used three different blues on the flowers. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a scrap of coordinating cardstock and added it to the bottom of the card. I added some white irridescent sequins to finish off the card front. I didn't have cardstock in a coordinating color for my card base, so I made a white one and blended one of the blue ink colors from the flowers on the edges.

 

January Calendar Page

 Hello! I have my January calendar page to share today! I started with this sketch from Page Maps:

I used a few different winter collections with blues and reds for this layout. I printed all of my photos as 3x3's and laid them out over the patterned papers. Once everything was adhered, I used journaling strips and a journaling sheet to add information to my page. I ended up using some old letter stickers and a journaling sticker for my title. I embellished the page with ribbon, stickers and brads.

I am entering this in the Deliberate Designs: Sketches challenge at Lasting Memories this month.

Rodeo- Dance Layout

Hello! I had a little time this weekend to do a little crafting, so I got another dance layout done for my daughter's album. I started by finding the western inspired patterned papers in my stash. I laid out my photos and then figured out how I wanted to cut my papers. Once that was laid out, I went in search of the polke dot fence sticker and added that. I then went to work designing a title. I don't currently have a Cricut Access subscription, so I tried to find designs that were free. I found a lasso cut that I used for the first "o" in Rodeo and used a font from my computer for the rest of the letters. I found the cut boot cut and used that as an embellishment. After cutting and assembling those pieces and adhering them to the page, I found a little journaling spot for the information and embellished the page with some red puffy sticker flowers and clear gems.

 

Cards

Hello! I have a few cards to share today that I've made over the last few weeks. 

First up is a pair of anniversary cards that I made using a stencil set I got earlier this year. I tried purples this time for the flowers and really love how they turned out. I blended purple ink onto the edges of the card fronts to help highlight the flowers and add some interest. I cut the sentiment using my Cricut and finished off the card front with some sequins.

Next up is a birthday card for my daughter who turned 18 earlier this month. I started by stamping the background using the Marbled Turnabout Stamp from Concord and 9th. Since I used such bright colors, I went pretty simple for the rest of the design. I used my Cricut to cut the circle with the 18. I cut another circle from clear plastic and glued that to the back of the 18. I used my Cricut to cut a circle outline that matched the one around the 18 and glued that behind the circle to create a circle window. I found sequins and beads to go with the color scheme and added them to the window. I finished the card off with a sprinkling of sequins.

I was inspired by this color combination from Color Dare:

Finally, I made a pair of masculine birthday cards. I started by stamping snowflakes in white and Versamark on the light kraft colored background. I used some scraps for the patterned paper pieces. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on vellum and then ran it through my sticker making machine and adhered that over the top. I finished off this design with some Liquid Pearl drops.

 This design was inspired by the current card sketch from Stick It Down:

Dance Layout- Sketches in Thyme

 Hello, I have a new layout to share! It is another dance layout for my daughter's album. I started with this sketch from Sketches in Thyme:

My second photo was a little larger and landscape, but I made it work with the sketch. Since the costumes in these photos are white, I was able to play with color a bit. I found the strip I used across the top and worked from there, finding some coordinating papers. I used my Cricut to cut the title and layered flowers. I found some spray inks in coordinating colors and splattered those over my background. To give the layered flowers some depth, I edged them with purple ink. I used the same ink and lightly rubbed it over the large white flowers to highlight the raised areas. I used some printed vellum as another layer for both of my clusters, leaving it as a large strip for the lower cluster and trimming it into a leaf for the upper one. I stamped and heat embossed the journaling spot. To finish off the layout, I used sequins for flower centers, found a couple more premade flowers and added some thread behind some of the flowers.

Dance Layouts Using Sketches

Hello! I have two new layouts I created this weekend using my daughter's dance photos. For my first layout, I used the November single page sketch from Stick It Down:

I started with a watercolor background paper and used the big corner scroll stamps to add some interest. I then used a couple of coordinating patterned papers to create some strips underneath the photo. I cut the title with my Cricut. To embellish the page, I used some die cut flowers and silver Nuvo Drops.

Next I scraplifted this fun layout from Paper Issues:

I love the distressed wedges of the circle, so I started by finding some patterned papers to create them. I then cut a half circle and folded it in half and then in half again to use as a template. I traced the template onto the papers and cut out the wedges. I used a distressing tool to rough up the edges and curled them up a bit by hand. I used my Cricut to cut some of the stars and punches to cut the other from the same papers. I also used the Cricut to draw and cut the letters. I then went to work layering the stars, popping some up with foam adhesive. I finished things off with sequins.

 

Christmas Layouts

Hello! I am sharing my last three layouts from the scrapbook retreat last weekend. I used papers from the Simple Stories Christmas warehouse box (from two years ago) for all of these layouts. 

First up is this layout for my second oldest. I started by finding a full sheet of patterned paper that I could run across both of my pages to draw them together. Then I found a few other sheets of patterned paper to add the other sections. I cut the title with my Cricut. I initially put it directly onto the patterned paper, but found it got a little lost, so I found some vellum to make it stand out a bit more. I embellished the page with die cuts, chipboard, metal rimmed enamel dots and sequins. I added my journaling to a tag and stapled a scrap of ric rac to the top.

My next layout was a page kit, so the patterns were all printed already on the background and there were directions on how to assemble the page, so this design is not mine. I did change a few things up, like the sizes of the photos in the large block and a few of the embellishments. This kit made this layout come together very quickly though!

I mentiong the sketch booklets by Creative Memories yesterday, and this layout was inspired by one of those sketches. This design is great for 6x6  or 6x8 (which is what I used) paper pads. I added brads to the top of the photos and cards across the top of the layout. I found a cute chipboard frame to go around the horizontal photo of my kids on the bottom. For the title, I used a die cut and a foam word sticker. I used some border punches to go across the center of the page. I embellished the page with some die cuts, stickers, and metal rimmed enamel embellishments. 

That wraps up the layouts from my scrapbook weekend. I was very happy to get so much accomplished and it was fun to scrapbook again after not having time for the last several months!