Technique Savvy Class

I can't believe that I forgot to post these layouts from a class I took several weeks ago.  In this class we learned two new techniques.  The first was making rosette flowers as pictured in the first layout.  We cut a strip of paper 12" long and accordion folded it in 1/8" increments.  Then we took a circle of card stock and covered it in glue dots (sure wish we had the new Glubers to use).  Then we glued the ends of the folded cardstock together to form a circle and adhered the newly formed rosette to the cardstock circle.  We added a brad or bling to the center and Voila!  I love the look of these rosettes, but they sure were a pain to make.  I even tried using my Martha Stewart Scoring Board to make the folding easier, but I had a hard time keeping the finished rosettes from coming apart.  The gorgeous paper is from the Making Memories Paper Reverie Line.


Picture Perfect Layout - Technique Savvy Class

The second technique we learned was how to highlight words in a passage to create your title.  In the layout below our teacher printed a saying onto cardstock and left spaces for a few key words she wanted to highlight.  She then used her Cricut and her Cursive 101 cartridge to cut these words out of black card stock.  Then we adhered these words to the saying and added Glossy Accents to highlight the words even more.  I can't remember the name of the paper line we used but I will post it as soon as I figure it out.

Life's Moments Layout - Technique Savvy Class

Baby Book

So the reason I got back into scrapbooking in the first place was to finish (okay, okay, START) my children's baby books.  My daughter Kayla will be 10 in December and I have been feeling tremendously guilty that I never did her baby book (correction: I have started it many times but I always end up taking it apart and starting over).  So I have really put an effort into finishing it, FINALLY.  Here is a picture of the page I made for our first family photo.  The paper is from Tim Holtz.  The letters were cut on the Cricut with the Storybook Cartridge as were the flower mats behind them and then covered with Glossy Accents.  The flowers were punched with EK Success Retro Flower - Medium.  The pearls are Recollections from Michael's.  Everything was inked with my Chestnut Roan Cat's Eye Chalk Ink.

Our First Family Photo Layout - Kayla's Baby Book

I have more pages done but I haven't photographed them yet.  I will post them when I get a chance.

Thank you all for visiting my blog, I noticed a few more followers this morning.  I'm thinking there might need to be some Blog Candy in the future if this keeps up.

Scrap Your Stash Class

Yesterday was my Scrap Your Stash Class at MMU.  This was my first daytime class and it was tons of fun.  I really enjoyed the laid back style of the day class and a few of us even went out to lunch afterwards.  Below is the layout I made at class.

I used the Winnie the Pooh font cartridge on my Cricut to make the title.  I inked the edges with my chalk ink and used my white gel pen to highlight the letters.  I also cut the letters out of Grunge Paper and glued them together for some extra dimension.  I then coated each letter with Glossy Accents for an enamel effect.  I used the Fleur de Lis border punch by EK Success to create the center border and I used the Martha Stewart Photo Corner punch for the photo corners.  I learned a neat technique for the ribbon where we used the Tim Holtz stapler to make criss-crosses across the ribbon for a new effect.  Thanks to Christy for the great layout design.