2012 Road Trip to the UP in MI Scrapbook Layout

Another Layout for my nephew's book.

Patterned paper by Deja Views.

Border punch by Stampin Up. 

2012 are Rub-Ons by Autumn Leaves

Cricut title is from Pack Your Bags cartridge.

I’m entering the challenge of 

Not A Card

At 

the Male Room

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Christmas cards Scrapbook Layout-Sassy in 2012

Today, I have some layouts from my Christmas card scrapbook. We no longer get cards from them. But if you think of it that was nine years ago. The older of those girls is probably 20.

The letter stamps are by Stampin Up 

The circle stamps at the bottom of this layout are by Unity Stamp Co. I added some Stickles around the edges for a little sparkle.

The patterned papers are from my stash. I love using scraps for the pennants.

The snowflake on the left isn’t a die cut and isn’t paper. It’s reminds me of a sequin.  I put a Brad in the center of it.

My guess on the reindeer die-cut is Cricut.

For the next layout, all of the diecuts are from my Cricut 

The pattern paper is by Die Cuts with a View 

The border punch is by Fiskars 

The word “girls” is rub-on by Autumn Leaves

The number stamps are by Stampin Up 

I inked the edges with distress ink 

The day cuts on this layout look amazing but they are time consuming to put together. 

But they look good.

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Coronation Ball 1958 Scrapbook Layout

Another lo for the family scrapbook 

The title stickers by Cosmo Cricket BUT no number stickers to go with. Pet peeve of mine.
The date number stamps are by Autumn Leaves 

The journal die- cut with the title is by Making Memories.

The patterned paper is by Simple Stories
Vellum border by Creative Memories with a Bazzill heart border on top
I found the gold heart that is next to the date in my stash.



The right side of the layout isn’t anything special
Patterned paper by K and Co and Papertrey Ink.
The little metal stapler in the center is by Making Memories.

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Tremendous Birthday card

Start with a pre-made off white card base by Recollections size 5 ½ by 4
Stamp Autumn Leaves swirl stamp with green ink by Stampin Up randomly over green cardstock by Die cuts with a View.

Cut into rectangles and arrange onto off white card base
Stamp tree by Studio G with green and brown ink onto separate white cardstock and fussy cut out
Add tree to center on the rectangles with dimensional adhesive
Stamp sentiment by Stampendous onto a  Spellbinder label die and adhere slightly tucked under the tree.

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Here's another card using the same tree stamp
Sympathy Card

Dance Card

For my card today I stamped Autumn Leaves flourishes with blue pigment ink (Colorbox) and accented with blue rhinestones. The sentiment is a glitter sticker on top of two rectangle die cuts.

Simple but I’m liking the simple look over the way too much stuff on the card look.

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Love card

I'm not sure how I missed posting this one for earlier but I did. The red cardstock has been stamped with hearts and heart outlines as well as some flourishes with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed. The hearts were embossed with Ranger's red embossing powder and the flourishes with an off white. The off white has specks in it. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. 

The word "Love" is a sticker by Pebbles that I placed on a Spellbinders die cut and then onto a scrap of black cardstock. I wrapped some lace around the left side of the card front panel and secured it down with a Creative Imaginations brad. Then I added it to a 5 x 6 1/2 pre-made card base.

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Sketches In Thyme Project Life Family albums layout

Hello. It's my turn at the Sketches in Thyme Project Life blog (It ended in 2018 but the blog is still up for examples). It's great to get another LO in the books. For my card, I used patterned paper and letter stickers by Making Memories. A border-like stamp, ink, and circle punch by Stampin Up. The edges are outlined with an Autumn Leaves rub-on.

Here's the sketch:

Here's the full layout. Other than the card, I didn't do much but add some corners to a few boxes and labeling with Lawn Fawn stamps. I find that when I pile on a bunch of embellishments it looks too busy, in my opinion. I've seen these grown men look at their book and they are looking at the pictures and not the embellishments. 

I'm going with the plain and simple route so I don't: 

a.) Over obsess the little stuff that nobody is looking at

and

b.) Waste a ton of time doing letter-a.

Have a great day and thanks for looking.

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God's Love

I had no reason to make this card other than I hadn't used the cherry blossom stamp set yet. Unfortunately I have many stamps that haven't seen ink yet. It's a crying shame but the scrapbooks must get done before the boys graduate.

The cherry blossom stamp and the border at the bottom are both by Autumn Leaves. The sentiment stamp has wondered off leaving me with out a manufacturer. All are stamped with brown Stampin Up ink. Then I didn't wait for the brown ink to dry before going over the stamp with blue distress ink (Ranger) which made the brown smear slightly. at first look you probably wouldn't see it but it bothered me. Therefore I covered the flowers with Glossy Accents (Ranger) to distract from the mistake I made. I rounded the corners of the white cardstock (Recollections) and adhered it to brown cardstock (Stampin Up).

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look.

Sassy Studio Designs

This week at Sassy Studio Designs the Thursday challenge  is

Use Pastel colors

I used the Taurus image printing her out into Express cardstock and colored it in with Copic Markers. I trimmed her down and matted her with patterned paper by Papertrey Ink. I die cut the sentiment with my Cricut and the zodiac freebie on Cricut Craft Room. I stamped the dates of a Taurus onto a Sizzix die cut with Autumn Leaves stamps with Umbrella pink ink. The rest of the supplies are unknown.

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Love in Pink

My card today uses a stamp by Autumn Leaves. I stamped it with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. Then I used my Peerless watercolors and a water pen by Ranger to color it in. I filled in the rest of the image and its surrounding area with yellow because I knew I was going to be pairing yellow and pink together for this card. I die cut the image with a Sizzix die cut and matted behind it a Spellbinders die cut out of SEI cardstock.

The yellow patterned paper is by Crate Papers and the pink paper on top of it is by Studio G with the pink background patterned paper is by Basic Grey. 

Love in Purple

I've been trying new things to get my photographs to come out better but looking at these makes me think - Keep trying. Ugh!

My card today uses a stamp by Autumn Leaves. I stamped it with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. Then I used my Peerless watercolors and a water pen by Ranger to color it in. I think it turned out pretty. I die cut the image with a Spellbinders scalloped circle die and matted it onto a pre-made die cut by recollections. 

The patterned paper is by K and Co. It is originally white but I inked the entire piece with distress ink to make it fir my card. 

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http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ Pretty in purple
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/-glitter around the scalloped circle die cut
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/AG
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/ AG
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com/ AG with texture
http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Purple and love

Love card

My card today is a wedding shower card that I made for my sister. Her wedding colors are purple with yellow. I love the way this card turned out. I used an Autunm Leaves stamp that I heat embossed with white embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. The ink by Versa Mark. I colored it in using Distress Markers and a water pen to get that watercolor look. The paper I use for watercoloring is Strathmore, which you can buy at HL or Michael's. The oval shapes were cut out using Creative Memories cutting system and the cardstock for the ovals is by Bazzill and Recollections. The ribbon is from my stash, flower by Creative Memories (old) and the glitter center is by Recollections.

Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges:

http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/- Y is for yellow

http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/- Sentiments only

http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/- Things that begin with B-Bazzill 

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/- Clean and Simple

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/- Yellow ribbon

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/-Wedding, Anniversary, Love

Love

I'm in love with this embossing folder. Super cute by Darice. The flowers are by Recollections, flourishes are die cuts by Quickutz, stamp is by Autumn Leaves with Colorbox ink and cardstock by Creative Memories and Recollections. Nice and simple today. 

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Challenges:
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/- Flowers

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/- Anniversary

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/- Anything goes

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html- Anything goes

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

April Showers

I had a wedding shower on Saturday and made this pretty card for it. The stamp is by Autumn Leaves which I used Colorbox chalk ink on. The patterned paper is by Creative Imaginations and DCWV. The flowers are by Stamping Scrapping, Prima and Recollections. Ribbon by Offray and burlap from my stash. 

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Love card

This love card would be great for a wedding or anniversary card. 

I used MME patterned paper throughout the card along with some tulle and ribbon left over from a friends wedding. The love stamp is from Autumn Leaves and the flowers are from Petaloo and Making Memories-old stuff from my stash.

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UR Sweet

I love this card. The embossing folder is super cute thanks to a friend for letting me borrow it. I also love it because of the dimension of the focal image. I popped the heart stamped die cut up with foam adhesive. When I was showing my husband what I had made that weekend he said this one was his favorite. He's got good taste:)

Supplies:
embossing folder by Provo Craft/Cuttlebug, die cuts by Spellbinders and one of the ovals is cut from my Cricut, stamps by Autumn Leaves (heart) and Stampin Up (sentiment), ink by Stampin Up and Ranger distressing ink, eyelets by Making Memories, ribbon by Offray, red cardstock by Stampin Up and patterned paper behind it is by GCD.

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S.W.A.K

I just love this embossing folder-made by Provo Craft- that I borrowed from a friend. The man and woman stamp is a fave too. Funny thing about this card, my husband didn't know what SWAK stood for. I found that odd but I guess that's not something a guy would really care to know or remember.

I used cardstock by Bazzill and patterned paper by My Mind's Eye. The sentiment sticker is by Sticko which I matted to some brown cardstock. The patterned paper on the right side has been die cut with a border die by Spellbinders (center die cut by them too). I was able to emboss it too. Love when that works out. The ribbon is by Offray and the button from my stash.

Thanks for looking.

Be My Valentine

Valentine card. Supplies include die cuts by Spellbinders, stamp by Autumn Leaves, rhinestones from my stash, ink by Stampin Up, sentiment sticker by Sticko, patterned paper by Echo Park and embossing folder is a borrowed item from a friend-in other words unknown.

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You+Me=Bliss card

I love this fun little people stamps by Autumn Leaves. The heart stamp is by Stampin Up and the sentiment is by Unity Stamp Company. The patterned paper is by Recollection as is some of the cardstock. The red cardstock is by Stampin up. The ink is by Stampin Up (red) and HeroArts (aqua). To finish off the card is a border die cut by Spellbinders.

Thanks for looking.

Challenge:

http://hotshotcraft.blogspot.com/-CAS

http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/sentimental-friday.html-Anything goes

Flattened bottle cap cards

I was so busy yesterday that I didn't even take the time to post Manly Monday. I do apologize. I'm in the middle of reorganizing my scrap room and the hours just fly by when I am focused on a mission. I did make progress yesterday but still have so much more to purge and sort through. I do know this, I have no business buying new products with all the stuff I have accumulated over the last 2 years.
This first card is a birthday card (lots of birthdays lately) that I used a flattened bottle cap as my main image. If you are looking to buy flattened bottle caps, I sell them in my Etsy store. I have others or singles in my collection so be sure to email me if you are looking for something in particular. grohcm@gmail.com
The embossing folder is by Sizzix which I inked the edges using my TH blending tool and distressing ink Pumice Stone. The dog bone stamp is by Stampendous with cardstock by Sunborn, CM and Recollections.
I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Craft your passion(MO)-Use the "F" word (friend)
Creative Stamp Friends(MO)-For a man
Forever Friends(MO)-Use a die cut
House of Gilli(MO)-embossing
Paper Creations Ink(MO)-distressing
Stamps + Fun = Creativity(MO)-include an animal
The Crazy Challenge(MO)-Birthday

You can see in this view the dimension of the bottle cap isn't very high and does mail US postal at normal 44 cent rates.

The sentiment stamp is by Cloud 9 and I used Faded Jeans distressing ink by RI for the sentiment and inking the blue die cut.

This next card also display a flattened bottle cap. All the bottle caps in my Etsy store have cardstock backing making it easier for you to add one to your project.
Supplies: CS Recollections & CM; patterned paper and embossing folder by Provo Craft; flourish stamp by Autumn Leaves; sentiment stamp is UK; ink and scallop circle punch by SU; corner rounder by CM; die cut by Spellbinders.

Thanks for looking. Have a fabulous day.