Gabe 1st Bike Ride Scrapbook Layout UPDATED

I UPDATED THIS POST ON 10-6-21. I added the other half.
I have a layout today. Patterned paper by Reminisce. Border stickers are from Creative Memories. Die cuts-Cricut. Letter stickers are by Studio 112. Bike Sticker is by Frances Meyer

 2010 Pocket Page and Scrapbook Layout

I already posted the other side to this

The letter stamps are Close to my Heart

The Photograph stamp by Deep Red Stamps.

The set is called:

Vintage Photo Frame

The camera sticker by Creative memories

The patterned paper is by Sunborn

Sorry I haven’t been posting. I just don’t feel like anything I’ve done is anything different than all of my other cards or layouts.

Thanks for looking

Manly Monday Let’s play hockey cards

A friend of mine has this Stampin Up sports set that I borrowed.

I stamped the hockey puck and face mask in red and black ink on a strip of white cardstock. I feel as though my pattern with these two stamps was made for a vertical placement on a card or layout.

My goal (Ha! Pun not intended) 

was to use the border in a calendar page but it didn't feel right to use it horizontally because of the way the face masks are facing. 

But in a 'let's get this done' moment, I decided to cut it to fit my layout and committed to using it by taping it down. Good Girl!

However, the more I walked by the layout the more didn't like the way it looked. 

I ended up pulling it off the page and made these two cards instead. You can see the layout at the end of this post.

For my cards: The sentiment is a stamp by Studio 112.

I used mostly cardstock except the polka dot paper is by Scenic Route

Below is the calendar layout that I did. You can see where I got the polka dot paper for my card. 

I originally had the stamped border on the upper left side where you see the intricate Cricut die cuts-Glove, stick with puck and ice, and Jersey.

Babbling:

I make calendars for my brother's house, our cottage, and the entire Groh family. 

I had carpal and cubital tunnel surgery in September of 2017. The calendars had to be made and so hubby jumped in to help by printing, cutting, and taping calendar layouts together. It was then that the decision was made to make one layout for each month and then that layout would be color copied and taped to the calendar.

It saved me a lot of time spent searching through my stash to make 14 different calendar layouts with the same photo without the convenience of the same supplies for each layout. 

The calendar's size is 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 so I always have these leftover strips of paper from cutting a 12x12 piece of paper down to the size of the calendar. 

Honestly, I don’t love this layout because it is way too busy. There’s so much to look at that your eyes don't have a place to rest. I do love the hockey die cuts. I put those together years ago. 

They were intended for layouts made with pictures of us at our local hockey games. I miss going to hockey. We had tickets to 10 or more home games for the season. We liked the guys that we sat next to in “row” R.

> Side note: I have to use a wheelchair when going out to places that require a lot of walking. I hate it but I hate falling or having to sit on the ground because my legs went numb more.

So, row R isn't actually a row. It's up top and wheelchair accessible. 

The father and son duo next to us were great guys that I hugged when I saw them. We loved to chit chat with them about different things. 

The father had a lot of health issues and was once in the hospital. I told the son to call us when something like that happened.

We gave them our phone number but they never gave us theirs. I hope they are doing okay during the pandemic.

I've gotten very chatty on my blog. Thank you to my few lovely faithful ladies that stop by and write me comments. I apologize for the grammatical errors or thoughts that I'm trying to convey that aren't worded correctly. These posts take me a long time to create and I don't always catch those things when proofreading. 

Thanks for looking

1962 Family trip to FL Scrapbooking Pocket pages.

In 1962 my MIL's family and only the family went on a vacation to FL. Here are a few of the many photos from that trip along with some cute photos that I wanted to include in this book.

This is the right side of the layout. See the bottom for the two sides together.

Alphabet stamps are by Close to My Heart

I cut words FUN and CUTE with my Cricut

The smile sticker is by Studio 112 and Family Vacation sticker...My guess is from the Current catalog.

The die-cut border is by Martha Stewart and the bottom center card has a square in it by Elle's Studio. There is a brad after the letters FL inside the square.

Patterned papers are by October Afternoon (Squares with a pop of red) and Poppy Stamps (polka dots)

(((This is terribly confusing)))

Maybe just look at the pictures

Here they are together and they're not totally the same but for me, they are close enough.

LINK TO LEFT SIDE LO IS HERE

Thanks for looking

Special Day with Presents ATC's

Some more ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) with a birthday theme. Quickly going through them; the background is a stencil (The Crafter's Workshop) and distress ink (Ranger), left card sentiment (Stamp N Plus) with die cuts (Spellbinders) and the right sentiment (Stampin Up) with punch to match and I punched some foam to go underneath the stamp; border punches (Martha Stewart) with eyelets through them (Doodlebug Designs), presents are die cuts (Studio 112) and teal die cuts (Making Memories).

Thanks for looking.

Fall Stamping ATC's

These ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) were made for a swap and the theme was stamping. The picture below shows the background /basg for the ATC. I stamped border stamps by The Paper Co side by side with these three colors.

These are close ups of each background. You can see there are a few mistakes in the stamping but they will get covered up.

I did a class at church and had to punch a bunch (over 100) of 1 1/2 inch squares in fall colors, which I used my Creative Memories punch. I like to use small pieces for projects like that and I noticed that these four negative pieces were very similar in the size of the left over scrap. It was a small scrap to begin with and I couldn't get another square out of the piece of paper.

I backed the negative square with patterned paper by Studio Calico. The other part of the card for church, we stamped fall like images on these 1 1/4 inch white squares and layered the small square on top of the larger square. I had these left overs white square and adhered them to the center of the negative.

Close ups of each piece.

This is the finished product. I adhered a piece of glittery chipboard by Colorbok underneath the negative square piece and each chipboard is a different shape. I adhered that whole piece to the lovely background from above. Then I embellished the front with some cardboard corrugated circles that I found in my stash and along with a circle epoxy sticker by Studio 112.

Here are some close ups of each one.

Thanks for stopping by.

John 3:16 Card

I thought I would post a card that uses digital patterned papers and beautiful cross stamp by Doodle Pantry Floral Cross. I printed it out onto white Recollections cardstock and die cut it out with a stitched rectangle die by Lawn Fawn. The sentiment is a stamp by Studio 112 that I stamped with black Hero Arts ink onto a Spellbinders die cut. I added some brads to each side of the die cut in the same color brown that is in the cross.

Thanks for looking.

Sassy Studio Designs Monochromatic

This week at Sassy Studio Designs the challenge is Monochromatic. I used the Praying Portrait for my card today. I printed it out onto watercolor paper and used Peerless watercolors and distress inks with a water pen by Ranger. I colored the eyelids with a light blue and then put blue distress Stickles on top of that. I cut the image down and matted it with a yellow cardstock. I decided to use scraps of patterned papers by Cosmo Cricket and Studio Calico. I covered the seam with a piece of yellow cardstock that I stamped with a border stamp by The Paper Co with yellow ink by Stampin Up. The flower is by Prima and I placed a strip of yellow Stickles on each petal. Then I placed three rhinestones in the center and the sentiment is a sticker by Studio 112.

Thanks for looking.

Sassy Studio Designs Thursday challenge

This week at Sassy Studio Designs the theme is vintage. I struggle with this kind of style but went for it with an open mind. I used Capricorn Portrait for my card by printed it onto Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored it in with Copic markers. The patterned papers are by Die Cuts with a View and K and Co. The doily is by Little Yellow Bicycle and the die cuts are by K and Co. The flowers are by Recollections and the sentiments are stickers by Studio 112.

3 Month Snuggles Scrapbook Layout

I have a new layout today with patterned paper by Papertrey Ink, Die Cuts with a View, Stampin Up, Recollections, Creative Memories, and My Mind's Eye. I followed the sketch at Sketches in Time week 2.

The circle was cut out with the Cricut George cartridge and the tags by Art Philosophy. The letters are Thickers by American Crafts and the star by Studio 112. The stamp is by Three Bugs in a Rug with ink by Hero Arts.

Don't forget about the birthday giveaway. It ends November 29th at noon.

http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/ Sketch

SB Cricut-Circle and tags

SB Stamps-Sentiment

SB Scraps-Most of the small patterned papers are scraps.

Smile Bottle Cap Card

So I made this card using a sketch at Scrapbook.com that you can see at the bottom of this post. The background cardstock is by Sunborn and I've stamped it with circle stamps by Stampin Up. Then I inked the edges with distress ink and an ink blending tool.The next layer is the dark brown and I'm not sure exactly where that came from but the lighter strip of patterned paper on the right is by Studio Calico. The pennant in the middle is kraft cardstock by Oriental Trading Co and I've dry embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder. The dark brown cardstock is by Stampin Up and the white is by Recollections. I think the die cut is one by Lifestyle Crafts but don't quote me on that because I don't own the dies. I use to have a friend that I could borrow her dies for a week or more and die cut a ton of them out. 

But anyway, the bottle cap is by The Paper Studio, the smile sticker is by Studio 112, and the epoxy sticker over that is by Epiphany Crafts. I did run the bottle cap through my Cuttlebug to flatten it out a little bit more. I also adhered a one and a half inch circle punch behind it. Same kraft cardstock as mentioned earlier. 

Thanks for looking.
http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/ Not a square
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.be/2015/10/challenge-9.html AG
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/AG
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/AG

SB.com-bonus Sketch

SB.com-Use your stamps {the polka dots in the background}

Flourish Latte card

My card today features a Florish Latte stamp by Deep Red Stamps.

I heat embossed it with red embossing powder by Ranger and ink by Versa Mark on Strathmore watercolor paper. I wasn't sure where I was going with this card when I embossed the image so I stamped it on watercolor paper just too be sure. This card went together pretty easily once I picked the floral print and polka dots patterned paper by Pebbles. Then I matched the Martha Stewart ribbon with the patterned paper and then the sentiment is vellum by Studio 112. And that's it.

Thanks for looking.

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

http://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/ Emboss it {rubber stamp that I've had since 2013}

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/ Add a sentiment

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com/ Something yummy to eat or drink

http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com/ Flower power {patterned paper}

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://stempelsonne.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes with ribbon

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

Stretch Yours Stamps Day 2 Joy

I'm posting some more cards for the Stretch Your Stamps 2 class that I am taking. This technique is from Day 2 with Joy. I don't have the stamps they are using so I used THIS background stamp by Just Rite. My paint is by Ranger and then I inked the background with purple distress ink.

The sentiment stamp is a new one by Gina Marie from her Birthday Words Stamp Set and can be found at her discount website at Wholesalecraftingsupplies.com. I stamped the sentiment with brown ink by Stampin Up.

The patterned paper is old by Paper Adventure and the purple cardstock is by Bazzill. The flowers are by Oriental Trading Co {brown polka dot}, Creative Memories {big purple flower}, Making Memories {brown flower}, and Prima {small purple flower}. The center of the flowers is by Recollections. I cut the hole out with my cutting system by Creative Memories.

For this card I used brown cardstock from Hobby Lobby, a tag by Studio 112, and a sentiment stamp by Stampendous.

Thanks for looking.

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com/ Anything goes square or rectangle

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Spots and Dots {1st card flower}

http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/ Polka Dots

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ Flower power

http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.com/ New {technique}

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/ Happy Birthday {1st card}

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes w die cuts {2nd card}

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

Demo of Using a Stencil and Powdered chalk for Kenny K

So I have a little chalk demo today using Stardust powdered chalk by Stamp N Plus. Love this stuff. I combined it with paint and applied it over a stencil. Check it out.

I masked off my patterned paper with painter's tape. Plus secured it to my craft mat.

I taped this Tim Holtz stencil to the mat and over the cardstock.

I scooped out some Stardust powdered chalk and placed it in my tray.

This is how much paint I used to mix in with the powdered chalk.

Here's what it looks like after it is mixed.

I used my Tim Holtz ink blender with a new sponge to dab and apply the mixture. The stencil is taped down really well and therefore I could make little circles with the applicator when applying.

All finished. Check out the shine.

Another view of the shine, kind of sparkly.

Here it is after I removed the tape. Painter's tape works well because it doesn't rip your paper if you remove it slowly and carefully. 

Then here's my card using the Kenny K image "Happy Hour". My patterned paper is by Crate Papers, die cut by Spellbinders that I inked on the inside, vellum sentiment by Studio 112, rhinestones by Want 2 Scrap, and sequins by Craft Medley. 

Oh a couple more things; I colored her in with Copic markers and used Liquid Pearls, Glossy Accents, and distress ink by Ranger as well as a Tombo white gel pen and a Xyron machine for the sentiment. I think that's it.

Here it is a little bit closer. 

My demo and card are for the 

Chalk Ah Lot blog 

where the July theme is 

anything goes with chalk 

and the sponsor is the fabulous 

Kenny K

Hope you liked the demo and thanks for stopping by.

Challenges:

http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://craftingattheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.ca/ Red

http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://treasuredtimesrubberstampschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://wedodoobadoo.blogspot.co.uk/ Spotty and Dotty

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ It's All About Girls

http://asonginyourart.blogspot.com/ Lady stamp, 3 sequins

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

Dreamweaver-To die for

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://notrealstamps.blogspot.co.uk/-Anything goes