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Love this Man!

Monday, February 16, 2009

I have been working on lots of layouts I just haven't posted them!
So this week I am going to give you lots of layout eye candy!!!
Starting today!

With Valentine's Day just this weekend, I thought I could get away with posting one more lovey project. This is a layout of me and my hubby for my AAM book.
Pretty simple layout.
I used a Unity journaling spot stamp and sewed on the lace and ribbon.
The flowers are layered with a CS heart that I punched using a MS punch.

Tools:
CS: American Crafts, Whisper White, Really Rust
PP: MME
Stamps: Journaling spot by Unity Stamp Co
Ink: Pallet Dark Chocolate, Really Rust
Acess: Beachfront Orig Ribbon, Lace from HL, Pretties, Prima, MS Heart Punch, Sewing Machine

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Tessa

Labels:American Crafts,MME,Sewing on layout,unity | 11 Loves

Layout: 1st Movie

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Here is a layout I did a while back but haven't shared with anyone yet! I was pondering doing something and ended up not so I want to share it now! It's of Kaden's 1st official movie in a movie theater!
He is a movie nut just like his momma! We went to see Over the Hedge - super cute if you haven't seen it! Yes this was over 2 years ago -see how behind in my scrapping I am!

I used a sketch from the Got Sketch? FREE mini class I signed up for! I didn't get to participate much but the sketches were great - all of hers are! I just wish she would do more! She's kinda gotten into selling them instead which I get she wants to make money. But I will just used her old ones, or page maps! I started with an orange American Crafts CS base along with some AC polka dot patterned paper. Then for the light blue layer I stamped on 3 sections of it with Distressed Dots from Unity Stamp Company and left the 3rd blank to journal! That's one of the things I LOVE about using stamps to scrap!!!! Making your own patterned paper that works for you and your layout! I also used Row of Circles from Flirty Flowers to make custom embellishments. I stamped them and cut them out adding buttons!!! So fun! I used this super neat stamp that I got at Michaels during the after Thanksgiving sale for the little calendar, it is a larger stamp but I only wanted this part so I cut it out and popped it up after circling the month and writing the date. Thanks for looking! I hope to be sharing LOTS of layouts with you over the holidays as some friends and I have challenged each other to complete 12 layouts over the 2 week break! Watch and see how I do! I already finished one to share with you tomorrow!

Tools:
CS: Orange American Crafts, SU Bashful Blue and Night of Navy
PP: American Crafts
Stamps: Distressed Dots and Row of Circles from Unity Stamp CO. Calendar from Michaels
Ink: Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Other: Threading Water punch, SU buttons, Orange vinyl thickers from American Crafts

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Tessa

Labels:American Crafts,Distressed Dots,Kaden,Stampin on LO,unity | 16 Loves

What a Deer!

Saturday, December 6, 2008

I scrapped! YAY!!!! I was afraid I forgot how! LOL! I got goodies from Unity this week so I was dying to play! I just love this picture of Blake from last Christmas! The outfit was the CUTEST little thing EVER! It was so soft and fuzzy! And yes it had antlers - it wasn't mean it was CUTE! I wanted to play along with the Our Creative Corner Challenge today but I wanted to scrap so I thought ya know I think I can make that sketch work for a layout! And I did! I started with a cream piece of American Crafts cs, the Christmas collection I got at Mikes Black Friday. I stamped Unity's Worn Grid on a portion in Fired Brick Ranger Distress ink. I then cut my Basic Grey Wassail paper down and added a border sticker from the BG Wassail Sticker Sheet. I double matted my 4x4 photo on more Basic Grey Wassail and I used my Tim Holtz distresser to really distress the edges and then inked them with Frayed Burlap Distress ink. I added 3 pieces of PTI's Ripe Avocado double stitched ribbon folded over to create little tabs to the top and then added a wassail sticker, Making Memories poinsettia, and cut out image of Unity's do not open to the bottom left corner (image stamped in PTI Ripe Avocado). To create the title I used MME Bohemia rubons in brown and then BG Wassail alpha stickers and holly stickers. I jotted the date and his age in the bottom right portion. Thanks for looking! Man it feels good to scrap again! I actually finished another layout but am trying to decide something and I might need it for that so you only get this right now!

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Tessa

Labels:American Crafts,Basic Grey,Blake,Do Not Open,Our Creative Corner Challenge,PTI,unity,Worn Grid | 17 Loves

Does the bell ring for you?

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

If you have read or seen the Polar Express then you know what I am talking about, if you haven't GET ON IT!!!! Of course I recommend the book but I am a teacher and all so ya know! The movie is great too but my students drive me nuts with that's not how it is in the movie! GRRRR! The book was first! If it weren't for the book there wouldn't BE a movie! Parents please explain this to your children! Read them the BOOK! Ok done with my rant!

The card ~ this is for Lauren Meader's Saturday Sketch and OCCC challenge to use snowmen or snowflakes. Very non-traditional colors! But I love the look of this!!!! The santa is an amazing image I got from Wish-Rak it is by Rubber Stampede and sells for over $25 on ebay! I love Wish RAK! I stickled his beard and and the punched out snowflake. The CS is American Crafts Christmas collection, the patterned paper is Imaginesce. I added just a little color to him the eyes and cheeks. The ribbon is from SU's retired beachfront originals - it is very stiff! worked for this very well! the snowflake punch is marth stewart - I hate to admit it but I really like some of her punches! I am on the hunt for the Pine Branch Spring one right now! I did a little paper piercing around the snowflake and stamped BELIEVE in choc chip under the image - it is from PTI's Believe set! This is NOT one of my mass produced cards! I had been working on those and needed a break!

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Tessa

Labels:American Crafts,Christmas Card,PTI,Santa | 10 Loves

Sweet Baby

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

This is a layout for my last month as a Review Team member for Serendipity Scrapbooks. I received the Melissa Frances baby GIRL (?!?) kit but found that most of the papers in it were suitable for either gender. The base for this layout is one of the papers and well as the scalloped journaling tag in the bottom right corner. The scalloped edge and large bracket are grey American Crafts cs which PERFECTLY matched some grey fabric thickers I had!!!!! The twill across the page near the bottom is from Taylor Vanbruggen's store. The circle by the title I made with my JustRite stamper! Those little alphas are TINY! But it was so much fun creating my custom embellishment! It has his name and birthdate on it. I used the TNR font and tiny alpha on the wood stamper stamped it twice in Going Grey ink once on white cs and once on the blue. Punched them out and layered them! The journaling reads: Just hours old and already so totally wrapped in the love of your family.

Tools:
PP and Tag: Melissa Frances Baby Girl Kit available at Serendipity Scrapbooks
CS: White and Bashful Blue by SU, Grey by American Crafts
Stamps: Just Rite stamper
Ink: Basic Grey
Tools: Threading Water punch, circle punches
Other: Pale blue twill from Taylored Expressions, Grey Fabric Thickers

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Tessa

Labels:American Crafts,Baby,Blake,JustRite,layout,Scrapbooking,Serendipity Scrapbooks | 12 Loves

Friday Night Scraps - Homecoming

Friday, October 3, 2008

Tonight is my turn to host Friday Night Scraps leading up to the SUPERBOWL OF SCRAP over at SCS. My challenge is called HOMECOMING.

Every high school and college that play football has it - Homecoming - that one special game where the hype is 10 times the others. The community comes out in full force and former students and especially players come back to support their alma mater!
Homecoming isn't just the game it's the spirit week with crazy theme days, the parade, the pep rally, the bonfire, the homecoming court and the dance!
Tonight is both the school district I work for GO SAVAGES, and the high school I went to GO BLUE JAYS, homecoming.
We have had spirit week all week leading up to today. School let out early and everyone heads to main street for the parade!
It is some of my favorite memories from both high school and college - homecoming week!

Ok for my layout...
This layout was inspired by the cover of a Simple Scrapbooks mag - September I think. The colors were drawn from the dimensional title.
The base is brown American Crafts CS - love this stuff! The journaling is on PTI Summer Sun cs and I used my threading water punch along the bottom and faux stitched a straight stitch at the top. The DP is SEI which I used my slit punch to create scalloped edges at the top and bottom. I doodled around it. I matted the picture of our house on Tempting Turquoise and faux stitched to look like XX's around it.
I tied some PTI spring moss twill across it making a bow and the Title is from Michaels and I used the MM multicolor on white tiny alphas - I am obsessed with those! TFL and come play with us HERE!

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Tessa

Labels:American Crafts,layout,PTI,Scrapbooking,SEI,VSBN | 3 Loves