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Showing posts with label scrapbook chicks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scrapbook chicks. Show all posts
This boy!
My son and his buddy on an October afternoon on our playset. I used Crate Paper's Toy Box line that I got from Scrapbook Chicks at their crop. And now in the store it's on clearance!!!!! Check it out HERE! I just love Christie - the chief chick and her store! She has weekly deals that come out on Wednesdays but you can get in on it early by watching their ustream broadcast on Tuesday nights at 9 pm CENTRAL. Check out their facebook page for all the updates HERE!
I spot an owl, and a sketch!
This is for the March 7th Sassy Sketch - I started it and knew I was going to have to do a two pager with all the pictures I had - that and I am trying to do more 2 pagers for a certain sb store owner who I promote! ;) So I went ahead and made this page for the right side of the sketch! I really like how it turned out and I just love this Jillibean Soup spotted owl collection that I got at SCRAPBOOK CHICKS!!! It worked perfectly for this birthday layout but look closely you could so use it for many many other things!!!! TFL! STay tuned for the other half of this layout!!!!
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2 Infinity.....
say it with me.......and beyond!
Quick layout for you - one that almost sent me over the edge! I cut the paper wrong TWICE! lost the journaling spot and lost the embellishment, then my tape runner ran out! Needless to say I packed it in after that! But I managed to come back and finish it up and it turned out pretty good in spite of things!
I used the NEW To The Moon Line by Fancy Pants that I got from Christie at Scrapbook Chicks!
Have you checked out Scrapbook Chicks yet? Yes - isn't it GREAT!?!?!? No - What are you waiting for!?!??!?! They are the BEST!!! Latest and greatest products - BEST prices, excellent customer service, and fast shipping! What more could you want?!?!?! A crop? They are having one April 29,30 and May 1st!!! Click HERE then click on Scrapbook Retreat at the top! I am going and I am sooooooo excited! Be sure to mention I referred you! She even has a reward program where you earn credit for MORE great scrappy stuff! Oh and don't forget to check out the LIVE U stream videos on Tuesday nights at 9pm central! Just click the link HERE to go to their Ustream page - you have to sign up but it's free and so fun! Christie shares layouts, does give aways, we chat it's so fun! Oh and if you do stop by please say hi and that I sent you! :)
Ok enough of my rambling here's the stamped image I used on my layout
It is from the Gina K Designs set Oh Boy by Tami Mayberry I colored it with Copic Markers B95, B97, B99, R29 and R27 and Y00, Y35, and Y38 I then added some gold gel pen for highlights. I cut it out and popped it up. And now for the entire layout.
I used the Sassy Little Sketch found HERE. Thanks for looking!
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Mojo Rescue
Ever lost your mojo? Ever been stuck in a funk? Ever been so busy that your brain just has no room left for creativity cause it is on autopilot just trying to keep up with your life? When even a challenge or sketch won't get the mojo flowin? Sometimes new product works but sometimes not :( This is where I have been! But when you get new product, have the perfect pictures AND a great sketch!??!?!?!? It's the get your mojo flowing TRIFECTA! And this is what comes out of it!!!!
A two page layout of scrappy goodness! I got an order from Scrapbook Chicks, (which included all this Imaginisce goodness) we had just been to the circus, and there was this sketch from Sketchy Thursday! Oh and I was home from work that day cause Blake was sick!
I used the new line by Imaginisce, Animal Crackers, It is sooooooooooo cute! And perfect for these pictures from the circus! I cut the title with SCAL on my cricut from a font I downloaded.
I used the new line by Imaginisce, Animal Crackers, It is sooooooooooo cute! And perfect for these pictures from the circus! I cut the title with SCAL on my cricut from a font I downloaded.
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Finished in 15?
I will be the first to admit ~ I am a slow scrapper! I like to measure things, get everything just right. My layouts aren't overly fancy but like them to be well done. So when my friend Natalie {Scrappy*Natty) suggested we try finished in 15 from ScrapbookChicks.com I was like - um sure whatever - she took that to mean yes! Finished in 15 is a LIVE broadcast where one of the Chics demonstrates how to make a page - or in this case 2 in 15 minutes!!!!!! Now in all fairness they do tell you how many pictures you need, patterned papers, cardstock and such, and in this case a dinner plate! WHAT?!?!? {Can you find the where the dinner plate was used in the LO?}So I gathered my supplies and pictures and sat ready at my computer for this 15 minute scrapbook page class! Meanwhile Natalie is skypeing me in a panic trying to find 4 vertical pictures and TWO patterned papers - she has issues with patterns! So we logged on to U Stream TV and waited for the show!
As the LIVE broadcast began there was a chat going and it was fun chatting with other scrappers. Then she got down to business and started the layout! OMG! There was no way to keep up! Not to mention the fact that my paper trimmer decided to come apart in the middle of cutting my first piece of paper! I managed to fix it and get back on track - at this point I didn't realize there would be a recorded version to refer back to later! It is VERY difficult to scrap and chat and watch the instructions all at the same time. But she most definitely finished the layout - while working upside down showing us in 15 minutes! Yes it was a simple layout and yes she had already done the same layout before in coming up with the layout for the show but still 15 minutes!!!! And in that time I got my background paper cut, my paper trimmer fixed and my circle cut! Told you I was slow! The owners were on with us and asked for suggestions because they are going to do more in the future - yay! I suggested saying whether to matte the photos or not and like cut the circle ahead of time etc. So they are going to try and give those specifics before now :)
So after I finished chatting I got back to work on my layout. The background strip all the way across is Cosmo Cricket's Snorkel line - Yes I have been using a lot of it lately! What can I say I love me some Cosmo Cricket!!!!! The large circle is from the same line and I then trimmed off about 1/3 of it, cut it in half to go on both pages and attached it to the layout in the center on both pages. I matted each of my photos on cardstock and evenly spaced them on the two pages. I used chipboard thickers for my title from American Crafts - I just love thickers!!!!! There was quite the discussion about them during the broadcast! Apparently they no longer make the foam ones - but I know many Hobby Lobby stores still have them. Also apparently the vinyl ones are worthless! I have a package but haven't used them yet so we shall see! Any way I love them and love my title! I used strip journaling surrounding my title and then sat back and looked at my layout.
It was just too plain and too flat. I decided to add the date at the end and returned to my trusty thickers to create a pretty large date and then added some DMC floss just for some texture. Nothing major but a nice little touch. See the picture to the right for a close up!
That gave it a little more dimension and texture but it still needed something else. I decided to do some faux stitching around the circle - I just wasn't in the mood to fight the sewing machine! So I pulled out my paper piercer and went to town then used my white signo gel pen to create the stitching.
Since this layout is for our family album I decided to add some flowers - I try not to use too many flowers on my boys pages being well that they are BOYS! So I layered up some flowers attaching them with brads and glue dots and added some leaves underneath making a very nice little cluster to add to the layout. It was just the touch it needed! It gave the layout some more texture and a little more height so it wasn't so flat and gave me a chance to use up some flowers since eve though I don't use them very often I like them and like buying them! See the picture to the left for a close up of the flower cluster.
So all in all it actually took me probably about an hour and fifteen minutes but still faster than it usually does from start to finish! And it's two more pages DONE!
So all in all it actually took me probably about an hour and fifteen minutes but still faster than it usually does from start to finish! And it's two more pages DONE!
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Tessa
CS: Bazzill Basics
PP: Cosmo Cricket Snorkel
Other: Assorted flowers and brads, Thickers by American Crafts, DMC floss in off white, white gel pen
Tools: Dinner plate, paper trimmer, paper piercer, sissors
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