Monday, January 31, 2011

Seven-A two pager!

This is for the January 24 sketch challenge over at www.stuckonusketches.blogspot.com. I made mine into a two-pager and used 16 photo's of my daughter's seventh birthday party. I didn't want to make several pages of these photo's so I cropped them all except two down to 3" x 2-1/2" and they all fit. For this first page, which is based on the sketch, I used:

paper: K&Co-best of Brenda Walton for printed paper; DCWV for solid cardstock
cricut: lacy labels with hide contour feature so the middle wouldn't cut out
Title font: Chell Chrome Bold cut in scal on regular and shadow (love the cutouts in this font)
Martha Stewart: butterflies and lattice border punch (the large pink butterflies are layered three times with foam)
Prima flowers
Recollections flat back pearls
little square word cutouts are from a freebie download at www.mysimplestories.com
Ranger: vintage photo ink
EK Success retro flower punch for the brown flower. I ran a stylus ball on each of the petals on the backside of the brown flower until they curled up and then flipped it over and added the white flower and pearl. I use the back side of my cricut mouse pad and a stylus and it works pretty good. I saw this technique at www.mcgillinc.com about doing flowers this way and don't have the kit so I improvised using the back of my cricut mouse pad and a regular stylus!
page 2- Martha Stewart butterfly punch and lattice border punch; prima flowers, flat back pearls and cricut sweet treats cart for the cupcake card that opens for journaling and eksuccess retro flower punch for brown flower.

close up of cutout words and to show the layers of butterflies
This is the cupcake card that opens up for my journaling.
Whew! I think that about does it!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

I color outside the lines!

This layout is for the January 7th sketch challenge over at stuckonusketches.blogspot.com.
It feels like forever since I actually got to do a layout!

Paper: DCWV Grade School pack
cricut: Fabulous Finds for tabbed file folder
Locker Talk for crayons
Lacey Labels for scallop frame
computer generated title
ribbon is from Michaels
inks: vintage photo by Ranger and Studio G burgundy
pop dots under crayons