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Friday, September 16, 2011

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge 9-16-11: Punches

Welcome to my entry for the Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge 9-16-11: Punches

As you may have noticed, I am very partial to creating layouts, and I am partial to my youngest son as my focus. So, I was thrilled when I got to create layouts using punches, because I had just begun to sort and crop all of the photos from our first trip to Tweetsie Railroad. And.....I recently purchased a Martha Stewart Border punch in choo choo train for a steal at a big box chain craft store! SO.....all this to say I was excited to get started on these layouts!

The photo above shows a secrtion of the choo choo border punch in a teal cardstock, inked with Distressing ink, and adhered to a black backgroud.
On the top layout, I cut a 12 in. strip of teal paper, and punched continuously, end to end. I left the remaining section of cardstock that resulted from the punched strip. I then applied this as a bottom border for my layout.
This project was created using the Sarsparilla Paper Pack , and coordinating Stickease stickers from Close To My Heart, our sponsor!
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The layout below also incorporated the same punch, but I chose to punch the entire width of the top of my 12 x 12 in. cardstock base, and create only a decorative top edge, rather than a border strip or a decorative edge on all 4 sides of my background cardstock!

I hope you'll try out some of those punches you have already, or branch out and purchase a new one you have been wanting to try, but haven't! We love to see your creations ar Frosted Designs!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Sunshine In My Life

This layout has my NEW favorite background: A sheet of 12 x 12 FABRIC! This one I purchased at the chain craft store in town, and in case it is hard to tell, is the white/aqua polka dotted piece! Up close it has a lot of texture! The brand name is Recollections!
These FABRIC materials were chosen for the Creative Belli Challenge #123 Non-Paper! Check out their site: http://bellichallenge.blogspot.com
I chose my stamped image from Inkadinkado, and colored with Close To My Heart colored pencils. The SUMMER theme and stamped image are for the Stamp Something challenge: Dog Days of Summer Somethings 8-12-11 Challenge. You can find their site here: http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com
Don't you just love circles on water and pool layouts? I do! It just speaks water droplets to me! I chose all of the circle paper die cuts, button embellishments, polka dots, and other die cuts for the Totally Gorjuss Challenge #93 Round and Round. You can find their site here: http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com

Saturday, July 30, 2011

New Day

"New Day" Layout
Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #109: Brand Spanking New

This layout pays tribute to my mother-in-law, whom we affectionately call, "Nana Margaret." These photos were taken at Thanksgiving, and we had received the news that she had a clean bill of health after her second bout with cancer, chemotherapy, and radiation. We were so, so thankful!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Close To You

Stamp Something: Challenge Something Embellished "Close To You" Layout

Fancy Pants Beach Bum collection combined with Close To My Heart cardstock and brads, along with American Crafts thickers!

I used large Zots to attach my large buttons, the Xyron 150 Create A Sticker to attach the striped ribbon, and Recollections foam circles to elevate several pieces on the layout.

Fancy Pants Beach Bum Collection

I am getting more and more comfortable with my own handwriting, and decided to use it on this layout.