Thursday, May 7, 2009

Pink Paislee Pop Fashion page layout

I was eager to use that Pop Fashion paper from Pink Paislee, but with three boys I don't get to use much pink. Then, I remembered these pictures that have just been waiting for some pink.
I cut the small frames out of the transparency because the photos I was working with did not fit.

I adherred it to the paper at an angle then flipped it over and trimmed off the excess.

I love those silvery metallic rub-ons, so I started adding them. They are not kidding when they call these press-ons. Light rubbing is all that is needed and they tranfer easily.

In this close-up you can see how silvery the clear overlay is that I trimmed down. It was a full 12x12 sheet. I'll probably use the rest on the page that will go across from this one in my album.

I took a bright pink felt flower and added stickles for dimension.
I punched out a scalloped circle from the remains of pink pink cardstock and ran it through the Sizzix big Shot in the Cuttlebug embossing folder, then inked it to layer under the felt flower.
I used the Cricut to cut out this butterfly accent from the Storybook cartridge.
Then curled the wings around a Tombow Marker and added small self adhesive pearls to the center of the butterfly.
The butterfly doesn't show up very well in the photo of the layout, but it's there.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

12x12 page layout

On Tuesday nights I like to scrap since the shop is open until 8pm. I got the chance to use the Clear Prima Paintable overlay that Carole painted for me at the crop the other day.

I love this diecut paper from Making Memories. This was not what I had originally planned to do with this paper, but you know how that goes sometimes once you start on a project. I pulled out scraps from the pink and green files to put behind the openings, added the Prima flowers and used a slickwriter to journal on the clear overlay.




Monday, May 4, 2009

Prima 6x6 clear paintables and alcohol inks

For our NSD make-n-take project, we used Prima 6x6 Clear Paintables. We painted them with alcohol inks, a blender pen, and white acrylic paint.
Below is a page layout I used one on.
For those of you that couldn't attend the event, I've included step by step directions .

The clear Paintables come on a 12x12 sheet with 4 different patterns that can be cut into 6x6 squares.



We used a clear acrylic sheet as our ink pallet. You can use any non-porous surface. Select the alcohol ink colors you would like to use and add a drop or 2 of each color in different spots.
Fill an H2O brush with alcohol blending solution. (Once you use blending solution in the brush you cannot use it as a water brush, so make sure you mark it to know the difference.)

Start by placing your 6x6 paintable on top of a white piece of scrap paper. This will allow you to see what the colors will look like on your page.


The alcohol ink will dry very fast, but the solution in the brush will reactivate it. Use the brush to pick up the color you want and begin painting.

Another great thing to remember is you can wipe the brush clean and go over any spots you want to clean up, it will easily remove the ink.


After you finish painting the front, turn your paintable over so you are looking at the back side. Use white acrylic paint to cover all of your colored areas. Make sure you stay inside the lines, otherwise you will see white paint on the front side.

Melanie and I were so busy running around on Saturday that Carol E. painted this one for Melanie to use on her page. Didn't it turn out great?

Thanks Carol.

In this layout, Nancy used one of the clear paintables and she didn't paint white acrylic on the back, that way the frame was translucent so that you can still the design of the background paper through the painted image.

A few more photos from NSD.

When I got to work this morning I found the photos my sister (Cynthia) took at the NSD crop. I will add the pics from the Make and Take soon.She had a photo of Blossom with our mom on her camera.
I wanted to mention a BIG Thank You to Heather (our sister-n-law). She helped all day Friday at the store getting ready for the event. Then stayed Saturday after cropping all day to help clean up.
As you can see we had a special helper drawing some of tickets for the raffle prizes. My daughter Lillian. We had drawings every hour for door prizes, but these 10 drawings were for the raffle items that were donated by each vendor (2 items per vendor).


Congratulations to our GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!!
Juli Peach won the 15 inch Bidex Heavy Duty Rotary Trimmer. A $130 value.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

National Scrapbooking Day 2009

It's National Scrapbooking day!!! We held a NSD crop at Zander's Ice Cream shop again this year. We had lots of fun croppin' with friends. There were classes, make-n-takes, prizes, raffles and more.
I would like to say Thank You to my sisters, Cynthia and Blossom for helping out with the crop. Since Melanie and I were running back and forth between the crop and our store 2 doors down, we needed the extra hands. Blossom ran the shop for us (sorry, no photo of her) and Cynthia helped at the crop.
Here Cynthia is setting up the food table. Another special Thank You to David B. for making the amazing cupcakes that everyone loved. (Recipe for cupcakes in previous entry.)We wanted to make this event the best that we can, so we invited additional vendors. Below are photos of the booths they set up.
Lisa Wilson (Shabby Pink Designs)
Marcia Marion (Creative Memories)Debra VanPatten (Close To My Heart) Phyllis Richardson (Stampin Up)
Thank you ladies for joining in the fun.

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Friday, May 1, 2009

My Mind's Eye Penny Lane What A Hoot layouts

These layouts were created using the Chloe Lynn paper from the Penny Lane line


by My Mind's Eye.
Created By: Becky O. (12x12)


Created By: Lori W. (12x12)

Created By: Trudy M. (12x12)


Created By: Sherry W. (12x12)

Created By: LaDonna M. (12x12)

Created By: Heather C. (12x12)


Created By: Jennifer E. (12x12)
Created By: Angie S. (12x12)
Created By: Martha R. (12x12)


Created By: Candy N. (12x12)



Created By: Barb W. (12x12)
Created By: LaDonna M. (12x12)
Created By: Robin G. (12x12)

Created By: Gina G. (12x12)Created By: Ramona H. (12x12)
The following 3 cards were created by Melanie H. using one kit for all 3.


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