I used sketch #31 at 52 Sketches...52 Weeks for my inspiration and it came together very quickly. The only problem with this layout was that it was 10 PM, both girls were sleeping and I wanted to finish the one last step of putting glitter on that arrow. I needed to use the SU! heat & stick powder...the heat gun is not too loud but I guess it was loud enough to wake both of the princesses ;)
Thanks for looking!
I have a ton of accessories from the line and started to wonder if I would ever use them all :) I was thrilled with these rubons - they are very colorful and are meant to be layered.
What great weather we are having - 2 weekends in a row! Hope you all are enjoying YOUR weekend ;)
The pumpkins and dot paper are scraps from some other pages I did. (here and here) Let me tell you how glad I am that I cut out that middle section of the dot paper! I'm not normally THAT stingy with my paper but I really liked it :) and it ended up being the perfect size for this layout! What wasn't working perfect for me was my border punch. Not sure what my problem was but I could not get it to come out straight...
I still have a few of these pumpkins left - I just love popping them up and it worked perfectly to cover the camera date print on this picture!
It's very basic - the only dimension is that I popped up the "Family" tag. (And that was my 2nd choice but I accidentally inked my fingerprint onto my first choice of tag...it's a good thing I have so much MME stuff in my stash!)
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I did this based on a sketch seen here designed by Julie from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. I LOVE Julie's page that she made for the sketch!
I copied the layout exactly like the front cover of our Pine Cone Press Design's idea book - but they used the Jolly By Golly line from Cosmo Cricket. I tried to find an image to show but didn't come across one easily - and am too lazy to just go take a picture of my book!
What I really thought was neat was making my own "chipboard". I got the idea from someone on the Quickutz Yahoo group forum. I used the Silhouette to cut "family" 3 times and then glued them together. It gave the added dimension to the page without having to use popdots...would have been hard with this font to keep them hidden. Stacking them was actually very easy - I expected to have some issues getting them stacked so nicely.
One more layout to share tomorrow (NOT orange!) then I'll have to get busy again!
I never thought of myself using ORANGE as the main color of my layout (especially a non-Halloween one!) but it went well with the dress. I REALLY like this side of the paper better but it was just too busy :)
There was an insane amount of distressing - or so it felt. And I got carried away with the stickles...I think I need to attend a help group!
Not sure if I would stickle the brackets if I had it to do over again... But I only had one set. This flower with the butterfly on it is proof that I went overboard on the stickles. BUT the butterfly was so P.L.A.I.N. all by itself.
I love the Bo Bunny lines but their die cuts tend to lack something in my opinion. The yellow flower was actually part of a circle - I cut it up to be able to give it dimension. I had to cut that red one some, too. When I stand away from the layout, I like it...but close up, I think I took the stickles just a little too far. Think I've learned my lesson?
I got this paper piercing title from a local scrapbook store that has since closed down. There was a local girl that made these to sell at the store and I just love them. Over the years, I bought Thanksgiving turkeys, Indians, Easter bunnies, and more that she created (or took classes with her to make them) - all from just using the basics of punches, cardstock, pens and chalk. She was very creative and I wonder if she's still making these and selling them...
Might not get much scrapping done this weekend since we are having unusually nice weather here :) But several blogs released new sketches on the 1st so I'm sure I'll get around to them next week. Thanks for stopping by!
