I hope you aren't getting tired of the dots border die just yet! I've used it again on this card, along with the thanks from the "give thanks" cookie cutter die and some flourishes from the Sophisticate gift set. One little yellow flower and a Kaiser adhesive pearl finish off the card front!
All of this week's cards featured patterned paper by October Afternoon and solid cardstock by Bazzill.
I love how this card would work for a male or female recipient! I used a green card base, added layers of different sized paper, and topped it with a strip of ruffled ribbon stitched directly to the card. Did you notice I used 2 different embossing folders by QuicKutz? The houndstooth border is embossed on the cream colored mat and the flower card (EF-A2-036) is embossed on blue and trimmed down to size. I stamped the greeting and added more color to the greeting with some Smooch paint.
If you have the Silhouette Digital Cutter you can easily make this card! The green border is cut with a Fiskars border punch. The pink label diecut is a metal die from the QuicKutz Santa's Workshop set. The stamp is by Stampin' Up! I attached the label and the birds with foam dots, but everything else is flat against the card base. The branch and the bird shapes are by Silhouette. The bird is actually one fo the new House of 3 Silhouette shapes, but I resized it and had the 2 versions of the same shape face opposite directions. Don't forget to ink the edges of your birds for extra dimension!
Just thought I'd share a few more completed pages from my December Daily album! One thing I learned was that my album was too structured! Next year I'll start with less pre-made pages so I can insert fun stuff like the program from the school play, coffee cup cozies, cards, and other memorabilia. Overall, I had a lot of fun making the album and filling up the pages. A few times I forgot to stop and take pictures. There's a few pics on my blackberry that I haven't downloaded to print yet. Mostly though, the album is done!
My "cockadoodle doo" rooster boy at Drama Camp! Notice how I did some journaling on the empty space of the blue shirted girl? We don't actually know her anyway! ;)
This was from the Youth Christmas party. I got a good shot of Zakk peeking back at me.
The 10th is not a Christmas activity, but it is an event from December. I also inserted that fun cupcake postcard that I got from Anthropologie! It's a coupon that I couldn't use so I added it to the book with journaling on the backside.
This page included a 5x7 photo collage I created in Photoshop Elements. I faded out some of the shots of the decorations and journaled right over one of the decoration images.
I added a foldout square to my half-sized page to allow plenty of room for journaling and pics on both sides of the foldout. Such a fun night that one was!
Some of the images above may seem too small, but if you click on them they will open in a larger window. Thanks so much to all the readers who followed the daily prompts on SBFTH's blog with me all through December! I hope you got some good inspiration starters to help you complete your own pages!
Day 2 of our week in cards: an easy but elegant Valentine! I used the Accucut trifold card shape for the base. Then I used the QuicKutz dots border cut in half lengthwise and pre-folded at each scallop to create the lacey, scalloped edge. Then I adhered patterned paper over the flap hiding the overlapping edges of the scallop. The heart is free-hand cut and embellished with random buttons, brads, and gems. The ribbon runs across the back and through the side flap to create a bow. The "so special" stamp is by Close to My Heart stamps and the banner is free-hand cut and folded at the ends to simulate dimension.
Welcome to a week (Mon-Fri) of cards! Next week we'll look at a week of layouts! Today is a baby-themed card! I used the Silhouette to cut the "hello" using a giraffe for the H and a normal font like arial for the ELLO. I cut BABY using Miss Muffet alphabet. The green scallops are made by cutting the dots border diecut in half lengthwise. I rounded the corners on the striped mat before layering on the card. A little ribbon to match the card base and cute buttons complete the look!
Just thought I'd share a few zoomed in images from my Pink Paislee Christmas mini and give you some pointers on techniques in case you make one of your own!
The tree: I wrapped twine and ribbons around the popcicle stick (with a strip of tacky tape in place on the backside to keep it all secure). I trimmed the ribbon after in graduated widths to resemble a tree. The star on top is from Heidi Swapp's chipboard and inked with Broken China Distress Ink. The little brown button is from a BoBunny button pack.I secured the whole thing to my cover with more tacky tape and a foam dot under the star. The large acrylic star coming out from under the tree is from a Maya Road coaster album. I inked the backside with alcohol ink and attached it to the cover with Glossy Accents glue before I attached the tree.
The dots: every page has three little dots that I used a regular hole punch and paper scraps to create. This flap has them scattered as ornaments on the stamped tree, but every other page has them in a straight row. I just thought it added a touch of color and something to draw the eyes around the 2-page spreads! You can also see here how I used Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a foam applicator to ink the edges of every single page (but not too many of the papers I adhered). I did the inking at the beginning before slapping anything down on the album. It took about 20 minutes and it's so worth the time. But don't use the ink pad directly! It will produce too harsh an effect! Be sure to use a foam applicator or some Cut-N-Dry Foam to apply the Distress Ink and you will be happier with the results. :)
The straight ruffle: I added a ruffled edge to some of my flaps. Just take a piece of straight edge paper and fold the ruffles into the paper. Apply wet glue (I use Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive) along the edge (backside) and attach the ruffle. Take your time and hold it in place until the glue dries.
Embellishing: I know it's shocking, but I didn't use very many QuicKutz on this one! I did use an embossing folder to add character to my solid cardstock like this page. I also used two border dies a lot: scalloped and dots. I used the border dies to make accent strips and ruffles. I alternated between stamps and QK alphabets for my page titles. This title is made with Storybook 4x8 alphabet.
The scalloped ruffle: This was one of my favorite little treatments! I used the dots border die to cut my paper, then cut the whole border die cut in half lengthwise. Then you just bend the paper at each dot and glue to the back of the flap! One die cut will treat 2 pages! (Did you notice my 3 punched dots too?!)
Hope the tips help! They'll be fun to use on regular scrapbook pages, too!
I've been making lots of cards to spread Christmas cheer! This batch features Making Memories paper (Mistletoe) and lots of QuicKutz shapes. I added texture with Stickles Rock Candy (snow) and shine with Glossy Accents (especially on die cut letters). I can't pick a favorite, so I'll just have to make several of each!
Don't you love the flourish die cuts as antlers for the reindeer!?
It doesn't show in the photo, but there's snow on that branch!
Here's an example of Glossy Accents over die cut letters.
Here I layered QK borders, buttons, and glittery snowflake foam stickers.
This one is 5x7 finished size. It looks like a lot of detail, but it's pretty simple!
I'm going to teach a class this month and you'll get to make all 5 cards, plus some bonus package tags! It's called QuicKards and it's only $20 at Scrapbooks from the Heart. Call the store if you're interested in signing up. The class is Saturday, November 21 at 11 am and your kit comes with all the paper and die cuts you need. You just bring your adhesives and paper trimmers!
I like this one for lots of reasons: the people in it, the colors of the paper (BG Granola), and the funky letter stickers (AC Thickers). I cut the large flower from patterned paper and embellished the tiny flowers with some blue brads. The rub-ons are by Hambly Studios. I love all the shades of blue sky in the pics, too!
The layout is basically (3) 4x6 photos portrait style, and (2) 6x4 photos landscape style (trimmed so they are only 6" tall combined). Add in layers of patterned paper and your title with a couple embellishments, and you're done!
Here's another with mainly 4x6 photos. I used BoBunny papers, Reuse gift set by QuicKutz, the 4x4 branch die by QK, and a Prima stamp (owl).
One last linear layout for you! Here I have two rows of 4" tall pics with space left open for my crackle-painted cars. The title is created with Scenic Route chipboard letters (I will miss SR!). The patterned paper is Little Yellow Bicycle's Traveler and the chipboard shapes are by Maya Road. So now that you have some inspiration for fast pages...go make some for your own albums!
I decided to make a layout with all of my friends who have December birthdays (since I'm one of them, too!). I used Kelly Purkey's sketch from 2 Peas Super Sketches class as my inspiration. I like the tone on tone in the top margin (that's something I don't usually do!) and I love how simple the layout is.
I used Cosmopolitan alphabet die set by QuicKutz, as well as the scalloped border die and the circle journaling spot die. The rub-ons are by Basic Grey. The little sub-title in the bottom right corner is actually circles punched with a hole punch and then letters are written in with a white journal pen. I did a little bit of machine stitching along the bottom edge of the green margin using purple thread to match the rest of the layout!
