It's a "guy" page for this week's class. The paper is Stamping Station. The circles are tranparencies that were colored using alcohol inks. This techinque is very adaptable to any color scheme. The title is a very cool laser cut from a a company called Northwest Memories located in Lynnwood, WA. And I've wanted to use one of these license plates from Karen Foster for a while now. They are just so cute. I've stuck with my resolution to do more journaling. This time, I interviewed my husband about this fishing experience. I think he was pretty pleased to be able to tell his story.
Couldn't believe I could finally take a picture outside Saturday. No rain and even sunshine so photo is in natural light (the best!). This layout was designed for a demo using Copic markers for my LSS. I used a Prima Marketing printables transparency. These are perfect if you have some photos with colors that are difficult to match to any scrapbooking papers. The markers can be blended to create just about any color you need. I then made a matching page for a 2-page layout using a transparency sheet that I stamped and colored and then attached to a tag kind of ala Tim Holtz. He shows you on his blog that the alcohol inks will also color glitter stickers. In keeping with one of my new year's resolution, this layout has a significant amount of journaling. And the "JOY" on the tag, well that is my one little word for 2009.
One thing I want to do more of this year is journaling. I decided to make my first class layout for 2009 a little different. It's a Christmas layout, but this time it is about a Christmas item that means something special to me so I could write about it. All the swirls were fun to do and I really like the tree (or half a tree as the case may be). I even included the words to a song I wrote back in December 2002. The supplies were from all over the place, including Little Yellow Bicycle, Bo Bunny, KaiserScrapbook, and Prima Marketing. It felt good to use up some of the many extras I had laying around. The chipboard was from last year's Cosmo Cricket's JOY collection.
Such wonderful memories of this Christmas as I completed this layout. Lots of circles here and I love the flow, thanks to the vellum swirls. Embellishments, besides the punched circles, are Tim Holtz grunge board. Love his seasonal package. The paper and stickers are Little Yellow Bicycle. Merry Christmas to all as you make your own holiday memories this year. May they fill your heart with joy.
It's a case where a less-than-perfect photo could not be contained. Allie Edwards always stresses embracing imperfection and so I went for it this time. I'm glad to be in the big group photo, but it means someone else snapped it. I say, better to be in it. The layout was inspired by my new Bigz Top Note dye from Stampin Up. Love it. So I made my own larger template. The background paper is some lovely flocked poinsettas from Fiskar's Kimberly Polson line. The title is Felt Alphas from Making Memories. And the circles behind, well, that is from Allie Edwards and I just love the look.
I should have taken more picture on Thanksgiving. Somehow, being the chief chef and all, I only got a few. We even had special guests and I didn't capture a picture of them. Oh well, sometimes you just have to make do with what you have. I found these five to be acceptable and actually made a pretty nice layout. The paper is Sassafras Lass and I love the attached die cut borders. I copied their flower embellishments but made my own because I needed orange. The chipboard swirls were left over from a large package by Making Memories I think. The rubon title was some of the easiest rubons I have even used. They were by Arctic Frog. The inspiration for the title came from watching Rick Warren on Fox News the other night. He said lots of Americans give thanks, but not too many give thanks to God.
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