It is looking a bit more like Christmas

Wow, The weather here today is really wild.  We are in the middle of a good old blizzard with forecasts of more than a foot of snow with wind.  So, with it looking a bit more like Christmas, I thought I would post my Christmas layout today.

Don’t you just love the new Pear and partridge Paper? I love the traditional Christmas colors with a bit of brown. And With the instructions included in the Workshops on the Go kits, it makes for an afternoon (or evening) of creative bliss. This kit teaches a few tricks that you may not have thought of before, like mixing 1^st and 2^nd generation stamping in one cluster, Layering rub on images with stamped images and even layering rub ons on top of each other. There are more little tricks too but I will leave that for you to discover when you put your own kit together. You can buy your Pear and partridge Workshop on the Go Here

All supplies are from Close to My Heart unless otherwise noted:

G1052 Pear and Partridge Workshop On The Go Comes with

X7162B Pear and Partridge Paper Packet

Pear and Partridge Stamp Set

Z7162C Pear and Partridge Compliments Glitter rub Ons

Z1326 Red Sparkles

You can add these items to finish off your layout

Z2175 Cashmere Ink

Z2116 Cranberry Ink

Z2137 olive ink

Z697 Sponge

C1435 Triple Play Stamp set to stamp “Love This”

D1386 Save the date Stamp Set to stamp “2011”

D1243 Peace on Earth Stamp Set to stamp “Christmas”

 

Thanks for stopping by…

Laurie

Gift certificate Holders

 

When I give a gift certificate, I like to decorate a cute little card to put it in. These are really simple to make. My gift certificates are 3 ½ x 6 1/4.

I took crystal Blue cardstock cut to 10 x 7 ¼

Scored it at 4 inches and 8 inches

I folded up the 2 inch strip and glued down just the sides with very thin adhesive.

Then I decorated it.

One of the other things I did to these is colored my sparkles brown. I took the regular clear sparkles and colored them in with my Copic Marker E47. I set them aside to dry only a minute and then placed them on the tree on the front of my card and on the holly Berries on the inside of the card. Since I bought my Copic markers I buy a lot of embellishments in clear or white and color them with my Copics to match whatever I am working with. This saves a lot of money as I don’t need sparkles in every color now.

All supplies are from Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted:

X7146B Wonderland Paper

Crystal Blue and Chocolate Cardstock

Z2111 Chocolate Ink

Z2117 Crystal Blue Ink

D1492 Christmas Love Stamp Set

D1243 Peace on Earth Stamp Set

Chocolate Polka Dot Ribbon

Z1104 Clear Sparkles

Z1263 Bitty Sparkles Clear

Finger Daubers

E47 Copic Marker

Martha Stewart Cherish Border Punch

 

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Laurie

Scrapbooking with not so great pictures

These pictures are not perfect. Many years ago I scanned in some old Polaroid photos into my computer to make sure the memories were preserved. My scanner at the time was an old one. Long story short, when I printed them off they were all pixilated. I was so disappointed, so I filed them away not wanting to scrapbook them. But the reason I scrapbook is to tell the stories and memories with pictures and text. So, although the pictures are not perfect they still tell a story. And here they are.


All supplies are from Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted:
Magic…Mesmerize Sketch
Jingle paper Packet X7115B
Colors are Olive, Tulip and White Daisy
Stamp Sets: Peace on Earth D1243
Tiny Typewriter Alphabet D1222
A Timber A1110
Sparkles Red Collection Z1326
EK Success Scalloped Scallop Border Punch
Martha Stewart Himalayan Snowflake Large

Thanks for stopping by…
Laurie