December Blog Hop - Stickease

 
Welcome! If you have come from  Jennifer’s blog you are on the right track. 
It has been awhile since I participated in a blog hop!  I so miss doing them.  I hope to get back to participating each month for the winter at least.  This month we are featuring My Stickease.  These are heavy weight stickers that coordinate with the my reflections Paper Packet from Close To My Heart. 
I have to admit that I was not really a fan of stickers.  When i first started scrapbooking many years ago, a consultant from another company encouraged me to place stickers randomly around my cropped and cut up photos. And these stickers had nothing to do with the theme of the page either.  But that was how she taught her classes.  Needless to say I only took ONE class like that.  But it turned me off of stickers for years.  It is only in the last couple of years that I started looking at the My Stickease that coordinated with the papers from Close To My Heart.  They match the papers, they coordinate with the papers and theme of the layout and there are so many things you can do to the stickers to “dress them up”. 
On this layout:
I placed the sticker directly onto my base page.
I layered them onto cardstock
I placed baby powder on the backing to eliminate the stickiness and then popped them up with foam dots
I placed brads through them
I used a fine tip glue pen to trace the lettering or design then applied prisma glitter
I cut a scalloped circle on one side to have one flat edge to place against my photo mat
So as you can see there are many ways you can dress them up to suit your taste or design. 

All supplies are from Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted:
Magic – Juggling Act Sketch
X7146B Wonderland Paper
X7146C Wonderland My Stickease
Z2124 Grey Flannel Ink
Colors are Chocolate, Grey Flannel, twilight, Spring Iris and White Daisy
Amethyst Bigger Brad
Foam Dots
Quickie Glue pen
Paper Shapers corner rounder,1 inch and 11/4 inch circle punch
Prisma Glitter
Finger dauber
Now you can continue on your hop by going to Luisa’s Blog!

Thanks for stopping by…
Laurie

All Star Layout

I really like the layout of these pages. It is another sketch from the Magic How To Book, Juggling Act on page 110. These sketches make it so easy to duplicate the layouts with Cutting Diagrams, Placement diagrams, paper sizes and full color photos of a completed layout using the pattern. I cannot say enough about the How to Books from Jeanette Lynton founder of Close To My Heart.


All supplies are from Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted:
Colors are White Daisy, Cranberry, Bamboo and Indian Corn Blue
Zippidee Paper X7125B
Grace paper X7117B
All Star Stamp Set D1256 (retired)
Cranberry marker
Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue Exclusive Inks
Star Nestabilities
Paper Shapers Star Punch
Big White Brads from?
Blazing Red Stazon Ink

Thanks for stopping by…
Laurie

One Year Old!

It is hard to believe that my granddaughter had her 1st birthday already.  Time sure flies...We had a nice party for her out at the lake. 
I like the way the Hooligans paper packet went with the birthday photos.  it was a lot of fun making this from the new How To Book, Magic.  The pattern is in there, but I did change it up a bit.
I also didn't have any sunset cardstock so I used White Daisy cardstock and my sunset ink pad and did direct to paper to make my own sunset cardstock.  I think it turned out beautiful, it has a bit of texture for depth.  And it is very easy to do if you find yourself without the right color of cardstock. 
All supplies are Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted. 
Magic juggling Act Page 110
Hooligans Paper Packet X7129B
Hooligans Stickease X7129C
Today's Date D1286
Giggle Lowercase Alphabet D1137
Pear Mini Medleys Z1399
Sunset Brads Mini Medleys Z1338

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie