Florentine Layout

Quick post today.  No supply list for you but I bet you will enjoy it anyways. 

 

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Laurie

Using Burlap Ribbon

I love the look of this layout with the burlap ribbon on it. It can be used for little boy layouts, big, tough men layouts or the cute little cowgirl layouts. It should be quite simple to come up with photos for this one.

I really like the look of our new burlap ribbon. It has finished edges making if very simple to use. You can also cut into it like I did with the ribbon edge and it will not fray too much. If you do want the frayed look though it is easy to do by just pulling at the layers of burlap a little and it will fray easily for a completely different look. This ribbon is 1 ½ inches wide and there is 5 yards on the roll for only $7.95. I am sure you can tint it with a sponge and ink fairly easily too, and even stamp onto it with bold stamps and dark ink. I know you will see lots of more projects on my blog with burlap as it is so cool to use.

All supplies are from CTMH unless otherwise noted:

X7148B Pemberley Paper Packet

Colors are Bamboo, Desert Sand, Outdoor Denim and Colonial White

D1482 Love Life Stamp Set

Z1760 Burlap Ribbon

Desert Sand Ink

Z1371 Blue Assortment Buttons

Z1751 Harvest Assortment Bakers Twine

Corner Rounder

Glue Dots

 

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Laurie

Make It From Your Heart Volume 1 Book

For this page I used the MIFYH (Make It From Your Heart Pattern Book). This is the first Volume in a series that was unveiled in July at Convention. This is a great resource book for Scrapbookers. It has patterns for 16 two page layouts, 2 one page layouts and 12 cards. Each pattern has layout instructions as to paper placement and cutting guides. It also has full color photos for at least one completed layout. There are also tips and tricks to make each layout unique.

All Supplies are from CTMH unless otherwise noted

MIFYH Pattern 3

Z7155B Avonlea Paper Packet

X7155 Compliments Canvas Shapes

Chocolate Ink

Finger Dauber

 

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Laurie

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”

 

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Laurie

Using Black Tulle

This layout using 3 of my favorite colors…Black, Orange and Green. You just cannot get any better than that…LOL. I used our new Black Tulle Ribbon on this layout. I had never worked with this kind of stuff before but I was so surprised at how easy it is to use and how beautiful it looks. It is 3 inches wide and you get 10 yards on the roll! Yes 10 yards! All for only $7.95. If you think that is too much you can split a roll with a friend.

One of the things I did on this layout was to cut a piece and gather it in the middle then attach a button around it with bakers twine. Does that not look pretty or what? I also placed two Autumn Terracotta brads in the button holes just to add a bit of something unexpected. For my journaling I used a black Journaling Décor Spots. It is a cute little tag inside a pocket. They are sold on page 129 of the Fall/Winter Catalog and you get 2 each of 6 different colors for only $5.95. Just Another hidden gem throughout the pages of our catalog.

 

All supplies are from CTMH unless otherwise noted:

Magic – One Way Mirror Sketch

X7161B Moonlight Paper Packet

D1515 Play Day Stamp set

Z1393 Black Mini Medley Accessories

Z1798 Black Tulle

Z1751 Harvest Assortment Bakers Twine

44751 Archival Black Ink

Autumn Terracotta Brads

Z1461 Journaling Décor Spots

Fiskars Upper Crest Punch

Finger dauber

Glue Dots

 

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Laurie

Using WOTG Sketches with other papers

I am trying to use up some retired papers.  This is another layout with the Veranda WOTG Sketch. I hope you can now see that when you use different papers and different embellishments you get totally different results. So when you buy a WOTG kit, the instructions and the stamp sets will be a wonderful tool for years to come.

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

X7138B Fanfare Paper Packet

Colors are Cranberry, Pacifica, Sunny Yellow and White Daisy

X7138C Fanfare My Stickease

D1294 Play Time Stamp Set

Z2192 Pacifica Ink

EK Success Double Embossed Dotted Lace Border Punch

 

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Laurie

Using Moonlight Paper for Winter Layouts

I just love snowmen. I don’t like winter so much …just snowmen. For this layout I wanted to show you that our Moonlight paper can be used for layouts other than Halloween. I think I did a good job of that with this layout. For the snowman I cut out 3 different sized circles and overlapped them from the bottom up. I tied some of our Sunset ribbon around his neck for a scarf and placed some of our Color Ready Arbor Wooden Shapes for his arms. I used a cute Sunset button brad for his nose and two different sizes of Black Licorice Opaque's Adhesive Gems from buttons on his belly and for his eyes. I cut two rectangles of black cardstock for his hat and wrapped around some Harvest Assortment Bakers Twine and tied it in the front. I used foam dots to place the hat onto Mr. Snowman. Just Adorable…

 

All supplies are from CTMH unless otherwise noted:

Magic – Card Trick Sketch

X7161B Moonlight Paper Packet

C1506 Flakey Friends Stamp Set

Z1338 Sunset Mini Medleys

Z1335 Licorice Opaques Adhesive Gems

Z1765 Arbor Wooden Shapes

Z1751 Harvest Bakers Twine

Sunset Ink

Black Ink

Foam Dots

Glue Dots

 

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Laurie

Spellbound Scrapbook Layout

I really liked the Spellbound paper packet from The Workshop On the Go kit shown on page 14 in the Fall/Winter 2012 idea book but I never have Halloween Parties. Just because it comes in a party kit does not mean you have to used it for party decorations. I used mine for scrapbooking.

I have lots of things going on in this layout:

· I gathered the black tulle Ribbon topped with pear ribbon as an accent

· I made a bracket with the Artiste cricut cartridge and stamped with a coordinating frame stamp then my title

· I sponged sunset and pear ink onto the Color ready Arbor pumpkin shapes

· I made curly cues with waxy flax for the pumpkins

· I used my bracket border punch onto black and sunset cardstock for a nice accent

· I stamped tabs from the Confidential Stamp set, cut them out and layered onto the layout. I also added the dates to these.

· I used the 4x6 flip flaps to add some extra photos.

· I used scraps of paper to make some banner flags on the left page.

· I added some pear brads for accents

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

 

Magic Abracadabra Sketch

G1040 Spellbound WOTG Paper

Colors are White daisy, Black and Sunset

Z1790 Artiste Cricut cartridge

D1347 Confidential Stamp Set

D1229 Fabulous Fall

D1532 Stars Shine Bright

D1386 Save the Date

4475 Archival Black Ink

Z2197 Pear Ink

Z2191 Sunset Ink

Z4114 Flip Flap Memory Protectors

Z1089 Black Waxy Flax

Green Waxy Flax

Z1765 Color Ready Arbor Wooden Shapes

Z1339 Pear Mini Medley Accents

EK Bracket Border Punch

Finger Daubers

Glue Dots

Adhesive

 

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Laurie

Scrapbooking with Flirty paper

Don’t you just love the accents on this page. They draw your attention to the top of the left page and continue on down to the right page and on up to the corner, all in a nice even flow.

These little accents are really easy to make…except they do take a little bit of time to do. You start with a 1 ¼ inch circle punch and double sided paper. Then with the punched circle you fold in the sides to create a square. Then mat on top of another circle. Easy peasy.

All supplies are from Close To My Heart

MIFYH Pattern 13

X7160B Flirty Paper Packet

Colonial White cardstock

Z2173 Slate Ink

Z1311 Circle Punch

Z578 Corner rounder

D1532 Stars Shine Bright Stamp Set

 

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Laurie

Scrapbooking With Victory

 

For this layout I used the Victory Paper Packet. This is a really versatile paper and can be used for just about any layout.

I really like the Color Ready wooden garden shapes too. For these I took my chocolate ink pad and sponged on some color right on to the wood the attached some Mocha Opaque's Pearls for some dimension.

I also used the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and cut out the Scalloped Square for the focal point. I cut it on the Square 2 shape using the decorative layer function and at 10 3/4 inches.

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

X7150B Victory Paper packet

Colors are Bamboo, Chocolate, Olive and Outdoor Denim

Z1686 Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

Z2137 Olive Ink

Z2111 Chocolate Ink

E1018 Pennant Alphabet

Z1705 Durables Square Studs

Z1487 Pewter Mini Medley

Z1718 Color Ready Garden Shapes

Z1333 Mocha Opaques Pearls

Z1701 Chocolate Bakers Twine

EK Success Large Corner Rounder

 

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Laurie

A Stella Paper Layout

This layout was inspired by a Florentine Layout done by Annette Green. It is fairly simple, uses a large 8x6 photo and 2 4x3 photos. Different size photos add interest not only to the layout but also to the album you are putting them into.

On this layout I also got to use some of the My Reflections Complements Canvas Shapes. These are pretty cool embellishments. They are ink printed right on the self adhesive canvas. It gives it a rich unexpected feel. But the best part is you get 2 6x12 sheets filled with swirls, flowers, tree limbs, birds, sentiments and more for only $5.95. Close To My Heart has really outdone themselves in designing these, they are definitely a must have.

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

X7147B Stella Paper Packet

X7147C My Reflections Compliments Canvas Shapes

Colors are Cocoa, Olive, Tulip, Sunset, Lagoon and Colonial White

Z1687 Bohemian Assortment Flowers and Buttons

Orange Bakers Twine

Fiskars Upper Crest Border Punch

Nestabilities Labels Four

 

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Laurie

September Scrapbooking Class

Scrapbook Class

When: Sunday September 9th

Time: 2pm

Cost: $12

Place: My House

Bring a friend that is new to my classes and you and your friend will get $2 off this class. 

Call 204-854-2928 or email to book your spot.  There is a limited number of spots available so don’t delay…book your spot today.

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Laurie

I love camping…with Stella Paper

For this layout I used the Stella Workshop on the Go pattern but I made many changes as my camping photos did not go with the stamp set that came with the set. Instead I used a retired stamp set called August Word Puzzle.

 

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

X7147 Stella Paper Packet

Colors are Cocoa, Sunset, Juniper and Colonial White

D1290 August Word Puzzle

E1020 Token Alphabet

Z2114 Cocoa Ink

Z2191 Sunset Ink

Z2165 Juniper Ink

Z1735 Dimensional Elements Hearts

Z1333 Opaques Mocha Pearls

Z1718 Color Ready Garden Wooden Shapes

¾ inch, 1 inch, 1 ¼ inch circle punches from EK Success

Corner Rounder

Crown Punch Martha Stewart

Mini Glue Dots

Foam Dots

 

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Laurie

What inspires you?

How do you scrapbook? What do you start with? Your Photos, Paper, a new Sketch? Maybe a color combination? I usually start with a paper packet. In this case I used Lucy. Then I went to my photos, and picked out a few that went with the paper, then I looked for a sketch that fit the photos I wanted to use. That is the order that I usually scrapbook to. What do you start with? What inspires you?

I did use Cricut Craft Room to cut my title so that I could weld the letters together.

 

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

Imagine Sketch Book – Fantastic Five Page 62

Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy

Lucy Paper Packet X7149B

Colors are Colonial White, Cotton Candy and Grey Wool.

C1305 Family Stamp Set

B1213 Little Angel Stamp Set

Z2125 Grey Wool Ink

Z2193 Cotton Candy Ink

Z1690 Bitty Buds Assortment

Chipboard flower

 

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Laurie

Stamping on Ribbon

I know that I am always talking about the Workshops on the Go Kits and the layouts they have instructions for, so today is going to be no different LOL. I used an old Workshop On the Go Instruction pamphlet from the Veranda Kit and used my New Stella Papers and this is the result. The basic Idea is the same but with different papers and embellishments you would never know it was the same sketch.

One other thing that I like to do that I haven’t done in a while is to stamp a saying on ribbon. I have lots of narrow sayings that work perfect for this. I used the sayings that came with the Retro Tech stamp set to stamp “Moments to live for” on the left page and “Picture Perfect” for the right page. Some ribbon works better than others for stamping on but the Color Ready seam binding works great. Make sure you don’t press to hard or the stamp will squish down and become distorted. Also darker inks will help you to see the saying better too.

 

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

X7147B Stella Paper Packet

Colors are Cocoa, Olive, Tulip, Lagoon and Colonial White

C1446 Retro Tech Stamp Set

Z2114 Cocoa Ink

Z1708 Sparkles flourishes

Z1710 Just Blooms Paper Shapes Flowers

Z1732 Color Ready Seam Binding

Ribbon Slides

Embellishment Brads

 

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Laurie

Catching Up

I found some more pictures of artwork that I have not posted yet.  Hope you like it. 

I used the Magic sketch book from Close to My Heart to design this layout. The sketch is called transfigure and is on page 112.

One of the things I did for this layout is to use our cream pearls and I colored them with my Copic marker R85. I tend to buy a lot of white, cream or clear embellishments and color them with my Copic Markers to match. This way you can customize the embellishments to suit your layout. If you don’t have any Copics, Sharpie markers will do the same thing.

Here is a close up of the stamping. 

 

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

X7134B Sweetheart paper packet

Baby pink and White Daisy textured cardstock

Cotton Candy cardstock

Cotton candy ink

D1482 Love Life stamp set

Pink brads

Just blooms autumn Daisy Flowers

Just Blooms big pink flowers

Prima flowers

Cream pearls

R85 Copic Marker

Glue dots

 

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Laurie

Layout Pattern and Directions on my Website

 

Did you know that when you purchase the Workshop on the Go kits that the instructions refer to another layout? It includes the full color photo with layout name and which how to book it came out of. You can then either go the how to book that you already own or you can GO TO MY WEBSITE AND GET THE DIRECTIONS FROM THERE.

Click here to take you to the directions.

I combined stamping and the Footloose My Compliments dimensional elements for the accents.

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

Reflections How to Book Main Frame Charmed

Bottom Border title

X7151B Footloose Paper Packet

Colors are Lagoon, Bamboo, Crème Brulee, White Daisy and Olive

X7151C Footloose My Compliments Dimensional Elements

C1489 Footloose Stamp Set

Z2195 Lagoon Ink

Z2137 Olive Ink

Z1707 Pearl Bitty Opaque's

E97 Copic Marker

*Note:  As we are into June already, you will notice that my blog posts will be a little less frequent.  I will be out and about enjoying the summer.  There will still be some blogging, so check back periodically throughout the summer.  I will be back in September with regular posts.  Until then…have a great summer. 

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Laurie

Victory Workshop On The Go

This is another of the Workshops on the Go. It is a simple but effective layout that using 4x6 photos (which is great!) with lots of artistic expression room. I cannot say enough about these Workshops. If you haven’t tried one yet what are you waiting for?             You can order them here

 

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

G1035 Victory Workshop On The Go Kit

   Comes with:

        · X7150B Victory Paper Packet

        · Colors are Outdoor Denim, Bamboo, Chocolate, Barn Red and Colonial White

        · C1488 Victory Stamp Set

        · Z1705 Durables Square Studs

        · Z280 Natural Hemp (not used)

Z2111 Chocolate Ink

Z2140 Outdoor Denim Ink

Z2104 Barn Red Ink

Z697 Sponge

C1274 Beauty Seen Stamp Set

Z1151 Foam Tape

Storybook Cricut Cartridge (Provocraft)

 

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Laurie

Daddy’s Girl

If you are looking for a very versatile paper packet then Florentine is for you! This awesome kit can be for camping photos like I have here, heritage, manly, girly, Love and the list just goings on. It all depends on what main colors you use. Here I used the blues and greens as main colors so my camping photos of my son with his first born went great.

On this layout I go to use the new Color ready seam binding ribbon. It is an off white color that accepts color by sponging it on. For this I used my finger daubers and rubbed color onto the ribbon. It didn’t take long at all, only a minute or so then I left it dry while I put together my layout, maybe an hour then attached it with brads. This is just another example of Close To My Heart having available embellishments that are quick to customize for our layouts.

 

All supplies are from Close To My Heart

X7153B Florentine Paper Packet

C1492 Florentine Stamp Set

Z2114 Cocoa Ink

Z2160 Twilight Ink

Z2123 Goldrush Ink

Z1732 Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon

Garden Green Brads

Finger daubers

Daddy’s Girl Title (Dusty Attic)

 

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Laurie

One Page Lucy Layout

I tried my hand at making pinwheel flowers for this layout. They were really simple. First I took a 12 inch strip of patterned paper that was 1 inch wide. I scored it every ¼ inch. Then I accordion folded on the score marks. I glued the ends together. Then I took a scrap of paper about 1 inch and squeezed out a fair amount of Liquid glass on to the scrap of paper. Then I placed the folded paper on top and held it for a few seconds to make a bond. Then I placed one of the new Glitter Flowers onto the center.

One other thing I did was to fancy up the dimensional elements letters and number. To do this I took one of the flourish stamps from The Rock the block set (January 2012 Special) and inked it up with Versamark clear ink and stamped on to the bottom half of the letter. Then I covered the ink in Clear Detail embossing powder and heat set with the heat gun. Then I took my finger dauber and inked it up with Grey Wool ink and rubbed it all over the letters. Where I embossed stayed white and the rest of the letter was colored.

 

All supplies are from Close To My Heart:

X7149B Lucy Paper Packet

Blush, White daisy and Grey Wool Cardstock

Rock the Block Stamp Set

D1478 Bingo Alphabet

Versamark Ink

Z2125 Grey Wool Ink

Z2106 Blush Ink

Z821 Clear Detail Embossing powder

Z1370 Pink Assortment Buttons

Z1707 Bitty Opaque's Pearls

Z1690 Bitty Buds Assortment

Z679 Liquid Glass

Z1702 Barker Twine Paradise Assortment

Dimensional Elements Monograms D,A,T,E,1

Z726 Finger Dauber

Z555 Craft Heater

1772 Glue Dots

Z608 Embossing Stylus

Z338 Paper Trimmer

Z1686 Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

Adhesive

Scissors

 

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Laurie