A Christmas Layout in July!

A Christmas Layout in July.  As you can see, I do not scrapbook in order.  Whatever inspires me is what I use.  This time I was going through some old pictures and these just junped out at me. 

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

Imagine…Double Take
Mistletoe Paper Packet X7130B
Colors are Cranberry, New England Ivy, and Colonial White
New England Ivy Exclusive Inks Z2135
Stamps: Notice the Details D1378
No Peeking D1177
Share the Magic D1443
Sparkles Z1326
EK Success Dotted Scallop Border Punch
Copic Markers
Prisma Colored Pencils
Lyra Metallic Pencils

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A Christmas layout in June!

This page was inspired by another Close To My Heart Consultant, Corrina Mitchell.


I liked the layout that she had done so I scrap lifted (copied) lots of her design and added a few things of my own to customize it for me.

All supplies are from Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted:
Magic…Performance Sketch
Mistletoe Paper Packet X7130B
Colors are Cranberry, New England Ivy, Bamboo, White Daisy and Black
Exclusive Inks: Desert Sand Z2118
New England Ivy Z2135
Cranberry Z2116
Stamp sets: Tiny Typewriter D1222
Peace On Earth D1243
Adorn- able D1446
Mistletoe Level Two Assortment Z1330
Cranberry Brads Z1361
White daisy Brads Z1365
Nestabilities Labels Four
Flowers (unknown)

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Happy New Year!

Happy January 1st! Hope you all had a very wonderful holiday season. As we start a new year we tend to think about all the new starts and things we may like to change or do differently. I hope to make life a little less complicated….not sure how I am going to do that but I sure am going to try!



Here is a little Candy Cane girl I colored up last year and never got around to making it into a card until now.

Supplies are from Close To My heart unless otherwise noted:
Mistletoe Paper packet X7130B
Colors are New England Ivy, Cranberry and Colonial White
Opaques Pearls Z7130 (I colored these with my Y28 Copic marker)
Mistletoe Level 2 Assortment Z1330
Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes Sizzix Die
Red Satin Ribbon (unknown)
Magnolia Candy Cane Girl
Magnolia Calendar (January 1st)

Copics:
Skin: E11, E02, E000, R20
Dress: G05, G02, G00
Socks: R24, R20, R00
Hair: E37, E35, E33, E31
Calendar E37, E35, E33, E31, E21, E000
Gold Spica
Pitch Black Spica

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Laurie

Clear Christmas Cards

 

Here is the cards we made for the November Club Meeting.  We did a few differnent things with these...generation stamping, rock and roll and we also decorated a clear card. 

Clear cards are awesome to decorate. But there are a few tricks to decorating them. First off there is a protective plastic coating on BOTH sides of the clear cards that you must remove before you attach your cardstock. You can do this by scratching your fingernail along a corner until it starts to lift then just peel back along the whole card. Then repeat that for the other side.

Another thing to think about is the adhesive you will use. Liquid glue will not work. The best thing that I have found to use is the ATG gun, that I use (my all time favorite adhesive) or Liquid glass. These will work the best. Also you must think about where you place your adhesive, so it does not show on the back side. For this reason I keep my adhesive a little ways in from the edge of the cardstock I am gluing. Also I place another piece of cardstock on the back to cover the adhesive on the back side.

Now for the fun part…I place some of the smaller elements on the front of the clear card and the larger pieces on the inside of the card to give it that 3D look you are going for. The best thing is to just sit down and play with it so you can see for yourself just how fun these clear cards can be.

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

Mistletoe paper X7130B

Cranberry, New England Ivy and White Daisy Cardstock
Cranberry and New England Ivy Ink
Colonial White Edge Anchors
Cranberry Grosgrain Ribbon Z1103
All The Best stamp set B1357
Just for the Holidays Stamp set D1380
Christmas Melodies Stamp set D1324
Clear Scallop Circle cards Z1309
Liquid Glass Z679
Paper Shapers 1 ¼, 1 ½ circle punch
Paper Shapers 2 inch scalloped circle punch
Martha Stewart Rings border punch
Nesties Standard circles small
Nesties Standard Circles large

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Laurie

Joy

Here is a layout done with pictures taken last year on Christmas Morning.  It is Novalees's first Christmas.  She looked so cute in her Christmas dress.  Christmas this year will be fun too...as she will be able to open all them toys herself! 
I did not write down what I used for this layout so there will be no recipe for this one.  Sorry. 

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Seasons Greeting from Edwin

Another Maggie Christmas card made!  This little cutie is Santa Edwin.  He is reading over his naughty list.  I hope I am not on there…ha-ha.  I used the Mistletoe striped paper but I wanted to add some glitter to it so…I took my quickie mini glue pen and traced over the red lines and sprinkled some micro fine glitter on there.  Then shook of the excess glitter and replaced it back in my jar.  The end results in some homemade glitter paper.  I also added some Polar white diamond flower soft for the fur trim on Santa Edwin. 

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


Mistletoe paper X7130B
Colors are Cranberry, New England Ivy and Colonial White
Tannenbaum Stamp Set B1361
Mistletoe Level 2 Assortment Z1330
Paper Shapers 1 ½ inch circle punch
Paper Shapers 2 inch scalloped circle punch
Flower Soft Diamond Polar White
Quickie Glue Pen
Jewel Glitter Ritz Fire Red
Red satin Ribbon and My Bow Easy
Foam Dots
Copic Markers
Santa Edwin by Magnolia
Cardstock is Xpress Copic paper

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E02, R11
Hat, Coat and Mitts: R27, R24, R22
Boots: E35, E33, E31
Scroll: E43, E42, E40, E0000
Hair: E27, E25, E21
Socks: W4, W2, W0
Flower Soft Polar White diamond on the fur

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Laurie

All Through the House...

 This is a really cute board book that I made.  I actually made it to do a class but I have been having some medical problems this fall so I think I will just post it as artwork and I will fill it up with pictures that I take this Christmas season.
One thing I would like to point out is the board book itself.  These are really easy to decorate for any occasion. You can find them here on my website.  They are a very sturdy book. The pages are strong and I don't think you can bend them if you want to.  Great for long time keeping.  I think the next one I decorate will be for my new baby granddaughter we are expecting in February.  I cannot wait! 

The supply List is really short for this book and all supplies are from Close To My Heart.
Mistletoe paper packet X7130B
Mistletoe Level 2 My Stickease X7130C
Mistletoe Level 2 Assortment Z1330
My Creations Board Book Z1310

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Laurie

Share The Magic

 I am a little late with these cards.  They are made with the October Stamp of the Month, Share the magic.  I thought I had already posted these.  Oh well, better late than never. 

Mistletoe Paper Packet X7130B

Desert Sand, Bamboo, Colonial White and Garden Green cardstock
Desert Sand and Cocoa Exclusive Inks
Share the Magic Stamp Set D1443
A Timber Stamp Set A1110
Clear Sparkles Z1104
Sparkles Red Assortment Z1326
Desert Sand Organdy Ribbon (retired)
Nesties Large Standard Circles




Mistletoe Paper Packet X7130B

Desert Sand, Bamboo and Colonial White Cardstock
Black and Desert Sand Exclusive Inks
Share the Magic D1443
All The Best B1357
Mocha Opaques Z1333
Cranberry Buttons Z1285
Clear Sparkles Z1104
Desert Sand Organdy Ribbon (retired)
Quickie Glue pen
Nesties Labels Four

For the hat and scarf I stamped the image onto the patterned paper and just cut out the parts I wanted and glued them onto the whole stamped image with my quickie glue pen.

TIP: When working with the opaques, it is really helpful to pick them up off the backing sheet with the tip of your paper piercer. The fine point of the paper piercer makes it easy to pick up and transfer to your artwork.

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One More sneak peak!

This clear card is made with the Mistletoe Paper, a real traditional Christmas paper.

I will be showing lots more artwork from the New Fall/ Winter Paper pack so stop back often.

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Laurie