dinara's first year

I love playing with these 7Gypsies solo printer's trays. They are fast, easy, use scraps!, and make great gifts. In fact, my friend Rhadjena has made several of these. I have wanted to use this photo of D sleeping in some sort of project and this just came together perfectly. I was challenged on the Memory Works forum to create "a gift from the heart" and I hope that when I give it to Rebekah & Denard they will love it as much as I do.

She looks like an angel sleeping with a little stuffed toy. The other photos I took during the year I provided day care for her. I miss seeing her every day. I used American Crafts paper scraps and Basic Grey paper scraps, ZVA bling, a border strip from Doodlebug, flowers from my stash and a Maya Road metal flower.

Here are two other examples of the fun you can have with these trays. The first, pix from D's 1 year photo shoot at Kiddie Kandids. The Aug tag is 7Gypsies, the 1 bingo chip from an old MemoryWorks Express (MWE) kit. The name banner and border strip are Simple Stories. Flowers and arrow from my stash. When I say products are from my stash, it is because I don't remember who manufactured them and the packaging is long gone.

John kayaking uses My Minds Eye paper scraps, a Sizzix die cut bird that I then layered with patterned papers, and a calendar card from Simple Stories.

Enjoy!

scrapping with jax

I enjoy spending time with my niece Jackie. She is sweet, at least she is when she is hanging out with me. I am sure she lets her 13yo-ness out at home with her parents. She has discovered scrapbooking and is eager to try out new techniques and ideas with the photos she has collected of her family and friends. She asked to spend a few days between camps and the beginning of school with me scrapping and I immediately agreed. We are working with Copic markers here, another Jacque teaching us how to use their color chart and blend when coloring with the markers. I've used some Basic Grey Lemonade paper, flowers I cut with a Sizzex die and bling from I don't remember where. I call her Jax and I am glad to have a family member keeping the scrapping going as none of my own three daughters seem interested.

wedding

I am in wedding mode. I'm wearing many hats--mother of the bride, or the MOB, sometimes the mom-zilla, depending on who you ask; the wedding planner, the decorator, the caterer, and all around pain in the neck. Just ask the bride. Nine more days. Then I can scrapbook again!

Meanwhile here is a layout I finished before wedding planning kicked into such high gear:
October Afternoon papers and journaling cards, Maya Roads journaling cards, Prima rhinestone swirl, layered flowers made with Sizzex dies, scraps and denim, Queen & Co. felt strip and Thickers alphas. Photo collage technique.

I'll post after the wedding...you know there will be photos a plenty to work with.

class samples

Some sample layouts for SDU, featuring Eden's preschool graduation.











First up is the use of four colors (quadratic) using the color wheel as the guide. It also features the use of punches to create the flower embellishments. Papers used are from Basic Grey's Phoebe line and Bazzill solids. The graduated flower punch is Marvy Uchida and brads from my stash.

The second set uses analogous colors from the color wheel. I started with the teal from the background paper(Me & My Big Ideas if I recall correctly) and the solid papers are Bazzill. Peace, love and an attitude of gratitude were computer generated and printed onto Bazzill and cut to create the title, which was also the theme of their graduation. Miscellaneous flowers and a Thicker chipboard hand pointing to Eden signing which I recolored with alcohol ink.

Third, the left side is a monotone layout using blues. I stamped one blue paper with ink a shade darker to create some interest. Again, Bazzill papers, Maya Road journal spot and My Little Yellow Bicycle stickers to embellish. Stamp--Club Scrap, ink, Stampin' Up!. The page next to it uses three colors, three butterflies, three photos, three felt ribbon pieces. Yes, the design tool of using threes. It is actually a pocket page. The program from the graduation is tucked in behind, not really a part of the page but kept as a memory. The patterned paper is Black Market, solid is Bazzill. I forget where I got the felt rick-rack. The felt butterflies are from Oriental Trading. I used an Inksentials white pen to write the journaling, "I thank AKWD for all the great hugs." -Eden Edwardson Oh yeah, I remember now. I didn't have quite enough rick-rack to go across the page three times so it is pieced. Why waste good rick-rack behind photos?

Last is triadic--at least on the right side it is. I set up the color wheel picking the orangy color from the My Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia line. I then added the purple and green. I used the Slice to cut the letters and Sizzex dies to cut the scalloped circles. I used one of the circles to journal on. On the left is a matching page using more Zinnia paper. The lacy photo mat is actually a journal spot from the line and the chipboard backer with ribbon for Eden's name is really a coaster I cut down and rounded corners on. I happened to notice they were the same colors and voila, an embellishment was born!

hot off the table...

Here is my latest layout, hot off my scrap table. It features my granddaughter (natch) and her favorite flower, dandylions...


The challenge I was given was to use the scalloped Bazill paper in a layout. I added the Basic Grey background from the Boxer line and the coral Bazill as well. I cut the swirls and flowers from a Hello Kitty Sizzex die and covered some of the flowers with glitter and added rhinestones. It's all about the glitter and bling baby. Thickers alphas and an acetate journaling spot finish this off.


















Here is my latest layout, hot off my scrap table. It's all about my granddaughter and making dandylion chains into a crown.