Showing posts with label publication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publication. Show all posts

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Colour core cardstock

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This week's challenge at Practical Scrappers is to use your white core or colour core cardstock. I have a bit of this in my stash, mainly because I love the colours of Core Dinations cardstock, and buy it to use as regular cardstock on my layouts. I'm not a distress kinda girl- I love the way it looks, but it's just not my usual style. ( which by the way explains my large but rarely used collection of Basic Grey paper).

I would have just taken out my embossing folders and passed some papers through the Texture Boutique as background, but that didn't seem daring enough for me ( even though I never use the folders or the machine).

Published in Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine, Spring 2011, p47.

I pulled out an embossing folder, but left it open and laid my cardstock over it. Holding it firmly in one spot, I used an emery board to file the surface of the paper. When repeated all around the edges of the cardstock, it gives the impression that the whole sheet underwent the same treatment. I also took an idea from the core dinations website, and used a paper crimper on the red paper before trimming it and sanding it. I had originally wanted to use my corrugated crimper, but I think I may have given it away. Thank goodness the crop cupboards at my LSS are fully stocked with tools!

 The digi stamp is from our challenge sponsor this week- Robyn's Fetish. Since I'm not much into making cards, I find it fun to try and incorporate stamps into my layouts. Choo-Choo Charlie is perfect for my train obsessed boys, and may  even get used large scale at our next train themed party.

other materials:
PP:Moxie,  Sassafras Lass
Letters: MLS, American Crafts
pearls: Queen and Co.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

A little lace.

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published in Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine, Spring 2011, p33

This week's challenge at Practical Scrappers is to use your lace cardstock. I still have a pretty large stash of it in my possession, so I was happy to give this one a go. If you go check out the challenge, you will see some interesting variations on the lace cardstock theme, with Dt members playing by the Practical Scrappers rules and using what they had on hand. There are lace doilies, lace punches, Cricut and Cuttlebug diecuts as well as lace card.

I chose to use a sheet of green stars from KI memories; first using it as a stencil to mist the background paper. I then cut a swatch of it to use as a border under my photos, and proceeded to go crazy with the Basic Grey stickers!!
What a fun page to make!

Friday, March 19, 2010

The Jillibean Dream...

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The new Jillibean Soup team has been announced, and there are some very talented ladies on there! Unfortunately, I am not among them. I must say I'm really happy I tried out for the team, it made me work with products I love but had forgotten about for a few months- and guess what stuff got thrown into my shopping basket last night at the Scrapbook store?!- Yep-Jillibean Soup.

So hurray to fellow Canadian Melanie Blackburn for making it on the team- it is so well deserved!! Congratulations to all the other talented ladies who also made the team and guest DT.

Here are the pages I submitted for the call:

published in Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine, Spring 2011, p57.


I'll come back and post the cards tomorrow.
Have a great Friday!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Merry Little Trimmer

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published in Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine, Winter 2010/11

Here he is! Here's a layout to go with the little story I told you about our oldest and his obsession this year about decorating the tree. This is our real tree that we'll be putting the gifts under. He spent forever emptying box after box of ornaments I wasn't even going to put on the tree. ( they all ended up in huge bunches on the bottom branches, but it kept him very busy!)

Products used:
Cardstock: Bo Bunny, DCWV Glitter
PP: Basic Grey
Felt: Fancy Pants
letter stickers: American Crafts, Adorn It
Sticker: Bella Blvd
Rub Ons: Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Die- Cut: (Merry) Cricut
Brads:Dollarama, Doodlebug Designs Inc.
Gingerbread men, candies: Dollarama
Rick Rack : Unknown
pearls: Prima "e"
Glitter: Stix II
Paper floss: Karen Foster
stamp: Autumn Leaves