Scrapaholics Unite Session 6 Class 12

I've been waiting for the right layout to use this cool stamp set, called Ink Blot, for the random stamping on the background on the base pages. I like the bright colours from the Some Kinda Wonderful paper and wanted to play them up. I also echoed the same colours in the title using a large Alphabet stamp, Rustic Alphabet, and cut them out and popped them up. To finish off, I added some black shimmer trim.

Scrapaholics Unite Session 2 Class 5

Yes I still have some of this bulk paper left! Some of my students who love winter layouts will definitely want this one. This is old paper from CTMH, but definitely one of their best designs and I have used it several times for classes, this is Aspen. I think that the colors are what works as well as the design. It makes this paper timeless and that is always desirable. The cuts are pretty simple, but the title is a bit more difficult. I've broken down the steps below in case you want to repeat it at home. To accent the layout, I found this great paper garland with sparkle circles on it and I just stamped some winter images along the bottom and made a pair of mittens from the Artist Cricut cartridge and adhered them using some grey and white bakers twine and 3D foam tape. This layout is all about the title so I hope you like it!

Step 1: Stamp title with dark color, I used Outdoor Denim

Step 2: Randomly stamp different snowflake stamps in 2nd darkest color, I used Twilight

Step 3: Stamp more random snowflakes using the lightest color, I used Crystal Blue

Step 4: Using a different and smaller snow flake stamp, stamp accent flakes using the accent color, I used Creme Brulee. I also used an even smaller snow flake stamp and did second generation stamping using Outdoor Denim to fill in some holes. 

Step 5: Cut out each letter and adhere to layout using 3D foam tape

DRCC Session 6 Class # 6

How is Halloween not the cutest holiday when you have a small child? I like this layout because it doesn't limit the placement of pictures, yet it gives structure to the layout. I used a Cricut to cut out the title and added some button brads and some mesh ribbon tied in a knot as well as some Washi tape to add some embellishment. I cut up the zip strip as it has Halloween words on it to use for journaling strips. 

DRCC Session 6 Class #4

Autumn is my favorite season. I love the leaves changing so I always like to include a fall layout for my class. The Huntington paper has seasonal colors in it, but it can also be used as a neutral paper pack. It can also be made very masculine quite easily. 

 I used the technique "Rock the Block", to do this you first stamp your image in the lighter color, then you start on one edge of the stamp on the darker ink and rock the stamp around the outside of the image to create a melding of the colors. You then stamp the image as normal. I repeated this technique for each individual letter of the title.

DRCC Session 6 Class #2

I fell in love with the Babycakes paper. It's so versatile, it doesn't necessarily have to be used only for baby pics, although it did work perfectly with these pictures. You have to check out this paper pack as the backside of the polkadot paper is an alphabet pattern. Perfect for back to school. It might reappear in one of my classes....

For the title, I used this gorgeous stamp from the Babycakes Workshops On The Go stamp set. It is a Cricut compatible shape so I precut the shapes for this stamp with the slate piece just 1/4" bigger as a mat. To make the LOVE stand out, stamped it again in sunset and cut out the letters and adhered them on top with 3D foam. I finished off the layout by using the new chocolate glitter ribbon and the zip strip to create more pennants on the bottom left of the layout and stamping a star in slate ink on the top left side. 

DRCC Session 5 Class #10

This is the Later Sk8r paper from CTMH. It's mainly a boyish themed paper, but we need to represent the males sometimes, don't we? I had some fun with this one as I got to play with my new Fast and Furious stamp set. It has some super cute trucks, cars, accents and the tire tread. I stamped the dump truck twice, once in slate and then just the wheels in lagoon. I then cut out the wheels and adhered them in top of the slate colored truck with 3D foam tape.

For the title, I stamped it first on an extra piece of cardstock using the Posterboard Alphabet. I then scrunched up some tissue paper and dabbed it onto my ink pad then dabbed it on top of the letters. I repeated it with 3 different colors. I then cut the letters out and put them on the page. I like how it gives the layout a paint splattered look without a big mess.

DRCC Session 5 Class #5

This is an old paper pack called Aspen. I love the snowflake paper and its definitely a nice gender and age neutral layout. I had also gotten the cotton ball ribbon awhile ago, I think it adds to the playfulness of the layout. I added some Stickles to the corners of the letters in the title to echo frost on the window. I also used the emboss resist technique and made some boot prints in the snow.

DRCC Session 4 Class #10

Pear & Partridge Paper was perfect for this layout since the backside of the paper was a nice subtle New England Ivy design with the fancy swirly front side. I used the part of the title from a stamp set. I liked the saying "I will always Believe", but it was quite small. I masked out the believe on the small stamp set and then heat embossed Believe with cranberry embossing powder using the Friendship Large alphabet. To add some 3D effects, I stamped the tree and the stocking on white paper, cut them out and adhered them with 3D foam tape.

I wanted to use the Cranberry Baker's twine for this page so I brought it in by tying it around a feature photo as well as the string for my stamped mittens. I then wound it once around a brad to mimic a nail and popped the mittens up with 3D foam tape as well. 

DRCC Session #4 Class 7

I enjoyed making this layout. I found that the paper and the fun that my hubby and son were having, just added to the whimsy of this page. I used the Moonlight paper pack, which is more for halloween pictures.  

I stamped the owls directly onto the page  and then stamped them again on a scrap piece of paper. I then cut out the eyes and popped them up to make them stand out more. 

I added a beak and some ears to the O's in hoot to bring in another aspect of the owls and then matted the word to bring it out even more. I think that's my favorite part of this layout. I hope you like it too!

DRCC Session 4 Class #6

I saw this layout and thought that the combination of the many patterned papers and the pennant design made this layout so interesting, yet so easy. It did make it a little bit harder to accessorize as I didn't want to make the layout even busier by over embellishing, so I decided to keep the 3D elements fairly simple, but spiced it up a bit with some heat embossing and striped stamping. This is an older paper pack from Making Memories called Spook Alley, but I paired it with CTMH card stock and inks.

I used black heat embossing to stamp these cute little pictures and this adorable saying, then I cut them out and adhered them with 3D foam tape.

To make the title striped, I first inked the word all over in the Sunset colour, if you are using different colours, stamp the lightest colour first. 

I then stamped a portion of the word using the very edge of the Smokey Plum ink pad or darker coloured ink. 

Then I stamped another stripe further up the stamp again, but held the lock with the stamp at an angle. 

I  repeated until I had a few stripes on my word stamp. 

Then I just stamped as normal on to the card stock. 

DRCC Session 4 Class#4

The Dakota paper pack also another versatile collection. It's original theme is more western or country, but by using the right card stock it became more neutral. I made it even more masculine by using the wood grain pattern for the largest pieces of paper on the layout. It could become more feminine by flipping those same pieces and using the houndstooth pattern instead, which would work nicely as well with the button brads. For the title, I used chipboard letters and accented with some gems. I then stamped a cute saying and popped it up with some 3D foam to accentuate it.

DRCC Session 4 Class #3

I really enjoyed making the flowers for this layout, they were really easy and I think add a great 3D effect with very little effort. The Flirty paper from CTMH went perfectly with Autum's dress in these pictures. 

When I initially stamped the title with the Keepsake Alphabet, it looked too plain. This alphabet includes very small words, 2 words per letter that start with the same letter, since adorable was one of the small words, I stamped it in bamboo as a background for my title. 

The 3D flowers were quite easy to make, if you have a scallop circle punch, some tissue paper and a brad, you're halfway done! I first folded my tissue paper so that I had 8 layers, then I punched a scalloped circle through all 8 layers. It was fairly easy since tissue paper is quite thin. Then I didn't have to mess around with punching 8 separate circles. You could also use a regular circle punch, which I did try, but it didn't give as much dimension as the scalloped circle does. 

Take all 8 circles and move them around a little bit so that they aren't all quite so perfectly lined up. Then secure to the layout where you want the flower to be using a brad. You can use any brad as you won't see it once you're done fluffing it up. 

Starting with the top circle of tissue paper, scrunch it up with your fingers towards the centre, around the brad. 

Continue with the second and third layers of tissue paper, scrunching it towards the centre. With each layer surrounding the previous one. Continue through the whole flower,  leaving at least the bottom layer intact so that it gives a full base. 

Then you're done and you have a very easy 3D flower in whatever color of tissue paper you have on hand. Takes about 2 minutes give or take.  

Here's a close up of the 3 I did on my layout above. 

DRCC Session 3 Class #8

Sorry it's taken me so long to post, this last class was actually at the end of June. It's summer though and we've been outside doing summer stuff. Who wants to sit at a computer and blog when we could be enjoying the sunshine.

This was a layout that was pretty easy to make. It was just adding a cute title and embellishments to the Cruisin paper on to it. Because this was more masculine, I made a more feminine layout with Stella. 

I rotated the left page of the layout 90 degrees in order to use a landscape 5x7 photo. You can barely tell that it's the same layout. 

For an easy embellishment, I cut out 2 different sized circles of paper in several different colors, scissor distressed the edges and placed them on top of ribbon with a button centre. I used my Slice for the title. 

Classes will be starting again September 11, if you're interested in joining, please email me. 

DRCC Session 3 Class #5

I slightly struggled with this layout as I wasn't sure what to put in the blank space on the left side of the layout or how to do the title. I finally decided to stamp my title in Twilight and add a bit of flourish with a small flower stamp in Cocoa on each letter. If you have extra pictures, which I may look for to go with this event, you can always add more on the right side of the layout. 

To fill in the blank space on the left side, I stamped a large flourish and then created a pocket for my journaling tag. I affixed the brad through both ends of the ribbon, but hid the back of the brad behind the flower. 

DRCC Session 3 Class #1

Welcome to a new session! This one will be shorter, only 8 classes this round, until the end of June. We will be taking a break over the summer and I will be back at it in September, this time with a 12-week session.

I pulled out an oldie paper pack, so old I forget the name... sorry about that. I had some left over so I thought we'd use it in this class as I had a request for some baby girl pictures. This layout could also be used for more of a romantically themed set of pictures. We used a small rub-on in the top left corner and we will also be using the masking technique as the journaling box stamp in the middle actually includes lines in the stamp. I didn't have as much journaling as the lines suggested and I wanted to use larger writing. This also leaves the space for a quote or another picture instead of journaling. For the more labor intensive scrapper, the title letters could also be cut out individually to give it a more versatile look. We are somewhat short on time in class so I thought a title box would be more suited for the class.

DRCC Session 2 Class #8

Footloose is my new favorite paper pack I think. I love the bright Lagoon blue color and the sun on the Creme Brulee paper is so cute. I had some great pictures from our trip to Manitoba of my nieces playing at the lake. They were all being such silly girls, yet having so much fun that day. I used the Summer Slice cartridge to cut out "beach" and the sandcastle. For "bums" I used the shadow feature with the Playground Fonts cartridge. 

I wanted to capture all of the feelings that a beach could give you with my background paper so I created my own background with a stamp. I took 3 different stamp sets, arranged the specific stamps on a block and then repeatedly stamped on my base pages with Creme Brulee ink. One of a kind paper that goes perfectly with my layout and superbly with my pictures. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

DRCC Session 2 Class #7

This week I've decided to do 2 title pages that could also be made into a 2 page layout. The focus for a title page is generally one large photo to help determine the type of book you are looking at. This isn't necessarily only for title pages, as you can definitely use one large picture for a one- page layout within an album. 

What I enjoyed most about this page was that everything just seemed to click. I had the argyle paper from the Cruisin' paper pack, the super cute button brads and the new Grey Wool bakers twine. The title just seemed to come to me once I remembered this great picture of Archer that a friend of mine took at Christmas. 

I tried to make the title look almost like a shirt with the button brads in between the embossed words, although it's somewhat difficult to tell that the brads look like buttons. I still like it though. 

I created this layout as a separate title page, but it can also become an accompaniment to the previous layout just with simply removing the one large picture and mat and replacing with 4 pictures (4"x4") in each corner and omitting the title. I did like how this layout turned out, mostly because it kind of looks like Archer is making an A with his arms. 

To use the bakers twine in a different way, I used it to frame the picture. I inked the edges of all of the white cardstock and the die cut initial to make the pieces have more definition when placed against cardstock of the same color. I then stamped the rest of the title.