Peek-a-boo Pumpkin Card

This was a fairly easy card to make and didn't require too many materials. I first covered a card base with my patterned paper (CTMH Believe paper pack). Then I took a 2" circle punch and cut out the circle. I used my Slice to cut out the pumpkin and the Happy Thanksgiving.  I then inked the edges of the cardstock for definition. Stickles glitter glue made a nice change for the dots to my i's. 

Inside view of the card

 I placed the pumpkin visible within the cutout, but not directly in the centre so as to make it more of a peek type of accent. It adds a nice holiday element to the inside of the card.

Close up of card detail

I used a scallop border punch for an accent underneath Happy and added the chocolate ribbon detail above.

Irresistibles Chipboard

The Irresistibles Dimensional Elements Chipboard is a fairly new product from Close To My Heart. They have made the chipboard with a pattern that shows up once you have inked or chalked the pieces. This makes the products extremely versatile because then you are able to color your chipboard to match with your layout perfectly. All CTMH chipboard comes in white to easily alter it with ink, chalk, markers or any other type of medium. See the hearts and the swirl on the left side of my Sweet Smile layout above. 


To make your own Irresistible chipboard you just use an emboss resist method of stamping. Stamp the white chipboard with Versamark ink with the stamp of your choice, then use white embossing powder. After heat setting the powder, ink or color the chipboard with the color that co-ordinates with your layout. 

Multiple Colored Stamping

This is a layout that I did quite some time ago, but I kept on forgetting to print the ultrasound pictures so I never seemed to finish it. I used the Wings paper pack from CTMH and the Take a Picture Stamp set. For the title I used the new Bohemian Alphabet for the word Attraction. I love how it has the flowers as part of the letter. 

This was one stamp from the Take a Picture stamp set and I wanted to showcase the butterflies coming out of the film. Using a sponge, I carefully applied the black ink to the film and the canister on the stamp, then used the vineyard berry ink for the start of the butterflies. With the juniper ink, I overlapped on some of the butterflies so as to create a subtle change in the color. I then stamped the image onto a piece of scrap paper and cut it out, adhered it with pop dots and was done. 

Dino-Mite

For this layout, I kept it fairly simple. I found the Mr. Boy paper pack from Bella Blvd worked perfectly with the cute dinosaur outfit that Archer is wearing. I took a close-up of the tag on his hoodie and printed the pic as a 5x7 so that it would be large enough. Then I cut it out and used it as the title.

Shadowing a Title

I had originally thought up the title first because Archer was constantly putting his fingers in his mouth. Then he learnt how to take out his pacifier so it became super easy for him to eat his fingers even more often. I got some great pictures of the entire process one day when he was playing his Exersaucer. I used the Mr. Boy collection from Bella Blvd for my paper and accents. I originally tried placing the letter stickers alone on the layout, but the black lettering was just too dark against the green paper so the title almost got lost on the page.  

I arranged the letters on a piece of white cardstock first, then I penciled a line around the letters an equal distance apart. Using scissors and an exacto knife, I cut out the letters to create a shadow effect for the title. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be and it really made the title pop. I finished it off with fake stitching using a white gel pen. 

Using a stamp in a different way

It's always fun to have more than one use out of things and stamps are no exception. With this card I followed an idea from CTMH and made the patterned stamp into flower petals. I stamped the image onto cardstock, then cut out each image and inked the edges. I then secured all of the petals with a corduroy brad. You'll also see the new button brads securing the quote at the top. This card was made using the Wings workshop on the go kit and co-ordinating accessories. Hope you like it!

Along came a baby

Sorry for the hiatus, but my little guy was born January 21 so we've been kinda busy since. I have been scrapping though, but not been able to blog. Here's a layout I just made on the Scrapbooking Retreat that we just had this past weekend in Banff. I had picked up the extra large buttons in a clearance sale about 4 years ago and finally was able to use them on this layout. Just goes to show that if you keep things long enough, you will eventually use them. I used my sister's Cricut Expression for the train (B is for Boys cartridge). I used the Friendship Large Alphabet for the title as well as heat embossing the stamped letters with clear powder just to make the title stand out. One technique I did learn from my sister recently was to use a white gel pen on colored paper to have the journaling stand out.