DRCC Session 3 Class #4

This is always a beautiful layout to do. The half circle on the left side of the layout just brings great compliments to the picture. I was out of Pear cardstock and wanted to accent the green so I took the paper butterflies and inked them with Pear ink on the back side, the front side of the butterflies have writing. 

To make the title extra special, I demonstrated a faux 3D stamping technique. First I stamped the image in the same color ink as the cardstock. Then I stamped the same image on top in white daisy ink, but slightly off-centre of the original stamped image. It gives the stamp more dimension. 

DRCC Session 3 Class #3

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted. I forgot to post this class because I was waiting for my pictures to be developed and then I just forgot. I also went to our bi-annual Scrapbooking Retreat in Banff May 25-27. Had a blast, other than having the flu for one day. So I'm catching up on my blogging.

This layout, we used a border punch to create the waves. We also heat embossed "making", but used a Slice title for "waves". Still love this paper and it's perfect for anything water related since we so obviously weren't at a beach for these pictures, just playing in the pool. 

DRCC Session 3 Class #2

The technique I'll be teaching this will be stamp bending. I took a stamp from the Simple Stitches set that was just dots and bent it to create the bounce for my title. I cut out Spring using my slice and used one of the opaque gems for the dot in the i. I hope to see some variations in class of this layout as I'm sure not everyone will have Easter pictures like I did. I have a great stamp set with umbrellas and rain boots that would be wonderful as part of this layout with the title being "Jump into Spring". I'll try to remember to post a pic if it is created. Or you might see me reuse that title in a different way in a future post, that's how much I like it.

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.

Dotty For You Card

I had lots of fun with this paper pack. I made this card for a party one of my students is hosting this weekend. Since Mother's Day is next weekend, I thought a card would be quite appropriate. 

Dotty For You is a great deal, spend $35 on items from the Spring/Summer Idea Book and you can purchase this great paper pack of 24 pieces of patterned paper plus art samples for only $5! This promotion goes on until May 31. You can shop online, just click on the link at the top left of my blog. 

If you would like to get this paper pack for free, host a party with a minimum of $400 in sales. Please email me if you would like to book a party!

DRCC Session 2 Class #10

I loved the style element of the Stella paper so when I saw the fabulous grad pictures of Sean's cousin Rebecca, I knew what I wanted to do. I decided to keep it somewhat simple because it's more about the pictures.

I wanted to bring in the colors from the border strips further onto the page so I created a flower by punching out 1 1/2" circles and arranging them with a button as the center. To finish off the page, I used a white gel pen to draw the stitched border and added some brads. 

Stay tuned though as I will be teaching another 8-week session starting next Tuesday. 

DRCC Session 2 Class #9

With the new Victory paper pack I decided to spin the more army-ish paper so that it fits with an everyday hero, like my husband who is definitely Archer's hero. I like that this layout used the entire piece of the brown patterned paper and I did purposefully move the pictures on the right side higher on the page in order keep the badge visualized. I punched out the circles using my 1 1/2" punch to frame the title. 

The gold studs added a nice accent and to incorporate the milepost stars better with the layout, I inked the corrugated ridges with Outdoor Denim ink.