This is a very different layout for me – no flowers and  no patterned paper!  I use these on almost all my pages!  And to top it off it’s a white background!  I did use something that I haven’t before – the rubon tape.  If you want a solid design I would suggest a little practice.  It’s not hard to use at all and runs smooth.  This was my first time using it and I wasn’t picky on how it turned out.  I actually like the imperfected look better than if it was solid.  There is 13 feet per runner so it will last awhile.  I also pulled out some mesh which I haven’t used in forever.  I think it was the perfect touch for this page.

Products used: Best Occasions Adhesive Accents – Stars, Making Memories Sticky Mesh (red), Daisy D’s Rob-On Tape, Plantin SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge.  Based on ScrapSketch #163.

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Products used: Making Memories paper, Kaiser Pearls, Making Memories flowers, Close to My Heart White Daisy ricrac, and Cricut cartridges (Lyrical Letters, Mini Monograms, & Graphically Speaking).  The layout is based on a sketch from Scrap Sketch.

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Products used: Memory Box Sugar Collection paper, Making Memories Simply Fabulous & MM Chicago chipboard letters, Deluxe Designs Plain Janes Swirls #1 chipboard, Prima flowers, Tattered Angels glitter mist, unknown white grosgrain ribbon, Darice Finishing Accents.  Scrap Sketch #131.

I hope you can see from this closeup picture how I added glitter to many elements of this page – the chipboard, the flower, and the ribbon!

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This layout was based on the Stardust WOTG.  Products used are CTMH Stardust paper, CTMH photo anchors, unknown brads & eyelets, My Mind’s Eye All Star title, CTMH Wishing Star stamp set and Orange ink.

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This layout is based on Scrap Sketch #157.

Products used: DCWV Old World papers, Kaisercraft black rhinestones, and Cricut cartridges (Storybook, Lyrical Letters, & Mini Monograms).

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I hope you had a great Labor Day weekend.  I know I sure did!  I don’t have much time to scrap this week but I was able to get this layout done today.  I used Liquid Glass to apply the fiber around the edges of the flower.  For the center and the swirl I twisted two different fibers together and again applied with the Liquid Glass.

Products used: Rhonna Farrer paper, CTMH Just Bloom flowers, CTHM Sweet Leaf ink, CTMH Liquid Glass, Cricut Lyrical Letters cartridge, and fiber from my stash.

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I normally don’t have much to say in my posts (I am a look-at-the-pictures kind of girl) but there is a lot of info here and if you take the time to read through you just might learn something.

Boy oh boy, let me tell you – I really hit left field with this one.  I will admit that this is just not my kind of stamp set.  I’m more of a daisy girl.  Then for some reason I got this idea of fireworks in my head and I had fireworks pictures that needed to be scrapped.  I really thought it was a good idea, but it was harder than I thought to actually put it to paper.  For one thing I these are Disney photos and the traditional Disney colors did not fit with them.  Neither did a red/white/blue theme.  So I decided to go for it and match the colors in my photos.  Another obstacle I faced was fireworks on a white background.  It just doesn’t seem right but I wanted them to be colorful.  This just had to wait until the end when everything came together.  I really didn’t know if I would like it until then.  Another bump in the road was that I didn’t have any yellow cardstock!  SO…my solution was to use my brayer to apply yellow ink to white cardstock strips.  I could have made them a solid color but this worked out better in the end because I like to have some sort of patterned paper on my layouts and this solved that dilemma as well.  After putting my layout together I needed to add some embellishing.

Did you know that you can cut your acrylic stamps?  I suggest using a sharp scissors to make sure that they do not tear.  If you have a stamp that you would use more often as two pieces then don’t be afraid to do this.  I cut the Make a Wish…… stamp.  This one was a bit tricky because the stamped parts were so close together (normally I wouldn’t cut one this close and would just ink the part I want to use) but because I was planning to stamp a lot it was easier for me to cut it.  When I want to stamp them as one again I can simply piece them together on my block and stamp no problem!  Another thing I love about acrylic stamps that you may not know is you can bend or straighten the image to suit your needs.  You can see how I did this with the Make a Wish for my border.  Yet another trick to acrylic stamps that I like is when creating a title.  To make a word straight (or exactly how I want it) I will lay out the letters directly onto my layout.  When I have them in place THEN I press down on top of them with my block to pick them up.  They are in place and ready to stamp.  I usually ink and stamp on a scrap paper to see if it’s how I want it and move any letters if necessary.  Often times the CTMH alphabet stamp sets will come with multiples of the same letter.  This is so you can ink a word that has two of the same letter at one time (like the a in my Magical).  However, that was not the case for the stamp set I used but it is still simple because you can see through the letters to place the exactly where you want.  What I did in this case was pressed the word “Magic” on my block.  Then I removed the letter “A” (leaving the space) and moved it to the second position and added the L.  I stamped the word Magical missing the first A and when I went back with just that letter to fill it in there was a spot where it fit perfectly.  Sparkles were the perfect finishing touch to this Magical layout!

Now if you want another unusual idea for a stamp in this set….take a look at the smallest dandelion with the stem pointing up….looks like a spider hanging down if you ask me!

(click image for a closeup view)

Products used are all CTMH: Treasures stamp set, The Works Alphabet stamp set, Journaling Jots stamp set, Cherish, Sparkles, Hollyhock Organdy ribbon (retired) and Watermelon, Sunny Yellow, and Star Spangled Blue ink/cardstock.

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the Fall Product Sneak Peak featuring a variety of new papers, stamps, and other products from the new Fall/Winter Idea Book.

Now hop on over to Beth’s Blog to see what she has created.  We have nearly 70 participants this month so it may take awhile to get through the entire blog hop but it will be worth it!

If you get lost along the way go to this post for a list of all the participants.

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Wendy Kessler http://www.myscrapbookingblog.com <<< You are here!
Beth Naumann http://www.bethscreativeblock.blogspot.com
Barbra Otten http://barbraotten.blogspot.com
Terrie Dodd http://www.my-life-in-real-time.blogspot.com
Judy Burger http://makingtimeformemories.blogspot.com
Jessica Booth http://jessicabooth.blogspot.com
Leisa Hubley http://www.bigredscraps.blogspot.com
Helen Onulak http://www.hookedonstamping.com
Debra Van Patten http://memoriesoftheheartbydeb.blogspot.com
Juli Clark http://www.thestampteacher.blogspot.com
Sarita Schraeder http://www.blessedscrapper.blogspot.com
Michelle Robinson http://www.amaizenbluelady.typepad.com
Maricar Harris http://www.maricarharris.blogspot.com
Antoinette Herrin http://www.GodblessyourART.blogspot.com
Kathleen Androlewicz http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com
Cindy Leek http://www.paperspadsandpictures.blogspot.com
Dawn Heuft http://www.stamptildawn.blogspot.com
Barbara Harris http://www.paper-creations117.blogspot.com
Alanna Moses http://www.damoses.blogspot.com
Laurie Levnik http://www.creationsbylaurie.blogspot.com
Tanya David http://www.scramperscorner.blogspot.com
Karen Norman http://www.gettinscrappywithit.blogspot.com
Jan Moxey http://scrapandstamp4ever.blogspot.com
Tammy Lea Pinchard http://mycreativeclubhouse.blogspot.com
Paige Dolecki http://www.paigespaperparadise.blogspot.com
Kelly Triggs http://www.stampinallday.blogspot.com
Sherry Thompson http://www.picturespatternsandpaper.blogspot.com
Deb Young http://www.scrapbookczar.blogspot.com
Nancy Ball http://www.ballisticdesign.blogspot.com
Chris Shouse http://www.houseostamps.wordpress.com
Dawn Ross http://www.iamahappystamper.blogspot.com
Brae Montgomery http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com
Laurie R Newton http://scrapsfromthebeach.blogspot.com
Haley Dyer http://www.inkyscrapper.blogspot.com
Carol Taggio http://craftycarol55.blogspot.com
Amy McVey http://www.clearlystamping.blogspot.com
Carla Ironside http://www.carlacreates.blogspot.com
Jen Rubio http://www.jenrubio.blogspot.com
Kristie Horness-Herdener http://www.goofyscrapper.blogspot.com
Jill Lucas http://scrapwench.blogspot.com
Wanda Riley http://www.creatingwithwanda.blogspot.com
Miranda Kurz http://www.scrampinwithmiranda.com
Jody Gustafson http://www.cre8nmemories.blogspot.com
Susan Brooks http://www.stampingintheopen.blogspot.com
Kami Welter http://www.scrappin4memories.blogspot.com
Jennifer Patrick http://www.roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com
Julia Menssen http://www.ralphandjulia.blogspot.com
Shannon Pelletier http://www.mycolorfulworldinvt.blogspot.com
Linda Shewchuk http://www.awesomememories.blogspot.com
Brenda Harmless http://keepsakeswithheart.blogspot.com
Donni Alvarenga http://www.donniscreativetherapy.blogspot.com
Nancy Brown http://www.creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com
Traci Godbee http://createwithtraci.blogspot.com
Pam Klassen http://eimmap.blogspot.com
Lori Miller http://www.clearlyfromtheheart.blogspot.com
Kimberly Smith http://verykimberry.blogspot.com
Caren Goldsein http://www.scrappycaren.blogspot.com
Misty Jackson http://www.misstscraps.blogspot.com
Jena DeVries http://www.livelovelaughscrapbook.blogspot.com
Nona Davenport http://www.nonapearl.blogspot.com
Katy Donaldson http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com
Cibele Glazer http://www.flowerfoot.blogspot.com
Laura Dame http://www.thecroppersconnection.blogspot.com
Lori Leng http://www.pinkcloudscrappers.blogspot.com
Jamia Bankhead http://www.papermadnessinc.blogspot.com
Melissa Laverty http://www.fancymelissa.blogspot.com
Pamela OConnor http://www.cherishyourmemories.blogspot.com
Sheila Bennett http://sheila-bennett.blogspot.com
Adeline E. Brill http://adeline-brill.blogspot.com

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