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Thumb Sucker Layout

Wendy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:00:38 +0000

Supplies used: Papers by Close to My Heart, Daisy Hill Metal Accents, Making Memories Charmed Photo Corner, unknown alphabet stickers, Making Memories charms, CTMH hinge, CTMH brads, and Bazzill Ribbon.

The Scrap Our Stash Challenge this month is to do ANYTHING! I learned that with the business of the holidays that is exactly what we should strive for, just get done whatever you can and consider it an accomplishment! Go check it out and take the challenge for yourself.

It’s hard to believe that Miranda will be one year old soon. She was the only child of ours who sucked her thumb and it was just so stickin’ cute!

Cousins Layout

Wendy — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:00:26 +0000

This layout was originally a 2-page layout from the Close to My Heart Miracle Workshop Kit. I used it as a single page and added some fun Making Memories alphabet stickers.

Homemade Memories Layout

Wendy — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:00:57 +0000

Supplies used: Close to My Heart Deck the Halls paper, Close to My Heart Cranberry cardstock, Making Memories Paperie Greenhouse alphabet stickers, Queen & Co. felt fusion, Jolee’s Boutique dimensional stickers – Gingerbread house value pack. Sketch = Page Maps Oct 2009

CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop – Relay Race

Wendy — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:00:26 +0000

This month we are doing something a little different for our hop. We are doing a relay race. For this one you will need to go to Nikka’s Blog to start. There will be an explanation there of how it works.

Continue from here….

Here is Vicki’s beautiful card that I worked from:

I chose to take the colors from her card along with the butterflies and incorporate those into my layout:

Supplies used: Close to My Heart (CTMH) Miracle Paper Pack, CTMH Color-Ready Kraft Borders, Making Memories Photo Decor chipboard, CTMH Colonial White Cardstock, Cricut Cherry Limeade cartridge, CTMH Opaque Pearl Adhesive Gems, CTMH Cotton Candy ink, CTMH Beautiful Butterflies stamp set, and Fiskars border punch.

Now move on to Kristie’s Blog!

Makin’ a Splash Layout

Wendy — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:00:10 +0000

Supplies used: KI Memories Surprise Collection paper, Making Memories chipboard flower, Fiskars border punch, Provo Craft alpha rubons, and K&Company adhesive chipboard.

This was my layout from the March Challenge at Scrap Our Stash that I forgot to post. The challenge was “Spring Cleaning” – meaning dig something out from your stash, dust it off, and use it! I pulled out all the stops with this layout. Everything I used is old, old, old and I literally had to dust off my border punch! I used a sketch from My Little Sketch Book. I just love sketches! I’ve found some great sites lately and plan to use them more. They make scrapbooking so quick and easy!

Belle Plaine Winter Day Layout

Wendy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:30:36 +0000

Supplies used: Fancy Pants Wintertime paper pack (paper, stickers, journal box), and Deck the Halls Trims by Making Memories.

This winter layout was from our Christmas trip to Belle Plaine MN in 2009. It was a snowy Christmas and the question wasn’t IF you would get snowed in but WHERE you wanted to get snowed in at. We chose to make the trip to my sister’s and we had fun playing games over the holiday. The guys worked together to shovel and the girls made snowmen. The Wintertime pack by Fancy Pants was perfect for these pics. I purchase it from Crop Chocolate. The scarf on the snowman sticker stuck out farther than I wanted so I snipped it off and stuck it down at a different angle to fit my page better. I matted the snowflake sticker border on red cardstock so it would stand out more. I added fiber to the center of the snowflakes, the hat, and hot chocolate mug by tying it in a knot and adhering with a glue dot. This added the perfect touch of sparkle to my page!

Love Layout

Wendy — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:00:33 +0000

Supplies used: unknown pattern paper, Technique Tuesday scalloped baseboards, layered title by Colorbok, Making Memories Rose Petal Paint, Making Memories Rose Petal Specialty Glaze, CTMH Sparkles, Making Memories flowers, unknown ricrac, and eyelets. Based on a Becky Fleck January 2011 Page Map sketch. Scrap Our Stash February Challenge.

The February Challenge at Scrap Our Stash this month is LOVE. I really dug into my stash for this layout. I think the patterned paper may have been from the Target Dollar Spot at least a year ago, the scalloped baseboards are from when a local scrapbook store closed years ago, and the eyelets and brads are even older. The ricrac is from a bag I found at a rummage sale! I am not one for empty space on a layout or just plain cardstock so I filled the white cardstock space with heart-shaped eyelets to create my own patterned paper. I painted the chipboard border with a pink base topped with a coat of specialty glaze.

Sweet Baby Layout

Wendy — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:00:43 +0000

All supplies are by Close to My Heart except the rubon letters which are by Making Memories. This is one of the layouts from the Magnifique Workshop Kit. (no longer available).

Sisterly Love Layout

Wendy — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:00:38 +0000

This is my DT layout for Crop Chocolate. I’ve used a kit by Fancy Pants as well as some flowers by Making Memories. The layer of flowers is a transparency sheet. The pictures and all the embellishments are on top of this. I attached it to the patterned paper by poking brads through the flowers, transparency, and paper and I also added a few dots of adhesive under the flowers and my photos (places where it won’t show through).

The Baby Name is….

Wendy — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:06:25 +0000

(click to see a bigger photo – but it may take awhile to download)

Supplies used: Making Memories Specialty Glaze – Rose Petal, Fancy Pants Transparent Die Cuts, and Making Memories Maddi Scrapbook Page Kit.

Layout Challenge: #126 of 210.

That is the big question: What is the name? I love to play games so here’s one for you. I’ve made this page layout for the baby book of the many names that we considered. The name we chose is on here. Can you guess what it is?

4th of July Layout

Wendy — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:46:50 +0000

Supplies used: Close to My Heart papers, Making Memories rubons, Cricut Graphically Speaking cartridge, and unknown ribbon.

Layout Challenge: #91 of 210.

Another Disney Layout

Wendy — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:00:21 +0000

This one is of Br’er Bear & Br’er Fox. Br’er Bear was funny and left big smiles on the girls’ faces. I really wanted to use the rubons like the first letters of the title for the entire title but did not have enough (too many e’s and r’s). I opted to still use them and finish it off with stamping. This is something I’ve never done before. I’ve mixed different alpha stickers but not rubons and stamping. I may do more mixing of stamps in may layouts because it’s a great way to fill in those extra vowels and common letters that we often low out of.

Layout Challenge: #85 of 210.

Tiki Room Layout

Wendy — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:00:15 +0000

I had to sing the Tiki Room song when I was working on this layout, another Disney one under my belt. The rubons are Making Memories. All other supplies are unknown.

Layout Challenge: #84 of 210.

Dolphin Discovery Layout

Wendy — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:00:22 +0000

These pictures were taken at Sea World in California. The rubons for the title are Making Memories, all other supplies are unknown.

Layout Challenge: #83 of 210

Butterfly House Layout

Wendy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:00:03 +0000

Supplies used: DCWV Glitter Stack papers, Queen & Co. Felt Fusion border, and Making Memories Heidi Small Black alphabet rubons.

Layout Challenge: #66 of 210.

Big Baby Layout

Wendy — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:00:11 +0000

Supplies used: DCWV paper, Stampin Up cardstock, Prima Say it in Crystals, JoAnn ScrapEssentials vellum quote, Making Memories rubon letters, and Best Occasions rhinestones.

Layout Challenge: #64 of 210

Friend Birthday Party Layout

Wendy — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:00:32 +0000

Supplies used: DCWV papers, Prima rhinestone flourish, Queen & Co. Felt Fusion border, Walk in My Garden Cricut cartridge, and Making Memories Glitter Clears.

Layout Challenge: # 58 of 210

11 Years Old Birthday Layout

Wendy — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:00:16 +0000

Supplies used: CTMH Bella Level 2 Paper Pack & Stickease, CTMH Olive & Lilac Mist cardstock, unknown chipboard flourishes, Making Memories paint, Bazzill? flowers, CTMH Sparkles, Cricut Storybook cartridge.

Layout Challenge: #51 of 210.

Embellish…your MM organizer!

Wendy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:41:37 +0000

Gee, this might turn into a mini series of decorating your scrapbooking tools and more! It all started when I finally got around to decorating these jars.

Products used: MM organizer, CTMH Tickled Pink papers, CTMH Sparkles, Kaiser rhinestones, Prima Say it in Style Crystals, Petaloo flowers, and Mod Podge.

Products used: MM organizer, My Mind’s Eye papers, unknown flowers, Heidi Swapp chipboard letters, MM paint, unknown ribbon, Dress It Up Glitter Dots, K & Company Grand Adhesions butterflies, and Mod Podge.

Products used: MM organizer, GCD Studios papers, DCWV Glitter stack papers, Cosmo Cricket chipboard letters, Michael’s rhinestones, Darice rhinestones, MM paint, unknown ribbon, and Mod Podge.

Embellish is defined as: to make beautiful, decorate. This is exactly what I have been doing with all my scrapbook organizers and tools lately. It makes my scrapbook room even more enjoyable and inspiring. These Making Memories desk organizers come in a plain white. They are nice as is but I have enjoyed making them my own. I bought one from Crop Chocolate and had trouble finding more after that. I thought I found a good deal on my additional ones and was disappointed. I learned that even though they advertise with the same picture and they are both MM, I should have bought the ones that were $40 and not $20. The first one I got is actually wood, solid, and heavy. The other ones I thought I found at a decent price are cheap cardboard/chipboard-like. They are very like-weight and will definitely not last as long. Christine wasn’t very happy with me that she had to trade with me so I could have the nice one but I made it up to her by decorating them. Now if Michael’s ever gets my set of drawers in again I will show you some other things I have done. Have a great day!

Decorate those jars!

Wendy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:52:14 +0000

Closeup of the plastic jars on top, check out that sparkle!

Here’s another shelf I have that I recently reorganized:
Closeup of the decorated jars:

Well, I guess this is what you do when you have an overabundance of supplies…. I have wanted to do this for a long time and finally got around to decorating these cute plastic jars by Making Memories. They would also be great for decorating and adding candy for a nice little gift. The first shelf is Making Memories as well and is one of my favorite purchases from Crop Chocolate. I love the spots for photos on the drawers. It adds a personal feel. You could also use these to add a label of what’s inside the drawer. The second shelf was a great rummage sale find. I just love to have things look so pretty in my creative space. It is much more inspiring!