Jessica - New Life

NEW LIFE
by Jessica Summers

SUPPLIES:
Patterned Paper:  DCWV "Safari Chic;" Pink Paislee
Journaling Tag
Chipboard Letters:  We R Memory Makers
Flowers:  Petaloo, Prima, Imaginisce
Brads:  Making Memories, Imaginisce
Metal Butterflies:  Making Memories
Ribbon: Imaginisce
Chipboard:  American Crafts
Miscellaneous:  gold glitter, craft glue, glue dots, black pen, black photo corners.

HOW TO:
1. Cut a large scalloped shape out of patterened paper.  Layer a strip of paper on top of that.  Mat your photos
2. Using craft glue and a paint brush, generously brush glue on the surface of your chipboard letters.  Sprinkle gold glitter on it; set aside to dry.
3. Mist a plain tag with different glimmer mists.  This will be the journaling spot. Adhere flowers and butterflies to the corner.
4. Adhere title.

Jess- Hi Card (DCWV)

Hi
by Jessica Summers

SUPPLIES
Card: Matchbook style
Patterned Paper: DCWV glitter Citrus Mat Stack
Chipboard: American Crafts
Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts
Bling: Heidi Swapp
Brad: Making Memories
Punch: Fiskars

HOW TO
This is a quick and easy card. Using the red patterned paper, mat the background of the card. Cut out the design from the DCWV mat paper and adhere along the sides. Add a coordinating strip along the bottom of the matchbook card and use a decorative punch along the edge.

Stephanie: Tats my Girl

tats my girl

by Stephanie Garbett
SUPPLIES
bazzil card stock
patterned papers basic grey, october afternoon, dcwv
stamps tim holtz, prima, basic grey, autumn leaves
letters making memories, prima
brads making memories, basic grey
zing embossing powder

HOW TO
1 cut two squares of card stock two different sizes distressing the edges mount onto black card stock

2 cut a large piece of patterned paper glue into place slightly to the left hand side of the card stock as shown

3 using an 8 /8 piece of patterned paper cut a border like the yellow one as shown

4 cut three strips of other patterned papers different sizes placing the largest one behind the photo

5 stamp several stamped images onto transparency place to one side to dry

6 using a butterfly stamp emboss the image as shown

7 glue the two strips of the patterned papers at the bottom right hand side of the layout then using your stamped swirls tuck them behind photo as shown glue into place

8 add stamped wording to the right hand side of the photo stamped onto the transparency add butterfly flourish the the bottom right hand side of the photo the centre piece to my butterfly is the actual photo of my daughters tattoo enlarged and cut out

9 finish of the layout by adding title and distressing the edges

Zarah- She's got the Look

She's got the look
By: Zarah S Peterson


SUPPLIES
Paper: Die Cuts With a View
Cardstock: Bazzill (white, black and scalloped pink)
Stamp: Heidi Swapp Word stamps (forever)
Alphas: Creative Imaginations and no-name foam alphas
Embellishments: Ribbon, Prima flowers & leaves (cut up bigger ones)
Digital: brushes from http://www.designerdigitals.com/
Miscellaneous: Glossy Accents by Ranger, bling & raindots, Pens, random pins from my drawer (handmade & no-name), Making Memories staplers, lace, a butterfly, white Staz-on, a bling heart & jump ring
Tools: Edge Scraper by MM

HOW TO
1. Cut strips from the striped paper - or from the papers you wish you mix up. But a piece of paper that goes behind them all and rough up the edges with an edge scraper or scissors.
Layer the papers and add the lace to the top. Staple it down.
2. Mat the photos twice. First on black Bazzill, and then on the scalloped pink. Make sure the scalloped edge is even. If you wish, cut away a small portion of the patterned paper that will run underneath the scallops, to make it less messy as the white Bazzill shows through all the way through the holes.
3. Glue down your papers and the pink ribbon. Staple the ribbon if needed.
4. Adhere the flowers diagonally. I've also added one slightly outside the line, because I wanted Anna to wear a flower in her hair. Add bling and other centers. Then add leaves. Also put some pins through the know of the ribbon.
4. Add your title and your journaling. Make sure the journaling strips fit under the photo and that your text will be visible. The easiest way is to put it in place and make small marks where the needle start and the page ends. That way you'll know how much space you have.
5. Stamp the text to the photo.
6. Add the pencil lines around the LO. If you want to, glue down the edges of the ribbon, making the ribbons arch upwards.
7. You're done! :D

Stephanie- My Mind's Eye

All About Me
by Stephanie Garbett


SUPPLIES
bazzil card stock
my minds eye patterned papers & stamps
making memories ribbon washer felt heart
k n co brad
basic grey run on
letters dcwv anitas
dmc thread
dark room door butterfly stamps
prima stamps
felt pens

HOW TO
1 start off by stamping the image onto your card stock



2 cut and layer 5 different sorts of patterned paper and place as shown leaving a good area of the stamp showing glue them into place



3 using a worded stamp stamp around your photo and glue into place add rubon wording using a corner stamp stamp the image onto patterned paper cut this out and affix to top left hand corner



4 using the flourish from the patterned paper cut out and place as shown using 3d foam pads for the leaves



5 stamp two leaves as shown to give the flourish more detail



6 stitch the f lowers and add embellishments add ribbon to the bottom of the photo and add your lettering print a photo off and place in the washer



7 add a little colouring to the stamp effect back ground

Emma- One and Only

One and only
By Emma Trout


SUPPLIES
Bazzill beetle black cardstock (multi-pack)
Patterned papers: DCWV 8x8 La Crème stack
October Afternoon (Ducks in a row) Splish Splash
October Afternoon (Cherry Hill) Recipe box
October Afternoon (Detours) Fruit Stand
Stamps- Bo Bunny Journal acrylic stamp
American Crafts stamp collection Baby
Brads- Making Memories pebble brads black and white
Basic Grey chipboard mini monogram
Foam alphabet – American Crafts
Making memories word pebbles
Distress embossing powder (shabby shutters)
Ranger glossy cardstock
Acrylic paint

HOW TO

Glue a 1” strip of paper along the left edge of layout and a 1” strip across the bottom.

Add the full width photo above the bottom strip. Stamp journaling swirl onto the layout using archival ink then cut out the circle from the same journaling swirl that has been stamped onto glossy cardstock and add to centre on the photo.

Add a 1” strip of patterned paper above the photo. Cut out patterns from stack and decorate the paper strips.

I added a desaturated photo to the left side of the layout.

Sponge white paint directly onto cardstock

Add page pebbles, monogram, brads and elements from patterned papers.

Kirs- Die Cuts with a View

My Star

by Kirs de ven Smit 

SUPPLIES
Paper : Die Cuts With a View - GREEN WOODLAND - Bear - Birds - Branches - Air words -
Flowers and Leaves : Making Memories - JarCollection Blossoms Mix Hibiscus -
Die Cuts : My Minds Eye - All Star - Date
Words : Making Memories - Jelly Labels
Rope
A piece woods from my garden

HOW TO
The tree branches have been cut from the paper Branches, the texts from the paper Air Words and birds from the Birds.

Paste the picture first, then the tree branches obliquely over them. Then quickly the words between them before the glue has dried.

Some loose leaves pasted on the attached small leaves , with some flowers.

For more depth, I have used a piece of cardboard (old box) , some birds are pasted on, as the text All Star.

A funny detail I have a swing made by a piece of rope and a piece of wood out paste, together with a bird.

The labels (here amore and love) are pasted here and there.

Lucy- "Sassy Girl"

Sassy Girl
by Luciane Folch

SUPPLIES
Chatterbox fayer stripes
Prima paper
Daisy D's Taylor paper
Hambly brick wall
DCWV All dressed up epoxy stickers
Prima flowers
AC thickers
MM glitter tags
black pen
HS alpha foam
A piece of card board from Love Elsie rub ons package.

HOW TO
Add a square about 10x10 cm from the hambly brick wall on the right corner of your background, then mat your photo, add some bits around the photo and make a waterfall of flowers coming all the way from the top down to the photo.
For the flower centers I used the dots and stars from the AC thickers and doodled it with a black pen.
Add some tags for journaling and a epoxy sticker.
Put the name's initial in one corner.
Add your title on the top of Love Elsie sheet of card board from the rub ons.

Lucy- MY MIND'S EYE

This week we are featuring My Mind's Eye, a wonderful company with gorgeous coordinating papers and embellishments. Lucy jumpstarts the week with a fun layout featuring the 29th Street Market Collection.

My Little Star
by Luciane Folch


SUPPLIES
Cardstock- DCWV
Patterned paper- My Mind's Eye 29th Street Market Collection: Fancy Princess, Fancy Party,
Fancy Girly Girl Pillow Case
doily paper
brown bag paper
sewing machine
misc buttons
unknow ribbon
AC thickers
A B&W photo that you can cut around the silluet.
Black pen and a clored pen.

HOW TO
Start this project crumpling the brown bag paper and stitch it with your sewing machine but if you don't have one you can either hand stich or just glue it like you usually do.
Then add the doily, this will give a romantic feeling to your project.
Now work your photo, here I used the silhouette of my sugar daughter then I colored her dress and cheeks and made some wings and crown to give this photo a magical feeling.
Then I cut a piece of patterned My Mind's Eye paper and added the photo there with 3d foam stickers to add dimension.
Now cut ramdom strips of MME 29th street market collection and sew it down.
Now using the floral paper I cut out some flowers and added it to one side along with some buttons making something like a bouquet.
Make a bow and put on the end of your flower's bouquet.
Add the title and here you have another girly girl LO.
Thank you so much for looking:)
See you soon with another project to share with you all.

Carole- Bundle of Joy

"Bundle of Joy"
by Carole Maurin

SUPPLIES
Papers: DCWV, Fancy Pants
Journaling Sheet: Prima
Labels: Daisy D's, Maya Road, Pink Paisley
Vinyl Stickers: American Crafts
Plastic Ribbon
Felt: Queen and Co, Heidi Swapp
black and white pens

HOW TO
There are no special techniques on the layout, however it is based on two points; contrast and position. There is contrast between the empty and the full part of the layout (where the embellishments are concentrated at) and a contrast of colors. Position wise, the papers, felt embellishments, title, and labels are grouped together.

Emma- Don't Ever Forget

"Don’t Ever Forget"
by Emma Trout

SUPPLIES
Black Bazzill cardstock
Patterned Papers: DCWV and Hambly screenprints (Vintage Patchwork)
Basic Grey rub-ons
American Crafts Thickers
Cream, black and tan card
Metal tag rims
Dymo, gems, acrylic paint, jute ribbon.

HOW TO
Cut the circle from the Hambly paper and glue to the top left of the layout.
Dry brush a line of blue paint to the bottom of the layout and add some grass clump cut from DCWV paper and tan card.
Using the DCWV paper, cut out four elephant designs. I added gems for the eyes and Basic Grey rub-ons to their ‘blankets’. Glue to the layout. Add some arches of tan, cream and black cardstock fixed together with foam pads.
Cut out several of the damask shapes from the DCWV paper and add to your layout, layering and using foam pads on some. Add your photo on top of these.
Finally, add a strip of jute ribbon to the right of the photo. Print journaling and layer underneath metal tag rims. Add your title using a Dymo and American crafts Thickers.

Natalie- 2 Birthday Cards

The two cards today are beautifully streamlined. Natalie does a great job using KI lace paper on these contrasting cards.

Card 1 - Happy Birthday by Natalie O'Shea

Supplies:
Bazzill Basics white and aqua cardstock
Fancy Pants Simplicity Shape patterned paper
DCWV circle cardstock
KI Memories Bouquet Dew Lace Cardstock
Bazzill Basics chipboard circle chip
Bazzill Basics Birthday chip topper

How to:
Make your base card from white cardstock. Cut a rectangle from the pink patterned paper and attach to your base card. Cut a rectangle of aqua cardstock and attach to your base card. Cut a rectangle of white cardstock and attach to your base card. Cut a rectangle from the pink patterned paper again. Cover the bottom half of the paper with the dotted patterned card and the cover the top half with the lace cardstock and attach to your base card. Cut a thin strip of the aqua card and attach a wider strip of white card and attach across the join in the centre of your base card. Attach the chip topper to your chip and attach to the centre of your card.

Card 2 - Happy Birthday by Natalie O'Shea

Supplies:
Bazzill Basics aqua, chocolate, pink and white cardstock
KI Memories Bouquet Dew Lace Cardstock
Bazzill Basics square chipboard chip
Bazzill Basics Birthday chip topper

How to:
Cover a rectangle of brown cardstock with the aqua lace cardstock and trim. Mount onto white card, then pink card, then chocolate card and finally on a base card made from the aqua card. Attach the chip topper to the chip. Attach the chip to a square of pink cardstock and attach to the bottom right hand corner of your base card.

Christiane- "Stars Von Gestern"

Christiane has perfected the outlining technique. On her layout today, she uses many different lines, from black to white to even sewing, to add dimension.


Stars Von Gestern

by Christiane Müller


SUPPLIES
CS- Bazzill
PP- Fancy Pants Celebrate "Play," "Laugh"
Bling- Heidi Swapp
Ribbon- KI Memories- Love, Elsie "Claire"
Little Stars- DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies
Pens- Sakura, Signo Uniball

HOW TO
The background is made from cardstock and patterned papers cut using a template from Making Memories "Noteworthy" paper.
The frame is handstitched and all papers are distressed and inked.
Two strips from different Fancy Pants papers are placed to the left of the photo then edged with a handcut bracket.
The stars are also from cut from Fancy Pants papers and glued with 3D-pads.
Letters are handcut and lined with a black pen. The brown letters are inked with walnut ink spray. Add some bling and journaling strips and the page is finished.

I'm Free

Successfully combining multiple brands into a single layout is not always easy, but Fanny seems to do it with ease!

"I'm Free"
by Fanny Delobel


SUPPLIES
Papers: Fancy Pants 'About a Boy,' 'Daydreams.' KI Memories Love Elsie 'Claire.' DCWV 'Pets.' Making Memories, ChatterBox 'Rosey Villa Dots.' Bazzill basics 'Kraft.'
Stickers: Making Memories 'Noteworthy'
Chipboard: American Crafts, Making Memories, Heidi Swapp
Die-cut: My Mind's Eye
Flowers: Bazzil wings, prima
alphabet chipboards: Doodlebug 'lime.' Heidi Swapp 'Center of Attention.'
Ribbon: American Crafts 'Midtown Red'
buttons: Fancy Pants
stickers: Die Cuts With a View 'Blossoms and Butterflies'
ribbon: american crafts
frame: Beauty Magnolia Starburst Frame
ink: Distress Ink Walnut Stain , Distress Ink Worn Lipstick
glitter: Stickles Pink

HOW TO
Cut rectangles out of your papers and adhere it under your lower picture. Take the smallest piece of Ki Memories paper and handcut scalloped edges. Cut Making Memories paper into a bracket. Distress the edges of the papers using the brown Distress Ink. Distress the edges of your photos with your scissors.
Cut flowers from the Fancy Pants paper and adhere them on various places on the layout.
Adhere ribbons under the top left side photo and under the right bottom side photo.
Adhere buttons and butterflies stickers. Distress alphabet chipboards using Distress Ink Worn Lipstick. Add glitter to you papers, chipboards and flowers.
Write your journaling on strips of bazzil basics paper (distress the edges using distress walnut stain).
With a black pen draw lines and dots along the edges of the 12x12 paper.

My First Thought

The world of scrapbooking is not just set in real life. Technology allows us to make friends from all over the world via the internet. Christiane made a layout regarding her friend, Barbara. They both design for a challenge blog, Scrapping the Music and have formed a close on-line relationship despite the distance between them (Barbara lives in the United States).

"My First Thought!!"
by Christiane Müller

SUPPLIES
PP - 7Gypsies, DCWV, Prima Paintables
Overlay - Hambly Screenprints
Felt - Queen & Co.
Brads - DCWV
Letter Stickers - American Crafts
Ink - Ranger
Handstitching
Outlining
Distressing with HS - Distressing Tool and black ink

HOW TO:
Cut out two big circles from different papers and some flowers. Mat your picture with red cardstock. Some brads, clouds, a bit of felt and some hambly overlay are arranged around the circles. I've painted the letter stickers in black with a permanent marker. Print your journaling onto white cardstock and cut it in strips. Some handstitching in black and your layout is finished!!

Lucy's "Cute Sis"

"Cute Sis"

by Luciane Folch

SUPPLIES
Simple Pinstripe Luxe Designs
Color me... Loved Luxe designs
Hambly Mini Graph Lime
Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Blue Plaid DCWV

Chatter box Botanic
Ki Memories Lace paper
Yellow patterned paper (Unknown)
Love Elsie ribbon, buttons, rub ons
Daisy D's Valentine tags
Prima Deco Tape Crowns
AC Thickers
DCWV All Dressed Up brads
Black pen

HOW TO
Cut one strip from the Botanic paper about 7 cm and one strip from the green paper to place on the side of your photo.
Then cut a long strip for the top (about 3.5 cm).
Doodle it with a back pen and cut around making a frame.
Cut bits and pieces of papers and embelish all around your frame. Then embelish on the top of the layers with some rub ons, buttons, brads and ribbon to complete the frame.
Add your title and voilá!

Diva

Lucy sure does know how to make a baby layout fresh and funky! Today's layout features one of the new stacks, Nana's Nursery, from Die Cuts With a View.





SUPPLIES
DCWV black cardstock
DCWV Nana's Nursery papers
DCWV Glitter alpha
Prima flowers
Buttons
Ribbon
Stapler
White pen
3d foam

HOW TO
The photo measures 15x10 cm.
Place it over a piece of baby paper (like a mat) about 22x12cm, cut a strip of white paper about 3x12cm and add it on the side of the patterned paper.
Cut a strip from the same collection about 30,5 long and add it to the bottom and a small one 11x2cm crossing the white paper.
Embellish it as you like.

Cutie Over There

Today's bright and hip layout is by Mireille. The pictures were taken at a skater park. "I Loved the grafitti and I loved how perfectly Amber fit under the paintings hand. I edited the photo in Adobe's Lightroom to give it an extra pop."

"Cutie over there"
by Mireille Divjak

Supplylist:
Glitter Cardstock: Die Cuts with a View
Patterned Paper: Die Cuts with a View, Teresa Collins
Paint: Making Memories
Paper Lace: Creative Imaginations
Alpha's (foam and velvet): American Crafts
Rub ons - Hambly Screen Prints
Pen: Sakura

How to:
For this layout I used a large photo and cut it with a partial white border. I used glitter cardstock and stamped with bubble wrap and hot pink paint. While the paint dried I cut the shapes out of patterned paper. I adhered the photo with a slight tilt and added the patterned paper as borders at the bottom and on the right side of the photo.
I added the title and used the rubons in between the title and on the corner of the photo.
I highlighted the title with a pen and added white dots along the patterned paper.
I used a small amount of paper lace at the bottom of the picture (for cuteness and to cover up elements I didn't want in my photo.)

Lucy Takes Us "Behind the Scenes"

"Behind the Scenes"
by Luciane Folch


SUPPLIES:
DCWV white card stock
DCWV patterned papers
colored pens
black pen


HOW TO
First place your photo in a piece of PP then trace it from the back side a house shape and cut.
Make a roof with other PP.
Cut off some swirls and embelish.
The title was free handed and colored with pens.

Origami Card

When Jessica began scrapbooking, she bought alot of those photo mat stacks. Years later, they are still sitting in her scrapspace, mostly unused. Until now! She shows us a way to make a origami style card utilizing the mats as a base. It's a great project for any holiday.

By the way, "Mahal Kita" mean "I Love You" in her mother's native language of Tagalog (a dialect from the Philippines).

The mini album/card folds so that it is flat, but opens to expose four seperate pages!



SUPPLIES

Cardstock Mat Stack: DCWV Spring Mat Stack

Cardstock: Bazzill, DCWV "Scalloped Stack"

Patterned Paper: DCWV "Blossoms and Butterflies," "Nana's Nursery (Boy)." Creative Imaginations "Cream Lined Scallop"

Photo Corners: Heidi Swapp

Rubon Stitches: Daisy D's

Flowers: Prima Sprites, Heidi Swapp

Felt: Queen & Co. Fun Felt

Buttons: Fancy Pants

Cardstock Stickers: Love, Elsie "Lola," DCWV "Blossoms and Butterflies,"

Chipboard: K&Co.

Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts "Remarks," SEI "Ally's Alphabet," American Crafts "Thickers Hat Box."

Stickles Pink

Bone Folder or Scorer

Ribbon

HOW TO
You will need 4 pieces from your mat stacks (if you don't have this, cut cardstock 4.5" x 4.5"). Put to the side for now.
Cut a piece of cardstock 4" x 4". Score the square diagonally and then in half. Using a bone folder, fold along the scores so that your square looks like this:

Unfold your square and lay it flat on your table. Position it like this:

Put glue on the sections marked with an "*". Be sure not to move your square from this position!!
Now you will add your mat stacks where the glue is. This might be a bit tricky, so practice laying your mats down first before gluing. Once adhered, your card will look like this from the back:
You can see that the whole square is on the mat stacks, but only certain parts are glued. This will allow you to fold your card into one piece.

Once your base is dry, you are ready to decorate! I cut spring themed patterned paper to 4" x 6" and placed them atop the mats. It's best to keep your embellishments to a minimum so you can fold it flat.