Zarah- About a Boy

about a boy

By: Zarah S Peterson

SUPPLIES
Paper: Making memories/Just Chillin' plus a piece of Jennie Bowlin paper that I shape cut
Cardstock: Bazzill (white and brown)
Alphas: Basic Grey and Making Memories
Embellishments: Prima flower and swirl
Miscellaneous: Glossy Accents by Ranger, Pens, Making Memories staplers, lace, a no-name pearl heart, no-name leaves, Fluid Chalk

HOW TO
1. Cut three photos into a wallet size. Mat them onto white and then brown Bazzill.

2. Cut of a small strip of the medallion shaped paper. Add a torn strip and a scalloped strip of the striped paper to the outsides. Sew or draw faux stitching on the top and bottom. Also add a strip of the star paper to top and bottom. The bottom one torn if you like. Add interest to the edges by inking them.

3. Cut a piece of ledger or striped paper (or something like that. I used a piece of Jennie Bowlin's Country store) into an interesting shape. For this one, I re-used the backing of a JB-button packaging as the template but you can also find templates online. Add the shaped paper on top of the other papers, and staple the lace to it all.

4. Glue your photos down. Either make them all evenly spaced and straight. or tilt them up - it's a matter of taste.

5. Add the title, the flower (plus its center) and the bling.

6. Put names and date in the empty corner to the low right.

7. Voilà! You're done!

Emma- BasicGrey

Wisteria Lane
by Emma Trout

SUPPLIES
Bazzill Cardstock
Patterned papers: Basic Grey Wisteria (Gazebo, Stone Wall, Fountain)
Rub-on: Basic Grey Euro edge (white)
Alphas- Making Memories (I do), Jenni Bowlin Chalkboard
Bird- Heidi Swapp
Other: Ribbon, acrylic paint, Doily, coffee sticks, scrap card.

HOW TO
Draw around a CD onto scrap paper. Cut strips of ‘Stone Wall’ paper and glue on top of CD circle working from purple at the top, through to blue then green at the bottom. Cut out circle.

Tear a strip of ‘Fountain’ paper. Glue across centre of layout with a purple stripe from ‘Stone Wall’ and doily edge. Dry brush white acrylic paint in the centre of cardstock. Glue the circle previously made to the centre/left of layout.

Paint coffee sticks white. Make a white frame for photo and add to layout with coffee stick ‘signpost’. Cover the reverse of a Heidi Swapp mirror bird with ‘Stone Wall’ paper and glue on top of signpost. Cut out a couple of fences and add to layout. Cut out leaves from ‘Gazebo’ and glue at the top of circle. Cut grass design from the green of ‘Gazebo’ paper and glue along centre of circle. Cut out wisteria from ‘Gazebo’ paper and glue around bottom of circle.

Add overlapping rectangles of ‘Stone Wall’ to the left of layout.

Doodle a rectangle on cardstock and add white rub-on.

Finish by adding the title and journaling (On a tag), finished with a ribbon bow.

Emma- My Mind's Eye

So nearly but not quite
Emma Trout

SUPPLIES
Bazzill Cardstock (white)
Patterned papers: My Minds Eye- Penny Lane (Maggie May- Chloe Lynn), (Free Bird- My Friend), Scenic Route worn grid background paper, Jenni Bowlin 4x4 vintage black paper pack
Decorative accents: My Minds Eye Freebird (My Friend) #PL1007, Feeling Groovy (Life, I Love You) #PL1025 and transparency #1034, Tiny Dancer (Jazz) #PL1020
Cork Sheet
Bingo card – Jenni Bowlin
Clock stamp- Heidi Swapp
Alpha- Jenni Bowlin cardstock alpha stickers black tiny dot, Making Memories tiny alpha
Frame stamp-
Prima felt border
Glimmer Mist- Patina
Other:
Acrylic paint, string, pearls, inks, date stamp, metal dragonfly, sewing machine

HOW TO
Cut a rectangle of ‘Chloe Lynn’ paper and mark the position in centre of layout.
Spray Glimmer mist to the centre/ right of layout.
Glue ‘Chloe Lynn’ paper into position and sew zigzag stitch around the edge. Dry brush cream paint in the centre.
Tear a corner of cork sheet and ink around the edge. Glue into position on centre/bottom of layout.
Cut a thin rectangular border of reverse ‘Chloe Lynn’ paper and add around centre of layout. Add journaling.
Stamp 5 frames onto Scenic Route paper. Cut out three frames then two frame ‘inners’ and mount onto the ‘outers using foam pads. Add photos to frames and glue onto layout.
Cut the birds design from Jenni Bowling paper and glue along the top of the bingo card. Add a clock printed onto reverse of ‘My Friend’ with a 1”circle ‘My Friend’ inner. Set and eyelet in the clock centre and add two paper spirals. Add MME decorative accents (Bracket, leaves and journaling spot with added date). Glue onto layout.
Paint mini bulldog clips, add pearls and add to layout with string accents.
Glue torn pieces of patterned paper around journaling frame, Prima felt and string along bottom of layout.
Finish by adding title.

Carole- BASICGREY BITTERSWEET

Unique

by Carole Maurin

SUPPLIES

papers and brads: basic grey collection "bittersweet"

die cuts: bazzill

label: jenni bowlin studio

self ahesive rhinestones: kaiser craft

HOW TO

The idea is to cut the paisley on the paper and to use it as an embellishment around the pictures. Also use the brads to carry on the die cuts lines that you put under and above the pictures to make a kind of frame.

Carole- **CRATE**

We start our week off with a new spotlight featuring Crate. Carole did a beautiful job on a spacious layout using a die-cut Crate paper.

"silence je tourne"
by carole maurin

SUPPLIES
Die-cut paper: Crate Paper

Stickers Alphabet: Jenni Bowlin Studio

Glitter transparency: Fancy Pants

Rub-on: BasicGrey "Off Beat"

Ticket: Tim Holtz

Acrylic paint, dymo, plastic ribbon, buttons

HOW TO

Use a toothbrush with acrylic paint to make a textural effect on your die-cut paper. Adhere the transparency, the ticket and your small picture. Stick your title on the opposite side of your layout. Decorate with buttons and rub-on.

Christiane- **OCTOBER AFTERNOON**

REFLECTION

by Christiane Muller

SUPPLIES
PP - October Afternoon Crunching Leaves, New Pencils, Chilly Mornings, Picking Pumpkins
RubOns - October Afternoon Give A Hoot
Letterstickers - American Crafts Thickers Subway
Flowers - Prima
Bingo Card - Jenni Bowlin
Buttons - FooFaLa
Distress Ink - Ranger
Pens - Signo, OHP-Marker
Doily Paper, Lace, Staples, Old Book Page, Handstitching

HOW TO
All edges and borders are distressed and inked. Some stitches are faked with black and white pens. Others are handstitched. Outline as much as you can with a black pen. The journaling is printed on cardstock strips.

Cut out a 12x12 circles as a background. Layer doily paper, an old book page and a half circle as a photo mat. Clouds are stitched onto the background. Arrange flowers, the bingo card and buttons on the layout. The journaling strips are added as an eyecatcher.

Today's layout is a spooky mix of old and new products. Emma had a photoshoot with the boys, who obviously had a good time making ghoulish faces at the camera with their flashlight.


Who needs a mask?
by Emma Trout

SUPPLIES
Bazzill (black)
Patterned papers: Scenic Route (Salem) Webb Street, (Rockland) Linden Street, (Laurel) Marina Drive, (Grafton) Scrap Strip 1, Prima (Dude) “My Boy”, “Roundabout” and “Playful”
Making Memories {note} worthy Delaney Floral
Notepaper- Making Memories
Chipboard Bird- Scenic Route
Ticket- Jenni Bowlin
Metal alphabet stickers- Karen Foster
Chipboard alpha- Heidi Swapp
Paper frill- Doodlebug
Other: twig, reindeer moss, mesh, black glitter, blue card, Diamond Glaze, acrylic paint, raffia, Orange onion netting, corrugated card and Waxi Pen.

HOW TO
Cut a 6.5cm strip of “My Boy” and stick to cardstock about 3cm from the top. Layer torn strips of “Linden Street”, “Marina Drive”, “Scrap Strip” and a Doodlebug paper frill
Cut an 8cm wide strip of “Playful”. Layer torn strips of” Marina Drive” and “Delaney Floral”
Add circles cut from “Roundabout” and “Webb Street”
Trace a notepaper shape onto “Delaney Floral” and add another torn strip of “Scrap Strip”. Use this as a photo matt. Cut a green ‘torn edge’ frame for the other photo and add to the layout.
Paint a twig with cream acrylic paint. Cover a chipboard bird with blue paper, add glitter to the ‘tail end’ and finish with Diamond Glaze. When dry add to layout.
Draw a spider web with Waxi pen. Add painted torn strip of corrugated card, onion netting, mesh and reindeer moss to layout. Finish by adding the title and ticket.

Jessica- Teacher's Survival Kit

Next month, my little girl will begin pre-kindergarten. Her teacher will be coming over to our home prior to school starting for an initial meeting. As a present, I made (with a little help from my daughter Anberlin) a "teacher's survival kit." It is filled with 2 mini tag albums. Each individual page has a small positive reminder.

Teacher's Survival Kit
by Jessica Summers

SUPPLIES
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon- Detours "Gazebo, Walk in the Park, Fruit Stand." Love, Elsie- Toby.
Die Cut Paper: Making Memories Noteworthy
Alphabet Stickers: Jenni Bowlin Chalkboard Alphabet
Chipboard: Maya Road Trees
Ranger Perfect Medium
Embossing Powder: Ranger-Gold
Paint: Making Memories Manila
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Tea Dye
Buttons: Autumn Leaves, Fancy Pants
Box- We R Memory Makers Card Box
Ribbon: American Crafts, Miscellanious Organza
Small Embellishments: Jolee's
Tools: Sizzix Big Kick, Cricut Machine (Christmas Cheer), Heat Tool (Marvy Uchida), 3m 414 ATG, sandpaper, felt, embroidery thread, glue dots, staples.

HOW TO
I altered a box that held a set of blank cards for this project. Cover each side individually with paper, trim excess with a craft knife. To get your paper edge closer to the box's edge, run sandpaper along the sides. This will distress your paper, but also get rid of any small excess.
For the tree, first stamp the trunk with the Ranger Perfect Medium and emboss gold powder onto it. Then cover the "leaves" part with a piece of green felt. The contrast of the two will give it more dimension.
Thread each individual button, the adhere using a strong glue dot. The tags were cut using a Cricut, then the edges distressed with Tea Dye ink.
Each tag reads:
-A rainbow to remind you that after every storm there is a calm and a star to remind you to shine!
-An eraser to remind yourself that everyoe makes mistakes. That's ok; we learn by our errors.
-Clothespins to help you "hang in there."
-Candles for those days wen you feel you need to light a fire under you students.
-Tea bags to remind you to take time to relax daily.
-A gift to remind you that your students are a gift to you and you are a gift to them.
-A puzzle piece to remind you that without you, things would not be complete.
-Animal cookies for when your classroom seems like a zoo.
-Smiley faces to remind you to wear a happy face.
-Rubber gloves for when you need a helping hand.

The tags are then decorated with various Jolee's embellishments and other things from my stash.

It's Never too Late!

It's never to late to do something nice for mom. Kirs used circle plaques from Creative Imaginations to make a beautiful tribute for her mother.




Wood Circle Plaque : Creative Imagination - Kristina Circle Ribbon Plaque
Patterned paper: Scenic Route – Laurel Crosstide Lane, Charlotte Meat Street Foral, Jenni Bowlin – Turqoise Wallpaper, Imagination Project – Office Supplied
Paper : old paper, crepe paper and small traces papers
Pen : poscapen
Bling: Heidi Swapp
Letters : American Crafts Thickers and Rusty Pickle – Island Summer
Ink: Colorbox
Stamps
Scrapbook tape : Prima Mark Inc. - Clearly IOD (crowns)
Ribbon
Stickers : Elsie – Love
Rub ons : Heidi Swapp
Pin
Glitter stick : Marab Fun Liner Glitter
Flower : Doodlebug Designs
Buttons
Felt frame : made with Sizzix (scalloped frame)
Chenille


How to Do :
Cut out three different papers the same size as the plaques and adhere. The outer edge of each plaque is framed with chenille.

Plaque 1:
The rainbow is made by making three circles (in different sizes). Color in each circle and position it under your photograph so it looks like a rainbow. Frame the photo with ribbon.

Plaque 2:
Cut birds from the Scenic Route Laurel paper. The frame is stamped onto office paper and decorated with ribbons and a pin. Use a strip of crepe paper and make cuts along the top to make the grass.

Plaque 3:
The sunbeams underneath the photo are made by using 4 strips of paper. Ink the edges with orange. The cloud is selfdrawn onto office paper and used as a small journaling spot. Cut a little house from the Luxe Designs Color Me paper.

Cherished Moments by Carole

Carole shows us a beautiful mother/child tribute page today. She also gives some advice about your embellishments. If you concentrate a majority of the embellishments on one corner of your photo, the eye is automatically drawn to it. That works wonderfully in this layout!

SUPPLIES:
Papers: Creative Imaginations, Heidi Swapp, Fancy Pants, Making Memories
Notebook Page: Making Memories
Creative Card: Fancy Pants
Label: Jenni Bowlin Studio
Stickers: Making Memories
Chipboard: American Crafts, Making Memories, Heidi Swapp
Die-cut: My Mind's Eye
Flower: Heidi Swapp
Rub-on: Hambly Screenprints
Ribbon: Making Memories
Cardstock Strip: Bazzil Basics

HOW TO:
Cut a rectangle out of your paper and adhere it under your picture. Put a large flower on the right side and on the lower part of your photo. Use the top part of the Fancy Pants Creative Card as the title of your layout. Create a scalloped edge by using a Bazzil Basics cardstock strip. Hide the straight edge of the scalloped paper by decorating with a ribbon. Finish decorating your layout with a lot of embellissements: die-cuts, rub-on, labels, stickers, chipboards. Position most of these embellishments on the bottom right of your photo to help it blend in.

Those Aren't Your Boots!!

Jessica has a 2 year old son who is overflowing with personality. She shares a page with us documenting one of her son's quirks: stealing his sister's rain boots! Check out the bright colors in the new Daisy D's line! Perfect for a layout about a silly little boy.
"Those Aren't Your Boots"

SUPPLIES:

Patterned Paper: Daisy D's ("The Wonder Years" and "Bambino"), Fancy Pants "Floral Chic"

Letters: Colorbok, Doodlebug

Chipboard: Colorbok

Recycled Packaging from Love, Elsie

Flowers: Prima Sprites

Brads: Daisy D's "The Wonder Years"

Gaffer Tape: Making Memories

Red Ticket: Jenni Bowlin

Grungeboard

Inks: Colorbox (blue, white, black)

HOW TO:

I recycled the packaging from some Elsie rubons. The cute graph pattern was something worth saving! Place that behind a large strip from the Fancy Pants paper. Roll the sides up by gently working the paper between your fingers until it softens up a bit. Cut another strip from the "Bambino" paper. Fold the corners down and hold it in place using the gaffer tape. By folding or rolling the corners of double sided paper, you're able to get a glimpse of the other side, as well as add a dash of more color! Place photo and Doodlebug letters. Carefully outline your letters. Cut some clouds out of the Wonder Years paper. The clouds will serve as your journaling/title spots. Ink the edges and draw a quick black outline around edge. Ink your grungeboard using a dark blue all over. Then use white ink to blend. Finally, ink the embossed dots with a black. Finish up your layout with your ticket with additional journaling, chipboard, and coordinating primas.