Wednesday Word- Texture

For today’s Wednesday Word, I chose texture. I love the Sweetness line and wanted to create some pretty, textural cards with it. I really wanted to focus on using this line with a white or off-white background like I did on these cards, because I think the rub ons and colors in this line look the best against white and cream! It also creates a very clean look. However, just using a plain white background might look a little boring, so adding some texture to the background is a perfect solution.

To create texture here, I have dry embossed the background with a Cuttlebug machine and a swirl template. I added the Sweetness rub ons right over top of the swirls! I popped up the ticket with pop dots to add more dimension, some twine and a brad.

On the second card, I added texture as well with a music embossing plate. I also added little pearls to the rub on hearts!

One tip to make your stickers go farther is cutting them in half and using them on the edge of your project like I did with the yellow journaling sticker.

Don’t be afraid to add rub ons right over an embossed surface! I hope you will give it a try.

Yellow makes me happy…

Happy Monday! Today is my day for Monochromatic Monday, and I’ve been really loving the color yellow, so I chose to mix a few of Pink Paislee’s lines together to create a “Happy-go-Lucky” page. I chose some fun pictures of my girls jumping on our trampoline. We bought one in April and weren’t sure how much they were going to use it, but they love it. As it turns out, they use it almost every day together. I love their expressions when they are jumping! In Photoshop, I chose 4 pictures I liked and put them together on one document to print out on a 4×6″ piece of photo paper.

To create my background, I misted over a Crafter’s Workshop stencil with Candlelight Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels right over the Sweetness – Pretty Lace background paper. It’s a slightly darker yellow, so it adds a nice detail to the page without overpowering the photos. It also adds a place for my journaling!

The sticker letters are from the Old School line and the stamped stars and cork buttons are from the 365 Degrees line. I used some chipboard stars from my stash and wanted to keep them gray, so I sprayed them with Graphite Glimmer Mist to make them a shade darker and pop off of the page a little more.

The star border is from the Starlight line. When I decided to go with yellow, I pulled out all of the yellow things from the lines, then narrowed down what I wanted to use.

I hope you will try a monochromatic page too!

Sunday Sketch: A Printer’s Tray

Hello!

I have a home decor project and a sketch to share with you today.

I created this sketch myself, which I used for inspiration on this printer’s tray, but you could certainly use this sketch for creating a layout too!

I used the Queen Bee line of mini papers, cork buttons, brads and the white Expressions weathered wood alphas. Love this line with the black background, very soothing and sophisticated!

When I create a home decor item, I always try to make things that I would actually hang in my home, so I really love the elegant feel to the Queen Bee line.


I dressed up the chipboard letters in the title just a bit with some yellow pearls. The little flowers were created with lace and hot glue. I found a nice quote on-line about family and thought it went great with the photos I picked out to use. “There’s nothing more comfortable than family.” So true!

If you are interested in making one of these for yourself, Right at Home Scrapbooking has these kits available! You will get the printer’s tray and everything you see here, including full directions with photos and a pattern for the vines. They would make great gifts also! Contact Lisa at r.scrapbooking@verizon.net or call Right at Home: 1-508-695-9290 for more information.

Tuesday’s Tip! Stamp Ideas

Hey all,

Danielle here with a little idea for your Bayberry Cottage Clear Stamps. I used the large stamp from the set as a frame on the background of my cards. It’s the perfect size to make cards with!

I wanted to show you how different it can look when stamping it in different colors.

I used a green ink (Old Olive) on the “I Believe in You” card and pink ink (Pretty in Pink) on the butterfly card. Both are Stampin’ Up! inks. The red floral rub ons, the die cut and the papers are all from the 365 Degrees collection.

I just used my little Martha Stewart butterfly punch with some 365 Degrees papers on this card. I layered the light butterfly with another red butterfly underneath to make it pop out more. The little pearls fit nicely in the stamped swirls.

Wouldn’t these make a lovely set of cards for someone special?

Thanks for stopping by today!

XO,

Wednesday’s Words – Typography

When trying to decide what to scrapbook for today’s post, I thought of typography and how it affects our layouts. I went on-line and searched “typography” and boy, do you get a lot of ideas from different fonts and ways that graphic designers have arranged them!

I found this site and loved how the shapes were created with letters! So I ran with that idea and cut out a heart shape, then filled it with x’s and o’s on my page. I asked my 5 year old some questions about “love” and wanted to scrap her answers…

I popped up the thought bubble with pop dots to make the heart stand out a bit more.

This is a photo of Kati and her daddy at the park one day. Wrestling is one way they show each other their love!

A quiz is a great way to come up with journaling for your page. Often times, I don’t know what to say about my photos. Ask your child what he/she thinks about a subject….or even about the photo. It’s fun to record their silly answers and look back at them when they are older!

(The second one says, “when mom tells you you’re CUTE”.)

Next time you run out of ideas, do a search on typography and see where it takes you!

Pink Paislee supplies used:

Stripe paper: 365 Degrees – Be Free

Background paper: Queen Bee – Honeycomb

Houndstooth paper: Bayberry Cottage – Front Porch

Blue paper: Starlight – Bright

White sticker letters: Pop Fashion

Black sticker letters: Expressions Ambrose Alphabet – Licorice

Red letters: Expressions Weathered Wood Alpha – Scarlet

Red brad: 365 Degrees – Bella Brads

Tape: Artisan Tape – Lime and Black Dot