Scrapbook Friday - World Teacher's Day

Welcome to 

 Today is my day to be a featured 

Design Team Member

at

My Cricut Craft Room

The theme of our layouts

had to relate to

World Teacher's Day.

This gave me a wonderful opportunity

to make a layout

for Lance Jr.'s Kindergarten Teacher, Mrs. Campbell.

Lance was excited over the summer to go to school, 

but as the first day drew near, he began to feel

a little nervous and stated he "didn't want to go".

After the first day of school, seeing his classroom, 

meeting his teacher, and seeing all

of the other young children,

he hasn't looked back again.

Each day he comes home to tell a story of what

fun Mrs. Campbell had planned for them today

and for the rest of the week!

She has truly turned his nervousness into anticipation

 to return each and every day!

 
My layout was created on an 8 1/2x11 piece

of Recollections Card Stock using a
wonderful sketch by Becky Fleck, from Page Maps 2.

I also used some papers from the $1 bins at 

Target along with K & Company cardstock - Lion Sleeps.

The other papers were all scraps

The frame around my sons picture,

was cut from Graphically  Speaking at 5 1/2".

The fun title word SCHOOL was also cut from Graphically  Speaking, but

at 1" and on blue card stock.

 

 I cut several apples from Doodlecharms at various

sizes (1", 1.25, 1.5", 1.75", and 2").  However

I only used 3 out of the 5 that were cut.

 The report card stamp

is from a Unity Stamp Co. Set called smarty pants

and

I added some stickers by Authentique

The other stickers

in the title are from the same $1 set 

I purchased at Target.

A little Tim Holtz Vintage Photo around the edges

 to finish it all off.

Thank you for stopping in

today and be 

sure to hop

over

to

My Cricut Craft Room

to see all of 

the other Design Team Members

Fabulous Projects

for Scrapbook Friday!

Remember 

to 

Keep Crafting, 

Because 

♫ CRAFTING ♫ ♫ ROCKS ♫ 

\m/-_-\m/ 

:O) 

Jessica

Scrapbook Friday - Wild About U

Scrapbook Friday - September 14, 2012 

~4 or more Pictures on a Layout~

Hello Crafty Blends.

I am exited to share my
fun Layout with you today.

For our DT projects today at
 My Cricut Craft Room,
 we were to create
a Scrapbook Layout that
had 4 or more pictures on it.

I love snapping random pics
as often as possible around the house.
But, really enjoy when the younger kids
cuddle by me and are happy to be close to each other.
With them being 2, 4, and 5 years old, it is important
to grab the camera when this happens since
it is a rare occasion.
LOL!
 
I used the new Create A Critter 2

Cartridge for all the fun cuts

you see on the layout.

The first set of pictures that I printed didn't suit
my fancy with the idea I had for colors on my layout.
And if you know me, you know I LOVE COLOR!
So I softened the colors up
by changing the hue and saturation amounts.
I then fussy cut around 4 out of the 5 pics.

I used a single piece of white card stock

and a single piece of black card stock

for all of my Cricut cuts.  I then 

used lots of stamp pads

and mediums to adjust them

to my liking.

The Title was cut at 4" on both layers.  I then stamped

the white layer with TH Antique Linen first.  I layered a portion with

Studio G pink and another with Studio G Teal .

When adhering all of my cuts together (the black and white layers),

I decided to offset the black to create a 

fun shadow.  This is just one of the many

techniques I have learned from

watching Erica's Room on Ustream this year.

She is full of crafty fun tips

to make crafting more fun and efficient.

My next cut was for the cute Gate.  I cut

this at 4" then went over

the top white layer with TH Vintage Photo.

When the ink dried, I applied a thin coat of Distress Crackle Paint

in Clear Rock Candy and allowed it to dry.

 (sorry about the close up pic being blurry.  I think the kids

played with the settings on my camera...LOL)

Other cuts I made from the Create A Critter 2 Cartridge

were

The Hearts (cut at 2") seen near some pics

and

The Bursts (cut at 2") seen along the length of the vine.

 I used pink and green ink to bring together the entire color

palette from the photos and background designs.

To create the background, I started with a piece of

Desert Card Stock and placed an inqueboard 

flower and a vine on top of it.  I started by misting with

Green Olive Smooch Spritz over the vine.

I then misted over the flower with several colors, but mostly

with the Pralines and Cream Smooch Spritz. 

This created a masked design and 

inked my inqueboard at the same time.

Multi-Tasking!

I simply took my Whisper Stroke Markers

and made some doodles for 

highlight.

I decided to try a technique with bubble wrap

that I had seen in several places around the web.

I applied the TH Black  Soot to the wrap,

then "slapped" it down to create the 

fun dots behind the large photo.

I matted the larger photo

on a piece of Little Miss by Bo Bunny.

I added a few rhinestones, also from the Bo Bunny Little Miss collection,

to the bursts along the vine.

For the finale',  some miniature roses to create a garden and

complete the entire layout.

 Now, be sure to head over to

see what the talented Design Team Members have created

for their projects today

at 

My Cricut Craft Room!

Keep Crafting 

:O) 

Jessica

Scrapbook Friday - Beautiful Sunshine

Scrapbook Friday - August 10, 2012 ~Outdoor Layouts~

Hello Crafty Blends.

I am exited to share my
fun Layout with you today.

For our DT projects today at
 My Cricut Craft Room,
 we were to create
a Scrapbook Layout with the theme
Dance or Outdoor.

I have a few pictures of my kids frolicking about the yard

around Memorial Day that I wanted

to get into a layout.   So I chose

do create the Outdoor Theme.

I couldn't find the pics in the short time I had looked, 

but I do have one last place in mind to check.

I will add them in as soon 

as they are found and then the layout 

will be 100% complete.

I initially had gotten out my Create-A-Critter cart
thinking I was going to do a
campy/woodsy/outdoor layout.
That was, until I thought about the pics I would be using.

 I started be creating three photo mats for the layout.
The background paper is a deep navy blue cs and the yellow is
Core'dinations Sunflower Yellow hues.


The pics of the kids frolicking about, includes a few where
they are smelling the flowers as well as
peeking through some patches of flowers, too.

The Echo Park - Playground papers and stickers
gave me a grand idea to create a "Yard Scene".
I used the fun aqua cs as my background, then cut the green cs
using my CM blade trimmer to create the grassy hill.
I adhered the green and the flower strip using 3D foam squares.
The border of flowers was cut from a sheet of cs (borders) in the same EP stack.
I inked the green cs lightly for added dimension to the hills.

I first cut layers of my sun from CAC cart at 2.75"
using Core'dinations Sunflower Yellow cs and a deep blue
cs from from left over from my photo mattes.
The top layer of the sun is Core Couture-Glitter (Yello).

For the sun,  I used a fun "shadow" technique
that I learned from watching
one of Erica's Craft Room
U-stream Episodes last month.
Here is the her channel for you to
consider stopping
over and subscribing.
You can learns tons of techniques
that make crafting more practical and fun.

The small medallion phrase in the bottom corner
was cut from Graphically Speaking
at 2.5" in two layers.

The aqua color matched the background fairly close
and I wanted to shadow the phrase
so that it would stand out more.
I used the same Core'dinations Glitter cs (Aqua)
again with the deep blue cs from my stash.
I then used a dauber with some Darice Deep Aqua ink
and daubed around the medallion for more contrast.


I used another fun technique I learned from
one of Erica's Ustream tutorials for the grass cuts.
When placing my Core'dinations CS (Produce Greens) scraps
on my Cricut mat, I flipped them over (with the backside exposed).
I then used the Flip feature on my Cricut when setting up all my grass cuts.

The grass cuts were created using the CAC cart again.  I cut
them from scraps of green cs in my stash at different sizes
between .75" and 1.25".
Before pulling my grass up from my Cricut mat, I used my Xyron
Cheetah 2 adhesive runner across the back sides of my cuts.
Wa-Lah...easy adhesive idea for small cuts.
Thanks Erica!!!


I then randomly
placed them about the page until I felt there were enough.

OTHER SUPPLIES:

Flowers from stash

Ticket stamp from Unity Itty Bitty

"You're the Ticket"

Now, if you want to see more fantastic

layouts, be sure to stop over

at 

My Cricut Craft Room

to check out

what all the other talented DT Members 

have in store for you!!!

 THANKS
FOR
STOPPING
BY

&

Remember,

Keep Crafting 

:O) 

Jessica

Scrapbook Friday ~ "Dream Big"

Scrapbook Friday - August 3, 2012 - Sketch

Hello Crafty Blends.

I am so glad you are stopping by today.

I was so pleased

with the way my next layout turned out,

that I have been cringing to show it to you!

I hope you like it 

as much as I do.

I started with this Sketch

from Erica at My Cricut Craft Room

I love when you can start with a fun

sketch and
your creativity FLOWS on from there 

without any glitches.  

Well . . . . to be completely honest, 

there were a few

minor glitches . . .  

I had a bit of a re-inker explosion 

in the bathroom that left 

my hands looking like I just got done

arm wrestling a Smurf.  

* * * * * 

Then there was the hidden finger daubers

under all of my other crafty supplies 

that were almost impossible 

to find

since my thumb and index finger

 were stuck together 

from the Glitter Glue.  

* * * * *  

Oh, and I tried to take

a break an eat a yummy sandwich in between crafting.  

Let me just say,

it is REALLY HARD to get Italian Dressing 

out from in between

the home-row keys on your keyboard.

! ! ! ! ! LOL ! ! ! ! !

I am laughing, because I took it all in stride, 

and didn't let it stop

me from 

reaching the finish line.

And here is what I ended up With:

 (poor lighting today....sorry)

Base 
Colorbok dp Earth Tones (green pattern)
Unity  Stamps from Apr & Jun 2012 KOMs for the butterfly and flower trios
stamped directly onto dp using Quick Quotes Green with Envy powder puff chalk ink
Opal and Green Glitter Glue by Studio G applied
scrap papers
3 Girl JAM  crinkle ribbon scraps (Baby Boy and Mistetoe)
buttons from stash


Flowers
Colorbok dp Earth Tones  (blue pattern)
Flower Shoppe Cricut Cartridge cuts at 3 1/2
Produce Greens Core Cardstock
TH Alcohol Ink Stream
Handmade Glimmer Mist
buttons and pearls from stash

(more supplies are listed below)

 Here is a close up that better shows the colors I worked with on my layout

Large Mat
Produce Greens Core Cardstock
Blue textured cardstock
Shapes cut from Lacy Label Cricut Cuts
Large mat cut at 8", trimmed and inked with Dew Drops Metallic Platinum,
then embossed with  Darice embossing folder - Flower Swirls 
(I lightly sanded the outer "frame" by hand and sprayed some Perfect Pearls for a bit of glisten)
Smaller 2 mats cut at 3 1/2" then inked with Dew Drops Metallic Platinum, used
Unity  Stamps from Apr & Jun 2012 KOMs for the butterfly and flower trios which
are stamped directly onto mats using Quick Quotes Green with Envy powder puff chalk ink
3 Girl JAM  crinkle ribbon bows (Baby Boy and Mistetoe)
were created using the 3 Girl JAM Bow Maker

Photo Mat: DCWV  - The Luxury Stack 4.5"x6.5" cut to fit
and inked around edges using the QQ Green ink again


Flower Trio (lower right corner)
Unity  Stamp from Apr  2012 KOM 

stamped onto blue textured card stock using  Dew Drops Metallic Platinum

fussy cut (2 layers) then used one pop square behind petals and glued stems together with Zip Pen

applied a bit of Opal Studio G glitter glue

Title

Created using white Chipboard  stickers that were

altered using Darice Stream Blue and QQ Green ink.

The other square alphas were in my stash

I outlined the title for contrast

using a Whisper Strokes Dual Tip Watercolor Marker

OTHER SUPPLIES:

Glu Glider Pro ATG Gun

Zig Pens

Exacto Knife

Trimmer

Scissors

Glue Dots and Zots

Paint Brush

Now, if you want to see more fantastic

layouts

be sure to stop over

at 

My Cricut Craft Room

to check out

what all the other DT Members 

have in store for you!!!

 THANKS FOR STOPPING BY

&

Remember,

Keep Crafting 

:O) 

Jessica