Scrapbook Throw Down Day 9!

Mists

Day 9 is using mists. I have never used mists before and actually have never heard of them. I bought a 2 pack of Perfect Pearls Mists with Perfect Pearl and Heirloom Gold at Michaels originally $9.99 and I used a 40% off coupon for $5.99! So a good deal to try it out. I used the Perfect Pearl on purple cardstock. I love the look. It shows better on the darker paper. The only issue is that it curled the paper and I don't have a heating tool so I found a tip on the internet to put weight on the curled paper. I left it on overnight and the paper was much flatter. I used our pictures from the trip to the art museum that has a real cool kid's area.

The picture does not show how cool these really turned out.

Page 2 The mist shows better on the bottom part of this page.

Close up

A shot of both pages.

 

This is my last project of the class. I learned a lot and am grateful I got to do this. Thanks Roxanne!

Scrapbook Throw Down Day 8!

Stamping

Day 8 is Stamping. I used Studio G stamps on a birthday layout. There are 4 of us in the family with August birthdays and we were given a birthday party. I used one of the tips in the class to make a frame to stamp on. I then stamped the cupcake on paper and colored with my Copic markers.

Closeups.

Scrapbook Throw Down Day 10!

Fabric

Day 10 and the last day :( is about using fabric. So I got to try out some of my sewing skills again. I need some help!

I did a layout about last Father's Day. I used some airplane fabric I had since it kind of goes with the picture of Lee playing with his remote control helicopter present.

And a few close-ups.

Days 8 and 9 are coming....

Scrapbook Throw Down Day 6!

Journaling as the Focus

Day 6 of the scrapbook class is to create a layout focusing on journaling. I got the idea I built it around from Pinterest. There is a pin on there about Importand Dates for your family. You are suppose to put the dates of birth, date of marriage and the date of birth of your kids. I changed the idea so that the important dates start with the date my husband I met. I thought this was a good time to figure out some of the dates and write my thoughts about them since Our Anniversary is February 23! Eventually, I am going to use my Silhouette to cut out vinyl and frame the dates.

I then added some embellishment fiber on the side and bottom.

I added the chipboard word lovely because that is how my husband Lee signs his notes to me.

Valentine's Day Projects

Love Letters!

Pinterest is my new time zapper. I saw this idea on making letters out of cardboard. I did L O V E.

First you need a bunch of cardboard. I measured so the letters were all about the same size. Then cut the top out and make a bottom for each letter. I then cut about an inch wide cardboard pieces for each letter for the sides and then taped the letters together. 

It takes a lot of cardboard.

The finished letters. It does not matter that there is holes in the side of the E since the yarn will cover it. I even cut out a heart in the O. And again it is not perfect but the yarn will cover it. The directions I saw said to glue yarn on the end but that did not work for me so I glued pieces of scrap paper to the ends that correspond to the yarn.





Finished letters. I tightly wrapped yarn and then did some loose wrapping to add some texture.

Something I added that I did not see on Pinterest is I used pipe cleaners to add some Valentine's Day elements to each letter. Lips for the L; heart for the O; XO for the V; and an arrow for the E.





Scrapbook Throw Down Day 7!

Ribbon

Alright, I got some thread, figured out how to load a bobbin and fired up my new Suzi Singer! I bought Gutterman thread but I think I bought the wrong type. I decided to sew the ribbon on the paper and then sewed across the top and bottom. I then quickly found a way to cover that sewing since it was very uneven. I am hoping practice makes perfect. I stacked some corresponding colored buttons. I notice that most scrappers don't use a full sheet of patterned paper like I normally do so I tried that out on this page.

Here is some close ups of my sewing "skills."

Luke, Bun Bun (Luke's lovey) and I enjoyed our trip to the zoo!

 

Scrapbook Throw Down Day 5!

Handmade Embellishments

Day 5 of the Throw Down is making your own embellishments. Latrice gave an example of cutting out circles from tissue paper. I did it but cut out hearts and then used heart brads in the middle. I also sewed on some buttons. I cut out the You & Me with a border maker from Creative Memories, I made the heart with my Sillhouette and the paper is from The Paper Studio. My husband hates this picture but I love it because it was a fun night.

Here is the close ups of the two hearts.