Mr fix It!

The DCWV Stack-a-holic Template Challenge is up for August for my layouts I turned the sketch on it's side. I have used paper from three different DCWV stack's:  The Guy Stack - the blue on blue embossed tools, The Timeless Texture Stack - the red background and The Lemon Flower Stack - the green on green pattern paper.

I had snapped a couple of pictures of the guys changing the battery in the car earlier in the year.  I printed them out at 3x5 for my layout and will doing a 12x12 and a8.5 x 11 layout (one for me and one for my youngest).

 

 

A couple of weeks ago I clicked on one of the links that you get from Pinterest Weekly  about what you might like and came across one that was nothing but printables. Instead of pinning them I downloaded a couple of their files that I knew I would use.  The labels are from A Vegas Girl at Heart and the Arrow is from Smitha Katti.  

 

 

 

I layered the arrows with the journal label and an embossed folder.  I then used the spray ink but couldn't get it to spray.  So I just scattered some drops around the page.

I have no idea where the alphabet stickers came and used the red sheet for my title.  I didn't have enough of the same size or color so I mixed them up a bit.  I cut the small wrench to use it as part of my title.

Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:
Paper: DCWV:, white, black and textured silver; unknown brown background
Stamps: Unity Kit of the Month - May 2013 {Totally and Utterly Amazing}; Smashbook  journal stamp
Ink: Versa Magic - Midnight Black; Stampin' Up - Dusty Durango
Punches: Stampin' Up - Ticket corner, corner rounder, Spiral Border: EK Success - Photo Labels
Embossing Folder - Tim Holtz  Mini Steampunk
Cricut Cartridge: Indie Art button 40 - cut out at 1 3/4" and 2 3/4"
Alphabet Stickers - Unknown
Spray Ink: October Afternoon - Tin Type
Printables: A Vegas Girl at Heart and Smitha Katti
Misc.: Adhesive, X-Acto Knife, scissors, embroidery thread

Boo - Day 3

Welcome to Day 2 of the 12 Days of Halloween. I came across Two Paper Divas blog where they had a tutorial for the Twisted Easel card. Here is my version of the card.

If you missed the Flying Witch card on Day 1 click here.
If you missed the Tag Treat holder on Day 2 click here.




The spider is from the Indi Art cartridge with a pop up dot between the black layers.


I added a spider border from the Doodlecharms cartridge.

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Click here for the cut file.

Recipe:
Paper: DCWV cardstock - Black; Stash unknown - orange, purple and white; Pattern Paper - Archivers Halloween Mega Kit
Cricut Cartridges: George, Indi Art, Lacy Labels, Wild Card
Punch: Stampin' Up - Scalloped Edge
Misc: adhesive, pop up dots

Carousal Mini Album Part 2

I have a few more pages to show you from the Carousal Mini Album.



On some of the pages I did not add my journaling spots as there was some paper paper with lines on it that works beautifully for journaling.

The lace is from my stash and was a scrap piece that was left over from another project. I was able to use up some of my scraps by adding a little bit to the edge or bottom of the pages.

To line my journaling spots I used template for journaling and just lined it where I wanted the lines to be and then used a matching ink pen for the lines . It was much faster than using a ruler and measuring the lines out.

These rhinestones were ones I had in my stash but went well with the kit.

Thanks for stopping by. Click here for file of the journaling spots I used. My file is set for 12x12 cutting but you can rearrange the spots for using 6x12 mat.

Recipe:

Scrapbook Heaven Kit, DCWV cardstock - white, green, red, blue; Pattern paper for accents - scraps from my stash

Punches: Ek Success - Wrought Iron Corner Punch; Martha Steward Artch Lattice, Unknown flower punch.

Cricut Catridges: Accent Essential, George, Going Places, Graphically Speaking, Joys of the Season, Indie Art, Mini Monomgrams

Misc: Rhinestones, ribbon, adhesive.

Carousal Mini Album

The Carousal Mini Album was a kit from Scrapbook Heaven. It came with all the cardstock, pattern papers, flowers, buttons, rhinestones, pearl and ribbon needed to make it. I added a few fun journaling spots cut with my Cricut and then lined with a pen. All of the journaling spots were cut from white paper.

I made so many pages that I had to replace the wire rings that came with the kit for larger ones.

I used this a the cover for the album. The flower is one that came in the kit. I used a corner punch to make the border by taking the guard off and punching along a straight edge.

Here is pages two and three. I did use the distress ink to ink most of the pages and used foam tape to pop the scalloped paper away from the background so that a pocket was formed. I just love the left flower on page three. I have it on top a punched flower. The journaling spot is from Going Places cartridge.

Page four has another journaling spot from the Going Places cartridge. Page five has the Pom Pom trim on the right side and velvet trim on the top and bottom of the page.

I just love the butterfly paper from page 6 and that was a scrap from Garden Party stack. For page 7 I stacked a couple of the flowers and added a brown pearl to the center. The Heart journaling spot is cut from Indie Art

Page eight has a journaling spot that is removable and page nine I left plain as I just could not cover up that paper.

Here is page eight with the journaling spot next to the page. I tried to alternate the pattern paper with the journaling spot and cardstock pages.

The kit came with plain cardstock to sandwich between the pages instead of cardboard. I used modge podge to glue the pages to the cardstock. I also tried to alternate my bulky elements so that I didn't have them on facing pages in the same spot. I made over 40 mini pages for this album so it is quite large.


Thanks for stopping by.

I'll have the file for the journaling spots posted on next weeks post.

Recipe:

Scrapbook Heaven Kit, DCWV cardstock - white, green, red, blue; Pattern paper for accents - scraps from my stash
Punches: EK Succes - Wrought Iron Corner Punch; Martha Stewart - Arch Lattice; Unknown flower punch
Cricut Cartridges: Accent Essentials, George, Going Places, Indie Art

Bird Cage Mini Album

The September Kit from Scrapbook Heaven included a mini birdcage album. I just love, but have no idea who it is going to go to. I only added a few bits and pieces from my stash - mainly Cricut cuts that were already cut out and left over from other projects.



Album cover:

Back of Album cover.

Front of page 2.

The leaf cut is from Home Accents cartridge cut in half.

Page 2 close up.

Back of page 2.

Front of page 3.
The yarn was left over from a crochet scarf I made my sister, and the scrap went perfectly with this paper. The flourish is from the Home Accents cartridge. I cut part of it away before attach to the album.

Back of page 3.
I used the Martha Stewart punch Birds On a Wire. It went so well with this theme that I had to use it. The red paper is left over card stock.

Front of page 4.

I have two cricut cuts on this page. One is the butterfly wing from the Indie Art Cartridge and the other is the plant accent from the Home Accents cartridge. I glimmer misted the flower.

Back of page 4.
I did wrap the ribbon all the way around the album, then layered the ribbon roses on top of that.

Front of page 5.

I painted the silk flower and added a big rhinestone to the center. The orange plant in the background is from Home Accents. The leaf is from a silk plant that I used the flower on another project.

Back of page 5. This is the only one I used the same paper on just a different direction. It wasn't intentional, I just forgot to flip the paper over when I was gluing it to the album. I made my own leaves the the paper crimper.

Front of Page 6
The butterfly wing, behind the red rose, is from the Indie Art Cartridge and started out white.

Close up of page 6 front.
I had mini flowers and rhinestones left over from some other project, but they are perfect here on the cuts from Home Accents cartridge.

Back of page 6.
Another branch from the Home Accents cartridge. We only had two of these birds in the kit, so I traced around this one for this page.

Front of page 7.
I used the Martha Stewart Daisy Fan Deep Edge punch for this border. Then I made a ribbon ruffle for the bottom.

Back of page 7.
I just love the little birdie on this page. I painted, glittered, crackled and embossed him. I can't remember which cricut cartridge this cut is on.

Front of page 8
I added a couple of cricut cuts to this page. The butterfly wing is from Indie Art, the branches are from the Home Accents Cartridge.

Pack of page 8
The butterfly wings started out white.

I did ink around all the pages that I put paper on. I haven't decided if I'm going to ink around the front and back pages. I hope you enjoyed my mini album.

Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:

Scrapbook Heaven Kit

Paint: Acrylic Paint: Making Memories - Capri and Daiquiri; Desert Turquoise, Bright Yellow, Black, Apricot, White, Black; Metallics - Festive Red; Craft Twinkles - Black; Distress Crackly Paint - Dried Marigold, Clear Rock Candy, Black Soot; Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Raspberry, Watermelon, Clover, Espresso

Ink: Distress Ink - Tea Dye, Dried Marigold

Cricut Cartridges: Indie Art, Home Accents

Punch: Martha Stewart - birds on a wire; 6 petal flower

Glimmer Mist: Spring Violets, Antique Brass

Misc: glue, glue dots, pop up dots, red yarn, rhinestones, pearls for the birds eyes, Modge Podge, crackle medium, cardboard to cut extra birds

5 Tags in 5 Days - Tag 1

I came across this blog and she was talking about 5 Tags in 5 Day on this blog. There is step by step directions on how to make these. I'm going to use what I have to make the tags and cut my cricut to cut out the embellishment's.

The dark green pearl is one I colored, you can find my tutorial here.

My tags are a bigger than the tags you pick up at the office supply store, but all the cuts can be cut using the 6x12 mat.

Here is the back of the mini tag.

Paper: Kraft Paper, orange card stock, Garden Party Stack, page from a book.

Stamps: Michaels - believe, Unity Stamps - Butterfly Beauty

Ink: Stampin' Up: Black, Melon Mambo Distress Ink: Tea Dye

Cricut Cartridges: George, Home Ascents, Indie Art, Tags Bags Boxes and More

Punches: Martha Stewart - Butterfly

Misc: Clear Embossing powder, white felt, pin, beads, brown marker, button, rhinestones

Son

This is similar to the Daughter layout except I used the star from Indie Art to make a Star Flower. I sponged each star with Color Box ink then used Stickles on each star. The rest of the stars are cut from George and Stand and Salute cartridge. I inked some of them and used stickles on some. Son was cut from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. This is another layout that will can be cut with the 6x12 mat.





Here is a close up of the Star Flower.


Click here for the Son Layout cut file.








Recipe: Paper: Brown, blue and dark blue Cartridges: George, Indi Art, Plantin Schoolbook, Stand and Salute Misc: Colorbox ink cyan, Stickles Waterfall, glue, pop up dots,

Embossed Cards

The Cuttlebug Challenge Blog has a tutorial for an Embossed 3-D Butterfly Card. For my cards I used the Cricut cartridge Indie Art to cut out the butterflies at 2 1/2" with the Blackout Function.

For my embossing folders I used Tiny Bubbles, Snowflakes, D'Vine Swirl, and Floral Screen working largest layer to smallest layer. For the butterfly I used Stylized Flowers.
After making white on white I pulled out pink, orange, and red.




To finish off the inside of my card I cut my insert 1/4" smaller the my card and used the Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch to punch inside middle of the top layer. The white on white was hard to see so I embossed my white butterfly with Snow Dots so they would stand out. I glued one on the second page aligned with the punch and on bottom left hand side of the first page.

I used the Martha Stewart butterfly punch to punch three more butterflies and glues one wing to the envelope and folder the rest to look like they were flying.

A Layout

Sue's layout here inspired me to do this one, so I picked up a clear stamp roller to do a couple of album pages. I loaded up the roller with a couple of stamps, inked in blue and rolled onto the page. It actually took me a couple of tries to get the look I wanted. I learned I can not roll a straight line.

I then cut out of white card stock a bunch of skulls at 2 inches, trimmed around them, and inked the edges in blue. The stars are cut in two different colors of yellow/gold paper at 1 1/2 inches.

I used pop up dots on some of the skulls and stars to help witht he layerd look. The picture mate will hold a 4x6 picture with 1/4 inch border all around.

Recipe: Paper: White, light blue, dark blue, yellow and gold Ink: dark blue Cricut: Indie Art Stamps: Close to My Heart - Army: dog tags, Inkadinkadoo - Rock Star: Skull border, Rock 'n Roll Skull, and star Misc: glue and pop up dots