family and remember layouts

I finished mine and my youngest son layouts with the pictures of the Guys at Lake Minatare, Nebraska. Dad and Jerry were telling stories that Dale and Tim had probably heard before but now they actually got to see where the stories were at.

For my 12x12 layout I changed my colors to Pink instead of the red but didn't add any Arrows or washi tape.  In case you missed the first post of Remember click here.

On the 8 1/2x 11 layout I used Cricut Design Studio to make the layout. I didn't want to play around with the artbooking cartridige and cut a bunch of shapes until I get the right size (Cricut Craft room just won't work on my computer).

I did use up all of the Daisy D's faux stitching which is great as it was "pia" to use.

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Counterfeit Kit Challenge - February
4 - 12x12 Layout
1 - 8 1/2" x 11" Layout
4 - 6x8 Project Life Layouts
2 - Cards

Artbooking Cutting Elements for 12x12 Layout
Remember - page 60
White photo mats - Page 81 then cut in half
Kraft Pennant mat - page 76
Cutting Elements for 8 1/2" X 11 Layout:
remember: Graphcially Speaking button 6 word feature on at 5"
white journal mat: Accent Essentials - button 48 with the shift feature at 4 1/4"
Pennant photo mat: MS All Occasions - button 30 with Font 3 Feature the size is  4.5 x 8 if you have Deisgn Studio otherwise 7 3/4 is close (just cut a little off the sides)

 Recipe:
Paper: Jenni Bowlin - Red Wallpaper; Added to kit: Recollections - kraft and white; Bazzil - Cocoa; Stampin' Up - Beyond the Garden and Pink Cardstock
Ink: Color Box
Faux Stitching - Daisy D's - White and Black Stitches
Cricut: Artbooking Cartridge
Misc.: Adhesive, Square Rhinestones, pop up dots, scissors, White Gel pen, black pen, circle rhinestones

Unity Challenge - Pennants and Banners

 The Unity Challenge this month is Pennants and Banners.  I used the Martha Stewart All Occasions Cricut cartridge to cut out the banners. 

The stamp is from the June 2011 Kit of the Month {all smiles}.  I used a Die to cut out the image after I stamped onto white cardstock.  I add a sheer ribbon and bow to the front of the card.  The banners are on pop up dots with the twine hot glued to the back of them.

After I had my card all put together I then stamped the image again on the white mat on the inside with out inking it again.  I wanted the image and I wanted to be able to write over it and see it.

To see the Unity WCMD Challenge cards 2 - 5 click here.
To see the Unity WCMD Challenge cards 1 and 5 -8 click here.

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Recipe:
Paper: Scraps from my desk
Stamp: Unity June 2011 Kit of the Month {all smiles}
Ink: Versa Magic - Red Magic
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Circles
Cricut: Martha Stewart All Occasions
Misc.: 7/8 sheer ribbon, pop up dots, adhesive, twine

Delployment Ceremony layouts

Well I missed the last challenge for the ScrapBookClasses layout challenge - but I made this one.   Here is the sketch we are suppose to use.

 

When I first saw it I thought there was only two pictures and not three.  I had printed off some pictures of a wedding we were at last year and then saw the third picture so I changed and printed out pictures from the Deployment ceremony from May.   I picked up this Teen Angst paper pack specifically for my guys as it is really reminds me of them. 

I cut the flag out sever times then did a little bit of fussy cutting to the pieces back together.  The change on the dog tags is the pearls on a string you find in the floral department in a container.  I just used silver ink and Utee on it.  Be careful that you don't melt you pearls.

I did ink all the pieces in brown ink except for the background paper from Teen Angst.  I used two pieces of that and cut it so that it flows from one page to the next.  I inked these pieces in black.

Click here for the cut file.

Recipe:
Paper: We R Memory Keepers - Teen Angst; Recollections - Brown, black cardstock; Scraps of  silver, vellum, red, white and blue
Ink: Color Box - Silver, Inkadinkadoo - Coffee Bean; Versa Magic - Midnight Black
Cricut Cartridges: A Child's Year, George, MS All Occasions, Stand and Salute
Misc: adhesive, pop up dots, foam tape, string pearls, Utee

Winter Blooms

My African Violets and Orchids are in bloom and are an extra spot of sunshine on these cold and snowy winter days.  I used a picture of the African Violets for the ScrapBookClasses layout challenge which was to use this sketch and we could make it any size we wanted. We had until January 31st to send in our entry of something new. 

I changed the background just a bit by cutting off a 1/4" all the way around and layering the polka dot paper onto dark brown cardstock. "Remember you can click on any photo to make it larger".

I used the Cricut to cut most of the elements on this page.  After getting it all put together I realized I had not inked anything as I was planning to do. 

Here is a close up of one of the flower clusters.  The Prima No 5  forever flowers remind me of the violets so I added the yellow beads with some glossy accents. 

I cut the tag out of green cardstock and vellum, embossed the vellum with the Flower Garden embossing folder then layered "winter" on top. 

The "blooms" banner is cut from vellum and the background is from the purple cardstock.  I glued the top of the pieces together then covered it up with the sheer ribbon which is one piece of ribbon knotted between.  The banner is on foam tape.

I hand cut the journaling block after stamping it then corner punched it. I like how the Prima flowers resemble my Violets in the picture. 

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Click here for the cut file.

Recipe:
Paper: Scrapbook Heaven - American Traditional Designs 'Purple Dots and Orange CardStock' (Purple Dots used), Sassafraslass 'Serendipity' Green Apple; From my stash - Bazzill Basics Lime Crush, Stampin' Up - Vellum, DCWV- White, Recollections - Kraft, unknown Brown and purple
Stamp: Scrappy Cat - Journaling Blocks
Ink: Stampin' Up - Wild Wasabi
Cricut: Elegant Edges, George and the Basic Shapes, Jubilee, MS All Occasions
Embossing Folder: Stampin' Up - Flower Garden
Punch: Corner Rounder
Misc: Adhesive, foam tape, glossy accents, Me&my Big Ideas - light yellow beads, Offray Sheerly Your white ribbon 1/4", Prima No. 5 forever Flowers,