A Heritage Layout for Sepia Pictures (oh those old faded pictures)

Hello my blogging friends...
 I have posted a delicate and whimsical two-page layout that was designed with some of my old family photos in mind.  I can envision a sepia finish to the pictures I plan to put on this layout and I feel they would suite it well with the shades of brown, grey, and various tones of cream with a hint of blush.  I used various tools for this layout but the majority of the design was done with the Cricut machine and the Reminisce cartridge. The titles are from Reminisce at the back of the booklet, the frames are one of the great features of this cartridge with so many unique designs to choose from.  I did quite a bit of layering to get the shadow affect on the frames and the titles.  The filmstrip frame is from the Mickey and Friends cartridge and the small frame on the first page is a Spellbinders die - Labels 10.  I plan to do some journaling in that space.   The butterflies are a Cuttlebug die and embossing folder set which I use quite often and is quite pretty.  Last but not least is the flower I fashioned with the Tim Holtz tattered Rose Die.  I cut several flowers, inked them up, scrunched them up and then layered until I got the volume I wanted.  "Go Big or Go Home" I always say!   I have had several great compliments from my friends who have seen it in its various forms of completion.  I feel that I accomplished the vintage look I was after and still added the depth and dimension that is my style.  I was able to get skads of details and layering in while being able to put quite a few pics on to tell my story.  Let me know what you think.  As usual my friends, you will find the tools and embellishments that I use over at OC Scrapbookers online store - see link above.  Watch for their Spring crop schedule...we have so much fun at the crops!!  We shall be starting the Spring rotation with Spring Fling in Bruce Mines....you can email Deb for more information at ocscrapbookers@yahoo.ca
Don't forget to leave me some feedback, I love to hear what you think of the layouts.  Having a little trouble with my camera so they pics aren't as clear as I like.  Its really not hard to comment and once you start you will like leaving comments on your favorite blogs.  Thanks all for taking a look.  More soon...

An Older Dbl. Page Layout with Stamping





Hello My Blog Buddies

Hoping all is well with you today.  I have put another layout online for you here.  Don't you just love the taupe, purple and olive of this layout?  This is one of my beginner pages I crafted in my earlier days of scrapbooking when I was doing alot of stamping onto my layouts.  For a closeup view, click on the picture.  The large flower on the 2nd page is a stamp that I love and still use. The title on the first page is stamped  from a set of font stamps as well as the sentiment on the 2nd page "Traditions", another font stamp set.  This design is much simpler than what I often create today but when I look back I can see back down the road of my development which leads to the detailing work that I so love to do now.  I can see that I was just beginning to get brave with layering and detailing embellishments on this one. Some of the tools I used was the Cuttlebug and spiral embossing folder.  I used a swirl BossKut die and cut it with the Cuttlebug machine.  For funky wavy paper cuts I love the wavy cutter from Creative Memories.  At one time I used it on almost everything I created.  All the stamps used on this layout are from Close to My Heart which are the stamps I began my stamping madness with. I designed this layout with heritage photos in mind as I could imagine black and white vintage photos in the rectangular photo spots with some journalling beside on the oval mat.  The smaller tag on the 2nd page could be used to identify people in the photo above.  If you have any questions about this layout or you want to put together a group to scrapbook a layout like this one, just email me and let me know your wishes.  Happy Scrapbooking and I'll be back with more crafty creations very soon...

A Lovely Storybook Layout!

I'm back with another layout, this time a two page layout that features several Cricut cuts from the Storybook Cartridge.  This is one of those cartridges that I have that I've just thumbed through the book so much that it is now dog-eared and bedraggled but oh so loved.  Yes, I just love this cartridge and I find that there is still so much more I can discover each time I look through it.  Some of the feature keys include frames, borders and fancy corners.  I love all those options about this cartridge and  another feature that sold me on this cartridge is the font style.  In this layout I played up the "Once Upon a Time" and "Happily Ever After" phrases as I featured a picture of my nieces and nephew reading a book to their new baby sister.  I layered the phrases twice on the one page and three times on the other phrase.  Now I've got to say there wasn't a layer option for the phrases but I did it by increasing the sizes of the phrase in minute quarter inch detail.  I love the greens of this layout as it brings to mind the coming St. Patty's day.  I would love to hear what you think of this layout and maybe your ideas on what I should do for journalling their story!! I am going to either add another picture in the circular space on the 2nd page or add the story of my nieces and nephew.. let me know what you think about how to complete this layout.  I have some more layouts to feature...stay tuned!  Find lots of the products I use on my layouts and cards at my favourite online scrapbook store OC Scrapbookers 'n More