Club layouts

Hi everyone!
Below is the layout we are doing for September.  It comes from the Make It From the Heart book which gives you ideas for layouts and cards.   I love this layout because if you flip it around you have a totally different layout.   Therefore, your options for pictures are endless.

On the first layout I used (2) 5W x 3 H and (1) 4W x 6H.

Look at the two blue buttons on the bottom - we will be using the new button stamp set from the catalog.

If you look closely below you will see "life is good" which was from our special stamp set this month.   

On the next layout, I flipped the layout and look how different it is!    I used 1 - 4 x 6W and (3) 5H x 3W pictures.

Left side:  Notice the button on the left and the "awesome" which is from the special stamp set you can purchase.

Beginning of summer/end of summer

Hi everyone,
Labor Day usually marks the end of summer so I thought I would do a layout that speaks to the beginning of summer.    Our summer began with strawberry picking at Barthel's in Mequon.   I can almost taste the strawberries now.   

The layout is from our new "Make It from Your Heart" how-to book.    I, of course, adapted it to fit my needs.    It highlights all new artwork, technique ideas, color palettes in one easy reference.   Best of all it is only $7.95!!!

Much of today's trends is not using every square inch of your 12 x 12 layout so I thought I would give it a try.    I also did not matte my pictures which tends to be a trend I always do.    

Okay, now that I posted this I just realized I stamped the wrong year!!!!!!    Nothing an embellishment can't fix.    I used our banner alphabet on the left and our journal tags underneath a picture.    Clean and simple!

Now off to change the year!

National Stamping Month August 15 - September 30th

Hi everyone,
Below is a quick video that demonstrates our "It's Your Day Stamp Set" in which you can purchase for $5.00 during National Stamping Month.   In order to qualify for the stamp set, you have to purchase ANY Close To My Heart Products which totals $35.00 or more.   I love this stamp set.  

This will be available during club or if you are not a club member just give me a call!

Stacy Julian - Importance of Scrapbooking

 

Please take a few minutes to sit back and watch this video of Stacy Julian's family.   It makes me want to scrapbook those everyday moments right now!

Stacy Julian, an inspirational leader in scrapbooking, spoke at the Close To My Heart Convention in Dallas last week.   I hope some day I can go to convention.   She showed this video and I guess there was not a dry eye in the house.   She spoke about how scrapbooking is about the people and not just the events.   "My message is that time moves so very fast and most of the time we do too. But, we can choose (with practice) to slow down and to savor simple everyday moments. We can pull out our cameras and take pictures and we can live with these pictures and let them work magical things inside of us. Doing so will make us more grateful, more content, more aware and more happy. There is so much that is overwhelming and challenging in life. Efforts to capture and share your memories should be neither."   I couldn't agree with her more.   I enjoy scrapbooking those moments all the time because it brings my memories alive once again.   I also followe her blog in case you are interested:  http://stacyjulian.com/blog/

July Club

Happy summer everyone!

Below are pictures of our July club layouts.    This is simple, quick and easy.   If you want bring extra paper along to do another layout.    I am featuring the scallop paper that we will be creating on the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge (I can't say enough good things about this cartridge) and we will also be embossing with our July Stamp of the Month.     The picture sizes are 3 - 4 x 6 horizontal and 3 - 4 x 6 vertical.    Please see below for additional comments.  I also journaled on both layouts below.  The journal on the zoo page is behind the 3rd picture on the left side.   I love hidden journaling!

You will cut a 11" scallop on the Cricut and then cut in half and use on both pages.

I love to use different embellishments.   The expired Zoo Pass was used as an embellishment.   Remember save all those little things because later they can become an embellishment.   Also the "You Make the World a Better Place" is part of the July SOM.   It is embossed and it was cut out on the Cricut Art Philosophy.   Simple and Easy!!!!

Here is another example that I did.  The journaling was done on the 2nd page using our tags.

I didn't have a 4 x 6 horizontal in the middle so I cropped it and added an embellishment.   

This is the July SOM that is embossed and then I added some Baker's Twine.

Dotty Again

Hi everyone,
Here is another card I created using the Dotty paper pack that is only $5.00 until the end of May.   Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity.  First I cut this card on the Art Philosophy Cartridge by CTMH (love, love this cartridge).    Then I cut the Dotty green paper with the cartridge again.   The circle was cut with the cartridge as well.    It all went together very quickly.   Then I stamped my image.   Rubbed some glue over the whole image and sprinkled prisma glitter over that.   Tied some baker's twine on the end and there you have it!

May Club

Sorry a little late with the pictures but here is the layout we will be doing on Friday.    It involves random stamping with tone-on-tone ink.  

Also, I tend to hang onto tags and other things from clothing.   While at the American Girl store we bought a T-shirt and it had the tag that is below on the left hand side.    Perfect embellishment.    Simple and easy!

To create the random stamped look on the dark pink paper (hollyhock) I used three different stamp sets and put them on one acrylic block.