Inspirational Journal

This is a journal that I have started. It was inspired by Tracy Weinzapfel over at Helmar. She is very into them and I need some inspiration in my life right now so I thought I would give it a try.

Throughout the next month or two I am going to be showing pages from the journal, as I create them.

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B-Eautiful Wall Hanging

Hey everyone,

I thought my Cricut Imagine should get some use. Well, ok, actually I decided I should use my friend Carole's machine more! LOL! Hey..but that kind of counts as using mine doesn't it??

I created this really pretty wall hanging for my bedroom for the Lets Get Peachy blog today. Go over and check it out in more detail.

Let's Get Peachy Blog Hop

Welcome to LGP's First Ever Blog Hop!

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I hope you enjoy my layout and continue on to Kimmy's blog once you are done here!!

This layout was a lot of fun to make! This is a photo of my good friend Melissa when we were at a weekend crop. She was asleep and Lisa just HAD to take a photo of her. When I got the photo printed and saw it I KNEW she was Sleeping Beauty!!

SUPPLIES:

Graphic 45 paper, tag and photo frame

Viva Decor-Inca Gold- edges of the photo and swirl

Viva Decor-Pearl Pens - dots

Ribbon from my stash

Maya Road chipboard- swirl- sprayed with Maya Road- Party Pink

Roses- Recollections

Small Gold Butterfly and Crown-Making Memories Vintage Findings

Letters-Fabric Thickers


Large S is cut with the Cricut using Winter Wonderland
I used Helmar 450 adhesive for adhering all the chipboard and roses. I used the Viva Decor Inca Gold around the edges of the photo to give it a dreamy look.

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HAPPY PASSOVER- Masking challenge layout

This month on Let's Get Peachy Blog the monthly challenge was to using a masking technique. I decided to combine the challenge with photos from last year's Passover Sedar.

Step 1: I used plain white cardstock and placed a Maya Road mask over it. I sprayed the paper with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in Party Pink and Patina.

Step 2: The chipboard letters are out of my stash. They are from all kind of manufacturers, I thought it looked cute mixing it up a little. I sprayed them with the same Glimmer Mist colors. I added Smooch Shimmer spray in Vanilla over the Patina letters.

Step 3: I used my Scotch ATG to attach the photos and Helmar 450 glue to attach the letters.

Altered Treasure Box

This was a fun project. I altered this CTMH Recipe/Photo Box. I made this into a wonderful treasure box for my dear friend Melissa. It was for a Secret Sister Swap.

I used all kinds of great projects on this fun project.

Smooch Spritz- Vanilla Shimmer

Helmar- 450 & Quick-Fix Adhesive Runner

Viva Decor- Perfect Pearls- Yellow, Light Blue

Tim Holtz- Distress Pads- Broken China

Maya Road- Felt Flowers, Chipboard Swirl, Chipboard Frame, Stick Pin

Prima Flowers

Nikki Sivvils- Cute as A Button!- Burlap Buttons

Hand-colored Skittle

K& Company- Felt Ribbon

K and Company- Marcella- Alpha Deck

Making Memories- Chloe's Closet

Step 1- I measured and cut the paper to cover the sides and the top. I used Helmar 450 glue. I inked all the edges with the Broken China Distress Ink pad.

Step 2- I inked the oval frame with the Broken China Ink pad and sprayed it with the Smooch Spray. I cut out the little bird from the paper and sprayed it with the Smooch Spray. I covered the Maya Road swirl with the Light Blue Viva Decor Pearl Pen.

Step 3- Once all the pieces were dry I used the Helmar 450 glue to attach the chipboard pieces to the front and top of the box. I used pop dots to attach the little bird. Once attached I used the Yellow Pearl Pen to accent the beak. I slipped the stick pin through under the little chipboard frame and into one of the pop dots under the bird. I used Helmar 450 to attach the Felt flower below the bird. It would have been easier if I had the Helmar Scrap Dots, but I ran out of them. I had to hold the flower in place for about a minute and use a little more glue then usual, but it still worked great!

Step 4- I cut off the edge of the card and then used pop dots to attach it. The small blue pearls on each corner were made using Light Blue Viva Decor Pearl Pens.

Step 5- I used the Helmar 450 under the buttons to make sure they stay put. I also used Helmar 450 to attach the felt ribbon at the bottom of the front of the box, and the Prima flowers to the bottom right. I used Helmar 450 to attach the skittle in the middle of the flowers.

Nuts About Sketches Week 155 Challenge- Daffodils

This is the first Nuts About Sketches challenge I have participated in. This is week 155 challenge. You can check it out here.

This is my take on the sketch I rotated it around so it would work with the photos I wanted to use for this layout.

These photos are from my garden in Maryland. I absolutely LOVE daffodils. They are so pretty and smell so nice. It was the best thing that let you know that spring was coming!

Journaling: Since moving to Florida the thing I have missed most are the daffodils in the spring. This was my garden at Barwick Dr.

Supplies:

Paper: We R Memory Keepers- Over the Rainbow collection

Chipboard: Maya Road. I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Party Pink and Smooch Spritz in Vanilla Shimmer on them.

Buttons: Basic Grey

Glitter Flowers: Recollections (Michael's Brand)- Boutique Fleur

Joy and little orange tag are from my stash.

Letters: Cut at 1 1/2" using the Cricut and Once Upon A Princess cartridge

Swirl: Cut at 9" in length using the Cricut from Ashlyn's Alphabet

The inking around the journal box is with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads- Vintage Photo.

Adhesives:

Helmar 450- for glittery flowers, Joy and buttons; Helmar Acid Free for chipboard and swirls

Xyron 150- for the letters

Atg to attach photos and paper strips

Nice Layout of my husband using a sketch I found

SUPPLIES:

Photo: 6 1/2" x 4 3/4"

Letters: Heidi Swapp

Papers:

Blue Bazzill- 4" x 9"

Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby Brand)- Base Paper

Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby Brand)-Spotted Strip- 10" x 3"

Cosmo Cricket- 8" x 3"

Ribbon: Maya Road- 5 1/2" each

Glitter Flowers: Recollections (Michael's Brand)

Buttons: Basic Grey

Skittles- from my stash

Viva Decor Pearl Pen- Copper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads: Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo

Scotch STG

Helmar 450

Step 1: I inked the edges of the strips. Using the Distressing ink pads. Then attached them using my ATG.

Step 2: Attach the photo also using the ATG

Step 3: Attach the ribbons, Glitter Flowers, Skittles to the ends of the ribbon and Buttons all using Helmar 450

Step 4: Add the Viva Decor Copper dots down the edge of the Bazzill strip.

Step 5: Add the title to the top

This is a photo of my husband that I took at Epcot on Valentines Day 2011. That was a good day and he actually smiled for a change.

This was a quick easy layout that came together in about 30 minutes!

2-pg Layout for today. 10 photos!!

I love the way this two page layout came out. This is my son Wesley and his Rat Terrier Marie. They are the perfect pair! She was probably the best gift a 13year old boy could receive!

This two page layout used 10 photos! This is a great way to get lots of photos onto a single set of pages!

I used the Cricut for the title and little boy with his dog. I used the Batman font for the title and Nursery Rhyme for the little bog and his dog.

The word bars are from Maya Road.

CHA Make & Take

Well I don't have anything that I've done in the past few days that I can share right now! But, I am looking forward to sharing lots of fun news with everyone over the next 6-8 weeks!!

So I thought I would share this really cute Make & Take I did at the Maya Road booth at CHA last month! Going to hang this in my scraproom!

The banner pieces are material! You spray with with their really nice Maya Mists. The letters are also sprayed. I am very impressed with the coverage you get from their Mists. They are still have sheen and glimmer to them, but they actually COVER the chipboard!