Lovebug Scrapbooking's "INSPIRE US!" blog hop for February

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Our theme for February is "Leaps and Bounds". I did a layout on Spring Blooms. My girls love when the cherry blossoms bloom. When the blossoms start to fall off the trees, they call it their pink snow.

A Closer look at the butterfly:

 

Supplies Used: Making Memories PP, Bazzill CS, Basic Grey Doilies, American Crafts Thickers, Making Memories and Prima Flowers, Prima Bling Swirls, Heidi Swapp Bling - butterfly body, Kaisercraft Pearls - Flower centers, Autumn Leaves Stamp - butterfly, Technique Tuesday Stamp - dots, Cuttlebug Embossing folder - Swiss Dots, Brilliance Ink Graphite Black, Sky Blue and Orchid. 

To do the flower, stamp your image on Patterned paper and cut out. For the butterfly I scored down the middle and adhered it to the other butterfly image with glue. I ran the flower through my big shot using the Cuttlebug embossing folder. I adhered the butterfly to the flower using foam tape, to give it more dimension. This gives you an idea of how to use your stamps on a scrapbook page,but would work for a card as well.

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IMAGINISCE Challenge: February Sketch

The February sketch:

My Layout:

 

Supplies Used: Bazzill CS. Imaginisce Twitterpated PP, Blossoms, Snag Em Stamp-Fairest of them All Tree, Prima Flowers, DCWV Chipboard flowers, Heidi Swapp Bling Brads, AC Thickers, Fancy Pants Felt, Distress Ink-Walnut Stain, Brilliance Ink-Rust

I stamped the Fancy Pants Felt with the Tree Stamp using Brilliance Ink. I love the end result as I find the felt too plain.

1st Day

This is a Layout I did of my daughter Lexy on her fist day of Preschool, 2008. It is based on a PageMaps Sketch, which is being used for a contest at Scrapbooking Competitions for February.

Supplies Used: Prima Whispers PP, Bazzill CS, Paper Doily, Prima Flowers, Prima Bling, MM Buttons, MME Chipboard Square, Chipboard Swirl (unknown source), Distress Ink Antique Linen, Zing Pink Glitter Embossing Powder, Shimmerz Coffee, Shimmerz Blingz Gold Glimmer, Flashee Fuchsia, and Pink Poinsettia, Glimmer Mist Bronze, MLS Mini Alphas, Maya Ribbon, Corner Rounder, Unibal White Pen

On the paper Doily, I rub it with the Distress Ink and while it was wet, I dropped Embossing powder in random spots and heated with my heat gun. Then I misted lightly with Glimmer Mist.

big & little (Sisters 4 ever)

A Layout  I did of my oldest and youngest daughters, Chaelyn and Adryonna. 

Supplies Used: Bazzill CS, MME PP Laundry Line and Love Nest, BG Doilies, Tim Holtz Mask and Stamp, Distress Ink- Aged Mahogany, MME Glitter Chipboard Letters, AC Thickers, MLS Mini Alphas, Prima Flower, Glitter Mist-Bronze, Shimmerz Paints.

To make your bazzill dotted paper, put down a mask( I just used the middle portion of the doily), Spray with Glimmer mist, lightly press a paper cloth to dab off excess mist, and rub over with distress ink. Since the Mist is damp, it makes the distress ink react with it, giving a really cool distressed look!


I used a Page Maps Sketch from her February Contest, which can be found here.

Wedding Card #2

This is the card I originally started for my cousins upcoming wedding. It started with a great idea of making a paper cake and it ended up being 3-d. Since I need to send it in the mail, that this prob wasn't the best idea for mailing. I love how it turned out, though.

Side View 

Supplies Used: Bazzill CS, Cuttlebug Embossing folder, Shimmerz Pixie dust, Brilliance Ink Starlite Silver, Prima and KaiserCraft Bling, Prima Flowers, Maya Ribbon, Imaginisce Crystal Heart, Xyron 150, Sookwang Tape, Glue Dots

For a 6x6 inch card:

1. Cut 1 1/4 inch strips in lengths of 5 1/2, 4 and 2 1/2 inches.

2. Score the edges at 1/2 inch on each side to make tabs, trim top corners off. I also trimmed a square off the bottom of the tab, so the ribbon wraps around to the back.

3. Embellish strips as desired.

4. For the botton layer, measure 1 1/2 inches from the edge, 2 inches for middle layer and 2 1/2 inches for the top layer.

5. Cut Sookwang tape to cover tab only.
6. Tape the tabs so the scored edge of the tab covers the marks measured from the edge.
7. Embellish rest of the cards as desired.

1. Caardvarks - Are you ready to get published?

Wedding Card

I made this card for my cousin who is getting married. I also thought I would enter in some contests and challenges.

I colored the Prima Bling Swirls with my Copic Marker to make them a golden color.

Supplies used: Bazzill CS, DCWV Metallic CS, Sizzix Embossing Template Flowers # 3, Autumn Leaves and Technique Tuesday Stamps, Distress Ink Dusty Concord and Antique Linen, Brilliance Ink Galaxy Black, Shimmerz Pixie Dust, Copic Marker Sepia, Prima Bling, Scrapworks Ribbon, pop dots, Glue Arts Pro, Xyron 150, Corner Rounder

1. Caarvdarks - Are you ready to get published?
2. Scrapbooking Competitions - All you need is Love
3.the Pink Elephant- Challenge #54

Mommy's Monkey

My First Layout of my baby girl, Adryonna. I saw this Layout in Scrapbook Etc.Feb 2010, pg 19 and I just had the perfect picture to do it with. Adry is wearing a cute monkey shirt and pants from Gymboree and I just think she's is cutest Monkey in them.


Mommy's Monkey
but I am Mommy's little Princess

Supplies used: Bazzill CS, Cosmo Cricket PP, Daisy D's PP, Prima E. Line Flowers, Technique Tuesday Stamp, Brilliance Graphite Black Ink, Glitz White Glitter Letters, MLS Mini Letters buttercream, AC Puffy Thickers, Bo Bunny Chunky Brackets, Heidi Swapp Bling, Ultra Fine Black Sharpie, Adirondack Lemonade Paint, Tiara Stickles, Spellbinder Nestabilities