Sunday, August 5, 2012

Scrapbook Style: Distressed - Clementine Layout Workshop

With the new Autumn/Winter Idea Book, I revised my basic layout classes to focus on different styles and techniques.  We started with the distressed style, incorporating crumpling, sanding, and inking, utilizing the Clementine paper and embellishments on the


The Saddle cardstock pieces were dampened, crumpled, straightened, dried, sanded, and inked with Saddle ink.  The Sorbet B&T paper pieces and the Twilight cardstock pieces were all sanded.  The Twilight cardstock was inked with Twilight ink.  The Flowered B&T paper pieces were inked with Saddle ink using the Sea Sponge Texture Tool.

Supplies:
  • Clementine Paper Packet
  • Clementine Complements Canvas Shapes
  • Twilight Cardstock
  • My Acrylix Casual Expressions
  • My Acrylix Buttons, Bits, and Bobs
  • My Acrylix Cocktail Alphabet
  • Cricut Artiste Cartridge
  • Sanding Kit
  • Texture Tools

Cruisin' Magic Layout Club

For July, we used photo page protectors hinged onto our layout to add more photos.  This layout incorporates the Cruisin' paper and embellishments for the Out of the Hat sketch from the Magic How-To Scrapbooking Program.


Here's the right page with both flaps open.


Here's the reverse side of the bottom flap.


And the reverse side of the top flap.


Supplies:
  • Cruisin' Paper Packet
  • Cruisin' Complements Silver Foil Images
  • Bottle Caps
  • My Acrylix Cocktail Alphabet
  • Memory Protectors Photo Storage Page
  • Hinges

Sonoma Layout

This layout was done for the Sonoma Layout Workshop and utilizes the Safe & Secure sketch from the Imagine How-To Scrapbooking Program.  I printed out the photos in monochromatic sepia and purple tones.  I still need to finish the journaling and find a photo of Oslo, our dog growing up...



Supplies:
  • Sonoma Paper Packet
  • Sonoma My Stickease Assortment
  • My Acrylix Bohemian Alphabet
  • Colonial White Designer Ribbon Rounds

Typeset Layout

Here's the layout I did for the Typeset Layout Workshop.  It's the Up the Tempo sketch from the Imagine How-To Scrapbooking Program.


Supplies
  • Typeset Paper Packet
  • Typeset Complements Canvas Shapes
  • Milepost Shapes
  • My Acrylix Pennant Alphabet

Footloose Pop-Up Mini-Album

I reverse-engineered Pine Cone Press's interactive albums (they've got a school- and a Disney-themed one) using only 12" x 12" paper (they use 16" cardstock) and created this fun summer-themed 6" x 8" mini-album.







Supplies used:
  • Footloose Paper Packet
  • Footloose Complements Dimensional Elements
  • Sweet Leaf Cardstock
  • My Acrylix Just Chillin' Stamp Set
  • My Acrylix Kick Back Stamp Set
  • My Acrylix Footloose WOTG Stamp Set
  • Color-Ready Seam-Binding Ribbon

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Superhero Magic Layout

Oops.  Guess I'm a bit behind in posting projects.  The June Magic layout utilized the Superhero paper packet and embellishments and the Hocus Pocus sketch.  

The film strip elements include some hidden photos that are revealed via pulling the tabs on each page (below).
Supplies:

  • Superhero Paper Packet
  • Superhero Complements Rub-Ons
  • Comic Badge Buttons
  • My Acrylix American Celebration
  • My Acrylix Hero Alphabet 
  • My Acrylix Hodge Podge Alphabet