Santa Pic Layout

I am loving the Supplies On Hand Class by May Flaum! 4 days of amazing techniques and ideas for stash busting so far and more to come!! She has a stellar line up of guest design artists, and this will be a class I definitely go back to. 

I have so many ideas running around in my head, but I thought I'd start with a Christmas layout. I was so inspired by May's layout using stamps and colouring them in with Dylusions Sprays that I got out my sprays immediately. I had these Christmas Dylusions stamps that I hadn't ever used (gasp!) so that's what I started with.

I loved the look of Ashli Oliver's journalling around the edge of her page. You must check out her blog at http://purplemailbox.blogspot.ca/?m=1 - she is so talented. The green papers were in a 12x12 sheet, which was divided into journalling cards, so I cut them to fit in the photo spots on the Stuck On You Sketches challenge. (See below for sketch)

Everything was already in my stash, and I'm happy to say I discovered new ways to use what I already owned. I flicked the Heidi Swapp silver Color Shine to create droplets and I love the way it looks! I don't know why, but I had never done this before. 

I love the way these inks painted on! I just dipped the brush in the bottle and painted directly on the watercolour paper that I had stamped on. I used two green colours to create a bit of shading. I'm thinking it would definitely be a good investment to put these inks in waterbrushes!

I stamped the ornament border and cut each out individually. After threading them with some bakers twine I popped them up to look like they were hanging. 

I had so much fun with this layout! I will definitely be using more ideas from this awesome class- so be sure to check back!

Supplies-

Paper: KaiserCraft & Pink Paislee

Brenda Walton Chipboard letters

Echo Park stickers

Red & white bakers twine

Dylusions stamps & Sprays

Little B mini washi tape

Heidi Swapp color shine

Challenges - Stuck On U Sketches

http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.ca/2014/09/sketch-team-5th-anniversary-blog-hop.html?m=1

Simon Says Monday Challenge - finishing touch: stamping

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

Too Cute To Spook! - Pretty Cute Stamps Layout

For my post today on the Pretty Cute Stamps blog I definitely wanted to feature the super cute Candy Corn Kisses stamp set, which was just released with the September stamp release at the Pretty Cute Stamps store.  This little stamp is so sweet & I can think of so many ways to use her!

I decided to create a layout from last Halloween - my little Erica (the black cat) looks so teeny, and it's only been one year!  I used some CTMH paper and stickers that have been in my stash for a while, and even though it is not Halloween themed, I loved the colours. I think my favourite part of this layout was stamping on plain seam binding ribbon! (close up below) I used a sketch from Pagemaps - so great for inspiration!

The star of the show - little Miss Candy Corn (well, aside from the cute kids!) is coloured with Prismacolor Markers on white cardstock.  I coloured her basket, cut around it and popped the bottom part up after sliding the handle under her hand.  In the top right corner of the photo you can see 3 of the candy corn images, one with an adorable face, which I cut out and popped up as embellishments. 

I love all the different sizes of candy corns in this set, and I easily used them all. (see more as embellishments in the photo below, on the bottom left) I stamped on the seam binding ribbon, above, with Making Memories ink, which is permanent and waterproof.  Then, I smooshed yellow and orange Distress Inks on my craft mat, spritzed water, and coloured my ribbon.  I simply used a stapler to gather the ribbon and add a fringe above and below my photos.

I also stamped on the ribbon with one of the sentiments and used it on my tag, adding a bit of pink to it. I love all the amazing sentiments that come with these stamps. They were perfect to add to my page - see if you can find them all!

Candy Corn Kisses stamp set & SVG outline

Be sure to pop over to the Pretty Cute Stamps store where you can pick up this and other adorable sets, as well as the SVG outlines making it super easy to cut and stamp! I hope you have an awesome week, and come back soon!

Guest Designer @ Die Cuttin' Divas - Pirate Theme!

I am soooo excited to be the Guest Designer this week at the Die Cuttin' Diva's blog! The theme this week is Pirates!! How fun :)

This was the perfect excuse to scrapbook some pics of my daughter in Preschool dressed up for Pirate Day.  I used the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge for the pirate themed accessories, the Mini Monsters Cricut cartridge for the Danger title, and the George and Basic shapes cartridge for the stars.

I thought the skull on the Danger title was perfect! I used some Distress Markers and Inks around my edges and even pulled out some Halloween papers.

I used the September sketch from Canadian Scrapbooker:

I hope you all have a fun, crafty week! Be sure to head on over to the Die Cuttin' Diva's to see all the amazing projects the Design Team have come up with and add your own!

Page Map Scrapbooking

I just printed off a whole bunch of pictures and pulled out a CTMH paper kit - Wings, which I have had for quite some time! One of my resolutions this year is to use up my paper stash :-)

I really like using a sketch as inspiration and there are some great sites out there as well as great Pinterest ideas.

I got the ideas for these two layouts from http://www.pagemaps.com/jan13maps.htm