THE WHITE HOUSE

Hello! 

 

I started this layout on Wednesday I think.... but I worked on it more on Thursday. The first challenge was to cut the title as the negative cut on the background cardstock. I did that first. I cut the WHITE HOUSE.  I had to practise first to decide the location of the start point for the blade for my Cricut machine.  When I was finished, I was HAPPY.... but then I realized that I forgot the word THE!!!!   SIGH!!!!  So I decided to go for the cut out letters and pasted them onto the layout!  Yeah I cheated here but only for the "THE" word.... For Jayne's sketch #17, I struggled a bit with it as I started off with no patterned paper.  But on Friday when I saw the new challenge for CSI case file #81, I loved the colours so I decided to go for  the Authentique Seasons: Summer patterned papers!    YAH!  It solved my struggle!  This morning, I worked on my layout happily!

 

 

 

 

 

 

For CSI Case File #81, for the colours, I used all of the colours.  For the evidence, I used silver metal (buttons), twine, circles (there are lots as you can see I am sure!), textured paper, and scalloped edges.  For the testimony, for the IW, I used the word "house"  just a perfect timing....what a coincidence, a layout about our visit to The White House!!  (No journal otherwise....)

 



Challenges I am playing:

 

Two Scrapbook Friends: July Crafty Challenge: Use a Negative Cut

Color, Stories, Inspirations: CSI Case File # 81

 

Supplies Used

PATTERNED PAPERS: Authentique "Seasons: Summer"

CARDSTOCKS:  AC Cardstocks, The Paper Company

INK: Rubber Stampede Pigment Ink Pad white

PUNCHES:  Marvy Uchida Round punch, Recollection round punch

DIE CUTS: Spellbinders Star Circles, Cricut: Alphalicious, White House diecut (unknown)

BUTTONS: unknown

STENCILS:  The Crafters Workshop 6x6 Mini Swiss Dot

STAMPS:  American Craft Dear Lizzy date stamper

EMBOSSING:  Spellbinders Star Circles

OTHERS: twine

SKETCH:  Jayne Morgan #17

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INSPIRATIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS!

Laureen

POOL PARTY

Hello!

So good to be able to scrap Janna's birthday pool party! Following Christa's colour challenge at the Two Scrapbook Friends, I looked through my kit collection box and found this kit.  I bought this kit from Two Scrapbook Friends a while ago.... well a long time ago is more honest.... (**giggles**)  I know there are "few" additional colours that were not on Christa's colour challenge....but that is okay....

DOUBLE PAGE LAYOUT HERE!

 

A CLOSE UP of the LEFT PAGE....

 

A CLOSE UP of the RIGHT PAGE....

I scrapped this double page layout for Two Scrapbook Friends' July Crafty Challenge: Use a Negative in Paper.  My balloons on the pages are negative cut. They are right on the background cardstocks.  I added the colour cardstocks for the balloons and black cardstock for the string on the back.  It was challenging but fun!

 

CHEERS!

Laureen

SUBWAY and WASHINGTON DC

Hello!

Yay!  A double page layout completed! I am a HAPPY scrapper!  On Sunday, I was thrilled to have an online cropper with Sharlene!  I have not been scrapping for a while!  It was good to be able to hit my scrapping table again! 

 

 

 

 

Based on the challenge from CSI Case File #79, when I saw the colours, I decided to hit the pictures from our Washington DC trip in May 2011.  I knew I have purchased several "AMERICAN" themed papers when I was down at the Archivers store with Sharlene.  It was GOOD to be able to do the Washington DC trip pictures... I have MANY more pictures so this is just a beginning of several more pages to come!

Colours: I used all.

Evidence: pom pom trim, flourish, metal, sripes, polka dots, ribbons

Testimony: 4 Reasons and add pom pom trim to the spot (journal)

 



I used Laura Whitaker's sketch at ScrapMuch?.  I am sure you can see that I followed the layout design but did not follow the picture size.  I decided to go for 2x3 picture size as I have many and I wanted to include them so I had to make some modification to the layout so I tried my best following Laura's sketch as much as I can.  I also substituted one picture square for a journal.  My title obviously is much longer!

 

 

To Use a Negative in Paper was Two Scrapbook Friends' July Crafty Challenge,  I have created two of them.  One for each page.  Here are the close ups. 
 

Sharlene's individual thrown challenge was to have a title diecut.  I was fortunate to find the word "SUBWAY" from the Cricut "Going Places".  I decided to go for negative cut with her challenge. 

 

 

I used the Cricut "Base Camp" to cut  "Washington DC" and was pleased with how it looked.  I would place it at a different place but since I wanted to follow Laura's sketch as much as I can so I decided to place it in the middle as shown in her sketch.  A long title, I know!

Challenges I Played:

ScrapMuch?: Sketchy Friday
Two Scrapbook Friends: July Crafty Challenge: Use A Negative 
CSI: Color... Stories... Inspiration...: CSI Case File #79
Online Crop with Sharlene (Individual Thrown Challenges: SBE-> Title Diecut, LCB-> banners or pennants)

Supplies Used

PATTERNED PAPERS: We R Memory Keepers Red, White + Blue
CARDSTOCKS:  AC Cardstocks
DIE CUTS: We R Memory Keeper Red, White + Blue Embossed Diecut, Cricut "Going Places", Cricut "Base Camp", My Favorite Things Medium Fancy Flourish Die-Namics, My Favorite Things Lead The Way Die-Namics, Capitol Hill diecut (unknown)
STAMPS: Trodat Printy dater stamp
MIST:  Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Blue Skies", "Lime Twist" and "Scarlet"
RIBBON: American Crafts
OTHERS: Royal Lace White Heart Doily, We R Memory Keepers Metal Star Pins, We R Memory Keepers Mini Flags, Pom Poms
SKETCH:  by Laura Whitaker

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INSPIRATIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS!

Laureen

Rainbow....

Little Red Wagon #192 CAS, Joanne wanted to see CAS as she loves simple and clean card sometimes.

Here is mine...  It sure did not take long to make this card which is nice for a change!  I really love the sentiment that I found looking in the internet.  It is true that rainbow and sunshine do come after the worst storm....  We need to remember this when we have bad days....  We need to look at the positive outcomes!

Supplies Used

CARDSTOCKS: 
AC Cardstocks, Recollection
PUNCHES: 
Marvy Uchida round
DIE CUTS:
My Favorite Things Rainbow Die-Namics,  My Favorite Things Flat Bottom Cloud Die-Namics
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INSPIRATIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS!

Laureen

Red and White! A Day to CELEBRATE!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Today knowing that we will have a BBQ and I thought that having cupcakes for dessert will be PERFECT for the children!  (Of course Chris and I will LOVE that too!)

So deciding to make the cupcakes at the last minute, I really wished I had bought some red sprinkles but I DID NOT!  I decided not to PANIC!  Told myself there is another way to DECORATE the cupcakes....  I thought harder and of course I REMEMBERED the GOOD OLD STAMPS!

The good old STAMPS!!! YES YES YES!!!  So I ran downstairs to my scrapping room and grabbed CANADIAN THEMED stamps and grabbed a red ink pad.  I started stamping some images!   FUN FUN!!!  I coloured some of them.  I cut them out and glued them onto the toothpicks.  POKED them into the cupcakes!  YAH!  I was able to decorate the cupcakes without the sprinkles!

While doing this fun activity this afternoon, I thought of  the Little Red Wagon, just perfect challenge activity!  It is RED AND WHITE!  It is cool to be able to make simple but beautiful cupcake embellishment from old good stamps!  So I am playing this for Little Red Wagon Challenge #191 - Only Red and White 

 

HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE!

LOVE

Hello!

Not very often that I do a layout about us, Chris and me.  I was lucky to have my sister taking this picture as I am often the "photographer"   You all know what I mean!  I chose to have 4 banners and 4 hearts.  This represents the # of the years we were together before we got married. 
(4+4= 8)   8 years together! All of this started at the high school.  We continued through during our university days.  Two months after we graduated with our BA degrees, we got married!  Next month, we celebrate our 20th anniversary!  The butterflies represent the # of children we have. FOUR children! The two pink gems and the two blue gems represent that we have two girls and two boys.   I used the same chevron patterned paper twice, this represent the two angels that we lost through miscarriages.

For the Little Red Wagon, the challenge #189 was to use 3 or more patterned papers.  On this layout I used four patterned papers.  Three papers are obviously patterned papers (the three circles) and the banners are also from a patterned paper with very light streak of lines on them.

 

Using this Amanda's sketch, I rotated it since I had the 4x6 instead of 6x4 picture.   Also the title placement was different from the sketch,  I put my title directly onto the picture.

 

For the CSI case #75 challenge:  The colour scheme: I used all of the colours.  The evidence, I used lace, chevrons, flowers, distressing, jewels, wood, heart and banner (I did not put the title on the banner)

Challenges I played:

Little Red Wagon: Challenge #189 - Use 3 or more patterned paper
Two Scrapbook Friends: Amanda Wolff's Sketchy Challenge #10
Two Scrapbook Friends: Forum Crop Bingo (two lines)
Color, Stories, Inspiration Case # 75

INSPIRATIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS!

Laureen

MOM

Hello!

Here is the another layout I promised that I'd share from my yesterday post.   Today I am going to type a much shorter post! The picture of my mom and I is a little blurry but I did not want to pass this one.  It was a really a good picture of us both so I decided to scrap about us anyway.  The picture of us together is PRECIOUS!  This picture was taken on Mother's Day last month.  Unfortunately, that she was in the hospital on this day, but she was in good spirits and we all celebrated this special day with some delicious cupcakes.

Challenge I played for:

Two Scrapbook Friends: Amanda Wolff's Sketchy Challenge #9

Supplies Used
PATTERNED PAPERS: Niki Sivil "Beatrice"
CARDSTOCK:  AC Cardstock
PUNCH:  EK Success large scalloped holed border punch
DIE CUTS: My Favorite Things Die-Namics "Leaf Filled Flourish
BRADS: Recollection flower brads
FONTS:  American Craft Thickers "Delight" foam letters
MIST:  Mister Huey's "Warm Calico"
OTHERS: Crafts (tulle), Petaloo Flora Doodles "Sweet Peas" flowers, some flowers (unknown), Recollection paper clips, clip on paper clip (unknown)
SKETCH:  Amanda Wolff's sketch #9
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INSPIRATIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS!

Laureen