Santa Layout

For the last few years (or more) the LSS owner has Santa (her husband) come to the store. Customers' kids get their pictures taken with Santa for free. We also have a layout kit available for purchase, which I design. In the past I've chosen the papers I would use, but this year the owner asked me to use specific ones that were ordered for a class that had fallen through. I don't think I would have chosen those papers on my own, but it turned out all right.

The ornament was cut using a Sizzix die and embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folders. A brayer was used with the Ranger Ink "Peeled Paint" distress ink to color the raised pattern green. The ornament was the December Make & Take that I designed specifically to go with the Santa layout, although it is separate and can be used for any Christmas layout or card.

The Christmas tree was cut with an Ellison die. It was dressed up with Stickles and rhinestones. The star on top was a sticker.

The label and insert were from the Tim Holtz Alterations dies (the insert is a magnetic die that fits into the other). It's the Ornamental label die.

The "dear Santa" was from a long Sizzlit Advent Calendar die, and the 2010 was from a Cuttlebug alphabet.

November Make & Take

Yes, I skipped October. I did a Halloween tag for the month of October, but I can't tell you most of what went on it (all items found in the LSS' crop room), and it wasn't my favorite project, anyway. I might scan and upload it later, but probably not.

For November's Make and Take I decided to do a fall themed journal spot. I used Studio G stamps for the pumpkin and Indian corn, an EK Success punch for the flower just under the stamped pumpkin, and the medallion was made with the new Sizzlit Tim Holtz Alterations Paper Rosette die. The folded journal base/background is an Accu-cut die that is actually supposed to be a mini-album cover. There are three holes for binding the cover and pages together, but I just filled the outside holes with two brads and covered the middle hole with the Indian corn.

September's Make and Take

Okay, I'm slow. This was September's Make & Take project, and I'm only just now uploading it. Life has just been really hectic.

I wanted a theme that anyone could use, not just families with kids in school, so I went for a generic home theme. The pocket was cut with an Accu-Cut die (so was the little house), and the tab on the photo mat (which goes into the pocket) was a punch (I think it's made by McGill, but I can't swear to it). The embossing folder is Cuttlebug. I'm not sure who makes the stamps or the scallop punch. They were in the LSS crop room.

Christmas, a little early

I have to admit that I'm one of the first to gripe when I see Christmas stuff displayed before Halloween, but I've been working on some older photos, and did a 4 page Christmas layout. Shown above are the first two pages, which is all I've got scanned so far.

The stamped heart and stocking are by Imaginations. I colored the stamped designs with Copic markers and glitzed with Stickles. I'm sorry, but I have no clue who manufactured the holly and plaid papers. If I figure it out, I'll post a correction. The bracket shaped background was cut using the Lacy Labels cartridge, and tweaked in my Gypsy to make the shadow mat behind. I think the letters might be from the Plantain Schoolbook cartridge, but I'm not sure of that, either.

The basic design of this layout was scraplifted. It's not the same theme, papers, or embellishments, but a layout on display at the LSS sort of screamed "use me like a sketch!" The LSS layout used a scalloped circle instead of a bracket, but it's a definite scraplift. The layout is essentially the same.

2 Make and Takes for August

This month I designed two Make & Takes for the LSS.

The main Make & Take that ran through most of the month was this beach card. I used the View Maker "Beautiful Day" stamp set by Art Gone Wild, a Sizzix wave embossing folder, a QuicKutz die (shell), chalks, and the frame was made using the Gypsy and Cricut.


The second Make & Take was for the 10th Anniversary of the LSS. They were having a page contest for "Why I Scrapbook," so the Make & Take was designed to coordinate with the scrapper page kit. I used a Sizzix die, but I folded my cardstock before cutting, and put the fold just inside the cut line so that I got an actual small file folder. Otherwise the die would have only cut a file folder shape, but not an actual file folder. I hope that makes sense. There is another Sizzix file folder die that does fold into an actual file folder, but it was far too tiny for this project. I trimmed off the extra tab that I got from cutting the folded cardstock. The scissors were cut with a Cuttlebug die. The title & banner were made using my Gypsy and Cricut (Carousel and Country Life cartridges, with a little welding). The banner is supposed to have 6 flags, so I cut off the last flag with good old scissors. I used a cartridge for the "SCRAP" letters on the banner but don't remember which cartridge it was. Sorry I didn't keep better track.

Baby Photo Canvas Projects

I'm sorry the above photos are a bit blurry. Hopefully you at least get an idea of what they look like.

I did these quite awhile ago for a New Mom's class project, but I've apparently never uploaded them. I came across them while decluttering some scrapping stuff. I have no idea anymore what papers I used. The things hanging below each canvas are chipboard cuts that were painted and covered partly with paper. They already had a hole punched in them, since they were hanging on a short keychain when I got them.

The projects were inspired by Quick Quotes canvases.

Link to another cool mini album

Yes, I know that I need to get busy and work on my own projects, but till I have something to show, here's a link to another cool mini album. This link was posted on Two Peas, so if you've seen this already, I apologize. I'm just in a beachy mood.

Florida Beach mini album by Tanya

I want to emphasize that this mini album and the Halloween mini that I posted a link for a few days ago were NOT done by me. Neither do I know the individuals who made them. I am just admiring their work.

Hopefully all the time I've spent lately looking at mini albums will help me to get busy and make one of my own to post.