December, January, and February Make & Take projects

December 2011 Make and Take

I used Lost and Found papers and coordinating stamp.

January 2012 Make and Take card front

I used a Sizzix embossing folder and Sizzlit die,

Tim Holtz die, and Inkadinkadoo stamp

(not totally sure about who made the stamp)

February 2012 Make and Take

I used my Gypsy to manipulate a label from the Cricut Lacy Labels cartridge to make a card.

The tickets are Tim Holtz, but the inside of the second ticket is an Inkadinkadoo stamp.

Baby Girl Album, first few pages

The first page shows the baby announcement sent out by the proud parents.

For obvious reasons, the last name has been removed before uploading to the internet.

Above are some of the hospital pictures. The boy holding the baby is her big brother.

Below, she is all dressed up and ready to go home for the first time.

Materials used first page: Martha Stewart border punch, Life's Little Occasions sticker, Marianne Designs die and Cuttlebug die.

Materials used second page: Martha Stewart border punch, Cricut die-Cut (Nursery Rhyme cartridge), and decorative scissors (scalloped edge behind looped border).

Materials used third page: Sizzlit die, Purple Daisy stamp, EK punch (Purple Daisy stamp was made to go with the punch), CAC Pinafore font (most of title), and Black Jack font (the capital "A" in the title).

Most of the papers were older (from my stash), and I have no idea who made them. The only newer paper I used was the floral design for the borders on the second pages. It was by 3 Bugs in a Rug. I also used a thin strip of paper in the border that was from a Life's Little Occasions paper stack.

I will try to post more pages of my baby girl album soon.

2011 Santa Layout

Each year the LSS near me has Santa come to the store for a free photo opportunity. The owner's husband dresses up as Santa, and the customers get a free photo of their kid(s) with Santa.

Each year the LSS also offers a page kit to sell, that is for Santa photos. I have been the one to design the page layout most years, and I prepare the kits. I was asked to design the page again this year. The LSS owner wanted the layout to include some really cute chipboard sets that had been bought for a class, but then the class didn't get enough people sign up for the class to occur, and she didn't want to be stuck with a lot of leftover boxes of chipboard after Christmas. The chipboard was sold separately from the kit, but it really added a lot to what would otherwise be a very simple layout.

If the background paper doesn't look white, it's because it is a light cream to go with the background paper. Although not clear in the photo, it has a linen texture. If you click on the photo, you can see an enlarged version, which will hopefully allow you to see that the lower left cream cardstock rectangle is embossed with a "Dear Santa" letter, for a journal spot. I embossed it with a QuicKutz folder I got on sale at GASC a year or two ago.

I used my Gypsy to create a background mat for a shape from the Elegant Edges cartridge, as well as to alter the shape and mat for the title.

The chipboard shapes are by K and Company, and the patterned paper is from the 12 Days of Christmas collection by My Mind's Eye.

November Mini Make & Take: Blessings Pocket

I love the pockets with numbered strips that you write on and tuck inside.

Little Yellow Bicycle and Close to my Heart both make them,

although I don't know if there is one specifically for counting your blessings.

However, you can also make them yourself, which is what I did for the

November mini Make and Take project.

I used the Cricut to cut the pocket and the strips. I manipulated

the designs on my Gypsy to make them the length and height I wanted.

The pocket came from Tags, Boxes, Bags, and More.

Each strip is just a rectangle from the Close to my Heart

Art Philosophy cartridge, that I made slimmer.

"Count Your Blessings" on the front of the pocket is a

Teresa Collins stamp that I found at the LSS awhile ago.

The square "frame" for each number is a

Studio G stamp, from a little monogram stamp set.

The numbers within the squares are from the

My Sentiments Exactly "Formal" Lower/Numbers set.

The Studio G and MSE stamps were much

older stamps that I've had for years.

Halloween Mini Album/Altered Cricut cartridge box

In September, I began a Halloween mini-album in a box (altered Cricut cartridge box), but due to illness that turned into pneumonia, I just haven't had the energy to do anything more on it. Since today is Halloween, I'm posting a little of what I did get done before getting sick.

First I took apart a Cricut cartridge box and covered it, then glued the

inner box section back on. The rosette and the iron gate edging are both Tim Holtz

dies. I mainly used a K & Company paper pad and coordinating

embellishments, but I did throw in a few other things from the LSS and

from JoAnn's. The spiderweb edging on the bottom of the

front flap is a Martha Stewart punch.

Below: the open box. I will probably put something inside the lid.

I just didn't get that far yet. The unfinished mini-album is inside the box.

The front cover of the unfinished mini-album.

There will be ribbons on the rings eventually.

The first couple of pages. The apothecary bottles on the right

page are large enough for small photos or journaling on the back.

The labels from the bottles came from the internet.

I was already sick when I found them, and I thought I knew where

I got them, but my head must have been in a fog.

If I figure it out, I'll post it later.

There's a little more I got done, but not enough to show.

At the rate I'm going, maybe it will be done for Halloween 2012.

I'm still sick. The doctor gave me a different antibiotic to try.

Now I'm going back to bed.

Happy Halloween!

October Make & Take Treat Bag

The die cut box is from Accu-Cut. The ticket stamp is by Tim Holtz. The little Jack-o-lantern and Crow landscape (background) are Stampendous Cling Rubber stamps. To do the background I had to mask off the parts I didn't want stamped, because the stamp would have spilled over slightly onto the sides. The little bow is crochet thread that I've had in my stash for years.

Oct. 5th Wednesday layout sneak peek

When I went in to the LSS a couple of days ago, the owner asked if I would do another layout for their Wednesday Make & Take. It's a Make & Take where the customers purchase the supplies, and they get the instructions and a free element. They can put together the layout in the crop room, which is why it's called a Make & Take. Since I was already planning to do a leaf jumping page for photos of these little cuties, I said yes and spent some time doing up this layout. One of the papers is a Karen Foster (left side, base page), the other patterned papers are new ones by Reminisce, from their Harvest line. The 3D stickers are Reminisce, too, and the paper leaves are by Bazzill. The free element is the little ticket shaped tag in the lower right corner. It's actually a "topper" from the Cricut Cupcake Wrappers Lite cartridge.