Miniature Layout

If you feel intimidated by 12x12 layouts, why not try scrapbooking layouts miniature-style. These are a great alternative and can be easy tucked into a small album or your purse. I created two layouts using 5x5 size cardstock. I then added smaller versions of embellishments and tuitles. These would fit perfect for those school photos or wallet photos. Why not give it a try.

Layout Recipes:

Layout#1:

CS - cut at 5x5

Banner - Cricut Essentials (E2)

Title - Cricut Essentials

Bling- Ja-Jinker

Layout#2Flourish - Sissix

Title - Cricut Graphically Speaking

Label - EK Success

New Layout

Doing layouts can be so much fun and rewarding. As you look at the memory that the layout creates it just warms your heart. Then there all the colors and design that enhance that even more. In this layout, I used some simple punches(Martha Stewart) and made some rosettes using some of my scraps. The leaves and title were cut out using my Cricut and the eyes were stamped using a Hampton Arts stamp. To finish it off, I add to clear dewdrops and two buttons in the center of the rosettes. Hope you enjoy.

ATC card holders

Everyone is creating and swapping ATC cards. So I thought I would make a few card holders to store some as well as display them. One of the holders I designed with my Gypsy. The other holder I created using the Tim Holtz tag die. These projects were created for the StampinDymonz Design Team.

A few recent projects

Baroque Dies Project

My submission for the DT at StampinDymonzScrapShack was a mini album using the baroque(large) and the mini. What a power house this little die is. It is a Tim Holtz (Sissix) die. I create this little mini to pack a bunch of pictures. Since I had a few sheets of the Mariposa collection left, I used them. I kept the base of the pages very simple since it was already quite full. In fact, I used a number of the Tim Holtz dies to create this little treasure. So take a look at it. Here I have showcased the front and back pages. To see a full presentation go over the link above and look for the Cricut, Gypsy and Big Shot Group. There you will find a video and a more details.

FayRai

Pulling Pastels

Recently I created a card using the pulling pastels technique which Dymonz (StampinDymonz) showed during a recent online gathering of some of the gals from the Stampin Dymonz Scrap Shack. The technique involved using pastels and Versamark ink.

Sissix Onesie Frames

At the ScrapShack, I created a project for the Cricut, Bigshot Group. This project is a go-green project because I used discarded clear packaging to create two adorable baby picture frames using the Sissix onesie die. How did I do it? Well I cut the onesie using my Big Shot and then I used another Sissix die (Frame#2) to adhere to the front of the frame. I punched holes in the sides to attach some jewelry chain. I also used the negative from the Frame#2 die and adhered it to the inside of the back of the frame. I love how this came out. I hope you like it too.