Christmas Emporium Cards

 Hello again! Thank you for stopping by my blog. Enjoy your stay, and if you like what you see, please hit that follow button on the left side of my blog. Okay lets get started. As the title suggests I am going to show you some cards I made with Graphic 45's Christmas Emporium collection. Now some of these cards are pretty basic, but to tell you the truth I had a really hard time with this collection. I don't know if my mojo was on vacation or if the papers were not singing to me. At any rate, I did manage a few cards. I plan on making another set of these, but for now I wanted to let you have a look.

The picture above is a trifold shutter card. I created the file for this card on my Cricut. I thought the stamps that came with the collection were perfect for this card. 

Now here is where it's pretty basic. I cut out the postcard sized picture and started layering until it was the size I wanted. I added some punching at the bottom, some twine and a button and your done.

For this card it was more of the same. Cut out the picture and layer. I added some paper to the sides and topped with beads. I then cut out a smidgen of holly leaves. By this time I was getting tired of the black, so for the next card I changed to a tan like brown.

Again more layering and I did add some layered rectangles to the sides. What do you think about the tan? Should I have used the black instead?

Now this is my favorite, the easel card! I love how it turned out. 

Well that's all I have for you today. I hope you liked what you saw and please stop by again!

Barbara

Botanical Tea Layout

Welcome to my blog! I hope you decide to look around and comment on my layouts! If you like what you see please click the follow button on the left. Today I have a layout using Graphic 45's Botanical Tea collection. I have been on a Graphic 45 kick lately, and I know I will do at least one more layout using this collection. The picture of my mother-in-law was perfect for this collection. This is the day of her homecoming dance and she is the queen. The flowers she received that day make this layout shine. 

Obviously, I fussy cut the flowers from the collection. I am not the best at this, but I did the best job I possibly could.  I love how it turned out. here it is:

Products used include:

Lace

Beaded flourish

Wooden fence

Doily

Border punch

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink

Cameo button

Thank you for stopping by and please come again!

Barbara

Places in Time Calendar

 Well I have been busy. Not as busy as I would have liked but I still have a lot to show you. Today I will be showing you a calendar that I scraplifted from Annette Green. You can visit her blog here. The paper is from Graphic 45's Places in Time collection. Please take a look and let me know what you think.  

Thank you for stopping by!

Barbara

Portrait of a Lady and Me

 Hi there! Welcome to my blog! Thank you for stopping by! Today I will be showing you a layout using Graphic 45's Portrait of a Lady. This one threw me for a loop many times. I think the finished product was the fourth design.  Here are the sneaks:

Supplies needed are as follows:

butterfly punch (mine was an old Martha Stewart punch)

flowers (I used some old spellbinder dies, sorry I don't have the number)

half pearls for flower centers

doily die

border punch (any will do)

lace

burlap

Graphic 45 Portrait of a Lady 12 x 12 collection

Graphic 45 Portrait of a Lady 8 x8 collection

Graphic 45 Portrait of a Lady chipboard set

Graphic 45 Color Core cardstock 9which I used to make the doily)

clock

Now for the layout:

The layout is called "Me", and yes that is my chubby little face. Again thank you for stopping by! Happy Scrapping!

Barbara

It's Christmas in July

 Today I have a Christmas layout to share with you because it's Christmas in July! For this layout I used the the Christmas Carol collection by Graphic 45. Its a pretty basic layout. Nothing too complicated except for the liquid pearls. Speaking of the liquid pearls, since it has been so long since I scrapped, they did not come out the way I would have liked. They are old so I get what I get. Well on to the sneak peeks.

As you can see I did use the Chipboard set from the collection. Actually I bought everything in the collection because I am a Christmas lover, and A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas movie! As always there is some punching. I love punches. I could never have enough. This punch is the snowflake punch from Martha Stewart. Last but not least I used the Foliage die set from Spellbinder's. Now for the layout.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek! Until next time, happy scrapping!

Flapper Fancy with G45

Hello! I am back after an extremely long hiatus. Life got in the way, but I am scrapping again! I changed my blog, so everything feels new again. So today I have a layout to share using Graphic 45's Portrait of a Lady collection. Oh my, do I love these exquisite papers! They flow so nicely that I don't think you could go wrong. They are an old collection but if you can find it, grab it! I give credit for the design to Amarylis Doria. It is one of her old sketches. Now how about some sneak peeks first.

For the tails, I cut 1 1/2 inch and 1 inch strips. I folded them and cut at an angle. For the flowers and leaves, I used Spellbinder dies. I will list the numbers below. And all the punches except the scallops were from the Martha Stewart line. Here is the layout:

I just love how it turned out! Now here are the numbers for the Spellbinder dies:

Foliage s4-328

Flowers s5-050

Additional supplies:

Dusty Attic chipboard clock

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress ink

Lace

Buttons for flower centers

Thank you for stopping by and taking a peek!

Barbara

Be Happy With Blue Fern Studios Timeless Collection

Happy Thursday! I'm back with another layout. This time I used a precious picture of my granddaughter. As the post title says, I used the Blue Fern Studios Timeless paper collection. Let me tell you, it is gorgeous!! I actually took the time to use some Tim Holtz ink and a sponge on this page. I love the look more than splattering something with mist/spray. It's a little time consuming but so is trying to flatten a page after spraying. Anyway, here is the layout:

I cut four cards from the paper and layered under the photo. I wanted to see all the designs and flowers. I then inked and added a few round pieces from Prima's Salvage District Ephemera. The tails were cut by hand and then I added liquid pearls. I altered the chipboard with some Shimmerz Paints Texturez. The butterflies were stamped with Primas Romance novel and then pearls were added from Want 2 scrap.

And here is a list of materials:

Blue fern Studios Timeless paper collection
Blue fern Studios Blooming Flourish chipboard
Petaloo Mini green burlap flowers
Petaloo Mini Daisy Petites -antique mauve
Prima Flowers item # 586850
Prima Cherub resin
Prima Ink Knotted Wood
Prima Clear Stamp Romance Novel
Prima Stamp Honeycomb
Primas Salvage District Ephemerea
Ranger Liquid Pearls Platinum Pearl
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peeled Paint
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Victorian Velvet
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo
Want to Scrap Pearls
Shimmerz paints Texturez Artie Choked
Lace
Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Thanks for stopping by!!

Barbara