BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES FOR ELIZABETH

Here is one of the Coconut Cupcakes that I made for my Daughter's Birthday. My dear friend, Ginger, gave me the "from scratch" recipe and I plan to use it time and again. The cupcakes were so light and had a wonderful flavor! Also, I made the little flag so that it matched the pirate cupcake liners.

  

Birthday Card for our Grown Daughter

This birthday card for my daughter was a treat for her to receive. It was made with some papers that I've had in my stash for some time and a chandelier sticker. The colors are so perfect for Elizabeth....a Texas Tech alum. The bling that I added included stickles and Swaroski crystals that my sister in law gave me for Christmas. Also, I used a large stamp on the red paper under the foldout and heat embossed it. Last, I tied it with a red satin bow....voila!!!

BEACH BABE

Now, for the FUN STUFF!!! This little mini album by Maya Road was a real treat to make. It too, will be on display at GASC next weekend, in The Crafty Scrapper Booth.  I'm not going to go into alot of detail about the making of this little album because there are so many pages to look at! Briefly, I want to give credit to Simple Stories "100 Days of Summer" patterned paper, Prima Cinderella Collection, The Girls Paperie Collection, Stone Art, and October Afternoon Mini Market Stickers.

BIG THANKS to Linda for sharing her precious pictures with me!!!! 

To Days Gone By

This LO that I did for The Crafty Scrapper DT was a joy to create. The Iron Orchid Design patterned paper by Creative Imaginations is absolutely DELICIOUS! As some of you may know, I am a slow scrapbooker...LOL, and this LO was no exception. After determining where I wanted the picture and the embellies to be, I began work on the paper by  The Girls Paperie called Vintage Whimsy. I wanted to bring more black into the LO to coordinate the colors from the CI paper, so I decided to use a Tim Holtz mask and a little Glimmer Mist to make the background a gunmetal gray and somewhat shimmery. After the paper was dry, I began working on hand stitching around the flourish created with the mask. Can you tell that I love details? I fancy cut the frame portion of the Creative Imaginations paper, then glued it to black card stock and trimmed around that. Next, I machine stitched around the edges to create a little more interest. Depth is something that I wanted to use in this LO so I popped up the CI paper and set it aside. The frame around the picture is cut, wet distressed, inked and folded. While that was drying I painted the beautiful "Hanging Plaque" wooden flourish by Kaiser Craft, using Ranger Ink Tim Holtz crackle paint (Black Soot). Since this is a heritage LO distressing and inking played a big part in the overall look. To ink around the edges, I used "Victorian Velvet" by Tim Holtz Distress Ink. After putting all the layers together I added the lovely embellies by Prima: Heart Desire Cameo and Sugar Blooms (Botanical, Sparkling and Madeline). For the finishing touch I hand lettered the title and placed the little plack in just the right place! Voila!!!

THE GRANDFATHER I NEVER KNEW

In this layout I tried to include some of what I know about my grandfather.  Mother always told me that he sang like an angel, so I included musical notes in two places. The first notes appear as matting behind his picture and the other notes appear in the masking that I did behind the journaling.  In all of the pictures that I’ve seen of him, he was quite the “Sharp Dressed Man”, so the patterned paper with the houndstooth design and the vintage pocket watches signify the care he gave to his physical appearance.  The Victorian Era, in which he was born and the Edwardian Era, in which he came to manhood definitely colored his preference for a perfect appearance.

Texture, dimension and mixed media were a must artistically for this layout.  To create texture, I made a metal relief strip using Ten Seconds Studio’s thin metal sheets and embossing tools and added Prima flowers. The title was created using chipboard letters that I first painted red, then sponged a smattering of black after the first layer was dry. The wet-folded frame around the picture was first spritzed with a glimmery paint for a bit of shimmer to draw attention to the photo.  I always use this wet-folding technique when creating a heritage scrapbook page. To me, it represents a window to the past and adds dimension to the canvas. In addition, I used canvas to create part of the title. After printing the canvas I trimmed it, frayed the edges and inked it in black. 

SUPPLIES USED:

Advantus/ Tim Holtz Ideaology Masks:  Borderline and Concert

Advantus/Tim Holtz Ideology Grungeboard Elements-

        Harlequin

Graphic 45’s “A Proper Gentleman” collection patterned paper

Making Memories Acrylic Paint, Black and Red

Maya Road- Jonathan Mini Alphabet Chipboard Set

Prima- Artistry Flowers Collection- Flower Mini Tin- Mums

Ranger- 8.5 x 11” Sticky-Back Canvas, Claudine Hellmuth

 Studio

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Candy Apple Red and Graphite

Ten Second Studio Embossing Tools, Thin Metal Sheets for Dry

        Embossing and Paper Stump Number 8 Large

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FRIENDSHIP THROUGH THE YEARS

The Maya Road chipboard albums are so precious, and the Accordion Album is no exception. This Design Team project for The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie, Texas was delightfully fun to do. 

The theme, Friendship Through the Years, is based on some of the friendships of my daughter, Elizabeth, from her toddler and childhood days through her senior year in high school. 

The process for creating this little  4" x 6" book is: 

1. Remove all jump rings from book and save. 

2. Trace the album page onto patterned paper. Cut out 12. 

3. Using an acid free glue stick, adhere the paper to both sides of each album page. Press together firmly. Allow time for drying.

4. Using sanding tools, sand around all edges of each page. 

5. Using white acrylic paint, apply paint to the edges of each page. Allow time for drying.

6. Sand off some of the paint to achieve a distressed look. 

7. Using pen, draw stitches around edges of each page. 

8. Using punching tool, punch holes.

9. Apply photos and embelish the book.  Reassemble, using jump rings. 

10. Fill the little plastic tube with goodies that work well with the album. Keep theme and colors in mind. Glue the lid on and tie it to the top of the album with ribbon. Voila! 

Maya Road Supplies used: 

• Accordion Album
• Craft Square Envelopes
• Leaf Pins
• Gingham Blossoms
• Trinket Beads Hanging Chandelier
• Decorative Scroll Chipboard Set
• Trinket Pins (Crystals, Hearts, Stars)
• Small Organza Roses (brown, white, pink)
• Alterable Vintage Lace Bloom
• Vintage Alterable Trinkets (large)

This is one of my favorite pictures of our son, Lee and daughter, Elizabeth. There were many days when they were little that I didn't think the teasing and fussing would ever end. I don't know when it happened, but  I'm happy to report  that somewhere along the way they became best of friends!

Other Supplies used:

Bo Bunny Vicki B. Collection patterned paper

Inkessentials (white)

Fiskars Laugh With Me Quotes

Martha Stewart Luster Glass Microbeads      

     (Tourmaline)

May Arts Ribbons

Prima Fairytale Roses, Orchid

Prima Madrigal Blossom Collection Fabric Flower Collection (White Librett)

Ranger Adirondack Earthtones Pigment Ink 

     Pad (Lettuce)

Ranger Glossy Accents

StayzOn Ink (black)

Zig Writer (brown) 

On the back of the banner are pictures of Elizabeth's high school days and some of the friends she made at that time in her life.  In this photo you can see some of the fun things that I put inside the little tube. They inclued four little china teacups shreds of paper, Maya road and Prima Fairytale Roses,  tiny blue hairclips and pretty little pink bows.....so very girly, just like Liz!!! 

In the picture below, I first stamped the envelope using a Studio G cling mounted stamp, embossed it, then inked it with Ranger Adirondack (Lettuce). Last, I used StayzOn Ink (black) and "Laugh With Me Quotes" by Fiskars to stamp the word, "Laugh".

In the upper left corner of the page above is a small pink butterfly.  This little chipboard by Maya Road was fun and easy to do. First, I inked it bright pink, then coated it with Ranger's Glossy Accents and let it dry. Last, I added some little lime green pearls down the center for fun. 

To finish this little album, I used Maya Road Trinket Beads for a glamorous, girly look! 

The Bride

This LO was a JOY to create....even though I was a little bit intimidated by the importance of the portrait. Techniques ussed: machine stitched all four pages, wet distressed and inked around all four. Cut, folded distressed and painted the area for the frame. Added pearls to the Prima lace. popped up the bird cage and the flowers in the lower left corner. Crackle painted the title, the scrap FX piece and the frame around thephoto. Punched several strips of leaves from gold paper in my stash. 

Gee, it doesn't seem like it's been 37 years (In May)!