Merry Christmas - Layout with Sparkle N Sprinkle

Good evening everyone, I hope you have had a wonderful crafty weekend and are ready to greet the week with cheer!  Today I have a layout made with some wonderful products from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

My papers are My Mind's Eye, a collection from a couple of years ago. I pulled some chipboards, flowers and ribbons from my stash to put my layout together.

I applied 2 1/2" Tear-ific Tape to cardstock, cut my sentiment on my Cameo, applied Japanese Lacquer EP and heat set.

 After coloring my large star from Technique Tuesday with Gelatos, I randomly stamped it with the Journal Mixed Media stamp set and VersaMark, and heat embossed with Pear Star EP. The sentiment here is from Camera Life, and I have heat embossed it with Black Detail EP.

I love adding little bits of lace and ribbon to my layouts, and these styles that are new in the shop at Sparkle N Sprinkle are perfect for my style!

To see all the details on this layout, visit My Gallery at Sparkle N Sprinkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a wonderful week!

Roomies- Frosted Designs Season Of Stars Kit

Good morning everyone in blogland! 
Today is day #11 of The Caribbean Crawl and I am in St. Croix today
 doing some shopping and some snorkeling! 
My favorite kind of day!

I have a layout to share with you using the Season of Stars Kit from

Frosted Designs Online Store

Here is a look at my project

Soooo, it is pretty rare that I make a layout with this much white space on it! 

I have had this sketch saved in my ideas folder for YEARS and I am just

now getting around to using it!

I inked the chippies with a sand color ink, then highlighted the edges
with the white pen and faux stitching.

Love these little journal cards that were included in the kit!
My background stamp is Wendy Vecchi.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have a wonderful week

Signo Uni-Ball Impact Bold Point 1mm Gel Pen - White Layered Banners Layered Stars Star Confetti American Crafts Textured Cardstock - Sand Season of Stars Scrapbooking Kit

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Service Project with ColourQ #205

Hello scrappy friends!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

I have been absent a bit lately as you may have noticed.

I have been having some issues with my tonsils, and 

I am so sad to say, they have to come out. Yes, at my age I

am having my tonsils taken out. Ouch. 

Still waiting on the DR to schedule, but we think this

will happen next week. :o(

Do you "like" my Facebook Page ?
I have some great candy up for grabs when I hit 300 likes
over on my page. I am only a few away from that, so please stop
by, like my page and share with your friends!

Anyhoo- today we have a new palette up over at ColourQ

These colors were a bit of a challenge for me,

blue and gray are not high on my color list!

Eventually it all came together. Here is a look at my project,,,

My background paper is Kaisercraft, all my other papers and 

die-cuts/stickers are from Authentique. 

These chippies are from Dusty Attic; I heat embossed them with a couple of 

different powders for an aged look. Flowers are from I Am Roses.
I also took the wire stems I cut from the flowers, coiled them into little vines
and added them to the flower clusters.

The alphas are from Authentique, the chippie is from Want2Scrap 

and it has been heat embossed as well. 

I really wanted to use this die-cut arrow, but the letters were more of a 

rust color- I took a journal pen and went over them to make it match. 

I am linking up at the following challenges:

Southern Girls - Warn Fuzzies - whats more warm and fuzzy than

cute Girl Scouts handing out Valentine cards? Seriously!

The Paper Girls - use wire

Be sure to link up your project over on the blog 
before noon next Monday!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Anita

Scrappy Process Tutorial - Frosted Designs

Hi everyone, hope your week has been fabulous so far!

 I thought it might be fun to share how I organize my photos and ideas for getting
 layouts done and into the actual albums!

If you are like me, starting the layout is the hardest part! Once I get started

it usually flows pretty well, but deciding on photos and

how I want the layout to actually look can be the real time

consuming part.I have finally settled on a method that lets me 

get my photos, supplies and ideas together and get

started pretty fast. Really!

I start here, with my list of what needs to be scrapped

This is just a simple spreadsheet that I created and printed off. It has columns

for which album I want to put the finished layout in, the subject of the layout, the date 

the event occurred, and spots to check off when I have printed the photos and

when I have actually scrapped them. I just scan down the list until something

catches my fancy. 

From there it is time to grab the photos. I keep mine in Iris photo boxes. 

I am telling you these things are the best idea EVER. I LOVE THEM. 

I have 4 of them, loosely divided by subject. Each one holds six smaller

boxes of photos. Amazing way to sort your photos - trust me on this! 

Inside each smaller box, I use regular ol' lined index cards to list what is in

each one. I also use these same cards as a divider between each set 

of photos. I can read the cards without opening the boxes -super handy!

I generally keep one or two on my desk to work out of. And they are super portable for 

when I go to crop, just toss one in my bag and go. The larger ones here hold 5x7 photos :o)

So now I have photos picked out, what am I going to do with them??? 

If you are like me, you find lots of  great ideas on the net (Pinterest, anyone?)

but how to access those fabulous ideas when you actually need them?

 Here is what I do - I print them out several to a page. If you are

an ink miser (like my husband, don't tell him I do this) you won't like this idea.

I am a very tactile person, I want it IN MY HAND, not on the computer.

So I print them out. I never duplicate an actual layout, 

but there will be one thing about it that I love,,,,

 

so I write next to each photo what it is that I liked about it. 

So 4 months from now, or next year, when I get around to using that idea, I will know

WHY I printed that photo. Smart, huh?  

Now, what about all those magazines I buy? 

If you are a librarian, stop reading right now! 

I tear out the pages with ideas that I want and write on it why I liked it. Everything gets

3 hole punched and put into a binder with my list of things to be scrapped. 

The binder has divided sections for techniques, journaling, embellishments, etc. 

I also keep a binder with sketches I have collected. There are so many wonderful 

sketches available these days. PageMaps is one of my all time favorites

but there are so many others. Find some that suit your style - it is a great

way to jump start your creativity!

So now I have my photos picked out & inspiration at hand and I am ready

to scrap. How do you start your creative process? I would love to hear your

ideas too. Be sure to leave a comment with your favorite tips!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great week!