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Every Day Card – Entry for Cardabilities #83

26 Sep 2013 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: back to school, card, Creative Embellishments, G45, gears, Graphic 45, laser cut chipboard

Now that Alex is back in school and it’s his first year of Junior High, I wanted to make him a little card to let him know we’re thinking of him and to wish him a great day…every day. 🙂 Those are my last words to him as he get on the bus each day…”I love you! Have a great day at school!”

To make the card, I used an altered bus chippy by Creative Embellishments and some gears that I snipped off of one of their steampunk corner pieces. I paired those up with ABC Primer paper by Graphic 45, topped it off with a Prima flair button and diecut strips for the sentiment. Here’s what I came up with for the Cardabilities sketch #83:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments chipboard bus (smaller of the 2 pack) and gears
G45 ABC Primer paper
Prima flair
Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze
alpha stickers from my stash
Pitt big brush markers
Sizzix die

TFL!

Back to School – dt Layout for Creative Embellishments

26 Sep 2013 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 layout, brad, Bus, Creative Embellishments, enamel dots, MME, My Mind's Eye, school, Wood Cuts, Wood veneer

It’s Thursday again, so I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with a page I created based on the September My Mind’s Eye sketch and some fabulous Creative Embellishments Wood Cuts! Though I’ve created several pages using the awesome CE chippies, this was the first time I got to play with some of the wood pieces…and I AM IN LOVE! They are so adorable, detailed, resilient and oh-so-fun to alter!

Now that September is coming to a close and I am finally getting around to scrapping photos of my son, Alex’s, first day of school…from last year. lol But, thanks to all that procrastinating, I got to use these fun pieces on my page. 😀 Here’s what I created:

This close up shows the details on that cutie worm in the apple:

Check out how intricate, yet sturdy this bus piece is:

I was sooo pleased to see how clear the etching is in the pencil and ruler. AMAZING!

Materials:

Creative Embellishments School Set of wood cuts
MME papers, enamel dots and brad
Unity Stamps
Stazon Ink
Pitt Big Brush Markers and pens
Signo pen

The fabulous MME sketch I worked with:

TFL!

Back Massage – dt layout for SWAT

21 Sep 2013 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page, Creative Embellishments, Ideaology, laser cut chipboard, Plum Seed, single photo layout, steampunk clock, Tim Holtz, Webster's Pages

This week’s drill #16 on SWAT is a wonderful sketch by Bev. There’s a twist that you need to incorporate twine somewhere in your design…any type of twine will do. I used jute for my page.

My youngest, who is now 3, loves to give back massages, but they tend to be rather brutal. lol I got a few pics of him giving his brother, Matthew, one and it kinda looks like he’s beating him up. I selected this particular photo because you can clearly see that Matthew is cracking up laughing and wasn’t injured by the experience. 😀 In the pic, Christian was 2 and Matthew was 6…therefore the time on the fabulous Creative Embellishments steampunk clock. I also combined the sketch with the Time Flies challenge on the Flying Unicorn Forum, where you need to include at least 2 timepieces on your page.

Here’s what I came up with for my example for the SWAT sketch and entry in the Flying Unicorn challenge:

Bev’s lovely sketch for the SWAT challenge:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments steampunk clock
Webster’s Pages Plum Seed papers, sparkler, clip, alphas and camera charm
Prima junkyard finding, TH timepiece, muse token and philosophy tag
jute
white signo pen
gesso

TFL! Be sure to check out my current blog giveaways HERE. 😀 You could win a $10 gc to the Creative Embellishments store or a Webster’s Pages/October Afternoon $50+ prize pack!

So Sweet – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

19 Sep 2013 4 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page, border punch, Creative Embellishments, daughter, girl, laser cut chipboard, Pan pastels, single photo layout, Webster's Pages, Western Romance

It’s Thursday, so I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog today with a page I created using two of their fabulous flourishes, smart phone frame, hash tag title piece and one of the gorgeous bird cages. I stained and painted the flourishes, but for the birdcage, I also added some details to the birds using Pitt artist pens.

With permission from the site owner, I also combined my dt work for CE with the September challenge at the 123 Challenge Blog. Here’s what I came up with:

A close up of the birdcage:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments birdcage
CE Smart Phone
CE Flourish set 1
CE flourish set 9
CE Social Hash Tag title piece
Webster’s Pages Western Romance papers, bird resin, fabric ticket, journaling card, princess petal, pins and alpha stickers
7 gypsies hanger
ZVA flowers and other flowers from my stash
Tim Holtz stencils
Pan pastels
TCW stencils
Distress paints and stains
Pitt artist pens
Distress ink
acrylic ink
Helmar acrylic sealer
Fiskar and Martha Stewart punches