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Handsome – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

12 Dec 2013 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, Christmas, Christmas tree, Creative Embellishments, frame, laser cut chipboard, ornaments, Webster's Pages

Happy Thursday, everyone! I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with another Christmas layout to share. For this page, I decided to go with a pic of my youngest son, Christian opening his first Christmas present. The previous year, he was just 6 months old, so he didn’t open his own gifts. 😉

If you don’t know this about me already, I’m a huge Webster’s Pages fan and have horrible hoarding tendencies with their products…I’m avidly working on breaking that habit, so you’ll be seeing a lot of WP projects over the next few months. lol Anyway, I went with the oldest Christmas papers of theirs that I have and made them fresh and current with some FABULOUS Creative Embellishments chipboard pieces! I just love how easy they are to incorporate into any project and totally make my page come to life. 😀

For this layout, I was also inspired by the Monday Mojo sketch at Flying Unicorn. Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Spiral Tree
CE Handsome Frame
CE Christmas Bulbs
CE Fancy Xmas Bulbs
Star from the CE Flourish Tree 2
Webster’s Pages pp, wire floral, sparkler, tinsel trim
doily from my stash
acrylic paint
Distress Paint

The fantastic Flying Unicorn sketch by Alda that I worked with:

TFL!

White Christmas – dt layout for SWAT

07 Dec 2013 8 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, A Christmas Story, Christmas, Creative Embellishments, icicle boarder, laser cut chipboard, snow, snowflakes, Webster's Pages, winter

Drill #21 is now LIVE at SWAT – Scrap Warriors Advanced Training and all you have to do is create a project using a Christmas Carol for your title or sentiment. 😀 Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Icicle border piece
CE White Christmas title piece
CE chipboard snowflakes
Webster’s Pages A Christmas Story paper, mini bag, sticker and chipboard buttons and twine
Acrylic ink
tissue paper

I was also inspired by the Once Upon a Sketch December Challenge. The journaling prompt this month is, “My favorite month”…My journaling is tucked inside the mini bag to the right of my photo. 😀 Here’s the sketch that goes w/the OUAS challenge:

TFL!

Let it Snow – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

01 Dec 2013 2 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, border punches, Creative Embellishments, Dusty Attic, heat embossing, laser cut chipboard, Lindy's Stamp Gang, resist, sketch, snowflakes, Tattered Angels, Unity Stamp Co., Webster's Pages, winter

Well, it’s a brand new month, so that means there’s a new challenge up at Creative Embellishments! 😀 This month, if you’d like to play along, you’ll be combining an inspiration image with a sketch. Use the image any way you’re inspired, whether it’s the colors, the snow, part of the imagery, etc. Here’s what I came up with for my example:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Snowflake Frame
CE Icicle Border
CE Let it Snow title piece
American Crafts white cardstock
Dusty Attic flowers
Webster’s Pages trims
gesso
Ranger Embossing Powder
Distress Embossing Ink
Unity Stamp Co snowflake stamps
Tattered Angels glimmer mist
Lindy’s Stamp Gang starburst and flat fabio mists
Martha Stewart Cherish around the page punch

Here’s the inspiration image you’ll be using:

The fabulous Dec sketch designed by Nicolle Kramer:

Reluctant Model – layout for Sketchabilities #104

30 Nov 2013 3 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, 7 Dots Studio, acrylic ink, chipboard alphas, Creative Embellishments, gears, laser cut chipboard, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Webster's Pages

For my example of sketch #104 at Sketchabilities, I picked a photo that was taken of Matthew shortly after we got home after a haircut. He was tired and didn’t really want his picture taken at the moment, but I really thought he looked cute with his new cut, so I asked him to smile for one. He agreed to just 1…AFTER I’d taken this picture. lol I scrapped the photo of him grinning broadly a few weeks ago…this is actually a pic a took just seconds before that one. 😀