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Soar – Creative Embellishments and CSI Case 161 plus Stuck?! Sketches April 1st challenge

11 Apr 2015 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, Creative Embellishments, distress ink, Distress Stain, Flat Fabios, laser cut chipboard, Lindy's Stamp Gang, mixed media, Pitt artist markers, startbursts, Webster's Pages

Several members of the Creative Embellishments team are on the CSI, Color Stories Inspiration ning sharing how we cracked case 161. 😀 For my take on this challenge, also used a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches.

Here’s what I came up with:

Close ups of the cluster to the left of my photo:

Close up of the view master slide chippies:

Here’s the Case 161 inspiration board:

From the evidence column, I opted to include circles, a clock, wet mediums, and something that flies. From the testimony column, I went with journaling in a circular shape.

This is the fabulous Stuck?! Sketches sketch I used for my page:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Carousel Horses
CE Steampunk Gear Clock 3
CE View Master Photo Slides
CE Rings for So Many Things
Webster’s Pages pp
Pitt artist markers
Lindy’s Stamp Gang Flat Fabio mists
Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst Mists
Distress inks
Distress stains
gesso

Thanks for looking! I hope you play along with the CSI case files this month for your chance to win a Creative Embellishments gift voucher! Be sure to stop by the CE blog here to check out the rest of my team member’s examples: CE Blog and visit the csi ning to play along with their case files: CSI ning

To play along with the Stuck?! Sketches April 1st challenge, visit their blog here: Stuck?! Sketches.

#Cute Smile – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

27 Feb 2014 3 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page multi-photo layout, children, Creative Embellishments, embossing, laser cut chipboard, Lindy's Stamp Gang, rubber stamps, Shimmerz Texturez, stamping, Wood Veneers

Hi everyone! It’s Thursday, so I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with a layout to share. This week I went with a few older pics of Madison and Matthew. I’ve already used the best photos from this sitting, so these were ones that were more flattering photos of Matthew. They really show off his sweet smile with his cutie dimples. Somehow, he’s my only kiddo with those deep dimples…not sure how that happened, but I think they’re adorable. 😀

To create my background, I used 3 CE stamps. I started out by stamping the script stamp and the heart shape stamp with Stazon ink, then used embossing ink with the Love Heart stamp and heat embossed using Lindy’s Stamp Gang EP. I used several Prima stencils with chalk ink and Shimmerz Texturez to complete my background.

I decided to finish off my page with some awesome CE wood veneers and a couple of social hashtag words for my title. I was also inspired by CSI-Color Stories Inspiration S365-4 challenge and the Skissedilla sketch #232. Here’s how it turned out:

Here’s a close up of the heart layered on the photos (this piece is from my favorite wood veneer set!). Sorry for the blurry pic. Lately, I’ve had to take a lot of indoor nighttime pics which doesn’t work well for me.

A close up of one of the heat embossed stamped images along with some wood veneer hearts with chalked edges:

The sketch I used:

CSI S365-4:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Distressed Script Stamp
CE Trio Shape Stamps (heart)
CE Love Hearts Stamp
CE Social Hash Tag laser cut chipboard
CE Hearts Wood Veneer
CE Mini Hearts Wood Veneers
American Crafts white cardstock
Core’dinations cardstock
Colorbox chalk ink
Shimmerz Texturez
Stazon Ink
Lindy’s Stamp Gang embossing powder
Prima stencils
Webster’s Pages clip and charm
acrylic paint

CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS is having a facebook giveaway! Once they’ve reached 1500 fans/followers, they will be giving away TWO $50 gift vouchers to the CE store, so be sure to stop by and LIKE and SHARE their page to let all your friends know! 😀

Love Birds and Young Love – 2 dt layouts for Creative Embellishments

30 Jan 2014 4 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page multi-photo layout, birdcage, Creative Embellishments, hearts, laser cut chipboard, Lindy's Stamp Gang, sketch challenge, Valentine's Day, Webster's Pages, Wood veneer

It’s Thursday again, which means I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog. This week, I have two layouts to share. 😀

I’ve never had a signature style and like to play around and experiment a lot, so my pages range all the way from CAS to very grungy and mixed media. I also love to play around with different challenges and techniques, so I’m a fairly eclectic scrapper. Anyway, this week I’m sharing two very different pages with you that use the same paper collection. For both pages, I used Webster’s Pages In Love papers. They had a bunch of challenges running this last week and I wanted to play along with them. 😀 As a matter of fact, the layout I shared last Thursday won Day 1 of their challenges! 😀

For this first page, I combined a sketch from Stuck on U Sketches (Nicolle, the owner of Creative Embellishments is on their dt) with the Webster’s Pages Scrap Your Stash Day 4 challenge – Use something metallic. I altered my chippies with Design Memory Craft Pitt markers in several different colors including silver. Here’s what I came up with:

For this second page, I took a much cleaner, straight forward approach for the WP Scrap Your Stash Day 5 – sketch challenge. I splattered several shades of shimmer mist onto my page w/the black background, making sure that the wood veneers that were on either side of my title got ample color to them. Here’s how it turned out:

I decided to share both pages on the CE blog today to show how versatile Creative Embellishments products really are and how wonderfully they work with any style you can imagine! 😀

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Love Birds chipboard set
CE Showered With Love border
CE conversation hearts wood veneers
CE Hearts, Bows and Arrows Wood Veneers
Webster’s Pages In Love pp, fabric ticket, clips, bloomers, charms, lace, alphas
Lindy’s Stamp Starburst Mists
I am Roses flowers
Design Memory Crafts Pitt Artists Markers
Distress Ink

The SOUS sketch:

The WP sketch:

TFL!

Just Me and My Shadow – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

09 Jan 2014 9 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, Creative Embellishments, laser cut chipboard, Lindy's Stamp Gang, polaroid frames, sequins, stencils, The Crafter's Workshop, wood gears

After a 2 week break, I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with a layout to share! 😀 For my page I went with this photo I’ve been saving from our trip to the beach. Our youngest son, Christian, loves to imitate everyone and his favorite subject to mimic is, of course, his father. 😀

I combined the Scrap Friends sketch with the inspiration board at Scrap Around the World along with some FABULOUS Creative Embellishments chipboard and Wood Veneers. Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Together Frame Set
CE Time Flies Frame Set
CE Funky Alphas
CE Wood Veneer gears
American Crafts cardstock
Lindy’s Stamp Gang Moon Shadow and Starburst color shots
The Crafter’s Workshop stencils
Liquitex blended fibers, modeling paste and coarse pumice
twine
dry wall tape
sequins
washer
tissue paper
October Afternoon mini market alpha stickers
Shimmerz Texturez

Scrap Around the World Mood Board:

I was inspired by the textures on the tea cups, so I included dimensional stenciling with modeling paste and blended fibers. I was also inspired by the beach image, the colors, texture from the sand, so I incorporated glass bead and coarse pumice with the stenciling and texture work. I added a touch of metal and gears for the bike. I left the wood and chipboard bare for the natural colors from the baskets on the bicycles and the table and chairs. I included glass cabochons and twine inspired by the image on the bottom right.

Here’s the fabulous Scrap Friends sketch I worked with: