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Scrapbooks etc. Page Share: February 2011 (I Left My Heart In SC)

I wanted to share a layout I created for the February issue of Scrapbooks etc. I can't list the page number and sources, because I haven't received my copy yet - but I will try to remember to add that information once my copy arrives. Since some of you may be scrapping Valentines pages right about now, it seems like a good time to share:

Here is a detail shot:

I designed my title in Adobe Photoshop and added a dingbat font in the shape of a heart. I printed the photo, then used a needle to poke holes along the inner edges of the heart. I stitched pink floss through the holes to fill the heart - I like the way it adds a bit of texture to the page.

The photo of me with my parents is from this summer (2010), when Daisy and I visited South Carolina for our summer vacation. We ended up spending the majority of our visit in the hospital, because my dad had to have heart surgery. As soon as his doctor released him from the hospital, he insisted we drive down to Hilton Head and spend the last few days of our vacation together at the beach. That's just the way my dad is...always worrying about everyone else and making sure the people around him are happy. My parents are both so amazing. I truly have the best family a girl could ever hope for!!

We had a great time, and I just enjoyed every second I was able to spend with them. We even celebrated my parents 45th wedding anniversary while we were there that weekend! We had the "best steak on the planet" (according to Daisy) and the 'most expensive steak on the planet' (judging by the price on the receipt). It was all worth it, because Daisy still talks about that steak - and I still have fond memories of watching my parents walk hand-in-hand down the pier outside of that restuarant. I love visiting my parents, and I do leave a little piece of my heart behind each time I return to Texas. I hope they know how much I miss them. (I love you Mom and Dad!)

Valentine's Album

Remember THIS POST when the Sweet Cheri line came out? I still love those papers and have been busy creating a Valentine's/Love themed album with them. 

I purchased a 4x6 album from Michael's in a Valentine's theme (but any 4x6 album would work):

Here are the supplies I used:

• Cardstock: orange, turquoise, lavender, and light pink. I didn't use green, even though it is pictured below -- I decided it was too bright. I only used (2)12x12 sheets of each color--no more than that necessary.
• Imaginisce Sweet Cheri Paper Pack (you'll have quite a bit left over from the pack)
• Imaginisce Sweet Cheri Border Boutique Rub Ons
• Imaginisce Sweet Cheri My Little Cupcake Rub Ons
• Imaginisce Sweet Cheri Lovey Dovey Sticker Stackers
• Sandpaper
• Corner Rounder Punch
• Circle Cutter or various sizes of circle punches (.5", 1", 1.5", 2")
• 4x6 album

Divide each piece of 12x12 cardstock into (6) 4x6 pieces. This will form the base for each page. Here is a shot of all the completed pages (minus the final page--which I forgot to photograph), removed from the album:

I'm adding very detailed instructions to help out beginners or just for reference so you'll know which paper each embellishment came from.

Page 1 Photo/Instructions:

• Begin with a 4x6 orange cardstock background.
• Trim bottom hot pink (or red?) border from the back of "Heart Strings" paper (included in the paper pack).
• Trim Green/Pink paper from "GiGi's Sweet Shop" paper (included in the paper pack). Lightly sand edge.
• Use 1" circle punch (you can also use a circle cutter or circle template) to punch 7 circles from "Truffle Shuffle" paper (included in paper pack). Lightly sand edges.
• Trim "Sweet Love" sentiment from "Sprinkled With Love" paper (included in the paper pack). Use corner rounder punch on top two corners to create the tab shape. Lightly sand edges.

[TIP: Photo below shows how I use the circle punch on patterned paper. Simply flip the punch upside down so you can center the image in the opening, then punch.]

[TIP: Here is an additional photo showing how I created the tabs with a corner rounder punch. Trim the sentiment from patterned paper, place the corner punch on the top two edges as shown, then punch.]  

Page 2 & 3 Photos/Instructions:

 

• Begin with (2) 4x6 lavender cardstock backgrounds.
• Trim bottom hot pink (or red?) border and right side border from the back of "Heart Strings" paper (included in the paper pack). Lightly sand edges.
• Trim cupcake border paper from "GiGi's Sweet Shop" paper (included in the paper pack). I love that each of these borders can be cut perfectly in half and used on two different 4x6 backgrounds with no left-over paper. The cupcakes are even placed perfectly, so you don't cut into any of the cupcakes when slicing the paper down the middle!
• Trim "My Cupcake" sentiment from "Sprinkled with Love" paper (included in the paper pack). Use corner rounder punch on top two corners to create the tab shape. Lightly sand edges.
• Use 2" circle punch (you can also use a circle cutter or circle template) to punch large heart w/pink background from "Choco La-Ti-Da" paper (included in paper pack). Lightly sand edges.
• Place dimensional heart, flower, and love stickers from "Lovey Dovey" Sticker Stacker set on background, as shown.
• Add pink scalloped rub-on border from "Border Boutique" rub-on sheet.

[TIP: When adding rub-ons to the background, place the rub-on sheet and backing over the page and mark where the page ends (Photo 1 below). Trim the rub-on from page background and place it on the page (Photo 2 below). By doing it this way, you leave the rest of the rub-ons intact on their backing sheet and you won't have to worry about them accidentally sticking to your page, desktop, or any other nearby surface.]

Photo 1:

 

Photo 2:

Page 4 & 5 Photos/Instructions:

 

• Begin with (2) 4x6 pink cardstock backgrounds
• Trim left side hot pink (or red?) border from the back of "Heart Strings" paper. Lightly sand edges.
• Add heart/dotted papers with burgundy background from "Heart Strings" paper.
• Add "Sweet Love" border from "GiGi's Sweet Shop" paper. Lightly sand edges.
• Add a strip of orange paper to the left side border and lightly sand edges.
• Add dimensional Love Birds stickers from "Lovey Dovey" Sticker Stackers set.
• Trim lovebirds tab from "Sprinkled with Love" paper and create tab as directed on prior pages.
• Use .5" circle punch to punch pink/green hearts from cupcake border from "GiGi's Sweet Shop" paper (save the rest of the border so you can use it on pg. 14 & 15 later on). See detail shot below.

detail shot:

Page 6 & 7 Photos/Instructions:

• Begin with (2) 4x6 turquoise cardstock backgrounds.
• Trim bottom hot pink border from the back of "Heart Strings" paper.
• Trim floral/heart border from "GiGi's Sweet Shop" paper.
• Trim bottom hot pink/orange border from the back of "Heart Strings" paper
• Use 1" circle punch to punch "Sweet Love" sentiment from "Table for Two" paper. Lightly sand edges.
• Use .5" circle punch to punch pink heart/purple background from "Truffle Shuffle" paper
• Trim "Sweetie Pie" sentiment from "Sprinkled With Love" paper.  Use corner rounder punch on top two corners to create the tab shape. Lightly sand edges.
• Add red heart/dotted circle from "My Little Cupcake" rub-on sheet.

Page 8 & 9 Photos/Instructions:

• Begin with a 4x6 orange cardstock backgrounds.
• Trim bottom pink border and pink/green swirl border from the back of "Gigi's Sweet Shop" paper.
• Trim table and chairs from "Table for Two" paper and round top two edges with a corner rounder punch.
• Trim birdcage from "Table for Two" paper and place on table top.
• Use 1" circle punch to punch large pink "Sweet Love" circle from" "Choco La Ti Da" paper and large pink heart from "Table for Two" paper
• Use .5" circle punch to punch brown/orange heart, pink on pink heart, and blue/brown "love" circles. Lightly sand edges.
• Trim "Sprinkled with Love" sentiment from "Sprinkled With Love" paper.  Use corner rounder punch on top two corners to create the tab shape. Lightly sand edges.

detail shot:

 

Page 10 & 11 Photos/Instructions:

• Begin with (2) 4x6 lavender cardstock backgrounds.
• Trim bottom pink/orange swirl border from "Gigi's Sweet Shop" paper.
• Trim flowers from "Choco La Ti Da" paper
• Use 1" circle punch to punch purple "Cherrish" circle from" "Table for Two" paper.
• Add cherry stickers from "Lovey Dovey" sticker stackers set.
• Trim "Honey" sentiment from "Sprinkled With Love" paper.  Use corner rounder punch on top two corners to create the tab shape. Lightly sand edges.

Page 12 & 13 Photos/Instructions:

• Begin with (2) 4x6 orange cardstock backgrounds.
• Trim bottom hot pink border from back of "Heart Strings" paper. Lightly sand edges.
• Use 1" circle punch to punch 7 circles from "Truffle Shuffle" paper. Lightly sand edges. Layer sticker stackers on top of two of the circles for added dimension.
• Trim "Sweet Love" sentiment from "Sprinkled With Love" paper. Use corner rounder punch on top two corners to create the tab shape. Lightly sand edges.
• Use .5" circle punch to punch pink flower circle from "Truffle Shuffle" paper.
• Add blue/brown flower from "Lovey Dovey" sticker stacker.
• Add heart rub ons from "My Little Cupcake" rub-on sheet.

Page 14 & 15 Photos/Instructions:

• Begin with (2) 4x6 lavender cardstock backgrounds.
• Trim bottom hot pink (red?) border from back of "Heart Strings" paper and add to bottom and side borders. Lightly sand edges.
• Trim cupcake border and dotted border from "GiGi's Sweet Shop" paper.
• Add "Sweetie Pie" dimensional sticker from "Lovey Dovey" sticker stacker set and add pink dimensional sticker over punched hole (used on pg. 4 & 5) in cupcake border.
• Trim "My Cupcake" sentiment from "Sprinkled With Love" paper. Use corner rounder punch on top two corners to create the tab shape. Lightly sand edges.
• Use .5" circle punch to punch pink heart circle from "Truffle Shuffle" paper.
• Add small brown/blue heart rub on from "Border Boutique" rub on set.

detail shot:

 

Since this post is getting really long, I'm going to divide it into two pages.

Valentine's Album & Instructions Coming Tomorrow...

I wanted to share a peek at what I'm working on. I'll post the instructions and photos tomorrow. Hope you're all doing well!

Here are the supplies I used:

• Cardstock: orange, turquoise, lavender, and light pink. I didn't use green, even though it is pictured.-- I decided it was too bright. I only used (2)12x12 sheets of each color--no more than that necessary.
• Imaginisce Sweet Cheri Paper Pack (you'll have quite a bit left over from the pack)
• Imaginisce Sweet Cheri Border Boutique Rub Ons
• Imaginisce Sweet Cheri My Little Cupcake Rub Ons
• Imaginisce Sweet Cheri Lovey Dovey Sticker Stackers
• Sandpaper
• Corner Rounder Punch
• Circle Cutter or various sizes of circle punches (1",1.5", 2.75")
• 4x6 album

It's a fun and colorful little album--great for inserting your child's Valentine's cards and/or photos.

Heartfelt Thank You Cards

I have received some beautiful handmade cards in my lifetime. Some are so stunning I think they should be framed. In my case, simple is better--especially when it's something that may be thrown away by the recipient! I also like to use up my scraps when creating cards and prefer to keep the cost to a minimum. (This will only be news to you if you've never visited my blog before.)

I've included instructions below for a set of cards I made fairly fast. I gave some away as a gift and I keep others on hand in case I need a quick thank you note. I wanted to post them now, because you may find them useful as valentines cards.

Step One:

Trim kraft cardstock to 8.5x11 (I do that so it will fit through a standard printer) and select a font you like. I get two cards out of each piece of paper, so I format the text on the right side of the page about 1" from the bottom and 1" above the middle of the page.

 

Step Two:

Trim each piece of cardstock in half so there is a sentiment on each card. Then fold each of those cards in half again to form the card shape. Use a corner rounder on each edge. They'll look like this:

 

Step Three:

Find a heart shape you can trace onto chipboard (I used the blank spaces on the hearts below as my template). I do it this way so I can save the colored chipboard for layouts and so I don't have to purchase multiple pieces of decorative chipboard. [NOTE: You can skip step three and four completely if you don't particularly want any dimension on your card.]

 

Step Four:

Trace various sized hearts onto a blank or scrap piece of chipboard, then trim them out. I do this step while I'm watching tv so it isn't be too boring. You can also use a heart shaped punch (if it's strong enough to punch through chipboard).

Step Five:

Add patterned paper scraps to the card and trim, then place them on the card as shown--as few or as many as you'd like. I added dimensional adhesive squares under a few of the hearts so they'd pop up even more.

Check out a very similar idea below, but this one has a lot more hearts and uses rub-ons instead of a font:

Sharing the February Scrapbook Bakery Kit

I wanted to share a few of my samples from the February "Love Is In The Air" kit from Scrapbook Bakery.

First, here is the kit (love the Heidi Swapp heart paper!):

Here's a layout I created using it:

I need to add some journaling, but I haven't figured out what to write yet. Here's a detail shot:

Here is a little tin from the kit that I decorated:

I'm going to give it to Daisy today. Then I'll give her a note to go in it each day (with a piece of candy attached). I have 14 notes, so there is one for each day leading up to Valentine's day. Each one lists something I love about her:

And finally, here is a little card I can attach to a Valentines gift:

Pink Paislee News!

I hope your New Year is off to a great start!

I've been away from the blog for a while, huh? At least I have a good reason. I've been working! Sorry it isn't anything I can share here, though. One of these days...

Also, I wanted to let you know of a new place where you'll be seeing my projects and pages soon: Pink Paislee. Their design team for 2010 is just packed with talent! Click HERE to read the announcement. I'll be working on their quarterly inspiration magazine (Live Pink).

Here are some of my favorite Pink Paislee Valentines products (click on the words above each one to find links to purchase):

Pink Paislee Cupid Press Ons: 

Pink Paislee Postcards Cupid Collection (my favorite!):

Pink Paislee Hearts Bloom Cupid Collection Paper:

Pink Paislee Bow & Arrow Cupid Collection Paper:

Pink Paislee Cupid Patches Canvas Tags:

Pink Paislee Cupid Punch Outs: 

Aren't they all so pretty and colorful and fun?!

My Christmas List!! (What's on Yours?)

I love it:

Sweet Cheri Paper Pack by Imaginisce

Also, these stickers:

Lovey Dovey Sticker Stackers

And these rub-ons:

My Little Cupcake Rub-ons

 

Also, for a much bigger item on my scrapbooking wish list:

The Silhouette!  I've always said I love when good things happen to good people, and one of the geniuses behind that crafty cutter is a truly wonderful person: Kerri Bradford.

What's on YOUR list for Christmas?