Wedding Table Decor...

...Done  with a week to spare!  Looks like a bunch of tents stacked on top of each other, huh?

Okay, this is what they really look like.....twenty-five table numbers and two each of the cupcake flavors ~ Wedding Cake and Peanut Butter Cups ~ YUM!

Close up of the table numbers...

Close up of the cupcake flavors...

They needed a little bling from Recollections and Martha Stewart.

To make these the Tie the Knot Cartridge, Cricut Expression and Gypsy were used.  First, the numbers and their shadows were laid out on four mats on the Gypsy.  After figuring out the sizes for the mats under the numbers, a shape was found and altered to the exact size needed by unlinking the aspect ratio.  The same was done with a card shape for the "tents."  Glue it all up and bring on the bling!

The font used for the cupcake flavors is CK Renaissance.  This project really did not take all that long to set up...maybe 1-1/2 hours total; then two hours or so gluing everything together.

All the colored card stock was inked with Distress Inks in Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac, Barn Door, Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles and Forest Moss.

This is the newest version of the Cricut Expression:

7gypsies layout with Trousseau Collection

Hello all!  Julie here, back on the blog today for The Scrapbooking Studio in Moline, IL!
This is another project made with the 7gypsies Trousseau Collection.

This collection is perfect for wedding photos, and, what do you know, I have hundreds of those!  One of the wedding photos had a color mask applied to it so that the colors were muted ~ perfect for this project!


This is the 2-page layout:

This is what I did to make this project work for me.  The same background papers were used for each page; both were turned sideways opposite each other so that the printed borders matching the cardstock would be showing.  All of the Swimming Pool Bazzill cardstock was lightly stamped in Vintage Photo Distress Ink with Tim Holtz Fabulous Flourishes stamps to soften up the color.  The mats were sized on the Gypsy and cut with Cricut Expression using Tie the Knot cartridge.
A journal card was tucked under the mat with a layered sticker pull tab.  A sentiment sticker from the 7g sticker sheet was added below the photo and letter stickers spelled out the happy couple's names on the two hearts below the photo.

For the second page, an I Do tag with a 7g charm attached was attached to the stamped background.  The layer over the tag is one of thirty (!) handmade jar candle rings I made for the wedding reception using tulle strips, feathers, handmade flowers, ribbon and pearls.  I had been wanting to use one of them on a layout.  It really adds no more bulk to the page than flowers!

 A closer view of the layout....and that cute bird charm that was rubbed with white acrylic paint...

There were hearts cut out of each of the mats, and they just could not go to waste, so they were stamped the same as the photo mats, pearls were added and then lined up on opposite sides of both pages.

 A closer look at the sentiment sticker, journaling card and letter stickers...

The stamping detail...

This was a fun design team project for The Scrapbooking Studio!  Thanks for tuning in...stop by The Studio today to get your 7gypsies products!  Be Inspired!  Jules

Graphic 45 Squeeze Box Altered Project

Hello, fabulous Bloggers!  I am back again today with another Graphic 45 project for The Scrapbooking Studio design team.  One of the products in my kit this month was the G45 metal film cannister...hmmm, I thought, "how could I make it different?"  Well, it's different alright!  Is an old fashioned squeeze box different enough for you?

Side View

Front

Back

Top View

Here are a few of the details: the edges of the cannister were wrapped with ribbon using wonder tape, the "straps" were salvaged from an old purse and attached with pop rivets (thanks again to Jeff & Cathy at Scrapbook Dreams for attaching the straps and for the fabulous acrylic stands!), the tabs inside and circle shapes on the outsides were cut with Plantin Schoolbook and Gypsy Wanderings carts on the Cricut Expression.  All the papers were inked with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink. The squeeze box portion was adhered with X-press It double sided tape.  It worked great and held the project together really well.

G45 Papers used for this project are from the Olde Curiosity Shoppe line:  Parlor Wall, Butterfly Specifics, Genuine Article, Bazaar of Wonders, Counting Down and Race for Time.  Also used were Chipboard Die Cuts 1 & 2 and Cardstock Stickers.

The inside photo mats:

All the G45 product shown is available in stock at The Scrapbooking Studio...I expect them to run out soon!  Ha!  This was a really fun project!  Maybe I'll make a class out of it.....hmmm, food for thought!

Thanks again for stopping by the blog today, and...Be Inspired!   Jules

Wedding Projects and hints for making them!

Welcome to my blog today! Today's photos are projects designed for my son and dil's wedding rehearsal and reception.
The rosette ribbons were decor for the chair backs at the rehearsal dinner.  They are quite large and "in your face," but fun and easy to make!  Bazzill card stock in Swimming Pool and Strawberry from my LSS, Scrapbook Dreams, were used.  The white is shimmery card stock from my stash.  The rosettes were made by hand with the Martha Stewart scoreboard (that was before the Cricut Ribbons and Rosettes  Cart was released!).  Once the rosettes were scored, they were punched with the scallop doily lace and heart lace edge punches from Martha and an EK Success scallop edge punch.  Tie the Knot Cricut Cart was used for the lettering and swirly hearts.  Satin ribbon was attached to the backs of the items to tie them to the chairs

 

 Now, onto the place cards.  Here's a hint for making these right, the first time!!  First, cut out the lettering in the sized needed, lay it out and figure the matting area (embossed on the Big Shot with a Fiskars heart embossing plate), then figure the dimensions of the tri-fold bases!                                                                                                      

Bride & Groom

 For the Lettering, the capital letters were cut with Tie the Knot cart and the remaining letters, with Plantin' School Book.  All the letters were laid out on my Gypsy to save paper.  Those Tie the Knot letters take up alot of space! Also, because Bazzill is not very Cricut-friendly (it has that layer of plastic in it), I set my Gypsy to cut twice.  It took a long time for the letters to cut, but the end result was worth it!  Make sure the mat is very sticky and the blade is sharp!

Notice that each place card is proportional to the length of each name.  I devised a formula to add an allowance for the punched edges,  to conserve paper "boo-boos!"  The corners of the white mats are rounded and have hearts from the the punched-out edges, with half pearls in the centers and string pearls through the punched heart lace.

I hope you are "inspired" by these projects.  Thanks for peeking in today!

Attendants