My Mind's Eye with Stacy

Hello blog friends!  This blog post is for Stacy, the DT Coordinator at the Moline Scrapbooking Studio.  See Stacy's Blog, here.   I signed up for her class to make this mini and was not able to attend.  A few months later, I opened the kit, loved what I saw, but, alas, no instructions!   All I had to go on was the photo of the cover, which looked like this:

The papers are from the Indie Chic - Nutmeg line at My Mind's Eye

My finished cover is below.  Some background stamps and Mustard Seed Distress ink were added to the envelope for some additional color and interest.

There are lots of pockets with room for photos and even some interactive photo mats on pages 2, 8 & 9

Pages 1 & 2

Pages 3 & 4

Pages 5 & 6

Pages 9 & 10

Pages 7 & 8

Closer view of embellishments:

Pg 5

Pg 6 

Pg 10

This was a fun challenge for me, thanks to Stacy!

Be Inspired!

Jules

Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage

Hello Bloggers!  It has been a very busy month for this blogger!  I have only had one weekend off in the past six weeks!  Yikes!  But I did manage to get in some crafting because one of my weekends was a girlfriend's getaway!  Yeah!  (Missed you, Nette!)

So, let's get started:  First up, a design team layout project for The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington.

 The thought process behind this layout was to create a Christmas gift with the Striped POW! glitter paper as the "ribbon."  The 'bow' is a layered die cut flower from the line which was curled with a dry-embossing stylus.  A TC Fabrications brad finished off the center and on the tag.

The flower and the banners were spritzed with Mr. Huey's mist to give them some sheen.  The sticker and die cut sheets were pieced to make the title on the gift tag, with journaling on the back.

The next layout has stickers, chipboard, die cuts, Prima flowers, pleated ribbon, hidden journaling and lots of layers and Stickles!

The flower grouping...

This flower was handmade from pleated velvet and organza ribbon, centered with a TC jewel from the line.

Some of the die-cuts and chipboard...

Cool hexagon stickers, too!

The Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage line is very popular at The Scrapbooking Studio - stop  by to get yours today!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Be Inspired!  

Jules

Quick Quotes and Spellbinders Dies...

...make some great looking cards!  Just look at this beauty up today!

One of my dear friends retired this past week, so this is what I came up with to send her off into the wonderful world of retirement (I am only guessing that it is wonderful, as I wouldn't know from personal experience!).  The base is Quick Quotes' Julie je t'aime JT100.  On top of that is a layer of lavendar card stock and an old card front cut from the two largest Spellbinders Nestabilities Label Eight.

After the pieces were cut and embossed with the die, they were left in the die and Milled Lavendar Distress Ink was blended onto the edges.  A triple-loop bow using that great peg bow maker was made from Sugar & Spice ribbon (purchased at Michael's) and wrapped around the top layer.

The top layer and the sentiment were foam taped onto the lavendar layer.

Butterflies were punched with a three-layer butterfly punch from EK Success (see it at Jo-ann).  The centers were adorned with purple bling and the wings of the single-layer butterflies were accented with aqua nailhead stickers from Mark Richards (Hobby Lobby).  The three-layer butterfly on the top right of the card was embossed with an embossing folder (all three layers together).

 A closer look at the details...The embossed butterfly below.

This is the inside of the card.

An envelo-box was made from more JT100.  A belly-band was made from a strip of Quick Quotes Andrew Avenue AA200 - loved that paper line - good thing I still have a great stash of it!  :), along with a strip of JT100 and a layer of ribbon.  A tag was punched from the reverse side of the JT100 and attached to the triple-loop bow with purple scrapper's floss.

A special personal note to my friend was written on a couple of journaling notes and attached to the inside left of the card, in case she wanted to remove them.

To all my blogger friends out there, have a safe, happy and labor-free Labor Day!

Until next time...Be Inspired!  Jules

Authentique "Carefree" Layouts

Hello everyone!  Thanks for stopping by today!  The Scrapbooking Studio in Moline gave me this awesome Authentique paper line to work with this month, along with some Wendy Vecchi "Embellish Your Art" parts.
The papers were perfect for those outdoor picnic photos.  We didn't really have a picnic, but we grilled some awesome food that day!

The right-hand page is a water fall album.

That little tag on the bottom corner of the picture says, "a smile is the prettiest thing you can ever wear."  Awww!  My sis-in-law, Lynn has a beautiful smile, doesn't she?

Close up of the title.  The banner was made from the leftover paper after cutting the border for the right-hand page.  It was matted with dark brown Bazzill .  The letters are from the sticker sheet.  They were mounted on hexagons cut from the "bee" printed paper and matted with brown cardstock, then dimensionalized with Ranger Pop-its.

For the journaling block, hand journaling, combined with stickers from the sticker sheet, told the story...

 Fussy-cut flowers with button centers...and a bee...

Waterfall album cover...

Tim Holtz Distress Marker and Distress Ink in Barn Door were used to color Wendy's floral spray.  A coat of Glossy Accents went on top of the inked flowers.  A fussy-cut bee was added to the 'vase,' which was painted with ivory acrylic paint.

Closeup of waterfall album...all of the embellishments were from the sticker sheet.  There were tons to choose from!  The dark brown and red satin ribbons are from American Crafts.

Side views of the album.  There are sixteen photos crammed in there!

All of these items may be purchased at The Scrapbooking Studio!  Stop by and get yours today!

Thanks for looking in today!  Be Inspired!  Jules

Paper Loft Layouts - 4

Hello!  Thanks for stopping in today!  This is layout #4 from The Paper Loft class at Creating Keepsakes Convention.  Wow!  They provided alot of product for all four double-page layouts!!

For my contribution to this design, I had these cute Stickopotamus buttons in my stash.  They were already threaded and had foam tape attached, so all I had to do was decide where they were going!  Some Karen Foster Suede Scrapper's floss bows were added to the tops of the photo mats and call it done!

Quick Quotes Mocha Mama Chalk Ink was used on all the pieces.  I love that stuff!

Don't you love the title - I love this crazy tragic sometimes almost magic awful beautiful perfect life!  I am going to adopt that phrase!

See you next post!  Be Inspired!  Jules