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If you can't make it on the 6th. I also have the same class on October 15th from 1-2This is really pretty!
Melissa
http://www.burstsofcreativity.blogspot.com/
Products used:Clear Scraps 12x12 Acrylic Sheets
Clear Scraps Decorative Frames
Staz-on Ink (teal and black cherry)
Embossing folder
The girls Paperie pattern paper
Vintage music paper
Mellissa Frances Mica Flakes
Gems
Vintage flowers
bazzill bling (snowflakes)
Here is a close up of the bird
Thanks for looking and I will be back Monday to announce the winner of the kit and post some cards that I make today.
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Hambly Grid Transparency
Graphic 45 Pattern Paper
Accents Black Butterflies
Hot off the Press bat brads
Vintage black lace
Black tulle
Recollections alphas and black rose brad
Staz-on Black ink
Black Bat ribbon (michaels)
Glossy Accents (for adhesive)
Here are a few close up photos.
Tips:
Don't forget to take off protective coating.
I applied all the Staz-on to my pieces first
I applied the Hambly to the back of my pieces and only put adhesive where my papers were on the front.
Thanks for looking
My next Christmas card class is on October 27th from 3-4 or 5-6 but on October 13th you can join me for my 1 and only Halloween class this year time is 3-4 or 5-6. Hope to see ya there.
I love working with all of the XL shapes from Clear Scraps. Today I am sharing a layout that I did with the XL Deco Squares. They come 2 to a package with 2 different shapes. If you are wondering or looking for a different XL shape then Clear Scraps has got you covered. There are several different shape combinations for you to choose from. See XL SHAPES on the Clear Scraps Site for more choices.
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Clear Scraps XL Deco Squares
Melissa Frances Pattern paper
Making Memories Pattern paper
Prima flowers & bling swirl
Petaloo flowers
My Little Shoebox mini purple alphas
Zig Paint Marker
Brown ink
Jenni Bowlin bingo card (I cut the top off and used it as my title)
MS butterfly punches
Here are a few Tips that I wrote down while I was doing this layout.
1. Using the Zig Paint Marker shake it up very well and just follow your edge. Go slow if you don't have a steady hand. It dries pretty quick which is nice.
2. While it's drying get your papers cut and trim your edges with your favorite decorative edge punch.
3. Ink all the edges of your papers.
4. Find some of your favorite embellishments that you have in your stash that will work with your papers. A lot of times I will just use what is left on my desk from a previous layout or project. A great way to use up those stragglers.
5. Build your layout on the XL Deco Acrylic shape with a strong adhesive. Remember the laws of gravity. A few of my favorites are Zip Dry and 3-in-1 which are both made by Beacon and are a wet adhesive. If you are a dry adhesive user Glue Arts High Tac works great.
6. The little black polka dot butterflies where punched from the package that the bling came in.
Thanks for looking,
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See you back here Monday when I give you a little peek into the inside of my card sketch book. If your not a follower yet of my blog yet I would love you to be. Click on follow on the right side bar.
It is filled with 4x6 graph index cards. The covers are just a nice thick chipboard... I love the kraft look so I choose to not cover the entire front cover. Some 1" circles cut out from several of my favorite papers, some amazing ribbon and my most favorite things buttons and butterflies with a little bling. I punched and bound it with my bind it all. Simple easy and way affordable. The pack of graph index cards I separated in half and it made 2 of these 4x6 sketch books. I always draw out my sketches of cards, layouts etc with little notes here and there of embellishments I think I may use on them etc. The graph paper is great because it makes it easy to draw a perfect square. hehe I use to use those cheep spiral bound graph notebooks that cost an arm and a leg but they are getting harder and harder to find so I started making my own when I purchased my bind it all when it first came out... This cost me less then $3.00 to make.
We're at CHA - booth 1707 if you happen to be around - come check it out!!
Here's a peek of the booth:
We have so much to show - our design team has amazing work in there and besides all the previous stock, we have NEW shapes in the Clear & Chip line (12x12 sheets of both acrylic and chipboard shapes for an album or cards or whatever your heart desires). Our new C&C lines are both holiday theme: Believe and Holiday Treats. Here's a peek of what Rita did with one of them:
Our Mixable albums that were so popular over the past few shows have some new additions as well, with a twist. Our previous Mixable albums have been 12x6 and their new friend, Sassy and Lacey are 8x8! We love them. You can fit more pictures on them for one thing. Here's what Hilde did with one:
Our ever-popular XL shapes which are perfect for layouts, but also can be made into any number of altered art items (because they're easily cut, embossed, bound, scored, etc, etc) have a new shape addition too - the scalloped square and circle set. Pinky did this scalloped square layout:
AND, we have banners! We have had the cutest banners for awhile now - and this year we've added a GREAT new banner for the holiday season called Gingerbread. It's got a house in the middle, gingerbread men and snowflakes - perfect for decorating your house for Christmas, or holiday classes at your LSS....in fact one person at the show suggested that it would be a fun class to teach in 3 stages - first just the snowflakes, a week later the gingerbread men, and then a final class to teach the house and put it all together. Wouldn't that be fun?
Here's what Cathy did with just the house section of the banner.
Here is my take on the sketch.
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