So it turns out that the previous winner of the blog giveaway was in the UK and it was cost prohibitive to send the cards to her. I drew a new winner.
Congrats to Banu! You are the new winner. Please contact me by email at angie v crafts at gmail dot com and I will send these bad boys out.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Project Life 2013 Week 14
Hey look! It is a week without many photos! I had to get creative! Most of my photos this week were also instagrams. Where is week 13 you ask? Well about that. Week 13 had a ton of pictures because of Easter so I STILL haven't done it yet. Yes, it has been two months and I have still not finished my Easter week. I will get to it. All the pics are in pockets including an insert. I just need to journal and embellish it. Maybe this week, maybe not. Whatevs.
So on to week 14, I actually did quite a bit of embellishing this week. This is the first week I used my typewriter on. At this point I hadn't quite figured out how to do my line spacing so the typed journaling is all a little bit squished using a single return.
I used a combination of cards from Studio Calico, MAMBI, the Jade Core kit, and Recollections. If you have a question on which card is which, just drop me an email. The title card uses Amy Tangerine's completely AWESOME Remarks alphabet. The letters are translucent and there are a ton of each letter in a pack.
Have I professed my love of labels on this website at this point? I bought a Print and Cut set from Studio Calico months ago. I used my Silhouette to print and cut them (obviously!) and they are fab. If I need more, I just print some more up. It is my favorite way to journal on my photos.
So on to week 14, I actually did quite a bit of embellishing this week. This is the first week I used my typewriter on. At this point I hadn't quite figured out how to do my line spacing so the typed journaling is all a little bit squished using a single return.
I used a combination of cards from Studio Calico, MAMBI, the Jade Core kit, and Recollections. If you have a question on which card is which, just drop me an email. The title card uses Amy Tangerine's completely AWESOME Remarks alphabet. The letters are translucent and there are a ton of each letter in a pack.
Have I professed my love of labels on this website at this point? I bought a Print and Cut set from Studio Calico months ago. I used my Silhouette to print and cut them (obviously!) and they are fab. If I need more, I just print some more up. It is my favorite way to journal on my photos.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
This is me album title page
I have spent the last couple of days working on my Studio Calico "This is Me" album. I created a new title page because I wasn't feeling the other one. Here it is in all its glory:
I used a ton of different techniques on this layout. The first and foremost is that I used a pencil to draw lines on a plain white sheet of cardstock. I then used Close to My Heart's Liquid Glass to adhere the sequins in a line. The sequins are from Cartwrights. They are so affordable and shipping was super fast. I will totally be ordering from them again.
After I had glued all the sequins down I realized the background was super busy and was going to distract from the picture. I used strips of velum to tone down the bright and shininess of the sequins in horizontal bands. I had a couple of sequins pop off the page so to make sure they stuck, I used my sewing machine to sew them down. It was my first time sewing on paper for reals so it was an adventure to say the least. I just used a regular old needle that came in the machine and used thread that I last used to sew my son's patches on his karate uniform. I love the look! I need to sew more and try zig-zag.
The polaroid frame is from Recollections and I first used Galaxy Gold ink on the edges. I wanted some more substantial metal feel to it so I used gold embossing powder on the outside edge and Stampendous's Stardust embossing powder on the inside edge.
I used a glassine envelope to create a pocket for my journaling. I created a tag out of so very heavy duty black shiny cardstock I picked up at a craft store long ago, no brand noted on it. I used my typewriter to type up something that I will call a mission statement for my album and added 3 sequins on white cardstock. The little metal tab is an old CTMH embellishment called a tiny tab. I added a sequin on it to tie it in to the rest of the page.
I created a little grouping of embellishments on the left corner of the photo by adding a SC badge and Heidi Swapp arrow. The title is a wood veneer alpha that was an exclusive in last month's Roundabout scrapbook kit from Studio Calico.
I had alot of fun working on this page. It really wound up my enthusiasm for creating more traditional layouts. Hopefully you will see more from me!
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