Twinkling H2O's
- LuminArte Inc. (Mediterranean Blue, Lemongrass, English Lavender,
Wild Plum, Poppy Red, Ginger Peach, Blushing Rose, Dreamsicle,
Wine & Roses, Burnt Umber and Cinnamon Brown)
Watercolor pencils
- Loew-Cornell (Apple Green and Sap Green)
Slide Mount
- Loersch
Metal Mesh -
Making Memories
Sizzix - Sizzlets
- Rat-A-Tat alphabet
Other tools:
Sizzix Die Cut
Machine & Converter
Water Brush
Paper towel
Xyron Adhesive
Liquid glue
Craft knife
"Butterfly Love"
Directions
Die cut letters
out of yellow cardstock and ink edges of circular letters with
sepia ink.
Run all letters
through Xyron for best adhesion to the metal mesh.
Cut a strip
of wire mesh approximately 2 3/4" x 7 1/2" and adhere
to right edge of cardstock - about 1 1/4" from the top of
the page.
Ink edges of
photo with StazOn ink and adhere to the top left of the page
- just overlapping the metal mesh.
Adhere letters
to the metal mesh.
Cut another
piece of metal mesh approximately 4 3/4" x 3 1/4" and
adhere to lower left portion of the page.
Using StazOn
ink, stamp Butterfly Square image 2 times onto watercolor paper.
On the first
image, color in all leaves with watercolor pencils then soften
and blend with the water brush. Paint the butterflies with H2O's
and blot with a damp paper towel.
Very lightly,
apply Distress Ink over leaves. Let dry then ink edges with StazOn.
Take the 2nd
stamped image and color only the butterflies with vibrant H2O
colors, blending with water brush and blotting off excess. Cut
out each butterfly and curl edges of wings with your fingers.
Glue cut out
butterflies in place over the flat butterflies on first image.
Trim yellow
cardstock to mat the stamped butterflies. Ink edges with Distress
Ink. Adhere stamped image over mat then adhere over the piece
of metal mesh near the bottom/left of the page.
Trim another
piece of yellow cardstock to mat the butterfly photograph on
the right side of the page. Ink edges heavily with Distress Ink
and adhere to brown cardstock.
Adhere butterfly
photograph at an angle over the yellow mat.
Trim another
piece of yellow cardstock big enough to wrap around the slide
mount. Lay the slide mount upside down on the yellow cardstock
and with a craft knife, cut an "X" in the center of
the cardstock - the size of the inside opening of the slide mount.
Wrap inside
triangles back over the slide mount and tape in place. Trim corners
of cardstock down to the corner of the slide mount. Then fold
the outer edges of the cardstock over the back of the slide mount
(trimming off any excess) and tape in place. Slide mount should
now be perfectly covered in cardstock.
Ink slide mount
with Distress ink. Place small butterfly photograph behind slide
mount and adhere.
Adhere slide
mount near the bottom right of the top photograph.
Supplies:
Patterned paper
- Carolees Creations & Company - Paper Stack Packs - Girly
Things
Watercolor paper
- Bonjour Studios
Stamps - Stamps
Happen - Shoes, Purses
Alphabet Stamps
- My Sentiments Exactly - Perky upper and lower
Alphabet Stamps
- Making Memories - Misunderstood
Mini Bag - DMD
Ranger Archival
Ink - Sepia
VersaMark Watermark
ink - Tsukineko
Ranger Super
Fine Detail embossing Powder - Black
Watercolor pencils
- Loew-Cornell (Pink Madder Lake, Carmine, Blue Violet, Dark
Chrome, Vandyke Brown)
Making Memories acrylic paint - Strawberries & Cream
Brown ribbon
- Michaels
Water Brush
Stapler
Directions:
Cut mats for
pictures with the pink gingham paper and ink edges with Sepia
ink. Adhere photos.
Trim 4 strips
of word paper and ink with Sepia ink. Use the "Girly"
and "Things" papers for the background papers. Adhere
one strip in the center of both the left and right side - matching
up to make it look like one piece all the way across. With the
3rd strip, adhere near the bottom of the left page. Take the
4th strip and trim down to about 4 1/2" - 5" and ink
edges. Adhere to the left side of the right page, matching up
with the strip on the bottom of the left page.
Using VersaMark
ink, stamp the Shoes image two times on watercolor paper. Heat
emboss with black embossing powder. Do the same thing with the
Purses image - making 3 images.
Using watercolor
pencils, color in the whole image on one of the Shoes images
and one of the Purses images. Blend with the water brush.
Cut mats for
these colored images using the pink gingham paper and ink edges
with Sepia ink. Adhere images.
Adhere photos
and matted images to both the left and right pages as shown.
With the extra
images, only color in the shoes and purses, blend, then cut out
and set aside.
Stamp "DRESS
UP" on the left page using pink acrylic paint.
Make a bow from
the brown ribbon and adhere above the Shoes image on the left
page. Also make a knot from the brown ribbon and attach vertically
near the top right of the right page.
Using the perky
uppercase stamps, stamp the name (ie: MISS LINDSAY) near the
bottom of the right page.
Using the perky
lowercase stamps, stamp the month/year on the mini bag.
Above the date,,
attach a length of brown ribbon. Take 3 of the cutout images
and adhere over the ribbon.
Take the remaining
cut out images and adhere to the left page as shown.
Cut a piece
of the pink gingham paper the size of the mini bag and ink edges.
Staple a folded piece of brown ribbon to the side and use for
hidden journaling.
"Lindsay
Rose"
Supplies:
Ivory Cardstock:
AC Moore
Watercolor paper:
Strathmore 90
Pink mulberry
paper: The Paper Company (Double Sided Mulberry - Pink)
Making Memories
Jigsaw Alphabet - Philadelphia uppercase
Making Memories
mini gold brads
Making Memories
acrylic paint - manila
Vellum Quote
- Die Cuts With a View - Vellum Quote Stacks - Baby & Childhood
Terrifically
Tacky Tape - Provo Craft & Art Accents, Inc.
Loew-Cornell
watercolor pencils (White, Dark Chrome, Apple Green, Sap Green,
Pink Madder Lake, Salmon, Carmine, Terra Cotta, Indian Red)
Beadies mini
marbles - Crystal Transparent
Sizzix die cut:
Sizzlets Oval Tag
Lace - JoAnns
Thread - unknown Other tools:
Sewing machine,
water pen and small curved scissors
Directions:
Ink right edge
of Heirloom Flower Toss paper.
Tear a 12"
piece of ivory cardstock to measure approximately 6 1/2"
wide. Ink the torn edge and adhere to the left side of the Heirloom
Flower Toss paper.
Trim 3 pieces
of Heirloom Stripe paper. The first piece should measure 12"
x 3/4", the second piece 12" x 2 1/2", and the
third piece, 4 3/4" x 6 3/4". Ink around all the edges
of each of the 3 pieces with Tattered Rose Distress Ink.
Adhere the 12"
x 3/4" piece of Heirloom Stripe paper to the top of the
Heirloom Flower Toss paper.
Trim a piece
of ivory cardstock to measure 3/4" and ink edges with Tattered
Rose Distress Ink.
Stitch ivory
cardstock strip to the center of the 12" x 2" piece
of Heirloom Stripe using a zigzag stitch. Adhere this piece to
the bottom of the Heirloom Flower Toss paper.
Tear mulberry
paper to make a strip approximately 5 1/2" wide and ink
all edges with Tattered Rose Distress Ink.
Trim vellum
quote and place on mulberry. Attach with 3 brads to the bottom
of the mulberry paper.
Adhere Mulberry
paper over the torn piece of ivory cardstock.
Adhere the 4
3/4" x 6 3/4" piece of Heirloom Stripe paper near the
top of the mulberry paper...also laying across ivory cardstock
and Heirloom Flower Toss paper. Adhere photo at an angle over
this mat.
Die cut small
oval with ivory cardstock and the large oval with pink mulberry
paper. Ink edges with Tattered Rose ink then adhere to each other.
Using Tattered
Rose Distress Ink, stamp age on ivory oval then attach a brad
on both ends. Adhere over the corner of the photo.
Trim another
piece of mulberry paper to measure 1 1/2" to 5 1/2"
and ink edges. Place a brad in each of the corners.
Cut 2 small
pieces of lace and adhere a piece to each end of mulberry, just
inside the brads. Adhere mulberry to the right of the photo.
Paint the inside
piece of the stencil letter "L" with acrylic paint
and let dry. Adhere to center of pink mulberry.
Using Tattered
Rose ink - stamp the name on a piece of ivory cardstock. Trim
around name and ink edges. Slip edge under monogrammed mulberry
strip and adhere to page.
With StazOn
Jet Black Ink, stamp Rose Parade image on the watercolor paper.
Color image
using watercolor pencils then blend and lighten with the water
pen. Let dry.
Adhere image
to Terrifically Tacky Tape and trim closely to image - leaving
a small border.
Peel off top
layer of Terrifically Tacky Tape and adhere mini marbles over
colored image - making sure the entire image is covered and marbles
are pressed firmly into tape. Tap off excess.
Adhere stamped
image below monogram.
Supplies:
Cardstock (red
and white): AC Moore
Patterned paper:
KI Memories (Pieces of Me - True Love - Nothing But Love)
Rubber Stamps:
Stamps Happen Inc., Hearts Bouquet
VersaMark watermark
stamp pad
Ranger Super
Fine Detail embossing powder - black
Pens: Marvy
LePlume II (pale orange and plum)
Making Memories
foam stamp - Corners
Craf-T Products
Metallic Rub-ons (Cameo Pink and Deep Gold)
American Crafts
Monograms - Mumbo Jumbos - White
Fiber - Fiber
By The Yard
White ribbon
- Nicole
Heart charm:
Making Memories - charmed - love
Other tools:
heat gun, dauber
and paint brush
"Love"
Directions
Paint top left
corner and bottom edge of patterned paper with white acrylic
paint. Stamp corners with white acrylic paint. Let dry.
While paint
is drying, mount photo on white cardstock.
Trim red cardstock
to make a 3/4" mat around white mat. Paint edges with white
acrylic paint. Once dry, mount photo to red mat. Set aside.
With VersaMark
ink, stamp Hearts Bouquet over painted area and emboss with black
embossing powder.
Color hearts
with plum colored pen and the bottom area of the stamp (around
vase) with pale orange pen.
Using a dauber,
rub top half of the stamp with Cameo Pink metallic rub-ons. With
another dauber, lightly sponge on Deep Gold metallic rub-ons
all over the inside area of the stamped image.
Mount photo
at an angle on right side of page.
Wrap fiber around
page, slightly overlapping photo, and tie in a knot.
With white ribbon,
tie a bow at the top of the heart charm and adhere to bottom
corner of photo.
Place monogram
stickers near the bottom left to spell "love"
"Precious
Little One"
Supplies:
Patterned paper:
PSX Pink Cupid Print
Patterned paper:
Hot Off The Press - Paper Pizazz - Brown Diamonds
Silver metallic
self-adhesive paper - unknown
Watercolor paper
- Strathmore
Rubber Stamps:
Stamps Happen Inc., Baby Carriage
Ranger Archival
Ink - Sepia
Tsukineko StazOn
Ink - Jet Black
Pens: Marvy
LePlume II (cherry)
Craf-T Products
- Decorating Chalks
Craf-T Products
- Metallic Rub-ons (Cameo Pink)
Making Memories
Simply Stated rub-on words - Baby
Sizzix Die -
Photo Corners
Silver buckle
- Blumenthal/Lansing Company - La Mode (can be found at JoAnns)
Red sheer ribbon
- Michaels
Brown polka-dot
ribbon - Offray (Dashes, Dots and Checks)
Dauber
Directions:
Trim pink paper
to 4 3/4" x 12" and ink edges with sepia ink. Adhere
to the bottom of the Brown Diamonds paper.
Trim 2 more
strips of pink paper, both measuring approximately 3/8"
x 12" and ink edges of both strips.
Adhere 1 of
the pink strips about 3/4" from the top of the page. Position
buckle on the other strip and set aside.
Cut two 13"
lengths of red ribbon. Place and adhere one piece near the bottom
of the page. Place the 2nd length approximately 1/2" from
the top of the large section of Pink Cupid Print paper.
Adhere the strip
of pink paper with the buckle over this last piece of red ribbon.
Just below this,
adhere a 13" piece of brown ribbon.
Cut a mat from
the pink paper and ink edges. Adhere at an angle to the top left
area of the page.
Adhere the photo
over the mat - not placing the photo at an angle.
Below the photo
and mat, apply rub-on words.
Cut a small
length of red ribbon and tie in a knot. Trim ends at an angle.
Adhere to the right of the photo.
Using Jet Black
StazOn ink, stamp image onto watercolor paper.
Color bottom
of the image, hearts, sripes and various other small areas with
Cherry pen
Using a dauber,
dab metallic rub-ons in Cameo Pink around the top/outside area
of image as well as around the small flowers on the inside (under
the carriage).
Color the rest
of the image using chalks.
Trim stamped
image and ink edges with sepia ink.
Adhere image
below the knotted ribbon.
Die cut one
photo corner out of the silver metallic paper and adhere to the
top left corner of the image.
Print journaling
on extra cardstock, trim and ink edges.
Cut another
small length of red ribbon and fold it in half, adhere to top
of journaling.
Cut a tiny piece
of pink paper and ink edges. Write "PULL" on it and
adhere to ribbon. Tuck journaling behind photo.
