Tuesday, March 30, 2010

You're Changing Right Before My Eyes

I love this picture of Lucas. It was taken last year at the Tulip Festival in Albany, NY. He was climbing these trees and I just took a picture and it came out so awesome.
The paper line is called Nutmeg and it is from Cosmo Cricut. The tree is cut out using the Serenade cartridge from Provo Craft (my birthday present to myself) . I just love all the different trees and outdoor items you can cut out with the cartridge and the layout is based off sketch #41 from Inspired Blueprints. Thanks for looking!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Frosty

Oooh how I love this paper. I love that snowman so much, that I went digging through my pictures from the beginning of this winter and pulled out the picture of the first snowman we ever built.
This is another one of the papers in the Addicting Paper Scrapbook monthly kit, as well as the chipboard snowflake, Stickles, flowers, rub-ons and flower centers.
The inspiration came from Sketch #112 from Sketch Inspirations. I am really loving this online community. The sketches and people on there are so wonderful and nice. Go and check it out sometime for some great inspiration.
The snowflake is from Brazzill Chipboard shapes and I covered it with white paper, and accented the paper with Smooch and then outlined the border with Stickles.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

A Winter Drive

This was Lucas' first time "Cruising" in his Lightning McQueen Power Wheels that my father and step mother bought him for Christmas. He could not wait to get it out, so we brought it out on the driveway the first time you could see the pavement, that winter.
The layout is based off of sketch #2.25 from Sketchy Thursdays.
The papers and embellishments are from the Addicting Paper Scrapbook Kit from April. With some sewing around the edges.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Snowed In

This layout was based on sketch 038 from Twisted Sketches. I choose this sketch becasue of the different patterned papers that could be used. I used the new Addicting paper Scrapbook Club set that includes Moxxie. But you could use a lot of your scraps to make a cool layout with this sketch.
The picture is of my two boys right after the Snowstorm on February 26th. The snow was so high that I picked them up and set them in a snowbank and they could not move. I thought it was hilarious, they did not.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

American Craft - Thicker Font Equivelant

These are some font equivalents that I came across on Scrapbook.com that I though I would share.

American Crafts equivalent fonts:BY THE YARD: “Dekoria Pro” fontshop.com (not free)
BEWITCHED: “Greenbriar AEF180” fonts.com (not free)
CHIT CHAT: “Frankfurter Medium” fonts.com (not free)
CHIT CHAT: very similar to "Eurofurence" dafont.com and "Chewy Stewy" kevinandamanda.com
CHLOE (stickers): “Affair” veer.com (not free)
CINNAMON: “Helvetica Rounded Bold” fonts.com (not free)
CUPID: “Market Deco” dafont.com
DAIQUIRI: “Akzidenz-Grotesk BQ Condensed” myfonts.com (not free)
DAIQUIRI: very similar to “Arial Narrow” Microsoft Word
DARLING: very similar to “Creampuff” fonts.com
DAYDREAM: "FLORALESS” dafont.com
DELIGHT: “Bree [Bold]” fontshop.com (not free)
DOLCE: “Arial Narrow [Bold]” Microsoft Word GIGGLES: “CT Mercurius Std Black” (NOT FREE)
GLASS SLIPPER: “Fairy Tale” veer.com (not free)
HAT BOX: “Machine Script” dafont.com
JACK (rub ons): “Chalet Paris 1960” houseind.com (not free)
JEWELRY BOX: “Whoa Nelly NF” fonts101.com
LEG WARMERS: “Cooper Black” Microsoft Word
LETTERMAN: “Princeton Normal” fontemple.com
LULLABYE: "Mahogany Script" fonts.com (not free)
MIRROR MIRROR: “Alpengeist JF” myfonts.com (not free)
PLATFORM: very similar to "CarnivaleE Freakshow" 1001fonts.com
PLAYROOM: "Triplex Sans Bold" myfonts.com (not free)
POOLSIDE: “FontleroyBrown” urbanfonts.com
RAINBOOTS: very similar to “Freestyle Script” Microsoft Word
ROCKETEER: “Chinon MN” fonts.com (not free); very similar to “Magneto” Microsoft Word
ROOTBEER FLOAT: "Howser" kevinandamanda.com
SPRINKLES: “Chowderhead” fontdiner.com (not free)
SUBWAY: "Arial” Microsoft Word
TIARA: very similar to “Candice” linotype.com
UMBRELLA: "Pagan Poetry" dafont.com
VENUS: “Boxer Script JF” jawarts.com (not free)
VERA: “Chalet London 1980” houseind.com (not free)

Friend

This card is made from a Sketch, from the Website 2Sketches4You. And is for a co-worker who is leaving for a different job. I used the paper and embellishments form My Creative Scrapbook's March Creative Kit for the card. The papers and Embellishments are Melody Ross's Homespun Collection.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Whoo Loves You

This is another layout that was done with the Addicting Paper Scrapbook Kit, which uses the Bo Bunny Love Bandit Collection. The skech is #92 from Creative Scrappers.
The picture is of Owen and Lucas with my Step-Mother, Irene (their grandmother). The pictures was so cute, I could not help but to use it with this paper.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Lucy

Isn't she so precious. This is a layout that I made to send a friend who just had a baby girl named Lucy. She is so cute...... The layout is based from a sketch from My Sketch Blook. Boy do I love Liz's sketches!

The paper is by Bo Bunny, and in the My creative Scrapbook, February Album kit.!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

If I Could I Would, Stay Like this Forever

This is a layout based on a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays. It was very interesting to do. I have never used paint like this on a layout, and I used a little distressing around the circles and the photo. The supplies were from My Creative Scrapbook's February Album kit.

The Challenge included This:

Prompt
- Fill in the blanks: "If I could __________, I would ________."

Technique - Mist or paint IN PINK.

Sketchy Twist - Use this sketch:

Saturday, March 13, 2010

April's Addicting Paper Scrapbook Kit and Add Ons!

The April Kit is up.... And boy will it be great to scrap those outside cold pictures.

This is the main kit and it includes:
  • Bazzill Cardstock (two pieces each of Horizon and Fawn)
  • Moxxie Winter Wishes (one piece each of Blitzen, Blizzy, Woodland Wonder, Snow Day)
  • White glitter Alphabet
  • Winter Wishes Cardstock Stickers
  • Winter Wishes Rub-Ons
  • White Sheer Ribbon
  • Blue polka dot sheer ribbon
  • Jolee's Snowflakes
  • Flowers (blue and brown)
  • Buttons (blue, white and brown)
  • Rhinestones (clear)
  • Dew Drops (blue and brown)

This is the add on kit, and it includes:
  • Blue and brown stripped ribbon
  • Bazzill Chips (snowflakes)
  • American Craft Thickers
  • Stickles Glitter Glue (Star Dust)
  • Rhinestone Brads
  • ZVA Creative (Double Clear Rhinestone flourish)
The Bazzill Cardstock add on includes:
  • Coastal
  • Peach Puff
  • Horizon
  • Blind Date (Shinny)
I hope you enjoy these kits and to place your order please contact me so that you can get all the product. I also hope you can join on the second Saturday of the month at my house.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

When will it Arrive.....Not soon Enough!

I am sitting here impatiently waiting for my kits from My Creative Scrapbook. If you have the money I would recommend these kits to anyone (If you are on a limited budget I would recommend mine). they are lovely. Here are the kits for March.....



Monday, March 8, 2010

Giddy Up!

I think this might be my favorite layout that I have made in a while. I used sketch #113 from Sketch Inspiration. I used Fancy Pant's Rough and Tough Collection. I also did some hand stitching of the arrows, an
Publish Post
d used the Cricut to cut out the letters and the circle. And of course I used my Itop tool o make some brads!

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Walk With Me

The layout walk with me was based off of this sketch by Liz over at My Little Sketch Blook. Boy do I love her site.
The paper and embellishments are from Basic Grey's Indian Summer Line, with miscellaneous embellishments and letters from my stash.
I used my tutorial for Cracked Flourishes to make the flourish on the left hand side as well.



Hope you enjoyed.....Krystal

Crackled Flourishes

So I decided to make this tutorial based on the fact that I was working with the sketch form My Little Scrap Blook, and it called for a flourish or a decorative accent, and I could not come to find anything in my stash, that I wanted to use for the flourish. So I used my trusty old SCAL program and Cricut and cut out a flourish. I placed it on the paper and to me it looked boring and needed something else. So this is how I came up with the idea of making Crackled Fourishes. All I did was the following......

I gathered the following:
  • cut out flourish
  • Distressing ink
  • Crackle paint
For the different types of other decorative flourishes you need (You will see these at the end of the tutorial):
  • Glossy Accents
  • Puffy Paint
  • Glitter
First, if you want there to be a distressed look to your flourish you will need to distress your edges to your liking. I use Tim Holtz distressing ink and his applicator (make up sponges work too)
Second, you are going to apply the crackle accents all over the flourish. Make sure you get to the edges, or pieces will break off.

Third, you let it dry this will take sometime depending on how much of the crackle accents you put on. After it has dried you will see it start to crack, you can crack it more by moving the paper around as well.

Fourth, apply it to your project for a great added accent.......

This is my finished project using this technique.
These are some other versions of this technique that I made when fooling around that I wanted to show as well.

This flourish was made with Glossy Accents and then sprinkled randomly with glitter to add a little more of an accent and sparkle.

This flourish was cut out on a colored piece of purple card stock and then just had glossy accents applied to give it a little shine and thickness.


This flourish was made using puffy paint and then a piece of paper was blotted on it to add texture to it.


I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.....Krystal



Friday, March 5, 2010

Play, Cool Dude

The funny things we do to our children, or shall I say siblings. This is our youngest son Owen, who Lucas and daddy wanted to dress up. So Lucas put the Glasses on and Daddy put the hat on and Owen Screamed!
The papers, ribbon, stickers, and chipboard are from Cosmo Cricket's line Jack's Worl. I also used a simple embossing label maker to make the journaling and making memories white shinny letters for the second part of the title.
To do the word play I followed the tutorial for confetti letters. You paint the base coat and let dry, then you paint you nex color (orange polka dots) then wait for that to dry and apply glossy accents, to give it a shinny coat.
The layout is based on sketch 1.28 from Sketchy Thursday.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Kits are Packaged!!!


Eleven Days!!!! I am so excited. It will be eleven days and our first scrapbook club will meet. I have gotten the kits all packaged up and the printout all printed, I can not wait for all the ladies to come and work on this fabulous kit.

Monday, March 1, 2010

freebies!!!!


Look what Jill over at scrap-pit developed and is giving away free over at her blog!!! They are awesome! She made some back a month ago to that I am going to go find and put up for everyone to use!