30 Days of Thanksgiving - Day 10

Day 10 – I am thankful for Mr. Gabriel!  Gabriel is so full of continuous energy!  He is at times is mischievous and strong willed but parallel with that he is such a sweetheart: my cuddlebug who has this amazing compassion and love for animals-in particular, his kitty and Polar Bears.  He has these beautiful eyelashes that when he bats them, they melt my heart and a smile that charms.  I am so thankful for you Gabey Luke!

 

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Soul Mates...

The layout design is Bottom Border - Portrait from Reflections.
The layout design is Title Topper - Add Up from Reflections.

Soul Mates is one of my favorite "classic, yet elegant" stamp set and the Silhouette collection is a great complimenting paper pack that is always "tried and true". I find that when I partnered the two together, the results were beautiful. For this layout, I also added a 3-d appearance by stamping, inking and then coordinating the Dimensional Element Hearts to my layout--what fun it was to stamp the hearts directly on the inked hearts! For My Ultimate Scrapbooking Project: 150 layouts. 31 layouts completed. 119 to go!

No B&T allowed!

This is a layout that I have been thinking about and orchestrating for a very long time. I have had struggles with finding layouts that showcase the numerous panoramic photographs that I took on my trip to Italy and this one was perfect. Then, I decided to use rub-ons (Love Letters in Black) to write out the titles of each of the statues. And of course I didn't have enough. By the time I received them, I was side-tracked and it took me awhile to get back to finish the layout. So, now the layout is complete. And I am happy with the way it turned out. It was important to me to not have many details in the papers (hence the post title...no B&T allowed!) and embellishments as I really wanted the photographs to be the focus...but I didn't want the layout to look "plain" either so my solution was to use Textured Cardstock--it added a little depth without minimizing the photographs.

Left Layout Design: Bottom Border - Title from Reflections.

Right Layout Design: Sidebar-Main Frame from Reflections.

Supplies used: Bamboo, Black & Colonial White Textured Cardstock and Love Story Rub-ons.
My Ultimate Scrapbooking Challenge: 150 layouts. 21 1/2 layouts completed. 128 1/2 to go! Wahoo!

More of Italy...

I have finally completed three additional layouts for my Honeymoon Album. These were in created in Studio J with the Silhouette Collection! I am doing my entire book in the Silhouette collection so it was great that Studio J offers the same collections as their traditional papers!

Layout Design: Shadow from Imagine.

Layout Design: Golden Section from Cherish.

Layout Design: Stars Above from Imagine.

This layout was awesome to complete! The upper left corner was actually one photograph, but because the program was digital, I could zoom in and then stitch the photo back together to stretch it out to fit the spaces provided. Loving it!!

My Ultimate Scrapbooking Challenge: I already used Stars Above so for my challenge - 150 layouts. 17 layouts completed. 133 to go.

The right picture for a perfect layout!

I have been very excited about Close To My Heart's Heart for Haiti and just waiting for an opportunity to play with the Textured cardstock and show it off! This particular layout design has always been one of my favorites, but I just haven't seemed to have that "perfect" photo to use with it...until now. This will be the first page in my Honeymoon Album (yes, that really does read December 2000...and yes, I really am still working on it! lol!) and I think it turned out perfect for this use of this design! I loved sanding the centers of the colored squares to add that extra detail! & then if you notice, the edges of the squares are then ink distressed in the coordinating colors which makes them pop even more!

Materials used: Silhouette Level 2 Paper Pack, Love Story Rub-ons (black), Colonial White, Bamboo & Black Textured Cardstock, Sanding Paper, Coluzzle Cutting system, ribbon - unknown source, Bamboo & Black Exclusive Inks and sponge daubers. Layout Design: Front & Center Mosiac from Reflections. My Ultimate Scrapbooking Challenge: 150 layouts. This counts for 1/2 of a layout so 7 down and 143 to go.

More of Italy...

I am in love with this Silhouette Creative Basics collection...of course, I wouldn't discover this until after it was discontinued! To see the details of this layout, click here.

Supplies used: Colonial White Designer Brads, Just Blooms Spring Blossom, Black Grosgrain, Hodge Podge Color Ready Alphabet, Black, Colonial White, & Bamboo Cardstock. Imagine: Double Take Design.

This layout is also a part of my Budget Busters workshop. For more details, click here.

The Ultimate Scrapbooking Challenge: 2 down, 148 layouts to go.

I am in the process of creating an album from my Honeymoon to Florence many years ago. This is a project that I have wanted to do since I began scrapbooking but it is also one of those projects that I continuously push to end of my to-do list. Two of my favorite scrapbookers are working on an album from a recent cruise that they went on which has re-inspired me to go back and complete my Honeymoon Album. So, I find myself at the beginning of this task. I originally scrapbooked these pictures using just black cardstock and some type of glue. Yes, I know...glue. Now, I am at a point where I am trying to remove the pictures from the paper without destroying them.

So, this is where I started:

The original pictures overlapped so when I took them apart there was some damage to the pictures. I was able to "cover" the damage with embellishments and the damage is hardly noticeable in the finished layout.

This is the base layout that I started with. The layout is Abstract from Cherish.

And with alterations that worked with my pictures, this is what I created.

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This layout is also apart of my Budget Busters workshop. Click here for details.

The Ultimate Scrapbooking Challenge: 1 down. 149 to go.