Layout Tutorial

As promised, I want to show you how I created my 'Always My Girl' layout from this month's MCS reveal using a white cardstock as my background.

I started by pulling some of my mists that I thought coordinated with the beautiful, bright colors in this month's LE kit. I used Glimmer Mist in Sun Sisters, Hoola Hoop, S.W.A.K. and Trunk Bay. I also used an old Prima stamp I had in my stash along with StazOn ink in Timber Brown.

Next, I stamped randomly around an 11x11 piece of white cardstock. I chose a solvent ink pad because I didn't want my stamped image to bleed when I used the mists. I used a combination of misting and splatting.

I used the zigzag stitch in my sewing my machine to sew my background onto a sheet of pattern paper.

I finished my page by adding photos, cut-out design elements from the papers, flowers and other embellishments.

Hope you found this tutorial useful. Thanks so much for your visit today!          

Valentine's Day Card/Treat Pocket Tutorial

As promised yesterday, I prepared a tutorial for my Valentine's Day card/treat pocket. This was very easy and quick to create and make a great teacher gift. Enjoy!

Before we begin, please excuse the bad lighting, I normally scrap late at night :) I began by scoring a glassine bag an inch from the top, then measuring the rest of my bag. I knew I wanted my bag to stick out a little bit for a more handmade look. The bag I'm using is 7X4.5 and was purchased on Ebay.

I then cut a piece of brown cardstock that measured 6X10 and scored it at 4 inches. That will create a pocket that is 6 inches tall in the back and 4 inches tall in the front to nicely display our bag of treats.

Next, cut two pieces of coordinating pattern papers a quarter of an inch smaller for each panel. That means we'll need a piece of paper that measures 3.75X5.75 for the front and a second piece of pattern paper that measures 5.75X5.75 for the back panel.

I inked both pieces of paper with Tea Dye Distress Ink before adhering. I also used hot glue to attach some lace to the front border.

Instead of glue, I used my sewing machine to stitch around the bottom and sides of my pocket.

Our pocket is ready! We can now decorate as desired. I used pearls, rub-bons, flowers and Prima metal frame. The sentiment inside the frame was printed onto pattern paper by combining two different font styles from my computer. I also decorated the bag after filling it up with Dove milk chocolates.

I hope you liked this tutorial. I really enjoyed creating this fun pocket, and I hope you give it a try!

Corrugated Cardboard Two Ways, a video tutorial

Hello everyone! I'm back to share with you a tutorial on how to incorporate corrugated cardboard into your projects and layouts. I used cardboard in two of my main kit designs this month and created a video to show you just how I did that.

I hope you enjoy watching!

Punched Paper Border Tutorial

In this tutorial, I will show you how I created the punched paper border on my 'Memorable' layout. This quick and easy technique can be used on all kinds of die cut papers to add a 'finished with lace' look to your projects.

1. Start by punching the border of a 12x12 piece of cardstock using your favorite border punch. I used Swirling Lace by Martha Stewart.

2. Now cut out your punched border allowing about a inch of space. To go around the circle paper included in the LE kit, you will need just a little more than 3 strips but I cut out 4 strips of paper just to be safe.

3. Use your scissors to 'fringe' your paper strip on the side opposite of the decorative border. Each slit does not have to be cut at the same distance, we just want our cardstock to be more flexible and follow the contour of our die cut paper.

4. Apply adhesive to the edge of your circle paper or any other die cut paper you choose. The adhesive I'm using here is ATG tape by 3M.

5. Now you're ready to 'mold' your fringed strip of cardstock around your die cut paper.

Here's what the whole die cut paper looks like on its back side.

And here's what the front, finished layout looks like...

I hope you give this technique a try! Have fun playing!!!