One Tough Guy-GCD Studios...

I love the "idea" of quilting...taking some simple shapes and arranging them in such a way that the colors and shapes create a larger pattern. It's not surprising that this trend has carried over into scrapping and you see lots of pages with basic shapes creating interesting designs!  I took that idea and ran with it on this page for GCD Studios using the new Special Delivery collection designed by Heidi Sonboul.

I started by cutting 1" wide strips of papers that were 2 and 3" long.  Then I just folded the corner back on one end of each, and arranged them to create a "negative" diamond shape. I tacked down each fold of paper with some thread.  So a simple rectangle gave me some triangles and diamonds when folded!

I used this pattern to create a large border on the left side of my page.  Because there was a lot going on with my papers, I stuck to white cardstock as my base, and a very neutral mat and simple embellishments.

Kyler has just recently learned what the naughty step is all about!  It was time to start.  He is learning some bad habits from his sister and they are fighting like crazy over toys!  He doesn't like it one bit.  He really is One Tough Guy, but I love him to pieces!!!

You can see this and many more awesome projects in the latest GCD Studios "Paper Cut" magazine!

Stay scrappy my friends!

Give Yourself a Lift...Year 4...GCD Studios "Paper Cut", too...

Winner for the Paper Haus blog hop at the bottom!

So I started a yearly tradition right before Charlotte's birthday (which is May 16th).  I take a photo a few weeks before and create a layout called "almost ___" with her new age in the blank.  I write about what she is into and what she is like at this time in her life.  I use the same design for each page every year, with twists. You can see my previous years here 2012, here 2011, and here 2010. So basically, I lift myself from year to year.

This year I decided to use the GCD Studios "Special Delivery" collection.  It is a very masculine themed line, but there is an easy way to make any boyish papers look girly: turn them into flowers!  :)

I moistened paper strips and then twisted them and rolled them into flower shapes on some Glubers.  Once dry, I added some Stickles around the edges to give them some sparkle.

I layered some border strips and some more fussy cut flowers.

 Around the edge of my large circle, I doodled a scalloped edge and machine stitched with black thread along the inside of the circle.  Another way to make boyish papers look girly is to punch butterflies or doilies out of them.  I splattered with some inks, cut some clouds from white cardstock and inked the edges, and that's about it!


If you would like to see this layout and more amazing pages and projects, you MUST read the latest edition of "The Paper Cut' by GCD Studios.

And just for fun, here are the other 3 pages I have completed over the past couple of years:

I also owe you a WINNER from the Paper Haus blog hop:

it's JANIS who said:

 Janis said...

This is just sooooo cute!! I esp love the swimsuits hanging on the line to dry for the next day.

Hoping to follow you by email if you consider adding that option to your page.

June 2, 2013 at 6:14 PM

 

Stay Scrappy My Friends!

Heidi Sonboul Signature Series Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to Heidi's blog hop, celebrating the release of her new Signature Series Book, her two new collections from GCD Studios, AND her new Website!!  I am so honored to be a part of this hop and so excited for the release of Heidi's book!  Of course, I am also in love with her two new paper collections, too: Sunkissed and Special Delivery.

I created this page using the Sunkissed collection.  The papers with the waves and water swirls was perfect for these photos of my kiddos at a fish exhibit at the zoo.  I love the photo of my daughter with her hand on my son's head.  She was trying to show him the fish...

Inspired by the fish idea, I added some circles to my design, and some machine stitching in wavy lines.  I kept to a color combo that complimented my photos, and added in a bit of the peach and yellow for contrast.

I played around a lot with the border strips, and cut them and layered them as accents on my page.

To see some more wonderful inspiration from the Special Delivery and Sunkissed collections, hop along through the blogs below!  There are lots of RAKS to be won!

The Line Up

GCD Studios

Alicia Thelin

Amanda Coleman

Angi Barrs

Audrey Yeager Christina Collins Christine Meyer Grace Tolman Heidi Van Laar  Jennifer Chapin Julie Tucker-Wolek Katrina Hunt Kelly Holbrook Lalo IK Megan Klauer Nina Yang Pam Callaghan Rae Barthel Rochelle Spears Sara Zenger Suzanna Lee Teri Anderson Wida Miller
And for even MORE prizes, head over to Heidi' NEW WEBSITE for a chance to win the newest tool from Fiskars and her two newest collections, Special Delivery and SunKissed.
And don't forget to order your copy of Heidi's New Signature Series Book, too!
To order the book you can go here:

Little Man- GCD Studios "Charleston"

With some many collections released by GCD, it's hard to pick a favorite, BUT the "Charleston" collection might be mine!  :)  The colors of some of the papers were perfect for this page about my little man.

I cut a whole bunch of 1/2" strips of the different patterned papers, and glued them to a scrap piece of paper at a 45 degree angle.  Then I cut that piece and added a thin strip on the left side of my page and a larger piece on the right.  This is also a great technique to use up some of those paper strips that are left after trimming the barcode off your papers!

I added some stitched over the seams. and fussy cut some flowers and scattered them on the page.  My journaling is along the left edge.

My title I actually wrote by hand with an app on my iPad, saved the image, and then used my die cutting machine and SCAL2 to cut it out!!  I love that this is my own handwriting!  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

-Audrey

Love This Family! GCD Studios "Pure Bliss"

Hello everyone!  Audrey here to share a layout with the new "Pure Bliss" collection.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE the prints and colors in this line.  Although the colors are a bit on the pastel side, they still worked perfectly for this photo of our family in the fall.

I cut and distsressed some strips of papers of a similar shade and then stitched them to create a mat for my photo.  I used some more strips on the bottom left of the page and an area to ground my title.  I stitched around the photo to create a frame.

I used a heart stencil and the crossword paper, and brushed with some watered down blue paint.  Then I cut the hearts out and outlined them with a black pen.  I fussy cut some flowers and come circles and layered them across the page.  For my journaling, I just wrote on some strips of paper and scattered them around the page.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Reach for the Sky- GCD Studios "Special Delivery"

The "Special Delivery" collection is so diverse!!!  There are boy things, and travel things, and flower things, and all kinds of things in this line!  I used some papers that had some blue and green in them to pick up on the blue in my photo and to give an "outdoorsy" feel.

On the background, I did a whole bunch of stitching up and down on the page.  I love the texture it adds.  I fussy cut some of the diamond shapes from patterned paper and had them trial up the page diagonally.  My background was a bit to stark white, so I "dirtied" it up a bit with some grey ink.

The stars I punched out with a small punch, and the large flower I fussy cut and turned up some of the petals a bit to add dimension.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Audrey

Grandma & Me- GCD Studios "Sunkissed"

I think summer is my favorite time of year, and I always have a ton of photos of just doing everyday things, like blowing bubbles!  :)

The ampersand paper from the "Sunkissed" line was the starting point for this page, although the bokeh paper reminded me of bubbles, so I had to use that, too! 

On the background, I used some punched circles, and some machine stitched circles as well, to add to the bubble theme.

I cut out the ampersand and outlined it with a black pen.  I used it as a spot to ground my title.   A few fussy cut flowers are scattered here and there around the page, too!

Thanks for stopping by!
-Audrey

In the Details-GCD Studios "Indian Summer"

Is it bad that I missing having an infant because I just love infant photos so much???  Especially the black & whites.  This photo is almost 2 years old, and I love the little details of a baby.  All the wrinkles and bumps and soft fuzz...*sigh*

I cut out the pod shapes from patterned paper from the "Indian Summer" collection and arranged them on my page.  Then I machine stitched around them following the layout of the shapes.

I fussy cut a whole bunch of flowers and cut some stems with my die cutting machine.  I folded them and layered them to give them dimension.

Some simple journaling strips that I cut into banner shapes and outlined with a thin black pen.

Thanks for stopping by today!
-Audrey

Thanksgiving Table setting...GCD Studios

Ever since I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do at Thanksgiving time was to make the name tags and place setting for all of the guests that were going to dine with us on Thanksgiving Day.  My ideas have come along ways since the piece of paper folded in half with a name scribbled in crayon, and I wanted to share some with you today!

Let me start by saying I had TWO idea in my head, and I couldn't decide which I liked more, so I made them both.

Since Mason jars seem to be a hot trend right now, and die cutting, too, I decided I wanted to die cut some names from paper and use the jar as the place holder.

I simply wrapped the jar with a piece of muslin cut to size.  Double sided tape or just a tape runner acts as a great adhesive for the fabric on the jar.  

Then I cut my names from strips of patterned paper using my die cutting machine.  I thought the woodgrain from the Splendor collection was a perfect pattern for fall.  Again, I used double sided tape to wrap my name strips.

Then I tied a whole bunch of twine around the top of the jar and decorated with some leaves that I cut from my die cutting machine, too.

I also made a simple napkin ring from a paper towel tube covered with paper.  I tied some twine around the ring, too, and decorated with a matching leaf.

You can fill the jars with anything...candy, leaves, acorns, or a candle like I did here.  I thought the light shining through the name on the jar would be so pretty!  Or you could leave them empty and at dinner time have everyone write something they are thankful for about each person and put it in their jar!

Now I said I had two idea in mind, and here is the other.  I used some labels from the Labels and Tags sheet from the Splendor collection for the label on the jar.  I added the name of the person on the label, use twine and different colored leaves, and filled the jar with some decorative grass stems (that I actually picked from my mother's garden  :)  ).  A slight difference from the first, but I love the way this one looked, too!

So grab some mason jars, some twine, and some natural elements, along with some pieces of fall patterned paper and decorate those jars for your table this Thanksgiving!

Supplies:
mason jars, twine, paper towel tube
GCD Studios Papers:
Splendor-"Heirloom" 1678, "Pink Floral" 1682, "Letter Tiles" 1680, "Labels & Tags" 1679

W is for Words...GCD Studios ABC's...

W is for words.  Lately, one of the "word" trends I have been seeing a lot of is people using their die cutting machine to create word titles and phrases, and using the negative shapes on their pages.  I decided to give this a go using my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot 2 software.

For my words, I chose some of the nicknames that we have for my little guy.  I typed each name and then welded the letters together.  Then I added an arrow shape over each set of words and cut them on my machine.

To help my words stand out a bit more, I decided the outline them with a black pen.

I fussy cut some of the stars from the Super Star paper (from the Country Charm line) and scattered them on the page.  Little strips of yellow paper that I tore and crumpled kinda look like Washi (another "W" word!).

How do you use WORDS on your page???

Supplies:
Splendor "Sunswept" 1684
Flower Child "Peacock" 1646
Bonjour "Paris Je t'aime" 1541
Country Charm "Super Star" 1511
Country Charm "Weekend Fun" 1515
Other: alphas-American Crafts, stencil-Crafters workshop,spray mist-Studio Calico, paint, thread,