February 15 2013 Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to our February Blog Hop featuring a 2 page layout. This is the first Blog Hop for us where we have featured just scrapbook layouts. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle S. Blog at mycreationswithMichelle.blogspot.ca. If you came from Teresa Riglin 
 countrycraftingmama.blogspot.ca then you are in the right place!

My two page layout this month is based on the Chantilly Workshop on the Go on page 21 of the Spring Summer 2013.

I did not use the kit itself in error but recreated my own design using the Chantilly line from Paper Packet X7163B.

For the leaf and flower stamps I used the Alphabet set E1019

The leaves are done in Sweet Leaf Z2153

The Flower in the upper right I used Cranberry Z2116

 The eyes in the half circle at the top right of page one, and bottom left from on page two are from the Sparkles, Red, Pink and Purple Assorted Pack Z1326. I used the large pinker ones on the purple sheet in the pack.

 I have put a flip flap in the centre so that I can make more use of pictures, and/or to journal once side and have a picture on the other. I haven’t quite decided yet.

 

I cut 18 one inch circles in half to create the semi –circle borders, outlining using the Cranberry marker Z2316

The two one inch circles are outlined using the same marker.

For the three inch circle in the bottom left of page one I used White Daisy cardstock for the base and then  I cut pie shapes using both sides of the different patterned papers included in the Chantilly paper pack. The middle circle is one of the two one inch circles described above. The centre is one of the Chantilly assorted covered buttons.

 

On page two the main difference is that I inserted three 3” x 5” rectangles to attach pictures to at a later date.

 The semi-circle in the upper left was done using a three inch circle cut in half and pie shapes cut from some of the two sided pages included in the Chantilly paper pack.

 

The flower at the bottom right of page two came from the Chantilly Complements Dimensional Elements X7163C.

 

I thought the birds on the Chantilly Paisley sheet were so beautiful that I used one as the centre of my border on page two.

 

Supplies used:

Chantilly Paper Packet X7163B

Alphabet set E1019

Exclusive Inks Stamp Sweet Leaf Z2153

Exclusive Inks Stamp Cranberry Z2116

Exclusive Inks Marker Z2316

Sparkles, Red, Pink and Purple Assorted Pack Z1326
Chantilly Complements Dimensional Elements X7163C

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Terry Ann Diack of terryanndiack.blogspot.ca.
 If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca, as she has the complete blog list.



Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own scrapbook layouts using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in March when we will be featuring our new 5x7 Hinged Display Tray.

January 15, 2013 Blog Hop - Consultants Choice

Welcome to the first Blog Hop of 2013. Our January Hop is featuring a “Consultants Choice”, so each consultant has a unique project to share with you. I hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers…..whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do….by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you…now on to our hop!!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle S ~ My Creations with Michelle. If you came from Carrie of scrappinwithcarrie then you are in the right place!

 

For my blog I created a Valentines Card For My Husband

 For this card I used brown cardstock cut down to 8 1/2 " by 11"

I then cut 2 pieces of white card stock 5" x 8" one piece for the front of the card the other piece for the insert.

On the front I used paper from the Reflections Paper Pack Kit X7134B layering 4 different hearts to create a raised effect.

I like to cut my hearts freehand as I like the freedom of imperfections.

I used three different stamp sets to create this card on the front Happy Valentines Day is January 2013 Stamp of the Month.

The cloud burst in the upper left corner is from D1782 the Love Life Stamp Set as well as the Live, Laugh, Love.

 

 For the Card insert the twin hearts and the stamp Two hearts beat as One I used D1445 Amore, I also used this stamp set for the top heart on the front cover.

The With all my Heart stamp is also from the January 2013 SOTM set.

The remaining stamps were from D1482 the Love Life Stamp Set.

I used Vineyard Berry and Outdoor Denim to create a more masculine affect.

I hope you all enjoy this project.







Your next stop on the cross Canada Hop is Sheri of Sheri says-justscrapit