Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Fabulous Flowers

This is a very simple but elegant card using the Mothering Frame flowers from Digital Delights.




I printed, colored and cut out 6 layers of flower parts.  Then I stacked them up with silicone glue in between the layers.




Card Recipe
Images: Digital Delights Mothering Frame
Paper:  SU green, Gina K
Markers/Ink: Copics, Tombow black marker around the edges
Embellishments: Wild Orchid metal, Bulgarian lace from Stamprs.com, MS edge punch




 Challenges for this card:
Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this week's challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Soccer Mom's Record

It is time for another scrapbook post and this time I have a Soccer Mom Album to share.  This one is from Kathy Orta's Foto Folio #4. These tutorials are the best and very easy to follow.



This is the front of the book with gotmoxxie.com soccer paper and latch closure.  The side spines are held together with Kraft-Tex (very sturdy).


This is the first open position.  Look at all those pockets!  Room for lots of tags and pictures.  I counted over 80 spaces for all those great soccer photos of you special player.


Fully open all flaps
I used Karen Foster Soccer Camp paper pack and lots of black, red, cream and kraft cardstock.  I also found a team journal card pack at Michael's.



Open the first bottom center flap and then the gate-fold opens to many more pockets.  Each one of those layers is another fold down flap with more pockets.

Challenges for all to see:

Are you watching any of the World Cup?

NancyD

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Summer Bear

Summer weather has finally taken over from spring, children are out of school and ice cream is the order of the day.  Just in time for this cute bear to tell someone how sweet they are.



I couldn't help adding this big raspberry bow to top off the Prima pearls.


Card Recipe
Images: Digital Delights Patchy Bear, Heatwave Sentiment
Paper:  Gina K Designs Petals and Wings collection, Bazzill
Markers/Ink: Copics, Distress Brushed Corduroy
Embellishments: Prima pearls and craft ribbon, SU label punch, Spellbinders die




 Challenges for this card:
Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this week's challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Friday, June 13, 2014

Foto Folio Scrapbook for all Occaisons

In my craft room you can see by the scraps everywhere that I am always working on a project.  When I finish a project I cleanup all the scraps, empty the waste basket, put away any leftover papers and supplies, and then I bring out what I need for the next project and very excitedly get started.  So to me it seems that there is never a time that I don't have scraps of paper everywhere. lol!

My project focus recently has been on Kathy Orta Tutorials - they are the best!!!  She is such a great designer and keeps innovating new methods of construction.  As I make projects from her tutorials I like to put my own little spin on them which makes them uniquely my creation.


This Foto Folio is a combination of Folio tutorial #1 and #6.

This scrapbook is made folio style which means that it opens like a business folio.  The spines are made with Kraft-Tex - very sturdy paper that has an extremely high fiber content.  This project is really amazing and is worth checking out.  You can wash it, paint it, emboss it, stitch on it, and a lot more, but you can not tare it.


Open the left side of the folio

Open the right side of the folio
Once the folio is open from both sides you find that there are two pull-out pocket envelopes.  Each generous envelope pocket is perfect for memorabilia or extra pictures.  The envelopes have three flaps with much more space for pictures and journaling.


 

 

Everywhere you look in this folio there are pockets for tags and pictures and lots of flaps that fold in ever direction.  This makes for fun interactive elements.  When my grandson first saw this he said that it made him think of a Swiss army knife because we kept pulling out more flaps for pictures.


More left side flaps
Right side is part of Folio #6 reversed


Right side open


Center section all pulled out
I still need to make a bunch of tags to slip into all the pockets.  I think this folio will hold nearly 100 pictures and there are still lots of spaces for journaling.






Products used:

  • Authentique Abroad collection - I used most of two paper packs and the 6x6 pad from my local Scrapbook Central store
  • Black, Kraft, Red, Navy Blue - some Bazzill, Stampin Up and Paper Accents
  • Journal cards from Kaiser Kraft Captured Moments
  • Be Creative and Scor-Tape and lots of Aleene's Tacky Glue
  • Maya Road and American Crafts shaped paper clips

I will share this scrapbook with my friends at:
Have a wonderful day creating!
NancyD

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

My Painter and Handyman

My card this week is for one of my son's upcoming birthday.  He is the consummate handyman who can paint like a pro, hang drywall, tape and mud better than anyone I have every seen, and create a myriad of fine finishing details.  I think one of the reasons he is so good at this type of work is that he has a very creative mindset and working with wood, mud and paint gives him an outlet for that creativity.

This fabulous image - Painter Dan - is just perfect for his birthday card.



Card Recipe
Images: Digital Delights Tool Time Value Set
Paper:  Bazzil, Woodgain paper from scrapbook store
Markers/Ink: Copics, Distress Tea Dye 
Embellishments: Prima pearls, SU Label punch 




 Challenges for this card:


Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this week's challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Monday, June 9, 2014

Tower of Life

I have been having fun working on a scrapbook tutorial by Kathy Orta from Paper Phenomenon.  This fabulous tower is from Kit Club 10.  I am going to use this as a centre piece on my coffee table.  The three scrapbooks will hold pictures of my grand children.


I plan to put a family phone book in the open slot.
I have two great pictures of my hubby and I for these spaces.

This is meant to be a shadow box.

We love camping in our trailer so this was a good choice.

These are spaces for several mini scrapbooks.
The left side section is a larger mini-album that I plan to use for pictures of grand children from my son with four children.  The top and bottom sections on the right are two identical books that will be perfect for the children from my other two sons.  The center section is actually a drawer.  If my daughter decides to have children I will create and a scrapbook to slip in the drawer.

Get an eye full of this bling!!  I found the beads at Michael's and they go perfect with this KaiserKraft Art of Life paper collection.  Just pull on the beads and out comes the scrapbook.

 


When the scrapbooks are all matted and filled with pictures I will have another show and tell.

Have a great day!
NancyD


Wednesday, June 4, 2014

To Bee or Not to Be Sweet!

This week Digital Delights is releasing a new set of stamps for you to enjoy.  My project is made with the new Queen Bee.





Card Recipe
Images: Digital Delights Queen Bee, Heat Wave Sentiments
Paper:  SU Cajun, BoBunny Ambrosia Collection
Markers/Ink: Copics, Distress Tea Dye, Sakura Metalic pens, Stickles 
Embellishments: Prima pearls and BoBunny gems, Wild Orchid and Michael's flowers, MS leaf punch


 

 Challenges for this card:
Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this week's challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD