"me" Layout

Ok...for all of you that know me, I have NEVER done a layout that is all about me! BUT....Lain Ehmann over at the LOAD Challenge had as a prompt to do a LO about "crazy family life" =, she put in there we could do a schedule if we wanted to. :) Then over at Scrapbook.com, they asked for a LO that is all about "me". I was like....YIKES!!! Does anyone scrap about themselves? Well the answer to that is: YES! :) And today, I became one of them! :)

I pulled out my Bind-it-all, my Teresa Collins Paper, Bling, my rose bud Memento marker and got to work.

I started with writing my schedule for during the week, during the school year on the Teresa Collins- Journal-It Girl 12x12 paper. I almost didn't have enough room on the paper and I didn't have enough pics of me for a 2 page LO, so I smushed it down a bit!

Next, came the pics...I have been trying to take more of myself for projects and pages and stuff so I did have some of those. :) So I printed one out in Black and White and another out in color. Then came the time to put them on....YIKES....I was gonna be taking up a lot of space with just 2 pics! So....I knew that BIA had a challenge to use your BIA for any project that wasn't a book. So, that is what I did. I put the BIA to work. I punched the holes and put my o-wire in. Once that was done, I put pink and black dotted ribbon through the o-wire. I finally put velcro dots on the bottom of each pic, so if/when people wanted to see my schedule....they could just lift the pic and there it was! :) I added a little ephemera too. :) The pink rose was cut from a card I got at Goodwill that just "spoke" to me! :) Then I added some small "me" touches and some bling and WALLA....a ME LO! :)

This is the layout, the top title portion has "me" and the bottom has, "Subject "2" changE", is that not the truth!!

The picture being lifted to reveal the rest of my schedule! :)

This is just the second picture being lifted, but you can see the velcro dot better! :)

What I used: Teresa Collins Journal-It Girl 12x12 paper

Memento Rose Bud Marker (fine tip end)

Me and My Big Ideas Icon Bling (crown)

Micheal's $$ Bin (heart bling images)

Michael's Bling (butterflies, flowers, reg. stones)

Creative Memories Letter Stickers

CuttleBug Fun "Springy Flower" Card

I decided to have a little fun with my Cuttlebug (and join their challenge #26) tonight while my Bestie, Bex, was here with me! :) I used a Fiskars embossing plate with it to make my Fun, Springy Flower Card! :)

I cut out a flower shaped card twice (at 6" with the Expression) with my Cricut Wild Card Cartridge. I cut this shape in light purple and white Best Occasions Cardstock. I lined the two card cuts up and adhered the backside (square part) only together. Now, the card cuts out the flower shape on the front of the card with a square backing, but I wanted a circular back, and I didn't feel like messing with my Design Studio, so I enlisted my Creative Memories Circle Cutting System to do the job. I cut the back of the card at a 5 &1/2" circle and made sure that the circle template was overlapping the fold of the card so I wouldn't cut my card into two different pieces.

I then put my Expression into frame mode on the Wild Card Cartridge and cut the flower out in white and pink Best Occasions cardstock. I ran the pink and white flowers through the Cuttlebug (separately) with the dotted Fiskars embossing template and then chalked them with Pebbles Inc. Pearl Chalks (white was colored with pink and pink was colored with white). I did this to bring out the embossed dots a little better.

I did have to use my Fiskars rubbing tool to emboss the purple flower because it was a little too big to go through my Cuttlebug.

I "skewed" the flowers on top of each other (white on top, then purple "card", and last pink). Pierce the 3 layers (be careful not to go through the non-adhered white flower shape of the card) and place a Heidi Swapp Big Bling Brad though the three layers. Then adhere the white flower part of the card to the layers.

I finally stamped the phrase "lean on me" from the CTMH Friendship word stamps set, in CTMH Amethyst ink. I then took a clean Fantastix (tsukineko) pointed end tool and put a little Amethyst ink on the end and made three dots. Then on the inside of the card I stamped, with Amethyst, the phrase, "through happy times and sad", also from the Friendship set. I used the flower border from the same set and stamped the top and bottom of the inside of the card. :)

I just love the end product and hope you will enjoy it too! :) Thanks for looking and visiting! :)

Spring Butterfly Card for Swap (March '09)

This is a 6x6 card that I did for a Spring Swap at my lss.
What I used: Bazzill (apple green), DCWV-Butterflies and Blossoms, Stampin'Up (mat for stamped image), studio g, memento dew drop inks (rosebud and new sprout), white and black cardstock was from scrap, fiskars border punch, circles were cut using the Creative Memories Circle Cutting System, Butterfly was cut with the Cricut and Indie Art Cartridge on Glossy White Paper using the Alcohol Ink Splatter Technique from Tim Holtz's Demo at: http://www.timholtz.com/demos.html, black cardstock was used for the butterfly's shadow, bling was from Bead Party

Jon's Last Day of School '06

These pics were taken during Jon's Last Day of First Grade! :) See how long it took to get them scrapped? I just keep telling myself I was waiting for ideas on how to scrap them!! LOL!
What I used: 12x12 DCWV-Stack 6, Circles were cut from scrap paper using the Creative Memories Circle cutting system, Dice was cut with the Cricut using the Indie Art Cartridge and scrap paper, Delight Horizontal Journaling Tag-Ali Edwards for Designer Digitals also PhotoShop Elements 7 to edit the tag for use, Ranger Alcohol Inks in Lettuce, Cranberry, and Denim, Ranger Paint Dabber in Lettuce, Doodlebug Designs-brown brads, and CTMH- red, yellow, green, and blue brads.

Jon and Sasha

These pics were taken the day after our little girl, Sasha Wren, came into our lives.
What I used: Best Occasions Textured Paper Pack- Blue 12x12
Blue circles were cut from scraps using Creative Memories circle Custom Cutting System
Little Yellow Bicycle Baby Safari- circle on bottom left on the bigger darker circle and the 2 blue birds are from LYB's Safari Baby Boy Clear Cuts
Ali Edwards for Designer Digitals- Moments journaling box