Happy Mother's Day Mini Album

I was requested to make a mini Mother's Day Album for my grandson's step-daughter and this is what I came up with.  Lot of photos.  Hope you enjoy looking.

I love how the cover turned out.  The flowers are made with an MFT rose dies and the leaves are from a SU die.  The sentiment is cut with the Cricut and layered 3 times.  The binding is punched with an EK Success punch and embossed with SU Mosaic EF.  The papers are from the Chateau 12x12 pad by CraftSmart (I think I purchased it at Michael's a while back).

Inside cover with a pocket. Another rose and MFT leafy scroll.  Love is from the Cricut cartridge.

Page 1.  Another pocket with a heart die by MFT.

Page 2.  New is MFT dies and Mama is from the Cricut cartridge.

Page 3.  MFT alphabet dies.

Page 4  - another pocket page.  The banner die is by MFT and the stamp is an older one I had.

Page 5 - Pocket page with a saying from a baby paper pad and star stickers.

Page 6 - Another saying from the baby paper pad.

Page 7 - Another saying from the baby paper pad.

Page 8 - Another rose and leaf die by MFT.

I made the inside back cover with a pocket for photos from her first Mother's Day.

Back cover with my Handmade for you stamp.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my mini album.  The book is 7" x 5-1/2" and will hold quite a few 3-1/2 x 5" photos.

Happy Crafting,

JoAnn

Happy Anniversary x 2

I made a couple of anniversary cards for 2 couples at church (they loved them).

My first card is done in gold and I used the photo inspiration at Just Us Girls and went with the flowers, dots and gold in the photo.  The gold dotted paper is from Teresa Collins Studio Gold 6x6 pad.  The gold foil paper is from Holiday Elegance by Craft Smith (from Michael's).  I punched the leaves from the same paper with SU Build A Bird punch.  The flowers from SU Flower Soft are stamped in Versamark on Vellum, embossed with Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold embossing powder and mounted with foam tape.   Happy Anniversary is from an Innie & Outie stamp from Hobby Lobby.

This card is based on Deneen Treble's card (thank you Deneen) I saw on Pinterest.  I changed the colors, flowers and banner, but love the way she did the Spellbinders Floral Ovals die and background.   I used SU Lost Lagoon DSP and stamped the flower from Vintage Vogue (retired) in Lost Lagoon ink.  The leaves are from SU Peaceful Petals on Old Olive.  The banner is cut with the Artiste cartridge on my Cricut.  The sentiment is also from SU Something To Celebrate.  I curved the stamp a little on my block before stamping it in Lost Lagoon ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Layout for a friend

Happy Saturday friends.  I am posting a layout I made for a friend's daughter that is getting married.  This is the first layout I have done in awhile and I had fun making it.  I hope she likes it.

The DSP is from Recollections Graceful 12x12 pad and I used brown CS from my stash.  The flowers are stamped and cut with my new Heartfelt Creations Arianna Blooms stamps & dies.  I used my round needle nose craft pliers to shape the petals on each of the flowers and then inked the edges with SU Chocolate Chip ink.  I used a small sun punch for the centers.  The swirls are cut with the Fancy Foilage Die by Our Daily Bread Designs.  I cut it in half to add it behind the flowers.  The borders are cut with Spellbinders Classic Lace Border die (I think it has been discontinued).  The names and dates are cut with my Cricut using Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art.

I will be putting this in a scrapbook frame for her.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Wedding Card & Layout - Cheery Lyn Designs Challenge

This is a card and layout that I made for a couple at our church that are getting married this weekend. Their colors are pale blue & yellow. I will be framing the layout in a white frame. The center panel is for their photo. I had a lot of fun making both the card and layout.

The card idea is from my good friend Jeanie, The Spotted Chick (click on the link and check out her card, and while you are there check out all her fabulous creations). She made wedding invitations (and a whole bunc of other stuff) for her daughter's wedding last year using this Silhouette Cameo cut file for the card wrap and I just loved it. So with my NEW Cameo I cut the card wrap and made the card similar to Jeanie's. I used SU Whisper White and Bashful Blue CS and DSP. I typed the couple's names & date on my computer and cut it out with a Spellbinders oval & scalloped oval. The card sentiment is from SU Occasional Quotes set. The band for the card is glued only on the back of the card and has a Basic Gray small magnet for the closure. The card is 4-1/2" square.

 

 

For the layout I used Bashful Blue CS & DSP. Whisper White, Certainly Celery and the yellow is from The Paper Studio.  I die-cut the Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flouish in Celery Green.  The yellow flowers are made with Spellbinder's Rose Creations dies with a SU white brad in the center. I inked the edges with SU Daffodil Delight ink.  The small blue roses are made with MFT's Rolled Rose die.  The date is done on my computer and matted with a Fancy Tags Two die.  The & symbol is also done on the computer and cut with Heart & Scalloped Heart dies.  The names are cut on my Cricut.  The fancy corners are a Provo Craft die.   I embossed the center white panel with a Sizzix EF and punched Bashful Blue boders with a Martha Stewart punch.  I punched the corners of the photo mat with Family Treasures corner punch so the couple could insert a photo of their choice.

 

I am entering this layout in Cheery Lynn Designs die-cut flowers challenge.  You have to use at least one Cheery Lynn die.  I don't have any of their flower dies, but I do have the Fanciful Flourish and some border dies.  Check out their challenge, just click on the link.



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1st Grade layout



I finally did a new layout.  This is my great-granddaughter when she was in the 1st grade. She just started 3rd grade this year.  Her younger sister started kindergarten, so there will be more layouts to do.
I used all Basic Grey except for the pink stripe (K& Co.). Martha Stewart border punches.  I used my new Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge for the the titles and scallop circle.  The bling is from Michael's.
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