tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34350689281565843432024-03-12T19:01:49.680-07:00scrappingistherapyDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740872238300401363noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435068928156584343.post-10823090270845102422013-05-11T18:38:00.001-07:002013-05-11T18:38:22.468-07:00Sassy!! Layout of me versus the photgrapher!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Most people smile for their pictures at school. I did not. The photographer was annoying me while he was just doing his job of trying to get me to smile. So I showed him! He took the picture anyway and more importantly my mother bought the package and gave out the pictures. My Grandfather always liked this picture. Even at a young age I was showing my attitude.<br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740872238300401363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435068928156584343.post-43958636420135273152013-05-11T18:35:00.003-07:002013-05-11T18:35:45.006-07:00Graduation Milestones Layout<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have always wanted to have my pictures of me graduating in a layout. The first picture is one taken by my father with his Polaroid camera. It is of me in my kindergarten cap and gown. The next picture is of the posed graduation picture taken at school. I don't think I have one of me in my cap and gown. The third picture is of my college graduation. I didn't immediately go to college out of high school so this picture is more poignant since I didn't go to college until I was in my 30's and it took about a decade for me to get my degree. Part of that time I was taking sign language prep classes for the degree I thought I wanted but sort of failed out of the program so I switched gears and stayed with a focus in deafness but a totally different field!<br />
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I fussy cut the flowers from the 12 x 12 paper. The yellow embossed paper with the Graduation words on it was white but I inked it with chalk pigment ink to match the other elements on the page.<br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740872238300401363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435068928156584343.post-34989919048059042752013-03-15T10:23:00.000-07:002013-03-15T10:23:01.095-07:00CSI, colors, stories, inspiration case #10<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I redid an 8.5 x 11 LO that I originally made about 10 years ago!! I never did like the black & white photo on the dark red background because it always looked disjointed. I felt the page needed more so I updated it using the colors and items for the evidence for the csi case #10!<br />
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This time I used some of my Anna Griffin paper from 2001! For the evidence I used a metal book plate that I altered using paint and ink. I also included a bronze colored metal flower. For the fabric portion of the evidence I used a silver-bluish tulle in the pink heart and a gold self-tasseling cord and a dark green ribbon at the bottom of the page.<br />
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To solve my dilemma of having a black and white photo on a dark red background I changed it's color by using Tim Holtz Tattered Pink ink making the photo have a pinkish hue to join the pink and red hues on the page.<br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740872238300401363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435068928156584343.post-46668904891448996862013-03-13T09:18:00.000-07:002013-03-15T10:10:41.546-07:00My Father's Parents--Love The Colors!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I made a 12 x 12 layout of my grandparents on my father's side of my family. I used orange and green patterned papers and just love the look!<br />
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I had a large die cut flower that I used as a template and hand cut patterned papers to give the flower dimension and used a pre-made flower and rhinestone brad for the center. <br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740872238300401363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435068928156584343.post-6983563190004566342013-03-13T09:17:00.000-07:002013-03-15T10:28:17.387-07:00My Mother's Parents--Shabby Chic Vintage Style<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I haven't posted anything in a while because I had lost my mojo. I've been organizing my scrapbook room and all of my hard copy pictures. One day I finally got the bug to create a new page. I used a picture of my mother's parents and created a heritage page for her book that I started years ago. It is 8 1/2 x 11 format because I wanted an easy album for people to look at.<br />
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I used some old Daisy D's paper and some patterned paper from Hot Off The Press #3235. I made the flower from paper (flower with black rhinestone brad center).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My shabby chic page for my mother's scrap book. I never met my grandmother, she died before I was born. My Grandfather was killed when I was two years old.<br />
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I made the flower with the black rhinestone. The Chip board die cut was painted and inked to match the colors and I used a pencil to enhance the flower detail.<br />
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I've had the crochet paper for years...I mean years. I inked it in areas to give it dimension and blend with the palette. I love the ivory ribbon and I love the green ribbon I placed on top of it.
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740872238300401363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435068928156584343.post-85843877837657865582013-03-13T09:13:00.000-07:002013-03-13T09:13:47.963-07:00Procrastination!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I haven't blogged in a long while. As usual I start something and lose interest or intend to get back to it and procrastinate!<br />
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I am going to take pictures of a few scrapbook albums I have and post them here. I am also going to post the current projects I have completed within the last few months.<br />
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I had to buy a new Fiskars paper trimmer. Mine kept cutting crooked and was old and heavy and cumbersome to use so I bought a new one with a coupon.<br />
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I have a lot of new embellishments and paper thanks to my friend Shelly!</div>
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I spent a week on the original version of this page. I had originally wanted a gray border from my stash along with the purple patterned paper but every time I came back to it it didn't seem right! So I started over using this green patterned paper around the edge. I hand made the paper flowers. This page turned out exactly how I was hoping it would.<br />
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Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740872238300401363noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435068928156584343.post-74945236959612437492012-02-07T16:59:00.000-08:002012-02-07T16:59:58.731-08:00I'm not sure I have enough fresh creative ideas for projects...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I can't seem to come up with ideas for even a card. Maybe I'm not cut out for scrapping to sell to others. Maybe it's because I don't have the money for a die cut machine or the newest embellishments but I seem to just sit minute after minute which turns into hours trying to decide what to do to silly pieces of paper and pretty or shiny things that you can attach to them.<br />
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I really wanted to use up my stash and my current embellies to put on cards and lay outs so I could sell them. But it doesn't seem to come easy for me. <br />
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I will use 3 of the 6 pages for two separate books and then make 3 more of the pages to hold the tags..<br />
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So I went to the ladies belts and found this light blue jeweled canvas belt that looks great on the cover. Now I need to add some bling and it will be ready to rock!!<br />
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You can make flowers out of dryer sheets and phone book pages. You can make butterflies out of dryer sheets too! You can make books out of card board from boxes that you handle everyday like cereal boxes and cracker boxes to name a few!!<br />
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I have already made mini albums from paper bags, think lunch bags or larger bags from shopping. Now you can make crinkled flowers out of them!!<br />
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Here are the steps that i took to make the paper my <i>own</i>: I took my ink and inked the edges and then smudged the edges with water soaked sponge.<span style="color: red;"> Nope</span>, still not in love with the paper! Next I found my Zig Pigment Ink pens and outlined the floral pattern with the Fine & Chisel Plum Mist using only the Fine tip. I added a center to the daisy using the American Crafts Slick Writer in Orange Medium Point.<br />
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Well by now, I'm <i>warming up</i> to the paper but I'm still not there all the way. On to the roses, I used my Zig Pigment Ink Baby Pink with the chisel edge and colored the roses. Okay, okay, when will I like this paper? Answer; when I used the Zig Pigment Ink in Teal to add color to the leaves then Teal in Slick Writer to the background in some spots.<span style="color: blue;"> BINGO</span>!! I like this, this paper I want to work with. I put a teal colored card stock behind it and now I have ideas!!<br />
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