There is Magic in the Air

 I figured I would participate in the challenge over at FCCB this week.  This layout also applies for challenges over at Cooking With Cricut  and Made By Momo, so go check those out too!  It is to create anything with snow or snowflakes.  I have to admit that I am quite happy with this turned out.

I was going through some of my photography files the other day and I found these.  About a year or so ago Arkansas had a really bad ice storm that cut power out for over a month for some people.  However, in the midst of all the that, it looked truly magical outside.  I am going to put a scrapbook together to showcase some of my photography, and I thought this would be a perfect way to start it.

Everything was cut out using Winter Woodland, not sure of the sizes because I did it on design studio to arrange all the pieces. 

I popped up all the the snowflakes around the edges using pop dots from Hobby Lobby.

Then I finished it all off with Stickles, because Stickles is like having ice cream after a good meal! =-)

Have a Magical Day!

Olivia

Another Layout! Yeah! Is there a such thing as blog stalking? Because I may have done that to see how others make these. Lol.. Just saying. Seriously though, I love seeing other's ideas and interpretations of projects and challenges.

For this page I used several different cartridges:

Dove: Winter Woodland at 4 inches

Branch: Serenade at around 2 inches

Words: Wild Card at 3.5 for Hope and 2.25 for Genesis

Scalloped background: Designers Calender at 8.5 by 11

The scalloped circle: Winter Woodland at 3.75

* I also cut the picture of the flower at 3.5 from Winter Woodland

The patterned paper is from K&Company and I believe it is called Faded China.  It is doubled sided and I used the same sheet for this page.

Thanks for stopping by

Olivia

New Journey

Well, it is a new year.  I cannot believe that it is 2011 already.  I can still remember the turn of the century with all of the Y2K mess; it seems like yesterday.  But that is past, and we must not dwell on the past; we must learn from it!  =-)  I am beginning a new scrapping journey.  My crafty new years resolution was to learn (and practice) how to do layouts, because frankly... I stink. Lol.  I am also on a new spiritual journey.  I am truly a control freak, and I have a hard time putting all that I have into someone else's control.  To follow instead of lead. But this year I want to learn to follow.  What I decided to do was to scrapbook my journey. Killing two birds with one stone!

I am currently on a plan to read the entire Bible in one year.  However, that plan is not set in stone, because if God leads me in a different direction I want to follow Him there.  I probably will not scrap for every single day, but then again you never know... =-)

This first layout centers around chapters 1-4 of Genesis and the creation story.  I will not always use photographs, sometimes it will just be my thoughts on these pages.

For this page everything was cut out from the Life is a Beach cartridge.  

The sun was cut out at 5 inches

The wave boarder is 11.75 by 2.5inches

The whale and lizard were both cut at 2 inches 

I used ribbon, assorted buttons, and Stickles to embellish

I am so excited to learn and grow in the scrapbooking world!  I know I have so many things to lean on this journey, and I am so excited to get started.

Olivia

P.S.  I would love to hear if you have any suggestions for either of these goals. A better way to set up a page, or maybe something that inspires you.

Finally Home

After being gone for over a week; sleeping on foreign beds, leaky air matrices, floors and couches; killing invading bats at 4:30 in the morning; being awaken by my beautiful niece and nephew; I cannot even begin to express my joy of being able to sleep in my own bed tonight! =-)  This Christmas was absolutely wonderful; so many laughs, smiles, and memorable stories, but I am glad to be back home and start getting back the norm.

I know that I told of  a huge post; however, in all of the excitement I forgot to photograph most everything. I know... I know... I hate that, but the time machine has not been invented (yet) so this is what I got.

This is a picture that I made for my mother.  It is 3' by 2'.  I got the frame from a local antique shop; it had no glass and was an awful green color.  I sanded and painted it and had glass cut.  I cut the 'Gibbs," corner and middle embellishments from vinyl, and I etched all of the names around it (using the negative from vinyl cuts).  All of the names are cut from Christmas Cheer cartridge and the embellishments are from Storybook. I have everything layered on the back side of the class (so they vinyl would be protected); therefore, I had to cut everything backwards and flipped.  FYI: when using this method, to layer you must put the top layer on the glass first; the opposite of layering regularly.  I used Design Studio to weld all of the letters in each name and also to get all of the layers correct (I am not sure of the measurements but if you are interested I can look it up for you).

This project took up most of my time; however, I did make 3 other vases (using vinyl and etching), a set of personalized snap-wear containers, and a framed mirror (done much the same as above).  I had so much fun making all the these gifts for Christmas.  It is the first time I have done things like this, and I plan on making it tradition!  Hope you enjoy.

Olivia