Eat Your Veggies: August 2008

I'm loving these kits, I'm using up the littlest bits of scraps.

Ds2 playing in the backyard as usual ...pantless. I cut some strips by hand to create a page boarder & cut 2 pieces of scraps to give a foundation to the photo. Stamped some bugs in VersaMark ink (tone-on-tone effect) to ground the title and used a Creative Cafe label to set the title.

I dug through my embellishment bins (sorted by colours) for buttons and using Glossy Accents & a splot of Stickles to glue down the buttons. I found that Stickles do not work to well on their own as glue, so adding Glossy Accents to the mix really gives buttons a staying power. (not the best pic)

Sticker letters - American Crafts felt Playroom & Doodlebug Loopy Lou Bon Bons, the owl is from my scrap bin (had for a few years). The journal stamp is an Autumn Leaves "For the record" stamped in Distress Brushed Corduroy.

This month kit will get you using those alphabet stamps that you have stored away. I had lots of fun playing with these papers, they are perfect for stamping, highlighting & cutting out letters. You will not have to worry about running out vowels again.

My sweet old bristly coated Beasley cat, he died almost 4 years ago at the age of 13 years. He was a crotchy old man from the day we found him in a cardboard box outside our front door. His momma made a home in the recycling bin the night before we found them.

This page used a sketch that had 3 pictures in a row but I didn't have 3 pictures so I choose the main photo & cut off the edge of the second photo to add to the right side.

I stamped the word Hike in VersaMark and filled in the space with the white Sharpie marker.

I cut out the center of blue scallop cardstock & used the circle as a mask. I tacked it down with removable HermeDots and using a Dabber (tangerine) to apply the paint working from on top of the blue circle outwards. Once the paint dried I went around the negative space with a white sharpie to hightlight the shape.

Using stamps and paper scraps help fill that alphabet void. Stamping your title to match your layout & use up some of those supplies.

I ran a few strips of double-stick glue across the page to stick a folded border strip to bottom of the photo. I just accordion folded the paper as I was applying it to the glue. A few rolls of the brayer and the paper is down for good.

Stamped a scroll frame & cut out the center to create a frame around the photo. Cut out some flowers, place the frame on the page and figure out the direct to page stamping spots. Stamp the flowers, glue down the cutouts and then pop-dot the frame off the page. I pushed brads through scrap pieces & cut into circles.