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Monday, May 18, 2015

Disney's The Little Mermaid Scrapbook Layout


Every now and again I love using a kit when my mojo is low. This Disney's The Little Mermaid layout started as a Mosaic Moments kit with all of the pre-cut squares, ribbon and cornerstones. Since it was a sea theme, I thought it would be great for the picture of my family, Ariel and Eric. This was my daughter's favorite princess at the time. It was so magical for her to meet her and Eric. They were so attentive and in character. It was truly amazing!


In order to complete the layout I added some die cuts using my Cricut Explore and a Disney cartridge. Disney characters have SO many LAYERS!! I'm happy with how Ariel came out, the title and the name shell. To add a little sparkle and shine I added star gem embellishments by Prima.



Here's the layout altogether. Thanks for stopping by!


La-Vie
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http://cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/05/magic-kingdom-mosaic-moments-and-simple.html

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Magic Kingdom, Mosaic Moments and Simple Stories Say Cheese


I've got a non-matching but related Disney layout for you today. On the left is a pic of me and my daughter and the beautiful Cinderella Castle in magic Kingdom at night. The right-hand page is our chance meeting with Mary Poppins on main street.

Mosaic Moments gird paper, Simple Stories say cheese collection and Queen and Co. felt adhesive "main street USA" border.


I tied in these two pages with the colors and patterns of the collection. The stickers, snap cards, border stickers etc. all coordinate. It makes scrapbooking easy!


Here's the pages together. These are the only two single pages in my album but I love 'em.


Thanks for stopping by! Crafty blessings!

La-Vie

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

DCWV Amusement Park Scrapbook Layout


As promised I'm back.... with the companion page for my amusement park layout. I created this layout for my nephew's scrapbook with the DCWV Stack-a-holic challenge in mind.


Most of the layout was created using DCWV - My Sunshine Stack. However, a small amount of embellishments are from The Paper Loft - Double-sided die cuts - Summer Shapes, Lawn Fawn Peace Love Joy - sequins and American Crafts ribbon and twine. All the layers were inked with Tim Holtz Distress ink - antique linen using a finger dauber.



For more information on the first page I created, see my last post.



Together they make a great pair of pages about my nephew's ride on the Ferris wheel. After creating the layout I couldn't decide whether to reverse the pages due to the title being on the right hand page. The timeline suggested we waited in line and then we got on the ride so I positioned them this way. However, I think it's a little more pleasing to the eye to see them reversed. 

Here's how they look the other way around. 


Do you see a difference? Which do you like best? Does it matter that the timeline of events is nw backwards or do you just see cute kid faces? I know there's no right or wrong answer. But I am just curious if anyone else goes through these dilemmas. Please leave me a comment with your vote. Thanks for stopping by!


La-Vie


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Monday, September 15, 2014

Amusement Park Scrapbook Page - September Guest Designer - Scrapstuffz


Happy Monday!!!


I'm super excited to guest design for the Scrapstuffz "Inspired By" Challenge blog for a 2nd time this month. It's 'double your fun' month so I am back with a project inspired by another photo (see below). It's perfect for those of us (me included) who just don't want to let go of the summer.


I drew my inspiration from the ride itself, the colors, the sparkle of the lights and the straight lines. I created the right hand page of a 2-page layout featuring me, my darling children and my nephew riding the ferris wheel. I love the mix of vibrant and muted colors in the DCWV - My Sunshine Stack. I was able to make my own embellishments from the 2 pages of cut outs in the stack. The tag, the word "curious" and the phrase "I love this" for example.

I set the layers apart by inking the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - antique linen - with a brustix. That allowed me to get into small areas because I did all the inking after the entire layout was completed.  Jolees makes the best titles! I've been waiting to use this one for quite some time. So worth the wait!!! The sequins from Lawn Fawn Peace Love Joy give this page a little extra sparkle. My favorite pen for journaling is Copic Multiliner (0.3 size). Today I used brown to allow the pictures to shine the most rather than the words.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you check out the challenges over at Scrapstuffz "Inspired By" Challenge blog. If you'd like to see the right hand page and the complete layout together pop back here tomorrow. It's been a pleasure to guest design this month!

La-Vie

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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Lawn Fawn Kiwi Lane Christmas '05 Layout


My 9-year old daughter and I got some uninterrupted quality time together to craft this week. I've been planning this project in my mind for years and finally bit the bullet. We are making an album of our Christmases with family over the past 9 years and will add to it each year. My side of the family lives about 6 hours away driving and we only see them a few times a year. Those times are special and we wanted to give this album to them for one of their Christmas gifts.

In the first layout, Zora is just a couple weeks away from turning one year old at her first Christmas. She chose pictures of just her and me and my husband for this one and a second layout to come will feature auntie and grandma sharing in her special moment.


I'm teaching Zora how to design scrapbook pages with designer collections like Lawn Fawn's Peace Joy Love templates by Kiwi Lane. In the process she schooled me on a few techniques! Go figure. Children are so creative. It doesn't matter how many classes I take and certifications I get, she's amazing and keeping me on my toes. I guess you're wondering what she taught me....


I allowed Zora to choose any embellishments she wanted from my Christmas section in my ScrapRack. She chose pine cones and candy canes along with a Jolee's Christmas tree. The pine cones are singular but she said I'm going to make a wreath. I was thinking...what? but look how nicely it came out and accents the page?! I was like go Zora, go Zora, get busy!! (dating myself for real!) But really, it's nice that someone enjoys what I enjoy and that I can share it. Sigh.....

The red cardstock is by Bazzill and the patterned ones are by Lawn Fawn. Kiwi Lane templates Happy Trails and Spook Alley were used. She traced the designed on the back side of the cardstock with a signo white uniball pen and cut it out with Elizabeth craft fussy cut scissors.


The photo mats were cut with the Cricut Expression 2 from the wintertime layout on the Artbooking cart by CTMH. The vellum sticker is by Anna Griffin Yuletide Greetings. The title is made out of K&Company's Christmas themed Chip Box. They are not self-adhesive so she used Zots glue dots and Scotch ATG to adhere them.

The "1st" portion of the title is customizable Thickers by American Crafts. The font is called rainboots. They come in white and the top (and bottom) is a sticker. You can add anything to the top to make it match your project. We decided to go with ultra fine transparent crystal glitter. I cannot remember where the pine cones and candy canes are from. They are with recollections or Jolee's. Another adhesive she used was Xyron 2.5" sticker maker.

I hope you enjoyed this Christmas in June presentation. I'll be sure to share more of the layouts my dear daughter creates as we create "the gift of a lifetime..." (wish I had one of those echo mikes for that phrase - smile!)

La-Vie and Zora

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Sunday, March 30, 2014

"I'm All Ears" Paper Wizard Disney Page



Earlier today, Paper Wizard announced a giveaway on its FaceBook page. Check it out here. For the first 12 people who post a newly made scrapbook page/layout to their FaceBook would receive a ticket to the selling floor of a Scrapbook Expo show of your choice. Scrapbook Expo is here in April so I jumped on it and made another page for my 2011 Disney album. The whole album is being created using Mosaic Moments.

I only had a few pics of us wearing Mickey Mouse ears so I scrapbooked this very differently than I usually do. It's a lot more busy looking but I love it! Can't always stay in the box....


The inspiration for this layout was the cute pics I took of my son in his stitched Mickey ears. I bought the Paper Wizard title to help exemplify both my children's new obsession with Disney! Here's a closeup of the 9-layer title.

Supplies:
  • Paper Wizard title - I'm All Ears
  • Mosaic Moments - White grid paper
  • Marvy Punch - 3" square punch
  • EK Success - Disney speciality paper: red/beige stars, Mickey paper with clouds and the blue star border
  • Simple Stories:
    • Say Cheese Simple Basics Kit: Yellow dots/stripes cardstock, bingo cards/stars
    • Say Cheese Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers: Family Fun Documented, Arrow, Photo Op, camera banner piece, I love this, Smiles from Ear to Ear, black heart, black polka dot border, red polka dot scalloped border
    • Say Cheese: blue film strip cardstock
  • Adhesives: Scotch ATG, Glossy Accents, Zots, The Paper studio foam adhesive, Xyron
  • Zig millennium pen
Wish me luck!!

La-Vie

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Kraftie Kre8ations DT Reveal - Swatch book of Thankfulness





As a part of the Kraftie Kre8ations (KK8) DT, I'm learning about new crafts and techniques. Today we are showing our gratitude in a swatch book. "What's that?" you may ask... well it's like a small scrapbook. I've been mulling over whether I wanted to start a project life type scrapbook and making a swatch book kind of reminded me of that style of scrapbooking. So this is me, dipping my toe in the water and it feels fine!!


My swatch book entitled Live, Love, Laugh is about my adventures in October 2013. It's made from 3 x 4 inch pieces of cardstock from my scrap bin and a couple of journaling cards from a Project Life core kit called Amber edition. The scraps were from DCWV, Bo Bunny, Basic Grey, American Crafts, etc. The ten pages of the swatch book were made with my We R Memory Keepers 3 x 4 punch (with rounded corners) and the holes were added with my Crop-a-dile Big Bite.

Here's a closer look...


Last month, I was on a weight loss journey so I thought I would show my gratitude for my progress and my growing bond with my workout partner.

I used a dimensional sticker sheet (Jolee's maybe??) to adorn the pages and to being continuity to the swatch book. The butterfly is from a dollar store sticker sheet and the one kraft chevron is a leftover from a border punch from Stampin' Up!


Here's to meeting up with old friends and for having some old fashioned fun!! My daughter is winning a race and my son is ready for a sack race at the church fish fry. We are thankful!


I am thankful that my husband and my best friend accompanied me to a huge costume party (where we had a BALL) and that my new-found fitness allowed me to look fabulous in my flapper outfit! My daughter saw us having so much fun she went and threw her outfit on for some pics.


So there you have it! The last page has some journaling and here's a look at the book closed and spread open. I enjoyed making this swatch book so much. It's a great way to reflect on the month. Now I see why Project Lifers are into it so much. I can easily remember the little things we did and show my young children to remind them as well. I just might start one for real come Jan 1, 2014. Follow me here and on Bloglovin' (buttons at the sidebar) to see the big reveal!!

I hope you enjoyed this presentation and will check out my fellow DT member's reveals at Kraftie Kre8ations.

La-Vie
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Friday, November 15, 2013

All that Stickles Linky Party - Let's Talk Turkey


It's my second Featured Fan Friday at the All that Stickles blog!! It's been a fun month so far guest designing and hearing from my fans far and wide, new and old. Thanks so much for your support! My heart is warmed!

For this link party - Let's Talk Turkey - we are to create projects including a turkey and (but of course...) Stickles!!! I decided to create a clean and simple Thanksgiving 8x8 scrapbook page of my children. 

Starting with DCWV Timeless stack, I chose a vintage looking typewritten card stock for the base and built it from there with Cricut cuts and Stickles.


The turkey was cut from kraft cardstock by Recollections using the Cricut cart Create a Critter 2 at 5 inches. Happy Thanksgiving was cut from the same material and cart at 3 inches. I chose Cranberry, Cinnamon and Paprika Stickles to adorn these cuts because they are the BEST fall colors!!


Drawing in the title letters with Stickles gave the cuts that extra punch! The precision tip helped me make a precise application every time. 

 I'm so enamored with my new chevron border punch from Stampin' Up! I decided to punch the border, affix and fill in with Stickles. A goal of mine is to make my own embellishments. From the looks of it, I am well on my way!!



This Turkey 'gave me life!' Although it is a simple layered cut, outlining and coloring Recollections cardstock with Stickles really makes it so much more rich in texture and style. All my critters end up with google eyes... there's no better way, LOL.


I decided to use a little kraft under the picture to tie everything together. When you're working small, every element counts! I hope you can see how sparkly and nice the Stickles are at this angle. The camera just doesn't do it justice! I love Stickles!!!

 Thanks for stopping by and good luck in the challenge! For more info and to see many more projects by moi, visit my personal blog.

 La-Vie
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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Winnie the Pooh Challenge - Kraftie Kre8ations DT



Guess what? September is National Honey month and this week is Kids Creative Week! To celebrate these occasions, the Krafie Kre8ations design team created projects featuring Winnie the Pooh and kids. Why? Because we ALL know Pooh loooooooves his honey!! And what kid can resist that lovable, huggable bear, Winnie the Pooh? 

Join in on the fun!! If you except this challenge, create a project featuring Winnie the Pooh and kids. Link your blog post or gallery photo to the Kraftie Kre8ations blog between September 29th and October 5th and one winner will be chosen to receive a special prize. The winner will be announced on October 6th.  




Our family took our first trip to Disney in 2011. My children were 2 and 6. It was such a magical time! This Mosaic Moments layout shows all the fun we had waiting in line for the many adventures of Pooh ride in Magic Kingdom.


I am very experienced at creating Mosaic Moments layouts using 1" and 3" square punches. Actually my entire Disney trip is in Mosaic Moments (links to the other layouts I have created are at the bottom of this post.) However, this was my very first time using Kiwi Lane Designs templates. The title on this page sits on cardstock cut using the Aspen Court mini 2A. A full supply list is included below.



On this page I used both sides 2A and 2B of the Aspen Court mini Kiwi Lane Designs templates to adorn the journaling block. I like to leave lots of room for handwritten reflections. I hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane with me.

Supplies:
  • Mosaic Moments grid paper
  • Kiwi Lane Designs - Aspen Court mini 2A, 2B
  • Cricut cart Disney Pooh and Friends - Pooh's head on pg. 18 and Pooh title on p. 16 cut at 2"
  • Martha Stewart Drippy goo punch
  • Pressed Petals, Inc. Black Mini metal letters
  • DCWV - blue leaf cardstock: Animal Crackers Stack, Adhesive cardstock - green, yellow glitter cardstock
  • Bazzill - beige cardstock
  • Recollections - orange, red cardstock, red and yellow washi tape, black cardstock
  • Core'dinations - Autumn (yellow) cardstock punched with the drippy goo punch
  • Queen and Co. - Disney inspired brads
  • Fiskars Zings - red circle epoxy stickers
  • Marvy square punches
  • EK Success Pooh stickers
  • Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Faded Jeans
  • Xyron, Scotch ATG

Thanks for stopping by! If you'd to get your Disney fix check out my other layouts. Here are the links...

La-Vie

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Disney Magical Friends Layout


We had the best time at Animal Kingdom and at Tusker House! I've included the links to the other Disney layouts (two are from Animal Kingdom) I created using Mosaic Moments at the end of this post.



I used a kit from Mosaic Moments to create this layout of stock photos, professional photos and ones we took ourselves. I love the goofy border by EK Success! And look! I made a rare appearance in this layout with my pal Goofy and my son Aidan.


This layout has plenty of white space that can be used for journaling or left blank. I think it makes the layout more pleasing to the eye.


Thanks for stopping by!


Links to other Disney Mosaic Moments layouts I've created:


La-Vie


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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Disney Princess Mosaic Moments Layout


I just realized I never shared the layouts I created at the CKC Lancaster crop. Here and there I am working on our Disney album. Guess, what? I am doing the entire album in Mosaic Moments. A Huge feat, I know but it's so fun. I'll include links to the other layouts I've done at the end of the post. I hope you check 'em out and leave me a comment.




On our first trip to Disney, we had a Princess dinner at Epcot at the Akershus restaurant. My daughter was amazed! She got to meet all her fav princesses in one spot and the highlight was belle in her yellow gown. She was so excited to get her autograph book signed. We made the autograph book with the YourStory, Cricut cuts and stickers.



I left plenty of space for journaling. It was a really cool to see her experience all the magic of the evening. My son is asleep in the stroller (which is why he is not in any of the pictures).


 Supplies:

  • Mosaic Moment grid paper
  • Magic Kingdom Dazzles by Hot off the Press
  • Leeza Gibbons - bling
  • EK Success - Disney embellishments and scrapbook paper
  • adhesive ribbon trim - stash
  • Marvy square punches 


Links to other Disney Mosaic Moments layouts I've created:
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La-Vie


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