How we met

In keeping with my Book of Me album I decided to do a layout about how I met my husband.  I got the idea from a challenge at scrapbook.com.  It was a fun layout to do as we have a fun story.  Also it was a great excuse to scrap a few random photos of the two of us.

Stars

This week at Frosted Designs our very fun challenge is to use stars.  I LOVE the star shape and this was a great excuse for me to use them as I seem to have been neglecting them lately.  What resulted was (in my opinion) a great final layout for my wedding album.  Yup, that's right...I am finally DONE.  I have even already gone back through and re-done quite a few pages.  This time I think I am for real done.  Here it is.

 

I used Basic Grey Black Tie and Crate Paper papers on this LO.  As you have probably noticed Blue is a theme for my wedding album.  I decided that I didn't want to create an album with a wholly unified look.  I am far too random for that, but I did want to create an album that had something tying it all together so blue was the thing I chose.  Blue is my favorite color, it was one of our wedding colors (along with brown and orange). and I tend to use it on almost all of my layouts anyway.  

Pet Peeves

Recently I decided I wanted to do a Book of Me album.  I thought it would be fun to tell the story of me.  For various reasons I decided a list of my pet peeves would be fun to scrap. 

 

I used Crate Paper Die Cut paper, Scenic Route Patterned paper, Thickers, Tim Holtz masks, Peeled Paint Distress Ink, Faded Jeans Distress Ink, Fired Brick Distress Ink, Vintage Photo Distress Stickles, Broken China Distress Stickles, and Rock Candy Distress Stickles for this layout.

Valentine's Day

This week at Frosted Designs we are making V-day projects with a twist.  You can't use pink or red in your project.  I decided to go with turquoise, black, purple, and blue on my project. 

 

I sprayed a gray back ground with Chocolate Covered Cherry and Turquoise Glimmer Mist.  I used my Signo pen to do all the doodling in white.  The heart is Tim Holtz Grungeboard sprayed with Turquoise glimmer mist and then covered in Rock Candy Distress Stickles.  The Wings are a Tim Holtz stamp with Zing Pewter embossing powder.  The rubons are Glitz Designs.  And Finally I added some detail work with Black Diamond and Turquoise Stickles.

Embossing

This week at Frosted Designs the challenge is to use embossing on your project.  It can be either heat or dry embossing it is your choice.  Check out their site to see all the great projects from the rest of the design team.  I chose to use heat embossing this week.  I have been really loving the Zing metallic embossing powders lately.  They add such a nice texture and touch to your projects.  I used the copper color for this layout.  It is a photo of my husband and our dog.  I love the photo and those two so much. 

 

I used Basic Grey Marrakech papers, Broken China Distress Ink, a Making Memories journaling block, Tim Holtz stamps, Thickers, Graphite Glimmer Mist, Turquoise Glimmer Mist, and Broken China Distress Stickles for this layout.  The layout came together pretty quickly.  I love the look of negative space layouts, but I seem to rarely do them.  I really wanted to keep this one simple, but pretty and really show off the photo.

It's all about chipboard

Chipboard is one of my favorite ways to add dimension to a project.  I love how it give more texture to any card or layout you are working on.  This week at Frosted Designs our challenge was to use chipboard on your project.  I created this layout. 

 I used chipboard Thickers that are covered in glitter for the title.  This layout is one of my last wedding layouts that I will be doing (it makes me sad to think that the album is almost done).  I chose the colors to match our wedding colors which were brown, turquoise and orange.  I used Bazzil Bling cardstock, Glitz Designs stamps, Basic Grey Black Tie paper, a Tim Holtz mask, Brushed Corduroy Distress ink, Broken China Distress Ink, Turquoise Glimmer Mist, Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist, Waterfall Stickles, Crystal Stickles and my Cuttlebug to make this layout.   I hand folded the flowers using the dahlia fold method from circles I cut with my cuttlebug.

Eyelets

So I am a little late again this week, but this week at Frosted Designs our challenge was to use eyelets on a project.  I rarely use eyelets so this was a challenge for me.  I like eyelets, but my dog is TERRIFIED of my eyelet setter.  He won't stay in the house if I am using it and most of the time I just don't want to torture the poor little guy!  This week I made him brave the noise and made the following two cards.

This first one I had so much fun making!  I actually designed the white distressed paper.  It started out as white cardstock.  It was SUPER fun and check back later for a tutorial on how to do it.  I used plain cardstock for all the layers and I just added lots of inking, stamping and misting.  I used Stampin' up stamps, Prima stamps, Black Soot Distress Ink, Broken China Distress Ink, Tim Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Embossing Powder, Turquoise Glimmer Mist and Graphite Glimmer Mist.  Of course don't forget the eyelets!  They make a great anchor for the corners of the focal point on the card.

Next was this card I just had TONS of fun with.  I have been wanting to really break out of my comfort zone and try some new styles and I think I did a little with this card.

I used a Tim Holtz stamp, woodless artist colored pencils, eyelets, a Basic Grey Chipboard frame, Black Soot Distress Ink, Smooch Pool Ink, a Tim Holtz Mask, Tim Holtz Black Soot Crackle paint, Black Diamond Stickles, and Turquoise Stickles.