Herringbone

Yesterday I went to my friend Pamela's house to make cards...we had decided to make it a new technique event. The technique she chose was "herringbone". At first I thought it was going to be really hard but once we got going, It was a pretty simple concept. It's a great way to "use your stash" since you can make it with scrap paper. I happened to have a bunch of 6x6 Basic Grey paper packs that I wasn't really doing anything with so I brought those. These two cards were made with Basic Grey "Ambrosia". I LOVE the way they came out and Pamela suggested I put the A Muse kokeshi doll stamp on one of them. I think it looks like a quilt!

Paper: Basic Grey "Ambrosia" (from the 6x6 paper pad)

Card: Memory Box

Stamp: A Muse - Kokeshi Doll.

Copic Markers

A Xyron was used to adhesive the strips

Outlining Text in SBC+

Here's my example of outlined text. Papers and elements are from Summertime Designs - Believe

Layout using the glitter technique

Here's a Christmas layout I made using the glitter technique. I used it on the Christmas tree element and the large title "Christmas" and " morning". The digi kit I used was Summertime designs "Believe".

SBC+ Techniques

I've been going on a couple blogs and facebook groups learning techiques for using Creative Memories digital Storybook Creator Plus 3.0. It's the my chosen software for making all my digital scrapbooking pages. It's easy to use and of course I thought I knew everything until I started looking around. Wow...I can do so much more than I thought! I've been making my own directions so I can store them and refer as needed. I'm such a visual learner so this is helping me alot.

One of the more recent techniques is making things sparkle and glitter! I'll share the directions with you...

My Sweetie Pie

Here's a layout using Creative Memories Digi Kit - With Love

Layouts - Sweden 1978

Here are some traditional layouts I did this week of some old pics of Sweden in 1978. I took all the pics and I was 13 so they're really old and dark. Hopefull I helped them out in my layouts. I'm not finished with all the journaling or all the titles but here's what I have so far. All the patterned paper is Basic Grey "Urban Prairie" and the solid paper is Bazzill (various colors).

A Muse Challenge #9 - Octoberfest

This month's challenge is called *Octoberfest*!! It's October and we are going to celebrate it!! Your challenge is to use your A Muse stamps to create something inspired by the word *October*!! There are SO many possibilities with this one...Halloween, Fall, Breast Cancer awareness, October birthdays, football, anything that means October to you!! Also, this challenge is not only for cards! If you create other types of projects using A Muse stamps that fit this challenge, link those too!! Get creative!!