You can see the full tutorial on the JustNick Studio blog that includes the video, but I'm also sharing the layout and process video here.
Here is the video: warning, it shows a chocolate brownie about halfway through! hahaha
Majken
Loves chocolate, loves to scrap
Showing posts with label My Mind's Eye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Mind's Eye. Show all posts
Monday, July 22, 2019
Happy Days | Welding Letters in Silhoutte Studio & Process Video
Hello crafty friends! I'm so glad you are joining me today. I have some inspiration for you on the JustNick Studio blog with a tutorial on welding letters in Silhouette Studio, and I also have a process video to share!
You can see the full tutorial on the JustNick Studio blog that includes the video, but I'm also sharing the layout and process video here.
Have a great week!
Majken
You can see the full tutorial on the JustNick Studio blog that includes the video, but I'm also sharing the layout and process video here.
Majken
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Let the Magic Begin | MME December Sketch
Happy 2015 everyone! What a fun year 2014 has been. Of course, not all of it was perfect, but it was nice to have a generally good year for a change. One of our most special things for 2014 was our Thanksgiving visit to Walt Disney World. And I'm finally starting to scrapbook that trip - it may take me all of 2015 to get through! Time will tell. :)
Today's page is focused on our first day at WDW - we chose to kick off the trip visiting The Magic Kingdom...it was a great day, so I wanted to highlight it using a photo taken at the beginning, first thing in the morning. I used the December sketch from MME.
I started with a textured cardstock base spritzed with dark blue. I then cut out the word "Magic" from my base using a free font and my Cameo. I backed "Magic" with CTMH Outdoor Denim cardstock to match the blue in the MME Jubilee Tangerine collection that I used with this layout.
I trimmed some strips, circles, stars, a banner, and a tab using Tangerine paper, which I inked the edges of with dark blue ink. I sewed along the left of the strips to create additional interest. I matted my photo with Outdoor Denim cardstock, tucked the banner behind it and sewed a bit along the edge.
I finished the page with some journal strips. Enamel dots and brads came from the Now & Then, Market Street, and Cut & Paste collections. "Let" and "The" words for the title were trimmed from Tiny Word Stickers from The Sweetest Thing collection. A few sequins were also added for a final touch.
Thanks for stopping by today on this brand new year! I hope your 2015 is filled with peace, love, joy, and a bit of chocolate. xoxo
Majken
Today's page is focused on our first day at WDW - we chose to kick off the trip visiting The Magic Kingdom...it was a great day, so I wanted to highlight it using a photo taken at the beginning, first thing in the morning. I used the December sketch from MME.
I started with a textured cardstock base spritzed with dark blue. I then cut out the word "Magic" from my base using a free font and my Cameo. I backed "Magic" with CTMH Outdoor Denim cardstock to match the blue in the MME Jubilee Tangerine collection that I used with this layout.
I trimmed some strips, circles, stars, a banner, and a tab using Tangerine paper, which I inked the edges of with dark blue ink. I sewed along the left of the strips to create additional interest. I matted my photo with Outdoor Denim cardstock, tucked the banner behind it and sewed a bit along the edge.
I finished the page with some journal strips. Enamel dots and brads came from the Now & Then, Market Street, and Cut & Paste collections. "Let" and "The" words for the title were trimmed from Tiny Word Stickers from The Sweetest Thing collection. A few sequins were also added for a final touch.
Thanks for stopping by today on this brand new year! I hope your 2015 is filled with peace, love, joy, and a bit of chocolate. xoxo
Majken
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
MME Sleigh Bells Ring Cards
Hello everyone and happy Christmas Eve!
I wanted to pop in before the festivities of Christmas to share two cards I created using My Mind's Eye "Sleigh Bells Ring" collection. I received it free from MME for winning their sketch drawing in October for my layout This Kid is the Best. Such fun!!
And I got the SBR collection just in time to use it for some fun Christmas projects, such as the Joy Banner here.
Today I wanted to show two ways to use the collection. The first is the "typical" Christmas card:
I cut the red reindeer and wood grain papers for the card face and inked the edges in black. I cut a tag with the mistletoe image and then backed the tag with the green and red paper from the collection. I added a bit of sparkle using my Gelly Roll pen, tied a gold knot on the tag, and stamped a simple "Merry Christmas" (CTMH, retired set).
But you can use this collection for masculine cards, too, like this birthday card I created to send to my brother:
I cut two pieces from the SBR collection again, this time going for less "Christmas-y" paper (the black plaid and the brown deer) to use as the card face. I inked the edges again in black and cut a tag using the light wood grain paper. I cut a strip of the plaid paper to go across the tag and used a circle punch to get one of the deer heads to pop up off the tag. I used a dark brown wood dot from the collection on the top of the tag, and then used the satin, less glittery side of the same gold ribbon to frame the card.
Well, that's it from me until after Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing holiday filled with family, fun, food, happiness, and of course, chocolate. :)
Best wishes,
Majken
I wanted to pop in before the festivities of Christmas to share two cards I created using My Mind's Eye "Sleigh Bells Ring" collection. I received it free from MME for winning their sketch drawing in October for my layout This Kid is the Best. Such fun!!
And I got the SBR collection just in time to use it for some fun Christmas projects, such as the Joy Banner here.
Today I wanted to show two ways to use the collection. The first is the "typical" Christmas card:
I cut the red reindeer and wood grain papers for the card face and inked the edges in black. I cut a tag with the mistletoe image and then backed the tag with the green and red paper from the collection. I added a bit of sparkle using my Gelly Roll pen, tied a gold knot on the tag, and stamped a simple "Merry Christmas" (CTMH, retired set).
But you can use this collection for masculine cards, too, like this birthday card I created to send to my brother:
I cut two pieces from the SBR collection again, this time going for less "Christmas-y" paper (the black plaid and the brown deer) to use as the card face. I inked the edges again in black and cut a tag using the light wood grain paper. I cut a strip of the plaid paper to go across the tag and used a circle punch to get one of the deer heads to pop up off the tag. I used a dark brown wood dot from the collection on the top of the tag, and then used the satin, less glittery side of the same gold ribbon to frame the card.
Well, that's it from me until after Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing holiday filled with family, fun, food, happiness, and of course, chocolate. :)
Best wishes,
Majken
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Joy Banner | Graham & Brown
Hello everyone-
Did you miss me?? Between a 10 day Thanksgiving roadtrip to Walt Disney World and then trying to get caught back up on life, laundry, and Christmas, it's been fun.
But...it's great to be back! The day after we returned from WDW, I got some GORGEOUS Graham & Brown "Desire" wallpaper to play with. It's high quality paper and really fun to work with! Once I cut the paper from the roll, it felt similar to cardstock, but smoother.
The project I wanted to share with you today is a JOY banner with Desire as the background. I created 5 pennants, cutting the triangles using my Cricut Imagine. It cut wonderfully. I used Mod Podge to adhere the Desire paper to chipboard pennants.
Below are the close-ups first and then the full banner hanging from our mantel. I complemented the banners using materials from My Mind's Eye "Sleigh Bells Ring".
I created the letters for the banner by cutting them on my Cameo and then using chunky glitter to make them sparkle and complement the gold sheen of the wallpaper.
Did you miss me?? Between a 10 day Thanksgiving roadtrip to Walt Disney World and then trying to get caught back up on life, laundry, and Christmas, it's been fun.
But...it's great to be back! The day after we returned from WDW, I got some GORGEOUS Graham & Brown "Desire" wallpaper to play with. It's high quality paper and really fun to work with! Once I cut the paper from the roll, it felt similar to cardstock, but smoother.
The project I wanted to share with you today is a JOY banner with Desire as the background. I created 5 pennants, cutting the triangles using my Cricut Imagine. It cut wonderfully. I used Mod Podge to adhere the Desire paper to chipboard pennants.
Below are the close-ups first and then the full banner hanging from our mantel. I complemented the banners using materials from My Mind's Eye "Sleigh Bells Ring".
I created the letters for the banner by cutting them on my Cameo and then using chunky glitter to make them sparkle and complement the gold sheen of the wallpaper.
Isn't this cardinal beautiful against the Desire paper?
Here is the banner hung along our mantel. I used two snowflake stocking hangers to tie the ends. I'm really pleased with how this turned out, and I plan to make a few cards with the wallpaper as well - Christmas cards, if time permits!
Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to visit Graham & Brown to view their full line of wallpaper and other contemporary wall decoration.
See you soon,
Majken
Saturday, October 25, 2014
This Kid is the Best | My Mind's Eye October Sketch Challenge
Happy Saturday everyone! It's the **weekend**....I love them. I find they are over just all too quickly, though. NO FAIR!!! This weekend we are celebrating my son's 6th birthday with a party, and he is SO EXCITED. My daughter has several invitations to various things, and my mother-in-law is visiting. I will blink and it will be Monday again!
Sigh.
Well, before it flashes to Monday, I wanted to share a layout I created as part of the My Mind's Eye October sketch challenge. Of course, you have to use MME for it. Uh...no problem!!! Did I mention I'm a hoarder of their collections from waaaay back? Going through my papers to reorganize some of my crafty goodies recently, I found 2 pieces from Bohemia copyright 2007. And a few from Abbey Road copyright 2009. And while I can clean out some collections easy-peasy, I Just. Don't. Get Rid. Of MME. Instead, I hoard it. It will get its day...
Which brings me to a layout of my daughter and a snapshot I took of her on her 12th birthday before she left for school.
She's a sweetie...well, most of the time. :) And here is the sketch:
Materials used:
Here are some close-ups.
Title close up -> I used the label stickers and cut "best" using my Cameo. Some messy stitching underneath using black thread:
Patterned paper close-up with messy stitching. I used vellum to mat the photo, with stitching. I also cut some triangles from the gold metallic washi tape:
I misted the base paper with black before placing my arrow, circles, photo and fussy cut flower:
You can see my journaling strips and some enamel dots:
Thanks so much for stopping by during your weekend. Have a wonderful, scrappy weekend! :)
Majken
Sigh.
Well, before it flashes to Monday, I wanted to share a layout I created as part of the My Mind's Eye October sketch challenge. Of course, you have to use MME for it. Uh...no problem!!! Did I mention I'm a hoarder of their collections from waaaay back? Going through my papers to reorganize some of my crafty goodies recently, I found 2 pieces from Bohemia copyright 2007. And a few from Abbey Road copyright 2009. And while I can clean out some collections easy-peasy, I Just. Don't. Get Rid. Of MME. Instead, I hoard it. It will get its day...
Which brings me to a layout of my daughter and a snapshot I took of her on her 12th birthday before she left for school.
She's a sweetie...well, most of the time. :) And here is the sketch:
Materials used:
- Cardstock for base -> Cut & Paste "Flair"
- Patterned paper, chipboard button, enamel dots, label stickers -> Market Street "Ashbury Heights"
- Gold triangle foiled vellum paper; gold washi tape -> Necessities "Metallics"
Here are some close-ups.
Title close up -> I used the label stickers and cut "best" using my Cameo. Some messy stitching underneath using black thread:
Patterned paper close-up with messy stitching. I used vellum to mat the photo, with stitching. I also cut some triangles from the gold metallic washi tape:
I misted the base paper with black before placing my arrow, circles, photo and fussy cut flower:
You can see my journaling strips and some enamel dots:
Thanks so much for stopping by during your weekend. Have a wonderful, scrappy weekend! :)
Majken
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Ninety Years Young! #TBT
Happy Thursday everyone-
Earlier this week I shared a fun photobomb layout and promised to post another project today in my #TBT series.
Today's Throwback Thursday project is of my grandmother "Mommo" at 90 years - we drove down to celebrate with her, and it meant so much to me to scrapbook that weekend with the whole family. She's been gone only about 2 1/2 years, and I really, really miss her. Here's my lovely grandmother.
I chose to use the My Mind's Eye So Sofie "Graceful" papers because not only did the colors match her outfit nicely, but my grandmother was truly a graceful woman. She danced from a young age and owned a successful ballet studio most of her life. She taught/choreographed ballet, tap, jazz and even had a musical theater class (yes, I participated. :) I can still recite all the songs from Annie!).
Anyway, I included only some light embellishments with CTMH organdy ribbon along with a maroon brad and heart pin from Maya Road because I wanted the lovely photo to really stand out.
Here's one of her baby photos, and she was precious!
Don't forget to see some of my previous TBT posts, and have a wonderful day!
Chocolate and scrappy hugs,
Majken
Earlier this week I shared a fun photobomb layout and promised to post another project today in my #TBT series.
Today's Throwback Thursday project is of my grandmother "Mommo" at 90 years - we drove down to celebrate with her, and it meant so much to me to scrapbook that weekend with the whole family. She's been gone only about 2 1/2 years, and I really, really miss her. Here's my lovely grandmother.
I chose to use the My Mind's Eye So Sofie "Graceful" papers because not only did the colors match her outfit nicely, but my grandmother was truly a graceful woman. She danced from a young age and owned a successful ballet studio most of her life. She taught/choreographed ballet, tap, jazz and even had a musical theater class (yes, I participated. :) I can still recite all the songs from Annie!).
Anyway, I included only some light embellishments with CTMH organdy ribbon along with a maroon brad and heart pin from Maya Road because I wanted the lovely photo to really stand out.
Here's one of her baby photos, and she was precious!
Don't forget to see some of my previous TBT posts, and have a wonderful day!
Chocolate and scrappy hugs,
Majken
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Hello card
Hello my crafty friends!
So last week I shared with you a sympathy card that I made using the My Mind's Eye "Collectable" Unforgettable collection.
Today I'm going to share a 2nd card using the same collection and the negative space of the Doodlebug Designs die cut.
Here is the "hello" card:
You can see the negative die cut space helps the brown floral paper show through. I inked the edges of the negative space using a Fantastix Coloring tool and CTMH Cocoa ink. I then double-sewed inside the pink striped paper to frame the card.
Next I created a banner and embellishment cluster using Collectable stickers and buttons. I used a Gelly Roll glitter pen to outline the edge of the die cut -- you can see a little shimmer below around the edge of the die cut negative:
For the sentiment, I used the 3D technique that I shared with the So Very Loved layout last week. I used the Mama Elephant Inline Letters dies and cut 4 of each letter in plain white cardstock...and then glued them together one on top of each other to create my own chipboard effect. Then I glued the final letters using the striped brown paper. You can see the dimension below...do you also see the sparkle? I used the Gelly Roll glitter pen to cover the brown stripes for just a touch of shine.
I hope you enjoyed my card today, and remember: it's never too late to send a homemade card to a friend just to say "hello". :)
Have a great week!
Majken
So last week I shared with you a sympathy card that I made using the My Mind's Eye "Collectable" Unforgettable collection.
Today I'm going to share a 2nd card using the same collection and the negative space of the Doodlebug Designs die cut.
Here is the "hello" card:
You can see the negative die cut space helps the brown floral paper show through. I inked the edges of the negative space using a Fantastix Coloring tool and CTMH Cocoa ink. I then double-sewed inside the pink striped paper to frame the card.
Next I created a banner and embellishment cluster using Collectable stickers and buttons. I used a Gelly Roll glitter pen to outline the edge of the die cut -- you can see a little shimmer below around the edge of the die cut negative:
For the sentiment, I used the 3D technique that I shared with the So Very Loved layout last week. I used the Mama Elephant Inline Letters dies and cut 4 of each letter in plain white cardstock...and then glued them together one on top of each other to create my own chipboard effect. Then I glued the final letters using the striped brown paper. You can see the dimension below...do you also see the sparkle? I used the Gelly Roll glitter pen to cover the brown stripes for just a touch of shine.
I hope you enjoyed my card today, and remember: it's never too late to send a homemade card to a friend just to say "hello". :)
Have a great week!
Majken
Friday, August 22, 2014
Sympathy Card with MME Collectable
Happy Friday everyone!
Today I wanted to share a card using the My Mind's Eye collection "Collectable" - Unforgettable. I had a friend lose her father to lung cancer, and it hit home because of the similarities with my own dad, so I was drawn to create a card to send to her.
I wanted to create a simple card, and I was drawn to use a die from the Doodlebug Design Framelit "Frames", which I used with the pink striped paper. I first adhered a rectangle of the brown floral paper and double-sewed around it with brown thread.
After inking the edges of the die using CTMH Cocoa ink, I popped it up with 3D foam squares. The sentiment is from the CTMH "4 My Friends" stamp set, which I stamped in Juniper ink onto Colonial White cardstock.
I finished the card with a simple knot with organdy ribbon underneath the sentiment.
Tune in next week -- I'll be sharing another card created with this collection and the negative space of this die cut!
Here's to a weekend with crafting and chocolate!
Majken
Today I wanted to share a card using the My Mind's Eye collection "Collectable" - Unforgettable. I had a friend lose her father to lung cancer, and it hit home because of the similarities with my own dad, so I was drawn to create a card to send to her.
I wanted to create a simple card, and I was drawn to use a die from the Doodlebug Design Framelit "Frames", which I used with the pink striped paper. I first adhered a rectangle of the brown floral paper and double-sewed around it with brown thread.
After inking the edges of the die using CTMH Cocoa ink, I popped it up with 3D foam squares. The sentiment is from the CTMH "4 My Friends" stamp set, which I stamped in Juniper ink onto Colonial White cardstock.
I finished the card with a simple knot with organdy ribbon underneath the sentiment.
Tune in next week -- I'll be sharing another card created with this collection and the negative space of this die cut!
Here's to a weekend with crafting and chocolate!
Majken
Thursday, June 12, 2014
#TBT - Graduation Celebration
Hi gals and guys-
Do you ever have one of those weeks where all of a sudden it is the next week? That happened to me! I had planned to share my latest TBT post with you last week, and I simply...Ran. Out. Of. Time. I sometimes wish I could pause real life so I could have extra time to scrapbook!
So, I have a REALLY old scrapbook page to share today that I've updated. It is really old and one of my very first "modern" attempts at scrapbooking after graduating with my master's in 1998. Back then, the patterned paper was just getting started...and embellishments? Well, I knew I needed to add something to this, so I cut out the school seal from an extra graduation invitation to add. Here is the throwback with my parents and then-boyfriend (now husband...who was going through his weird long-hair phase):
How I loved to tackle modernizing this page! And here is my newly created page:
I gently pulled the original photos from the original page as digital photography was not yet around (at least not for me). I grabbed my new stash of My Mind's Eye Market Street Nob Hill and Ashbury Heights and pulled out the pages with gold foil on them since they are celebratory and very "graduation-y". :)
I originally attempted to use a sketch for this layout and it just wasn't working for me, so I started to free-style! I started with a piece of off-white cardstock and misted three corners. I inked all four edges using black Stazon ink. I had a large piece of the gold stripe, so I inked the edges and layered the gold dot paper on top (after also inking the edges). I saw the craft "GO" frame and put that over the photo of me walking back to my seat after getting my diploma. Because the camera was far away and I appear teensy, I used my Cameo to cut a thin arrow to draw attention to me walking. I matted the other two photos and included a "today" sticker tab on the left one and a short striped banner coming from the right one. I cut a small square from a scrap of the gold stripe and cut it in half to get two triangles...popping one up on the top left of the gold dots paper and the other in the bottom right.
As soon as I saw the MME sticker sheets, I knew I was going to use the "celebrate" banner for this! I popped it up with 3D foam and then used some of the chipboard buttons from the Ashbury Heights collection to create a little hanging banner. I like the shine on them! I threaded some black waxy thread in the holes of each one and knotted them.
That's my handsome dad above...I sure do miss that man!
For the top right corner of my layout, I trimmed a spare gold piece to go around the "What a wonderful day" sticker.
I journaled within the off-white stripe, and included a vellum star and star sequins. I finished with a few of the gold enamel dots on the page.
That's it for today's Throwback Thursday! Have you re-visited any of your previous layouts? If so, I'd love you to share them with me!
Happy Thursday!
Majken
Friday, May 30, 2014
Who's Who? | Giveaway! Practical Scrappers - Scrapping Our Stash Monthly Blog Hop
Hello and happy weekend-eve to you! It's that time again....Practical Scrapper's Monthly "Scrapping Our Stash" blog hop. You probably arrived here from Bobbi's blog and project. Keep reading to see my project today, then enter for your chance to WIN a $20 giveaway, and keep on hopping!
My inspiration for this layout are my kids. How cool to find two near-identical photos of them in the same bathtub with the same shampoo curl around the same age, but seven years apart?! So....who's who? There are some clues...
I dipped into My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste collection using the "Presh" papers and embellishments....such a fun collection! And, yes, I have *much* more MME paper where this came from. Houston, I have a problem. ;)
I used the lined neutral paper from C&P "Charm" as my base and splattered some Indian Corn Blue ink around the edges. I chose the polka dot paper as my large photo area base and layered the diamond, hashtag, and multi-patterned paper until I liked how it looked. I inked the edges of all but the diamond, which I distressed instead. While the photos weren't yet on there, I sewed in blue around the edge of the polka dot paper, over the multi-patterned paper just underneath my photos. I chose the pink paper to mat Presley's photo and blue paper to mat Paxton's, but I left a spot to insert tags behind each, which has a strip of the inked paper and two brads as toppers:
Clever, yes?
At least, I felt clever. :) Next I used the arrow card to draw attention to the kiddos. I snipped a few of the hashtag words, inked them, and popped them up.
Next I created my title. My alpha stickers sadly didn't come with punctuation <queue sad trombone>, but I was clever again. Cleverness prevails! I cut the bottom of a number 2 off to make the question mark and used the small cut piece to fashion the dot for the question mark and an apostrophe! #winning!
I felt that the top was a little bare after putting my title down, so I created a little embellishment spot using a strip of inked paper, a vellum heart, another brad, and an arrow stamp.
To complete my layout, I wrote the journaling, stamped a few more spots, and voila!
I hope you liked my layout, and I truly hope it inspires you to get into that paper stash you have and use it! Ready for the giveaway? Yay!
***Giveaway!***
I'm giving away one $20 e-gift certificate to the My Scraps & More online store!
All you have to do is:
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Easy! You have until Monday, June 2, 2014 at noon CT to enter for your chance to win. International entries are fine! I will randomly choose one lucky winner and announce it here on my blog on Tuesday, June 3rd. Good luck, and thanks for hopping along with us!
Next, head over to Marcia's blog to check out her project.
Have a scrappy weekend!
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
#TBT {Precious Baby} - Creative Scrappers Sketch 266
Happy (almost) Thursday, y'all! Today I'm back with another
installment of my Throwback Thursday series where every other Thursday I will share either an older layout or a new
rendition of an older layout.
Today is a new rendition of my
baby girl's first day on planet Earth. Sometimes I can think back and
smell her new-baby smell...such a wonderful scent. :) Here is the
original layout from 2002...not many embellishments...so much has changed in the scrapbooking world!
For the updated page, I used the Creative Scrappers #266 sketch. So fun!!
Because I just adore My Mind's Eye, the circles on the Mildred "Today" Dots paper just really went hand-in-hand with the sketch! Here is the full updated layout with my rendition of the sketch:
I started with my base of the MME Mildred paper. I *love* the colors! I also had a MME Now & Then Mildred 6x6 paper pad, so I used that extensively. I first chose the stripe and small flower paper for my vertical strips, which I inked with CTMH Twilight ink and adhered. I stitched along the right side of the flower paper.
I worked on the photo area next and chose two of the photos from my original three and matted them with vellum that I inked. The photos were then matted on top of the pink heart paper inked in Smoothie, a piece of distressed pink and white flower paper, on top of the light green polka dot paper. After I estimated my photo mat placement, I cut out a line of the circles from the Mildred paper that were to the left of the photo area and set them aside. I matted the Mildred paper onto a plain piece of cardstock so the open circles would have a base. I then stitched over the photo mat with dark green thread.
To complete the photo area, I used a strip of lace tape, some Smoothie ribbon, a gold heart cut from the MME paper, and a MME enamel dot.
Next up was taking the circles that I cut out and popping them up with 3D foam tape. I used some Smoothie twine to drape along the circles. I embellished along the circle/twine strip with cut out hearts, enamel dots, and sequins.
I know the sketch doesn't show a journal area, but I felt compelled to journal this important day. I used a similar mat placement for the journaling as I did with the photos, bringing in the patterns from the vertical strips underneath the photo area.
Well, that's it for today's installment of TBT! I hope you enjoyed the updated look as much as I do. :) TBT returns in two weeks...and don't forget to view TBT #1 if you missed it.
Enjoy some chocolate today...happy scrapping!
Majken
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
{LOVE} Blocks
Hello everyone! Today I wanted to share with you some altered chipboard cubes that I spruced up using My Mind's Eye Now & Then "Mildred" 6x6 paper pad. I love the colors, the varied patterns, and the quality texture of these papers! Here are my blocks:
Each cube side is 2" x 2". I flipped through the paper pad and chose the large polka dot paper for my front (where I planned to stamp "LOVE") and framed it with the coral pink small polka dot paper. I inked all smaller square edges with CTMH Ponderosa Pine ink and all large square edges using CTMH Smoothie ink. I varied each side of the cube with different papers. Here is a look at the back of the "L" cube:
I love that green chevron paper! Here are the other cubes:
I stamped the LOVE in Smoothie using CTMH C1548, which came with the Canvas Frame last year. I topped each cube with a small embellishment from my stash. I liked bringing out the gold in the collection with the oversized brad and gold hemp on top of the "E" cube. For the brad, I simply bent the brad prongs back and forth until they broke off so I wouldn't have to punch a hole through the cube.
I hope you enjoyed my altered art today. It was nice to create something different from a regular layout, and this is a great way to use 6x6 paper pads. It would work with scraps, too!
Have you created any decorative pieces lately? I'd love you to share them with me!
Thanks for stopping by. :)
Majken
Each cube side is 2" x 2". I flipped through the paper pad and chose the large polka dot paper for my front (where I planned to stamp "LOVE") and framed it with the coral pink small polka dot paper. I inked all smaller square edges with CTMH Ponderosa Pine ink and all large square edges using CTMH Smoothie ink. I varied each side of the cube with different papers. Here is a look at the back of the "L" cube:
I love that green chevron paper! Here are the other cubes:
I stamped the LOVE in Smoothie using CTMH C1548, which came with the Canvas Frame last year. I topped each cube with a small embellishment from my stash. I liked bringing out the gold in the collection with the oversized brad and gold hemp on top of the "E" cube. For the brad, I simply bent the brad prongs back and forth until they broke off so I wouldn't have to punch a hole through the cube.
I hope you enjoyed my altered art today. It was nice to create something different from a regular layout, and this is a great way to use 6x6 paper pads. It would work with scraps, too!
Have you created any decorative pieces lately? I'd love you to share them with me!
Thanks for stopping by. :)
Majken
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