Johnson Acres Layout

Hi ~ Lori here from ScrappinMyStressAway!  It is always an honor to be a guest at TheBugBytes!!  

We went to my brother and sister-in-law's house to celebrate May birthdays and Mother's Day and the new trampoline!!  We also got to see their horses!  I took some great photos of the horses (more so than the kids) and wanted to showcase them in a layout.



I welded 5 fences from Old West together (each sized at 2.46 w x 1.40 h) to create my fence.  I copied it once as I was making a 2-page layout.  For the sign, I took the frame from Old West and sized it to 5.49w x 5.64h.  I took the shadow letters and welded them inside the frame along with some horseshoes.  My letters were 1inch tall.  I cut out two cowboy boots at 1.14w x 1.46h and flipped one of them to make the pair.


I started out with dark brown, but did not like the look.



Tried the lighter brown, but somehow my K and O became unwelded at the top.  The N was not welded either, but I worked around both!

I glued the light brown on top of the dark brown sign.


I then decided to use the dark brown letters and silver horseshoes.


This brown was too dark and hard to read.


I cut out the letters in cream colored paper and inked the edges with Vintage Photo ~ looks much better!!  Third time is a charm!!


I put my photos on a grid and pop-dotted the fence over the bottom photos.  The darker horse is Dakota and he has an awesome personality!!!  Sundae is a borrowed horse that might become permanent.  This was our first time meeting Sundae! 

I added a pair of cowboy boots (see below).


I put a little Stickle sparkle on the boots!



The first page has the trampoline.  I used two ovals from George and Basic Shapes to create the trampoline.  I cut out the blue one at 4.10w x 9.47h and the black one at 3.52w x 9.47h.  I added some silver stickled trampoline legs!!  I pop dotted the fence on over the trampoline at the same height as the fence on the horse page.


I cut out the letters from Old West at 1.71 inches tall and inked them with Vintage Photo (aka Dirt at my house)!  My brother named his acreage Johnson Acres so I thought that would be a good title.


I added pictures of my oldest son and my nieces jumping together on the trampoline.  He loves playing with the kids!


And here are the two pages together.  We love spending time out here!!  So glad to be here at TheBugBytes today!!

Traveler Altered Notebook

Good morning fellow crafters! Roberta here from TXScrapperMom! Today, I have a quick post to share an altered notebook with you. I've never altered one for personal use because I never really needed one, until now. I am about to start reading two different books, one a book study, and I like to take notes, record thoughts, etc. so I thought this would be the perfect time to make myself one. I chose a travel theme because traveling is my biggest passion...mostly because I think crafting has crossed over to addiction, not passion lol - I know I'm not the only one, so it makes me feel a little bit better :)

Swing by my blog to find out a little more about the books I'm reading and my journey, and tell me about yours!

Roberta

Flower paperclips

Hi all,
I thought I'd share with you how to make some fun embellishments that you can use on cards and in mini albums. You could use ready made flowers but I like making my own.

This is the punch I used. You could use flowers cut from your cricut or any other die cutting
machine for your flowers. You just need to remember that you don't use too big a flower shape as this wouldn't look right on the paper clip. I used the large 50mm size of paperclip.

I then cut my flowers out. I used white card so I could then colour them with my promarkers (or copics). This means I can custom make my flowers to what ever I'm doing.

You need three of the colour you would like your flower to be. You also need to colour two green per flower/paperclip. You now need to shape your flower and build it using the three in blue for example in the picture.

I then used glossy accents on one of the green flowers. I placed the paperclip on top.

I then added some glue to the paperclip and placed the second green flower on top. I used my embossing tool to push it down so the two flowers sealed. I waited for this to dry (didn't take long with Glossy accents), then I glued my made flower to the top green flower.

Here are the finished paperclips. Next time I'm going to coulour the paperclips with alcohol inks so they co ordinate even more.

I hope you like this quick tutorial. You could use all sorts of different things not just flowers.

Thanks to Pam for having me today as a guest designer.

Kelly :)
www.kamscraftyplace.blogspot.com

Tweet Tweet Evelope Card

 Hi Everyone! This is Elizabeth form 217 Creations.  I am so happy to be here to share with you! Thank you Pam for having me over to play! I have such "tweet" card to share with you today.  I used Imagine More Cards for this project. I know I have been using my Imagine a lot lately but that is because typically I can get projects done faster with it than my E2.  And lately I have had a lot of projects due close together.

 I started by cutting the birdcage image from Imagine More Cards at 2.5 inches in Layers.

 Then I cut the envelope card at 9.0 inches.  Now here is a trick to making those folded cards look fab.  I first printed a full bleed on white cardstock of what I wanted the inside to be.  Then I flipped the paper over and print and cut the image from Imagine More Cards.  If you take the time to do this step you will get a printed inside and outside.

I also printed this little note card too.  It is cut at 2.5 inches Combined.

My final step was to fold the card and add a small Websters Pages Bloomer to the envelope flap for a bit of decoration.

I hope you enjoy this quick card!Thank you for leaving comments and subscribing both here at the Bug Bytes and on my personal blog at 217 Creations.

On Your Marker! Get Set! Scrap!

Hello everyone! It's Ohhh Snap from Ohhh Snap. For this layout you need a gypsy, an E2, brown cricut marker, Cindy Loo cartridge and Stretch Your Imagination cartridge.

On layer one arrange the caption using the Cindy Loo font feature at 1.06". The 4.35" frame is made with the frame feature with the bird house layer placed on top of it.

The scallop is on layer 2 with the inner square hidden with the hide contour feature.

Insert the marker (with the pressure set at 1) and "cut" layer 1, then after it is finished hit "return to design", go to layer 2 and "cut" again. Then unload the paper.

Fill in the scallops and birdhouse doors by hand. Add dots to the inner frame and wash with a small amount of water and a brush to spread color. Draw flowers around the outside. Cut the birdhouse on the inside of the frame with a craft knife so a photograph can be slid under it.

Dover and silhouette

This combination is so lovely. Print and cut from dover especially the greeting cards book and then create outline for cut in silhouette studio  and voila - quick greeting card images.
I had to trace all though as offset does not work so well as you always get a box. But select trace and play with high pass and threshold and then delete some nodes and they are good to go. I have found that high pass around 700 - 750 and then threshold from 45- 55 and choosing trace edges gives a pretty good result and some tweaking of course.
I still have to play with embossing and punching in knk. Got to call Sandy for that. So used to Sandy helping me out that I am afraid to go solo on knk

Live, Laugh, Love - Shabby Chic Wall Hangings

Hi ya everyone - Melissa here from MelissaMade coming to share a little project with you!  I'm going to be at She's A Sassy Lady and The Bug Bytes today!  So I have to take time out to thank Sheila and Pam for letting me share with you all today!
I started my project with these three little plaques I bought for $1 a piece at my local craft store that's going out of business!  First, I painted the edges with white acrylic paint.  Once it dried I sanded the edges up a bit for a more distressed look.

Next, I chose these FABULOUS papers from the Butterfly Garden Collection and measured my plaque to be 5 1/4 inch across.  I cut the papers on my paper cutter to this size.

I needed to punch wholes in my paper before adhereing.  The easiest way to do this is to place my paper where I want it flip the plaque over and draw the circles through the wholes with a pencil.  Then I remove the paper and use my crop-o-dile to punch the holes.  I used my ATG to adhere the paper making sure the edges of the paper were COVERED with adhesive so no edges would peel up.

I grabbed my Tim Holtz weathered wood distress ink, my clear acrylic block, and my Tim Holtz clear stamps from the Visual Artistry collection.  I coated my stamps and placed the swirls in different places on the paper.

I then chose the bird and stamped the same in the bottom corner of each plaque.

I placed my plaques to the side and picked up my Gypsy!  I used the Mothers Day Bouquet cartridge and the Gypsy font cart to make flowers and the lettering for Live Laugh and Love.  I chose more papers from the same collection as above.  I glued the letters together with some Tombo glue and allowed them to dry.

I then made flowers by using the little ball tool to slightly curl the flowers downward.  I layered two flowers using my Glossy Accents and sliced a small whole in some for a tiny brad.  For others I used pearls to make the center - placing a large one in the middle and little ones along the outside.

I added a few pearl accents to the plaques and a shear ribbon through each set of wholes for hanging.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial. I love comments and encourage you to ask questions if you have them!  Please stop by my blog, MelissaMade for more fun projects!

Fun in The Sun!

Hi everyone! This is Elizabeth from 217 Creations. Boy have we had our share of sun here in Kansas! Today I am so excited to be sharing this project here at Tuesday Treats.

 I am so in love with Echo Park Splash paper collection.  I started by taking my matting paper and spray a generous amount of Goosebumps spray on it.  This is the first time I have used it.  The results are very subtle. But in person, it looks cool.  This product is a texture spray that makes it look like dewdrops (if you spray light and far away) or puddles (if you spray close and generously).  It only took about 20 minutes to dry.

While my paper was drying, I cut my images from Enjoy the Seasons at 3.0 inches in layers.

To give the pool dimension, I used a small brush and Glossy Accents to fill it in.  I love making these kind of details on my cuts.

While the pool water was drying, I stamped some grosgrain ribbon with Pink By Designs Summer Vacation.  The sentiment says "Fun in the Sun".  I curved the stamp to make a wave effect when I stamped the ribbon.  I use Black Staz On.

I mounted the matting and the ribbon to the card base.

Finally I added my assembled images to the card. I find using pop dots makes all the difference in the world with Imagine cuts.

 I hope you have enjoyed my project! I am always so touched by the lovely comment my readers leave here and on my personal blog at 217 Creations.  

Pooh Wall hanging

Good Morning and Happy 4th of July!

This is Jen from 3 Cats and a Bug. Thank you Pam, for asking me to be on your DT!

My youngest son is making me a Grandma in January! They want to do the nursery in Pooh, but what started out as a mobile, turned into a wall hanging. LOL

I used the Carousel lite cartridge for the banner, cut @ 7.25 on the 24in mat. I used 2 yellow sheets of 12x12 paper and 2 pieces of 8 1/2 x 11 chip board. I just used scotch tape to hold the chip board together.

I inked the edges of the yellow paper and the chip board using Versa Magic pumpkin spice.

I cut the letters from Carousel @ 3 and the two Pooh's at each end of the banner @ 3.5. I punched two holes in the banner and used some rainbow ribbon to hang it up.
Tigger, Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore were all cut @ 5 from Disney Pooh Font Set.

Even though it didn't end up the way it started, I like how it turned out.

Thanks for looking!