Circus/Zoo Layout

So I got very carried away this week with my Cricut…I love these little animals that I got from Lisa (I own just about all of her designs)…they are so CUTE! So I cut 4 little jungle animals and now I’ve changed my mind and will probably be adding about 3 more animals to my page…and then I cut a circus clown with his canon, and a circus tent…we will be adding more to this because we have decided to make it a  4 page layout due to the colors are brighter for the clown and tent and other featured paper piecings. We were going to add some colorful Shrinky Dinks to the layouts giving it more of a 3D appearance, but I no longer can find the kind that you can put in your printer and then shrink them! So, as I was looking at this layout that I’m working on for the clown and tent page, I realized that there needs to be elephants!!! You can’t go to a circus without seeing the Elephants! So here is the picture of the first two pages that I’ve started…it is not complete yet, but we will finish it next week at class…I hope you like it so far, I love the colors that I chose and am very pleased with how it turned out.

Mat size: CS (2) 6 1/4 x 4 1/4

                  (5)  3 1/4 x 3 1/4

               PP (2) 6 x4 and (5) 3 x 3

Pattern Paper used for the strip was Ashville Strip1, this has 8 strip pieces on the 12x12 that can be used, plus it is double sided, the orange paper is also by Ashville, and is called Orange Street, I also used Stampin Up cardstock Bashful blue and Really Rust, and Caramel. What I did to make this page, was I was trying to show the ladies how you can still use your left over pieces and actually make a cute page…I took a 12x12 and set it down behind so I had my size, and then put my strip on the top of the bashful blue, it was about 5 inches, I then added about 3 inches of really rust at the bottom, and then added a 3 inch piece of caramel that I tore and then I used dk brown colorbox chalk. Chalk I used on the animals were dk brown, amber clay, and burnt sienna. Enjoy!

I Found a really nice blogsite thought I’d share

So this morning, I was doing my searching for some new ideas and I came across this really nicely done blog and thought I’d share it with you. Jennifer makes some beautiful cards, using different techniques such as embossing, inking, prisma color pencils, gamsol and many other techniques. Check it out here. Be sure to check it out!

At the beach layout

Though we were small in number, we had a great time and everyone’s layouts turned out so nice! I would like to say a welcome to Coreen, it was nice having you attend our class!

This was a rather easy page to do, with little paper piecing, mat sizes were the standard 6 1/4 x 4 1/4, with pp 6x4, and then 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 with pp at 3x3.  CS representing sand was cut at 6” and then torn to give the rough edge implying the water coming on shore. Choices were for a little girl or little beach boy. After coming home and looking at my picture, I realized that I put the boys arm in the wrong  place, but no one else would know! Oops, I just blew that, :)

Enjoy our layouts and be sure to leave comments.  Kits are available by emailing me at dimahi@hotmail.com

SNOW “MUCH” FUN Layout

So I have been working hard trying to figure out a way to add videos for those of you who can’t make it to class and yet you get the kits. So I’m hoping this will work for now..unfortunately I can not edit the videos this way, I have a program that I’m going to try and learn so I can have the videos converted making them easier to upload, but for right now, I am using Youtube to upload my videos. So forgive any slips, tongue twisted mistakes I may make and for the dog barking or phone ringing that you hear. I’m hoping in the next few weeks to get it all worked out and have some nice videos for you. As always, Enjoy!

Stick Away and Stick & Spray

If you like this tutorial, please leave a comment…I am planning on doing more tutorials of different products that I like. I’m also planning on doing videos of my classes so that you can download them and make the layouts at your own convenience. Classes are $7 at SCRAPS in Houlton on Monday evenings…I offer a complete two page layout, with embellishments, cutouts etc. If you don’t live in the Houlton area and would like on of our kits…I would be happy to send you a complete kit with all the cuts and paper for $14. Be sure to let me know which kit you like, you can pay with Paypal…and I will send you a video link to the layout so when your kit arrives you can make it at your convenience!

As always Enjoy.

Skier, skater and sledding page

So I tried something different tonight…I brought down 3 layouts so the girls could see them and pick which one they wanted to do…well they liked them all and so I guess they plan on making their own pages. So here’s the layouts the girls and I did…oh yeah…I fell so my skiing page got dirty so I have to do a remake on that one.

Enjoy!

Sorry the pictures didn’t turn out so good on my layouts, I wasn’t feeling well so I took them still in the album with no flash so you could get a look at them…I haven’t added my glitter or journaling..and no snowflakes yet.

Brenda made two layouts..this is one, sorry I guess my picture came out too bright but you can see what a nice job she did on her page

I love the colors of Mel’s layout…and again, as usual, my friends create their own pages, but that’s the beauty of scrapbooking isn’t it! Be sure to leave a comment…we love hearing what everyone thinks of our layouts.

I’m so impressed with our new girl, Jane….she is doing so good at this…and look she even drew her face on her skier! You go girl! hehehheeh

This is my little friend Heather, she is quite the little scrapbooker and she loves to help…she took the picture below…been teaching her how to use my camera. She made these pages with a little help from her mom.

 

So just in case you didn’t know we have classes every Monday evening, held at SCRAPS, downtown Houlton. Classes are at 6:30, and if you come a little early, you can shop before class, most of the girls purchase their paper for their layout just prior to class after they see my layout. If you can’t make it to class…I am now offering online classes on Wednesday evenings…you just need to have Yahoo messenger and add me dimahi59. Classes are $5 and if you need files, those are an additional $2.00. I try to design using all 3 software's, DS, SCAL and MTC

My Little Sweetheart

  Here is a scraplift that we used in our class at SCRAPS in Houlton.

We had 9 ladies plus myself at class which was a lot of fun…it is so neat to look at how everyone looks at my layout and yet they end up with something totally there own at the end of the evening! I hope you enjoy our “Sweetheart” layout.

We used Surecutsalot 2 for the cut files..in my layout, I used Eskimos kisses pattern paper.                                                         

This is my layout…now check out the girls :)

Now for the girls layouts….First one is Brenda’s, for some reason her layouts have never gotten on my blog…I’ve taken her pictures, but I don’t know where they went..so I want to be sure to recognize her and her talent in Scrapbooking and welcome her back to class….and Bren…you are looking GREAT!!!!

 

 

The others will have theirs posted later as they would like to add their photos and show a completed layout…I hope you like these layouts…and please be sure to leave a comment…and if you are interested, I give live online classes on Wednesday evenings 6:30 EST, and you can get the file in SCAL or Make The Cut, or in Design Studio if you own the cartridge that was used to create this layout. And as always thanks for looking and Enjoy!

So I’ve been doing some online classes with different ones…and a friend of mine made this layout…she did a good job, especially since the internet wasn’t cooperating and she has 3 little ones…not sure if they were up or not when she did this, but she was able to complete her layout…Great job Becky!

In case you didn’t notice…Becky kind of changed the layout!!!!  lol