A little bit o' Cosmo

I am going to give you a bit of {recent} history here...

Let's start back at NSD {National Scrapbooking Day} where I won a contest for some layouts I submitted to CreativeXpress. A week or so later I was greeted by a box of random goodies...some things from QuicKutz and lots of miscellaneous papers. I sorted through them to pick some of my favorites that I wanted to work with when I got some time...then tucked them away for a rainy day.

Well, it hasn't rained a bit...but it sure has been scorching hot...which also keeps me indoors :o)

Fast forward to about a week ago when I remembered my box of goodies from CreativeXpress and knew that there was something in there for me to play with...so I ran to get it. Of course, some of the papers in my "want to play" section were from Cosmo Cricket...I had three 12 x 12 sheets to play with.

Anyway, I started creating and came up with two layouts...a third is still in the sketch and creation phase (It's only been a week! Give me time!).

I'll be back later to expand on exactly what went into these projects {I'll even include the brand of dryer sheet I used in the first layout if you want to know it}, but for now, I'll share with you pictures of my two layouts - Cosmo Cricket style!

{Click on the images if you'd like a better view}

It Suits You

A couple close ups of the title section {and that super stylish dryer sheet!}:


Sweet Heart

A close up of the title:

And a detail shot:

Happy Bird-day

I created this card for a few different challenges. I am pretty pleased with how it turned out. I printed some digital papers from Raspberry Road onto cardstock and used those for the patterned paper strips. I drew the bird myself and made it into a digital stamp, then printed it (and the sentiment) onto chipboard (aka - an old cereal box). I finished it off with some distressing/inking and some tiny Prima flowers.

Supplies:
Papers: Raspberry Road Design
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Flowers: Prima

Look who's TWO

I'm really excited with how this layout turned out. I don't generally do layouts with just one photo (and until recently I only did two page layouts), but I knew the supplies I wanted to use and it seemed to take away from it too much to add another picture.

I started with a sheet from a 6x6 pad of Basic Grey and used that as my starting point and picked a piece of base cardstock to coordinate. I've been using cereal boxes for my chipboard and cutting the designs myself, but I had some chipboard pieces I wanted to use and covered them with another sheet of Basic Grey paper (I used ModPodge to attach the paper and then cut around the chipboard shapes with a craft knife). I used my Coluzzle template to cut out the oval for the title. I inked the edges of the chipboard and the oval with some Distress Ink (I think Brushed Corduroy). For "two" I used Thickers and then did hand lettering and detail with a white Inkssentials pen for the rest of the title piece. I topped that off with a button and a Prima flower.

After I had everything adhered I felt like the page was missing something, so I used the tips of a sharp pair of scissors and scratched a border around the photo. I really like the look it created.


Supplies:

Cardstock - Colorbok
Patterned Paper -Basic Grey
Flower - Prima Artful Collage
Button - Foof-a-la
Chipboard Accents - Maya Road
Thickers
White Pen - Ranger Inkssentials
Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Happy Father's Day

Stamps: Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Antique Linen, Walnut Stain)

A little birdie told me...

Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink: Distress Ink
Die Cut: QuicKutz
Paper: Basic Grey & Shabby Princess
Other Tools: Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch
Other Embellishments: Twine (IKEA), Stickles

My Best Timpression

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tim Holtz (Visual Artistry by Stampers Anonymous - currently only available at Michael's)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Scattered Straw, Shabby Shutters, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Walnut Stain)
Embellishments: Tim Holtz Distress Stickles (Fired Brick, Walnut Stain) and Glossy Accents

Live Simply

Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink: Distress Ink
Die Cut: QuicKutz
Paper: Basic Grey & Shabby Princess
Other Embellishments: Twine (IKEA), Brad (Heidi Swapp)

Butterfly card

Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink: Distress Ink
Jewel Embellishment: Hero Arts
Other Embellishments: Beading Wire, Stickles
Die Cut: QuicKutz
Paper: Basic Grey, Shabby Princess, & Paper Company

A new card...

I'll be back later with more information about this card. (For some reason the family doesn't care as much about my blogging as they do about eating!)
For now...pictures will have to do:

The front...




Detail...


The inside...

The lines were stamped by putting rubber bands around my acrylic block and inking them with some Distress Inks.


Edited to add my supplies:
Base cardstock: Colorbok
Patterned paper: K & Company
Tag: Handcut from Autumn Leaves paper and some chipboard paper
Embellishments: Prima flowers, Buttons, and twine type-stuff from IKEA
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, and Walnut Stain) and a Sakura Micron 05 in Brown

Belly Laughs

You may have seen this post about my various Halloween outfits when I was pregnant with each of our three kids. Well, it was time to put the pictures in the scrapbook.



Cardstock: Colorbok, DCWV, and office supply
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Embellishments: Prima (flowers), Heidi Swapp (brads), Bazzill (brads), DMC (embroidery floss), Sakura Micron (writing), BIC Mark It (coloring)


A close up of the title (hand cut and hand stitched) & journaling: