A B C's of Love layout

It's Friday and I am back at work after two day of being shut up due to strep! I hate being sick.  Not back to 100% but I have to get back to work!

I have a fun single page layout to share with you today.

The letters are from K&Company as are the papers used along the side.

As I arranged the letters I wanted to hide a message of sorts--so I used pop dots on the I, Love, U so that it stood out .

I used a distressing tool on the paper edges to give the pink and red papers a bit more of an edge.  I like how these papers with the rough edge and a black and white photo will tie together!  The photo could be holding hands, a kiss, the back of to heads a hug in shadow--the possibilities are endless.

So I used the Art Philosophy cartridge and the stamp set I gave away last week for the tickets.  The February ticket was heat embossed with ruby embossing powder and edged in black.  The journal ticket I used my own hand writing  and it says, "26 letter is all I have to tell you how much I love you!"

Leave the comments to ensure you get the best chance to win this weeks stamp giveaway.  Today there were two posts here on ScrapGuy and my post over at Pink By Design and those comments count as well!  Winner will be announced on Sunday along with a guide for the week.

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FIt to be Tied using Cricut Designers Calendar

Thursday is one day closer to the three day weekend! I like that!
So I found a few minutes to pull this single page layout together--the tie and shirt collar are from Designers Calendar.

I cut it in white and then cut a bit of pattern paper for the tie.

I made some very simple photo mats from the scraps of paper used in the cards earlier this week. I love it when you can use almost the whole sheet of paper!

To finish it off I had a strip of paper with ties and high gloss UV printing that I put along the bottom of the paper--this came from the DCVW man stack as well. Waist not want not!!!

This could be a great layout to showcase pictures taken of the kids with dad on Father's Day before heading off to church or the next time everyone has to get all dressed up!
Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Birthday+Elvis=great closing page

So my best friend had a birthday in SEPTEMBER--I know I am running late no need for comments from the peanut gallery! So here is the back story--when my best friend has had a bit (a lot) to drink he gets this crazy Elvis lip where only one side of the mouth moves when he talks--it is truly funny when it happens! So by the end of the night of the party Elvis had arrived. So I thought it fitting to close his book with this layout.

Background paper is a DCWV black and grey check, Elvis is cut from a shinly silver DCWV and the red letters are cut from a SU paper. Under the picture there is Core'dinations matte that is cuddlebugged with the checkerboard folder that was an OMC exclusive that I sanded down. The picture is attached with ATG tape and some cool paper clips.

The ELVIS title is cut with Hello Kitty font at 3 1/2". Since none of the letters have spaces inside I could use both the cut mat and the letters--SO I DID.
I pop dotted the letters and moved them about 1/8" to the right when I placed them on the layout. The base layer peeks through and you get a pretty cool effect! Here is a detailed shot

To finish the layout off--I took my white pen and did some 'stitching' around the letters and added a little bling at the end to tie back to the crown he is wearing (which was taken from the birthday girl a few tables over)!
Hope you have a great day!
Bryan

As promised....PROJECTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok--as I promised on Monday, here are a few projects I did using the September Club SEI kit. This post is super picture heavy!! None of these projects were ones that came on the instruction guide--not that they were not great projects but I wanted to show how you could take the kit and make it your own as well. Speaking of kits--I got the February kit in the mail this week and holy cow was it packed with stuff--a full paper pad, foam letters, stickers, ribbon, boarders--so much that I could make tons of stuff from the kit!
First up is a one page layout--the basket weave stripes were used on a different project but I wanted to use it in a layout. All you do is cut strips and weave them--has a really cool look to it don't ya think! I cuddlebugged the photo mats and inked them, the elephant in the corner is pop dotted as well!



Second project is a mini album that I really tried to use only what came in the kit---the only thing I added was two 12X12 sheets of Kraft card stock and the hemp used to thread through the buttons which is CTMH, I also cut three leaves from Gypsy Wanderings which tied back to many of the pages in the kit! Cover to Cover:













I don't think I would have been able to show the full range without a card as well--I had already started this when the oh so cute elephant popped up on Holidays with the Cricut (great minds think alike) One of the sheets is all elephants and the Paisley elephant was just perfect!



Thanks for stopping by today--Have a wonderful weekend!
Bryan