Chantilly In Ruby

Hi all, I'm back again . . . I hope. Google has things set up so I have to have two separate email addresses and I cannot have my blog tied to a Google email address. I'm such a friend of Google because their products are pretty dummied down and that's what I need. But this just does not make sense to me. So I think NOW I know how to access my blog and we will try AGAIN!

But I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow so I can't stay up and post much but I'll leave you with a layout that I love. This is Sam's 16th birthday. I used the Chantilly Workshop on the Go, which isn't available anymore, but I just used the paper out of it and quite a few other products too. So I'll post the photo and add details another day. You can get inspired and copy what you can on your own. After all isn't that why we share things--so others don't have to reinvent the wheel?

For now, this is the Chantilly Paper Pack, with lots of extras. More info coming soon!














Products Used
X7163B Chantilly Paper Pack
Cardstock:  X5927 Ruby      X5639 Sweet Leaf
Z1814 Chantilly Assortment

Other and Discontinued Products Used--I'm on a mission to start using some of my "someday" supplies!

The flowers and butterflies are discontinued CTMH products.
The green lace and sparkly/pearl trims are by Websters Pages
   (I used pieces from theses to add sparkles and pearls to individual flowers & butterflies.)
7 Gypsies Stickers
The doily is one I had on hand. I wish I had more of this one. It is the laciest I have. If you look for doilies online, I was just looking for German doilies and my friend Candice suggested French. There are definitely different patterns.
EK Success Leaf Corner Adorner
Sizzlets Round-A-Bout Alphabet and Glitter Paper




Sonoma, Magic "Magic Act"

This was one of the last set of pages I made and I had run out of papers to use, I was truly using scraps, with my friends bringing their own pale lavendar/purle pages since I didn't have anymore.

On the left page I learned that my love for dogs is from my dad! We always had dogs when I was growing up. It is so neat to learn about me from old photos as well as about my father. The right page has photos of him, his dad, and his brothers.

Old pictures are small and what do you do to fill in empty spaces? First I added some fern leaf punchies from the EK Success Corner Adorner. Not enough. The dog paw brads wouldn't work on the right page. I stood in the my craft room and just looked around until I saw the box containing the Making Memories Antique Glitter Deco Brads. They're a Glittery Copper and along with some of the words from Close To My Heart Background and Texture Paper Zip Strips, they filled in blank spots on the right page nicely. I also added some tiny square, clear sparkles, that may not show up online to the leaf punchies.

Products Used
X7143B Sonoma Paper Pack
Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Z2100 Amethyst, Z2147 Smokey Plum
Z697 Sponge
Z534 Microtip Scissors
Z1104 Clear Sparkles
Z1471 CTMH Ruler
Z1612 Pin Clips
1772 Glue Dots
9034 Magic (Check my website for availabilty. These books are being discontinued and are only available while supplies last. They are FANTASTIC resources!)

Additional Items:
Discontinued CTMH Amethyst Textured Cardstock
EK Success Corner Adorner--Fern Leaf
Making Memories paw print brad
Making Memories Antique Glitter Deco Brads
7 Gypsies D is for Dog Stickers
Bazzil cardstock (green)

Sonoma

I LOVE these pictures. They bring back a wonderful Thanksgiving at we spent at my dear friend Karine's house with Samantha, Karine and her family. We all had a blast! Well, I'm not so sure about Ray and Ken. Ray painted and Ken got to listen to his 2 daughters and Samantha--lots of estrogen in the house!

I used the Sonoma Workshop On The Go kit, and wanted to use the CTMH layout provided, but it was for 3x4 photos. My photos are 4x6 and the one on the right is 5x7. I took two of our desk pads, layed out my photos, and "drew" my papers around them, following the official layout guide, with colored markers. I think it worked well. I changed the right page because I wanted to leave the space open for my workshop guests to add more photos or use the Tim Holtz sign die-cut journaling block if they wanted. Everyone opted for the journaling block. I was pleased with the results.

PRODUCTS USED

X7143B Sonoma Paper Pack

Exclusive Stamps came in the Sonoma Workshop On The Go From Fall/Winter Idea Book

     (WOTG packs are only available while Idea Books are live--get them while you can!)

Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Z2114 Cocoa     Z2137 Olive    Z2147 Smokey Plum

Z1487 Pewter Mini-MedleyAccents Collections

Z697 Sponge

Z1114 Piercing Tool Kit

Tim Holtz Sign Die

Stampin' Up Tasteful Trims Die (for scalloped Edge)

EK Success Corner Adorner Punch

Fancy Pants Paper scraps for jounaling