I {heart} Glimmer Mist!

Well, I want to start this post off by talking a little about glimmer mist! This gorgeous product gives the most beautiful shimmery look when applied to paper. But, Tattered Angels (the company that sells Glimmer Mist) has just made their whole product better by releasing Glimmer Glaze, a paint like substance that has the same effect as Glimmer Mist! Check out their education blog for more details.

In honor of Glimmer Mist I made a lo tonight featuring it! I was highly inspired by the "Times Square" page of Sue's mini-album on the Tattered Angels blog (look for the post titled "Fun with the Garden Journal Album), and pulled out some similar supplies to create my lo.

My lo features photos from this summer from my Key West trip (surprised? That seems to be all I scrap these days!). To make my lo, I glimmer misted watercolor paper with Mimosa, Watermelon, and Cherry Limeade Glimmer Mists, using a swirly and compass screen. I then stamped the compass on top of the screen (which kind of covered up the screen). For the little card (which is a Tattered Angels Bingo Board) I used Patina, Riptide, and Mimosa Glimmer Mist. I then stamped some Unity Stamps for the words. For the title "Life" I used the Framed Fonts alphabet which I sprayed with Cherry Limeade glimmer mist. I also glimmer misted the flower, with Riptide.

Whew! I think thats all, lol. Here are some close-ups:

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I-Top, Do You?

LOL, I finally used my I-top maker tonight! This awesome tool let's you custom make your own brads. I made the 3 brads that are in the middle of each flower cluster, using paper that matched my LO. Very cool effect! My I-top was a gift from my brother and his fiance for Christmas this year. This is a LO for fun...I feel like everything I've done in the past couple months has been for a sketch challenge, but this one was all me! These are photos from the Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West from this summer. I used patterned paper by October Afternoon called "Cherry Hill" along with my Cricut machine to cut out the flowers. I then bedazzled my layout with MAMBI's circle rhinestone accents. The journaling features the drinks that each of us had.

Here are some close-ups of the I-top in action!

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Page Maps Sketch Contest

I made this lo tonight for the End of Year Page Maps sketch contest on their blog. This photos are from this past September, of myself and my friend Joan at the apple orchard. I used supplies from a JuJu Bee's kit (from November I think), which I got on clearance from their site a few weeks ago. The kit features gorgeous paper by Bo Bunny called "Kitchen Spice". In addition to the kit elements, I used some Unity stamps (the title saying, and the flowers with stems). The other flowers that I cut out are from a SU! set. I have featured a close-up of the journaling box and title details below.

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After the Holiday cards!

I made these 2 cards this weekend for 2 friends. I used a Stamping Bella stamp (they had been unused for far too long now that I've caught the scrapping bug!), as well as a sentiment from SU! The dp is by Basic Grey (Eskimo Kisses). Bella's dress and boots were paper pieced with the dp. The snowflake punch is by Martha Stewart, as is the border punch.

Here are close-ups of each:

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Christmas Tags

I made these tags tonight using my Cricut and the Very Merry Tags cartridge (which was a limited edition mini-cartridge this winter). I used some glitter paper, cardstock, and rhinestones to put these together. They are attached to some cookie tins, which are gifts for some co-workers. Merry Christmas Week!

Some Bathing Beauties!

What a busy day it was today! We got a lot of snow last night and we spent today shoveling and going sledding. I didn't have time to scrap today, so I thought I'd share a lo I made this week. I used the same supplies as my last lo (the Citronella K & Co pack). These los are next to each other in my album, so I made them to kind of match.

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P.S. I know it looks kinda empty on my header at the top, but I'm trying to figure out how to add text to it! Wish me luck!

Surf's Up in December!

I've been working on photos from my trip to Florida last summer. Tonight, I was browsing a bunch of Cricut blogs and it got my Cricut fingers itchy! I decided to pull out "Life's a Beach" and work on those Florida photos! For this lo, I cut the bikini, swim trunks, and title "Surf's Up" from "Life's a Beach," and the circles from "Plantin Schoolbook". The dp is by K & Co, and is called "Citronella." The colors and designs are beautiful and are perfect for these summery water photos. The scallop is from a chipboard pack which had a bunch of different sized frames. I covered it with "Broken China" distress crackle paint. The fishies are a Martha Stewart punch, which I punched out of the glitter paper.

Wow, I just realized that I meant to add some journaling on the orange circle! I'll have to go back and add it in...lol!

Here is a close-up of the title and those swim trunks:

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