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When Audrey sent us this layout we were surprised because it's not her usual style. It is so great that she was able to stretch herself and still come out with a nice layout. This is really hard for most of us to do, but we can learn so much when we try something new.
Audrey explains the journey, "When I got the White Elegance papers, I KNEW they would be perfect for misting or distress inking, and that the silvery images on the paper would resist the ink. They turned out just beautiful!! I have to admit that this purply-blue background paper was supposed to be just an 'experiment' piece to see how the paper would mist, but I loved the way it turned out, so I used it on my page. I also used another piece of the White Elegance for my base and inked the edges with a light brown ink. It, too, resisted very well. Papers and die cuts are from Moonrise, and more tickets from En Route. The flowers and butterflies are Monsterville yellow cardstock, and the flower centers are brads from Claire."
Audrey decided to mix it up on this layout. How did she make it work? Audrey says, "I focused on color combinations and went searching through the different collections for the colors I wanted."
"I used Kris Kringle for the background, strips from Monsterville and Corinne, sentiments and pther papers from Corinne, brads from Claire, and I even found some of these tickets from the older 'En Route' collection! I just love the way this page came out." (Count 'em up... that's 5 different collections!)
We hope Audrey's tip on mixing collections inspires you to shake things up on your next project!
Audrey's layout is about playing outside with her daughter. We love all the fabulous layouts our design team has made with children and Corinne! Kids and Corinne go together like peanut butter and jelly. This layout is a perfect example of why that combo is oh so sweet.
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Audrey created this cheerful layout using three different paper collections, White Elegance, Corinne, and Claire. The striped White Elegance paper works great to resist the mist. It makes a textured background without overpowering the layout.
Audrey made this Valentine's heart garland and created a tutorial so you can make one too. In fact, hop over to her blog, Audrey's Reflection a little later today and you could even win some All My Heart goodies like she used to make it with by entering her giveaway.
Here is her tutorial...
1. To create TWO hearts, you need SEVEN 1”x12” pieces of paper. The instructions below are for creating one heart. Use your remaining pieces to create the 2nd one.
2. Cut FOUR of your 7 strips into 4” and 8” lengths. (This creates four 4” pieces and four 8” pieces.)
3. Cut the remaining 3 strips into 6” pieces, giving you 6, 6” pieces total.
4. Align 7 of your pieces in the following order (for one heart), 8”, 6”, 4”, 6”, 4”, 6”, 8” .
5. Using a quick dry glue, apply a thin line of adhesive to the bottom edge of the first 4 strips and glue them together, all facing the same direction.
6. For your remaining three strips, make sure they are facing OPPOSITE of your first four strips. Add these three to your other four strips. All 7 strips will now be glue together at the bottom.
7. Starting on the left side with the 8” strip, glue the top of the 8” strip to the top of the 6” strip next to it, and then glue these strips to the 4” strip.
8. Repeat on the right hand side, leaving the middle 6” strip unattached to either side.
9. Fold the tops of the glued strips in and curve them to make a heart shape. Glue to the center 6” strip, about 2” up from the bottom. Repeat on the other side.
10. You now have one complete heart! Use your remaining strips to make another one!
11. Punch a hole in the top of the center strip on each heart to thread some ribbon through. (Note: I ended up trimming the middle strip down to about 5 inches.) String your heart along some ribbon and hang to enjoy!
Audrey has two sledding layouts to share today. She used the Kris Kringle collection, and even snuck in a little Spooks!
LEO AND THE SLED
Audrey told us a little about how she created the layout. "I printed my journaling on white cardstock and adhered my photo to it. The grey background paper is actually from the Spooks line! Some of the grey paper in this line are perfect for snow and winter pages, too! I wanted to keep the design simple to make my photo stand out."
The photo she used was scanned from an old photo. We are impressed with Audrey's efforts to preserve family memories by using older photos and journaling.
DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW
Audrey describes how she made the second layout. "I cut some hill shapes from the black and white swirly paper and then inked the edges with white ink and paint, and added some glitter. I layered each hill with 3-D adhesives to pop them off the page. I added some red accents on the page to stand out against the blue!"
The fun scene on this project has so much depth! Mostly Audrey used paper techniques to accomplish this. Way to go!
Audrey has two festive layouts to share today. It's fun to read her journaling. It's so important to record those special traditions and memories.
For her "Night Lights" layout she used paper and embellishments from the Kris Kringle collection. We love all the different ways she used rhinestones on the layout and how she snuck in a neutral Spooks paper!
This is how she made it, "I cut out a bunch of circles from the patterned paper, and then punch a few from some of the other patterns. For my 'lights' I used s squiggly line stamp and just added some rhinestones for the 'lights'."
Audrey did a wonderful job layering and combining embellishments in this "Santa Baby" layout. She tucked candy canes in some of the felt accents. Look at that tiny little gift tag she created for the present with the date on it!
On the 3rd day of Christmas Audrey Yeager gave to you a fun monster journal gift idea. She made these for her nieces, who are 8 and 5.
Audrey explains,"I was actually inspired by the Make Your Own Monster iron ons and tried to incorporate this idea into journals. You'll notice that the one cover doesn't have a face. That's because all the face parts are on a transparency in the back of the journal, and there is another transparency over the cover."
"The girls can make whatever faces they want on their cover, and switch out pieces by putting them in the back when they are done! I also used the Monsterville Blurbs where the girls can make up a name for their monsters and put it on the cover."
"I put two 'secret' pockets on the inside. One of them is an envelope, and when you open the flap, another monster greats you inside! The second is a pocket where they can stash cool things!"
On the 4th day of Christmas SEI gave to you a game gift idea. Have you ever thought of using your scrapbook paper for games?
We created 3 games out of this one sheet of paper. Just cut the paper into squares (ours our 4 x 4) to make a puzzle. Then, download and print off the instruction sheet. Once the puzzle is put together, there are two more games that can be played with the completed puzzle. These would also be great paired with some My Own Monster iron-ons.
If you are going to be driving this holiday, you can also use these as travel games. Just skip the puzzle game and do the other two games so you aren't chasing puzzle pieces around your car.
