Life Is So Good

 

I’ve scrapped this photo of my Granddaughter taken by her mother before. It’s one of my favorite images of her, so it immediately popped into my mind when I opened the February Scrapbook Kit from Tres Jolie and discovered that it contained paper and laser cut elements from 49 and Market’s Alena collection.

This took a few days to complete because I decided to fussy cut a lot of the flowers and butterflies that were included on the cover sheets of the paper pack and the laser cut embellishments. While I was doing that, I put together a plan for my finished layout.

To begin, I cut an 8” x 8” square in the center of the Full Bloom page and put it aside for a future project. (This is a good way to stretch patterned paper; I only needed the outside area.) The remaining 12” x 12” piece was glued to an 11.75” square of chipboard to give it stability.

I trimmed the Exquisite sheet by .25” on all sides, giving me a 11.5” square; this was adhered to the base.

The photo was glued to one of the laser cut frames, then cut down to fit. I glued small pieces of chipboard to the back of this, as well as to the other frame pieces that I had selected. These were arranged in a fan-like arrangement and glued to the page.

I adhered the “twine” piece to the bottom of the photo and then selected flowers and leaves from the pile of laser- and fussy-cut embellishments, starting with that marvelous flowing vine. To add dimension, I used foam adhesive to glue them all down.

To fill what looked like a gap, I added a few “ticket” pieces to the side of the photo after tearing the edges and topped this with my title piece.

To finish my page, I glued down a few scattered butterflies and a bit of script: the “beauty” piece above the vine.

A few closeups:

 

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*****Supplies*****

***Paper***

49 and Market – Art Options – Alena Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Exquisite #AA-37254

49 and Market – Art Options – Alena Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Full Bloom #AA-37292

***Embellishments***

49 and Market – Art Options – Alena Collection – Laser Cut Elements #AA-37360

***Other***

Beacon – Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive

Craft Country – Aleene’s All-Purpose Tacky Glue

Scrapbook.com – Foam Adhesive Strips #sbc-bcadh-3122

***Tools***

EK Success – Cutter Bee Scissors

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As always, I want to thank you for peeking into my blog; your visits mean a lot to me.

 

Be Happy. Be You.

 

This layout, with the blend of teals and oranges and rustic settings, was inspired by Tres Jolie’s February Mood Board, along with the Scrapbook Kit, and features a photo of my granddaughter taken back in the spring of 2018.

The 49 and Market Alena collection makes a perfect setting for my image. I chose the Happy Dancers sheet as the foundation because I wanted a not-too-busy background for what was going to be a very busy focal piece.

I cut the Peek-A-Boo sheet into 4”x6” sections, selected four of these to serve as background layers, and backed each of them with cardboard to add plenty of dimension. I glued them together and added my photo.

Now for the embellishments! I took out my Finn Waxes and selected the two that best matched the color scheme to treat the chipboard pieces. Before attaching them to either side of the photo, I gave them a blast with a heat tool to melt then set the wax.

I added a few flowers from the kit and finished it all with some of the laser cut elements, using one of the word strips to provide the title of my piece.

A few closeups:

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*****Supplies*****

***Paper***

49 and Market – Art Options – Alena Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Happy Dancers #AA-37315

49 and Market – Art Options – Alena Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Peek-A-Boo #AA-37285

***Embellishments***

Tres Jolie – Laser Cut Chipboard – Split Flower

49 and Market – Art Options – Alena Collection – Laser Cut Elements #AA-37360

Little Birdie – Handmade Flowers – Vincy Vivid Palette - #CR76710 – 9 Pcs

***Mediums***

Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Mini Ink Pad – Brushed Corduroy

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Metallic Wax – Firebird #966720

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Metallic Wax – Peacock #966775

***Other***

Beacon – FabriTac

ScorTape – 1/2”

Scrapbook.com – Double-Sided 3D Foam Circles – Small #sbc-bcadh-3122

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As always, I want to thank you for peeking into my blog; your visits mean a lot to me.

 

Heritage

 

A very quick and simple layout, created with the January Scrapbook Kit from Tres Jolie, featuring my great-grandparents, John and Jane McCormick.

John was born in Ireland in 1838 to Patrick and Margaret Hughes McCormick. The family immigrated to America in 1850, when John was 12 years old. They settled in Riga, a rural community just outside of Rochester, New York.

In 1875, he married Jane Keenan, the daughter of Edward and Catherine Hanlon Keenan. From the records that we’ve found while tracing our family, it seems that she was the first child in her family to have born here in the United States.

They had seven children; my grandmother was the sixth.

This studio photo is dated c.1878.

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The January kit came with the gorgeous Bohemian Heart paper pad from Prima, along with several paper doilies and a set of Tres Jolie’s laser cut chipboard leaves.

I’ve matted the photo with a few scraps, adding chipboard between the layers and inking all of the edges before assembling. I placed one of the paper doilies on the bottom and glued it all down in a spot ready designed to display my image.

The flower clusters were all fussy cut from the element sheet on the back of the cover, inked, and placed around the photo.

I treated the chipboard leaves with several layers of Distress Ink and tucked them under the clusters to finish my layout.

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*****Supplies*****

***Paper***

Prima Marketing – Bohemian Heart Paper Pad #664121

***Embellishments***

Tres Jolie – Laser Cut Chipboard – Leaves

Tres Jolie – Paper Doily – White – 6.5”

***Mediums***

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink Pad – Ground Espresso #TDO56010

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink Pad – Peeled Paint #TDO56119

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As always, I want to thank you for peeking into my blog; your visits mean a lot to me.