Layout Share – Ice Cream Series #2: Tunnel of Fun!

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

Hello everyone!

I had a video for this layout but the I had the light setting wrong so my video turned out blue – haha, not as nice to watch.  So I’m just going to share the end result.  :)

Here are a few pictures of the layout…

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This layout is the second installment to my Ice Cream series.  Today’s ice cream of inspiration is Stewarts’ Firework ice cream (www.stewartsshops.com) – vanilla ice cream with cherry swirl and blue poprocks.  So I made my color scheme cream tones with red and blue pops of color.  The photos fit this palette perfectly because there is so much blue in the tunnel fabric.

My process basically started with my photos – this set of 5 photos was a challenge to work with.  It’s not an even number of photos so lining them up was odd, so I staggered them with them overlapping to allow for room to embellish.  The photos are all similar – he was just crawling back and forth and back and forth through the tunnel for hours one day.    Next I started trying different papers to layer, also adding a few different strips of things to the sides – a red striped sticker on one side, washi on the bottom, a tab sticker on one photo, a vellum envelope (with the hidden journaling inside under the center photo) and various patterned paper.

Then I worked on the other two clusters.  One has wood veneer stars, red ribbon, a Chic Tags doily, stickers, and staples.

The other is based around one main tag that the title of the page is adhered to with 3 different styles of alpha stickers, white gel pen detailing, mini clothespins, a border cut from patterned paper from a 6×6 pad, and kraft stickers.  Around this title cluster I’ve also added some Mister Huey’s droplets.

Lastly I added a few sequence, label stickers, and rub-ons around the photos and outlined the background paper.

I personally prefer to do videos but I royally screwed up this video so this will have to do! :)

DSC_0006In this layout I’ve used a variety of things.. washi, rub-ons, alpha stickers, mini clothespins, paper (of course), stickers, sequence, ribbon, vellum envelope, etc.  Here is my specific supply list:

  • background – My Mind’s Eye – Miss Caroline Dilly Dally “Celebrate” Token paper
  • other papers:  MME Surf’s Up – Tropical Flowers paper, MME Lime Twist – Life of the Part Sweet Bon Bon paper, GCD Studios – Brown Mod Soul Food collection, Jillibean Soup – Macho Nacho Soup Bite Size Bits, and MME 6×6 Summer Splash pad
  • Mister Huey’s color mist – Inky Black
  • embellishments:  mini clothespins, SEI ribbon, Target – kraft stickers (from the $1 section!), GCD Studios – Funhouse Popcorn journaling tags, Jo-Ann Craft Essentials – Family rub-on matchbook, Chic Tags – Spring Doilies, Echo Park Paper Co. – Photo Freedom Vol. 1, Fancy Pants – Down by the Shore label stickers, We R Memory Keepers – 2×4 journal cards, Target – washi tape, Studio Calico – wood veneers, and Fancy Pants – Label Stickers #1899 and #1870
  • ink:  Tim Holtz – Distress Ink Pumice Stone
  • Zig Writer – Pure Black 0.5 mm
  • Gelly Roll – white
  • alphas:  Jillibean Soup – Newberg Navy Alphabeans and Roasted Red Alphabeans, and Doodlebug Design Inc. – Teensy Type Lily White

And that’s it folks!  Please let me know if you have any questions about my layout or my process.  Hopefully I’ll have an actual video for you soon – truly that is what I prefer to do because that is also what I prefer to watch (versus read).  Thanks for hanging in there with me!

Melody

 

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Scrapbook Layout: 1st Bike (first layout ever!)

Posted on May 27, 2013 by

Hello everyone!

Today I wanted to share my first scrapbook layout ever!  I do cards and other paper crafts but I’ve never actually made a full scrapbook layout – it has always been so daunting to me!  But I’ve always wanted to.  So today, I did it, and I recorded it (though this could have gone terribly wrong) – and I actually liked it when I was done with it!

So here is a photo of the layout…

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A close up…

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And… here’s the video!

The supplies I used are:

  • My Mind’s Eye Dilly Dally “Adventures” Record Paper (background)
  • other papers used:  The Paper Company, DCWV Nana’s Kitchen Matstack, My Mind’s Eye 6×6 pad Summer Splash, Authentique 6×6 pad Collection:  Celebrate, and My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found
  • Mister Huey’s color mist in Inky Black
  • Embellishments:  SEI Playday rubons, October Afternoon Farm Girl designer brads, Simple Stories Vintage Bliss 3×4 journaling card elements, Chic tags Spring Doilies, Chic tags Spring Words & Icons, and Echo Park Paper Co. Scoot by Deena Rutter
  • alphas:  Jillibean Soup Alphabeans Roasted Red and American Crafts Thickers in Lullaby

Thanks for joining me and enjoy your day!

Melody

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Sooo….. :)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

Ok, so… a month later and now I’m back.  It has just been a crazy few weeks but I promise I’m still here and I’m still working on projects!  I have a video converting as I type this to prepare for tomorrow’s post.  Don’t judge me too harshly!  It’s actually my first ever 12×12 layout.  Here’s a photo to show how we’ve been doing… a little crazy, ha!

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And don’t worry!  I will be back very shortly and much more frequently!

Thanks – Mel

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Recipe: Cherries in the Snow

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Hello everyone!

I’ve got another recipe for you guys today… this is one of my favorite ones from the Philadelphia Cream Cheese cookbook.

DSC_0006The recipe takes about 10 minutes to make (or more if you have a small child running around!) and uses the following ingredients…

  • 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 cups Cool Whip, thawed
  • 1 can (20 oz) cherry pie filling (or any other fruit pie filling you want)

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DSC_0002First you take your cream cheese and put it in a mixer (or use a hand mixer) – I used my beloved KitchenAid Mixer.

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DSC_0014And mix on medium – until smooth.

Then, add the Cool Whip and mix on low (be very slow with this step, the Cool Whip really only needs to be very lightly  mixed in).

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DSC_0020Now you should have something that is whipped and creamy looking.

So… next, take half of the creamy mixture and spoon it in a bowl (or individual cups if you’d like).

DSC_0021Next, layer half of the cherry pie filling on top of the first layer of cream cheese mixture.

DSC_0022And… now repeat the layers once more.

DSC_0023And you have this!!

DSC_0026Now all that is left is to enjoy!

DSC_0027I love this stuff.  I actually used the fat free Cool Whip and 1/3 less fat cream cheese and it tasted just as good to me.  It’s similar to a fluffier tasting cheesecake without the crust.  I like to think of it as a healthier version of cheesecake!  :)

Again, this recipe is not mine but I do love it!  And I hope you enjoy it as well.

Until next time…

Melody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ice Cream Series #1 – B&J’s Liz Lemon

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Ok, so I had this idea about 2 weeks ago for an ice cream inspired series.  My husband and I were discussing different ice cream flavors and I realized how many interesting flavors there are out there.  So I thought what a cool way to pull some inspiration.  So I picked out a bunch of different flavors by different brands to use as inspiration.

The first I chose was Ben & Jerry’s Liz Lemon (see www.benjerry.com for more information on this flavor).  Apparently it’s a new one that is coming out this spring – it’s one of the Greek Frozen Yogurt ones.  It’s lemon greek yogurt with a blueberry swirl in it (I think, from what I can tell from reading the description).

So for this challenge to myself I decided to make a card using blue and yellow colors.  Here’s a photo of the final card… but watch the video below to see how I did it.

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And the video…

The supplies…

  • EK Success – Swiss Cheese corner punch
  • base – Bazzill Basics – Fig Swirl
  • Portagolio Premium Pigment ink pad
  • Zig Writer – Pure Black 0.5 mm end
  • Kaiser Scrapbook – Sky Blue droplets
  • Chic Tags – Summer Words/Icons
  • Echo Park Paper Co. label stickers – Photo Freedom Volume 1
  • SEI rub-ons – Poppy collection
  • Recollections – punch tool
  • Jillibean Soup cardstock stickers – Summer Squash Soup
  • SEI – On the Coast collection – Coral Reef
  • Recollections 8″x8″ The Pet Pad (bird sticker)

Thanks for joining me!  I have a youtube channel as well if you haven’t subscribed there please visit and subscribe!

Melody

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Some cards I’ve made recently…

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to share a few cards I made recently – I didn’t do videos on any of these but please let me know if you want information on any supply or technique I used.

In the first card here my whole purpose was to use large letter stickers and some layers… that was it.  Everything else just developed as the card was made.

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Supplies I used in this card… (size A2)

  • alphas – Jillibean Soup – newberg navy Alphabeans
  • alphas – October Afternoon – Boarding Pass: Decal alpha stickers
  • papers:  My Mind’s Eye 6×6 pad Summer Splash, SEI a Fair Day 12×12 pad, and other scraps
  • base – Bazzill Basics – Walnut Cream
  • Zig Writer – Pure Black – 0.5 mm end
  • die cut – SEI – a Fair Day – General Admission
  • label stickers and tabs:  Echo Park Paper Co. Photo Freedom Vol. 1 and Fancy Pants Design Inc Down by the Shore

The other two cards I made are also A2 cards but they use primarily scraps and random chipboard embellishments from YEARS ago.  I also used a few other things like my Gelly Roll pen in white, Recollections Dots alphabet stickers, Prismacolor 01 black fine line marker, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type stickers, and Echo Park Paper Co. Photo Freedom Vol. 1 stickers.

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Thanks and have a great day!

Melody

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Creative Process Video: a very big hello card

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

Today I didn’t know what I wanted to make so I just pulled out this card set from SEI and went with it.  It took me a bit to figure out what I was doing but it turned out good.  Card bases with a pattern on them confuse me, I’m not sure why because if I really think about it I usually take a solid base and add a pattern to it first so it really sure not confuse me so badly but it does.  :)

Here’s what I came up with…

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Watch the video to see how I did it…

My supplies:

  • SEI cards and envelopes – Black Orchid
  • button stash
  • washi tape – Target brand
  • EK Success – Postage Stampe Edge
  • Staz On – Timber Brown
  • Technique Tuesday – Sweet Somethings
  • SEI cardstock tabs, frames, and labels – Citrus Kick collection
  • SEI – On the Coast collection
  • SEI chiplets – On the Coast collection

Thanks for watching!

Mel

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