Howdy,
The inspiration is stacked a mile high around here and I just have to share it with you! So grab a cup of warm milk, some chocolate chip cookies.....get in a comfy chair and take a look at what I have for you! {WARNING!} This post is photo heavy!
Christmas Past 12 x 12 Layout by Gloria Stengel:
Cardstock - Bazzill
Paper - Graphic 45 Christmas Past (We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Deck the Halls, Jolly Old St. Nicholas)
Stickers - Rebbecca Sower Designs (alpha), Graphic45 Staples (journaling block)
Chipboard letters - L'il Davis
Flower - Maya Road
Pins - Maya Road
Glitter - Cat's Pajamas Glitzy German Glass
Ribbon - unknown
Pen - Zig
Other - Vintage postcard
To create the sparkly chipboard word "Santa" for this page, I spread a thin layer of white glue to the L'il Davis chipboard letters, then sprinkled each letter with German glass glitter. This "glitter" is actually crushed glass and not only gives a lot of sparkle and dimension to the layout, but also contributes to the vintage feel. I also added an actual vintage Christmas postcard to the layout.
Steampunk Debutante/Staples mini album “Albin’s Inventions” by Jenny Svennson
Supplies:
Graphic 45 – Steampunk Debutante “Victorian Transformers”, “Steampunk Debutante”, “Ephemera Extraordinaire”, “Fantasy Floral”, “ Eclectic Emporium”, “Mechanical Mind”, “Time Warp” and Tags.
Graphic 45 – Staples “Black Policy Envelope” album, Flowers, Alphabet Stickers and Stickers.
Graphic 45 – Domestic Goddess Alphabet
7 Gypsies – Door Knob
Zutter – 1” Antique Silver Binding wire.
I have Gyro Gearloose living in my house! It’s my 7-year-old son, of course, and he invents things on a daily basis. Sometimes he draws sketches of his ideas and inventions, once in a while he even tries to build one, but most of his ideas are the ones he blabbers about at the dinner table until his dad and I start developing ulcers in our ears! So, I though I’d make him a little album where he can hide his sketches and scribbled notes, pictures he cuts out from magazines for inspiration, and even a useful mechanical part or two.
The Black Policy Envelope album from the Staples collection turned out to be just perfect for this project. And the Steampunk Debutante collection, of course! Because, that’s about what I imagine my son’s brain would look like had we been living in a Steampunk world – full of gears and gadgets, and other mechanical things.
I also used the fantastic tags that come as packagings for the Staples collection, and bound them into my album. The distance between the holes of the album pages coordinates with those of the Zutter Bind-It-All, so it is really easy to add pages to these albums. I did also change the wire into a slightly wider one while I was at it, because knowing my son, I imagine that this album eventually will be packed with things and thus need a bigger spine.
Le' Romantique Printers Tray by Jade Moore
I have always wanted to work with the 7 Gypsies Printer's Trays! I love the way the Le' Romantique Graphic 45 Papers add a girlie whim to the finished product!!!
Quick Tip: Print your pictures out on transparencies and back them with whatever paper you like to add a whimsical feel!!
Shopping List
Graphic 45 Le Romantique Paper: Loves Labyrinth
Graphic 45 Le Romantique Paper: Daydreams
Graphic 45 Le Romantique Paper: Le' Romantique Tags
Graphic 45 Le Romantique Paper: Sweetheart of Mine
Graphic 45 Le Romantique Paper: Tender Missives
Graphic 45 Le Romantique Paper: Le' Romantique
Graphic 45 Domestic Goddess Paper: Lady of the House
Graphic 45 Domestic Goddess Paper: Happy Homemaker
Graphic 45 Staples: Buttons
Tim Holtz: Key Holes
Tim Holtz: Memorablia Pins
Tim Holtz Hitch Fasenter
Prima Flowers
Favorite Findings: Buttons (Fan)
Trim
BlueMoon Madame Delphine Charms
7 Gypsies Printers Tray
I hope that all this wonderfulness from some of design team members will keep your head spinning with ideas! Now get to scrappin'
Happy Papercrafting,
Candy
