Beau Chateau - page 4

Okay!  Another page in the Beau Chateau album!  I'm probably breaking some cardinal rule of scrapbooking, but I'm decorating both sides of this beautiful DSP.  So one of the previous day's pages is on the other side of this one.  I've tried to place any bulky areas in different sections of the page, so when it goes into an album, it isn't too thick.  Today's layout is pretty simple.  All of the pieces of solid cardstock are meant to be used as frames for photos.  The rectangle pieces are 4 1/4 X 6 1/4.  The square pieces are 4 1/4.  I figured most photos are 4X6", so this will keep the cropping to a minimum.

 Today's envelope beautifully coordinates with this paper.  This one is left open, and I will include a Mini Library Clip with a stamped image Framelit for a journaling option.  Otherwise it can be used to hold a special momento.
Bojo Blossom punch and pearls again are the chosen accents.

 Sorry for the blurry photo here, but it is hard to tell sometimes on my little camera screen.  To make today's journal section, I cut a piece from another page of DSP that had the lines on it.  I gave it a frame, and accented it with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, and pearls.

To get the scallop border for the photo frames, I cut strips of Soft Suede with my Tasteful Trims die (I love that die - it saves me tons of $ in ribbon). 

I hope you are enjoying these Beau Chateau pages!  I'm having a great time making them!  I still don't know what I'll do with them!

Beau Chateau - page 3

Here is page 3 in my Beau Chateau collection!  I'm still not sure what I'll do with these pages, but I'm having fun making them!

Today's page had no pink in it, just Marina Mist and Soft Suede (and Very Vanilla), so I stayed with those colors for the page.  As in the previous pages, I'm using a few reoccurring products to keep the pages tied together. 

 Today's scalloped envelope is meant as a decoration, so is closed. The Chantilly Lace trim is attached with Glue dots to make the ruffled pattern below the scallops. I love this look! The flower is made with the Bojo Blossoms punch - it punches all 3 flowers at one time, then I curled the edges up a little and layered them, finishing it off with a pearl.

To make the 2 border pieces, I made one large Framelit, and then cut out the middle section.  But don't worry, I'll use that paper with punches to make accents throughout the other pages!  Again, a few pearls to make it pretty....

And the Chantilly Lace trim along side the photo panel is attached with Glue Dots.

Beau Chateau - Page 2

Okay, so I failed to do a little check-up of yesterday's post, and I realized that I had the wrong full-page posted, because the extra details were for the wrong page.  But I've corrected that now, so be sure to go check out yesterday's full page layout.

 This framelit is actually from yesterday's page, but I made all of the frames to look the same, to carry throughout all of the pages.  Remember, I punched them all out at once, having several sizes.  I punched 3 flowers using the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, and then added pearls from our Basic Pearls Jewel pack.  This is a great spot to add some journaling, or names of those in the photos.

Here is a view of both pages together, although I don't know if I'd leave them together, or perhaps have the Cherish page at the front of the book, and the Memories to end the book with...  I have a few more pages finished, so I'll show them over the next day or so!

Scrapbooking - Beau Chateau

Hi there!  I've been busy working on scrapbook pages, even though I don't scrapbook for myself.  I do some digital scrapbooking, and should go back and post what I've made so far using My Digital Studio....hmmm...gonna have to start blogging more while watching Dancing with the Stars!

I'm not certain what I'll do with these pages; I'll most likely take them with me to the Camp Harmony Scrapbooking weekend in November, in hopes to sell them.  Or I'll figure out how to set up an Etsy store.  Either way, these were fun to make, and this DSP (Designer Series Paper) was great for leaving journaling sections.

To make those journaling sections, I used the Frames Collection Framelits....I put all of the Framelits onto one piece of Soft Suede cardstock.  Running it through the Big Shot cuts all of the frames at once.  Then, I can use each sized frame on the different pages (there are more to follow!)

To add a little interest, and to use up some retiring product, I made this lovely scalloped envelope, and attached a framelit piece stamped with an image from the Apothecary Arts stamp set.  This would be great for a date/location.  It is all held together with a mini library clip.

For the flower detail, punch 2 pieces of Pink Pirouhette with the Blossom Punch, and 2 petals in Soft Suede with the Blossom Builder Punch.  Add a Marina Mist 3/4" circle and a scrap of Chantilly 1/2" Crochet Trim.

Here's another close-up of the bottom detail.  The crochet trim is gathered by runnning thread through one side, then pulling it to gather and scrunch it up a little.  I initially tried to sew the trim to the scalloped strip of DSP, but that was taking too long, so I just tacked it to the page with mini glue dots.

More to come!

Christmas Scrapbook in a Box

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 I hope you are having a wonderful day with your family.  Today my family is traveling to our parents' homes, on our way to a marathon of gift-exchanging, eating, and fun!  A few years ago, after going to our 4th home on Christmas day, we learned that our kids couldn't last that long.  So we started asking Santa to visit a day early...now my family exchanges gifts Christmas Eve morning, and the kids have all day to play with their new toys without having to put them away to travel for hours to do it all over again.  It has worked well for us over the years.

My mom also joined in on the compromise, and she now hosts Christmas on the 26th, so you see where the marathon comes in?  We are at Jason's mom's on the 25th so we don't have to hurry through the meal or the gift-giving, which is very nice.  We can sit back and relax and just enjoy the day.  But now, on to the stamping!

Today's project is another one from last year.  This is an Exploding Scrapbook in a Box.  I believe I got this idea from Monika Davis.  The top picture is the box closed with the lid on.  Then, when you open the box, the sides all cascade down and you have several layers and sides on which to scraopbook!  I think I cut out at least 40 of these last year for my customers to take home and assemble after our initial class where they first learned to make them.  I think I had to re-order Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive 12X12 3 or 4 times!  And I'm still using up the strips left over from making the layers...they reside in my scrap box.  Many of the layers and pieces on the panels are from the squares cut out of the corners.  After cutting the squares and layers, I added a few touches with the Tasteful Trim die, punches, and glass glitter.  We glued all of these pieces and parts onto the layers.  But now that we have the Sizzix Adhesive Sheets, we can save a ton of time in making these!  I still have one of these on my desk shelf, and I hope to finish adding pictures to give this to my grandparents...  

boxes of my own, but haven't finished putting pictures into it yet....I'd better finish it soon or