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Another 1977 layout

I'm on a roll with using old photos in layouts!  Here's another one....

Again, I think I'm 2ish in these photos & I assume I'm in our back yard playing.  

I used another PageMaps sketch on this layout.

Supplies: American Crafts Cardstock, KI Memories Lace Paper and Quote Sticker, Sassafras Lass Paper, Pink Pasilee Letter/Number Stickers, Scenic Route Die Cut & Sticker, Stickles, My Mind's Eye Rub-Ons, Button, Rusty Pickle Tag, Quickutz Silhouette Shape: circle_scallop_LG, Font: Lauren Script, Heidi Swapp Edge Distresser

Disneyland!

For my birthday yesterday we went to Disneyland to celebrate.  It was REALLY fun since we hadn't been there since we were dating...about 14 years ago.  I know, I know...we do live really close to it & we really should try to go more often.

We took a bunch of photos & I can't wait to scrapbook them.  I think I'll probably do a mini-album about it....but who knows what I'll end up doing.  :D  I still have to edit the photos, & with how busy this week is for me I just hoping I'll be able to do it soon.  

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I'll post more this weekend about our trip to the "happiest place on earth."

1977 Layout

I love holiday weekends!  This one in particular was great since it gave me a chance to do some scrapbooking as well as spending extra time with my family.  I'll share some of the projects I made with you through out the week.

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I've been digging through the old photos I rescued out of my Mom's magnetic photo albums & decided to scan some so I could scrapbook them.  These photos are of my Mom & me (I think I'm about 2 years old in the photos - 1977).  Even though the photos aren't great I love the bright colors & our interaction.  If you'd like to see any of these photos larger, just click on them.

There's a few techniques that I used on this layout.

-I made that flower out of some fabric I had on hand. 

-I painted around the edge of each photo with a metallic paint and then inked them with black ink.  

-I embossed with black embossing powder a Unity Stamp onto the Hambly transparency.

-I used acrylic paint underneath a rub-on to make it stand out.  Although I've done that a lot previously you can see that for some reason the paint stuck to the rub-on backing & peeled up some...which I'm ok with.  It also caused a happy accident since the "only" didn't rub-on well, I just used my labeler to cover it up...I like it even better.

-I used a sketch from PageMaps for this layout.

-I also used my sewing machine to stitch around the 8.5x11 piece of cardstock as well as the smaller piece under the photos.  I ended up removing the thread on the 8.5x11 paper to just leave the holes.

Supplies: American Crafts Cardstock, Hambly transparency, Unity Stamp, Heather Baily Rub-on, Prima Bling, Prima Brads, American Crafts Letter Rub-ons, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher Staples, Thread, Ink, Labels, Paint

Happy Independance Day!

Wishing you a safe & fun holiday weekend.  So thankful today that I an American women!

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I also wanted to share with you a piece I made the other day with some Inkssentials Memory Frames, some really tiny buttons, some scrapbook paper scraps and a charm.

Upcycling Glue Glider Pro Cartridges

When I my first cartridge of adhesive ran out on my Glue Glider Pro I didn't know what to do with it.  The friends I was scrapbooking with said I should just throw it out...but how could I do that?  -I knew I could do stuff with the "parts"...so I held on to it.

The other day I decided to take it apart.  There are lots of interesting parts inside!  Immediately I have a few ideas of what I want to do with them..here's the first:

I decided I wanted to use one of the "cogs" to imprint gesso on a canvas.  First I had to cover the canvas with the gesso....I smoothed it out more after I took this photo.

Then I just held onto the center of the smaller green cog & stamped it around in the gesso.  I'm really happy with the texture it created.  

Now I'm just waiting for it to dry so I can add paint and other stuff.  I'll share what I come up with when I'm finished.

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You can read my review of the Glue Glider Pro here.

Basic Grey "Sultry" & "Blush" Cards

Friday was girls night out & we got together to scrapbook.  Since I couldn't decide what to work on with out having to lug a ton of stuff I brought two card kits...Basic Grey's "Sultry" and "Blush" lines.  I deviated from the instructions a bit, but I love how cute they turned out.  I used Tattered Angles Glimmer Mist on some of them...along with bling and other doo-dads.

Here's my "Blush" cards.  (You can click of any of the photos in this post to see them larger.) 

And, here's some close-ups of some of them. 

Here's the "Sultry" cards...and some close-ups.

Video Tutorial: Yudu Emulsion 101

Ok, by popular request, here's a video tutorial on how to apply emulsion on your Provo Craft Yudu and then how to "burn" your design onto it.  I tried to cover most of your questions, but if you think of any others please leave me a comment so I can address those points....also, I'd love to hear if this video helped you.  :D

Have a wonderful weekend!

Another screen printed canvas

Today I finished working on the canvas I showed you how to screen print  with your Yudu the other day.  I added a bunch of flowers & bling in "happy" colors.  

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Thanks for all your emails about the tutorial videos... I'm glad they are helping you.  A lot of you asked for one on using the Yudu emulsion....so that one should be up soon.  

Video Tutorial: How to reclaim your Yudu ink

I'm sure most of you have figured this out by now, but for those who don't have a Yudu & are curious, this is how you can reclaim the ink & save some money.  

If you end up reclaiming your ink every time it will thicken up on you, so just add a few drops of water & shake it up to have it return to it's "new" consistency.

Video Tutorial: How to screen print on canvas with your Yudu

Ok everyone that's been begging for videos...I've finally caved & put one together for you when I printed another canvas the other day.  Hopefully it will help someone....let me know what you think...screen printing & videoing at the same time are kind of tricky LOL.