Our Disney Adventure

 

Good Monday Morning!

 

On our way back from the Bahamas we spent a couple of days in Orlando, Florida and took my granddaughters to Disney World.  Even though the weather was extremely hot and humid, we had a ball! 

 

Our visit to Disney World was amazing.

 

We surprised my granddaughters Angie and Natie and the look on their faces was priceless.

 

 

We stayed until the fireworks and it was an awesome sight.

 

Supplies used:

 

Mickey and Friends cartridge

Champagne Stickles

Stand and Salute cartridge

Disney stickers

Disney designer paper

We Are Memory Keepers Lucky 8 Punch

white gel pen

 

 

Erlinda

Endless Summer

 

 

 Happy Friday!

 

I'm still on a high after our trip to the Bahamas, wishing it would never end.  I recently purchased the new Close To My Heart Artbooking cartridge and used it to create this layout.  The background overlays are absolutely fantastic.  Loving this honeycomb overlay.

 

 

My daughter and I had a wonderful time on our trip. The layouts are pre-designed on this cartridge; and all the images are cut off the same size.  A no brainer for me, so I don't have to decide what size to cut the images individually.

 



 

I embossed the waves and shaded several of the images.  Added a few rhinestones to give some sparkle to my layout and I am done!

 

 

Erlinda

Life's A Beach

 

I'm back!

Our trip to the Bahamas was a dream come true.  As you can see I went with my daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters. 

 

This was a four-day cruise which took us to Nassau and Half Moon Cay.  We travelled on Carnival Cruise, the Ecstasy ship.  We were impressed with the service and the amenities we were provided.

 

 

On Half Moon Cay the family enjoyed the ocean waters. 

 

We thoroughly had a ball during our trip.  Great memories were made and over 300 pictures will remind me of this fantastic vacation.

 

 

Erlinda

Halloween Double-Woven Accordian Scrapbook

 

Good morning and Welcome!

 

Last week, Sandi Genovese shared the directions on how to make this great double-woven accordion scrapbook.  I decided to make mines a Halloween scrapbook.  You can follow her tutorial @

http://www.sandigenovese.com/double-woven-accordion-scrapbook/   Below are the cut pieces before you embellish.

 

 

 

 

 

 To decorate my scrapbook I used The Witches Brew paper stack by DCWV.  I embellished it with lots of clear and black rhinestones. 

 

 

When you open the book it unfolds into an accordion style.  The base of the book measures 6" x 17-1/2."

 

 

This is the back of the book.  I enjoyed making this project so much that I plan to make another one with a different theme.  Be sure to view the tutorial by Sandi.

 

 

Erlinda

Close To My Heart Mini Album

 

It's the start of an exciting week for me!  This week I will be going on a cruise to the Bahamas with my daughter and her family.  The title of this mini album says it for me, "Just Be" grateful and joyous that God is blessing me!

 

At our Close To My Heart quarterly meeting, my up line Karen Morris @ http://awesomescrapbooks.blogspot.com had us recreate this mini album that she designed.

 

 

We used the Dimensional Elements Album Pages (#Z1791) for the base of the album.

 

Karen used the Artiste and Artbooking cartridges to cut the pages for the album and other shapes to embellish it.

 

 

The Artiste cartridge coordinates with the chipboard album pages.



 

 

Again, I am grateful for the start of a wonderful week.

 

 

Erlinda

4 x 4 Accordion Mini Album

 

 

Good Morning!

 

Yesterday I had my monthly Close To My Heart hostess workshop and this is the project my friends/customers made.  This 4" x 4" Accordion Mini Album was made using the Chantilly paper line by CTMH.  The belly band that holds the album together was decorated with the Martha Stewart doily punch.

 

 

Three sheets of white cardstock measuring 8" x 8" are scored and glued together to form the base of the album.  Then the inside is decorated with designer paper and cardstock.  Approximately 16 photos can be mounted on the different squares and triangles.

 

 

Here's another sample that measures 5" x 5" and tied with a pretty ribbon.  These albums make great gift ideas.  So get started with your Christmas gifts by making a few yourself.

 

 

Erlinda

More CHA Make and Take Projects

 

Hello again!

 

Last week was totally a dream come true.  Attending the CHA Show was a wonderful experience.  Today I am sharing the last of the make and take projects offered at the conference.  This beautiful purse was surprisingly easy to make using Fabri-Tac by Beacon Adhesives.

 

These small white boxes were decorated with the gelatos by Faber-Castell.  I liked them so much I went out and bought a set of ten.

 

Tags made with the beautiful designer paper by Graphic 45.

 

 

This pretty canvas was decorated with papers by DCWV.

 

 

Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the company where I colored this beautiful silk scarf and decorated my initial ring.  I'm having a senior moment.

 

 

Made a few cutesy cards.

DCWV also manufacturers jewelry products which I didn't know.  I couldn't get enough of making their bracelets and necklaces. 

 

These cute mini notebooks were made with products by Little B. 

 

I've thoroughly enjoyed sharing these projects with you and I hope you enjoyed looking. 

 

 

Erlinda

Christmas in July cards

 

 

Hello and Welcome!

 

Today I want to share the Christmas cards I made at the CHA workshop designed by www.elizabethcraftdesigns.com.  This one was made using the Berry Branch and Birdie dies.

 

 

For this one, the following dies were used: Merry Christmas, 5-Part Pine and Snowflakes dies.  This card was my favorite.

 

The last one used the Mitten die and for all the cards we used micro fine glitters.  Hope you enjoyed viewing these cards.

 

Erlinda

Teresa Collins Memorabilia CHA Make and Take

 

Happy Friday Friends!

 

This week at the CHA Show here in Las Vegas, we were showered with tons of creativity.  Teresa Collins was one of the exhibitors at the show promoting her new EBosser Machine.  We were able to emboss several of the pages on at the exhibit and then take the project home and assemble it.

 

It is hard to appreciate the embossing affect on these pictures but believe me they are beautiful.

 

 

This page has clocks embossed onto it.  What I learned this week is that sequins are the latest in embellishing your projects.  From cards to scrap pages they are being used more and more.

 

 

The paper line is the Document Paper by Teresa Collins.  I was fortunate to have met her in person and that was quite a thrill.

 

I will share more of the make and take projects with you next week.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

Erlinda