Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Susie here today sharing a Christmas layout I created using two of the wonderful laser cut overlays available from Want2Scrap!

I absolutely love to decorate for Christmas and one of the first things that came out of the boxes this past year was our collection of nutcrackers! I realized I needed to scrapbook them and of course I found the perfect starting point with Want2Scrap overlays.  This is how the overlays looked when I started:

Let me tell you that the red paper is the same on each overlay although the photography makes them look like different colors.  Sorry about that!  :)  You can see that each of the overlays come with  a white paper background that provides a photo mat inside of each of the openings - such a nice detail!

Don't feel like you need to fill each opening with a picture - although I did do that for the photo on the right!  I use the openings to group pictures and related embellishments and I like to include a lot of pictures on my layouts! I used patterned paper to create a background for my mini collages in two of the openings.  I chose the Holiday Cheer Collection from Photo Play Paper because it had a nutcracker theme!

This overlay actually has a laser cut Santa's hat and sparkles which would make it perfect for "Visit with Santa" pictures.  My theme for this page was different so I created an embellishment cluster to cover up that area.

The built in laser cut title is my favorite part of any overlay because it just makes my life easier!  The paper pack I was working with had a color pallette that included both white and tan.  I chose one of the papers with a tan pattern and used it to back most of the title area. I left the area behind the word "Christmas" white so that it would really stand out and  I added a dimensional wooden exclamation point!

Next I used the "Christmas Tree Second Page" overlay. I want to point out that you can flip this page around and orient it any way you want to suit your pictures and embellishments.  I just love having options!

Here is a look at the finished page.  I love treating each opening like a mini scrapbook page!

So time to get out those Christmas pictures and get them into your scrapbook!  Be sure to check out the Want2Scrap Store for our full selection of 12x12 and 6x6 overlays!

Want2Scrap Supplies:

• It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas - 12x12 Overlay
• Christmas Tree Second Page - 12x12 Overlay

Other Supplies: Photo Play Paper - Holiday Cheer, Flair buttons, wood chippies, kraft tag


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play!  Susie

Game On! with Pokemon Go!

Pokemon Go is the latest gaming craze and of course Want2Scrap has the perfect overlay to scrapbook those memories: Game On!

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My favorite part of any Want2Scrap overlay is the title area.  I love the font on this one and didn't feel as though it needed a whole lot of dressing up. The little Pikachu I used to embellish the title area came off of a lanyard I found at WalMart!

This little guy was actually cut out of the lanyard packaging and adhered with foam pop dots.

But what kind of pictures do you use on a layout about a cell phone game?  Screen shots of course!  There are standard graphics and phrases that any Pokemon Trainer sees every day:  The Pokemon broke free?  You walked how far?  You finally have enough candy to evolve that Pokemon!  Congratulations - you levelled up!!

There are real world photo ops, too!  How about this one of my daughter battling into a gym - in the rain!

 And of course you can always use the ap take pictures of Pokemon in the real world!

This overlay is very versatile and can be used for pretty much any kind of gaming.  Here is a page where I used the same overlay for one of my great nephews playing with a remote control car.  I spent a little more time altering the title with Want2Scrap Shiny Chrome Drops!  You can find the details for this layout HERE.

Want2Scrap has a wide selection of overlays that make great starting points for layouts.  Be sure to check out both sizes: 12x12 and 6x6.  Happy scrapping!

 Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today!  Susie

Supplies for Want2Scrap Pokemon Go Layout:

• Want2Scrap Game On! - 12x12 Overlay

Other supplies:  

• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Font One - Lowercase Etched Dies 
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities You Are Here Dies
• Other - cardstock, alpha stickers, Dymo Labelmaker

I Heart Dogs Card!

Susie here today with a CAS (Clean And Simple) card I created for a dog lover - or maybe a new dog owner!

I started by stamping and heat embossing the sentiment in black ink.  Then I added a wash of blue to create a bit of a background.

I love Want2Scrap chipboard!  I often use it just bare naked because I love that look, but there are so many ways to dress it up!  Today I decided to use embossing powder.  I chose one of the elements from the card sized Houses by Nina Brackett pack.

I wanted to make the house 2-toned, so I masked off the roof part with a piece of paper and inked the bottom half.  I added embossing powder and applied heat to set.

Then I reversed it and masked off the bottom and embossed the roof using a different color.  Such a cute little house, right?

But not cute enough!  I stamped a tiny little sentiment on the roof and heat embossed it.  It turned out really cool as it kind of melted into the previous heat embossing but still kept a little dimension.  Next I dug a tiny little wooden dog chippie out of my stash and heat embossed him in black.

I adhered them to the front of the card and then decided to snazz up the roof line with a bit of bling from the Sleek Strip Rhinestones in black...

...and added a few bits of washi tape - voila!

Be sure to stop by Want2Scrap and check out the store for all the new designs of chipboard that we have added!

 Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today!  Susie

Supplies for I Heart Dogs Card:

• Want2Scrap Chipboard Houses by Nina Brackett - card sized
• Want2Scrap Sleek Strips 6" Rhinestone - Black
• Wow Embossing Powder
• Fiskars Cloud 9 Stamps - Simple Thoughts - Dog 
• Studio Calico Wood Veneer - Dogs
• Studio G stamp

Softball Overlay from Want2Scrap

Susie here with a fun layout that started with one of the many laser cut Softball themed items available from Want2Scrap!

My husband plays in a softball league with his buddies from work.  Our sons were able to play on the team after high school and I captured these pictures at an evening game. The 12x12 overlay made this layout fast and easy!

I started by removing the white backing paper and replacing it with a green and white patterned paper. I trimmed the outer edge of the overlay a little and centered it on the page. I did need to replace the white paper behind the softball, then I added some photos and embellished with stickers, flair and a Dymo label maker.

I scattered 4 smaller photos underneath the laser cut title.  Don't feel like you need to fill each of the openings with a photo.  You can use them to group pictures and related embellishments.

Remember to check with Want2Scrap for any sports related scrapbooking elements - we have you covered from Archery to Wrestling!  You can find this overlay, along with many other softball themes items, HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today!  Susie

Want2Scrap Supplies for Softball Layout:

• Softball with Ball, Bat and Glove - 12x12 Overlay

Other Supplies:

• Paper House Productions Teamwork Chipoxy Stickers
• Basic Grey Hey Boy Flair
• American Crafts Picnic Flair
• Dymo Label maker
• Arrow die

Under the Sea with Heartfelt Creations and Want2Scrap

Hello and welcome!  Susie here today with a quick all occasion card I created with a stamp from Heartfelt Creations and Want2Scrap bling!

I don't have a lot of patience for detailed coloring but that doesn't keep me from using a beautifully detailed stamp. The Under the Sea stamp set has 5 whimsical sea creatures with the most amazing details!

I created a wash of orange and yellow on watercolor paper with Color Burst and then I stamped and die cut some of the little fishies.

One of my favorite things about Heartfelt Creations stamps is that they frequently come with dies that match. It makes it quick and easy to isolate an image and then pop it up off the background for a huge impact.  Here I used dimensional adhesive to add one of the fish on top of an Ultramarine Blue Color Burst background.

I mounted that whole element on black cardstock and then lined the top and bottom with a strip of washi tape from my stash.  The final touch was a double layer of Sleek Strip Rhinestones in 2 colors and sizes - black and turquoise.

Want2Scrap Supplies for Under the Sea Card:

• Sleek Strip 6" Rhinestones - Black
• Sleek Strip 12" Rhinestones - Turquoise

Cross Promotional Supplies:

• Heartfelt Creations Under the Sea Cling Stamps HCPC-3739
• Heartfelt Creations Under the Sea Craft Dies HCD1-799

Other supplies:  Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst - Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow, Orange; watercolor paper,cardstock, dimensional adhesive, ink, embossing powder, washi tape

 Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today!  Susie

Want2Scrap and Peachy Keen - Mixed Media Card

Hello and welcome!  Susie here today with a mixed media card featuring a stamp from Peachy Keen and Want2Scrap bling!

I created the background with Ken Oliver Color Bursts on watercolor paper.  I trimmed it down and inked the edges before mounting it on cardstock.

I used Spellbinders Cascading Circles die to cut white cardstock.

 

I used a stamp from the Peachy Keen In the Garden 1-1/8" Face Set to stamp on vellum with permanent black ink.  I colored the eyes from the backside with a sky blue marker.

I wanted to adhere the face behind one of the holes in the die cut so I trimmed the vellum down and added Zip Dry glue to the backside of the die cut.

I also used Zip Dry to adhere the entire die cut onto the Color Burst background.  Heres a close up of the stamped face on the card.

I pulled out Nina Brackett's Let It Snow bling and chose a snowflake for the upper right of the card.

Want2Scrap Supplies for Snowflake Card:

• Christmas Bling by Nina Brackett - Let It Snow

 Cross Promotional Supplies:

• Peachy Keen stamps - In the Garden 1-1/8" Face Set PK-1521
• Spellbinders Cascading Circles Die  S5-243
• Beacon Adhesives Zip-Dry Scrap Book Glue

Other Supplies:  Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst - Ultramarine Blue, Lime Green, Turquoise; Dymo Labelmaker; watercolor paper, inks, marker

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today!  Susie

Heartfelt Creations and Want2Scrap - Under the Sea

Hello and welcome!  Susie here today with a mixed media card pairing the Heartfelt Creations Under the Sea stamp set with Want2Scrap rhinestone bling! I adore anything to do with the ocean so I loved playing with the whimsical images in the Under the Sea stamp set from Heartfelt Creations.  One of my favorite thing about them is that they have coordinating dies!  Die cutting the images is so much faster than having to fussy cut them!

I started by creating a mixed media background on water color paper.  When it dried I stamped the seahorse image with permanent black ink.  Using the coordinating die, I cut and embossed the  seahorse.

In order to really emphasize the eye, I added a 2.5mm black rhinestone from my pack of Want2Scrap Baby Bling.

I created a background on white cardstock with inks, a stencil and embossing powder.   I achieved a little bit of "grunge" before I stamped a sentiment and adhered the seahorse.

I sprinkled the card with Irridescent, Turquoise and Light Green rhinestones in 3 different sizes to finish things off!

It is so easy to create beautiful cards with Heartfelt Creations and Want2Scrap!

Want2Scrap Supplies for Under the Sea Card:

• Baby Bling - Black Rhinestones, 100 Count
• 72 Count Turquoise Rhinestones
• 72 Count Iridescent Rhinestones
• 72 Count Light Green Rhinestones

Cross Promotional Supplies:

• Heartfelt Creations Under the Sea Cling Stamps HCPC-3739
• Heartfelt Creations Under the Sea Craft Dies HCD1-799

Other supplies:  Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst - Ultramarine Blue, Lime Green; Ken Oliver Crafts Liquid Metals - Verdi Gris; The Crafters Workshop stencil - Mini Raven Mosaic; Wow Embossing Powder - Atlantic Seaspray; Impression Obsession/Yvonne Blair Words for Art cling stamps, watercolor paper, inks.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today!  Susie

More Inspiration with Want2Scrap and Quick Quotes!

Hello and welcome!  Susie here today capturing my daughter's senior prom memories with a layout featuring some of my favorite products from Quick Quotes and Want2Scrap!

I started with papers from the Quick Quotes' Chiffon Collection, tearing and inking the layers to add some lovely texture and character.

I included a vellum quote amongst my collage of pictures.  I have been lucky to be on the Quick Quotes Design Team for a couple of years and I pulled this one from my "stash" because it was perfect for the page.  They have created vellum quotes on such a wide array of subjects and events that you will have no problem finding one that works for any of your scrapbooking projects!

Likewise, Want2Scrap has a huge selection of Fancy Chipboard Words!  I love to alter them and use them on all of my projects: cards, layouts, canvases, and mini-albums.  There is even a way to order a custom word if you need something that is not in stock!  For this layout, I used glittery black embossing powder to alter the word "Sparkle", which I had ordered as a special request!

I used Warm Sand and Antique Linen PowderPuff Chalking Inks on the torn paper edges and then added pieces of Black Rhinestone Swirls Finesse

The multi-layered "Prom Memories" die cut was perfect for the title!  It brought a touch of class to the page by adding silver and gold glitter paper to the classic black camera and white letters.

Before you leave, take a peek at the mask my daughter is wearing in the center photo.  I brought a basic cardboard mask home from the local craft store and she added glitter and LeCreme Swirls Finesse Pearls to create a one of a kind design that perfectly coordinated with her gown!  (Yes - this crafty momma was so proud!)

Want2Scrap Supplies:

• Prom Memories Die Cut
• Fancy Chipboard Word - Sparkle, small
• Swirls Finesse,  Black Rhinestone
• Swirls Finesse, LeCreme Pearls

Cross Promotional supplies:

• Quick Quotes Chiffon Collection - 100, 105
• Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalking Ink - Warm Sand, Antique Linen
• Quick Quotes Vellum

Other: 7 Gypsies stickers, embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today!  Susie