BTR Bar B Que - Disneyland

This is another layout using the Basic Grey Herbs and Honey paper. White I was looking for some farmer's market type pictures I ran across a few photos fromthe Big Thunder Ranch BBQ from October of 2010 that I hadn't scrapped.  Perfect!

Next I set about trying to decide what layout would best fit the photos and the paper I had.  I did have plenty of 12x12 but also had a bunch of 4x6 cards that I needed to use, so I decided that this sketch by Susan Stringfellow for Basic Grey would be perfect. It allowed me to use a lot of the different patterns from the 4x6 paper.

For the embellishments I used DCWV corrugated paper and cut them out with Sizzix flower dies by Brenda Walton.

 I stamped the background paper with a Tim Holtz stamp that mimicked chicken wire.

 The center of the flowers needed something, so I punched 1/2" circles out of the corners of a frame sticker and attached them to some flat brads, then covered with Glossy Accents for some shine.  Homemade decorative brads in no time!

 And true to form, my sweet shadow was right next to me as I photographed, giving himself a bath.

Disneyland Petting Zoo Big Thunder Ranch

Our June kit for the Basic Grey page of the month contained this paper.  It was very farmy.  I really didn't have anything I was going to be able to use with it, but then I remembered the petting zoo at Disneyland! (where else, right?)
There was also a technique that I wasn't to excited to try so as always I just did what I wanted while the rest of the class attempted the technique.  

When I went to photograph the layout for the blog, two of my four cats decided that nap time was over and that I really needed them to help with the photo shoot and a little more distressing on the fabric flowers. 

 

This layout is a take on this one pager from Sketch Savvy #108. I turned it into a two page layout.  It's a very loose interpretation of the sketch because I forgot which sketch I used and had to finish the layout two months later.

This layout is about the little petting zoo area of Disneyland called Big Thunder Ranch.  There are quite a few goats there that all have cute names.  In this picture are Pongo (Such a funny goat! Named after the male dalmation in 101 Dalmations) and Leota (named after Madame Leota from the Haunted Mansion and the famous Haunted Mansion imagineer, Leota Toombs.)

This side of the layout features a giant sheep named George.  He was so calm and so cool.  Unfortunately, as it says in the hidden journaling, George has since passed away. You will see other animals around Big Thunder Ranch, a horse, cow, parrot, turkeys and they used to bring in reindeer at Christmas, but don't do that anymore.

 I used some colored canvas from Die Cuts with a View to make two flowers on this layout.

 This flower was made from the paper backed canvas by Die Cuts with a View.

This banner was cut with a new Sizzix die I bought from my LSS. 

Happy to be finished with this after two months.  I really didn't like this line, but I'm so glad that it ended up being perfect for these pictures.  

And the next time you are at Disneyland, stop by Big Thunder Ranch and give the goats a little love. You can also follow them on Instagram at @disneylandgoats

Trick or Treat

 I decided to make a few more fun projects for friends for Halloween.  These little frames can go in the bathroom next to some fall smelling soap just for a fun. silly decoration.

I used DCWV Midnight Spell paper and cut the title and the Trick or Treaters from a Tim Holtz die.  Fun and Easy!

Fun Halloween Gifts

 I got some DCWV paper called Midnight Spell, and wanted to do something fun with the bright, glittery papers in it.  I have two friends who just moved into new homes, so I thought it would be fun to make them a Happy Halloween picture for their entry way.   In addition to the glittery paper from DCWV, I added some solid glitter paper from Bo Bunny and I think DCWV as well.

 The die cuts are from Tim Holtz and Lifestyle Crafts.  For the Candelabra, I added some Liquid Pearls to make them shimmery and like they had melted.

 I also found these fun Jack-o-lantern soap dispensers at Bath and Bodyworks and though it would be fun to add a small picture frame with a light-hearted message for their guest bathroom.

For this frame, I stamped the Happy Halloween from a Tim Holtz stamp, and embossed it with Ranger fine embossing powder.  I did the same with the bats and then cut them out.  The pumpkin is also a Tim Holtz die.    The black and green papers were cut from the centers of some of the papers in the stack.  I can still used the decorative edges of the papers as back grounds for layouts.  The striped paper, purple swirl and purple paper I stamped the bats on, were all from the border sheet in the stack.

This was a really simple project with no real techniques, other than for me -- using the bright colors.  That takes a real gift that I have yet to truly master, but I enjoyed playing!

Faux Shopping at Cristal d' Orleans

 This layout is about a Girls day at Disneyland in February of 2010.  It was a quiet day and we were wandering around listening to the Bootstrappers, riding Pirates and the Haunted Mansion, and then as we were passing through New Orleans Square along Royal Street, we were approached by a plaid and asked if we would pose for some pictures and video as if we were shopping in Cristal d' Orleans.  We had never been in the shop, so we agreed and wandered around acting like we were interested in all the glass stuff.  Then we had to sign some papers giving them permission to use our pictures.  I took a couple of the experience myself and we had a good laugh about it.  We have no idea if they actually used them or not, but we chalked it up to another fun experience in our favorite place.

 This layout was done for Disney Scrappers Challenge #28 - Shopping, and the October Creating on a Whim Challenge.  I used Sketch #98 from Sketch Savvy.

 The Creating on a Whim Challenge included using several things from a list on my layout - I included the following things: pop dots, fabric, chipboard, and journaling around the page.

      Because the shop had a lot of crystal glasses, figurines, etc, I tried to use shiny, crystally things on this page.
     To make the title, I cut the letters out of Lifestyle Crafts' Aluminum Chipboard, then put a thick layer of Glossy Accents on each letter so that they would look like crystal letters. The background shape was made by attaching the fabric to some chipboard and cutting it out on a Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Styled Labels Die.

     The paper I used was fabric paper by Die Cuts with a View.  It is a little tough to work with.  It is adhesive and is on paper that you can peel off, but I left most of it on the paper because the fabric is so thin that when you remove it, it tends to get mishapen and this doesn't work when you are using large pieces.
     The adhesive also made it difficult to sew on.  My needle would get gummed up fairly quickly, so I had to keep a Q-tip and Undu by my machine and clean the needle quite often!
     There were no embellishments with this stack (I don't think DCWV makes embellishments?) so I made my own.  I enlarged the floral shape from one of the papers on my printer and then attached the plain fabric to chipboard and hand cut the shapes, inked the edges and attached them together.  I added some tiny rhinestones to tie them in with the banners I made the same way.
      I liked the texture and softness the fabric gives the layout, but it was a bugger to work with.