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She Has Funny Cars Layout By Jennie Garcia
I wanted to do a post about my car since everyone hates the color and they are always giving him names. For the title I used a Jefferson Airplane song because I was really stumped on the title.
For my title I used two pages of a Smash Pad. I love washi tape but honestly, I don’t fully trust it so I always use my Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive. I also use my Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive for photos and papers and ALL the matting I do. Whenever I used Epiphany Crafts tools I always use the Mono Multi Liquid Glue but, this time I wanted to give it a pop so I used the Tombow Foam Tabs. I love using paper clips but sometimes they lift the paper, which bothers me a bit. For that I use the Mono Multi Liquid Glue or the Tombow Power Tabs.
All the papers are from My Mind’s Eye, On The Bright Side Collection.
For the nicknames list I used another Smash Pad Page and a Label Maker. To make the cars pop and to give it a 3D I used a technique that I learned from Marie and you can see it HERE. I just used a base photo an using another copy I embossed it following Marie’s directions. I used those popsicle sticks that come with rub ons. When you are done it should be a little rounded. Also on the corners of the photos I used Correction Tape and on the inside lines I gave it a distressed look by scrapping the lines with my nails.
In addition to the embossing I used Tombow Foam Tabs.
This technique is way easier than it looks, I hope you give it a try!!
I hope you liked this layout along with this awesome 3D photo idea!!
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National Scrapbooking Day was started by the well-known album company, Creative Memories and is celebrated on the first Saturday in May. Since 1994 scrap bookers all over the country celebrate their passion for Scrap-booking on this day! Here are a couple of links to publications and companies that are helping celebrate National Scrap-booking Day…http://scrapbooking.com/ & http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/ be sure to visit and see all the fun they are bringing you!
Tombow’s Design Team is getting the action too, you can see how much fun they’re having…have a great day and
happy scrapbooking everyone!
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Debbie Fisher, is showing us one of the pages from a Scrapbook she is doing about her oldest son Benjamin. They all seem to grow up so quickly don’t they? Scrap-booking is a wonderful way to keep those memories alive and well long after that special moment or event passes. I have Scrap books all over my house about my family, I pick them up from time to time and just leaf thru and take a shot trip back down memory lane…you can too!
Did you know that according to CHA research most people craft for one or a combination of these key benefits?
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Sense of accomplishment
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Relaxation
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Memory keeping
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Health
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Economy/Value
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Recommended by friends or family
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Enables spending time with others
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Interaction with children
Speaking of children, look what wonderful pages Jennie Garcia, did with her daughter Ithamar in mind!
These are so cute; children make wonderful subjects for scrapbooking.
Scrap-booking is a great way to chronicle the growth of your family. Children change so quickly and Scrap-booking is a great way to capture all those special moments you want to remember.
Marie has such a wonderful family and you can see how she has created a few scrap-booking pages using a different look for each occassion.
I just giggle when I see the little ones face holding that bug…
All of these pages are so special, each one hold so may memories, I hope you have tried scrap-booking, if not use so of these examples to get started, you know you have lots of memories you want to share and keep forever. I hope you have a wonderful day scrapbooking, come back to see us soon…..
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Have you caught the Smash Book Fever?? Well I’ve had it for a while and is incredibly fun. I wanted to share a few pages that I made. I don’t really follow a theme I just put things that make me happy.
My Smash Book’s Best Friend is the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive. I mostly use magazine pages and this adhesive doesn’t wrinkle the pages and is pretty small so you can have it in your bag or purse. Some people have like a Smash Travel Kit and I think that in this kit you should include the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive, Mono Multi Liquid Glue and the Mono Glue Stick.
Most of these things are from my college years including my student card and my train card :0)
The Smash Book tabs have only one sticky side and I don’t fully trust so I use the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive.
For the Epiphany Crafts Embellishments I use my Mono Multi Liquid Glue. I used a lot of washi tape and rub ons.
I made this page because I am getting very serious about my health and losing weight :0)
This page is about the places I want to go :0) The arrows are stamps that I colored with my Tombow Dual Brush Pens.
The little envelope on the corner I made it with my Cricut and to put it together I used the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive, to keep the Twine in its place I used the Mono Aqua Liquid Glue. The cute angel stamp I colored it with the Tombow Dual Brush Pens.
For this Earth Friendly Page I made two tags on my cricut and I put them together with the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive. For the little punched pink flowers I used the Mono Multi Liquid Glue which has a broad tip for big spaces and small tip for small things like these. It also doesn’t clog, which is the best thing for me :0)
Do you have Tombow on your Smash Kit??!!
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This week we got to play with Sweet Stamp Shop. I got this cute Bubblegum Machine and i wanted to do some playful tags.
The base of all the tags are normal shipping tags and the first thing I did was color the hole back with the Tombow Dual Brush Pens and then I added an eyelet. They all have Trendy Twine. I stamped the Bubblegum Machines on book pages and I LOVE how they turned out. To color them I used my Tombow Dual Brush Pens. On this first tag I used washi tape on the bottom, doodled a little bit and then stamped a sentiment from Peachy Keen Stamps. On top of that I added a tag in which I added the black lines to coordinate it a bit more with the image. The photo corners are raw chipboard that I colored with a black Dual Brush Pen.
For the heart in the center i glued a lot of “Bubblegums” together and then I punched with my Epiphany Crafts Tool and added this shiny heart. I LOVE how it turned out.
In the second one I stamped this sentiment from Joy’s Life. I used half of a doily and on top I added washi tape. To glue my doily and stamped image I used my Runner Dot Adhesive. For my Epiphany Crafts accents like the stars I used the Mono Multi Liquid Glue.
In this last one I amde a little banner and on the bottom I used another stamp from Joy’s Life. I painted the scalloped oval with white paint and on the back I added a piece of patterned paper. I outlined the oval and the inside to make it pop.
I hope you liked these playful tags!!
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The star of the week are the Tombow Foam Tabs which I LOVE because I love dimension in my projects. To continue with the Home Decor theme of last week I made a banner for my daughter’s room using the same Momenta Kaleidoscope Paper.
I started by making my pennants with recycled cardboard from cereal boxes, you can use your chipboard too. I made a pattern and traced it in to the cardboard. After cutting ALL the cardboard I used the broad tip of the Mono Multi Liquid Glue to spread the glue in all the pennant and then I added a rectangle of the paper of my choice. It dries pretty quickly. What I do is keep gluing in all the pennants and when I’m done gluing I take my craft knife and I cut the excess in the order that I glued. I used my Tombow Dual Brush Pen to doodle around each pennant. You can punch the holes now or at the end, it really doesn’t make a difference. I do recommend using eyelets to protect it and make it look more polished. Now I will explain how I did the flower with the letter.
First I did a simple rosette. In case you don’t know how these are made, is really easy. I used 1 1/2 x 12 paper and punched one of the borders. Using my scoreboard I scored at every 1/4 and 3/4, I turned it around and I scored at every half inch. Glue the corners (like in the second photo). Using a one inch circle I used my Mono Multi Liquid Glue to apply it around and I glued the rosette on it. You can keep it really close or give it a little wiggle room, is up to you because it won’t show anyways.
I glued the rosette to a doily with the Mono Multi Liquid, on top of that I glued my scalloped circle. I doodled it with the Dual Brush Pens and on top of it I placed the letter with my Tombow Foam Tabs. Then you just glue the whole thing to the pennants.
The banner says my daughter’s name which is Ithamar.
A little close up. I added a few Momenta stickers to spice it up.
Easy right??
I hope you liked this girly banner!!
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This week we are playing with our Tab Fasteners and I want to share this cute mini backpack. Is really easy to make, I promise :0)
Sometimes we shy away from projects like this because we think is too hard but this was really easy to make, take it from me, probably the slowest scrapbooker ever!! It will take you only a 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock sheet for the base and for the decorations you can use scraps like I did. I took a 10 1/4 x 5 1/4 and I scored the wide part at 3 1/2 then I turned it around and I scored at 3, 4 3/4, 7 3/4 and 9 1/2. Cut the score lines of the bottom part, below the score line. To make the backpack flap I used a 3 x 2 1/2 cardstock and score at 1/2. To make it round I used a plate since I don’t have the tool for making circles. For the pocket you need a piece of 3 x 2 cardstock and you should score it at 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 on the sides and at the bottom. Cut out the squares in the bottom corners to make the folding easier. To make the little flap for the pocket use a 1 1/2 x 2 piece of cardstock and score at 1/4 and 1/2 on the top long side. As I did with the backpack flap to make it round you can use a tool, a plate or anything round. Don’t glue anything yet!! Just have all your pieces.
After all the scoring you turn the page around and you are going to have a little flap to put the backpack together, one of the sides, the front of the backpack, another side and the back. You are going to see a little rectangle in the left bottom, cut it out. Using the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive I covered the front of the backpack with a less busy patterned paper. Glue the backpack flap to the back of the backpack with the little flap on the inside. Cover the visible part of the flap with a busier or darker patterned paper, do the same with the pocket flap. On the exact score line punch two holes 3/4 from the border, this is for the ribbon on top. In the back make four holes, the two in the top are going to be on the center, close to each other but remember that you need space for eyelets (these are optional but they reinforce the holes, avoiding ripping). The two on the bottom should be close to the corners. For the top ribbon I used 6 inch ribbon and for the ones in the back I used two 8 inch ribbon. You can tie the ribbon or you can use your Power Tabs or Mono Multi Liquid Glue to glue the ribbon inside. Remember to keep the same distance in both ribbons. Now you can put it together, Glue the bottom with the Mono Multi Liquid Glue and the little flap to close the sides. Is super easy to make the little pocket just fold the sides and glue the corners where they touch in the back bottom on the top add the flap, there you will have a frame. You will glue this frame to the backpack using the Mono Multi Liquid Glue. And now the star of the show!! The Fastener Tabs!! Since they come with adhesive on both sides I placed the tab, without separating the velcro, on the flap and I closed it. It worked AMAZING!! For the little pocket I used a little less of half of a tab, same method. Just added a little stack of buttons and Ta-Da!!
I made this A2 card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2) so you can understand how tiny this backpack will be. For the card I used the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive and the Foam Tabs for the sentiment and the chipboard sticker.
Do you think you will give this a try?? Show us at the Tombow Facebook Page!!
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For this ABC Week I have another layout.
For this layout I started with a sketch that I didn’t use exactly but it gave me a few ideas. I started with 4 squares that measure 4 1/4 and using my Tombow Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive I arranged them in a 9 inch dark brown square to make them pop. I used the Tombow Dual Brush Pens to doodle on each square and on the border of the page. I love matting my pages with the Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive because is durable, acid free and it doesn’t wrinkle the photos. I placed the photo on the right first because on the one on the left I used the Tombow Foam Tabs to make that photo stand out and hide a journaling tag behind it. On that same photo I used some dimensional stickers and in the part that is not attached to the photo I used Tombow Foam Tabs. On the top of the layout next to the cardstock sticker I made a flower with a brad on the center but instead of piercing the paper I used a Tombow Power Tab. I added a few stickers, brads and, punch outs to the layout. The big pennant is a wood piece and I used the Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue to glue the paper, after it was dry I just used my craft knife to cut around it. I did more doodling with the Dual Brush Pens and to decorate I used a trim tape, a cardstock sticker and a big dimensional sticker. I wanted to give the illusion of a wall hanging so I glued twine behind the piece and used a brad as a nail.
Maybe you don’t feel the love for brads, just tuck the prongs behind it and use a Power Tab it will work great!!
I hope you liked this layout!!
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This week we are hopping with My Mind’s Eye and I have to say that they spoiled us rotten!! Getting a box of their products made my day!! I received products of Miss Caroline and Bright and On The Bright Side Collections and I was blown away by all the colors and patterns!!
Since these photos don’t have much color, my palette was inspired in the third picture and the color of the stamps. I kept using the woods with the crackled paint and the chevrons. I started by choosing the patterned paper for the big rectangles. I didn’t use the same arrangement in both pages because the blue would be too predominant. In the left the blue goes in front of the gray stripe and the yellow goes behind the gray, in the right page is the opposite. This technique helps to keep a balanced layout so your eye flows through both pages. I layered all the pieces with black to make them stand out. For the photo mats I used the 6×6 pads and I also layered them with black using my Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive . The pennants connected by the My Mind’s Eye Twine are from the Accessory Sheets and I used the Tombow Foam Tabs with them. I also used other punch out from the accessory sheet, with some stickers, brads and pins.
For the tiny pennants I used scraps and the Epiphany Crafts Tool and I used the Mono Multi Liquid Glue to attach them to the page. For attaching buttons I used Tombow Power Tabs, I learned this trick from Design Team Member Melissa. I outlined some elements to make them stand out, including the photos and the pages.
Thanks So Much to My Mind’s Eye!! Their products work in perfect harmony with Tombow!! I can’t wait to use both again!!
I hope you liked my double page!!
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Top of the morning to ya!! St. Patrick’s is on Saturday so I hope you are all set up in all things green!! I made this happy Leprechaun card and it was super fun!!
The rainbow and the Leprechaun are actually separate images. For the rainbow I stamped the Leprechaun on top to color the shadows in the rainbow. On a separate piece of paper I stamped the Leprechaun, colored it and then I did some extreme fussy cutting to put him on top of the rainbow. That way the image of the legs and the rainbow won’t mix ;0) I did all the coloring using the Tombow Dual Brush Pens. Then I made some clouds like we used to do back in the day in the BDCM era (Before Die Cutting Machines). I put the whole image together using the Mono Multi Liquid Glue. A little fact about this awesome glue *the fine tip makes the Mono Multi Liquid Glue the best for paper piecing and it doesn’t clog so you won’t get a bunch of glue suddenly which could ruin the project. Trust me it happened before with another glue. For the background I heat embossed a background stamp with blue embossing powder. The sentiment was placed using Foam Tabs and underneath I used Twine and brads.
I hope you feel as lucky as this Leprechaun is!!
I hope you liked my lucky card!!
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The theme for the week is Give Me A Hug !! I love this stamp set not just because is super cute but I get to do two of my favorite things when I stamp: paper piecing and coloring.
I always start with the image and then I decide what the background will be. First I picked their clothes, or the pattern paper to paper piece their clothes and then I stamp the image to cut their clothes. Then I decide what color to use on the hair, eyes, etc. Since these are gnomes I have permission to use any colors I want which I love! I color the parts I want to color with my Tombow Dual Brush Pens BEFORE I glue the clothes with my Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue. Using my Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive I made a simple background with a hill and a pair of rays. I doodled the background before adding the gnomes with Foam Tabs. I also used twine and a cloud for the sentiment.
I think this is a pretty magical card. Don’t you think?! 
I hope you liked my magic!!
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