Day 328: Holy Triptych Christmas Card Day 2

Today I used Smooch Accent Ink in gold and silver to highlight the gifts of the wise men, the star and halos, and the angel's wings.  I also cut out all the sections of the triptych.

Day 290: Reindeer Frame Card

Tonight I was inspired by a Christmas card my Stampin' Up! representative had demo'd for my stamp club.  I die cut a frame from red Stampin' Up! card stock, embossed it in Cuttlebug's snowflake embossing folder,  adhered it to a craft card base (Recollections by Michael's), and then used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to stamp the reindeer inside of the frame. My representative used a felt snowflake from Stampin' Up! at one corner of the frame, but I added my own twist and also used a snowflake brad (Creative Impressions) and a clear die cut snowflake to add more depth and dimension to the card. Clear snowflake from Sizzix die, clear material re-purposed from packaging. I added a little bling by using pearlized white Smooch at the end of the reindeer's antlers and on the center of the white snowflake brad.

Day 245: Dedication Page

Today I worked on my Dedication page.  I wanted to dedicate my album to the Lord, and I have been trying to come up with the best way to do it.  This paper was the reverse design of the paper I used for my Baptism page, and I thought it was pretty, and there was space on the right for me to journal this prayer to the Lord, so I decided to use it as the page background. It works out well because the Dedication page will be the first page in the album and the Baptism page will be the second page.  The prayer was copied from Sharon Sheridan's book, Pages of Faith:  The Art of Spiritual Scrapbooking, with a few modifications. I used a journaling pen from Creative Memories to write the prayer and the Bible verse from 1 Corinthians 10:31 along the stem of the branch supporting the upper bird. I underlined words I wanted to emphasize with gold Smooch paint by Hampton Arts . The "faith" embellishment is from Me and My Big Ideas.

Day 188: Books of Note Journal

I like to read and I like to write down summaries of the books, or sometimes even take notes chapter by chapter.  Rather than just using a plain old notebook, I buy a black and white composition book and cover it with scrapbook paper and decorate it.  For this one, I used a beautiful bird paper by Prima Marketing for the cover, and purple card stock from Stampin' Up! for the inside and back covers.  I used Smooch pearlized top coat to add some glimmer and depth to the pastel flowers and the bird's wing and tail.  I used some pearls from Jolee's to accent the center of the flowers, the bird's eye, and the keyhole (Tim Holtz). I tied a ribbon around the key and used Lock-Tite glue to adhere the key to the cover. I had some light-colored velvet letters in my stash and altered them with my Stampin' Up! markers for the "Books of Note" title. (I even altered a couple of numbers: turned my 9 into an "S" and turned a 3 upside down to make an E!) I added a multi-layered butterfly to add some more dimension to the upper left of the journal. Finally, I used a pretty variegated pink and purple crochet trim to accent the spine of the notebook.  Now when I write about the books I have read, I have a pretty journal to use to record my thoughts.