Crate Paper

A *Heart* I Love You w/Mou Saha

Hi There, Mou Saha here with today's tutorial: how to create a simple 3-D title for a display layout.

Because I plan on putting this one in a little shadowbox, I didn't have to worry about the heart getting flattened inside a page protector. You can use the idea to create cards, tags, and home decor items where dimension is not a concern. 

For this layout, I started with the Traditions paper from the Portrait Collection. I decided to stay with pinks and reds with the cream and black background. I cut out a pink-red journaling spot from Emma's Shoppe accent cut paper and a photo matte out of Chores paper from the Neighborhood Collection. I rounded the corners and attached them side by side at about the middle of the page. I attached the photo and stitched around it. Next, I journaled and set out to create the title. You can follow along.

Punch six hearts out of Emma's Shoppe Dolls paper.

 

Using a bone folder or craft stick or the back of your scissors, fold the hearts in halves. 

 

Glue the folded hearts back-to-back to each other to create a 3-D heart.

 

Above the photo matte, attach the heart and with Emma's Shoppe alpha stickers to spell out "I" and "You". 

 

Add pink sticker words, chipboard doilies, buttons and a layered chipboard border to complete the layout. You are officially finished with the lovely layout! Isn't the fresh Pink & Gray combo a nice feature?! Especially with Mother's Day coming up...

Thank you for following along with my heartfelt creation - I shall return next month! Enjoy and have fun trying out the technique in whatever shape you feel like {though mom might like the hearts}! 

The Little Things w/Heidi Sonboul

Hey Everyone! It's Heidi S. and I'm so excited to be with you all today. I have a fun and fast technique to share that'll add a little "sumthin extra" to your projects using Crate Paper's adorable letter stickers. To me..these stickers are hot..hot..hot and I love using them on my titles, but first, let me share the layout.

and here is a fun up close and personal shot of all my layers at the top of my layout.

I just recently took a trip to Utah to visit my brother and sister in law and I took these fun photos of her and my new adorable niece. Whenever I take a picture of someone or something, I make sure that I take a million pictures (which really means about 10-20) of each life experience. This way when I scrapbook later, I have lots of little photos to "tell the story". I love little photos and find great joy in using them as almost an embellishment. For the larger photo I made sure that she and my niece were in the left corner of the shot, so that I could use the white space of the photo for a title or more embellishments.

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Now on to the technique:

I took these amazing little letters and personalized them in a way that on a vintage gal could love. Being that Vintage is so hot in the scrapbook world..I'm guessing that all of you might love this simple idea like I do. 

As you pick out your letters and before placing them down, rough them up a little. I roll them into a little ball and smush the sides. This will make it look all beaten up and then I ink them with an old brown ink pad to the age them.

Most people throw away their old ink pads, but I keep mine. I find that they give a nice dusting of color to age my projects, but in no way can it be used for stamping because the ink is nearly gone. And here is what they look like all beaten up.

I hope you have fun with this technique and enjoy it's possibilities! Sometimes, simplicity has the coolest affects! ~ H