Memory box Project Oasis 2013

These are pictures of the memory box project we will be doing in my OASIS class at the Methodist Church. IT uses the La Belle VIe papers from Close to My Heart and various accessories, like the filagree charms. The pictures are out of order, and the first is the inside lid of the box, the second the top and the third an overview of the whole box.

Tiny Twins

This is one of my favorite "go to "patterns for cards, because It takes such a small amount of paper, and the embellishment possiblilities are wide open. Because the area in the center is such a focus, this really lends itself to texturing. On the valentines cards I used rub ons and on the "for you" stamping. It is from the Originals card pattern book on page 127. It is a card that features how to do a lot with just a little.

16 page Reflections album

Here are two more pages of the 16 page reflections workshop, by Bo Trommer, that I used for my class at the Senior Center. I used the magnifique paper. On both pages I used stickers form the level 2 kit and lots of dots irresistables. I also used the "holes" from the lots of dots in the title page.

colored with lagoon. I also used a rub on on the mini medley lagoon metal piece.

16 page Reflections album

Here are 4 more pages of my 16 page reflections workshop (designed by Bo Trommer) using Magnifique from my class I teach at the the senior center.

We finished it in 7 weeks of classes, 2-3 hours a class. Each person used a different paper based on the type of album they were doing (grandchildren, husband). I did one devoted to my daughter, Katie. I thought I would be able to cover

her whole 19 years in 16 pages...but I see it is only the beginning.

On the top two pages, we used chalk popping and a door ables along with stickers from the level 2 set. It is too bad they don't sell the chalk sets any longer, it is a great technique.

The last two pages just used banner sets cut from my pazzles and the banner alphabets on waxy flax.

Love Clear Cards

I love love clear cards.

This is hard to see, but I used the february stamp of the month and embossed it on top of stamping in the background.

Techniques, techniques

I love learning new techniques (and remembering old techniques) for inspiration for making scrapbook pages and cards. Many time I just blog hop for inspiration or look int he idea books from CTMH or the scrapbook manuals or card manuals, because they have about 1 technique for every layout, but this year, for 52 weeks, jeanette lynton is blogging about techniques every monday.
A new technique every monday! A few weeks ago, she blogged about the KISS technique, which i love....but she didn't just do the KISS technique, she stepped it up a notch. She has done that with every technique she has discussed. I was blown away by her two step embossing. Of course I can't wait to get the beautiful February stamp of the month and try it myself. But also, I have printed out her blog every monday and started a notebook, filing the techniques alphabetically. Doing this, I have a step by step handbook of 52 techniques!Check out the link to her blog.

16 page Reflections album

Here are the next 4 pages in the 16 page Reflections workshop layouts.

In the top page, we simply used paper tearing and rolling as a technique. I also used rub ons and stamping.

The then and now page with her cousins, we used embellishments and stamping with light inks on dark paper, which is an art in and of itself. we made "elements" with a square punch, the circle punch, and buttons. Layering and details is what adds punch to pages.

The next two pets pages use irresitables and flip flaps. Under each pet picture with a flip flap I we wrote the "story" of the pet and put secret pictures. I used the small flip flaps, but the ladies in my class were taught how to use the large 12x6 flip flaps and a level one page cut in two to extend the page easily and add more pictures.