Rachel

My great-grandmother Rachel

For this layout, I used a piece of Ciao Bella paper for the background.

La Traviata paper pad - Ciao Bella

These are the dies I used:

Doily 3 - ScrapMan

Schiffli - Tattered Lace

Mini Ruffled Rectangles - Tattered Lace

Large Sweet Peony - Heartfelt Creations

Small Sweet Peony - Heartfelt Creations

Happy Birthday Frame - ZFParty (AliExpress)

My Favorite Things - Four Corners

Flower Circle -Store No.4772042 (AliExpress)

I made the burgundy flowers using the Sweet Peony dies, Heartfelt Creations 3D Floral Basics Shaping Mold as well as the stylus tool from their Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit.

3D Floral Basics Shaping Mold - Heartfelt Creations

Instead of misting the white die-cuts with water before running the mold through my BigShot, I brushed them with Lindy's Stamp Gang Burnt Umber Vintage Spray and Autum Maple Crimson Shimmer Spray (a very messy process but I liked the end result).  I then used a glue gun to layer the die-cut flowers and finished them off with some Prills in the center.

These are the chipboard pieces I used:

Celtic Border 3
- Creative Embellishments

Dripping Heart Lace Border
- Creative Embellishments

Fancy Trim #7
- Dusty Attic

I heat-embossed the Creative Embellishment borders with Stampendous Seasonings Embossing Enamel and the Dusty Attic Trim with Stampendous Aged Scarlet Embossing Enamel.

This is the mould I used:

Curio Findings - Prima

I used Sculpey UltraLight to make the curio pieces.  After baking and cooling the pieces, I painted them with brown Prima Rust Paste.  I then rubbed and brushed them lightly with a couple of colours of Prima Metallique Wax (Rich Copper and Old Silver). 

I also used the Rich Copper wax on the metal flourish and little plastic medallion pieces in the flower clusters.

Thank you so much for taking a look.

Magical December

My son, Evan, on Dec.3, 2007

I used some more papers from the old Holly Jolly collection by My Mind's Eye and an old piece from Fancy Pants Design's Tradition collection for this layout.

MME Holly Jolly - Ornamental

MME Holly Jolly - Plaid

MME Holly Jolly - Jingle Bells

Fancy Pants Designs - Tradition - Holiday Sentiments

MME Holly Jolly - Winter Branches (I used the backside)

These are the dies and punch I used:

Lifestyle Crafts - Nesting Doily Circles

Spellbinders - Postage Stamps

Spellbinders - Fleur de Lis Squares

Tim Holtz decorative strip die - Festive Greenery

Martha Stewart deep edge punch -  Scallop Snowflake

For the cedar leaves cut with the Festive Greenery die, I flipped them over and traced around the edges with a black marker (I use Zig Memory System markers) to accentuate the edges (probably more work than the subtle difference was worth but the perfectionist in me had to do it, lol).

The cardinal was made with Sculpey Ultralight using a mold and then painted.

First Impressions Molds -
Bird Trio with Nests

The mini pine cones are natural ones I bought at a craft store and then dry-brushed with white paint.

Same as the one in my previous layout, the snowflake doily was cut from thin chipboard using a Cricut and the Close to My Heart, Art Philosophy cartridge.  I applied clear ink and heat-embossed it with Stampendous Fran-tage embossing enamel in Shabby White.

The long snowflake flourish chipboard piece was a really old one from my stash made by the now defunct Riff Raff Designs.  I embossed that piece with Fran-tage embossing enamel in Aged Ivory.

For more information about other products I use, you can check out my scrapbook.com gallery where I often link products to their store.

Thank you for taking a look!