I decided to make a traditional 6-inch scrap page today and used an element I'm in love with at the moment ... glitter! It's a good thing I have little girls who appreciate glitter and bling, too! :D To make this page, I started by stamping three different background stamps onto three different colors of Memory Box Cardstock: Taffy, Granny Smith & Iris:
The CHF Backgrounders I used were: Geometric Flowers II, Polka Dot Large & AlphaNumber. I used Ranger Distress Inks in Worn Lipstick, Sabby Shutters & Tumbled Glass. Next, I cut a piece of white cardstock 5.75" square and used this as my base to piece the stamped colored cardstock in an arrangement I liked, and rounded the corners with the 1/2" side of my Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper.
Next, I used Spellbinders Big Scalloped Square Nestabilities die (largest die in the small set) and cut four pieces of Sweet Corn Memory Box cardstock. Then I layered all four scalloped die cuts behind the colored scrap page base, overlapping one scallop -- this created a perfect 6.25" frame for my page!
To create the photo frame, I used Spellbinders Big Scalloped Oval Nestabilities dies-Lg and Classic Oval Nestabilities dies-Sm and layered them together on my magnetic cut mat, to cut a piece of the Sweet Corn cardstock:
Next, I used The Essential Glue Pad to ink up the Polka Dot Large background stamp and stamped the frame with it, then covered the dots with Martha Stewart's Essential Colors Crystal Fine Glitter:
Hopefully you can see the pretty sparkly surrounding my sweet oldest daughter's face when she was 5 months old (click on photo for a larger view):
The frame is popped up with foam tape over the photo. Prima E-Line 4 Petal & 5 Petal flowers adorn the upper right corner and Zva Crystals accent the flower center and line dividing two of the stamped cardstocks.
The "baby" title was made from Maya Road's Chipboard Alpha-Noah letters. I gave them a coating of Adirondack Pigment Ink in Snow Cap:
(The letter "b" on the left wasn't covered yet, so you can see the difference it made). While the ink was still wet, I sprinkled the Crystal Fine glitter over the letters and let it dry:
Here's how the letters turned out:
The little tag was cut with the smallest Spellbinders Tags Trio die from Lavender Memory Box cardstock and then I made a rub-on with my daughter's name, age & date by using Grafix Rub Onz ... this was the first time I had used this product and I can see all the fabulous possibilities it possesses! A little bit of white silk ribbon finishes this page.
Thanks for stopping by! -Sharon
Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms Backgrounders-Geometric Flowers II, Polka Dot Large, AlphaNumber
Paper: Memory Box Cardstock-Taffy, Granny Smith, Iris, Lavender & Sweet Corn
Ink: Ranger Distress Inks-Sabby Shutters, Tumbled Glass, Worn Lipstick & Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad-Snow Cap; Tsukineko The Essential Glue Pad
Accessories: Spellbinders Big Scalloped Oval Nestabilities dies-Lg, Classic Oval Nestabilities dies-Sm, Big Scalloped Square Nestabilities-Sm, Tags Trio; Maya Road Chipboard Alpha-Noah, Martha Stewart Essential Colors Glitter-Crystal Fine; WRM Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper, Grafix Rub Onz, Zva Crystals, Prima E-Line Flowers-4 Petal & 5 Petal
