First some good news for you Cuttlebug fans who are wanting to use your bug with Texture plates, brass stencils, etc. - the Wizard Charm Embossing Kits are back in the store :D For more information on using the Cuttlebug with these plates check out previous posts here.
Secondly, I've been tagged, but I just haven't had the time to play. I promise when I return from CHA I'll get to it!
I have been creating like a mad woman! If you know me at all you know that I don't like leaving things until the last minute and so this is SO not like me - LOL! Life has taken a whole new twist it seems with all the deadlines being thrown my way, but I keep hopping over those hurdles as they come.
Now on to my first creation. Scrapbooking - this cutter is a TRUE treat when it comes to creating scrapbook pages!!! All I can say is WOW! Unfortunately I do not have a lot of experience with this form of papercrafting, but I do find it fascinating!!!
In creating the pages for the Create-a-cut booth at CHA I began with a theme. The theme I selected was "Color Your World with Create-a-Cut". The first page I am going to share with you tonight is my "Red" page. My first step was selecting the picture. What could be more perfect for red than a Christmas picture? This is a picture I have shared before here on my blog - it is one that I truly LOVE! The expressions on the faces of my girls, as well as the one on Santa's face, are what make this a picture I treasure - perfect for scrapbooking, so that it can always be cherished.
The photo I selected needed to go in the upper right corner of the page due to the way the picture is composed. Doing a quick sketch to lay out my design helped me get a feel for the proportion. Then I started to play with the cutter. I LOVE the way I was able to create a scalloped edge on this patterened paper, then on the solids to match them up and finally on the photo itself!!! It is what I am trying to spotlight with this page - the versatility of creating marvelous edges to ANY paper! I love Bazzill paper, but you certainly will have a much more difficult time getting your photos cut with that same edge detail. I hope that you find this little edge detail intriguing. Note how the corners match perfectly. This cutter makes it a breeze to "calculate" where your scallop will start and stop on a piece of paper! It is the thing I appreciate the most about the cutter.
Just a little "bling" to make it sparkle and I have my first scrapbook page.
Can I consider myself a scrapbooker now? LOL!
Products used:
Create-a-cut scallop blade; Memory Box 12x12 Flirt Paper, Burgundy and Cranberry; Making Memories Trim, Brad, Stickers, Tag Maker, Stick Pins; A Muse Twinkle Stickers; A Stamp in the Hand Script Background; Ranger Raisin Ink Pad.
Hopefully I will be able to share the other six pages over the next week or so to share with you the other wonderful things I discovered about this cutter during my creating sessions. I leave for CHA on Saturday and I still have BOATLOADS to do, so off I go and create some more!!! Please stop by and see me and do my little make 'n take at booth #1833 between 10:30 and 1:30 if you are at the show!!!
and she scrapbooks too!
wtg!
can't wait to see more of your work!
Posted by: AnneMarieZ | February 01, 2007 at 06:30 AM
Great job with the edges. WISH I was eligible to go.
Have fun (know you will)!
Posted by: twinks | January 27, 2007 at 01:07 AM
A resounding YES!!! You are definitely a professional scrapbooker! I hope you have nothing but FUN, MEET ONLY PLEASANT PEOPLE and do lots of business at CHA.
Posted by: Juanita(Toni173) | January 25, 2007 at 11:16 AM