This layout- thistle do nicely… yes that pun was used all over the place in Edinburgh.
I liked how the thistle cut out was used three ways, as a negative cut out, a positive one, and a stencil. I used a pencil to lightly trace the inside and then filled in each section with my Versamark marker and embossing powder (though I did the little spiral by hand).
I also like how I used one piece of cardstock for three photos by cutting rectangles into the frame.
Another thing I did by hand for this was my drawing of Dylan’s family crest, in the bottom left corner. Would make a cool tattoo.
I hate winter. But I love skating. And winter themed stuff.
Actually, the best part about winter is getting back inside…. those are ICICLES handing off Dylan’s beard in the bottom left there.
I used mostly the snowflake from the mitten cut file, but also had a small snowflake punch and snowflake sequins.
I loved the swirly snowflake and I wanted it cut in silver. Unfortunately, the only thing I had that was close to what I wanted was silver backed wrapping paper. I trusted in the Silhouette and loaded up the mat with shiny wrapping paper. It was pretty flimsy and ripped in a few places, but once I glued it on to the backing cardstock cutout, you can barely tell unless you’re looking for it.
I also used two different mitten designs because I loved as aspect of each. I loved the heart rope, but I much preferred the shape of the snowflake ones. So I used the knife tool to cut the rope off and welded it to the other pair.
For the title I used a silver sketch pen and the font Harrington. I liked the effect of the outline on this one, so I didn’t fill it in. Winterlude is the name of the winter festival here is Ottawa… there’s ice sculptures, beavertails, skating on the Rideau Canal, hot chocolate…., we need something to make Ottawa winters bearable!
Do you have any winter rituals that give you something to look forward to each winter?
I love the background, mostly because of all the work I had to put into it. The pattern is Dylan’s clan’s tartan.
I used purple, red and green origami paper to cut strips and squares. I then used my Silhouette to cut strips of black cardstock. Two sticks of glue later, this was the result. I kept the frames neutral to make the background stand out.
I made this frame by duplicating squares around a rectangle. I really liked it but thought it would be too much for the rest of the pictures.
I also used up the scraps from the origami paper. The Scotland title was one of the few things to survive the greatest tragedy of that trip. The worst thing that could happen to a scrapbooker happened to me: I lost the envelope that I had used to collect memorabilia from the trip- receipts, tickets, boarding passes, brochures, maps, EVERYTHING. I cried. I left it on the train from Edinburg to London. Well at least I didn’t lose my phone (ie camera). Anyways, one of the only things to survive the loss was an empty bag of crisps which had Scotland in the name. They were haggis flavored (tasted mostly like salty chips).
I love the lotus flower and piecing this card together is super easy with the Silhouette doing most of the work for you…
This card was inspired by this beautiful card:
I loved the idea of cutting petals from different colored/patterned papers and arranging them like that.
The stitching seemed like a LOT of work though and I wanted to streamline the process to make a batch of these.
What I used for this project:
-white or beige card
-5 pages of different colored/patterned paper
-three matching pages of cardstock
-book paper
-glue stick
-ink
-thank you stamp and block
Note that this doesn’t have to be a thank you card! It works for Mother’s day, Easter, a sympathy card, a birthday card, etc.
I’ve included a cut file for this project, but I will give a quick rundown on how I made the petals:
-Draw a circle and duplicate it.
-Arrange them to overlap.
-Select both, then click on the modify window.
-Click on Intersect
Now my limiting factor was the patterned paper, as I only had 6×6 inch squares of each. I made my paper that size and arranged the petals on it.
I could fit 23 petals, so that meant if I used two per card, I could make 11 cards. Its always good to have a few extra in case you lose/accidentally destroy one.
I also cut 33 petals from the pink cardstock and 44 from the book paper, since I needed 17 petals per card.
I also cut 11 each small pink, medium blue, and yellow scalloped circles.
I then used Silhouette studio to figure out how I wanted to arrange the petals. I colored in 17 petals in different colors and rotated them until I was happy with the design. I then welded it and did a small internal offset so I have a little guide for sticking my flowers (included in the cut file). If you’re picky about certain things like me, you can use the guide, or you can just glue the flowers willy-nilly if you prefer a more organic look.
I cut the guide from the thinnest copy paper I had and began glueing in my petals.
I wasn’t too happy with them as is so I decided to ink the edges to really make them pop.
I tried both the dark purple and the pinky purple ink, and I preferred the dark. I glued the finished flower to the card and cut off the excess.
I stamped a piece of copy paper to prime my stamp a bit and to help determine positioning, and then stamped the card.
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial. Click Here To Download Cut File
If you use the cut file, I would love to see what you make :)
