My Scrapbooking Corner

Here is a two page layout I did using the Orient Express Club Scrap kit. Let's look below for more details about this layout.  Here is the first page. I have a double matted photo mat at the top of the page. The bottom mat is cut at 5 1/2" x 4" and the top mat is cut at 5 1/4" x 3 3/4. It will fit a 5" x 3 1/2" photo. I have a patterned border at the left side of the page. It is cut at 2" x 11". I have a cut apart through the center of the page and it measures 8 1/2" x 2". It says love travels on the right, which it came that way. I have a photo mat at the bottom that measures 5 1/4" x 3 3/4". At the top left corner of the page I have two punch aparts that came in the kit. I tied a ribbon that came with the kit through the tag.  Here is a look at the cut apart that runs through the center of the page. It measures 8 1/2" x 2". It came with the phrase love travels on it.  At the bottom left corner I

Here are pages 7 and 8 of the Orient Express Club Scrap Kit. Let's look below for more pictures and details about this layout. Here is page one of the two page layout.  I have a border cut apart set at the top of the page. It measures 8 1/2" x 1". I used a ribbon from the kit and bordered the border strip on the top and bottom. I have put a red jewel on the ends of the border strip. I have black cardstock set behind the photo mat that measures 7" x 4 1/4". The photo mat measures 5 1/4" x 3 3/4". I have three punch outs that have a word printed on it. I set those to the side of the photo mat and attached them using brads. I used stamps from my stash. the family, fun, friend circle stamp and the U Are Great stamp is from the dollar bin at Walmart and the sentiment is a Fiskars stamp I purchased from Joann. I stamped the family, fun, friends circle stamp twice and layered the two together with the other stamps on top.  I stamped t

Here are pages 5 and 6 of the September 2011 Orient Express Club Scrap kit. Let's look below to view the details of this layout. Here is page one of the two page layout. I have used a patterned paper from the kit for my base page.  I have one photo mat that is cut at 3 3/4" x 5 1/4". I put a 1/2" black strip across the middle of the page. At the top of the page I have a cut apart border. I have layered it on creme cardstock that is cut at 8 1/2" x 1 1/2". I added some jewels that was included in the embellishment pack. I have four cut aparts that I inked the edges of using Memento tuxedo black ink.  I have a small strip that was a cut apart border in between the four square pieces. The patterned squares measure 2 1/4" x 2 1/4".  Here is the second page of this two page layout. I have a patterned paper down the edge of the left side of the page and it measures 5" x 10". I have two photo mats. The ivory photo ma

Here are pages 3 and 4 of the Orient Express September 2011 Club Scrap kit. I added die cuts from my Cricut using My World cartridge. Let's look below for further details about this layout. Here is page one of the two page layout. I have two black strips that  are 1/2" x 11". I have two photo mats that are cut at 5 1/4" x 3 3/4". I have added some jewels to the black strips. The jewels were included in the kit. I have a small photo mat that is cut at 3" x 3". Here you can see the jewels up close. This is a cut apart that came in the embellishment pack. It is 4" x 4". It has a black border which could be cut off to make the cut apart smaller. I have cut these die cuts from the My World Cricut cartridge. I cut the train tracks at 1 1/2". It measures 5 1/2" x 1 1/2". The train is cut at 3". It measures to be 3" x 2". The puffs of smoke is made using a cloud stamp and onyx ink. I hand

Here are pages 1 and 2 of the September 2011 Orient Express Club Scrap Kit. You can click here to view my introduction where I introduce all the items included in the kit. Let's look below for further details about this layout. Here is the first page of this two page layout. My base page is a patterned paper from the kit. I have one photo mat on creme colored cardstock that is cut to 5 1/4" x 3 3/4". I have a small strip of black cardstock at the top of the page and it is cut at 8 1/2" x 1/2". I have three red photo mats evenly placed at the top over the black strip and they are cut at 2 1/2" x 2 1/2". This was a stamp from the kit that I stamped on white cardstock then colored the red train wheel, hill, trees, and tracks with watercolor pencils and then the blue, yellow and gray I used chalk. I used chalk on the background, sky, and train along with the rails on the track. This is a cut apart that was included in the kit an

Here are pages 23 and 24 of the Welcome April 2011 Club Scrap kit. Let's look below for further detail about this layout. I added and changed quit a bit after filming this layout. I just wasn't happy with it, but this is probably my favorite layout from this kit. I have orange cardstock as my base page. I have a orange patterned cardstock set behind the photo mats and it is cut at 8 1/2" x 4" and I used a scallop border punch to add the border to the top and bottom of the orange patterned cardstock. I used chevron washi tape that I bought from Michaels. I have some instant image stencils that I used to make the butterflies. I used chalk on all the die cuts in this two page layout. I used a flower stamp to make the flowers, but then chalked them. I have two small strips under the butterfly at the top of the page and they are 4" x 1/4". I added a flower that I bought at Joanns in their $1.00 bin. I have a journaling card sticker, but I cut