ed Chris's angel file - part of her "The Gift" QMC club - to make this Christmas gift. I cut the angel out of gold vinyl and put it on this ruffled red charger. The Gift QMC is
still available, but hurry - you can find it here.
rom red cardstock and adhered it to a gold patterned paper. I added some green glitter glue and rhinestones - instant Christmas card!
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| This was such a fun layout! Savannah has such a quirky sense of humor and these photos reflect that humor. Photos from her Freshman year. Title is "Things that make you say Hmmm..." The border is cut from Visual Designs by Chris file #CD00811 Groovy. I used scrap strips of paper from a We R Memory Keepers scrap pad. The sticker letters, arrows and corners are from that pad as well. All brads are Spare Parts from Hobby Lobby. The border below the photos is Fiskars. Added details with a chocolate Zig Writer. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
I made this giftcard for a poor college student who is trying to live in his own apartment while going to college, playing soccer and working part time. I will tuck three or four fast food giftcards in it. I cut the card from #CD00895 Apron Invite from visualdesignsbychris.com. It cut as smooth as butter. The papers were scraps - red was Dejaview and the patterned is from a company that was a forerunner of the scrapbook industry and I bought a ton of their stuff but I don't think they are in business any longer: K & something Memories. Added ribbon for the strings and neck and a few brads. The greeting is a Studio G stamp from Michaels $1 bin. The sticker is from Michael's also for $1: Crystal Stickers by Mark Richards. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
you card? It cut like a dream. It's so pretty on it's own, all I did was layer it over a patterned piece of card stock. Instant thank you card. This file is a great value, because it comes with two other card fronts - a congrats and I miss you card front - and an underneath layer with tiny stars! You can find it here - Astrology Double Layer Cards.
making. I bought these fake pumpkins at Michael's last year when they went on clearance. I bought the light (the kind that goes in the Christmas village houses) after Christmas at Hobby Lobby. And the "G", well it came from Chris of course!
, and a metal finger nail file to first trace, cut and smooth the G. I cut a hole in the bottom and put the light in. Reusable jackolantern!
I used patterned paper I have been hoarding *smile* from My Minds Eye and Making Memories. The crow was cut from Visual Designs by Chris #CD00770. I added some black bling for his eye and a few other places. I love using photo collages! The layout sort of evolved. I accidentally cut the upper right paper too short which led to the black strip of paper. So I matched it on the other side with an orange strip to ground the pumpkins and the crow. The strips led to the buttons (black threaded with orange and orange threaded with black). Which led to the black swirly bling. Love a happy accident! This catches up my Halloween album!! ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
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I used the title only of #CD00285 GRADUATION DAY from visualdesignsbychris.com. Perfect! Smaller flowers and brads are from Hobby Lobby. Larger flowers are Prima, I think. Black bling swirls are Prima. A bit of clock patterned paper cut using a Tim Holtz die. I will add a few clock charms when I find them. *smile* I had a little help from my friends on this layout. The parenthesis were from a prize package that Jeanne/PAWS sent in. I think they were part of an overlay but I cut them out. The center of the large flower was a bobby pin that Sue/PAWS gave me. Thanks ladies! I love the photo of my youngest daughter kissing my older daughter. She is good at those last minute surprise shots. *smile* And also the one of my crazy bro choking Sierra. So typical of their relationship. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
I inked the edges of the suns with an orange ink. Then I used black ink on the edges of the patterned paper. Instant Thank you Cards!
Nothing like waiting till the last minute. *smile* Today, Jeff and I celebrate 28 years of marriage. He still make my heart pitter pat. I am SO blessed! He is working today so I was able to play in my studio (with Zoey's help LOL) and make him an anniversary card. I used two Visual Designs by Chris files: #CD00807 Tending my Garden for the heart flowers and #CD00550 Love title for the word "love". The other letter is Katie Mini from Quickutz. I cut the flowers out in white and colored them with my Copics. Added a sheer yellow ribbon to bring in the color of the lettering. The inside says "grows & grows" cut with the Katie mini. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
| My baby girl turned 16! *sigh* And she definitely fits the SWEET! She is a tomboy so I went for the denim look for her card. I used a Judikins stamp. Stamped it twice using faded jeans Ranger Distress Ink. (The detail of this stamp required that I brayer the ink onto the stamp rather than dabbing - not sure why that makes a difference but it makes a HUGE difference in the image.) I cut out the pocket on one image and pop dotted the sides and bottom to the card base that had the same image stamped. Added a little distressing with Old Paper Distress ink and a sponge to the pop dotted pocket and the few areas of the edge of the card. I used just the birthday sentiment from Visual Designs by Chris file #CD00731. I used mini brads for the dot of the i and the point of the exclamation. Added a few stitch marks with black thread. Cut the 16 from Sizzix Fun Serif dies. The "sweet" was from a K & Co. package from years ago. Added a green brad to pull the color of the dots from the patterned paper of the 16. Topped with a green button that was pre-threaded. I drive myself crazy sometimes with the little details. *wink* ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
| A card for my niece, Spencer, who graduated yesterday. What is it about Pomp and Circumstance that makes you bawl like a baby? LOL My girls were making fun of me because Spencer came out before the ceremony in her cap and gown. I was looking at her thinking of when she was a baby and of moments as she was growing up... then the thought crossed my mind that I was going to hear Pomp and Circumstance soon and I couldn't stop the tears. *sigh* The wedding march has the same effect on me. LOL I used part of the Visual Designs by Chris file #CD00832 called Senioritis '11. It pretty much made the card. Added a few dotted circle stamped images, some bling and a ribbon. Enhanced the 11 with a little white pen stitching using a chalk writer from Zig. Used my corner chomper on two corners. Of course, red and black were her school colors. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
Here are two graduation cards I made with Chris's Graduation borders. These are two of the borders she included in May's Grab Bag. You can find the Grab Bag here. I sized each page border down and layered it on top of a graduation themed piece of paper, matted on black. I also cut a small graduation 
cap out of black and placed it on each corner.
de it in my book. And I knew Chris had the perfect chicken I could use to accent it. You can find Henny Hen here. Thanks, Chris!
A pretty easy layout but I want to really focus on the opposite page which will be just Sierra. I used just the diploma page from the mini book file. It is dated 2009 but I can still use pieces of it for other things. The diploma page made a perfect tag to add the year. She graduated with a class of 254 so I used a little yellow bling jewel to mark her. She is in the very center of the layout. Added a little bling on the diploma tassel and up on the right side of the border to follow the theory of threes. Used a Fiskars border punch. I wanted to cover a large portion of the top of the photo that was the gym ceiling and metal gagetry hanging down. A bit of sheer ribbon since it was a bit plain. Also used Sizzix alpha and Khaki mini from Quickutz. This Senior album seems to be never ending, but getting closer to being done. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
A pretty easy layout but I want to really focus on the opposite page which will be just Sierra. I used just the diploma page from the mini book file. It is dated 2009 but I can still use pieces of it for other things. The diploma page made a perfect tag to add the year. She graduated with a class of 254 so I used a little yellow bling jewel to mark her. She is in the very center of the layout. Added a little bling on the diploma tassel and up on the right side of the border to follow the theory of threes. Used a Fiskars border punch. I wanted to cover a large portion of the top of the photo that was the gym ceiling and metal gagetry hanging down. A bit of sheer ribbon since it was a bit plain. Also used Sizzix alpha and Khaki mini from Quickutz. This Senior album seems to be never ending, but getting closer to being done. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
A page for the Christmas baking digi book I am making for Christmas gifts this year. My family gets together every November to kick off the Christmas season with a full day of baking. That is when the season's weight gain begins. We have the obligation to gain 5 pounds over Christmas holiday, right? LOL This page was fun with all the photos on it. Love the one of Sierra and my dad. He doesn't really help, he just harrasses - so he deserves whatever they dish out. *wink* Supplies: Christmas Whimsy kit by Suzy Q Scraps that was purchased at scraporchard.com Free brush kit from Brusheezy.com called starwaltflourish CDStamp001 Better Watch Out Digi stamp availble through visualdesignsbychris.com: http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/store/product.php?productid=16602&cat=0&page=1 ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com |
Photos from Sierra's Senior awards ceremony. I enhanced the photo on the right side in PSE8 adding the names along the bottom of the photo and creating a glow to sort of quickly find Sierra amongst all of her goofy friends. On the left side, I used a VDBC file #CD00725 FLOURISH FRAME. This cut so smoothly and is an absolutely beautiful frame. I added just a bit of black ink so you could see it as it was layered on the patterned circle. I used a Mojo Sketch 182 (http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/). For the right side, I used VDBC file #CD00632 ACROSS THE PAGE. This also cut very smoothly. However, I was using a short piece of paper and had it turned the wrong way so it didn't cut the full 12" across. Happy mistake I suppose because I really like that it doesn't go the full length of the layout. Added a bit of blank ink for texture. This side was Mojo Sketch 183. Sheer ribbon was tied and then wrapped to the back and taped. Supplies: I picked up the patterned paper this week from FKS (sorry don't know the manf.). It was double sided so the stripe and floral are the same sheet of paper. It is beautiful paper! Prima flowers. Glitter brads from Hobby Lobby. Bling from Hobby Lobby (Paper Studio and Prima). "awards" is cut from Quickutz Marissa font. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
