Pick a Stamp, Any Stamp!

Paula has been singing the praises of the Craft Hoarders Anonymous blog for a while now. I've been following them, but it took this challenge to push me into actually participating.

Unfortunately, with the due date being Easter weekend and all of the things that entailed, I did not get it posted in time to actually enter my submission. I've decided to share it regardless!

When I started this challenge, I didn't know what I was going to do. Then I saw these stamps, which reminded me of a friend who recently finished a grueling 4-year construction engineering program and the project just blossomed from there. It still needs a sentiment to be added inside, along with a liquor store gift card or a bottle of something to help her celebrate. She's been so busy with school and family lately, I have no idea what she drinks anymore!

There were 4 stamps used on this card. The first is a rose vine background stamp that I Versamarked and  clear embossed onto the purple paper. It's hard to see in this picture, but I then inked and blended the purple paper with a number of colours to create a marbling effect. The 3 pieces on top were stamped using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and cut out. Practically all of the paper was then distressed and inked.

This was an awesome challenge that helped me get messy and inked-up. I forgot how much I enjoy getting messy and inked-up working on a project. Thanks, Paula, for introducing me to this challenge site!



One Final Look at Disney 2013

 Here's my final post of layouts from our Disney 2013 trip. I could easily share the entire album (although it would be more for the stories than the layouts), but I think it's time to finish up and move on to other events and layouts before I bore everyone to tears!
The first layout showcases our last day in Magic Kingdom, which was also our last full day at Disney. It's our favourite of all the Disney parks with the majority of our favourite rides.
See that Mickey paper, used as a matte for my journaling card and as a strip across both pages? That's some leftover paper from our Disney 2008 album. I saved all the leftovers, in their own Disney folder, for when we would return. I can't remember who made it.....Sandylion? E.K. Success? The rest is new stuff from Simple Stories, varied collections. I don't think enough of the Simple Stories stuff survived to bother saving it for the next trip....

The left side of this layout was inspired by this sketch I found on pinterest. I kept my interpretation on the simple side:

On this day, we met up with some pretty amazing characters. First up is Alice. I had fun designing this one. Fitting, since Alice was one of the most fun characters we met!

 

 

Next up, Ariel. I had fun making this page too, but the results were not as satisfying as the Alice page was. I either make or break a page when Stickles are involved and sadly, I think I broke this one! Oh well, the story is still cute:



The final layout I will share is the final page in the album. I just couldn't resist squeezing in a couple more Mickey silhouettes while they were still relevant to the layout:



I had a lot of fun making this album. Thanks for stopping by and helping me relive this awesome trip just a little bit longer!

Layouts With Disney Ephemera

 

During our trip, we collected a whole lot of Disney ephemera. Park maps, confetti, menus, buttons, Halloween party wristbands, receipts.....some of it got used up in our album, so much more of it did not. I've already shared a few layouts that used some ephemera, namely "Our Keys to the World" and "Disney's Magical Express" but I thought I'd share a few more layouts that utilized our cheap or free souvenirs.

First up, our lunch with Winnie the Pooh and friends at Crystal Palace. We scooped up some of the confetti they spread out on our table in celebration of our anniversary. I used it throughout this layout:

 

I used some more of that confetti, along with some larger confetti from a parade in this next layout. It's the title page of our Disney album. In the bottom left corner is another bit of ephemera, a Mickey eyes flair badge that Kelsey gave to me. She bought a bunch as souvenirs for her friends and this was a leftover. You can see where I got the inspiration to cut out the pie chart/100% fun journaling block here.  Just scroll down to the photos at the bottom. The title and Mickey ears are all thanks to my Mickey Font cartridge:

I used one of the buttons Scott and I were given to celebrate our anniversary in this next layout, showcasing our actual anniversary dinner. It's a simple layout, mainly consisting of pictures, embellished with the button, a few stickers and a matted picture placed over a pre-designed page block:

In this last layout, I used the menu from the Hoop Dee-Doo dinner show as a title:

And that's it for ephemera-embellished Disney layouts. Stay tuned for my final Disney 2013-inspired post!