Wednesday, July 15, 2009

all smiles

Here's my first share for my guest spot at Hambly Screen Prints. Have I told you how much I ♥ Hambly? Well, I do... a lot!
One of my favorite techniques in scrapbooking that is quite preschoolish but fun-- paper piecing! Which is basically a fancy way to say cutting & layering paper. It took a bit more time to piece each of the butterflies from the blue wings paper but I love the dimension & cascading effect across the page.
My other favorite part of this page, besides adorable q-bear, is the title. Not for what it says but how I made it... I was missing a bunch of the letters but I was determined to make it work by cutting 8s for the s's, j for the l & an upside down w for the m. (Reason #274 I adore my thickers.) It would have been much easier to think of a different title but what's the fun in that?
blue wings paper
orange/magenta circles paper
pink wings transparency
love these woodgrain rubons I used on the bottom of the photo
American Crafts:
letters & orange puffy thickers
Happy Wednesday!

81 comments:

taniawillis said...

love, LOVE, love all those butterflies.....and the dimension they create! so lovely! and dang, is that kid cute, or what!? adorable.

Amanda said...

Love the layout, It is beautiful!

Carola said...

So beautiful! :-)

CreativeChretin said...

that' works until you need an "e". Those are hard to recreate. :)

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Wendy said...

So adorable...the layout & the baby! When will you be on Hambly? I went there and didn't see you.

elizabeth kartchner said...

hi wendy,
should be anytime today...

leni said...

beautiful!

Elisa said...

how beautiful page!!!!

angie said...

ADORABLE!!!

Sara Ancich said...

This layout is a blast! I can't help but smile looking at it. I love Thickers too...but I have been frustrated with the puckering up they sometimes do...especially the vinyl...have you found a solution to this?

Collin said...

Sara, I have the same puckering up problem with my black vinyl pants. If anyone has a solution, please help.

Mindy said...

Love the colors..
Would LOVE to see Collin in his black vinyl trousers.. ;)
Glad to know I am not the only one who cuts up stickers and rub ons to make my titles work!

Tammy Morales said...

I love how you think outside the box! Create Create Create

Monika Wright | I Love It All said...

Collin.......my husband has the same quirky sense of humor that you do. I actually lol at your comment as I read it thinking of my incredibly sexy, witty, makes me laugh every day, wonderful husband. We ARE lucky gals. And, Liz, one of the things I love about scrapbooking is that as I look at the page in the album, I think about the "story" behind the creation of it and what I was feeling and reminiscing about at the time (I usually cry at some point during the journaling). It's like a story in a story!!!! Awesome.

Lindsay Bateman said...

Fabulous layout. Just gorgeous. She looks SO much like her dad! Wow!

Kristen said...

I <3 Hambly too!

Jaimie Lea said...

Cute! :)
I <3 the tint/filter/color, whatever you call it, you used on the sweet pic's of your Q-T-Pie!

CreativeChretin said...

did you know that Big Lots has thickers for $2?

Amanda Bynum Photography said...

I really like the color of the layout with the processing on the picture!! Wonderful as always!

AbbieTorroll said...

aww absolutely gorgeous!! (the page and your daughter) ;) love it Liz!

Bryan, Amy, Michael, Tyler, Emily and Benjamin said...

Hey Liz, LOVE the page... but how did you get the "dimension"? The butterflies really seem to stand off the page, the wings as though they are flying! Did you bend them slightly first? Did you prop them up with something? It's awesome! And I have to say... I love Thickers too :D

Bryan, Amy, Michael, Tyler, Emily and Benjamin said...

Hey Liz, LOVE the page... but how did you get the "dimension"? The butterflies really seem to stand off the page, the wings as though they are flying! Did you bend them slightly first? Did you prop them up with something? It's awesome! And I have to say... I love Thickers too :D

AnnaMarie said...

I love this layout. I do the same thing to make my Thickers work for my titles. :)

Unknown said...

I was all smiles viewing this layout! PRECIOUS pics of sweet Quincy! :)

valerie spence said...

Fabulously stupendous!!!!!!!!! Love it.

RobinJ said...

Liz, the butterflies!!! Love, love, love this LO!

Traveling Mama said...

I LOVE this! I do the same thing with my letters. Either that or use the empty space and cut a rectangle around it. I *HAD* to have the same screen print. I love Hambly Screen Prints!

EmmaJ said...

Beautiful page! I love the butterflies! I just wrote on my scrappy blog about a bunch of ways to streatch your letters. Some friends and I were talking about it the other day and I decided to get it all in one spot.

http://scrappyemma.blogspot.com/

Dani said...

I love this page! Very awesome!

Rebekah Williams said...

Completely magical, Liz!

Melbourne home builders said...

Awesome love those cute little butterflies. And the baby is so cute!

Reconstructive said...

I like your designs, very pretty.

stephanie howell said...

love it. love you!
without fail, you and your layouts make me HAPPY. xoxo

Jennifer Yates said...

*sigh* simply gorgeous! Your designs always give me so much joy and inspiration! :))

Jasey said...

Probably my favorite layout of yours in all time. Love the colors, the care-free style and the sweet smiles. Hambly really has style.

Kathy said...

I absolutely love this page. This is by far my favorite page you have ever done and that's saying a lot because I love all of your pages. I think I'm gonna have to scraplift this. Thanks for sharing!!

Kathy said...

Oh yeah....most important...... Quincey is ADORABLE.

Anonymous said...

8's into S's! dang, I never thought of that, thanks!!!

maryjo said...

super, super cute. that smile is "the" smile! the butterflies are pretty cool too. it would take me Forever to cut all those out.

Jenna Ruth said...

Absolutely gorgeous layout! all those butterflies are awesome!!

Alice Maureaux said...

Holy Collin, Batman! Wow, she looks like her dad, huh? Saweet!

Jen Schow said...

I know you have heard it before, but I'm going to tell you again how much I adore your scrapbooking style. Everything I see from you inspires me! THANK YOU!

emily anderson said...

i can't wait to see what else you did with the hambly goodness!
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fuegian said...

Hi! These is the first time I leave a comment on your blog. I really like your stile and always have a look on your blog when time allows it (beside my two little munchkins ;o). Your little ones are such cuties, I do like your butterflylayout and the smile of your q-bear is so adorable! Greetings from Austria! Doris

Anonymous said...

Ok.... I just want to squeeze Quincey! She is too stinkin' cute & this layout is a bit to die for.

Shaina Longstreet said...

i just can't get over how adorable this page is! way to rock those thickers!! <3
thanks for sharing. you're such an inspiration.

s a n s k u :) said...

LOVE (!!!) this layout! <3

my paper love studio said...

amazing layout - love the colors and she's so cute in the pics.

my paper love studio said...

amazing layout - love the colors and she's so cute in the pics.

Gretchen said...

aren't you so smart!! love this layout!

Dina said...

Loooove all your Hambly goodness! :)

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