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!
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81 comments:

  1. taniawillisJuly 15, 2009 at 11:30 AM

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

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  2. AmandaJuly 15, 2009 at 11:31 AM

    Love the layout, It is beautiful!

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  3. CarolaJuly 15, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    So beautiful! :-)

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  4. CreativeChretinJuly 15, 2009 at 11:41 AM

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

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  5. CreativeChretinJuly 15, 2009 at 11:41 AM

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  6. WendyJuly 15, 2009 at 11:50 AM

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

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  7. elizabeth kartchnerJuly 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    hi wendy,
    should be anytime today...

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  8. leniJuly 15, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    beautiful!

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  9. ElisaJuly 15, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    how beautiful page!!!!

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  10. angieJuly 15, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    ADORABLE!!!

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  11. Sara AncichJuly 15, 2009 at 12:28 PM

    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?

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  12. CollinJuly 15, 2009 at 12:38 PM

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

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  13. MindyJuly 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM

    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!

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  14. Tammy MoralesJuly 15, 2009 at 1:08 PM

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

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  15. Monika Wright | I Love It AllJuly 15, 2009 at 1:15 PM

    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.

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  16. Lindsay BatemanJuly 15, 2009 at 1:18 PM

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

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  17. KristenJuly 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    I <3 Hambly too!

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  18. Jaimie LeaJuly 15, 2009 at 3:49 PM

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

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  19. CreativeChretinJuly 15, 2009 at 5:46 PM

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

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  20. Amanda Bynum PhotographyJuly 15, 2009 at 6:15 PM

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

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  21. AbbieTorrollJuly 15, 2009 at 6:33 PM

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

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  22. Bryan, Amy, Michael, Tyler, Emily and BenjaminJuly 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    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

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  23. Bryan, Amy, Michael, Tyler, Emily and BenjaminJuly 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    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

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  24. AnnaMarieJuly 15, 2009 at 8:25 PM

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

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  25. UnknownJuly 15, 2009 at 10:10 PM

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

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  26. valerie spenceJuly 16, 2009 at 4:13 AM

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

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  27. RobinJJuly 16, 2009 at 4:50 AM

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

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  28. Traveling MamaJuly 16, 2009 at 5:11 AM

    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!

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  29. EmmaJJuly 16, 2009 at 5:26 AM

    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/

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  30. DaniJuly 16, 2009 at 6:58 AM

    I love this page! Very awesome!

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  31. Rebekah WilliamsJuly 16, 2009 at 7:10 AM

    Completely magical, Liz!

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  32. Melbourne home buildersJuly 16, 2009 at 7:51 AM

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

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  33. ReconstructiveJuly 16, 2009 at 7:57 AM

    I like your designs, very pretty.

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  34. stephanie howellJuly 16, 2009 at 8:02 AM

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

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  35. Jennifer YatesJuly 16, 2009 at 8:44 AM

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

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  36. JaseyJuly 16, 2009 at 9:54 AM

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

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  37. KathyJuly 16, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    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!!

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  38. KathyJuly 16, 2009 at 10:46 AM

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

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  39. AnonymousJuly 16, 2009 at 12:04 PM

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

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  40. AnonymousJuly 16, 2009 at 3:09 PM

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

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  41. Jenna RuthJuly 16, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    Absolutely gorgeous layout! all those butterflies are awesome!!

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  42. Alice MaureauxJuly 16, 2009 at 8:45 PM

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

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  43. Jen SchowJuly 17, 2009 at 7:13 AM

    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!

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  44. emily andersonJuly 17, 2009 at 1:32 PM

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

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  45. fuegianJuly 17, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    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

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  46. AnonymousJuly 17, 2009 at 4:50 PM

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

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  47. Shaina LongstreetJuly 17, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    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.

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  48. s a n s k u :)July 17, 2009 at 8:15 PM

    LOVE (!!!) this layout! <3

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  49. my paper love studioJuly 17, 2009 at 9:33 PM

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

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  50. my paper love studioJuly 17, 2009 at 9:33 PM

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

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  51. GretchenJuly 18, 2009 at 8:30 AM

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

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  52. DinaJuly 24, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    Loooove all your Hambly goodness! :)

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