Studio AE From Technique Tuesday | April 2012 Blog Hop
Welcome to the Studio AE for Technique Tuesday April Blog Hop.
April's stamp set is called "Hello Routine."
For the digital memory keepers out there these sentiments are available (without the circles) at Designer Digitals: Embracing The Everyday
Here's a look at my completed layout:
This 2-page layout started out with a full-page 8.5x11 photo printed on my Epson R2000. It's a recent one that I love - just an everyday shot of Anna standing on a dining room chair, a skirt under her dress, building really tall lego towers.
I also wanted to use some of the new Hambly overlays so I decided to use that as the background as a companion page for the photo. My guess is that I will be overusing that Herringbone Overlay. NOTE: Looks like Two Peas has all the new Hambly in stock here.
Step one in the creative process was embossing the stamps with Versamark and Zing Silver Metallic Finish powder. Here's what it looks like with just the powder:
And once it was "cooked" with the heat gun:
Then I used scissors to cut out the circle, using the edge as my guide.
Next up I used my Silhouette to cut out a couple Memory Circles. For information on how to use PNG files with the Silhouette I've got a tutorial here.
Along the edge is a handcut piece of pattern paper from American Crafts called Greenery Atrium.
Behind the large circle is a piece of 6x6 pattern paper from My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks.
I played around a bit before figuring out how I wanted to place all the elements.
I ended up adding a couple elements from the Cosmo Cricket 23 Collection Ready Set Chipboard (arrow + 2 x's).
The "A" is from an Educational Insights alphabet set and the "3" is from an older Studio Calico number stamp set. I stamped and embossed and then hand-cut around the A and the 3 before adhering it with foam dots.
I went back and forth a bit about whether to put this page on top of a piece of white cardstock but just decided that when I place it in the album I will find another layout with a white background to go behind it.
I used a white Sharpie Poster Paint Pen to draw a couple freehand circles around the accents on the second page. It was a nice way to repeat the circles from the first page.
The little decorative brad is from My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Like Brads.
I'm loving how this one turned out.
While I was working on my layout I also used the stamps to make a couple quick journal cards for Project Life using ColorBox chalk inks:
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Be sure to check the blogs of all taking part in the Blog Hop today:
We love your comments so we are going to draw at random from all the comments left on all the blogs for a couple brand new Technique Tuesday stamp sets. One person will win Technique Tuesday’s Gone Fishin’ stamp set and one other person will win the new Take Flight stamp set. You don’t need to leave a comment on all the blogs to be eligible to win. All comments must be made by midnight PST on April 13th. Tune into the Technique Tuesday blog on April 14th to see if you are one of the lucky winners.
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Love the lay out. What an adorable picture and the whole thing is so sweet!
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fabulous new set...love it, love your layouts...thank you for the inspiration!
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Love that overlay too!
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Gorgeous! Can't wait to try the new stamps!
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Love your layout!
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Awesome...adorable...beautiful layout. Anna is such cuteness!!! LOVE this months stamp set...=yum
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I love your 2-pager! Thanks too for the tips you gave for doing your layout. It's so helpful to know how the best designers do things so I can "try" to do something similar! These are great stamps....as always!!
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Love the new stamps and your layout. Would love to try some Hambly overlays- looks like I have to go shopping :-)
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A skirt under a dress, ha! I love this layout, the transparency is really cool, and I love the soft pink and greys. Always love your sets! Glad the Technique Tuesday Blog has this hop each month so I can come visit you! Thank you for sharing.
Katie B.
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lovely layout and cute journals. thanks for sharing
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Hi Ali, love your layout, Anna is so cute playing with the lego, and the journaling cards look great with your april set of stamps , cant wait to get my set, also love your PL this week
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Love this! I Love the way you used them, I am such a routine stamper just need to get outside the box!
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sweet!!
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Wow! Great images and projects!!!! :)
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Great layout! I like the overlay as the background.
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Great use of the overlay. Was wondering how to use mine, thanks for the inspiration. Love the stamps used on the pages, Thanks for for sharing.
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It's a beautiful layout that she will cherish years later. I can settle myself down to scrapbook because I would never get finished. I need instant gratification, so I make cards. LOL I love this stamp set.
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Your layout is just amazing. Thanks for the tips and the chance to win. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com
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Would love to use the Gone Fishing set for Father's Day. So charming.
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So cute! I love those stamps. I'll have to add them to the wish list.
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Love this new stamp set. Great LO and great use of the PL cards!!
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Looking forward to getting my April Studio AE stamps. They were shipped today, so hopefully I will have them by Friday because I am going to a weekend retreat and have some ideas that I want to work on with those stamps!
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Love the overlay and of course your versatile stamps.
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Love the layout and the Journaling cards but I really love the detail in your instructions! You sparked so many cool ideas...thanks!
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I could never use transparency as a background because I write all over the back of my LOs lol. This looks great!
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