Showing posts with label lori leng. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lori leng. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Water For Elephants Goes Layout



When I first looked at the Popcorn/ Cotton Candy Die all I could see the cotton candy as was a banner.  I thought how cute that would be.  So I started making the banner and realized this is going to be to big for a card...gonna have to make a layout with it. Once I got into it I also realized how influenced I was being by the current book I'm reading " Water For Elephants".  I have to tell you I'm really enjoying this book and can't wait to see the DVD next month.  It's about a circus during the depression...so I think you can see the retro circus feel.


Once I had settled on a theme and really started putting everything together it just flowed.  The Graphic 45 circus paper along with a vintage photo of a turn of the century circus troop...it was all just perfect. 


I used the Ticket Booth flourishes for corner flourishes on the green cardstock and also the scallop is from the Ticket Booth. I always think it's fun to look at the dies and see what all you and create beside the obvious.  I  enjoyed doing this layout just for fun...it wasn't a family picture, or anything important to document...it was just FUN!!!

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Movie Night


Hi Everyone.  Well tonight was movie night for our household so I thought I would create this card to celebrate.  Now I realize that some might not consider family movie night a celebration, but honestly I adore hanging out with my family so much...I DO!


I love the Popcorn / Cotton Candy Die. It's adorable and really can be used for so many different types of projects.  On my popcorn bucket I inked the edges of the kernals with ink so they would stand out from each other.  I also added some dimensional foam tape to some of the pieces of popcorn to add layers. 

You can really see the 3-D effects from a side view.  I also used the Ticket Booth die for the tickets/sentiment...super cute way to add a message.

So we enjoyed the movie...although we ended up having ice cream instead of popcorn, LOL...I hope you plan a special event for an ordinary day for your family and share some fun time together. 

Hugs,