Showing posts with label scrapbooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scrapbooking. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Art Journaling!!
Hey guys! I've been looking around the internet for inspiration and fun things to do in my art journal and I came across this AMAZING site with some prompts that are so fun! You can visit the first day here: http://sarahwhitmire.blogspot.com/2008/07/s-journaling.html I recommend that you go read them if you are even so much as slightly interested in anything related to art journaling, scrapbooking, or paper crafting, I would go and visit that site. The prompts are amazing. I started yesterday and am really enjoying the process. They were daily prompts but now I'm just doing them in clumps. Soon enough I'll have a bunch of finished pages to show you guys - I've been working on a bunch of pages at one time - I really think that I like that process a lot better because I don' t get bored. I'm very fidgety and if I don't have different colors at the same time it just doesn't work for me.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Scrapping Like Crazy!!
Today I've just been scrapbooking like crazy! I'm lucky that I'm starting to get it worked back into the swing of things... but today I did FOUR pages!! That is crazy! In a normal week I'd be lucky to get even that! I actually signed up for a bunch of challenges over on scrapbook.com like I said in a previous post. Yesterday I told you guys that I was going to use my blog to keep track of daily challenges that I complete and I DID finish one today! I guess I'll share that one first. Here it is:
The challenge was to use at least eight pairs of two on your page. My pairs are: 2 neutral cardstocks, 2 colored cardstocks, 2 red flowers, 2 pink flowers, 2 buttons, 2 brads, 2 fonts in the title and 2 photos. I didn't journal as much on this page as I did on some of the other pages I did today. I think that it depends on the page itself to determine how much if any journaling a page needs/wants. I really like the way this page turned out... I used a sketch, but sometimes I feel like when I use the same colors, a lot of my pages start looking the same.
This page was a little bit different. I was trying to do a different challenge... to use up those stickers that you have lying around! I know I have a bunch and I decided that it would be a good one to try. The purple circles just came to be - you see, when I'm working on a scrapbook page, I'm really spontaneous... I just let the page flow and go where it wants to. I had a scrap of dark purple cardstock and I thought that it would make a really good accent. But I couldn't just leave it at one circle. I added more, and the more I added, the better it looked!
A Day in the Life was actually the first layout that I did today. I was just playing around with a sketch that I found on a sketch challenge and it just sort of happened. The primary colors were chosen because I really liked the color the towels gave my picture and I thought that if I used the same colors, it would give the same kind of look to my page. If I was to only give you guys one tip to my scrapbooking style, that would be to never, ever, think about what you are going to do next. That, I think, is the reason my pages come together sooo quickly.
The last page I have to share with you guys today is titled Together Forever. It is a page about my parents wedding and how I KNOW that they are going to be 'together forever.' The journaling doesn't say that particularly, but I just feel it directly from the page. My parents have been married for 13? years and they are still as much in love as they were when they were married. The one tip I have for you from this page is, that, if you have a crop-a-dile, that you can dry - emboss dots!! Using the part that sets the eyelets, simply place it where you like and squeeze the handles! You can see the embossing below the title.
~Jordan~
The challenge was to use at least eight pairs of two on your page. My pairs are: 2 neutral cardstocks, 2 colored cardstocks, 2 red flowers, 2 pink flowers, 2 buttons, 2 brads, 2 fonts in the title and 2 photos. I didn't journal as much on this page as I did on some of the other pages I did today. I think that it depends on the page itself to determine how much if any journaling a page needs/wants. I really like the way this page turned out... I used a sketch, but sometimes I feel like when I use the same colors, a lot of my pages start looking the same.
This page was a little bit different. I was trying to do a different challenge... to use up those stickers that you have lying around! I know I have a bunch and I decided that it would be a good one to try. The purple circles just came to be - you see, when I'm working on a scrapbook page, I'm really spontaneous... I just let the page flow and go where it wants to. I had a scrap of dark purple cardstock and I thought that it would make a really good accent. But I couldn't just leave it at one circle. I added more, and the more I added, the better it looked!
A Day in the Life was actually the first layout that I did today. I was just playing around with a sketch that I found on a sketch challenge and it just sort of happened. The primary colors were chosen because I really liked the color the towels gave my picture and I thought that if I used the same colors, it would give the same kind of look to my page. If I was to only give you guys one tip to my scrapbooking style, that would be to never, ever, think about what you are going to do next. That, I think, is the reason my pages come together sooo quickly.
The last page I have to share with you guys today is titled Together Forever. It is a page about my parents wedding and how I KNOW that they are going to be 'together forever.' The journaling doesn't say that particularly, but I just feel it directly from the page. My parents have been married for 13? years and they are still as much in love as they were when they were married. The one tip I have for you from this page is, that, if you have a crop-a-dile, that you can dry - emboss dots!! Using the part that sets the eyelets, simply place it where you like and squeeze the handles! You can see the embossing below the title.
~Jordan~
Sunday, July 11, 2010
New Layouts!
I actually did 3 layouts this afternoon, after me, my 2 brothers, and my dad rode 1 1/2 miles uphill on BIKES to get to the craft store! It was pretty fun; I got some adhesive, some lime green pearls for a dollar and 2 unmounted rubber stamps for 25 cents!! Here are my layouts:
I had a lot of fun designing this layout. For deciding upon the colors, I chose a stripe patterned paper and matched my colors to it. The circle of dots is one of my new stamps that I got for 25 cents and the roses inside of them are home made from a tutorial. The flower on the lower right corner of the photo is a store bought flower and it is covered with white stickles, with a blue button in the center. Also, over at my other blog 365 Scrapbook Layouts I did a challenge that you should make a page with at least 2 hand made flowers and at least 1 store bought one... this is mine!!
This is a page that I decided to make for an album for my brother. I actually made it for a challenge over at www.colorfulcreations.ning.com and the challenge was to use at least 2 shades of blue and one shade of brown. Since I've gotten back into scrapping, my new thing is journaling. MOST of my layouts since I started up again have tons of meaningful journaling.
Girly Blue Layout
by Jordannichole
This page was also made for a challenge over on Colorful Creations. The challenge was to make a super girly page... I had quite a bit of trouble over this one because you also had to use your favorite color and mine is blue!! Plus, I'm pretty much a tomboy, sooo as you can imagine, problems kept popping up everywhere! But I managed to pull it off (I think) by using lots of bling, glitter, and pictures that were girly!!
Hope you enjoyed looking at my layout and I thank you for taking the time to!! Check back soon because my new challenge for myself is to blog every day!!
I had a lot of fun designing this layout. For deciding upon the colors, I chose a stripe patterned paper and matched my colors to it. The circle of dots is one of my new stamps that I got for 25 cents and the roses inside of them are home made from a tutorial. The flower on the lower right corner of the photo is a store bought flower and it is covered with white stickles, with a blue button in the center. Also, over at my other blog 365 Scrapbook Layouts I did a challenge that you should make a page with at least 2 hand made flowers and at least 1 store bought one... this is mine!!
This is a page that I decided to make for an album for my brother. I actually made it for a challenge over at www.colorfulcreations.ning.com and the challenge was to use at least 2 shades of blue and one shade of brown. Since I've gotten back into scrapping, my new thing is journaling. MOST of my layouts since I started up again have tons of meaningful journaling.
by Jordannichole
This page was also made for a challenge over on Colorful Creations. The challenge was to make a super girly page... I had quite a bit of trouble over this one because you also had to use your favorite color and mine is blue!! Plus, I'm pretty much a tomboy, sooo as you can imagine, problems kept popping up everywhere! But I managed to pull it off (I think) by using lots of bling, glitter, and pictures that were girly!!
Hope you enjoyed looking at my layout and I thank you for taking the time to!! Check back soon because my new challenge for myself is to blog every day!!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Hoping...
I applied to several different design teams recently, so I'm hoping that I'll get lucky! I have applied for different ones before, but have never been accepted. Wish me luck!
Anyways, the layouts I decided to share today aren't really new, but they haven't been posted before on the blog, so I thought I would share! I'm actually going to show you guys 5 layouts and a card. The card might be posted in my etsy shop, but even at the moment I have a bracelet and a necklace there. My etsy shop is found at www.jellybeansdesign.etsy.com and be sure to keep an eye out for new products. Coming back to the subject at hand, here are the projects:
First off, I'll do the card. This card was inspired by the stamp itself. Also, I love, love, love the colors pink and green together, because I think that it makes the project feel either feminine or spring - like. I did a lot of distressing on this card, both tearing and inking, which doesn't give it a worn look, but more, a softer, more feminine look.
The first layout is this one; titled BA*H. I'll tell you the truth... I've gotten a lot of comments on how clever it was to use the asterisk instead of a T, but if the whole truth was to be told, I actually ran out of the T in this color thickers and I was desperate! But it did end up fitting the whole bath theme anyways. This layout is actually one of my faves however, because of the distressed, layering look I've got going there in the corner. I love that style, except, for some strange reason, I always have trouble figuring out how to make it work!
Next up we've got this layout: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. I made this page for an album I'm making about myself... starting at the very beginning, as a baby, and working towards the present. Now I have to tell you, I have many, many styles. It doesn't really matter what kind of style it is, I guess, as long as it's "cute." As you can see in this layout, I've made it a very bright, fun type of layout instead of a grungy, shabby chic kind of page. But I like them both. In fact, my very favorite layouts are either bright and bold or shabby chic... or my own style, which is a little bit of both!
Here's another page that I wanted to share. It's titled "Love Your Smile" and it is a sort of tone on tone type of layout. As you can see, most of the elements are pink, with several of the elements being yellow. These yellow elements form a type of visual triangle which helps to grab your eye's attention and helps to keep it. The colors were drawn straight from the photograph.
This page is titled very simply... just my brother's name: Brandon. Another of the fancy, distressed layouts that I simply adore! I tried really hard to make this a really masculine page... the browns and reds, the metal accents, the white paint... and I really feel like I pulled it off! The bright orange sweatshirt that he's wearing in the photograph doesn't help anything, but I think the reds really toned it down. Also the journaling is a poem and the title is stamped in red paint.
The last one... a page of my brother Owen's birthday party! My dad has been experimenting a lot lately with making cakes... he made one for Christmas, my birthday, Owen's birthday, my little sister Sage's birthday... he even made a Dharma cake for the grand finale of Lost this year! Well, getting back to the initial subject, he made Owen a Wii remote cake! This page includes a picture of the cake itself, Owen's expression when he saw it (he cracked up!) and a couple pictures of him blowing out the candles. It was a day that we will never forget!!
I sure hope that you enjoyed my little gallery showing of some more recent layouts and going on to another subject altogether, if you enjoy beading, I've started an article series on the basics of beading. The first article is located here: http://ezinearticles.com/?Beaded-Jewelry-101---Designing-Your-Own-Jewelry---Line-and-Shape&id=4539916 I hope you visit and have a good time!
Anyways, the layouts I decided to share today aren't really new, but they haven't been posted before on the blog, so I thought I would share! I'm actually going to show you guys 5 layouts and a card. The card might be posted in my etsy shop, but even at the moment I have a bracelet and a necklace there. My etsy shop is found at www.jellybeansdesign.etsy.com and be sure to keep an eye out for new products. Coming back to the subject at hand, here are the projects:
First off, I'll do the card. This card was inspired by the stamp itself. Also, I love, love, love the colors pink and green together, because I think that it makes the project feel either feminine or spring - like. I did a lot of distressing on this card, both tearing and inking, which doesn't give it a worn look, but more, a softer, more feminine look.
The first layout is this one; titled BA*H. I'll tell you the truth... I've gotten a lot of comments on how clever it was to use the asterisk instead of a T, but if the whole truth was to be told, I actually ran out of the T in this color thickers and I was desperate! But it did end up fitting the whole bath theme anyways. This layout is actually one of my faves however, because of the distressed, layering look I've got going there in the corner. I love that style, except, for some strange reason, I always have trouble figuring out how to make it work!
Next up we've got this layout: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. I made this page for an album I'm making about myself... starting at the very beginning, as a baby, and working towards the present. Now I have to tell you, I have many, many styles. It doesn't really matter what kind of style it is, I guess, as long as it's "cute." As you can see in this layout, I've made it a very bright, fun type of layout instead of a grungy, shabby chic kind of page. But I like them both. In fact, my very favorite layouts are either bright and bold or shabby chic... or my own style, which is a little bit of both!
Here's another page that I wanted to share. It's titled "Love Your Smile" and it is a sort of tone on tone type of layout. As you can see, most of the elements are pink, with several of the elements being yellow. These yellow elements form a type of visual triangle which helps to grab your eye's attention and helps to keep it. The colors were drawn straight from the photograph.
This page is titled very simply... just my brother's name: Brandon. Another of the fancy, distressed layouts that I simply adore! I tried really hard to make this a really masculine page... the browns and reds, the metal accents, the white paint... and I really feel like I pulled it off! The bright orange sweatshirt that he's wearing in the photograph doesn't help anything, but I think the reds really toned it down. Also the journaling is a poem and the title is stamped in red paint.
The last one... a page of my brother Owen's birthday party! My dad has been experimenting a lot lately with making cakes... he made one for Christmas, my birthday, Owen's birthday, my little sister Sage's birthday... he even made a Dharma cake for the grand finale of Lost this year! Well, getting back to the initial subject, he made Owen a Wii remote cake! This page includes a picture of the cake itself, Owen's expression when he saw it (he cracked up!) and a couple pictures of him blowing out the candles. It was a day that we will never forget!!
I sure hope that you enjoyed my little gallery showing of some more recent layouts and going on to another subject altogether, if you enjoy beading, I've started an article series on the basics of beading. The first article is located here: http://ezinearticles.com/?Beaded-Jewelry-101---Designing-Your-Own-Jewelry---Line-and-Shape&id=4539916 I hope you visit and have a good time!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Scrapbook Layouts
Today I thought that I would share some layouts that I've completed during the month of April. I created quite a few with the mix of challenges and just for fun layouts I've made and I figured that some of you would enjoy a showing of these! The first is a layout I made of myself when I was 9 months old. I've been having a lot of fun experimenting with color and sorting through older pictures of my mom's. I have also been working on some genealogy of both sides of my family tree. So here is the first layout:
Here is another layout that I created for the front page of my family tree scrapbook. I've only made a few layouts for that scrapbook because I have to get to the craft store for a few essential supplies.
That's all for now, but I have decided that I'm going to try to be more consistent with my blogging and I'm going to try to make the blog a more interesting place! Thanks for looking!
~Jordan~
Here is another layout that I created for the front page of my family tree scrapbook. I've only made a few layouts for that scrapbook because I have to get to the craft store for a few essential supplies.
That's all for now, but I have decided that I'm going to try to be more consistent with my blogging and I'm going to try to make the blog a more interesting place! Thanks for looking!
~Jordan~
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Sewing Sackboy
So I don't really have any pictures of my stuff for this post, but I do have some progress to share with all of you. First of all, I finished all of the four patches that I need for the Confetti quilt. Also, I have been working on a "sackboy" for my brother Brandon. It is from a video game that he loves and I am stitching it out of orange fabric. Here is a picture of what it looks like on the game.
Isn't he cute?! Mine won't look quite like this but it ought to be fairly close. You never REALLY know until it is actually done. The next step for my quilt though, is to cut out 356 squares 2" big. That is a LOT of squares!! I have been sorting through all of my stuff: quilting, knitting, crocheting, beading, scrapbooking and cross stitching... and purging stuff! The reason for this is that I am going to be transferring all of my crafting stuff, excepting yarn arts and cross stitch to a nook separate from my bedroom!! My dad owns his own business and he rents a building and, lucky me, we live very close to the building. I am moving the stuff to a small room over there to make more room in my bedroom. That's all I have for you today but we will see what the future holds!!
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