Fuse tool wedding layout

The photos I'm working with right now are really old. They've been processed differently from just 50 years ago.
This photo had frail edges that if mishandled the photo would crumble.
I felt the need to preserve that unique quality of a picture with my MIL in it as the flower girl.

Hubby's uncle admits that he has never seen the picture but disagrees with me on who the little girl is. It looks like her, my MIL, so we're going with it.
My in-laws have a strange family dynamic to share-I could ask MIL's mother that will be 100 this July and still has it all of her brains working. However, she has Macular Degenerative disease which is a disease where the vision starts from the outside closes into the center closing off most of her vision including peripheral vision. That's why she stopped driving at 94. lol
She can barely see out of the left eye, probably the size of a pinhead and the other is closing in on her too. She gets injections into her eye to slow the process down but...sadly it will continue to make her blind because there is no cure. I've seen many unspeakable things while working in the hospital for over 15 years but injections in the eyes gross me out. I could never watch that willingly. Yuck!
It's sad that she can't see pictures very well because she is a wealth of information.

So why not ask my MIL? I can't ask my 78-year-old MIL because she has Alzheimer's and doesn't remember anyone's faces anymore. I'm told that the situation of the healthy (-ish) mother outliving the daughter with Alzheimer's is rare.
This whole conversation reminds me that I need to call Grandma today.

The white outlining paper is a negative of a Cricut die cut. I had shaky hands gluing that booger down. You can see some warping but "It doesn't have to be perfect, It just has to be done" Cindy Groh 

The patterned paper is by Colorbok and the floral stickers on top and bottom as well as the skinny border sticker at the bottom are all by Creative Memories.

I took extra pictures to show that the fusing of the photo's protector. It is not an impressive job with my technique or ability to use the tool but I want to be able to look back on this page and recall what design tip I used and the results.

This photo is to remind me how I can cover up an edge or all of the edges.

Here is the rest of the spread

I used patterned paper from the same CM pack around the photo and the stickers on the side are CM too.
The background paper is by Colorbok
The rick rack to match her outfit is by Wright's
The name is stamped with Lawn Fawn Violet ABC's

Sorry for the long post. I keep this blog as a diary to remember all of the things I've made because once they go out the door they are almost erased from my memory.
Thanks for looking

It's Time for your birthday card

I used stamps by Stampin Up for the sentiment

 Ric Rack from Wrights
The patterned paper is by Bazzill and it's the 2" leftover pieces that I end up with when I use a 6x6 pad of paper for a 4x5 1/2' card.

The die- cuts are by The Girls Paperie
The die-cut under the clock is also a clock included in the package. I knew I wouldn't use it so I flipped it over. That been my going to thing lately.
Where I die cut and stamp on the back of the paper that I know I won't use the design on the front.

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Doily Card with Bible Verse

I have a little bit different card to share today. I acquired a ton of doilies from my mother and mother-in-law and so I decided to use one on a card. The background is a background stamp by Hero Arts that I stamped with distress ink Tattered Rose. The middle piece of the card is patterned paper by Prima and the rick rack is by Wright's. The sentiment stamp by Gina Marie is in the set Great Bible Quotes stamped with Hero Arts black ink. I die cut the sentiment out with a Spellbinders die and inked the inside with the same ink as the background stamp. Then I die cut a coordinating scalloped circle to go behind the sentiment.

Thanks for looking. I love to read your comments-thank you.

Owl Graduation Cards

Tpday I have a few more graduation owls to show you. The owl stamp is by Clearly Besotted and I have stamped him in charcoal grey shadow ink by Hero Arts and in the top card I stamped the heart with distress ink. The owl's graduation cap is a sticker by Jolee's/EK Success. I die cut the owl out with a Spellbinders die and also die cut the next largest die in yellow. The background paper is by Best Creations and the yellow ribbon is by Pebbles. The sentiment stamp is by Fiskars and the oval die cut is by Sizzix. The border punch on the grey cardstock is by EK Success.

For the blue owl I die cut him out with a different Spellbinders dies and his grad cap is by Sticko/EK Success. The patterned paper is by Recollections and the blue cardstock at the bottom is by Color-Aid. The seam binding separating the two papers is by Wright's. The diploma is a another sticker from the same pack as the hat and the sentiment is a stamp by TPC Studio.

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Saturated Canary Grad card

Today's card features a Saturated Canary graduation image. I printed her out onto Cryogen cardstock and colored her with Copic markers. I die cut her out using a Spellbinders die and inked the inside with distress ink. I die cut another rectangle shape in red to go behind the image. The patterned paper is by Scenic Route. The sentiment is a die cut from my Cricut. I inked the top layer of this sentiment die cut before adhering it to a shimmer piece of paper by Recollections. The rick rack is by Wright's, sequins by Craft Medley and enamel dots by Teresa Collins.

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Deep Red Stamps Flourish Latte

My card today features a stamp by

You can find the Latte Flourish stamp at

Scrapbook.com

and

A Cherry on Top

I stamped the Flourish Latte onto a white die cut by Cricut with a shadow mat in gray. Both those cardstock are by Recollections. I did ink the white die cut with Iced Spruce distress ink. The seam binding that is in a bow is by Wright's (Very old), the label die cut is by Deisgn Objectives with a sentiment sticker by Pebbles and brads by Creative Imagination. The patterned paper was from a prize I won.

That's all for today. Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://moo-mania.blogspot.co.at/ Metal
http://www.addalittledazzle.com/add-little-dazzle-casual-fridays-blog-hopchallenge-48/ Anything goes
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

Boy or Girl Shaker Card

So it seems there is a lot about shaker cards in the past week on Youtube and around blogland. Take a look at my twist of taking a mason jar sticker by Jolee's and making it a shaker card.

I cut them apart from each other and on the back of the sticker, where the lid sits, I cut a straight slit with an Exacto knife. Try keeping the sticker part covered with the release paper it comes on so the sequins won't stick to the back. Or you could have some permanently on the back but then you need to get fancy with adhering the sticker to your card. I pinched the to sides inward and filled the mason jar with blue and pink sequins by Craft Medley.

I used Lawn Fawn Harold alphabet stamps for the words with Hero Arts black ink.The "or" is on a garage sale tag that I cut down to fit the bottle. I think it works well as a label on a jar. It adhered the stickers to the die cut and glued the lid on, which had fallen off, with Glossy Accents. The patterned paper is by Hot off the Press, rick rack by Wright's, and all white cardstock by Recollections. 

You can find the mason jar stickers at 

Joann

EK Success

and

A Cherry on Top

I'm sure you will see more of these since there are 6 in a pack.

Challenges:

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/Anything goes {This card was a showcase pick}

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com/ Anything goes square or rectangle

http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/ Ambossing

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://www.miriamscraftingblog.com/1/post/2014/07/miriams-crafting-blogs-14th-monthly-challenge-containers.htmlContainers

http://moo-mania.blogspot.co.at/ Texture

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything goes

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ Die cuts {under the jar}

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com/ Polka dots

http://www.craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/ Craft item I've never used before {Mason jar stickers}

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/ Polka Dots

Scooter Thanks Card

I have a thank you card using a scooter stamp by 

You can find it at 

Scrapbook.com

and

A Cherry on Top

I stamped it with Versa Mark ink and then heat embossed it with black embossing powder by Ranger on Distress watercolor paper. I then colored the image in with Distress inks, Distress markers and a Water Pen all by Ranger. The image is matted onto DCWV glitter paper and then onto DCWV patterned paper. The rick rack is by Wright's, sentiment sticker by Pebbles and brad by We R Memory Keepers. The tag is unknown.

Thanks for stopping by.

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/Anything goes

http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ Summer lovin'

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/Embossing

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes