8 Layouts using 10 of Spades ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2

Here is another multiple layout set, this time using the 10 of Spades card from the ALSB Idea Deck Volume 2! Each pair of layouts uses only 4 sheets of 12x12 paper plus 1 sheet of 8.5x11 paper (or three photo mattes)!



Vermont Cows - 10 of Spades Left by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades (left); Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Robin's Egg, Light Celery, Dark Celery; Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth;
Dollar Tree - Foam Alphabet Stickers;

When we visited the Ben & Jerry's factory, in Vermont, the kids couldn't get enough of the cows that were grazing past the flavor graveyard! Luckily we managed to remind them that the fence might be electric before they got too close!



Smart Car - 10 of Spades Right by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades (right); Mirror Mirror 11/08 - Robin's Egg, Light Celery, Dark Celery, Dark Celery Print; Hybrid Ink Pad - Earth;
Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage Chic 5/08 - Thickers Velvet in Cream;

My son loves spotting cool cars everywhere that we go... yet somehow it took a trip to Montreal to see our first Smart Car on the road! Of course, it was in his favorite color, lime green!



Recycled Creations - 10 of Spades Left by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades (left); Bistro - Tangerine; Science - Topaz Foil Print; Stratosphere - Green; Wheel & Sprocket - Green; Palette Hybrid Ink - Noir Black;
Scrapbook Takeout - Alphabet Stickers;

No, sadly we didn't make these wallets, but we took phoos since we loved them and want to create some! But first we have to start getting paper cartons of milk and juice! These very cool wallets are available to buy in the gift shop at the Montreal Botanical Gardens.







A Perfect Day - 10 of Spades by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades; Artifacts 2/09 - Paprika Print, Paprika Plain, Dark Aqua Print, Dark Aqua Plain, Light Aqua Plain, Stickers; Palette Hybrid Ink Pad - Noir Black;

My cousins had a blast showing one of their local playgrounds off to my children! We laughed, we swam, we climbed, and we even hunted in the marsh for cattails!







Bridging to Juniors ALSB Vol2 10 of Spades by Neith Juch
Club Scrap: ALSB Idea Deck Vol 2 - 10 of Spades; Mirror Mirror 11/09 - Robin's Egg Blue, Light Celery, UM Stamps;
Ranger: Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad - Espresso;
K & Co: Brownie Scrap Pad; Marcella by K - File Folder;

We had such a beautiful bridging ceremony for our troop as the girls progressed to Juniors! They each drew pictures of a favorite Brownie memory and these images, plus photos of the artist during brownie events, were in a slide show right before we called them up to cross them all over! For this layout, I paired up Club Scrap's Mirror Mirror kit with one reversible official Girl Scout print and made just a few extra cuts to help frame the artwork... And added in the printed folder that wasn't part of the Girl Scout line, but matched beautifully! (I've got tiny reprints of the girls' bridging certificates to tuck into the file folder on this layout!)



Easter 2009 Digital Layout by Neith Juch
Club Scrap Digital: Memoirs 7/09 - Plain2, Tag01, Tag03, BBFStamp7; Perfect Ten 6/09 - DBG4; Inked Edges Volume 1 - 4x5, 4x6c, 8x10a, 12x2, 12x12a, 12x12c;
PSE: Altered Hues/Saturation, Layer Blending Modes, Opacity;

This layout is indeed digital, but, by using transparent papers you can create a similar layout! I loved the quiet colors in the main photo and wanted to really set it off, so I took it a step further by creating three layers of the same photograph and desaturated a top layer of the photo, then used the Screen layer blending mode on that layer... then I used the Multiply layer blending mode on the middle layer and adjusted the top two layers' opacity and color until I was satisfied. Then I applied the same effects to the smaller images that share one matte.

Safari Classics Meet Recycling

Club Scrap recently had a challenge to incorporate at least 2 recycled or household items in your layouts and I managed a slew of them! When I created my ALSB for the Safari Crafter Classics (owning a zoo membership for a few years means that I do have even more zoo photos still to scrap! but, remember that plenty of other themes look great on these papers!), all but two pages wound up qualifying for the challenge!

Mostly, I went on an aluminum can frenzy after seeing the Michael Strong TV Weekly Webisode, Heavy Metal, and all of Luanne's great creations with Coke cans! But I also had a little stack of used Priority Mail box scraps (we had cut up some spent boxes in order to make over 60 handmade mini books as Valentine's Day treats and other mini books afterwards and I still had the scraps) along with some emptied pantry boxes, extra scraps of tin foil, etc. If the idea of using potentially acidic chipboard and cardboard isn't to your liking, think about going with the metal route... or some other things that I'll share soon!

If you are interested in trying your hand at scrapping with aluminum cans, you'll have a blast! Get out your die cutter as the thicker dies will cut right through them and use a rolling cutter with most low-profile dies, or run them through an embossing folder! Crack out your metal embossing tools and play away! Ink them up with alcohol inks, paints, etc! Or pick a beautifully colored section of the can and showcase it on your layouts (like the green leaves on my second layout here or the red heart on my Carnival Love Tests layout)!

And, don't forget that those gorgeous chipboard shapes make wonderful templates to cut shapes from other materials, or use the offset when you punch yours out as a more permanent stencil!


Club Scrap: Safari Crafter Classic 2007 Kit - ALSB #1, Green Print, Green Plain, Black Plain; Collections 6/06 - UM Font;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Espresso; Distress Crackle Paint - Brushed Corduroy; Stickles - Gold, Lime Green;
Scrapbook Takeout - Graffiti Artist 4/08 Preserves Kit - Heidi Swapp Mini GhostShapes; Tell Your Story 3/08 The Works Kit - Tim Holtz Grungeboard Alphabet (as a stencil)
Recycled Material: Aluminum Can (band on crown); Cereal Box (large alpha);


Club Scrap: Safari Crafter Classic Kit 2007 - ALSB #2, Black Plain, Green Plain, Green Print;
EK Success: Paper Shapers - Sunflower;
Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage Chic - Maya Road Fresh Chipboard Trees (as stencil);
Zig: Millennium - Pure Black;
Recycled Material: Aluminum Can; Cardboard Box;


Club Scrap: Safari Crafter Classic Kit 2007 - ALSB #3, Dark Orange Plain, Light Orange Print, Light Orange Plain Rhapsody 3/07 - Beads;
Darice: Jewelry Wire;
Ranger: Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Espresso, Ginger, Rust, Slate, Terra Cotta; Alcohol Ink Applicator; Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Ginger;
Zig: Writer - Chocolate;
Recycled Material: 100 Calorie Cookies Box; Tin Foil (wrapped around box strip);


Club Scrap: Safari Crafter Classic 2007 Kit - ALSB #4; Dark Orange Plain, Light Orange 12x12 Print, Light Orange 8.5x11 Print;
Ranger: Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad - Terra Cotta; Archival Ink Pad - Sepia;
Sizzix: Sizzlits - Rat-a-Tat Alphabet;
Ten Seconds Studio: Mold B23; Metal Embossing Tools;
Recycled Material: Aluminum Can; Cereal Box;


Safari Crafter Classic Kit 2007 - ALSB #5, Dark Orange Print, Light Orange, Black; Serengeti Crafter Classic 2008 - Cut Out Journaling Block;
Ranger: Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Espresso, Ginger, Rust, Slate, Terra Cotta; Alcohol Ink Applicator;
Scrapbook Takeout: Chipboard Shapes (as stencils);
Recycled Material: Used Priority Mail Box; Tin Foil;


Club Scrap: Safari Crafter Classic 2007 Kit - ALSB #6, Dark Orange Print, Light Orange Plain, Black Plain; It's a Boy/It's a Girl 2006 - UM Font;
Leow & Cornell - Aqua Crayons;
Ranger: Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Bottle, Stream; Alcohol Ink Applicator Tool;
Sizzix: Original Die - Tickets 39-1111;
Recycled Material - Barq's Root Beer Can; Old Cork Coaster;


Club Scrap: Safari FFC Crafter Classic Kit 2007 - Light Orange 8.5x11 Print, Dark Orange Plain, Black Print, ALSB #7; Paisley 03/06 - Coral; Tonic Glass Cutting Mat;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Ginger;
Scrapbook Takeout - Tell Your Story 3/08 The Works Kit - Tim Holtz Grungeboard Alphabet (as a stencil)


Club Scrap: Safari Crafter Classic 2007 - ALSB #8, Black Print, Light Orange Plain, Dark Orange Plain;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Ginger; Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad - Terra Cotta;
Zig: Millennium Writer - Pure Black;



Club Scrap: Safari Crafter Classic 2007 - ALSB #9; Black Plain, Dark Orange Plain, Green Plain, Green Print, Light Orange Print;
Ranger: Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Ginger;
Sizzix: Sizzlits - Rat-a-Tat Alphabet;
Recycled Item: Snack Box;


Club Scrap: Safari Crafter Classic 2007 - ALSB #10; Black Plain, Dark Orange Plain, Green Plain, Green Print; Rhapsody 3/07 - Beads;
Sizzix: Sizzlits - #654526 Latches;
Recycled Material: Tin Can (Die cut into latches); Packing Twine (left over scrap with a knot on one end from when a Cub Scout cut too much at a den meeting... I knew I had those stray pieces in the bottom of my den leader's bag!);

Going Green: Crochet Produce & Gift Bags

I'm going to start to showcase some more of my crafts that don't always involve paper, stamps, or beads. And, this week I'm going to provide you all with some environmentally friendly ideas! To kick it off, here's my latest obsession, Crochet Produce Bags!

I've whipped up a bunch of these for myself and for gifts! Every time we go out shopping with our lime green bags, we get tons of attention and I can't even begin to count the number of people that I've directed to the instructions! I've consistently managed to make one bag during a single dvd viewing (including bonus features) and have made others while walking around in Boston or riding the subway and train during our day trips this month! Also, they make great gift wrap bags! You can see them here holding sets of ALSB pages that we're giving as gifts! (Think Down to Earth, Hometown, Farmer's Market, Salsa, etc!)

I absolutely adore this "donate what you can" Crochet Grocery Bag Pattern By Haley Waxberg (proceeds help pay for a woman's reconstructive surgery). It's a simple combination of single crochet, chain, and slip stitches to create a wonderfully stretchy netted produce/shopping bag.

I altered the pattern, just a little, in between the increasing rows, I did one less row than called for and did 12-14 of the ch5 rows as the main body.. also, I thickened my straps a little and used 100% cotton by Lily and by Bernat.

Carnival ALSB Kit - 6 Fun Summertime Layouts!

Getting back into the swing of things and running around with Summer fun has been keeping me busy!

In the spirit of the Summer and to show you another great new FFC Exclusive ALSB Kit (perfect for a Summer Workshop!) I'm sharing my layouts using the Carnival FFC Exclusive ALSB Kit :) I doubled up working on them with some challenges going on at Club Scrap Chat's Camp Ya-Hey-n-So (Wisconsinisms in the title, they only kind of translate to my language!), so you'll see some recycled items in a few of them! You may recognize some of the papers from past kits as this ALSB Kit includes papers from County Fair 7/04, To You With Love 2/04, Extra! Extra! 6/04, Bridges 2/08, and more, plus the stencil from County Fair!







Club Scrap: Carnival FFC Exclusive ALSB Kit - ALSB #1 & 2, Dark Blue Plain, Red Plain, Light Blue 8.5x11 Print, Translucent 8.5x11 Print;
Cuttlebug - Paisley Dies;
Ranger: Inkssentials - White Opaque Pen;
Sizzix: Sizzlits - Boxed Brush Alphabet; Recycled Items: Cookie Box and Aluminum Can;

I just love this ALSB design and have used it in so many other ways! It's great for anywhere from 1 to 4 photos per page, or more if you wanted! I could have squeezed more in, but I think this gave a good overview ;) Right after my brother was married, we gathered his new stepchildren, neice, and my kids, plus older family and headed over to Salem Willows. At first we ate together then had the kids play games for a long time, but as everyone was ready to head out we stopped in one of the other arcades where they had a ton of 1 cent through 10 cent machines from long gone eras when it was a honeymoon destination! We made Chris and Stephanie take every possible love test and photo booth pictures before they ran off for a mini-honeymoon without the kids! Then, my girls had to take the love tests, luckily getting all sweet and innocent results.. but I must say that my husband and I scored higher than all the other couples on each test we took ;)


Here are a few examples of the same ALSB instructions used with my own mix of papers and assorted numbers of photos! Please, click on them to see them larger in their own blog article!











Club Scrap: Carnival FFC Exclusive ALSB Kit - ALSB #3 & 4, Light Green Print, Dark Green Print, Red Plain, Newsprint 8.5x11 Translucent Print;
Sizzix: Sizzlits - Boxed Brush Alphabet; Originals - Tickets;
Recycled Items: Cookie Box and Aluminum Can;


The newsprint on this layout is really perfect for our photos! It was during this Twin Day at Coney Island that my girls wound up having two separate photos run in newspapers, one in a local NYC paper and the other nationally! They also had many other newspaper and magazine photographers taking their photos, including one by the clown trash can in the second smallest photo of my layout!



Club Scrap: Carnival FFC Exclusive ALSB - Cream Print, Dark Green Print, Red Print, Stencil;
Design Originals: Tim Holtz Distressables and Doo-Dads - 0753 Toy Blocks;
Ranger: Inkssentials - Opaque White Pen;


I am not sure why I *needed* to take so many photos of this adorable little ferris wheel, but it sure worked out great for this layout! This is the first year that I let my kids split up at the school's annual Fun Fair and they had a blast going on all the rides with their friends!



Club Scrap: Bridges 2/08 - Cream Print; Workbench 8/05 - Dark Green Print; County Fair 7/04 - Red Print, Stencil;
Design Originals: Tim Holtz Distressables and Doo-Dads - 0753 Toy Blocks;
Ranger: Inkssentials - Opaque White Pen;


I am not sure who took each photo during this trip to 6 Flags with my friends Shakira and Vernell (two of the three co-owners at Scrapbook Takeout along with Vernell's sister, Francine)... I basically could only ride the Ferris Wheel and Merry Go Round with my heart problems, but I sent them on all of the fastest rides and held their bags while taking tons of photos with their cameras! I must admit that I rotated this layout since I had so many more landscape photos to include. But how great is the gridded green paper for journaling?? I can't write in a straight line to save my life, but this certainly helps!

Four Layouts of My Son, Sebek!

Since it was my son's birthday this week, it only seems fitting to share a few layouts about him! :) I'm actually working on a "Cool Dude" album for him which will be all digital layouts, printed out and adhered to a blank board book! For most of these pages I'm "messing" with the photos digitally as part of the "coolness" factor! And then there's a 2 page paper layout from an older Pinewood Derby, enjoy!


Club Scrap: Body & Soul 5/08 - DP04, Tran03, Tran20;
Scan of Korean Silk;
Adobe PSE5.0: Artistic Filter - Fresco; Feathered Edges; Drop Shadows; Altered Hues;


Club Scrap: Avant Garde 3/08 Digital Kit - DP04, DP07, DP13;
Recycled Stuff: Scan of plastic mesh bag for background; Scan of paper towel for pattern on the blue paper;
Font: Font Garden - FG Vilma;








Club Scrap: Work Bench 8/05 - ALSB #11 & 12, Red Plain, Red Print, Green Print, Translucent Plain, Measure Up Tape, Stickers;
Krylon: Silver Leading Pen;
Zig: Millennium Pure Black Pen;

Petal Prints Too: FFC Exclusive Kit

Wow! The end of the school year and getting caught up with life has kept me so busy! I have been crafting but just not making quality scans for you guys! Here's the first in a new series of posts :)



The full kit contains twenty 12"x12" and eight 8.5"x11" sheets of printed (otherwise extinct Kit For a Cause papers) and solid cardstock along with a package of organza ribbons in 5 colors, and a full sticker sheet, complete with images, captions, and a full alphabet! In the photo above, you see 3 of the 6 completed workshop layouts along with all the extra supplies after you've made 6 layouts!


Club Scrap: Petal Prints Too 2008 FFC Exclusive ALSB Kit: Green Plain, Yellow Plain, Peach Print, Green Organza Ribbon; Kit for a Cause - UM B&B Stamps;
Ranger: Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Terra Cotta, Red Pepper; Adirondack Dye Ink Pad - Mountain Rose; Stickles - Baby Blue;
Technique Junkies: 6/08 - Alcohol Ink Float Technique;
Unknown: Faux Flowers; Circle Cutter;

I had a lot of fun adding more blooms to this layout of flowers from the Rose Garden in Lynch Park, Beverly, MA. I took some marbled paper that I'd created and cut it into circles for the flower centers then stamped an oversized block of script onto them and edged them in Stickles. Also, note that I trimmed the flowers whenever they would go under a matte... not only does this help your photos to lay flat, but you can use those petals elsewhere on the page, or on another layout!


Club Scrap: Petal Prints Too 2008 FFC Exclusive ALSB Kit: Green Plain, Yellow Plain, Peach Print, Stickers; Body & Soul 5/08 - Embellishment Pack Green Tag;
Ranger: Alcohol Inks - Lettuce, Meadow, Pesto, Oregano;
Scrapbook Takeout: Prima Flowers;
Technique Junkies: 6/08 - Alcohol Ink Float Technique;
TLC: Quick Sand Chips - Cream Square;
Unknown: Faux Flowers, Flower Punch;

I love how this kit coordinates so easily with other Club Scrap kits! Of course, Road Trip 3/05 is a perfect match to the solid papers, but much of it is extinct and it has a very different printed design. Here, I matched a printed tag/title from the Body & Soul 5/08 kit for a quick caption that helps express a little bit about our experience getting Midsommar floral wreaths made at Ikea. I have a few other layouts from this event, but here's one with the woman who taught me how to make the wreaths so that I could help them move the long line of kids that were waiting, and then she made Uatchet's wreath a little while later when it was her turn in line! I loved that they let me help out when they had a shift change and were short staffed and had such a great experience teaching the older kids to make their own and wowing my children in the process!


Club Scrap: Petal Prints Too 2008 FFC Exclusive ALSB Kit - Yellow Print, Peach Plain, Yellow Plain, Organza Ribbon, Stickers;
TLC: Quick Sand Chips - Cream;

While most layouts from the Walk for Autism Research with the 501st New England Garrison feature dark and starry prints to match the Star Wars costumes and marble backdrop... I thought that the "girl power" photos deserved a more feminine page! I loved the stickers from the kit, but the layout needed a little ornamentation with a more industrial feel without losing the femininity. I took these great matte finish colored chipboard shapes and adhered the clear printed stickers over them and then cut them out with my X-Acto blade and the Tonic Glass Cutting Mat (from Club Scrap) to create a uniform look!


Club Scrap: Petal Prints Too 2008 FFC Exclusive ALSB Kit - Yellow Print, Peach Plain, Yellow Plain, Organza Ribbon, Stickers; Kit for a Cause - UM Stamps;
Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage Chic 5/08 Kit - Maya Road Velvet Sparkle Blossoms; Garden Party 2/08 - Prima Naturally Felt Flowers;
Unknown - Faux Flowers;

My children, my cousin's children, and my brother's new stepchildren were being a little bit sneaky on Mother's Day! They were flocking to the driveway to create HUGE chalk art Mother's Day cards for all of the mothers at our family cook out! While not exactly the most lovely photos that you'll ever see, I think it went perfectly with this kit!


Club Scrap: Petal Prints Too 2008 FFC Exclusive ALSB Kit - Blue Print, Green Print, White Plain, Green Plain, Stickers; Kit for a Cause - UM Stamps; Mini Kit for a Cause - UM Stamps;
Loew Cornell: Aqua Crayons;
Niji: Waterbrush;
Ranger: Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Eggplant, Silver Mixatives, Stonewashed;
Scrapbook Takeout: Parisian Vintage Chic 5/08 - Heidi Swapp Ghost Butterflies, Basic Grey Boxer Buttons;
Stewart Superiors: Palette Ink Pad - Noir Black;
Unknown: Faux Flowers;

The clear butterflies on this page look amazing in real life! They are still translucent, but the silver alcohol ink makes them more opaque and shimmery on the actual page! I thought they were just the perfect accent for these photos of the local Audubon's Butterfly Garden, and they are perfectly customizable!


Club Scrap: Petal Prints Too FFC Exclusive Kit - ALSB #6, Blue Print, Green Print, White Plain;
Cuttlebug: Flower; Paisley;
Sizzix: Sizzlits - Skooshy Font, Flower Center & Leaf, Buttons #4;
TVWeekly: Heavy Metal;
Recycled Material: Aluminum Can; Ikea - Half Smooshed Decorative Napkin;

What princess party is complete without a stage coach? Somehow the horses rode on top for a while, then pushed from behind, but can we still call it a horse drawn carriage? For this layout, I rose to the Household Items Challenge at Club Scrap's Summer Camp Pro Scrapbookers League TM and used a recycled soda can and half crumpled napkin in my die cutter to create the flowers and caption! Learn how to prepare your recycled soda cans in Michael Strong's Heavy Metal webisode at TV Weekly!