You Rock LO Two - "Gone Fishing"

This LO was made using the CTMH pp "You Rock" and the stamp set, C12356, Hook Line and Sinker.

The technique for club this month was "wet embossing". We used Olive and Outdoor Denim embossing powder to random stamp on the White Daisy Cardstock. I did not want the stamping to be too perfect, so we stamped the images lightly or tapped off any heavily stamped embossing powder. It gives the stamping a rougher or more rustic look to me. The random stamping was done on both strips of WD cardstock, however, shows up better on the left half of the LO because that strip of CS has a larger border, something to keep in mind as you place your random stamped images, hehe, not so random maybe, going for placement closer to the edges or between photo mats.

We had a lot of fun making these LOs. The fish idea was Patty's...she is after all our expert fisherman. I loved the fish on a line idea!

I really liked how this LO turned out, pretty simple and clean. It garnered me an invite to go fishing! Oh no, me...in a boat...fishing? Crazier things have happened hmm? Peachy Heart Hugs, Debbie

"You Rock"

These layouts were our club LOs for April 2010. They feature the CTMH pp "You Rock". I designed one LO highlighting the blues and greens of the kit and the other LO focuses more on petal, a more feminine color scheme.

I used the stamp sets D1403 "Star Power", D146 "You Rock" and C1388, "Rock Star" which compliment this pp perfectly. This LO was purposefly done with minimal stamping to allow my club members versatility in using the LO.

The second LO we made with this pp features a Fishing theme. I demonstrated "wet embossing" on this LO. We accomplished the wet embossing in a smudged fashion to give the designed paper a more rustic or rough look. I will post the second LO tomorrow.

My sweet friend and customer Vicki Lynn won this first LO with her purchase this month - yeah Vicki!!

Peachy Heart Hugs, Debbie

Girlfriend, You Rock

I finished my swap, my second slot layout, yay me!

This one was made with one of the new CTMH paper kits, "You Rock", which boasts the colors: Olive, Indian Corn Blue, Goldrush and Outdoor Denim.

I used several new stamps, including a couple favorites in our new Idea Book.

I also used two brand new products, Irresistables, Lotsa Dots, for the title and I used Top Coats, Rockin' version.

Here is the right side of the layout. I used two Flip Flaps on this side, to increase the number of photos used. The page protector made the photo a little cloudy, sorry about that.

The last picture, shows the artwork in the flaps when opened.

I hope my fellow swappers like it.