June calendar layout Dance Recital time

This is from my Mom’s calendar.

And this calendar is from my brother’s calendar.

The big thing about these layouts is the die cut dancers. I cut them out using my Cricut and the Decor and More cartridge.

The rest are stickers or scraps from various manufacturers. Thanks for looking.

Dancing layouts all with red

I have a few dance layouts to share with you. I made them in May but haven't had a chance to show them. These are double page layouts the first page being the left side and the second page being the right side. This first one is fun because the paper I used is made to correlate with Mickey Mouse embellishments. But with two all black costumes I needed to add some color in there and dance and stars go hand and hand. The little tags were for her to journal on. Since there were a lot of good pictures to showcase, that left little room for a spot to journal.

I'm not one to do my pages exactly the same on each side but I did for this particular set.

The next set are more what I do for left and right. Similar color scheme with maybe an embellishment in common. In this case the polka dot flowers and the opposite color of ribbon from the same place are on each layout. I love that the stars paper came out of a Christmas stack and I used it for a dancing layout.

The gingham paper in this one is super old by Creative Memories but it matched well enough for me to use it on her layout.

And the same goes for these last two side by side layouts. They share in common two patterned papers.

The big difference between these two would be one has everything corner rounded and the other is not but they still looked fabulous side by side.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my layouts. Leave a comment if you see something you like:)

Hugs,

Cindy

Girlie layouts

With all the Manly Monday, Father's Day cards and graduation cards I felt my blog needed a girlie touch to it. So the best way to make things girlie is show you some of the layouts I did for a graduating senior who has been in dance since she was little. The book covered her whole dance life from 1997 to 2011. It was very fun to do and she LOVED it. I just love being able to add sparkle, rhinestones and glitter to layouts about dance.

This is her and her friends at recital. The bottom portion I used a bunch of silhouette circle punches as masks for the glimmer mist. Such sweet girls these three truly are.

I just adore this one because I had an idea and it came out the way I wanted to.  Oh to be a little girl in dance class again.

This dance was her solo for this year. I went and watched her compete with this number and talk about a class act! The dance fit her beautifully and was not trashy at all. (I say that because her mom and I discussed before she even started the dance that the song is or could be taken poorly for the lack of a better word) I just loved watching her and felt the choreography was well done and executed perfectly. Who cares what place she got.  This dance really rocked.

Well that's it for girlie layouts for the next few days. Tomorrow through Monday I will be featuring the rest of my Father's Day cards. I hope you will use them as inspiration for your male cards. They always seem to be a little tougher to make then girl cards.

A happy Birthday to my sister Jennifer for today is her special day:)

Hip Hop Super Star

These two layouts are fun and bright for a Thursday. 

The letter tags are by Current from eons ago along with the Stampin' Up dance  stamp and stars stamped with Pink Passion ink by SU too. Superstar sticker is by Jollee's/EK Success, floss by Coats and Clark and the the patterned paper is by Basic Grey.

When I started to put this book together I thought I would include layouts from my personal books that she was in the pictures of. At that time I was scrapping 8.5x11 and therefore had to adjust them to make 12x12 layouts. This is one of them where I didn't change anything to the smaller layout just added to make it the size I wanted and am using now. 

Supplies that I know of: pink & blue cardstock are by Sunborn as well as the title paper. Background paper by Basic Grey, stickers by Moxxie, mask and star punch by Creative Memories, mist by Tattered angels, font by Quickutz, glitter by Stamendous. 

Thanks for looking today. I hope Thursday is a great day for you:)

Cowgirl, The Wiz and flowers-Oh My! Layouts

So I missed yesterday and I am going to make up for it today:)

First I have some Sassy Lil' Sketches layouts to show you.

The purple checked is actually the fabric in which her top is made out of. The little squares below the pictures I used a 3D Zot and placed it in the center of the fabric square

Then I folded in the sides.

This what it looks like from the back.

This what it looks like from the front.

Just a fun way to use fabric and add a little dimension to your projects.

Next is another sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches and then my layout

That brick road was a little bit tough to make but I basically just cut small pieces of the patterned paper and then used a corner round on them to achieve the wave look. I then made a mask to cover up the white paper and sprayed the "Yellow Brick Road" with Perfect Pearls in gold and water and then also with some Mustard seed Glimmer Mist. 

I was inspired to make the brick road and the whole layout by the movie "The Wizard of Oz" and therefore am going to use it over at Two Peas and a Buckets for the outside inspiration challenge.

I'm also using this LO for the challenge at Charisma Cardz for their no cards challenge, the Song and Dance challenge at Crop Suey, Crafts 4 Eternity's anything goes challenge and My mums craft Shop Challenges has an Girl challenge which how much more girl can you get then being Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.

And last project for tonight but certainly not least I made a card for the CDAC challenge of using two ribbons one which has to be in a bow that is being sponsored by Shannon's Sentiments, which she has supplied an image and a sentiment. Here's my card with just the image:

That's what I have for you today. Tomorrow is a mystery as to what I am going to post. You will just have to check back and see:)

Expressions layout

I'm submitting this layout into the designer challenge at Scrapbooks and Cards Today. The challenge is to use worded paper on your layout. 

I look at my layout and think there's a lot of white space but I really want the focus to be on the pictures. The expression in the top right picture just makes you wish you could have seen them dance. They draw me in with the emotional impact in their faces, which is so intense in the top picture and then how they switch to their cheerful, sparkling smiles in the bottom picture. It just shows their true talent not only as dancers but as actresses playing the dark and gruesome part for one and the peepy tappers part for the other. I just felt adding more embellishments would draw the eyes away from the pictures. I was thinking of a journal box for the young lady to write in but there is gigantic one on the other side of this two page layout. So there is really no need for her to journal on this page too. So here it is:  

The worded paper is the white scalloped edge and the background paper of the single photo. 

Big star stamp, red paper and ink by Stampin' Up; background paper by Creative Memories; sparkle border by White Blossom; glitter in the star stamp by Jo-Ann Stores; star stamp by The Paper Studio; "Remember" stamp by Fiskars; eyelets by Making Memories and "Super Star" stamp is unknown. 

Thanks for looking.

Purple Dance Layouts

I'm making a book for a graduating senior about her life in dance. I have to say these are my favorite kinds of books to do; all girl, all pretty colors, flowers galore and bling. I'm just an all girl kind of gal. So here's the layout left side first then right. The journal spot is blank for her to write in when I give her the book.

Supplies: patterned paper by The Paper Studio, stamps by Unity, Technique Tuesday and Sei, floss by Karen Foster, Cricut cartridge Lyrical letters, ink by Versa Mark, Stampin' Up and Memento, purple border sticker by Creative Memories.

Patterned paper by K&Co, Carstock by Creative Memories and The Paper Co, Stickers by Me and My Big Ideas and Fiskars, Cricut cartridge Storybook, Stamps by Fiskars and Elle Studio, die cut (purple box) by Elle's Studio, (rectangle green) by Quick Quotes and (green journal spot) by Jillibean.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

Tap dance Class with Teacher and student

Here is a layout I made with a sketch from Frosted Designs. The sketch is below and you have until (I think) April 18th to post it and link it back to Frosted Designs.

I also used this layout for a challenge at Two Peas last week. This challenge is going on the entire month of April. You have to have a stamped journaling spot on your layout. I did ask before hand if writing on the journaling spot was necessary to be able to enter the contest. With her approval that there did not have to be writing on the stamped journaling image I was able to enter this layout.

I am making a dancing book for a former student of mine and she was nice enough to allow me to use her layouts for challenges and to post on my blog. I think it helps keep the layouts all a tad bit different especially if you are using sketches. 

She is going to write in the book and therefore that is why the stamped journaling spot would be empty. Here's the sketch:

Here's another part of the layout that I thought turned out cool. If you follow my blog then you saw the other side of this layout on Sunday's post.  And if not you can see it right HERE. But in there and on this post I'm showing you what the image looked like prior to my decorating it. I wanted the show to look like a patent leather tap show and Glossy Accents by Ranger helped me with that. So below you are seeing the image before and a close up of the tap shoe after adding things to it and lots of drying time.

Thanks for stopping by today. Another Shannon's Sentiments will be taking over in 40 minutes. They are beautiful stamp sets with add ons and all kinds of other things that you won't want to miss. Have a great Wednesday

I Did It Creations Sunday Challenge

This week our IDIC challenge is brought to you by JLJ Designs.  The challenge is to use a song title. I chose to use the tap shoe image to incorporate it into a scrapbook I am working on right now. I did some fun stuff to it the night before:

• I colored it in with a black Copic marker except the bow
• I put a rhinestone on the bow with my I-rock by Imaginisce
• Then using Ranger Stickles Star Dust I colored in the bow
• At the same time I used Rangers Designer series Distress Sickles in brushed pewter for the taps on the bottoms of the shoes
• After those were dry I used Glossy Accents from Ranger to completely cover the entire shoe making it look like a patent leather tap shoe.

So I would like to shoe you the before and the after:

HERE is a link to her blog.

So I hope you will join us this week with your craft project that features a song title at I Did It Creations challenge blog.

Dance Layouts

I did decide to pre-post one more day and share some layouts that may be leaving my closet pretty soon. One of the young ladies in these pictures is graduating this year and I am making her a dance scrapbook. Dance has been a major part of her life and recording the memories in one book is not only fun for me but also a great way for me to "pay back" her parents for all the hard work, support and dedication they showered me with when I was involved in dance. They are the nicest people you will ever meet and I just want to give something back to them.

For years they used their horse trailer to tote props (a lot of props and sometimes heavy props) from competition to competition all over Michigan and sometimes out of state for national competitions. You know it would have been cheaper for the three of them to take a smaller vehicle to these competitions instead of their big truck carrying a load behind it. Of coarse we would get them something at the end of the year but I never felt it was enough. This is my way of giving back to them and they are going to love this book, Mom, dad and daughter.

Anyway, I have the pictures she gave me to scrap but also had some of my own, which I had already scrapped. So I thought to myself, if she liked these already done LO's I would add them to her book. There really is no reason for me to hold onto them anymore and if she would enjoy them then by golly I should give them to her. So these are the pictures I took to get her approval and they haven't had much editing done to them but you get to see them and that's what counts.

This next one is a two pager

So there's something new to look at besides my cards. I will have a layout from her book posted on Sunday. I am using one of my DT digital stamps in a layout instead of a card this week. I will post this on Sunday.

Best Wishes for a happy Tuesday:)

Elite Tap (dance) Scrapbook layout using Pink, Black, and White.

I made this LO with a sketch from Sisterhood of Scrap. The second image shows my hidden journaling. TFL

UPDATED ON 4-22-22. CHANGED THE TITLE, THE SIZE OF THE PHOTOS, AND THE FONT. AND ADDED LABELS

Dancing at Festival Scrapbook Layout

Hi everyone. I hope you had a great weekend. Supplies: heart by Heidi Swapp; transparency by Hambly Print Studios; Letters by EK Success; gold paper by CM; Red paper by Scenic Route; ribbon is unknown; star buttons by JHB; rhinestones by Studio 18; Tag by Sizzix but paper is unknown; hemp by CTMH; stickers by Moxie; brad by MM; 2 sticker is unknown; ink by Ranger and SU; red button is unknown. TFL

American Bandstand LO

I new senior book I'm working on. Her name is Kenzie and this is one of the years she did dance. Supplies: green paper by Sunborn; white paper by Pioneer; black paper by Paper reflections; stickers by Me and My Big Ideas, Mrs Grossman, Reminicse and Karen Foster; flowers by Prima, American Crafts, Queen and Company; brads by The Paper Studio and unknown; Stamps by Autumn Leaves and Stampin Up; Ink by Stampin Up; Staples by The Fastenator (i think thats Provo Craft); border punch by Stampin Up; Cricut cartridge Doodletype (letters) and Storybook for the Markee shed matting to the picture on the far right. TFL