A Wednesday Treat!

How about some more of the beautiful March Life Preserver's Club featured kit?  I love the serene elegance of these papers from Shabby Green Door and GCD Studios so much, I thought they would work well for a special photo of mine.

This is a photo of my Father and I taken on my wedding day in May of 2006.  Historically, we do not have many photos together at all.  To me, that makes this photo ever so special of a gift.  There is a hidden journaling tag behind the photo index tab:

"What a splendid moment in time!  I adore this photo, it moves me to tears each time I look at it.  I am so thankful for you and will always treasure this photo and this stolen moment in time!  It was such a beautiful and happy day!  I love you Dad!"

Father of the Bride...   A stolen moment forever in time

I made all of the flowers and leaves on this page using the kit papers, the Cricut, my Sizzix Big Shot and embossing plates and some distress inks tossed in for good measure!  To assemble and secure them, I turned to my new favorite adhesive friend, Helmar Craft Glue!  To frame out the elements, I turned to those lovely Say It In Crystals flourishes by Prima, didn't they work out just perfectly?

I used my Helmar Craft Glue to glue down the brown ribbon on top of my crochet trim.  That glue works like sheer magic on fabrics!  I also used it to help adhere the paper and trim from the peek-a-boo corner in the upper right hand side.

Next, I used the Helmar 450 to secure the petite Prima Roses along the left side of my photo.  Note, I mounted my photo using the white Helmar ZapDots!

I finished the clustering using more of the Helmar 450 on the large ivory button, smaller button and the ticket.  Working with these adhesives just makes your projects go so smoothly.  If you haven't given them a try yet, you really should pick some up and experience it for yourself! 

Thanks for stopping by and as always, have a super scrappity day!!!

Sunday's Happenings

Hi there!  I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!  I was able to get out on Friday night and hit my craft night with my scrappy friends which was so much fun!  Thanks girls!

Here is another creation using the absolutely delish March Featured kit from Life Preserver's and some awesome Helmar adhesives!  I can't say enough about how gorgeous these GCD Studios and Shabby Green Door papers really are.  When looking through them for the next project I just couldn't stop thinking about how perfect they were for a man's card.  So, here's what I came up with:

Non-Kit Items Used:
- Skinny Blue Ribbon ($1 spot at Michael's)
- Organza Ribbon ($1 spot at Michael's)
- Crochet Scallop trim (Walmart)
- Prima Packaging for leaves
- 3 pearl stick pins
- 1 butterfly charm
- Walnut stain distress ink
- Flower is cut from Cricut, inked and rolled
- Helmar 450, Helmar Zap Dots and Helmar Craft Glue

After I ripped my base paper and adhered that down with Helmar Craft Glue, I then did a figure 8 with my organza ribbon and stitched it down.  Then I folded it down over from the top and stitched it again to get that "double ruffle" appearance.  I then pleated my paper, inked it and used the Helmar Craft Glue to secure it down to the ribbon.  That Craft Glue is amazing on fabrics to paper!  I held it down for a bit to set.

I also used the Craft Glue to tack my crochet trim down below my organza ruffle. I used the Helmar Zap dots in white under the first title block and the clear between that top and bottom for a varying dimension.  I used Helmar 450 to adhere my Prima Rose to the middle of my flower.

I hope you are having a super fabulous weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!!!