Monday, November 15, 2010

Fall

Fall is such a fun time for our family . . . we take Fall Drives, visit local pumpkin patches, roast hot dogs and marshmallows in the backyard, bake fall treats together in the kitchen, and more! We love it!






I adore the new Fine & Dandy collections by My Mind's Eye! The gold, orange, brown and aqua colors in the Fine & Dandy "True Blue" collection  were perfect for scrapping these pictures of my kids posing at the pumpkin patch. I used the patterned papers, 6 X 6 paper pad (leaves), trims, gems, chipboard, dimensional stickers and decorative brads for this 2-pager.



I created faux stitching on my page by using a paper piercer to punch holes along the edges of my page and the tree shape. Next I used a black gel pen to connect the pierced dots. I love to use this technique when I have curvy shapes (the tree) and want them to appear as though they have a perfectly stitched edge . . something that can be difficult to a achieve on a sewing machine. This is also a great technique to use if you don't have access to a sewing machine.

Supplies: My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy "True Blue Collection, Cricut Expression, Cricut Straight from the Nest cartridge (Fall), Cricut Simply Charmed Cartridge (tree).

Have a great week!
Jana

10 comments:

  1. love this layout, it's gorgeous !!

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  2. I love this, Jana! The turquoise against the orange is absolutely stunning. :)

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  3. What a darling LO! Your faux stitching looks so real with the technique you used!!
    barb :)

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  4. BEautiful layout...I love the color scheme.

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  5. Very cute, and the stitching looks real!!

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  6. This is a fabulous two page layout! Love this collection!

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  7. I love this page! Super cute and great fall colors.

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  8. Love the faux stitching technique, thanks for sharing!! This is such a great fall layout and that tree too cute :O)

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  9. some say great minds think alike and last week i just did the same technique on a card. lol

    your details/work are always great, tfs!

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  10. It sounds like fall is so much fun at your house! Your fall layout is gorgeous I love the big tree and your use of the papers and embellies, so inspiring! Your kids are soo adorable! :D

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