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Guest design

Lucky 2

November 23, 2014 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 2 Comments

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As November’s guest designer for Back Porch Memories, I was asked to use a sketch from PageMaps to create one of my layouts. These supplies are mostly from Heidi Swapp’s September Skies collection.

It’s no surprise that I’m feeling like documenting some of the things I am grateful for in my life. My friendship with my baby bro certainly qualifies!

We have developed an awful lot in common over our lives together and always find something to keep ourselves entertained. For instance, these photos came about because we both love photography, and so we had a camera along with us at the mall one day this summer. While we waited for Mom to finish up in a store, we held an impromptu portrait session on the overstuffed chairs in the middle of the mall. What can I say? The lighting wasn’t too bad, and we are a couple of hams!

Product/technique notes

Following is the sketch I followed for this page. Most of the supplies are Heidi Swapp “September Skies,” with some Shimelle thrown in for good measure.
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Filed Under: Layouts based on sketches, My scrapbook layouts Tagged With: 2 photos, banner, Guest design, one-page layouts

Using patterned paper strips to create a colorful silhouetted wall hanging

November 20, 2014 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

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Once I had completed layouts with all the patterned paper in this month’s Back Porch Memories kit, I used the scraps to create something pretty for our home. Here’s how I turned my offcuts into a colorful seasonal wall hanging.

The tutorial

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My final project will be 8×8 inches, so I started by cutting down a sheet of cardstock to that size. This will be the base for my design. Then gather all the patterned paper remnants together.

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Cut 3-4 ¼-inch strips from each.

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Apply your adhesive of choice (I used a tape runner) liberally to the base. Begin laying down strips on the diagonal, butting each snugly against the last so there’s no cardstock showing through.

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Fill the whole base with strips. Cut off the excess.

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Cut out your chosen overlay design from black cardstock, either with a digital die cutter or by hand. For my project I chose a fall-themed design from the Silhouette store, sized it to 7.25 inches and centered it within an 8-inch square before cutting. I suggest the design you choose should both work well as a silhouette and fill a good bit of your square. That way lots of the patterned paper can show through.

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Adhere the silhouette to the patterned paper (I used repositionable adhesive so I can change out the design later). If there are any inner pieces to the design, as there were in mine (under the maple leaf, down the centers of the side leaves and on the acorn), adhere those as well so that the design “makes sense” to the eye.

What I think is so great about this project is that it allows you to use scraps of paper that you love in a completely new way, but it doesn’t use very much of it so you still have lots left for making cards, mini albums or cards for your pocket scrapbooks—however you usually put your scraps to work.

I can also see myself using this as a go-to seasonal home decoration. I can either cut out a different silhouette design and lay it over these same strips or use scraps from another kit to create a new background as well!

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: Guest design, Silhouette

November 5, 2011 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Young Crafters Unite! Masculine Cards Blog Hop

Hello! If you’re here for my stop on the Young Crafters Unite blog hop, you can find it here.

Guest design for Sketch Support

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This has been card week on Sketch Support, and today my card is live! Please head over to grab the sketch so you can use it in your own crafting, and while you’re there I would love it if you would leave a quick comment for me. 🙂

Here is a look at the card I made. You can read all about the steps I took on the Sketch Support site.

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I turned the card into a Thanksgiving Day booklet for our dinner guests.

Rather than making this a 5.25 x 4-inch card that opens from the bottom (which is what the sketch called for), I made mine 6 x 6 to open from the right. I went with the larger size because I decided to use this as a Thanksgiving Day booklet. When our guests arrive that day, this booklet will be sitting on the table to act as both a menu and a guest book. We will pass it around and ask each person to sign it, and if they are so inclined, to add a note about what makes them thankful.

Here is a peek at the inside:

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Here is a look at our planned menu for Thanksgiving.

Thanks so much for visiting today. I would love to hear what you think of my project!

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Filed Under: Cards, Layouts based on sketches Tagged With: cards, Guest design, Sketch Support

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