Special Memories Scrapbook Layout

Hello, Connie Nichol here today  Sometimes you just have one special photo that you would like to showcase on a scrapbook page.  I've been storing this particular picture since 2008.  We took a family holiday to an all inclusive resort in Mexico that year, and every day, two people would walk the grounds with a camera and an exotic animal of some sort.  They would take your picture with that animal, and then you had the option of buying the picture later.  Well, we bought this one because we thought it was cute and I finally got around to scrapbooking it 9 years later.  Time certainly flies!

The Way with Words dies 'Special' and "Memories' make a perfect page title for a one of a kind photo.  Here's Memories, it's packaged by itself.

I took the word 'Special' from the Special Moments set.  

I used patterned paper from Bo Bunny Faith collection - the colours are bright and beautiful.  I added some texture to the background by stamping with a potato masher and white paint, and a corn on the cob and yellow paint.  The effect is subtle but kind of cool.  Household supplies sometimes make the best stamps!   The paint dried quickly, and then I added the photo and a couple of bright butterflies cut with another Elizabeth Craft Designs die set.

A little bit of washi tape and some journaling and done!  Happy Scrapbooking!

Special birthday

I have a niece who is turning 21 this month so I made this special card for her.  The message is made by combining two different Quietfire Design die sets:  Special Moments and happy birthday 2.  The "21" is from Lawn Fawn but the "st" is surgically cut the Christmas die cut!  I didn't want to mix too many "fonts" on the card.  The 21st is anchored on a doily and a cluster of Wild Orchid Flowers complete the card.

Purple is hard to photograph but it's one of my favorite colors to work with.

Special Moments metal cutting die

happy birthday 2 metal cutting die

Merry Christmas 2 metal cutting die

Special Moments Box

Good Morning.  This is Selma Stevenson  today and I have a fun project for you.  You can use the beautiful A Way With Words sentiments for so much more than just cards.   

It is nice to prepare early and have cards ready to mail out for special occasions.  I created a pretty box, using the beautiful A Way With Words "Special Moments" die cuts on the front, to store the cards in. Here is how I created the box.

The perfect sentiment for this box is the new A Way With Words - Special Moments die set.  I wanted this sentiment to stand out on the box, so it was die cut 6 times, using white card stock that had Clear Double Sided Adhesive on the back of each one.  This made it easy to 'stack' all the die cuts for the dimensional look.  You can use glue, but sometimes that can be messy.

You can create the pretty box by using the Lace Pocket die from Elizabeth Craft Designs, which is the perfect width for 6x6 inch cards or smaller.  If you prefer, you can decorate any box similar in size.

I used a Dotted Scalloped Oval to attach the Special Moments die cuts to, and it was attached with dimensional tape to the box.  A small bow was added below the sentiment. 

If you want to be very organized you can add monthly tabs in the box to organize your cards. 

Thanks for stopping by today.

9500-1298 A Way With Words - Special Moments 

Products from Elizabeth Craft Designs include ModaScrap Lace Pocket and Dotted Scalloped Ovals.