Holiday Blog Hop - Stop 1

Good morning and welcome to my blog! I do hope you're following the CM Holiday Blog Hop. My fellow CM Advisors and I have been busy creating some fun holiday projects from the Christmas Joy Collection. I'm your first stop after visiting the CM Blog. When you've finished here, be sure to hop on over to Stefani Jones' blog at Crop with Stef.

 

Today I'm going to share some borders that I created using the Christmas Joy Paper and Christmas Joy Stickers. I'm totally in love with this collection! I'm going to have fun using it to preserve my Christmas photos. This year I got a head start by creating the borders I'm sharing with you today. I hope you get a chance to create some Christmas borders of your own before the Christmas rush!!

Here's the first of two sets of borders - as always, they come complete with instructions!

Supplies List - here's what you'll need to create both sets of borders:
Christmas Joy Paper Pack
Christmas Joy Stickers
White Cardstock
Shades of Green Cardstock
Tape Runner
Mini Tape Runner
foam squares
Black and Brown Dual-Tip Pens
Border Maker and the Evergreen Border Maker Cartridge
Shape Maker System & Square Maker Cartridge
Circle Tag Maker Cartridge
12-Inch Straight Trimmer

You'll also need scraps from Grey Cardstock (Shades of Neutral Cardstock). Or, if you prefer, use a grey print from the Christmas Joy Paper Pack.

Note:
Some of the borders have stickers that hang off the edges. If you are going to store your borders instead of placing them directly on your album page you'll need to cover the "sticky" part. The easiest method I've found so far is to cut the backing from your sticker sheet to fit the area that will be hanging off the edges.

Instructions:

1. Santa Border

1. Tear grey snowflake print to 1 1/4" x 12 inches. Cut red print to 1 1/2" to 12 inches. Adhere grey piece to edge of the red strip.
2. Cut border stick to 9" long, leaving a 2 7/8" piece. Starting at the top, attach the 9" piece to the border as shown. Attach the 2 7/8" piece starting at the bottom.
3. Add the Santa sticker, making certain you cover the open space. Add Santa title sticker.

2. Naughty or Nice Border

1. Cut gold snowflake border from border sheet. Cut a 3/4" x 12" strip from gold and white stripe paper. Adhere to snowflake border.
2. Cut a 2 1/2 square from gold stripe. Using the Shape Maker and Square Cartridge, punch a square from white cardstock. Adhere to gold square. Using the brown dual-tip pen, doodle stitching around the edge of the white square.
3. Adhere double square to border and add stickers.

3. I heart Christmas Border

1. Cut border shown from border sheet and trim to 1 1/2" x 12 inches. Cut a 1 3/4" x 12" strip from red printed paper and a 2 1/4" x 12" strip from grey print. Assemble and adhere border as shown.
2. Cut a 1 3/4" x 4 1/2" rectangle from red print and a 1 3/8" x 4" rectangle from grey cardstock or printed paper. Use the black dual-tip pen to doodle around edge of red rectangle.  Adhere rectangle to border as shown.
3. Add sticker to grey triangle.

4. Wish List Border.

1. Cut holly border from border sheet and trim to 1 1/4" x 12 inches. Cut plaid paper to 1 3/4" x 12 inches. Adhere holly border to plaid strip.
2. Cut a 2 1/8" x 2 3/4" rectangle from green printed paper. Pinch together at one end and cut off corners. Use a paper punch to punch a hole in the top of your tag. Thread a thin strip of paper -  what is left after punching an evergreen border - thru hole as shown.
3. Add stickers to tag and adhere finished tag to border.

1. Joy Border

1. Cut red printed paper to 1 3/4" x 12" and white cardstock to 1 1/4" x 12 inches. Adhere strips together as shown.
2. Using the Border Maker and Evergreen cartridge, punch evergreen border from green printed paper. Use mini tape runner to adhere to white strip as shown.
3. Using the Shape Maker and Circle Tag cartridge, punch tag from white cardstock. Add Joy sticker.
4. Add Christmas tree sticker and tag to border.

2. Deck the Halls Border.

1. Remove ornaments border from border sheet and trim to 1 1/4" x 12 inches. Cut red printed paper to 1 1/2" x 12" and dark green cardstock to 1 3/4" x 12 inches.
2. Cut a 2 1/2" square from dark green cardstock. Snip a "v" into one end. Use a black dual-tip pen and a ruler to create a solid line around the edge of your flag.
3. Add stickers to flag. Use foam squares to adhere upper ornament. Adhere flag to border.

3. HO HO HO Border

1. Cut one 2" x 12" strip from plaid paper and one 1 1/2" x 12" strip from green printed paper. Adhere as shown.
2. Cut a 2 1/2" square from light green print. Using the Border Maker and Square cartridge, punch a square from plaid paper. Use black dual-tip pen to doodle around edge of plaid square. Adhere squares to border as shown.
3. Cut a 1" x 4 1/2" strip from white cardstock. Snip a "v" into one end. Add sticker shown and attach to border. Add ornament sticker.

4. December Border

1. Tear edge of one strip of grey snowflake paper to 2 1/4" x 12" and one strip to 1 1/2" x 12 inches. Tear one edge of one strip of white cardstock to  2" x 12" and one to 1 1/4" x 12 inches. Stack and adhere strips as shown.
2. Cut grey cardstock or printed paper to 1" x 4 inches. Add title sticker. Use foam squares to adhere to border.
3. Add North Pole sticker.

For more information about the Creative Memories products used in today's projects, please visit your advisor's website. Of course, if you don't already have a Creative Memories Advisor, I'd be more than happy to be your personal Creative Memories Advisor. Just visit my website at www.creativememories.com/user/dbrinsley to create an account.

Starting with the CM Blog, here is a list of today's Holiday Blog Hop participants:

Stop 1. Me at D. Brinsley's Memory Keeping Blog <=== You Are Here

Stop 2. Stefani Jones at Crop with Stef

Stop 3.  Lisa Graham at Lisa's Workshop
Stop 4. Fran Smitherman at CelebratingYourBeautifulLife 
Stop 5. Sarah Fitzgerald at Click Write Share
Stop 6. Candace Bouldin at Scrappin' Jpegs
Stop 7. Julie Tambrini at Julie's Creative Memories Blog

Your next stop is Stefani's blog at Crop with Stef. You're going to love the fun Holiday projects Stefani has created for today's blog hop.  And, if you haven't done so already, be sure to check out the fun ideas on the CM Blog!

 

Have a good day and thanks so much for visiting my blog!

 

More Fall In Layouts

Hello again! When I finished the projects I created for yesterday's blog post, I had just 2 full sheets of paper, three quarters of a sheet and a lot of scraps left over from my Fall In paper pack. And I still needed to create three two-page layouts for today's post. So today I'm going to show you what you can do with the Fall In papers and scraps that are left after you've finished yesterday's projects.

Yes I do save all the bits and pieces of scraps that are left over after I've finished a project. I actually have drawers full of scraps and can't bring myself to throw them away. You never know when you might need them! And this time I really did need them! I'm glad I saved those little bits and pieces from yesterday's Fall In borders and layouts.

Here is the first of three two-page layouts that I created for today's post. I've included a supplies list and instructions for each layout so be sure to scroll all the way to the end.

Nature's Palette Layout

Supplies List:

Fall In Designer Paper Pack, Brown Solid Cardstock, Shades of Neutral Cardstock, Fall In Leaf Embellishments, 12-Inch Straight Trimmer, Brown Dual-Tip Pen, Tape Runner and Foam Squares

Instructions:

1. Using brown cardstock as your base, cut one 3 3/4" x 12" rectangle from woodgrain printed paper and one 1 3/4" x 12" strip. Adhere to base as shown above.
2. From beige cardstock cut one 2 1/2" x 9 1/2" rectangle, one 2" x 5" rectangle, one 2 1/4" x 4 1/2" rectangle, three 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" photo mats and one 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" journal box. Adhere to page, using the 2" x 5" rectangle as your title on the bottom of the right page and the 2 1/4" x 4 1/2" rectangle as your sub-title on the top of the right page.  
3. From red printed paper cut one 2 1/2" x 9 1/2" rectangle, one 1 3/4" x 4 1/2" rectangle, and one 1 3/4" x 4" rectangle. Adhere as shown. Use brown dual-tip pen to doodle around red rectangles.
4. Add Leaf Embellishments, using foam squares to adhere upper leaves . Use brown dual-tip pen to create a title and sub-title.

As with my first layout, I used cardstock as a base for my next layout. To create the layout, I simply created two fat borders with left over teal paper and beige scraps.  I then used slide in cards to create a title and journaling box. And there you have it - one two page layout created with left over scraps from the Fall In Designer paper pack and cardstock.

 

These Moments Layout

Supplies List:

Fall In Designer Paper Pack, Shades of Neutral Cardstock, Fall In Leaf Embellishments, Fall In Slide In Cards, 12-Inch Straight Trimmer, Tape Runner, Mini Tape Runner, and Foam Squares

Instructions:

1. Using light brown cardstock as your base, cut two 5" x 12" rectangles from teal print and two 1" x 12" strips from beige print. Tear one edge of each. Using your Mini Tape Runner, adhere the beige strip under the torn edge of the teal rectangle as shown. Adhere both borders to opposite ends of light brown base.  
2. To create title, cut one 2 1/2" x 6" rectangle from teal printed paper. Cut title from vertical Slide In card to 2" x 4 inches. Assemble as shown. Adhere to page and add Leaf Embellishments using foam squares to adhere the red leaf.
3. To create journal box, cut a 4" x 4" square from beige slide in card. Add Leaf Embellishments.
4. To create upper right embellishment group, cut a 1 1/2" x 4" beige rectangle from slide in card. Adhere rectangle to page and add two teal and one red leaf. Use scissors to cut out "beautiful" oval from border sheet. Ink edge with brown dual-tip pen. Use foam squares to adhere as shown. 
5. Adhere two 4" x 6" photos to left page, three 3 1/2" x 6" horizontal photos to right page, and two 4" x 4 1/2" vertical photos to right edge. Don't forget to journal your story!

I used two full sheets of paper for my third and final layout. This time I used two white pages as my base and pieced my layout together right on the album page. This layout is the most complicated of today's layouts and took me a bit more time. I hope it inspires you to create something similar with your own left over papers and scraps.  I love it that you can mix and match the Fall In papers on your pages!

 Family Layout

Supplies List:

Fall In Designer Paper Pack, Fall In Title Stickers, 2 white pages, Brown Dual-Tip Pen, 12-inch Straight Trimmer, Border Maker and Picket Fence cartridge, Shape Maker with the Square Shape Maker Cartridge, Circle  Shape Maker Cartridge, Circle Tag Maker Cartridge, Tape Runner, Mini Tape Runner, and Foam Squares.

Instructions:

1. From beige print, cut one 4" x 12" piece leaving you with a 8" x 12" piece. From ledger print, cut one 8" x 12" piece from the left side of sheet leaving you with a 4" x 12" piece.
2. Using the Border Maker and the Picket Fence cartridge, punch two borders from purple print. Trim both to 1" x 12 inches. Use the Mini Tape Runner to adhere borders under the inside edge of each of the beige pieces as shown. Set aside for now.
3. Adhere ledger print pieces to inside edge of album pages as shown. Cut one 2" x 4" rectangle and one 2" x 8" rectangle from plaid paper. Use Mini Tape Runner to adhere two narrow strips of red print paper under each side of rectangles and two narrow strips of purple print to the plaid pieces as shown. Adhere rectangles to page as shown. Be certain to leave enough room above your large rectangle for photos.
4. Adhere beige print pieces to page as shown. Use the Mini Tape Runner to adhere a narrow strip of purple print and a 3/4" x 12" stripped strip to inside edge of left border. Use the Mini Tape Runner to adhere a narrow strip of stripped paper to the inside edge of right border.
5. Using the Border Maker and the Square Cartridge, punch a square from purple print. Cut a 2 1/2 square from red paper. Adhere red square to purple square and adhere to left page as shown. Adhere Family title sticker to square.  
6. Using the Border Maker and the Circle and Circle Tag Maker cartridges, punch out one circle and one circle tag from purple print paper. Adhere the circle to the top of the right page as shown and add a Hugs title sticker. Use foam squares to adhere leaf sticker. Adhere the circle tag to the right page as shown and add a leaf sticker.

To create a photo collage similar to the one shown on the right page, you'll need two 3 1/2" x 3 3/4" photos, one 3 3/4" x 4" photo, one 3 1/4" x 3 3/4" photo and two 3 1/4" x 3 1/2" photos. Cluster your photos on the page with an even quarter inch margin throughout while avoiding a perfect cross of margins.


I do hope today's post inspires you to create your own fall pages with the beautiful Fall In line. Be sure to check the Creative Memories Blog often during our Birthday Bash week! I know there will be lot's of fun ideas and I can't wait to see them all!

If you haven't done so already, be sure to visit your advisor's website to check out all the cool Birthday Bash specials that are going on this week.  Of course, if you don't already have a Creative Memories Advisor, I'd be more than happy to be your personal Creative Memories Advisor. Just visit my website at www.creativememories.com/user/dbrinsley to create an account. I'm heading on over there now to take advantage of those specials!!

Have a good day and thanks so much for visiting my blog!

Fall In Borders and Layouts

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I'm going to share some fun borders and a few layouts that I created using papers and stickers from the Fall In Collection. If you're as crazy about fall as I am I know you'll love this new collection for your fall memories and more.

 

 I love this collection and really enjoyed working with the Fall In collection for this post. So much so that I went overboard and created more borders than I had originally intended. Then ran out of time to create all the layouts I had planned to create. I ended up with 12 borders, a traditional layout and a Fast2Fab layout. I've divided the borders into three sets of 4 borders that will include instructions for each border. Needless to say there's a lot to cover today so I'm going to get started. Hope you enjoy them!  

 

Supplies List - Fall In Borders:

Fall In Title Stickers, Fall In Designer Paper Pack, Fall In Slide-In Pack, Fall In Leaf Embellishments, brown cardstock, Tape Runner, Foam Squares. You'll also need a 12-inch Straight Trimmer, sharp scissors, a 2-way Corner Rounder, black and brown dual-tip pens, the Shape Maker with the Square Punch, the Border Maker with the Picket Fence and Film Strip cartridges, a Blossom Place n Punch, and a paper punch. 

 

Basic Flag Instructions:

To create the flags used in borders, slightly pinch the two corners of your rectangle or strip and snip to create a "v" into your flag. 

 

Before I continue, here's a little tip for you: Don't throw out the "trash" from your Border Maker borders. You never know when they might come in handy. For instance, the piece of "string" shown on the Fall border below is actually the very narrow piece of cardstock that was left after punching the brown cardstock Picket Fence border on the right.



Fall In Borders 1

 

 Instructions:

 

1. "Fall"

• Punch film strip from beige paper. Using sharp scissors, separate the left side of border from the right side. Trim to 1/2" x 12 inches. Remove the striped border from border sheet. Cut a 1 1/4" x 12" strip from red patterned paper.  Adhere the solid part of your beige strip under the red strip.  Assemble as shown to create a 2 inch wide border strip.
• Cut a 2" x 3" rectangle from beige paper. Tear one end of rectangle as shown. Use a corner rounder to round corners at the other end. Use a paper punch to punch a hole in the top of tag. Attach title sticker to tag and adhere to border strip as shown. Note: As noted, the "string" on the tag is the "trash" left after punching the brown cardstock picket fence.

2. "Fun"

• Remove the beige arrow border strip from border sheet. Trim to 1" wide. Cut a 1 1/2 strip from green patterned paper.
• Use Square Maker to punch a square from beige paper. Cut a 2 1/2" square from green paper.
• Assemble border as shown and attach title sticker as shown.

3. "Lots of Leaves"

• Cut a 1 1/2" x 12" strip from woodgrain pattern paper and a 2 1/4" x 12" strip from red pattern paper.
• Cut a 3/4" x 3 1/4" rectangle from beige paper. Cut "V" in one end. Create title with brown dual-tip pen.
• Adhere 2 green leaves and one brown leave to border as shown. Use foam squares to adhere the red leaf and small brown leaf. Apply tape runner to end of title flag and adhere to border as shown.  

4. "Memories"

• Using Picket Fence cartridge punch one Picket Fence Border from beige paper and one from brown cardstock. Trim beige border strip to 1 1/4" x 12" and brown border strip to 1 5/8" x 12".
• Cut one 5/8" x 12" strip from red patterned paper. Thread thru beige border strip as shown and assemble border as shown.
• Use square maker to punch a square from brown cardstock. Cut a 2 1/4" square from red pattern paper. Use corner rounder to round corners of both squares. Assemble squares and adhere to border as shown. Attach title sticker.

 

 

Fall In Borders 2

 

Instructions:

 

1. "Smile"

• Remove the numbers border shown from borders sheet and trim to 1" x 12". Cut a 1 1/4 x 12" strip from purple patterned paper. Assemble as shown.
• Cut "Smile" title from vertical slide-in card. Cut a 1 3/4"x 4" rectangle from the same slide-in card. Use the 2-way Corner Rounder to cut corners on both pieces. Assemble as shown and adhere to border strip.

2. "Life is Good"

• Remove Life is Good border from border sheet. Punch 2 Picket Fence Borders from brown cardstock. Trim to about a half inch wide. Cut a 2" x 12" strip from red pattern paper. Assemble border as shown.
• Adhere two brown and two teal leaves to border as shown.

3. "These Moments"

• Remove These Moments border from border sheet and trim to one inch wide. Trim off 1/2 inch from both ends and cut a "v" into each end.
• Cut a 1 1/4" x 12" strip from purple patterned paper and a 1 5/8" x 12" strip from stripe paper.
• Assemble as shown and adhere leaf stickers.

4. "Joy"

• Remove border shown from border sheet and trim to 1 1/4" wide. Cut a 1/2" x 12" strip from purple pattern paper and a 1 5/8" x 12" strip from beige paper. Assemble border as shown.
• Cut a 1 3/4" x 2 3/4" rectangle from purple paper and a 2" x 3" rectangle from beige paper. Cut a "v" in one end of each rectangle. Assemble flag and adhere Joy title sticker. Adhere to border as shown.

 

Fall In Borders 3

Instructions:

 

1. "Friends Forever"

• Using a pair of sharp scissors, fussy cut "label" from slide-in card. Measure 1 7/16 inches from center point and mark with a pencil. Using a ruler, draw line across label at your pencil mark from one end to the other. Use a personal trimmer to cut label at line. Adhere title sticker to label. Use scissors to trim off any white from the sticker that may be hanging over the top of the label.
• Cut a 1/4" x 12" strip from stripe paper and a 1 1/2" x 12" strip from purple paper. Assemble border as shown.

2. "Family"

• Tear woodgrain paper to 1 1/4" x 12" and grey patterned paper to 1 3/4" x 12". Assemble border as shown.
• Cut a 2 1/2" square from grey patterned paper. Use a black dual-tip pen to doodle stitching around edge of square. Adhere square to border and attach title sticker.

3. "Autumn Harvest"

• Remove border shown from border sheet. Use the Square Maker to punch a square from red patterned paper. Adhere to border as shown.
• Cut a 3/4" x 4 1/2" strip from purple patterned paper. Snip a "v" into both ends. Adhere to red square as shown and attach title sticker.

4. "Happy Day"

• Use the Border Maker to punch a picket fence border from plaid paper. Trim to 1 1/2" x 12". Cut a 5/8" x 12" strip from red pattern paper and weave thru picket fence. Cut a 2" x 12" strip from purple patterned paper. Assemble border as shown.
• Use the Blossom Place n Punch to punch two red and 4 purple blossoms. To create flowers, rough up your top blossom by wading it. Straighten it back out then run the petals thru your thumb and forefinger to make them stand up a bit. Use a small foam square to attach to bottom piece. Add rhinestone sticker from Fall In Leaf Embellishments.
• Cut two 5/8" by 2" strips from red pattern paper, two 3/4" x 1 1/2" strips from beige paper and one 1/2" x 1 1/2" strip from purple paper. Snip a "v" into one end of each strip. Attach to one red and one purple flower as shown.
• Adhere flowers and title sticker to border as shown.

Okay, we're almost done! Here's the traditional layout I created with the Fall In paper, stickers and slide-in card.

 

 

 

Supplies List:

Fall In Designer Paper pack, Fall In Title Stickers, Fall In Slide-In cards, Shades of Red Cardstock,

Tape Runner, 12-inch Straight Trimmer and a paper punch.

 

Instructions:

• Use red printed paper as your base. 
• Tear one side of woodgrain paper to measure 21/4" x 12" and one side of grey paper to measure 2 1/2" x 12". Adhere to top of base as shown.
• Tear one side of woodgrain paper to measure 3 1/4" x 12" and one side of grey paper to measure 3 1/2" x 12". Adhere to bottom of base as shown.  
• Cut one 1/2" x 12" strip from red cardstock. Adhere strip to bottom woodgrain border as shown. 
• Cut a 1" x 4 1/2" strip from red patterned paper. Snip a "v" into both ends. Use paper punch to punch a hole into both ends as shown. Cut a 1/4" x 12" strip from red cardstock. Thread strip thru holes as shown and adhere to layout. Attach Fall title sticker.
• Trim a vertical photo to 4" x 5" and adhere to page as shown. Adhere 2 horizontal 4" x 6" photos to page as shown.
• Trim vertical slide-in journal card to 3" x 4". Use brown dual-tip pen to journal your story and adhere to page as shown.

 

Finally, I'm going to take you in another direction to show you how well the Fall In Fast2Fab album adapts to other outdoor events. I think it would be great to use as a summer camping album.  

 

 

 

 

Since the Fast2Fab albums are pre-decorated, the only supplies you need to complete this album page is a Fall In Fast2Fab album, Fall In Slide-In cards, your pictures, a tape runner, and a dual-tip pen for journaling. You will also probably need a personal trimmer to trim your photos and slide-in cards. That's it. And, since all you really need to do, other than trimming your slide-in cards, is to stick down your photos and write your stories, I won't include instructions. And, by the way, this layout only took me less than 10 minutes to create. In some cases, less time than it would take to create a border!

 

As always, if you would like more information about the Creative Memories products used in today's projects, please visit your advisor's website. Of course, if you don't already have a Creative Memories Advisor, I'd be more than happy to be your personal Creative Memories Advisor. Just visit my website at www.creativememories.com/user/dbrinsley to create an account. 

 

Have a good day and thanks for visiting my blog!