Echo Park - This & That cards

Hello all ... long time no blog, I'm sorry.  The holiday season really got the better of me.  Watch for some new things coming up in the New Year - including some new card classes at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking in Cornwall, as well as I plan to start doing some video tutorials! 

I created 5 cards from the This & That line from Echo Park for a class on January 25th at Auntie Em's.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, call the store if you want to get in on this class - I have only 9 spots available, and they will go quick, so reserve your spot today!

 

 

This & That - A Fuzzy Friend

Echo Park papers have really started to grow on me over the last year.  I loved the This & That line in the boy theme, and I'm also loving this girl themed one too!  I had some amazing shots of my daughter playing with a caterpillar that was wandering in our yard, so I put the This & That to good use.  Using an abundance of Prima flowers and embellishments; some paint splatter (some not very successful I may add); some Glimmer Glaze drips; and finally using some Bazzil Paper Tape.  I'm not sure I'm all into the Washi tape craze yet ... I understand it's versatility, however I have doubts that it is going to withstand the test of time, I think it is going to dry out and peel off when all my photos and flowers remain stuck.  We shall see, I guess.

 

 

 

Let me know what you think!  If you would like to see this layout in person it is on display at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking in Cornwall.

 

 

Its all Fun & Games .... until?

Page Maps - June featuring Echo Park - This & That
Wow, I loved this collection from Echo Park - This & That.  I'm not one to usually fawn over Echo Park, but they have really come a long way in the last two years from their infancy stages, very impressed I was with this collection.  I loved the colour collection of the browns, yellows and teal green.  I loved the boy theme to it, and all the wood grain!

So, this is me at Casino Rama in Orillia Ontario - my friend got tickets to see Sheryl Crow and we decided to 'make a donation' at the casino afterwards - great times!  The arms raised in the air was from a commercial that Casino Rama was re-running over and over - I guess you had to see it to understand.

The theme to this month was sewing - I've employed 3 different types of stitching - I used my machine to stitch down the middle, I hand sewed in a blanket stitch  the pocket and I did some faux stitching on the arrow and again across the middle.  I layered some Prima flowers and coloured the naked chipboard arrow with the new Spring Distress ink in Peacock Feather - love that colour!!  I had alot of story to tell with this layout, so I decided to tuck a journaling card into the pocket.

Leave me a comment about your favorite time at a Casino - did you win big?  Or just leave $60 richer like I did?

~Lorena~