Presley Goes Hollywood Layout by Judy Stark

                            
                    Presley Goes Hollywood Layout by Judy Stark

  Presley and her Mom flew from Orlando to L.A. last month and between us, Presley was better traveling than her Mom, Kimberly!  They had turbulants on the return flight that were quite intense at times. My daughter Kimberly spent her time instant messaging me "When is this going to end? Am I going to die?? etc. Presley proceded to put her hands up in the air as she would on a roller coaster saying ,"Whoa.. that was rocky!!." So, some of the other passengers decided to do as Presley while Kimberly fell to pieces!

On to my layout....  I wanted this to be a fun type layout and decided to design my own background paper first.  After printing it, I was ready to put my Bosskut Gazelle to work. I used the lattice frame and cut those to size. I also cut the card band file. I then designed the titles in my Funtime program and print and cut those.  I imported my jpg of the LaLaLand Traveling Marci into my Funtime and used the personal path method to import Presley's luggage pattern onto the stamp.

To finish up, I added ribbons, some glitter and stamped.  I feel I kept this fun and as you can see, Presley decided she was a Rock Star and Movie Star!!

Judy Stark-

See You Soon Card by Judy Stark

                                              See You Soon Card by Judy Stark

 Happy Memorial Day to everyone.  Today, I wanted to make a card quickly for a friend who is visiting me soon.  I felt like a child again making this card, as it reminded me of the "Paper Dolls" phase I went through when young !!!  Seniors can have paper dolls too. Right???

  I used LaLaLand's digital "Traveling Marci" stamp. I then took my stamp/colored image and glued to the outer frame I already cut and to my card front. I added a ribbon and a little glitter to the title and I am done!

 

  So basically, I imported a copy of the paper I wanted to co-ordinate Marci's accessories with.  My paper used is from designer Susan Winget at K&Company.  I use the Funtime scheme selector feature all of the time for print and cuts. This tool imports all of the colors of your paper into the color bar with just a click of the button!  After I imported the printed parts onto Marci, I was then able to use my color bar to add the solid pieces.  I then added my title and printed my frame.  All I needed to do then is color the face,hair,bow and skin.  Super fast and I can save this and print anytime again.  I like to add a little shading to the printed image to give it some dimension.

 

I hope you enjoyed reading about this technique as much as I did using it!

 

Judy Tesla Stark-

 

Graduation from Pre-K Layout by Judy Stark

                    Graduation from Pre-K Layout -  by Judy Tesla Stark

  Graduation time is upon us!  Cash is officially a "Little Man" now as he leaves Pre-K to enter Kindergarten next year. So congratulations and Grandma actually got your special page done in time!
   After selecting my colors and papers for this layout, I cut the frames. The fun begins!

 I really enjoy coloring stamps to use for my projects!  This is one of the newly released LaLaLand stamps Graduation Luka.  

I then cut my Bookworm file and the clipboard using my Gazelle.

 Files : Book Worm by Olivia Myers  and  Clip Board by Olivia Myers  .  I used the clipboard pattern for my largest frame. 
 After placing and assembling my pieces, I added ribbon for the trim. 

Judy Stark-  

HIP KID Layout by Judy Stark

Time for me to catch up with my monthly layouts and am I ever behind! 

I started with cutting my mats for my layout using my Bosskut Gazelle.  I then used the text feature and added a star between my words and welded these together.  I cut my title and now ready to put the layout together.  I used and colored a freebee digital stamp offered by Anne F. a few months ago on the "Outlawz Group" and a LaLaland Cowboy Luka stamp.  I then added ribbon, my grandson's name, the date and I am done!  A basic layout I am sure my grandson will enjoy sharing with his children one day.

Judy Tesla Stark
 

Mother's Day Step Card by Judy Stark

  Every Mother's Day my daughter Tara always gives me a special plaque or book about Mothers. I have saved all of them through the years and love to get out the box and read over again.  This year I decided to use one of the pages and recycle to her.
 I used a basic step card pattern which you can find on the internet and added the MOM to the front. It's very easy to do this in your Funtime program!  I used the text feature, break by character to separate the letters individually, click convert text to path and then used the cut path feature (Scissors) on the bottom of the letters.  Then you just move the word and lay on top of the kiss cut line and they will pop up on your card.

  I used 85 wgt cardstock using 1 pass, 12 K/O, force 2 and speed 3.  I then cut my background frames, sizing those in Funtime.  I glued the background frames after chalking the outside.  I then chalk the quote and attached it to the front of my card.

 

 I used the newly released Ruffles Butterfly design. All of our designs are created for computerized digital cutters. The digital downloads contain all of the following formats: AI, WPC, GSD, Vector PDF and a jpg for reference.
 The flower is also a newly released design "Parker PK Flower."   Remember, all of the Popcuts are one cut designs!  If you haven't cut any of these before, try them.  To finish my card, I added a sticker (Mom & Me) some faux stick on pearls and ribbon.  Enjoy!

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Butterfly Doily Card by Judy S

Time to make some extra cards to keep on hand.  I like to make a few for last minute "I need a card" celebrations or events. Using doily designs are very popular now with card makers and so convenient to put a card together quickly. Make a few, put away until needed and stamp, write or use the fabulous pen feature on your Bosskut Gazelle to write the sentiment inside.
 

For this card, I used the Butterfly Doily and Popcut Ruffles Butterfly.  

I cut the doily, butterflies, mat and card. I used the heavy weight Bazzil cardstock for everything except the doily. 

After gluing the diecuts to my card , I then added a few rhinestones, pearls and added a ribbon. Done!!

 

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BUTTERFLY DOILY





PARKER POPCUT FLOWER



POPCUT RUFFLES BUTTERFLY

POPCUT LADY FROG W/BOW



Happy 3rd Birthday PRESLEY !!

 Today is my youngest Granddaughter's' birthday and I wanted to post HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY to Presley !!
Presley started celebrating this past weekend by staying at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fl. She had a great time as she saw one of her favorite people : DORA THE EXPLORER character!  She had a birthday breakfast with Dora characters and friends and was ecstatic!  Gee... I thought I was her favorite??

 So.. Happy Birthday to Presley!
 Love, Grandma xxxooo 

Easter 2012 Layout by Judy S.

                                                                        

Don't you love working with the new color combinations for Spring this year? So many new papers with quite interesting colors!  I am a firm believer in buying Designer Pads and not having to second guess if colors go together. 

The doily's are a newly released file: Tulips Doily . I cut 3 of thesesizing them to 4 inches each.  Since these have a lot of details, I cut on a 1 speed and 2 force with K/O at 12.  If your mat isn't very sticky, use 2 passes.

                                                                                              

I then cut the newly released Popcut Bunny Egg using the same settings as above. I used the Card Band Lace for a border and added a few Popcut Butterflies.  

                    

I then cut out the title using one of my Funtime software fonts.  I designed this special flower and named it "Parker" after my great-granddaughter. 

Thank you for looking!

Judy Stark

Easter Mini Album by Judy Stark

EASTER MINI ALBUM

I like to make myself a separate book throughout the year for special occasions and holidays.  It's fun to bring out all of the previous Easter books and everyone see how much they have grown! 

I also make these for my daughter's to put their special pictures into.  This books' base completed size is

 5" by 7" and you can easily add more pages if needed.

For the bottom of the front page, I used the newly released scallop card border and Tulips by Oliver Myers .  For my title, I used a font in our Funtime, used the outline feature and cut with my Gazelle. Anytime you are using a font that is too skinny, you can also click the outline feature button and substitute the outline.

I used the basket from the Bosskut file: Easter Basket, Bunny and Eggs.  I cut the eggs and decorated and hide them in the Popkut grass. To make the front page of my mini album, I used the BK silhouette bunny by Karen Taglia and adjusted the size accordingly to appear the bunny is sitting on top of my egg basket.

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Easter Bags

With Easter being next month, I thought I best get busy making bags for my family.  I usually fill these with Easter grass, then add a few plastic eggs and the candy. These are also great for gift giving!

 

    I  cut my bag pattern and extended the size to cut 12" by 12".  The finished bag size ends up being 7 inches tall by 4 inches wide. I then measured and cut the newly released Tulip Doily, Popcut Border grass and Froggie the PK Frog. I then used my Bosskut Gazelle pen feature and wrote the title on the egg.  I cut and hid some eggs in the grass and done!  Very easy and quick project to do.

 I made this bag the same as above but used the newly released Heart Swirls Frame, PopKut Border Grass and the Bosskut BunnySilhouette by Karen Taglia.
    I again used the pen feature and use my glue pen and then added glitter to my title.

Judy Tesla Stark