My Daughter
by LeNae Gerig

In LeNae's Supply Box:

• patterned Paper Pizazz®: brown with roses, light pink with brown floral: Jacie's Vintage Papers
• solid Paper Pizazz®: tan, brown and mauve: Teresa's Handpicked Solid Muted Papers, light ivory: Plain Pastels
• “R” gold framed plaque cut-out: Tag Art #3 Cut-Outs™
• brown decorating chalks: Paper Wishes/Craf-T Products
• X-acto® knife and cutting surface

How LeNae Did It:

• Layering: Cut a 3"x12" strip of brown roses paper and mat it on a torn strip of mauve paper; place on the left edge of the tan background paper.
• Journaling: Computer-journal in a long narrow paragraph, using a “scripty” font. Print onto light ivory and crop into a rectangle. Apply brown chalk to the edges and mat on brown. Tear a 1 1/2”x6” wide strip of mauve. Use your finger to slightly roll the edges forward. Place the rectangle over the mauve strip and glue the Cut-Out™ to the top as shown.
• Tearing: Make large and small v-shaped tears on the left side and top of the tan background paper. Roll the torn edges to the front and apply brown chalk. Use the X-acto® knife to make a small slit at the upper right of the page. Roll the edges back and apply chalk. Attach a small piece of brown roses paper behind each tear.
• The Photo Mat: Crop and mat the photo on brown paper. Tear a rectangle of both mauve and light pink with brown floral. Roll the edges and chalk with brown. Off-set the mats behind the photo as shown.

Reflect
By Arlene Peterson

Arlene says: This page uses a Shabby Chic technique of crumpling, folding and tearing the paper and the chalked vellum to create the look of water. Yes, it may be hard to take that pretty piece of paper (or even harder — vellum!) and crumple it into a ball, but I promise the effect is worth it! The fibers and brads add dimension to the layout, almost giving it a feel of movement.

In Arlene's Supply Box:

• patterned Paper Pizazz®: spattered blue, funky blue waves
• specialty Paper Pizazz®: white vellum
• solid Paper Pizazz®: navy blue: Teresa's Handpicked Solid Jewel Papers
• blank tags: Paper Pizazz® Embossed Paper Tags
• blue fibers: Artsy Collage™ Blue 3-D Collection
• silver brads: Paper Wishes
• blue decorating chalk: Paper Wishes/Craf-T Products)
• Glue Dots™

How Arlene Did It:

• Distressing: Chalk about 2” of the outside edge of the spattered blue background paper. Cut the funky wave paper into a 10” square and crumple. Smooth down and glue to the center of a 12” piece of white vellum. Tear the edges of the vellum so they measure about 1/2”. Fold the edges up and over the top of the funky wave paper, cresting and tearing as desired. Chalk on the edges.
• Adding Fiber: Use Glue Dots™ to attach the fibers to the left-hand side of the page.
• Adding Metal: Cut out the embossed paper tags. Crop the small photos to fit in two of the tags, matting them each on blue before gluing inside the tag. Chalk the other two tags. Journal on white vellum and tear to fit inside the tags. Crop and mat the photos on blue paper. Journal on white vellum and tear to size; chalk the edges and add with silver brads.

Thank You Stamped Card
By Lisa Dattola

Lisa says: Wire, eyelets and tags are are three easy, versatile techniques for adding a Shabby Chic look to your paper crafts. Another tip: Use sandpaper to distress the eyelets for an aged, rustic look.

In Lisa's Supply Box:

• patterned Paper Pizazz®: masculine stamp paper
• specialty Paper Pizazz®: purple and tan vellum: Pastel Vellum Papers (also available by the sheet, purple, tan)
• Thank You stamp: Rubber Stampede
• Tan, black, lavender decorating chalk: Paper Wishes/Craf-T Products
• dark copper-colored flower basket charm: Darice
• 5 black eyelets: Paper Wishes/Magic Scraps™
• dark copper-colored wire: Artistic Wire
• 1 1/2" wide Silver Chiffon ribbon
• embossing stamp pad: Top Boss®
• embossing powder and embossing heat tool
• fine grain sandpaper
• round nose pliers
• Glue Dots™

How Lisa did it:

• Tag Art: Cut out the tag image from the masculine stamp paper. Apply black chalk to the edge and lavender and tan chalk to the front. Fold the purple vellum in half and place the tan vellum over it. Place the tag on top and trace around it with a 1/8” border. Cut out this tag from the vellum. Attach the vellum tag to the top of the paper tag with an eyelet. Fold a 6” piece of wire in half and thread the folded end through the brad. Place the wire ends through the loop and wrap them around a 5” piece of ribbon. Curl the wire ends with pliers. Apply tan chalk to the ribbon. Glue the charm onto the front of the tag and set the tag aside.
• Distressing: Distress the patterned paper by crumpling it gently into a ball; smooth it out and sand the crumpled edges gently with the sandpaper. Sand the tops of four eyelets and set aside. Glue the paper onto the card front, still slightly crumpled, and trim even with the card edge.
• Embossing: Ink the stamp with the embossing inkpad, then stamp onto the center of the card front. Sprinkle embossing powder over the stamped area and shake off excess. Emboss it with a heat tool. Glue the tag onto the center of the card.
• Wires & Ribbon Embellishments: Cut a 7 1/2” piece of ribbon and fold it in half lengthwise. Attach it the right side of the card front with two of the sanded eyelets and wire. Curl the wire ends with the pliers. Apply tan chalk to the ribbon. Cut three 1 1/2” lengths of ribbon and three 3” pieces of wire. Wrap one piece of wire around the center of a ribbon length. Curl the wire ends with the pliers. Repeat with for two more bows. Use Glue Dots™ to attach the bows, evenly spaced on the left side of the card front. Insert remaining two eyelets between the bows as shown. Apply tan chalk to the bows.