Winter Wishes ACK - Part 1

Yesterday I had a marathon card making session & created 7 cards from this Artful Card Kit (ACK from HOTP) - then realized I had made 2 cards earlier that never got posted.  Sooooo, today I have NINE cards.  Most were quick cards, but a few have stamped images that took longer.

 Card #1 (above):  For this first card I used a stamp from Sweet Stamps called Miss Kitty Small.  I stamped it on several different papers (the blue from the kit, the rest from my stash) & fussy cut & layered them to form the cat & outfit.  I added bits of ink with my Scroll & Brush Markers to complete it.  The rest of the card is elements from the kit except for the strips of white from my stash.  I inked several of the edges.

Inside:

Card #2:

This card once again is mostly a combinations of elements from the kit.  I did add a bit of the same card stock that formed the card base (from my stash).  I also stamped the greeting & heat embossed it. (Stamp from JustRite - Christmas Vintage Labels One)

Inside:

More of the same on the inside.  Stamp is one that Mom had.

Card #3:

Only a few elements from the kit make this card - the greeting & banner.  The rest is from my stash.  The elf is a HOTP small stamp called Happy Elf.

Inside:

The tag is from the kit - the blue from my stash.

Card #4:

Once again, only a little of this card is from the kit - the greeting on the front, the paper for the snowman's scarf, and the tag on the inside.  The rest of the papers were scraps from my stash.  The Snowman is die cut from several different papers using a Spellbinders die called Mr. & Mrs. Snowman.  I colored the eyes/nose/mouth with Scroll & Brush markers.

Inside:

Though the tag is from the kit, it was stamped with a HOTP stamp from the stamp/die set Snowglobe.  The large greeting is stamped from JustRite's Christmas Labels 22. 

Card #5:

The elements on the front of this card are all from the kit except for the background - which is a lovely piece of embossed vellum that I got in a paper trade with a friend.

Inside:

Inside is more of the same - except the stamped message is from HOTP's Christmas Cheer stamp set.

Card #6:

Once again - only the greetings are from the kit.  The rest is paper from my stash - and a die cut image using a Santa's Sleigh die from Crafter's Companion.

Inside:

Inside is more of the same - except the greeting was added to the banner from the kit - Mittens Small Stamp from HOTP.

Card #7:

All elements are from the kit except for the blue dotted paper & blue card stock used for the mat & dots at the bottom (which I outlined with a white gel pen).

Inside:

More of the same.

Card #8:

Once again, most of the elements are from the kit - only the background paper was not - and the white die cut snowflakes that are mostly covered by round snowflakes from the kit.

Inside:

Inside, all is from the kit except the border strip & the stamping (HOTP Small Stamps - Snowflakes & Swirls, Small Wreath)

Card #9:

This last card has elements from the kit, but the background papers are from my stash & the messages are stamped.  The stamp used for this one was from JustRite's Noel Christmas Ornaments.

Inside:

More of the same - stamp from HOTP's Christmas Cheer.

2021 Road Trip - Red Canyon

This last page of our trip is not a gate fold, but the lower half of the page is a flap that folds down.  Once again, I modified the sheet protector to make that happen - using my fuse tool & putting the opening on the side of the flap.  In the picture above you see what it looks like with the flap closed.

Flap Open:

I printed a partial map of the area and highlighted the trail we walked while here.  The border strip in the middle of the page is stickers from a purchased kit - as are the large letters which say "Red Rocks" (not stickers, but from the kit).  Everything else is either pictures we took or journaling I created using Microsoft Word.  

Closeup of what's hidden when the flap is closed:

2021 Road Trip - Bryce Canyon

Once again, several of the components on the pages of this layout about Bryce Canyon are from a purchased kit. 

1st Page:

The background paper, the sticker that says "Visitor Center" and the one about "The night sky" are all from the kit.  The sticker in the center on the left, and the one at the bottom right are from an official purchased National Park sticker set - and the text above the sticker on the left is cut from the back of the package they came in.  Once again, journaling was done in Microsoft Word.

2nd Page - Gate Fold:

Once again I'm using pictures of the signs - which I then fussy cut - as sub-titles. 

Gate Fold Opened:

Closeups:

The stickers at the top of this page are from the kit.

Stickers at the top of the page & the lower left corner are from the kit.

The squirrel is a picture we took - that I fussy cut.

2021 Road Trip - Capitol Reef

Once again I have a gate fold layout.  Here's a close up of the first page:

The title strip is from a purchased scrapbook kit - as is the map sticker on the lower left.  The National Park emblem embellishments are taken from the entrance sign, printed the size I wanted & fussy cut.  A couple scrap strips form a bit of a border for the picture of the entrance sign itself.

Page 2:

Once again I made use of pictures of the signs to help label my pictures.  The sticker in the lower right corner is from a purchased scrapbook kit.  For some reason, I liked the look of changing up which edge was scalloped on the border strip.

Gate Fold Opened:

Close up of each page in the opened layout:

More of the same - using a picture of a sign as a picture descriptor.

I thought the rough boards of this background paper went well with the rustic nature of the subject matter. I found I didn't like the layout, however, until I did several things: 1) used distress ink to ink the paper doily so it wasn't stark white, 2) ditto the picture of the "Transcript" sign, 3) added a bit of a darker scrap behind the sticker in the upper right to help it stand out from the doily.

Last flap:

2021 Road Trip - Canyonlands

 

We did not have long to spend in Canyonlands, so this layout is a simple two-page spread.  Here are some closeups of the pages:

The map on the left is a sticker from a purchased scrapbook kit.  The other is one I printed.  The yellow highlighted route is where we traveled.  Note the way I used pictures of signs to my advantage.  The entrance sign is my Title, and the smaller signs are sub-headers by the various pictures.

2021 Road Trip - Arches

This set of pages again has a gate fold page - but it is landscape opening and I adapted the sheet protector myself - took two sheet protectors.  Cut one in half and attached the pieces to the other one using my fuse tool (making sure to only get the top layer at the top of the page so that I could still slip my full page in behind).  Instead of a top opening, like most of my pages, I put the opening for the gate fold portions on the inside so that the pages wouldn't easily slide out.  Here are a closeups of the first two pages:

Several of the elements - including the background page itself - came from a purchased kit.  In addition to the large map background, there are several stickers (all three elements on the left), the title, and the word "UTAH".  The journaling was, as usual, created with Microsoft Word.

2nd Page:

The top portion of the gate fold includes the campground map with our campsite circled.  The sticker in the upper right corner is from the purchased set - as are the two sub-headings on the lower portion of the gate fold.  The sticker didn't actually say "Turret" Arch.  It actually said "Delicate" arch - which we were not able to see.  I just took a small piece of coordinating card stock, covered the word "delicate" with it and hand wrote the replacement with a white gel pen.

Gate fold opened up:

Closeups :

Once again, the sub-headings here are from the kit.

The "Courthouse Towers" is a sticker, but the other sub-headings are ones that I created in Microsoft Word.

Here I once again used a small scrap of dark brown paper & hand-wrote the sub-heading with a white gel pen.

2021 Road Trip - Roadside Surprises

I apologize for the quality of the pictures, but just didn't want to take them out of their sheet protectors.  There's not a lot to say about these pages.  I printed the titles & journaling using Microsoft Word - paper from my stash - no idea who made it.

Closeups:

2nd Page:

2021 Road Trip - Mesa Verde

Once again I made a gate fold spread.  Note that I highlighted maps in yellow to show where we went - and drew an arrow to show the area of the map that was blown up in the 2nd map.  Once again I've used the entrance sign as the title for the page.  I also fussy cut the "gambel oak" to add it without covering up my other pictures.  Note, too, that the journaling blocks for this set are all framed in brown - one of the automatic settings for text box in Microsoft Word.

Gate fold open:

Note that I used my labeler to create labels for the various areas.  You can see closeups of each page below:

Then I have a double page spread of the cliff dwelling we were actually able to tour:

Note the special effects on the title - made using Microsoft Word. Closeups: