Shadow Box

Happy Saturday.

I recently had a class with Frank García, from Prima. You can check out his blog here:  Haus of W.

His style is very romantic shabby chic, and it goes perfectly with the Prima products in general.  Even though I usually jump from style to style, and shabby chic is not the most frequent I use, I have to admit I really enjoyed the class.  Firstly, he explains very well and is very organized.  And the other thing, and the one I really enjoyed the most, is that I was able to learn techniques that I can use with other styles that I most commonly follow.  I love the way he made us achieve great dimension in the projects and the use of cords to keep paper in place.... Amazing.

Anyway, this page I made in his class, added some sort of my personal touch with tiny details, and waited for a great photo to use...   One of our friend's sister had a baby girl recently and I thought, this is it!

Before I show you the result, let me tell you I found these great shadow boxes at TJ Maxx.  Great design and perfect size.  I glued the layout in the middle (with hot glue to make sure it stays in place), and used thin chipboard to make two pieces to place at both sides of the layout to make it pop even more.

So, not only the layout has great dimension with flowers, pop up elements and so, but I also made the edges of the layout itself to be in 3D.

Since the shadow box is deep enough I could do this and have a great result.  This is going to be our gift for the happy parents.

Isn't it beautiful?  I think so too.

Tks for stopping by.  Have an imperfect happy weekend!

Unity FWF... and I am ready for some WINE!

Oh! I can't believe it's been two weeks since my last post...  Well... such it's life!  I've had to dedicate some time to some other things lately.  But, believe me, I need scrapbooking so bad.

Anyway, it's Friday!  This means fun, weekend, family, resting, and Unity Stamp Co. Friends with Flair!!!!   I made a card last night just because I wanted to post it for FWF today... and because I've got an order yesterday and was dying to use at least one of the new stamps, and also because I am very stressed at work and I needed to relax a little bit.

So I made this CAS card using Unity stamps.  For the background I used these new pens I found at TJ Maxx that are specially for stamping.  I wanted to use only one section of the stamp so I directly inked the section and stamped, instead of having to cover any other part I did not want to use at this moment.  So I love my little multicolor wine glasses.

The new stamp is the sentiment.  Don't you love it?

I framed with cardstock and placed while embellished with a doily, ribbon and some sequins.  I also colored in red and added some glossy accents to the little heart.

I felt better...  but still want to make more cards and layouts and cut papers... just for fun... LOL..

Seriously, finding scrapbooking has been great for me.  Sometimes I want to make something but my body doesn't let me.  Have you felt that way?  Tell me... leave me a comment... and maybe meditate about it while having a glass of wine today...  Have a good one!!!!