We are very excited to bring you the work from Tina Gillespie this month. She will be show casing the new and fabulous products of the Autumn Mini. Please pop on over to her blog to check out her other great work. I am sure she would love you to say hi.
Tina: I've had these photos sitting on my desk for a few months waiting to be scrapped. I love how excited my son looks at finally losing his first and second baby teeth. The quote I chose for the bottom left of the page summed up his experiences perfectly:
Losing baby teeth were a part and parcel of one's life - a symbol of growing up, and it is the tooth-fairy that makes this otherwise dreaded and painful process an exciting one - something to look forward to. Mansi Maheshwan
He'd been trying to pull at his tooth for days to hurry it along because he wanted the Tooth Fairy to bring him some money. He actually hoped he'd get $55 - the exact cost of a coveted toy. The Tooth Fairy only left $1, but his disappointment was soon forgotten in the excitement of the whole experience.
In creating this page I've mostly used products from the new Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue. One of my favourite new products is the Big Shot, which I used on the title and the journaling boxes on the photos. To create the outline effect of the journaling boxes I die cut 2 Stampin' Up! Top Notes - one in Whisper White and one in Soft Suede. I cut each in half and then on the Soft Suede Top Note I carefully cut along the perforations to create a thin strip. I then adhered this strip to the Whisper White Top Note. You could just as easily do the opposite - discard the thin strip and adhere the central part to get a matted Top Note.
Product List:
Cottage Wall DSP (Old Olive)
Soft Suede and Whisper White Card Stock
Big Shot Die Cutting Machine
Stampin' Up! Top Note Bigz Die
Stampin' Up! Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlets Dies
1/2" Soft Suede Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon
Basic Grey Stampin' Write Marker
Stampin' Paper Snips
Snail Adhesive
Thanks for the inspiration Tina, that Die Cut Alphabet is definetly on my wish list...how about all of you?
Tina what a great page - looking forward to seeing your other creations this month.
Posted by: Nikki Sadler | 07/04/2010 at 10:07 PM
What cute photos! Love the quote too. And very excited about that little trick with the top note die - cutting along the perforations - what a great idea, thanks!! So excited that you're our guest designer this month. Congratulations!
Posted by: Sue Madex | 03/04/2010 at 11:07 AM
Great layout, Tina, and I LOVE your title! What a great memory to scrap.
Posted by: Christine Blain | 02/04/2010 at 10:26 PM
Great work Tina! Its great to see your work up in the lime light and cant wait to see what else you come up with. Your page is lovely!
Posted by: Gardenia | 02/04/2010 at 04:52 PM
Tina, how cute is that! Kids make the funniest faces when they show you the gaps where teeth are "Mithing". Reminds me of the layout I did where Liam lost his "toof" LOL! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Di Gill | 02/04/2010 at 09:21 AM