Colt Layout

Introducing the newest member of our family... 

Colt R Anderson

My baby nephew surprised everyone, about 10 weeks early. He is the cutest, tiniest thing ever! I am so excited to be able to craft his scrapbook now too! (I make his older brother's scrapbook also)

I used the DCWV Treasures and Good Wood Stacks for this layout. Both stacks had all of the perfect prints and embellishments I needed!

Like these fun Polaroid picture shapes.

And these tags with the perfect words!

I love the wood panel prints, so I made this 3D wood frame to 'frame' the layout. The wood alphabet blocks worked perfectly to spell out his name as well.

 [ Some products used on this project were provided to me for review by DCWV, but all comments, ideas and images are my own ]

Colt Layout - Featuring Epiphany Crafts!

 I am more than excited to announce that I have been accepted to be on the Epiphany Crafts Design Team!!

If you aren't familiar with their products, you need to be! Have ever bought epoxy dots, brads or stickers? Well, with the Epiphany Crafts Tools, you can easily make your own epoxy designs! You can make them in a variety of shapes, and use any print, so they match any of your projects!

Here is my latest layout, featuring my brother and his darling baby boy, Colt. I used the Epiphany Pennant Tool to make this perfect 'Proud' Pennant for my layout.

I was also able to make these coordinating wood print pennants to match the layout theme. Not only can you make any print you want, they are so quick any easy to make!

[ Some products used on this project were provided to me for review by Epiphany Crafts, but all comments, ideas and images are my own ]

National Scrapbook Day

Happy National Scrapbook Day!

What an incredible thing to celebrate, a hobby that not only preserves life's memories, but also reduces stress! And I know I could use more de-stressing!

This month, as a Brand Ambassador for Tombow, I was completely spoiled with a large package of goodies from a couple different craft brands. But I pulled out a few of them to work with on my NSD project.

Once again, Tombow knocks it out of the park with an easy to use adhesive! The Mono Permanent Adhesive tool fits perfectly in my hand, glides on easily and has a handy little plastic flap that closes over the strip, so it doesn't get dirty or stick to everything in sight!

I loved this Simple Stories Carpe The Heck Out Of This Diem saying from their Carpe Diem Collection Kit. I thought I would make it stand out a little more, and colored it with the Tombow Irojiten Vivid Colored Pencils.

Here is my Carpe Diem Layout:

On this layout I also used items from the Fancy Pants Attwell Collection, they blended perfectly with everything I picked out for it!

How are you celebrating National Scrapbook Day?

Lil Monster is an Artist

My nephew is the cutest thing on this planet.

He knows the way to my heart. He models for me, has conversations with me, and I found out he loves to draw!

I created this Lil Monster Artist layout using the Bo Bunny Lil Monster I Want It All Bundle from FotoBella. He had drawn pictures of all of us, when we were on vacation. So I snuck a few from his notebook to craft a layout with them.

How cute is this!!

Fish Layout

Fish Layout

Starring:

Tayvin and his 2 'glow in black light' neon fish

Supported by:

DCWV products, and a bunch of fun techniques!

Want to recreate this layout with your favorite images?

Grab the following supplies:

DCWV The Birthday Wishes Stack

DCWV DIY Project Birthday Stack

DCWV DIY Project Banners Stack

Folk Art Paint in Light Blue

White Cardstock

Gel Medium

Pallet Knife

Stencil

Wax Paper

Distress Inks

Chipboard Letters

Bakers Twine

Transparent Bubble Dots

Double Sided Tape

Spray Bottle with Water

Find this incredible blue sheet from The Birthday Wishes Stack.

Tint some gel medium with the Light Blue Folk Art Paint.

Use a pallet knife to randomly spread the gel medium over your stencil of choice, onto the paper. Make sure it's in areas that will be visible after you layer your images on.

Pull some distress inks, in colors of your choosing.

On a sheet of wax paper, apply some distress ink in a pattern you like.

Spritz the ink with water.

Flip the wax paper over, quickly and carefully, onto a page of white cardstock. You can use your finger to smear the color around if needed. Take the wax paper off carefully, and throw away. Be careful not to let the ink drip.

While the page is wet, carefully tear out a circle shape.

Set aside to dry

Find this dot page in the DIY Birthday Stack from DCWV. Turn it over and draw a circle. With your finger and some water, trace the circle continually, until the paper is saturated.

Carefully tear the circle.

Your circle does not have to be perfectly round.

Print out 5 images. Both square and rectangle shapes and various sizes.

Mat them with a green sheet from the DIY Birthday Stack, using double sided tape.

In the DIY Banner stack, you will find some pre-printed mini banner flags. Cut out as many as you need. Punch some holes in the corners and string some Bakers Twine through them. Add your chipboard letters.

Start to secure the water color and dot paper to the layout. Add the images and make sure they are secured.

Using double sided tape, secure the banner in the lower right area of the layout. Then stick some cute transparent bubble stickers in the top left corner.

Here is the finished layout!

I would love to see your interpretation of this layout! You can post your images to my Jeri Vann Creations Facebook page, or tag me in your photo on Instagram!

[ Some products used on this project were provided to me for review by DCWV, but all comments, ideas and images are my own ]

Jeri Vann Creations Projects for the DCWV Booth at CHA 2016

I was lucky enough to have a couple of my projects displayed in the DCWV Booth at CHA 2016 in Anaheim this month.

I also got to play with some of the newest, and cutest products!

A fun, new, and completely customize-able product is the DCWV Life Bok.

It comes with a bunch of pages for notes, fill ins, and calendar.

I had my darling niece fill it out, all about her life and loves.

I also added some pictures that I had taken of her a few days before.

Next up, I created this Guitar Layout using the new Glam Rock Stack.

Again, this is a fun picture I took of my niece and her pink guitar. The Glam Rock stack had the perfect colors, prints and wording for this layout.

Here is my Emerald Garden Card, made with the Emerald Garden Stack. I love this stack! The colors are all of the green shades I love, along with metallics.

And lastly, here is an accessory hanger I made with the Magnolia Way Stack. I fussy cut a ton of darling butterflies from the stack and placed them all around the accessory hanger for added effect.

[ Some products used on this project were provided to me for review by DCWV, but all comments, ideas and images are my own ]

I hope you enjoyed these projects, and get ready for some amazing new products this year from DCWV! 

Let It Snow Layout

Have you sat in a hot tub in the winter, while it's snowing?

Well you need to try it!

Then, to create the perfectly snowy layout to remember those moments, grab the DCWV Christmas Village, Favor Boxes and Ornaments Stacks!

It's hard to tell in the picture, but the layout sheet is a beautifully thick, textured, glittery page from the back of the DCWV DIY PROJECT STACK - CHRISTMAS VILLAGE.

The adorable snowflakes came from both the DCWV DIY PROJECT STACK - FAVOR BOXES and the DCWV DIY PROJECT STACK - ORNAMENTS. 

And of course, I always love to throw some darling Blue Moon Beads Charms in wherever I can! This little metal snowflake charm was perfect!

 [ Some products used on this project were provided to me for review by DCWV, but all comments, ideas and images are my own ]