Laura Vegas

tonight, i have a layout share from the october issue of creating keepsakes magazine.

as seen in the October 2010 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. copyright creative crafts group. posted with prior permission from the publisher.

when i got this assignment, i was asked to add something fun to stickers on my layout. so when i went to start my layout, the first thing i did was look for some stickers that i could spruce up. i didn't want to go with letter stickers, because that seemed to easy of an idea. when i found these ice cream stickers from doodlebug, i knew they'd be perfect. and i knew just the photos that i could use.

and yes, these are OLD photos. i'm trying to remember if this was before sarah was born, or after. it's from at least 11 years ago. back then, alyssa used to love mint chocolate chip ice cream. she even used a toy ice cream thing to eat it with. lol! she stopped eating ice cream years ago. no idea why. because the rest of us love it. sarah has it every night, at exactly 8:00pm. joe usually only has it on his night's off. hard to have it before bed, when you go to sleep at 9:00am. and i have mine late at night, when the girls are in bed and joe's at work. i digress with the ice cream talk. back to the layout.

i thought all these ice cream and sprinkle stickers would be cute all lined up across the layout, making a fun border. and i added diamond glaze to them, which gives them the look of epoxy stickers. on some of the stickers, i covered the entire thing with diamond glaze. on others, i only put the diamond glaze on the actual ice cream scoop, and not the cone. i added about 3 layers of diamond glaze, to really get the look that i wanted.

i know this shot makes the yellow sticker look a little cloudy. but they really did turn out nice, and i think the look so similiar to epoxy stickers. such a simple way to spiffy up your stickers, and give them a new and fun look.

i will give you one little tip, if you decide to try this. let the diamond glaze dry. let it dry for a while. do NOT attempt to finish other parts of your layout, before letting the diamond glaze dry. i'll be more specific. do NOT attempt to staple your ribbon onto the title part of your layout, and hold the layout up in the air to push the prongs back. because if the diamond glaze is not fully dry, it WILL run and drip down your layout. and then you will have to figure out how to fix it. i can't tell you how i know this. i just do 😉

and with that, i'm off to have my nightly bowl of ice cream. french vanilla, with hershey's chocolate syrup. and i let it sit out for at least 15 minutes, so that it's all super soft and soupy. that's the way i love it 🙂

and just a head's up. do you like fabric? do you like the slice and diecutting? do you want some fun project ideas? make sure and check back in over the weekend. i have some fun stuff to share. and so does THIS girl 😉