Main Street Station Page 1
When I saw these Cosmo Cricket papers, I knew that I would have to use them for something on Main Street. My husband is a train man and so we inevitably end up either in the train station or on the train each trip. This particular day we were waiting for a tender pass so we could ride up front with the engineers, so my husband asked me to take pictures of all of the Disney train memorabilia for him. As I contemplated this layout, I was inspired by a title I saw on a layout in an online gallery. I liked the use of the tall, straight font mixed with a script font. The only other things I wanted to do were to incorporate some trim and to give it a turn of the century feel. I tried to accomplish this with the scalloped strip, patterned paper choice and the journaling box. As do most all of my Disney layouts, there is a Mickey shape somewhere, and on this page I have it peeking out from behind the journaling.
Main Street Station Page 2
This page is a continuation of Page 1. I felt this page need a bit of embellishment, so I added some die cuts from Cosmo Cricket, a flower and a miniature version of the Disneyland Railroad poster printed on paper so it looks old and worn. On both pages, inking was an essential technique. I used Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Inks in Walnut and Vintage Photo. Using the blending tool and blending foam, I pressed the foam onto the ink pad and then worked the ink onto the paper in a circular fashion. It is important not to press too hard or it will leave a distinct dark border around the page and edge of the patterned paper. To get an antiqued look, you just need to work a little ink onto the page. That way it looks authentically old.
Supplies:
Cardstock: Harvest, French Silk (Bazzill Basics Paper)
Die Cuts: Abigail font, Beauty Queen font, Archiver's exclusive flower (Quickutz)
Ink: Walnut and Vintage Photo Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Ranger)
Misc. embellishments: button, 1/8 brown ribbon, metal disk (K & Co.)
Punch: Mickey large(EK Success)
Paper Clips: Heart and Swirl (Creative Impressions)
Patterned Paper: Gretel (Cosmo Cricket)
Trim: Westrim
Trimmer and Blade: 12" Cutterpede scalloped blade (EK Success)
Directions:
1. Lightly ink Harvest cardstock with Distress Ink.
2. Cut two pieces of Gingerbread Gretel into 3x12 strips -- one for the left side, and one for the right side.
3. Cut two pieces of Autumn Gretel into 1x12 strips using a scalloped edge cutter.
4. Cut one piece of 6x12 Fairy Tales Gretel. This will be placed over some smaller pieces across the center of both papers, but it should be slightly off center. So Page 1 may have a 6x5 piece and Page 2 a 6x7 piece.
5. Cut one 4x12 strip of Hansel Gretel. Then cut it into a 3x4 piece and a 9x4 piece. The smaller piece goes near the bottom right corner of Page 2 and the large piece goes near the top right side of page 1.
6. Cut one 5x12 piece of Woodland (solid blue side). Then cut it into 4x5 and 8x5. The larger piece will be placed near the bottom of Page 2 and the smaller piece will be near the center of Page 1.
7. Cut a 12" piece of cream trim to go along the bottom of the piece of Fairy Tales paper.
8. Title was cut from French Silk cardstock and Hansel Gretel paper.
9. Flower was cut using a 4x4 Quickutz Flower die exclusive to Archivers. Shadow was cut from French Silk Cardstock and the flower from Hansel Gretel paper.
10. Two Gretel Die Cut elements were placed behind the flower.
11. The flower center was made by layering a metal disk, button and a knot of brown ribbon.
12. Journaling tag was made by hand drawing the design on the top of a piece of Gingerbread Gretel (use the cream colored solid side) then hand cutting a matching mat from Hansel Gretel. Attach a small ½" strip of Autumn Gretel to the bottom of the tag.
13. The heart clip goes over the top of the tag and the swirl clip goes along the bottom of the tag.
14. For added interest and texture, I did sew a straight stitch around the piece of fairy Tales in the middle of the layout.
This is a layout about my favorite little cafe on Main Street at Disneyland. The Carnation Cafe is next to the Bakery and under the directions of Chef Oscar Martinez, serves a great breakfast, and for lunch and dinner they have a wonderful loaded potato soup! We usually eat here when we go down for date nights and at least once on any other trips.
Carnation Café Page 1
This is one of our favorite places to eat along Main Street in Disneyland. When I saw this Cosmo Cricket paper, I just knew that it would be perfect for the Carnation. I really had fun playing with techniques on this page. First, on both pages, inking was an essential technique. I used Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Inks in Walnut and Vintage Photo. Using the blending tool and blending foam, I pressed the foam onto the ink pad and then worked the ink onto the paper in a circular fashion. It is important not to press too hard or it will leave a distinct dark border around the page and edge of the patterned paper. To get an antiqued look, you just need to work a little ink onto the page. That way it looks authentically old. Another technique I used was the scalloped circle. I cut a 5 ¾" circle, then using my corner rounder, I was able to make the scalloped edge. There are directions for this on the back of the corner rounder and in the current Close to My Heart Catalog. I added a mini poster of the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour that is also an eating establishment on Main Street.
Carnation Café Page 2
Because this is the continuation of Page 1, I used the same techniques on each page. On this page I stamped in the corner on the cardstock using Paint Dabbers. I also stamped on the tan paper and the journaling box using liquid chalk. I sewed on one corner of each page, up to the stamp to add a little interest.
Supplies:
Cardstock: Maraschino, French Silk (Bazzill Basics Paper)
Chalk: Chestnut Roan Colorbox Chalk Ink (Clearsnap)
Corner Rounder: large (EK Success)
Die Cuts: Fiesta font, tag (Quickutz)
Flowers: Bazzill Basics, Prima Marketing, Inc.
Ink: Walnut and Vintage Photo Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Ranger)
Punches: Mickey large (EK Success), Floral Lace Edge Punch (Martha Stewart Crafts)
Patterned Paper: Gretel (Cosmo Cricket)
Stamps: Savoir Faire French Quarter, Mini Majestic Flight, Narrative Elements (Inque Boutique)
Directions:
1. Ink two piece of Maraschino cardstock to age the paper.
2. Cut one piece of Butterflies Gretel in half vertically (with the stripes). Then cut 2" off the bottom of the left side leaving the majority of the butterflies along the top. Cut 2" off the top of the right side, leaving the majority of the butterflies along the bottom.
3. Cut two 5 ¾" circles from Woodlands Gretel paper. Scallop using a corner rounder.
4. Cut two 5x6 pieces of Autumn Gretel. Stamp a French Quarter corner border along each corner using Colorbox Liquid Chalk.
5. Apply paint dabber to Majestic Flight corner stamp and stamp onto upper left and lower right corners.
6. After paint dries, sew from the stamp, down the left side and across the bottom of Page 1, and across the top and down the right side up to the stamp on Page 2.
7. Cut one 1"x12" piece of Gingerbread Gretel (solid side) punch with Floral Lace Edge Border punch
8. Stamp Narrative Elements journaling box stamp onto a piece of Gingerbread Gretel with Colorbox Liquid Chalk and cut out by hand.
9. Title and photo mats are cut from French Silk cardstock.
10. Adhere all elements to page as seen in photo.
