“Dream Big, the Sky is the Limit” …with Clear Scraps and Imagine Crafts

August 28, 2014April 20, 2015Leave a comment

All this week on the Clear Scraps and Imagine Crafts Blogs we are combining efforts with one Big Creative Blog Hop.

My “Dream Big… the sky is the limit” tag features a clear acrylic butterfly from Clear Scraps along with a variety of StazOn Inks for a wonderful effect. I love how the ink works so well with acrylic. And… that Wedding Dress irrRESISTible colored textured spray, LOVE!!!

Products Used:

Butterflies Embellishments (Clear Scraps)
Stazon Inks: Orange Zest, St. Valentine, Spiced Chai, Jet Black, Blue Hawaii (Imagine Crafts)
Wedding Dress irRESISTible colored textured spray (Imagine Crafts)
GlazOn (Imagine Crafts)
L751 Marbled Background (Serendipity Stamps)
“Hello Sunshine” 6 1/2″ Paper Pad (Kaisercraft)
Alpha & Word Stickers Teal (My Minds Eye)
2″ circle punch
Kraft cardstock tag
white acrylic paint and paintbrush
ribbon and trim
sponge
black cardstock
adhesive tape runner

Directions:

Dab with a sponge, Orange Zest and St. Valentine’s inks onto the clear butterfly. (allow to dry)
Ink marble background with jet black ink and stamp directly onto the butterfly.
Paint the center of the kraft cardstock tag with white acrylic paint.
Gently rub with a soft craft sponge Spiced Chai ink around the edges of the tag.
Spray surface of the tag with Wedding Dress irRESISTible colored textured spray. (allow to dry)
Lay circle onto tag to use as a mask. Gently sponge Blue Hawaii ink around circle.
Layer and adhere tag onto a piece of black cardstock.
Add strips of scrapbook paper with the edges inked onto bottom of tag.
Glue butterfly onto tag using GlazOn.
Finish embellishing tag with ribbon, trim and word stickers.

Creative Ideas using Craft Frames by deflecto

August 25, 2014October 9, 2015Leave a comment

I recently started working with a new company called Deflecto. Some of you may recognize the name Deflecto from dryer vents or bicycle reflectors. (among many other things) Deflecto now has Craft Storage Solutions. Providing solutions to stay organized so you can concentrate on your projects not your clutter. (and that’s always a good thing)

Each month Deflect-o will send me something new to play with. This month, I’m getting creative using their Craft Frames.

Call me silly, but, this has to be my favorite frame so far.
This frame is not just a clear 8 1/2″ x 11″ acrylic frame. It is flat backed and comes with heavy-duty magnets, velcro and a push pins attachment so that it can go on a fridge, wall or even a bulletin board. They’ve thought of everything.

For my frame, I went with the velcro and have it attached inside my office cabinet. I’m always losing my Editorial/ Blog calendar on my desk among piles. Now I can find it, take it down and update it anytime I want.

I like that this frame comes with a black edge. I added some personal inspiration with scrapbook paper and stickers.

The purple frame I made into a girly Post It Note Holder. The second picture shows the frame clear with no paper scrapbook paper added. I’m not sure which one I like the best.

How about this mini 2″ x 3″ frame decked out for the Holidays. (too cute right?)

I think I’m going to really enjoy working with this company and all their Crafty Storage Solutions.

I love being organized and this will work out great.

“This is a sponsored post. As a member of the Deflecto Design Team I have been provided product in exchange for my creative ideas, views and opinions.”

Wedding Day Brag Book

August 22, 2014February 9, 2023Leave a comment

Overwhelmed by all the Wedding Pages you need to scrap?

The Wedding Brag book is a perfect way to show off a few of your favorite Wedding photos until you get that larger book finished.

The Wedding Brag Book would also make a perfect gift for your favorite Mother or Mother-in-law.

For my Wedding Brag Book I used the 6″ x 6″ Chipboard 3 Tabbed Album from Clear Scraps and

The “Story of Us” Collection from Simple Stories.

I love these sturdy chipboard books. When I use these books, I can easily trim around the edges with a craft knife and smooth any rough paper edges with a sanding block.

To spice up boring silver book rings, I painted each ring with a gold metallic paint pen.

Tip: Being a frugal scrapper, I used the 1/2″ strip at the bottom of most scrapbook paper to cover the tab. Start with that edge and cut your paper 6″ x 6 1/2″ and include that strip for the perfect tab.

Have a Creative Day!

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Happy Little Camper

August 18, 2014April 20, 2015Leave a comment

I’ve always said, “my idea of roughing it is a bad hotel room”.

Maybe, just maybe, if I had a cute little camper like this, I might change my mind about camping.

My Happy Little Camper is on the Smoothfoam Blog today.

For Directions and Details log onto: http://www.smoothfoam.com/blog/happy-little-camper/

Have a great day.

Day #3 of The Twinery & Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop

July 30, 2014April 20, 201511 Comments

Todays is Day #3 of The Twinery & Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop and my chance to join in.

I love Serendipity Stamps and using twine in my card making. This was a great chance to use both.

“Thanks” Card Directions:

Stamp flower images and leaves onto watercolor paper using black permanent ink.
Water color or color images using markers.
Cut around flowers and leaves.
Paint a thin coat of Diamond Stickles Glue over images for added sparkle.
I started my card by using a 2 1/2″ wide double-sided tape from Kool Tak on a 5″ piece of cardstock.
Closely lay strands of twine onto the super sticky tape to cover the entire piece of paper.
Cut out with a 4″ scalloped square die cut.
Apply die cut square onto cardstock layers.
Glue Flowers and leaves onto front of the card using a fabric glue. Embellish with adhesive pearls. Die cut “thanks” from blue cardstock and add to front of card.

Finished Card Size: 5″ x 5″.

Serendipity Stamps Products Used:

The Twinery Colors Used:

Peach Stripe, Honeydew Stripe, Denim Stripe, Lilac Stripe, Flax Stripe, Natural.

Today’s Hop:

Don’t forget to leave comments along the way for the chance to win some awesome prizes.

A is for Alex

July 29, 2014June 2, 20171 Comment

I recently got the privilege of attending my sweet nephew Alex’s first birthday.

Since the party was a Robot theme…

I decided to make a Mini Robot out of Smoothfoam to decorate his present.

Supplies Used for make the robot: (*affiliate link)

2″ x 4″ x 8″ Smoothfoam block
Hot Wire Foam Cutter*
Silver Paint Pen*
Craft glue
Letter stickers
Googly eyes
Pearl-head straight pins
Bamboo skewer

Trim out 6 pieces from the Smoothfoam block with the wire cutter as shown for a body, head, arms and feet. Paint all pieces silver and let dry.
Paint a wood skewer silver and cut into two pieces for the legs. Insert between the body and feet with a few drops of glue to secure.
Glue the head and arms to the body.
Adhere the eyes to the head, and a letter sticker for the child’s first name to the body. Place the letter “I” sideways on the head to create the robot’s mouth.
Push two pearl-head pins into the top of the head for antennae, each secured with a drop of glue.

My little Robot stands approx. 4″ tall.

This project was created for and sponsored by Smoothfoam.

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Embossing Clear Scraps Clear Shapes for Layouts and Cards

July 23, 2014October 9, 2015Leave a comment

Did you know that you can emboss Clear Scraps Clear Shapes? (I didn’t until recently.)

For my “Vintage Sisters” layout and “Smile” card, I started with a Clear Shape Flower.

To make the Flower:

I used my Big Shot and a Swiss Dot Embossing Plate to emboss my flower.
I dabbed Antique Linen Distress Paint on the front of the flower (raised dot) and Victorian Velvet Distress Paint on the back side of my flower.

This project was created for and sponsored by Clear Scraps.

Simple Decorated Linen Bag and Burlap Utensil Holder

July 13, 2014April 25, 20151 Comment

I recently got the opportunity to play along with a group of Designers using some fun burlap products.

I really love working with burlap. So many ideas, too little time. Here’s a few of the many things you can make using burlap.

My first project is a simple and elegant idea for decorating a plain muslin bag.

Start with a plain muslin bag.
Lay diamond stencil over the bag and secure in place with removable tape.
Stipple over the stencil with white acrylic paint.
Adhere a 1 1/2″ strip of burlap around center of bag.
Glue a thin piece of white lace around the bottom of the burlap strip.
For the heart: Paint a small piece of red burlap with several coats of white acrylic paint, creating the nice soft pink color.
Cut burlap with heart die.
Adhere sheer pink rosette ribbon onto pink heart and glue onto front of muslin bag.
Cut and Decorate a small tag.

The Burlap Utensil Holder uses the 3 1/2″ navy striped burlap ribbon.

Cut a 12″ strip of burlap ribbon.
Fold over one end of the ribbon approx. 1/2 end and glue using a good Fabri Tac glue. I used small metal binder clips to secure the ribbon in place while drying.
Create a 4″ pouch by folding and gluing ribbon. (love those binder clips)Glue a piece of 1 1/2″ burlap ribbon around pouch.
Glue lace over burlap ribbon and tie with a piece of cream crinkle ribbon.
Embellish with a flower and stick pin.
Add a napkin and utensil and your ready to go.

Make sure to tell your story.

June 23, 2014April 20, 2015Leave a comment

As the Mom and a Scrapbooker I’m the one who’s telling my family’s story.

I’m also usually the one taking all the pictures. Sometimes I’m even in the pictures.

As a scrapbooker, one of the things I’ve never done before was to do a layout on “ME”.

I know it feels a little vain, but, it’s important. (Don’t you think?)

Hopefully one day, my kids or grandkids might enjoy reading a little bit about me.

Isn’t that why we do it? To tell our “story”.

Last month on my blog I did a post on “10 things you may or may not know about me.”

I used that post as the starting point for this layout.

I like to use things in ways other than how their supposed to be used.

For this layout I used one of the scalloped shapes from the Send it Clear card kit from Clear Scraps.

Once I glued the scrapbook paper to the clear scallop, I edged around it with a gold paint pen.

I love how it’s a subtle enhancement for my page. I glued a small medallion onto the tip of the scallop.

The paper is from the “Americana” collection from Pebbles Inc.

I also used Tim Holtz’ “Chit Chat” stickers to emphasize certain words in my story.

It’s simple and it’s me!

Craft Ideas Magazine

June 19, 2014April 20, 20152 Comments

The other day I received this magazine in the mail.

At first, it stumped me. Why am I getting this magazine?

When I finally got the chance to sit down and look at it I noticed the name had changed.

Craft Ideas was formerly Crafts n’ Things.

Fall Addition!!! I immediately knew what I was looking for.

Ta Da!!! Here I am on pages 56 & 57.

My “Everyday Moments” accordion album with all the instructions so you can make one too.

Another thing that makes me happy: they used the photographs I took for the article.

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