Monthly Archives: March 2014

Home Decor Hoopla

31 Monday Mar 2014

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The past couple of years at Christmas The Paperie has had a holiday hoopla – each of the designers teach a different homemade gift idea and you go home with six ready-made presents plus the instructions on how to make them do you can do more! Genius, right?

Well, it’s always been so much fun that this year we decided to do a Home Decor Hoopla and it’s timed just right for Mother’s Day! Our first Home Decor Hoopla will be this Saturday, April 5 and trust me, if you live close enough, you’re going to want to make a point of doing this class. I really think it’s the best one we’ve had! Among other things there will be a fun photo holder, a table runner, and an etched glass vase. I’ve seen them and friends, they’re amazing.

My contribution? It’s this:

wreath

A 12″ grapevine wreath with Tim Holtz fabric flowers. I love how it turned out and the nice thing is that you can add more if you want, or jazz up the bow, or add sparkle, anything. Really, once you know how to put it together, you’ll be hooked and making them for everyone and every occasion! And isn’t that Tim Holtz fabric awesome?

roses

There’s still room in class and it’s only $60 – that’s $10 a gift, peeps, can’t beat that fabulous price! Hope to see you there!

S.

Paperie Card Kit – March 2014: Part 3 – Assemblage Clock

28 Friday Mar 2014

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So, it’s been a bit longer than anticipated but I’m finally back with the last piece I made for the March Paperie Card kit.

When Tim Holtz debuted his Assemblage Clock I fell in love and snatched it up. Then, it just sat there. A case of must have, don’t know what to do. Until this kit!

I admit I was totally inspired by the gold rubons – one of which was “I love you to the moon & back.” Molly and I say that to each other every night, it had to used!

I printed one of my favourite pics of Molly when she was a teeny tiny and added that to the inside of the clock after I had painted everything with Silks Acrylic Glaze:

assemblage clock outside

I punched some hearts out of patterned paper, painted them, added some more rubons:

assemblage clock inside

And then put it all back together again!

assemblage clock

I love how it turned out – holding onto that clock was well worth the wait!

S.

Oh, it was a fun evening!

21 Friday Mar 2014

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I know I promised the last of my Card Kit projects today but I went shopping last night and I’m going to share my spoils, along with some entertaining pictures showing why I needed to shop!

So this:

new crop bag

is my brand new bag. Isn’t it pretty? I had to have the new bag because something (aka my cats) happened to my old one and it looks like this:

old crop bag

See the scratches and cat hair? It also looks like this:

old crop bag - sides

See, there’s one of the guilty parties in the background. Evil.

But wait. It gets better. I can also now do this:

old crop bag - hand

Yup. Entertaining for you; hard for me and my plans to actually keep my supplies inside!

So I took my birthday money and off I went. But since it seemed all big and lonely, I needed to fill it! Truly, the bag was asking… 🙂

So I got some alpha stickers:

at alphas

and flair:

at flair

and more flair:

oa flair

and shiny washi:

silver washi

Excuse the dry hands – I hate winter… 😡

I also picked up lovely new stamps:

dwm girl stamps

and gorgeous new Ink Sprays:

new ink spraySigh. Big happy sigh. It was fun. And the best part? All of it came from The Paperie, my local scrapbook store! Love shopping small and local and I’m lucky we have such a great shop here.

Now, I need to go play…. because I also picked up new product for my Yearlong Album Class and I’m itching to scrap!

And to really close off this post, here’s a sneak of a picture I’m working on now!

gabe@4

Cutest boy ever. Don’t even try to argue with me. 🙂

S.

Paperie Card Kit | March 2014: Part 2 – Cards

20 Thursday Mar 2014

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Sorry for the delay but I’m finally back with more of the Paperie’s March Card Kit and today it’s all about the cards!

I don’t consider myself a card maker and generally I don’t make many of them but the Avery Elle stamp set that was included in the kit made me want to make some.

First up, a fun one:

happy birthday outside

It’s a little deceptive though because the funnest surprise is on the inside:

happy birthday inside

It’s a great way to use up scraps of patterned paper that you can’t bring yourself to throw out!

I also made a little gift box:

card box

And filled it with easy cards:

card box set

I used a lot of repetitive stamping for these:

card 3

And added fabulous Studio Calico gold star rub-ons:

card 5

Finally, my favourite go-to card for kids birthdays – they always love it and it’s so easy to change up for a boy or girl or you can make a bunch a unisex ones:

boyo monsters

To see the rest of the cards in the gift box, or to check out the layouts I made, you can go view my Paperie set at Flickr or head into the Paperie itself to see them all in person!

Back tomorrow with the final project from the kit – my personal fave!

S.

 

 

 

10/52 WEEKS OF PORTRAITS

16 Sunday Mar 2014

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This is an awesome idea – one I think I should do. Who wants to join in?

Scrapbook Steals | Farmhouse Paper Company: 302

14 Friday Mar 2014

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Note: This is my second post today, check below for the first part of my Paperie Card Kit Reveal!

I have a product post up at Scrapbook Steals today and I’m just a bit in love with the product! As a matter of fact, the more I used it, the more I wanted to play!

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Remember the sneak peek from the other day? Interested to see more? Go check out the full post here!

S.

Paperie Card Kit | March 2014: Part 1 – Layouts

14 Friday Mar 2014

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Today over on the Paperie blog are all the projects I made with the March card kit – I got a lot of mileage out of this one! To make it easier and much shorter for you here, today will just be all about the layouts.

birthday girlI had fun stamping and heat embossing the balloons for this one – with a couple of layers of UTEE they look like real shiny balloons! I also stamped the stars in silver ink for a bit of subtle shimmer:

birthday girl silver stamping

Finally, I did some hidden jounalling – of course – and doodled the edges.

This next one is one of my fave pics of Molly – love how she got all dressed up for the backyard!

fashion star

I mounted the photo on a base of silver crackle paste over a stencil:

fashion star croco

And finally, I punched the alpha stickers with a 1/4″ square punch since I didn’t want the circle ones for this LO. It worked perfectly!

The last LO was totally fun to do:

moon&stars

I used Pearl Modeling Creme over a stencil, sprinkled it with glitter gold embossing powder, and then heated to set the powder and bubble the paste. It was all kinds of awesome. 🙂

I added lots of paper layers, made some epoxy stars with the Epiphany tool, and added my title with the gold rub-ons in the kit:

moon&stars rubon title

Go check out my Flickr gallery to see more pics and a few more details. I’ll be back later with another post today (!!!) and next week I’ll share the rest of my Card Kit projects!

S.

 

12 on Twelve | March 2014

13 Thursday Mar 2014

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1. Lego people – always a favourite around here (especially the pretzel girl – Molly says it’s her because she loves pretzels!).

2. selfie in the porch, as always.

3. more snow…… blerg.

4. getting photos ready for Keeping Track of Life with Krista.

5. drawing and writing by Gabe. He’s learning to draw hearts (he traced these) because Molly always draws hearts.

6. Miss Rosie

7. reading during nap time.

8. my nap time companion.

9. Molly made a snowman woman – Precious Elizabeth. I kid you not.

10. math time. More blerg.

11. dot-to-dots, his favourite. Not sure why he’s colouring with a pencil but whatever.

12. Spark time – painting with a local artist tonight.

S.

 

M5: Midweek Mojo | Scrapbook Steals

12 Wednesday Mar 2014

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Today over at the Scrapbook Steals blog it’s Midweek Mojo time again and it’s a fun one! One of the CT members, Jessica, designed the sketch and sent it to the rest of the team in case we wanted to play along – which we did, of course!

Here’s mine:

m5

I used a collection that you’ll see coming up over there on Friday so keep an eye out!

I had a ton of fun layering school themed items, since this is a pic of Molly’s first day of kindergarten. I have a pencil, a ruler, a chalkboard:

m5 school layersAnd then I layered papers, chipboard, and stickers:

m5 layers

Loads of fun, and it’s an awesome sketch – pop over and check out what the other girls have done. Maybe you should take some time to play along yourself and perhaps win a prize!

S.

A little bit Distressed…

07 Friday Mar 2014

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Do you have some favourite products that you sometimes forget about? Me too. And that thought, along with a conversation I had with my friend Rae Lynn, led to a new class at The Paperie which debuted Monday night!

The first in this bimonthly series was all about Distress Ink. I, like many people I know, have them all, love them all, but they have fallen to the side a little as fun new products come out. To renew the love I taught two layouts and 6 card fronts full of different techniques to get our Distress Ink mojo flowing again!

The first LO is basic blending with a bit of “spritz and flick” to add dimension:

sweet childI used buttons and paper strips for layers, dimension, and fun:

sweet child layersThe second LO was all about using Distress Ink in a watercolour-y way and I love how it turned out:

run my dearThe 6 card fronts used stencils, layering, water ghosting, faux watercolour, and ink blending. They were fun! To see them all, check out my Flickr stream.

ghosted and stamped imagesNext time we do a Renewed class it’s going to be all about Distress Paint so come join us and find out how much fun they can be!

S.