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.

I 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:

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!

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

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:

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:

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!

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:

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:

And then I layered papers, chipboard, and stickers:

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!

Simple Scrapper Show & Tell | March 2014

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

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It’s Show & Tell time at Simple Scrapper again and the March members materials are fabulous!

My Story Starter this month uses an amazing sketch based on a LO that was originally designed by Melanie Ritchie:

This was such a fun sketch to work with and I love that I got to scrapbook a great memory and story that my grandfather always told me – plus I used the rhyme he always said as a title for the page.

I added some wood veneer and coloured it with a Wink of Stella brush pen – the black is incredible!

The sketch template I used for this next LO may be one of my faves ever – I can see using it over and over. Such great possibilities with flipping and twisting this one!

Isn’t that picture of Molly the cutest thing ever? Love her…

I added fun sequins to this one and love the shimmer of them:

Head over to the Show&Tell and check out the other LO’s people are sharing. While you’re there, share one of your own – we all love to see everyone’s work each month!

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Simple Scrapper Show & Tell | February 2014

04 Tuesday Feb 2014

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I am so excited to share my Creative Team work for this month – I had a blast with the templates and love how they turned out!

First, the Story Starter LO:

Isn’t that fun? I’ve been hoarding that background paper from a Paperie Kit and forced myself to use it. I love the combination of sweet (hearts), vintage (doily), and distressed (paper edges).

And that long title in alpha stickers with the journaling sideways was a fun switch up for me.

For the template only project I made a canvas for Gabe:

My favourite thing about canvases is the amazing texture and layers:

Every night when he goes to bed I say this to him:

And he laughs like a loon! Crazy boy!

Make sure you check out the Show & Tell over at Simple Scrapper today and leave a link to your own work so we can all check it out!

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Simple Scrapper Show & Tell | December 2013

03 Tuesday Dec 2013

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The December templates and Story Starters for the Premium Members at Simple Scrapper are fantastic! I had so much fun – I even got to scrap one of my favourite old TV shows. 🙂

I know I’m not the only person out there who spent part of the summer watching The Facts of Life on Netflix – it was definitely my go-to show during July and August – so I was thrilled when one of the Story Starters inspired me to scrap my love for it, cheesy and dated as it may be!

I loved the template and the fun paper shapes, plus all the layers:

My second LO was made with my favourite template this month – I’ll be using it again for sure – and features some recent pics of Molly modeling her new hat:

Lots of shimmer on this one between the gold thread for stitching:

and the Heidi Swapp ColorShine in gold and seafoam:

I made both of these LO’s at the Paperie’s Fall Retreat using the exclusive kit they released that weekend and it’s amazing! They may still have a couple left, plus I know there are a few odd page and card kits floating around too if you’re looking for a great Christmas gift!

For some more great inspiration, go check out what the rest of the Team did this month – we’re all linked up for Show & Tell, plus our favourites are in the Team Gallery. Once you’ve enjoyed all the eye candy make sure to set some time aside for scrapping and link up your own creations – we’d love to see them!

The Premium Membership at Simple Scrapper provides skills and shortcuts to help you simplify and find more meaning in your memory keeping.

Holiday Storyteller: Free E-Course from Simple Scrapper (lauravegas.typepad.com)
Simple Scrapper and Paperie Card Kit : Part 1 | November 2013 (sarathings.com)
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Gelli Plate Printing |Guest Post: Karen

26 Tuesday Nov 2013

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I’m on vacation for a few days to visit my brother and his lovely (and pregnant!) wife. While I’m away some of my favourite local artists and bloggers have agreed to do posts for you! Today, Karen shares her newfound love of the Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate. Enjoy!

I was honoured when Sara asked me to guest post for her blog while she is vacationing. Hope you are having a great time Sara!

Last week, I bought a Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate and I have been having a blast learning and experimenting with different kinds of prints. I have created lots of fun backgrounds for art journal pages, but I was even more delighted when I realized the great backgrounds I could make for my scrapbook pages!

Today I am sharing my very first gel print scrapbook layout. Hooray!

For my print I used two colours of Silks Acrylic Glaze- Watermelon Mist and Carmen.

First I did a very simple layer of Watermelon Mist (pink). I just spread the glaze on the plate, put the paper on and pulled it off.

For my second layer, I spread on some Carmen (red). I pressed down a stencil and while the stencil was on the plate I used a roller dots stamp over the plate for extra texture.

Then I lifted the stencil before applying the paper.

Here’s what it looks like after the pull! Love it!

What a great base for a page right?! Next I chose some paper from the Simple Stories I {Heart} Summer line, which I just love, by the way. And once I added a few embellishments it was done.

So it’s official – I am in love with the Gelli Plate! How about you?!

Karen

You can check out more of my stuff on my blog at http://sitscrapandrelax.wordpress.com

Create Daily: Gelli Arts Monoprinting (rondapalazzari.typepad.com)
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Yearlong Album Class | 2013

19 Tuesday Nov 2013

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I promised the students in my YLA2013 class that I would post all the LO’s we’ve done so far. Except for the most recent class (October LO – UTEE resist) they are all now posted on my Flickr account, in the Yearlong Album 2013 set.

July – happy boy

And class peeps, just drop me a line if you have any questions!

Simple Scrapper | October 2013

01 Tuesday Oct 2013

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Have I got some eye candy for you all today, my friends! Not only am I sharing my October LO’s for Simple Scrapper but so are a bunch of the other SS girls! I’ll leave a link to their blogs at the end of this post so make sure you check them out and leave them some love.

First of all I have to say, I always love Jennifer’s templates and Story Starters but I really think she outdid herself this month – they were fabulous!

The template LO I did used a bunch of Studio Calico PL cards:

Love how this turned out. I took the photo of Molly when she and I had a “Sam”* day earlier in September and it worked perfectly with these cards and template.

I added a line of text to the photo before I printed it so I didn’t have to add extra journaling on the LO itself:

My Story Starter LO this month uses pictures of Molly on the day she was born and because of the journaling and photos, it may be one of my all time faves:

I hid the journaling (of course) in an envelope behind the pictures:

A few sequins, some tiny Basic Grey Alphas, and that was it!

Now, time to head over to see what the other girls have in store for you. They all rocked the templates this month so you’re in for some great inspiration!

* SAM = Sara And Molly (funnily, this is also the name I called Molly before she was born)

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Simple Scrapper | July 2013

02 Tuesday Jul 2013

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We’re doing things a little differently at Simple Scrapper these days – no more monthly blog hops but there are other great things planned – like a Team Gallery! I’ll post that link as soon as it goes live. (Here it is!)

In the meantime, I’ll still post my LO’s here so you can see them.

(NOTE: click any of the photos to see them larger at my Two Peas Gallery)

I’ve already posted the Premium Member Sketch LO from this month since I also used it for my Year Long Album class:

I won’t go into details, but if you want to see how it was done, look at some close-ups, and get a mini tutorial, check out this post!

The second one was again using a new template but also my Story Starter LO and it was completely different for me:

That’s a very hybrid LO, my friends. And it’s all one photo, no paper at all, just a few wood veneer embellishments to which I added some Stickles for a bit of Superhero bling:

In general, I left it pretty simple – this was all about the story. The title itself and a bit of the journaling came from a previous post I did, if you want to check that out again.

Finally, if you want to see some other LO’s from the Team this month – and I know you do! – click any of the names over there —-> to go to the other member’s blogs or Two Peas Galleries.

And be sure to check out Aimee’s blog – I know she’s posting her LO’s this morning too so go take a look at her amazing work!

I’m hoping to be back tomorrow with some more LO’s from the last Paperie retreat – I’m waaaay behind on posting those for you!

The Premium Membership at Simple Scrapper provides skills and shortcuts to help you simplify and find more meaning in your memory keeping.

Paperie Card Kit | June: Part 3

28 Friday Jun 2013

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I have two LO’s left to share with you from the card kit, but I’ll only be posting one today. I have a couple of guest posts happening over on The Paperie blog through July and I’m holding onto one LO for those posts. I’ll let you know when to go check it out!

The card kit had a great sheet of pink cardstock in it that would make a fabulous card base but I couldn’t make it work for the picture I wanted to use, though I did want the pink. So I altered it to suit – in my mind, being able to change product to suit you is the number one best thing about mixed media!

I used matte multimedium to adhere some Ranger Tissue Wrap onto the cardstock. Over that I painted some layers of white gesso. Although gesso is normally used as a base and primer, one of my favourite ways to use it is to tone down colours and patterns.

I left some areas brighter, with less gesso, than others on purpose, like the title area:

I really wanted to focus to be the title and photo, so I grounded my pic with layered strips of Allison Kreft paper and some washi tape, with a bit of twine tied around the photo itself. I finished that section with a brad and a punched border, all to draw your eye into that area:

And overall, it’s pretty subtle, with just the right hint of pink for my girl and I:

This LO was about a conversation Molly and I had approximately three weeks before Gabe was born – see how I can’t get the bottom button of my coat fastened? – and she was only 20 months old. It was pretty easy to get her to promise to “always be my baby!”