Roar! Everything is Awesome | Kids Card Class

18 Sunday Oct 2015

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This coming weekend I’m teaching a Birthday Card Class for kids of all ages! We’ll be making ten cards and getting messy in the process – my favourite way to create!

Although I’ll be teaching a bunch of different techniques, all the cards can be decorated in almost any way. I’ll have some stamps available but they can be mixed and matched as people want.

We’ll be playing with Distress Stains, Crazy Birds stamps, Inktense watercolour pencils, embossing powders, alcohol inks, Ranger Shrink plastic, and more!

Plus, we’ll be making fun and crazy monsters:

And a few space alien monsters with crazy eyes!

If you’re in need of some creative time and/or some birthday cards (or just fun How are you? cards) then come and play on Sunday at The Paperie. You can even bring your favourite little or big person to join you!

Cheers!

The Paperie | January Card Kit

06 Tuesday Jan 2015

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It’s back to the daily grind my friends! I took a couple of weeks off over Christmas and although it was busy, as Christmas always is, it was also relaxing and fun. I’m sad it’s over but excited to get into the new year and new classes – there are some awesome ones lined up at The Paperie!

To start things off with a bang, here are some of the last projects I made with the January Card Kit – I was so productive that I couldn’t get everything made in time for my deadline! To see everything else I made, you can check out this post or pop into the Paperie for the real items. Like what you see? You can call them to get one held for you and then you can show me how you worked with it!

First, a small lunchbox note:

I heat embossed the flower from the included stamp set using Stampendous Aged Silver Embossing Enamel – I love the black bits!

Next up, a small tag to hang on a birthday gift. I used a Darcie’s Stamp Set I gave Gabe for Christmas and paper pieced a fun knight (sorry for the wonky exclamation mark and blurry photo, getting decent light here lately has been a challenge!):

To add a bit of shine, I coloured parts of the suit with my Uniball Silver Gel Pen (The Paperie also carries Gold!):

Finally, another stamp Gabe got for Christmas, the Toby stamp from Prima by Julie Nutting:

This is a full length tag made from paper in the kit. We usually use these instead of cards on birthday gifts and tell the recipient to use it as a bookmark!

And that’s it – I pretty much only have scraps left! That’s what I love best about Card Kits; they’re smaller than regular page kits so you can bring one to a crop, make a bunch of stuff, and be done with it – hardly any leftovers to worry about!

I’ll be back here again tomorrow with some new Simple Scrapper LO’s and news so make sure you stop back.

Cheers!

Christmas Card kit – Special Guest Designers!

19 Wednesday Nov 2014

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The Paperie has a brand new card kit out and it’s geared towards kids! To be honest though, I love it and had a ton of fun creating with it so trust me, it’s also adult friendly!

The best thing about this card kit? My kiddies were “guest designers” for it and they were thrilled!

Since I wrote a couple of blog posts for The Paperie showcasing all the projects we made, I’ll send you over there to check it all out – enjoy!

Molly & Gabe’s Creations

Sara’s Creations

Like what you see? They’re for sale now and they can also ship if you’re not in the area!

Cheers!

Alcohol, fall, and kids…

17 Monday Nov 2014

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Yes, I’ve been MIA the past week or so. Everyone has been sick and it’s all viral so there’s nothing to do but deal and wait it out. Sigh.

Anyway, I wanted to pop in really quick and fill you in on my classes at The Paperie from now until Christmas – there’s a couple of fun ones coming up!

This Thursday night I’m teaching another Distress Renewed class and it’s all about Alcohol Ink!

Look at the texture there – fun, fun!

Of course, I have the Yearlong Album class the end of this month and again in December.

During the November class I’ll be talking about the changes for next year – and I think you’re going to like them!

The second Seasonal Mini Album class is December 4:

The great thing about this class is that you can take all four throughout the year or you can pick and choose. This fall one is looking pretty cute so far and has some new fun elements that differ from the Summer one.

On December 6 I’m teaching along with some of the other members of the Paperie Creative Team at the annual Holiday Hoopla. This year it’s all ornaments! I don’t have a picture of mine, I forgot to take one before I handed in the project, but it’s cute!

Finally, I’m teaching a kid’s class on December 7 so any parents who need some shopping time, this is a great time for that! Drop the kiddies off, they make a great project and you get all your stuff done!

I taught this to some Paperie Retreat participants last weekend and I’m super excited to see what the kids do with it – they always have the best ideas!

There are loads of other classes happening over the next month and a half as well so make sure you take a look!

Cheers!

Birthday Girl

21 Tuesday Oct 2014

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One of the fun things I’ve been getting to do for The Paperie is design some project kits. These come with everything you need to complete at least two layouts and two cards (or more) and very detailed, full colour instructions. Lots packed into a $30 kit! I showed you one a few weeks ago – Back 2 School – and here’s another one!

Molly had her 7th birthday in August so I had the perfect photos waiting when Wendy mentioned a Birthday Girl kit. The first one highlights how old she turned, a typical birthday pic that I try to take each year:

The fun parts here came from the title and embellishment cluster on the top of the LO. I added doodling to the alpha stickers, some fun sequins and wood veneer, and some taps of shimmer mist:

The next LO is all about cake because, come on, who doesn’t like cake?

I wanted to add pictures of all Molly’s past cakes so I made a little mini album that’s hidden behind the main photo:

My favourite part of this whole kit is the sticker cake:

Yes, I admit, I patted myself on the back for that one – love how it turned out!

Once the kit was completed, I discovered I had enough left over for a bonus LO, a 6×8 this time featuring an outtake picture:

I added my usual touch to the sticker title, by doodling:

Of course, there are some birthday cards too!

The first one is pretty simple, with the touch of some glossy accents for the balloons, but the second one is a fun window card:

Aren’t all those stickers and alphas great? This is an awesome kit and I still had stickers left over to make more cards!

Hope you enjoyed and if so, keep your eyes open – we have some ideas for future projects kits too!

If you want more information about the kits, or to get one, check out The Paperie.

Cheers!

Seasonal Mini Album – Summer

30 Tuesday Sep 2014

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One of the new classes I”m teaching this year at The Paperie is a series of seasonal mini albums. They’re a great size – 6×8 – and although they can very easily stand alone, they can also fit into an album, like the October Afternoon Daily Flash albums or Simple Stories Snap binders. We’ll be making them with sturdy covers so they’re beautiful on their own!

The first album was to document the summer months – June, July, and August.

We made cover pages for each month, simple but focusing on one special picture from that month.

June was still pretty cold around here but it was nice enough to go hiking!

July was hot and beautiful and we spend loads of time at the beach.

August was up and down but we managed to get a great day to go sailing with my dad, one of the kids favourite things to do!

We also added lots of fun things to the album, like a couple of chevron envelopes for pics:

And then we misted the back with some stencils:

We also added a full size coloured envelope:

That holds a tiny mini of additional pictures:

I used my Wink of Stella Clear glitter pen to add shimmer and shine to all the foam Thickers:

There were also some acrylic pages and some pages we made into pockets, plus some cool monthly dividers. I didn’t get pics of everything but there are a few more photos you can see at Flickr.

We’ll be making the fall album the beginning of December and the papers I’ve picked out for that one are pretty awesome – if you’re around here, maybe you should think about joining us!

Cheers!

Back 2 School!

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

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See this peeps? I’m back posting when I said I would – woop woop! Miracles happen everyday! 🙂 This is a pretty photo heavy post so grab a cup, relax, and enjoy!

This school kit was released this past weekend and there are limited quantities available at The Paperie (with more LO kits and themes to come!). It’s the perfect time to work on this type of LO since school has been in, around here anyway, for a couple of weeks and everyone is settled in to the routines again. Time to scrap those first day of school memories!

This year my baby started kindergarten – school for the first time!

I had a bunch of pictures but didn’t want to put them all front and centre so I used my favourite trick – a mini album stashed in an envelope that doubles as a photo mat!

I left the chipboard Thickers as is, for the most part, just added my usual dotty doodles:

The second LO in the kit totally broke my mold and has 5 pictures on it! It also has a Dr. Seuss quote though you could, of course, add whatever title of quote you wished using the pack of Thickers included:

This time I added some shimmer to the chipboard alphas – I love how this makes them look!

I didn’t add extra hidden photos this time but I did use a chevron envelope for some journaling:

To finish off the kit I made lunchbox notes instead of the usual cards:

Along with the little ones, I also made a bigger notecard that could be used as a lunchbox note or a regular card:

Whew! That was a lot of pics and if you want some more, check out my Flickr stream!

Back soon with my latest Distress Renewed Class – Distress Ink Part 2!

Cheers!

June | YLA2014

22 Friday Aug 2014

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I’m sorry.

I’ve really been the biggest kind of slacker around here, especially since I promised this post weeks ago! But you’ll all forgive me, right? 🙂

For the June LO we did a patterned paper background, a rarity for me, and added all sorts of bits and pieces from previous classes:

Some cork hearts and gold stars right on the pics:

Chipboard hearts and the always present arrows on the edges of the pages:

And we layered flair with October Afternoon label stickers – I love how they fit right together!

For fun, we played with Black India Ink – the intensity of it when spattered is the best! Also the best? How one spot landed right where I needed a dot for my “j” – score!

The next class is coming up next week and I’m excited for this one; we have fabulous stickers and a great divided page protector to play with!

Simple Scrapper Show & Tell | July 2014

01 Tuesday Jul 2014

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Another month, another Show & Tell at Simple Scrapper! I love this time of month and seeing what the other Creative Team members create! Even better, I really love to see what work other people link up in the Show & Tell – I’m blown away by the talent and creativity every time!

Here’s what you’re getting from me this month.

My story starter LO uses an old template from the February 2012 Members library:

I have to say, that library of sketches for members is fabulous, varied, and oh so easy to use! Being able to search for a sketch based on size, number, or orientation of my pictures? Awesome.

I had fun with my vintage typewriter this month and did the journaling for both LO’s with it:

Some fun washi and cork stickers in the corners finished this one off:

My template LO used some fun pics I took of the kids and I while we hiked Signal Hill one day:

I used wood veneer on this one, coloured with my red Wink of Stella pen – those go over wood veneer like butter!

Make sure to head over and see the Show & Tell and add your own link so I can check it out!

Both LO’s this month were made with The Paperie’s June Page kit which I love, love, love! Last I saw they had a couple left so go grab one or contact them – they can ship! 🙂

I have another post today since it’s Canada Day here and Memorial Day for Newfoundland so don’t miss that either!

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

Totally Dylusional….

05 Thursday Jun 2014

Posted by Sara in Cards, Classes, Mixed Media, ScrapBook, Techniques

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A while back I blogged about a new class series I was teaching called Distress Renewed. This is going to be bimonthly and a few weeks ago we had our second class. This one was all about Dylusions Ink Spray – one of my most fave products!