... with a delayed flight. Boogers.
But thought I would log in to show you all this. I am so excited... Hero's new blog.
This is going to be huge... not your normal blog. So much will be going on there and lots of prizes!!! Check it out.
Howdy!
I am away for the weekend teaching at the Sue Gilman Rep Show. I only really travel for big trade shows and rep shows. And I LOVE rep shows. Just in my room for a little break before a long night of make and takes.
I got several emails asking some of the same thing, so I thought I would share here. :) One question was where I get the vintage text paper. Only because I love ya, I am gonna share my wonderful source. Hee. I get all my vintage text paper from this wonderful seller on ebay. She is great. You can also buy old books at antique stores, but be careful. I once bought a medial dictionary. And it is really hard to find pages in there that don't have words on it that you wouldn't want on a card. Ha...
The other question was how I did the photo collage on the Sweetie page. I have to get going, but I promise to answer that here soon. :)
But in the meantime, I thought I would share a project from the recent book, The Recipe Book. This is one of the last AL books that I contributed to. (I felt I was running out of juice... and time. So, just taking a break.) But anyway, this is a share from the book. (Which, btw, is a GREAT book.)
Supplies:
Autumn Leaves and KI Memories paper
Doodlebug Sequins
Hero Arts gems
A lot of kitchen plates
Sewing machine
Have a good day! Gotta go meet my buddy, Shari, and others for dinner.
Busy madness going on here!
Just thought I would share one that I taught at an awesome store in Dayton called Simply Scrapbooks. I normally don't travel to teach at stores (just too many I would love to go to!), but this one is less than an hour away. And it is an incredible store! (I have a link in the sidebar to my very local store, Stamp Your Art Out. Love that place, too. I teach there often. I have never seen a store with so many stamps! Can you say "heaven?!")
OK... blabbing... can you tell I am procrastinating getting stuff done? Hee.
This one looks odd in the photo. The background is much softer in real life. For the butterfly, I stamped it with Versamark ink on vellum and heat embossed with white powder. I adhered just the body of the little guy onto the card, then rolled up a mini glue dot and tucked it under each wing. This makes the wings stick up and stay there. Love doing that with little butterflies. And, of course, I used some vintage text book paper - a favorite of mine for cards.
Supplies:
Hero Arts stamps (flourish, butterflies and greetings), notecard and pearls
Versamark Ink
Memories Sand Ink
May Arts velvet ribbon
Other: vintage text paper and vellum
If you want to see an awesome card using that butterfly set, check this out. Lisa Spangler did it and it was one of my favorite cards in the catalog.
Have a great night. I am excited about watching Celebrity Apprentice. Is anyone else lovin' Trace Adkins? He really surprised me. I really like him...
One thing I know for sure is that I spend way too much time on my scrapbook pages.
Does anyone else feel this way?
It is part of the reason I haven't done as many pages lately. I. am. just. way. to. slow.
But tonight I wanted to do a page. And it was super fast, thanks to stamping. I was inspired by the fabulous Lisa Truesdell's page on heroarts.com. (I tell ya - that girl has a TON of talent. Wow! She had sent me that adorable photo of her cutie playing with the Hero Arts' sweetie stamp and I asked her to do a page with it. Thanks, Lisa!) I was going to do a page with lots of stamped borders like she did, but then the page took a mind of it's own. And it only took me 30 minutes! (That is a record for me, baby! Woot!)
I should note that a big reason it didn't take long is because I just grabbed my two favorite clear stamp sets, Dots and Lines and Circular Designs. You can't go wrong with those! Also, I just used leftover little photos from an album I did (it is in May's CK) and a new photo I just got from Colin's 6 month photo shoot. (Photo taken by Angela Talentino.)
By the way, the little photos are on pop dots, so it scanned a bit weird. Yes, I am obsessed with pop dots. :)
Supplies:
Hero Arts stamps (circles, borders, alphabets and sweetie) and gems.
Heidi Swapp stars
Colorbox Chocolates and Blueberries chalk ink queue
OK... off to work. I have classes this weekend and I have to put the powerpoint presentation together. Love teaching classes when you can show each step on the screen!
Night night!
Good morning!
In one of my classes a few weeks ago, I was talking about a project I did for my online CK article. A few students mentioned that they didn't know I had one. So, I thought I would share it here so they could find it. :)
I do two online articles a month for creatingkeepsakes.com called Technique Corner. For the first half of the month, I share additional how-to's and ideas for whatever product I used in that month's actual magazine issue. For the second half, I revisit a product I did in the past. For each article, I make 3 projects and often show how-to steps.
This month, I revisited decorative scissors! What a challenge. Here is one of the projects from it.
The article this month is HERE. (Includes the supply list for this project on the 3rd page.)
You can find new articles by going to creatingkeepsakes.com and clicking the "magazine" tab. In the middle, it says "more articles." The articles can be found there - Technique Corner.
I just noticed that the put up my newest article on using staples HERE. If you have ever struggled to attached a huge bow to a project, check it out. The idea in there may help you. :) Here is the card I did.
And another fun peek at a staple idea shown in there...
I would love to show you how to find all my old articles on there (there are probably 15 or so past articles)... but I don't know how. I will see if I can figure it out.
Have a good Tuesday... I am off to work. I have a lot to do - eek! (Thank God for Starbucks peppermint mochas. They are yummy... anyone else love those?)
Hope your day is happy, fun, blessed and full of candy. :)
And! I picked a winner. Actually, Colin picked a winner... I copied all the names to a document and he played with the mouse for a bit and this is the one that he pointed to when I asked him. Very scientific, huh? :)
Roree is the winner! Please email me at the link on the side so I can get your addy. :) Thanks!
Supplies:
Hero Arts notecards and stamps (animals and greeting)
Cuttlebug embossing tools (oh my... love the dot one!)
Prismacolor pencils
Gamsol
Martha Stewart cloud sticker
Hello!
I noticed someone asked if I would be sharing some scrapbooking... so I thought I would! I don't do much scrapbooking anymore, but this was one I did for a local class. Nothing exciting, but you can see I again used that yummy Bo Bonny paper. Can't get enough of it. :) I like to use large elements on 2-page layouts, and also make sure they run from page to page.
Supplies:
Hero Arts stamps (borders, hearts and alphabet), gems, buttons and clear tags
Colorbox Chalk Ink
Cricut letters (Base Camp - the best cartridge)
Coluzzle circles
Bo Bunny dotted paper
Bazzill cardstock (Mud Pie is my favorite brown)
4x6 photos
I will check the last thread tonight to pick a winner... so there is still time to leave a comment there! :) Hoping to load a video tomorrow or sometime soon, so check back.
Hope you all have a wonderful, blessed Easter! And thanks for stopping by and for your kind words.
I am going through one of those phases where I feel a need to clean house! Well, not my HOUSE, but rather my scrapbooking room. :)
So, time to give away some goodies. Here is a (bad) picture of the (cool) things the winner will get...
Lots of goodies here: From Autumn Leaves we have two sheets of stickers, two mega button bags, two things of ribbon, a pack of cool brads and an alphabet clear stamp set. From Hero Arts - 2 notecard packs and a clear stamp set (one of my faves - realized I have two sets!). Also, two Versacolor cubes, a Colorbox chalk ink queue (a must-have), a Hot Off the Press clear stamp set and a fun pack of glitter Thickers from American Crafts. (Love these!)
Just leave a comment on this post by end of day tomorrow and I will pick a winner!
Thanks for stopping by and helping me clean house. :)
Oh, and be sure to stop by here for a challenge with more prizes.
Take care!
Slider cards have been around in the stamping world for some time, yet I still find people love them in classes. I promised some students that I would share the steps for making one, so I thought this was the best place to post them!
If you haven't seen a slider card, here is an example. You just pull the bow on the side and the inside slides out.
There are many ways to make these... here's what I do. (Just click on the images to see them bigger.)
That's it! It really is simple.
By the way... that cute tag is from The Living Room Floor. I bought some tags from this gal and she turned out to be the sweetest thing. Be sure to check out Stephanie's stuff!
Off to watch some mindless tv. :)
Supplies:
Hero Arts chocolate notecard and pearls
Scenic Route dotted paper
Printed scallop tag from The Living Room Floor
Fiskars punches
Offray ribbon
Prismacolor colored pencils (to highlight the tag)
I am madly in love with Bo Bunny's dotted paper. It is so yummy. It works with any style, any project... anything. And I am using it constantly! Comes in every color.
Here is the fab dotted paper in my favorite color combo. Nothing complicated!
Supplies:
Hero Arts kraft notecard, stamps (flourish and greeting), paper flowers, and pearls
Colorbox Chalk Ink Lime Pastel and Chestnut Roan
Fiskars corner rounder
Random photo corners
Pop dots
Have a great one...
Hi Jennifer! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. I am a huge fan of yours. Your Tools & Techniques article is the main reason I buy CK. ;) Hope you have a great weekend! ~Roree