In a blink…it’s Friday again! I seriously feel like I just sat down to share last week’s WHERE YOU CREATE! Guess that’s what happens when we fill our bellies with turkey and “fixins” before starting a short work week! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, the weather here in Alberta was spectacular – hope yours was as well! Autumn in Canada is a wonderful thing! This week’s creative space is shared by Sherry Roth…enjoy the picture tour! I’ve been admiring all the craft areas that you’ve been sharing on Where You Create and would love to share my craft room/studio. I teach classes so my area is a combined craft room/studio. The back wall of the room is my crafting area. I have it divided into two working areas (a creative station and a computer station) with lots of storage. The big pantry cupboard holds my albums and…
Pull out your Sizzix Eclips2 There are thousands of different free fonts that are available on the internet and they can be easily installed and cut with the Sizzix Eclips2 using the free Ecal Lite software that comes with the machine. I can see that I will soon need to upgrade the ‘lite’ software so that I can cut svg files, but that will be the topic of future blog posts. Today I am focused on installing, resizing and welding a font to make a title for a scrapbook page. This blog post isn’t meant to be a comprehensive step by step tutorial but will give you an idea of what is involved. I found it easy and wanted to share my first attempt. I’m sure, like anything else, it will improve with time and practice. If you’re interested, there are some excellent videos on the internet that will guide…
WINNER UPDATE – Congratulations to Shelley Schubert – this weeks lucky winner YAHOOOOO! It’s Wednesday! and we love giving stuff away every single Wednesday! Today we are giving away THIS FABULOSA collection of Archival Dye inks from Clearsnap along with the refills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! INKY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To enter to win this contest leave a comment right here under this blog post. Visit Clearsnap on facebook – CLICK HERE – Say hello from Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine! Leave a comment right here under this blog post. You have until Friday Oct 17 at midnight to enter! Good luck everyone!
Happy Tuesday everyone! Kim here to share a heartfelt layout with you today! It has been ten months since our dear Java left us for “puppy fields in the sky” and I still am surprised to come home and not be greeted by her, 14 years of unconditional love forms routines! My process for this page came together easily, I think because the subject is so dear to my heart. I had saved some of the thoughtful cards sent to us when we had to put Java down. I think originally I couldn’t throw them out because it made her passing so final and I was genuinely surprised that people had sent them, after all to some she was “just a dog”. When I came across the Graphic 45 paper collection “Raining Cats & Dogs”, I knew it was time to pull the cards out to save forever! This paper…
Today we welcome Sylvie Hoobanoff as our guest blogger, who will share some fabulous graduation layouts she has completed for her daughter. Hi there! My name is Sylvie Hoobanoff and I’m very happy to share a project I’ve been working on with you today. I live in beautiful Canal Flats, BC with my husband of 25 years. This fall we became empty nesters when our 18 year old daughter, Julia, went away to college and our 17 year old son, Nick, went away to play Junior B hockey. Now that my car pooling days are over, I am hoping to find more time for my passion of paper crafting and scrapbooking. My daughter graduated high school in June 2014. After the two day event, I had over 100 photos to scrapbook! There were professional photos, personal photos that I took and even some I borrowed from my daughter’s friends from…
Guess what day it is? FRIDAY! That means it’s all about WHERE YOU CREATE! I have been blessed with lots of travel over the past six months, which means lots of pictures to sort through, to share and of course to scrapbook! I have a confession…although I LOVED every minute of each trip we took…I am ready to plop this Canadian bum down for a while and get back into a routine! I need to reorganize my life and scrapbook room! Spare time will find me going through all the WHERE YOU CREATE blog posts to get ideas from our wonderful submissions! Keep them coming! Today’s creative space comes from Susan Mehlen! This is my “creative space”. I’m always reorganizing as I add supplies to my collection. My husband shares this basement room with me. He calls it his office; I call it my Scrapbook room! I also have a…
Hi all! It’s Cathy Caines here to share some fun Halloween projects featuring Stampin’ Up! The ghosts and goblins have been out to play in my backyard since September began. I love to create for Halloween!! It could be that I get giddy at the thought of candy or that I have an excuse to search Pinterest for cool costume ideas. Regardless, if you have Halloween on your mind, here are some fun ideas using Stampin’ Up! products. First, you need a banner – this banner was created using the Chalkboard Banner Simply Created Kit. I used white Staz-On and stencils to create the word ‘BOO’, as well as rubbed it around the edges. This gave it a more spooky feel but chalk would also do the trick. My daughter would say that treats are the most important thing and most definitely the priority. I couldn’t agree more. I created this…
WINNER UPDATE – Congratulations to Pam Ellis – this weeks lucky winner! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO It’s WEDNESDAY! Look at this FABULOSA selection of die cuts from one of our favourite die cutting companies – SPELLBINDERS! This prize package could be yours! YOU NEED THIS!!!!!!!!!! To enter to win 1. Visit Spellbinders on facebook – CLICK HERE – Say hello from Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine 2. Leave a comment right here on this blog post. You have until Friday Oct 10th at midnight to enter to win! Its that EASY! Good luck everyone
One of my favourite things is truly a scrapbook layout about anything CANADIAN! I sincerely have a soft spot for this beautiful country I call home. Over the next few weeks I will be highlighting some layouts our design team created about their hometowns! I LOVE THEM ALL (Yep the layouts and the wonderful girls on my team)! Meet Kim Gowdy Kim has been apart of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine almost since the beginning! She was most definitely our biggest cheerleader from day 1 and over the years has become an important part of our online presence, design team and editorial planning. THANK YOU Kim! Here is Kim’s take on our page call “My Hometown” SUPPLIES: Bazzill Basics Paper cardstock, FabScraps patterned paper, Sizzix dies and Big Shot die Cutting machine, Stampin’ Up! buttons, Clearsnap ink, May Arts twine, Xyron Create-A-Sticker adhesive. To create this layout Kim used some gorgeous barnwood like paper from FabScraps Beachcomber Collection.…
Check out Desiree’s take on the May sketch featuring Bazzill Basics Paper. SUPPLIES: Bazzill Basics Paper cardstock, patterned paper and pleated cardstock, Dollar Store vellum rub-ons and metal embellishment, Tim Holtz Idea-ology trinket pin, Be Creative Sookwang tape, May Arts Ribbon and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Desiree based her layout on this sketch. We would love to see your take on our monthly sketchy challenge! CLICK HERE to join the fun! Have a wonderful Monday everyone!
