Bring on the Christmas Cards! Today’s Christmas card is brought to you by Design Team member Connie Nichol – featuring Core’dinations ColorCore cardstock, Elizabeth Craft Design, Creative Memories and Tombow! SUPPLIES Core’dinations ColorCore cardstock, Elizabeth Craft Designs Shimmer Sheetz, embossing folder and poinsettia die, Clearsnap ink, Quietfire Design stamps, Creative Memories corner rounder and circle cutter, Tombow Xtreme Adhesives! Here is a closer look at the supplies Connie used…. Core’dinations ColorCore cardstock Neutrals Elizabeth Craft Designs Shimmer Sheetz, embossing folder and poinsettia die Creative Memories corner rounder and Custom Cutting System Tombow Xtreme Adhesive Connie based her card on our monthly sketchy challenge! We would like to see your take on this sketch – CLICK HERE Merry Card Making!
Hi, it’s Connie Nichol here today with a scrapbook layout I created using the November sketch from the Canadian Scrapbooker sketchy challenge and some of the new Creative Memories products. A couple of years ago I participated in a hummingbird photography workshop in British Columbia. It was an absolutely amazing experience and I have enough hummingbird photographs to last me several lifetimes. I used patterned paper from the Creative Memories ‘Brights’ designer paper pack and the Bubbles Border Maker to dress up my paper edges a little bit. The Creative Memories Border Maker System is very unique – you slide your paper into a positioning guide where it is firmly held by a magnet and then you move a punch cartridge stepwise down the paper edge. The cartridges are interchangeable so you can easily swap out different cartridges for different borders. To make my picture pop, I used dimensional foam adhesive…
Hello everyone! It’s Kelly Klapstein here today. I thought for December I would change things up a bit and design a card sketch for the Sketchy Challenge, hoping that everyone would enjoy making Christmas cards. Here is my card: I used Creative Memories papers, Border Punch System and pen. With the leftover confetti bits from the border punch, I added them as ‘snowball’ embellishments. I used the Creative Memories marker to doodle on the 3 white triangle trees and to write my sentiment “let it snow.” Here are some samples of more cards that my friends made last weekend using the sketch: As you can see, the creative possibilities for this card sketch are limitless! I hope you join in the fun… because we will also be featuring many of your Christmas cards on Facebook and Instagram too! Remember to upload all your cards and layouts to the Sketchy Gallery!…
Happy Tuesday Canadian Scrapbookers! Welcome to my blog post showing a little of what is on my scrap table. I picked up some papers and stickers from the Simple Stories fall collection called ‘Pumpkin Spice’ When I picked them up, it hadn’t snowed yet, and I was feeling the urge to scrapbook some of my fall pictures. Here is what I came up with: Thankful for Sunsets SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Stickers: Simple Stories; Journaling Pen: Creative Memories You Warm My Heart SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Stickers: Simple Stories; Embossing Powder, Mica Flakes: Stampendous; Chipboard: Southern Ridge Trading Co.; Trim: May Arts Can I just say how much I love not very good camera phone selfies with that sunburst? I take an embarrassing number of them, but I feel like the day is just shining down on me! Maybe one day I will make a layout with a…
WINNER UPDATE – Congratulations to Laural Martin – this weeks lucky winner! YABADABADOOOOOO its Wednesday! Time for a GIVEAWAY! This week the wonderful people over at Creative Memories are giving away their Original Border Maker System along with 3 Cartridges! YAHOOOO This prize could be yours!!!!! (cardstock not included – cartridges may be different) To enter to win this prize package 1. Visit Creative Memories on Facebook – CLICK HERE – post hello from Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine under one of their existing posts not as a message. 2. Leave a comment right here under this blog post. You have until Friday Nov 20th at midnight to enter to win! Good luck everyone!
Each issue Kelly Klapstein posts a double page sketch on our website to inspire you! Design a layout based on the sketch and submit it to us! You could be published in an upcoming issue! YAHOOO! Here is the current sketch – you have until Feb 01 2016 to submit your take on Kelly’s sketch! Here is Kelly’s take to inspire you featuring some of our favourite products from Creative Memories SUPPLIES: Creative Memories patterned paper and border punch, Brother ScanNCut, May Arts ribbon, Core’dinations ColorCore cardstock, Scrapbook Adhesvies by 3L Crafty Foam Tape and E-Z Runner, Tombow pen. Kelly used the Creative Memories Border Maker System to create the bubble border on the top of her layout. CLICK HERE for more details and to download your take on our double the fun sketchy challenge. We accept submissions for this challenge from all over the world. Get your double page sketchy on! PS…
During October, Connie Nichol has been a guest designer over at the QuietFire Design blog. Today she is sharing her second set of projects, Halloween cards made using QuietFire Design stamps and digital cutting files. Be sure to head over to the QuietFire Designs blog to see all the details and one more Halloween card. The blog is just FULL of gorgeous card ideas! To create these cards Connie also used Stampin Up Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper and the Sizzix Eclips2 Here is another spooky take! Supplies: Stampin Up Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper and cardstock, May Arts ribbon, Creative Memories corner rounder, QuietFire Design stamps and digital cutting files, Sizzix Eclips2, Clearsnap ink. Have a wonderful day everyone!
Hello everyone! It’s Kelly Klapstein here with my layout for the October Sketchy Challenge. The Fall colour palette is so beautiful…all the golds, reds, yellows, oranges. They make me so happy when designing a scrapbook layout, especially when I have some pretty photos in hand and the perfect papers to match. Here is my take on the October Sketch: These Creative Memories papers are so pretty and have a light vintage feel to them. I used my Brother ScanNCut to create this paper pieced pumpkin, along with cutting the hexagons. I hope you give this sketch a shot and upload your layout to our Sketchy Gallery! We would love to see your designs! Kelly Klapstein You can visit Kelly’s blog by clicking HERE.
Today Kelly Klapstein is sharing a really cute birthday card she designed using Creative Memories products. She used the Bright Paper Pack, which has fun, cheerful colours! The cute confetti strip on the left edge is easily punched with the Creative Memories Border Maker System. The balloon and ‘Happy Birthday’ are cut with the Brother ScanNCut. This design is suitable for all ages and genders, thanks to Creative Memories! Did you know our current Submissions call for SPRING 2016 includes Birthday Cards? We would love to see what you create! Click HERE to visit our Submissions page on our website. The deadline is November 1, 2015!
Happy Tuesday everyone! I am wrapping my head around the fact that fall is upon us and summer 2015 is in the books. As always, we hit the ground running at the beginning of September with the start up of all our activities. With summer fading fast, I really enjoyed pulling out a few favourite summer memories and getting them onto scrapbook paper! I hope you enjoy them too. The first is a layout I created using a photo from summer 2014. I love the look of uncertain amazement on my daughter’s face as she realized that the dragonfly actually came to rest on her outstretched finger! It was a perfect symbol of hope and light for her as she wrestled with feelings of unsettledness about our impending move. Supplies Used: Patterned Paper, stickers: Kaisercraft; Punches: Creative Memories, Stampin’ Up!; Letters: American Crafts; Die Cuts: Heidi Swapp; Acrylic Shape: Harmonie…
