Here is a blog post from Christy from a few years ago for you to enjoy. Written in Christy’s words. The other day I was working on this layout with the fabulous paper and embellishments from FarmHouse Paper company and May Arts ribbon and I really felt like the beautiful rustic quality needed to be accented and off set with a little glitter. Perplexed with how to add it, I decided not to over think it and grabbed my trusty Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L tape runner and added stripes of the tape runner over the paper. I then poured Craft& Glitz Glamour Glitter all over the tape and burnished it with my finger. I poured off the excess glitter and my paper was ready to build my layout on top off. The glittery stripes add a great level of texture and interest. This simple technique, done with a versatile adhesive…
Hello, Connie Nichol here today with two simple shimmery cards featuring Always and Forever, two of the new dies released by Elizabeth Craft Designs and designed by Suzanne Cannon of Quietfire Design. You can use them separately as I did here, put them together with an ampersand or add hearts from the Calligraphic Elements 2 dies. These would be great for wedding or anniversary cards. These were very simple to make but I love the way they turned out. I started by dabbing Izink pigment ink (manufactured by Aladine and distributed through Clearsnap) through an Elizabeth Craft Designs stencil to make the ‘patterned’ paper. You could use any ink but I love the shimmer and the gorgeous colour of the Izink ink. Then, I dry embossed Shimmer Sheetz with a Close to My Heart embossing folder to give the sheetz some pattern and texture. The CTMH embossing…
WINNER – Congratulations to Cathy Schmidt – this weeks lucky winner! It is Wednesday and we love giving stuff away EVERY SINGLE WEDNESDAY!!!!! This week we are giving away an assortment of patterned paper, cardstock, stamps and dies from our friends over at Stampin’ Up! This prize could be yours! Why not eh???? To enter to win 1. Visit Stampin’ Up! Canada on facebook – CLICK HERE – Tell them Creative Scrapbooker Magazine sent you! 2. Leave a comment right here under this blog post. You have until Friday Sept 16th at midnight to enter! Good luck everyone!!! SUBSCRIBE TODAY to our quarterly publication – delivered right to your door!
What a yummy looking dessert!!!! and a darn tootin’ cute layout designed by Connie Nichol SUPPLIES: Heartfelt Creations patterned paper, border die and cherry stamps, Chameleon pens, May Arts ribbon, Clearsnap Smooch Spritz, Tombow adhesive, Sizzix Eclips 2 electronic die cutting machine. Connie created this layout using Heartfelt Creations stamps Chameleon pens for colouring May Arts Ribbon Clearsnap Smooch Spritz Tombow Adhesives Sizzix Eclips 2 for cutting out the title Now off I go to make that dessert! SUBSCRIBE TODAY to our quarterly publication – delivered right to your door!
Check out Tracy McLennon’s take on our Sept Sketch featuring Creative Memories! Tracy created this layout using the Creative Memories Hello Baby Girl Collection – patterned paper, cardstock stickers, alphabet stickers and journaling cards. She also used the Creative Memories Original Border Makers System – the Button chain border maker. She stuck the entire layout together using Tombow adhesives Here is the sketch Tracy based her layout on! JOIN our Sketchy Gallery! We want to see your take – CLICK HERE To see more details on Tracy’s layout visit her blog – Scrappy Chick Designs! SUBSCRIBE TODAY to our quarterly publication – delivered right to your door!
Remember this front cover? Way back to Fall 2010. Christy created the front cover layout. Thank you to Heidi Brand for the gorgeous photo and to Christy for the fun design. Christy used a pile of Harmonie tiles to create the tree on this layout – WE LOVED it then and WE LOVE IT NOW!!!! This was the first front cover layout Christy designed for us…she went on to design 5 more front cover projects for us over the next 6 years. Christy is the only artist in the history of our magazine to have appeared this many times on our front cover. Creative Scrapbooker Magazine is honoured to announce that we have started an ART Scholarship in Christy’s name. For those of you interested in honouring Christy Riopel and helping her legacy of ART continue, we are collecting donations for art scholarships for youth through the Boys & Girls Club of…
A beautiful project designed by AJ Otto is on the Spellbinders blog today! AJ Otto created this project using dies from Spellbinders – did you know they have a Die of the Month Club? That is seriously AWESOME! CLICK HERE for more information on the various clubs you can be involved in at Spellbinders! The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnivals are right around the corner! In fact – Edmonton’s carnival starts TOMORROW!!!! YAHOOOO!!! AND we are super duper excited to announce that is once again…. one of ….. Join us for shopping, make and takes and classes! You do not have to be a registered crop participant to join the activites! CLICK HERE for crop and class info. Register online or by phone 403.809.4888 We can’t wait to see you there! SUBSCRIBE TODAY to our quarterly publication – delivered right to your door!
WINNER – congratulations to Branda McCollum – this weeks lucky winner! WHY NOT WIN WEDNESDAY is BACK!!!!!! After taking the summer off we are thrilled to start giving stuff away again every single Wednesday!!! And what better way to start then with a FANTASTIC collection from Simple Stories PERFECTO for the season – HELLO FALL! The name says it all!!!! Celebrate the crisp days of fall in style with Simple Stories’ newest collection, Hello Fall! Harvest hues paired with weathered woods, plentiful plaids and fresh florals beautifully blend to help you document all your awesome autumn memories. Someone is going to win – why not you eh???? To enter to win this contest 1. Visit Simple Stories on facebook – CLICK HERE Or follow Simple Stories on Instagram – CLICK HERE Say hello from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine! 2. Leave a comment right here under this blog post. You have until Friday Sept…
Hi everyone and welcome to September! You might be a little confused because of the Santas in the pictures above. But it’s definitely September and not December. September 1st was the kick off for the latest Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog and I couldn’t wait to show you some products from the book. These cards stay true to my lean and clean style. The vintage style stamps are incredibly gorgeous. This one, called Father Christmas, is stunning and a must have item. As far as I am concerned, it’s never too early to start preparing for the holiday season. This month I made a quick video to show you how to watercolour easily with the Stampin’ Write markers and an aquapainters. Click on the link below to watch the demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g2aWqHl-sg Enjoy the video, which includes some of my process while creating a card. Until next month creative friends!…
WIN a 12-Pack of Kids Scissors from Westcott ENTER TO WIN – CLICK HERE!!! We are thrilled to once again have Westcott as a Platinum Sponsor of The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnivals! REGISTER TODAY!!!! We want to see you in Edmonton- THIS WEEKEND! CLICK HERE for crop and class info. Register online or by phone 403.809.4888 Or simply drop in – there is TONS of shopping, Make and Takes and sooooooooo much more!!!! We can’t wait to see you there! SUBSCRIBE TODAY to our quarterly publication – delivered right to your door!
