By Connie Nichol with Fancy Pants Designs, May Arts ribbon, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and Beacon Adhesive Supplies: Bazzill Basics Paper cardstock, Fancy Pants Designs patterned paper, stickers and wood title, May Arts ribbon, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and Beacon Adhesive. I love pretty much all products by Fancy Pants Designs but the Collecting Moments line released in the summer of 2013 is one of my favourites. I find that the colours and patterns are perfect for all sorts of projects – girl layouts, boy layouts, cards – you name it. Here’s a layout I did featuring some silly selfie photos I took with my friends Kim and Jackie on a recent trip to Nova Scotia. When I look at these pictures, I am instantly transported back to Mavillette Beach and the feeling of that wind!!! I used May Arts Ribbon natural burlap string to mimic the energy of the wind…
WINNER UPDATE – congratulations to Carol Walkling – this weeks lucky winner!!!! It is Wednesday and we love giving stuff away EVERY SINGLE WEDNESDAY!!!!! This week we are giving away this entire collection from Kaisercraft called BASECOAT! We love these real life like images! They are super duper cool and a MUST HAVE!!!!! YAHHOOOOO!!!! This prize could be yours! Why not eh???? Visit Kaisercraft on facebook – CLICK HERE – Tell them CS sent you! To enter to win this contest leave a comment right here under this blog post. TIP TO ENTER – You just need to check the box that says “I’d rather post as guest” and then you don’t have to do anything but put in your name and email address. You have until Friday Jan 10th at midnight to enter! Good luck everyone!!!
Imagine, Explore, Play by Jayme Loge I recently got my hands on some new DCWV stacks and fell in love (LOVE!) with the ‘Vintage Collector’ line. It is perfect for my girly-girl with wild hair and something askew child- pretty with a touch of shabby!. As soon as I saw the papers I knew they would work with some photos we took at the lake. Sketch books in hand, we took a long walk down the weedy beach. The photos are some of my very favorites ever! I look at them and I can hear her contentedly humming as she picked flowers, checked out snail shells and danced a story for all creation on an abandoned dock. How I love that girl… Supplies Used: DCWV patterned paper, May Arts Ribbon, Clearsnap ink and embossing powder, Bazzill Basics cardstock, Sizzix die, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. I pulled out some of…
Making a Ribbon Mat for Your Page I love the texture of ribbons and I am always looking for a new way to use it on my page. In this layout I created a mat with pieces of May Arts ribbons. I started with Be Creative Sookwang double sided tape, a big pile of awesome May Arts ribbon and a piece of scrap chipboard. I then put two strips of tape down each side of the chipboard. I cut several strips of ribbon just a bit longer then the chipboard. I attached the strips to the tape on one side. Wrapped it around the front and then attached it to the other side. I added some sheer ribbons and smaller ribbons over top of the first layer to make it even more textured. My finished mat was then beautiful and ready to attach to my page. Beautiful,…
Hello Canadian Scrapbookers! Kelly here, and I’m really excited to share with you today here on the Canadian Scrapbooker blog. One of my favourite lines I enjoy working with is Graphic 45 They launched their designs in the paper crafting world 4 years ago, and since day one, I have been eager to get my crafty hands on their products. Their beautiful patterned papers make a vintage statement, and every new release inspires creativity. Some of the collections I’ve loved in the past six months are “A Ladies Diary,” “Happy Haunting,” “Bird Song,” “Nutcracker Sweet” and the newest calendar line called “Place in Time.” The new calendar line “Place in Time” has so many paper crafting possibilites. I decided to design a 12 x 12 calendar album as a birthday present for my mother, using photos of herself from her own scrapbooks. In fact, I’m now teaching this album as…
I love this cute layout Kelly Klapstein created using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape. To create this layout Kelly used a kit from Urban Scrapbook and based her layout on a PageMap sketch. To create the circle windows Kelly used a Coluzzle and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape. Here is a closer look of what you don’t see on the layout!!!! For a complete step by step on how Kelly created this layout visit her blog – CLICK HERE! Happy Friday everyone!
Check out Christy Riopel’s take on our Jan sketchy featuring DCWV! This layout totally makes me giggle! Supplies Used: DCWV patterned paper, Be Creative tape, American Crafts Thickers, Marvy Gel pen, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Christy based her layout on this sketch created by Sue Sykes We want to see your take on this month’s sketch! Visit our gallery – CLICK HERE Get your sketchy on!
You need to win this fabulous prize package from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L!!!! This is my all time favourite adhesive and this prize package could be yours!!!! CLICK HERE for details on how to enter!!!! Don’t miss out!!!!! Good luck everyone!
Learn some basic techniques when using Gesso as I have done here on this cute little card that was totally inspired by the very talented Christy Riopel! Thanks Christy! The base of this card was created using this YUMMY paper stack from DCWV. I love paper stacks – they are so packed full of gorgeous patterend paper and make mixing and matching a BREEZE! I also used Clearsnap Smooch ink to fussy colour in the details of this peacock or fancy chicken stamp from Magenta. What did we do before Smooch ink? Watch me create this card from start to finish – CLICK HERE! Enjoy PS – plesae ignore that one strand of blonde hair on my head that looks like it belongs on someone else’s head!!! LOLOL!!!! It makes its appearance around the middle of the show!!!!
Have you been playing along in our Double the Fun Challenge by Kelly Klapstein? Every four months we post one of Kelly’s Double Page Sketches on our website. You design a layout based on the sketch and submit it to us!!! We then choose a few layouts to publish in an upcoming issue or on our blog!!!! It’s fun and super duber easy!!! Here is the current sketch Kelly created And here is Kelly’s take on this sketch featuring Bo Bunny! SUPPLIES: Bo Bunny patterned paper, Maya Road twine, American Crafts glitter, Ranger Industries Stickles, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Zig Millenium pen. Can’t wait to see!!!
