Kim Gowdy was playing with the Momenta Art-C Groove Tool in our latest web show! Here are some of her creations SUPPLIES: Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock Canadian Scrapbooker Super Stock Sizzix dies, embossing folder, Sizzix die cutting machine Impression Obsession stamps Art-C Groove tool distributed by Momenta Tombow Xtreme and Mono Adhesive Clearsnap pigment ink, ColorBox Fluid Chalk ink and Smooch ink Clearsnap stencils Aladine Izinks ink distributed by Clearsnap May Arts Ribbon Gesso Watch this show to see how this awesome tool works! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WN3iJ41JfY Get your groove on!
I’m getting all caught up with my Sketchy Challenges…it feels good! I love working with sketches, it takes the toughest part of scrapbooking out of the picture-the design! Once that part is dealt with the creative juices can flow. Here is our September Sketch, designed by Kelly Klapstein, that was the starting point for my page. For this layout I wanted to play with my newly purchased Nuance Pigment Powders from Magenta. It was the first time I played with them after hearing about them through Christy Riopel at our Edmonton carnival. They are FUN to say the least and I look forward to using them more and learning other applications with them. I masked off three boxes and used the Nuance powders to colour them…I really should have used a small amount of Gesso on my cardstock, but I forgot…it’s a learning process! Had I used the Gesso my…
Hello everyone let me introduce myself, I’m Nicole Wright. I’m new to the Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine Team and I’m thrilled to be creating for you. I love all things vintage, grungy especially creating 3D Projects. I love using my collection of Sizzix dies so you’ll be seeing a lot of that from me. For my first project for Tuesday with the Team I decided to create something to honor Remembrance Day. I started with Sizzix Jumbo Tattered Floral for the Poppy creating 4 flowers for a full Poppy. Then I grabbed my Magenta Nuance Powders. This is my first time using them and WOW…a little goes a long way! Using a dry paint brush a couple flicks of powder onto watercolor paper and spritz with water. The Magenta Nuance give a bold vibrant look to this Poppy! I used my heat gun to dry the flowers. To create the…
Kim Gowdy was having a BLAST on our latest Technique Taster’s Web Show teaching us how to use Sizzix Transfer Film Inksheets! Here are three up close looks at the cards she created. SUPPLIES: Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock, Momenta patterned paper and alphabet stickers, Momenta Art-C charm, Sizzix Big Shot die cutting machine, dies and Inksheets, Impression Obsession stamps, Clearsnap ink, Tombow Xtreme adhesive, May Arts Ribbon twine. WATCH how she did it…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btJOU4Dato4 Happy Scrappin
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!
T’is the season of reflection – being grateful, being thankful and simply saying THANK YOU! For the next few weeks we will be posting THANK YOU cards featuring products from all our sponsors of the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnivals this past Sept in Calgary and Edmonton! We are so grateful and thankful for all they do for everyone in the scrapbooking industry! Today’s card is designed by Kim Gowdy and features FabScraps, Sizzix and Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock SUPPLIES: FabScraps patterned paper, Core’dinations ColorCore cardstock, Sizzix Thinlits die and Big Shot die cutting machine, Clearsnap ink and Smooch Glitz, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. THANK YOU once again – we truly appreciate all you have done for us!
So we are pretty excited to have teamed up with SHAW Cable to create our latest series of webshows – TECHNIQUE TASTERS! A new look, a new studio and as always fantastic techniques to get you paper crafting!!!!!! On this show Kim Gowdy shares the techniques she used to create these two cards. SUPPLIES: Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock, Simple Stories patterned paper, Heartfelt Creations stamps and coordinating dies, Heartfelt Creations Flower Shapig Kit, Sizzix Big Shot die cutting machine, Clearsnap ColorBox ink and Smooch Spritz, Tombow Xtreme adhesive, May Arts Ribbon twine. WATCH how she did it…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dMarVaw7sA Wanna see the entire 1/2 episode? This shows encore performance will be aired on SHAW TV CABLE CHANNEL 10 or on SHAW TV LIVESTREAM – CLICK HERE! This SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (oct 10th and 11th) at 10:00am!!!! Don’t miss it everyone!
Here is one of my favourite layouts in the Fall 2015 issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine that captures a group of friends in their last year of school together. Kerry Engel designed this layout using products from a few of our Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival Sponsors! She used Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock Tombow Dual Brush Markers Viva Décor Inka Gold Sizzix stamps with co-ordinating dies Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L I would like to thank all these great companies for being one of our Seriously the best sponsors EVER! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! Visit our website CLICK HERE for all the details!!!
WINNERS UPDATE – Congratulations to Dee Pankiw – This weeks lucky winner!!!!! It’s WEDNESDAY!!!!! We love giving stuff away on WEDNESDAYS!!!! This week we are giving away THREE dies from the wonderful people over at Sizzix! All this love could be yours!!!!!!!!! 1. Visit Sizzix on facebook – CLICK HERE – tell them CS sent you. 2. Leave a comment under this blog post for your name to be entered to win! You have until Friday Sept 11th at midnight to enter to win! Good luck everyone!
To create the panorama view of the North Saskatchewan River on Kelly Klapstein’s layout below – she stood on a bridge and took 4 photos with her iPhone, then printed and pieced them together. There are also iPhone apps to create Panorama photos. We love the panorama look on this layout! SUPPLIES: FabScraps patterned papers; Sizzix dies and Big Shot; Clearsnap ink; Kuretake Zig pen; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Runner and 3D Foam Squares. Guess what???? are FOUR of our The carnivals are COMING to Calgary and Edmonton!!!! YAHOOOO!!!! Thank you Sizzix, FabScraps, Clearsnap and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L for adding to the fun! We totally appreciate it! YOU ARE ALL INVITED to attend!!!! Visit our website CLICK HERE for all the details!!! See you there!
