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Happy Birthday BFF card using FUN Art Impressions stamp set!

September 10, 2018 4 Comments

Hello and good day! Kim here on the blog with another fun card using a fun stamp set from Art Impressions! You can never have enough birthday cards on hand, so that’s what I have to share today! Art Impressions has so many wonderful stamps; and although they have a gorgeous series of watercolor stamps, and animal characters, I am personally drawn to the cheeky humour of people stamps! They always seem to have the perfect quote to go along with the perfect image…and they ALWAYS make me laugh! Without further delay, let’s peek at the birthday card I made to share! It was such a fun card to make and actually quite quick to make. Here is a look at the process! My Color Box pigment inks from ClearSnap, my Chameleon pens and my circle dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs all worked seamlessly together with the Art Impressions stamp…

In Tags

Easy Mixed Media Tag

June 26, 2018 No Comments

Kim Gowdy here today with a fun little, mixed media tag to share. I love that all these wonderful mixed media products have oozed into the scrapbooking and card making world. Do you? I believe that any hobby that we stick with for a long time needs to challenge us to keep us interested and engaged. Scrapbooking continues to do just that for me…from my photography to trying new products and techniques, this industry still holds my interest after 12 years! Let’s take a peek at my tag and process. Let’s create the base! Thanks for joining me. I love how my tag turned out. I’m not sure yet how I will use. It may become a scrapbook page element, I may tuck it into an art journal or I may use it on a bottle of wine to give to my hubby to celebrate a milestone anniversary. The photo…

In Creativation

Enabler Alert!!! Product Share!

April 10, 2018 2 Comments

Hey everyone! Kim here with a fun little product share! When we were at Creativation, with the Creative Scrapbooker Team, in January, we saw this neat flower making tool called Fablossom. This product was being demonstrated with fabric and my first thought was ‘I wonder if it would easily work with paper?”, a few steps down their booth they had the paper version! SWEET! The kit itself comes with everything you need to make plenty of different flowers, The instructions are very easy to follow, once you get a handle of the paper folding you are good to go! They include lots of all parts required to put the flower together, as well as a punch to create your own centers! I immediately thought of all the paper I have on hand at any given time and figured I can cut circles to make this work with my own product!…

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Tuesday with the Team with Karen Ellis

February 28, 2017 3 Comments

Hello everyone, Karen Ellis here. The Spring 2017 issue of the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine will be showcasing projects featuring different Wax Crayon Resist techniques. I completed a layout for this feature and wanted to show you how I created a crayon resist here on the blog. The first thing I did was create a flower doodle on a piece of white Super Stock (any watercolour weight paper would work) using plain ol’ wax crayons I picked up at the dollar store. Using a set of watercolours I had on hand, I washed the image with the paints and a wet water brush. You’ll see right away that the wax will resist the colour. If you’d like to see a cleaner resist, feel free to remove some of the moisture from the doodled image with a small piece of paper towel or lightly remove with a baby wipe. Once dry,…

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Stampin’ Up! Clay and Molds with Connie Nichol

July 27, 2014 No Comments

Simply Pressed Clay Flowers Featuring Stampin’ Up! by Connie Nichol I have had so much fun with the Simply Pressed Clay and clay molds from Stampin’ Up! I just love being able to make these flowers and buttons as I need them in a variety of colours to match every project. Here’s all there is too it: Gather up your supplies – Simply Pressed clay, molds and classic ink re-inkers. The clay is white, soft and very light weight, and a dream to work with. If you don’t want white flowers and buttons, mix in a few drops of reinker. Of course, the more ink you add, the more intense the colour will be. I slipped on a disposable glove so that my hands did not get all inky here. Just massage the clay and reinker for a few minutes until it is smoothly mixed. Then press into…

In Products

Webisode # 48 – Sew Much Texture with Katharina Doyle

March 11, 2014 No Comments

You are going to LOVE all the juicy texture Katharina Doyle has added to her project using her Brother Sewing machine! SUPPLIES: DCWV patterned paper, Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock, Clearsnap ink, May Arts Ribbon, Xyron sticker maker, Brother sewing machine, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Watch how easy Katharina Doyle’s layout came together httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAURC5uV-EA&list=UUmuMGQnmXpsQs2hVMbe0E_A Get going!!!!

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Tuesday with the Team by Christy Riopel

January 14, 2014 No Comments

Nothing is more exciting than new markers!!! I feel like a little kid. Canuck Crafts Spectrum Noir Markers has improved and revamped their alcohol markers. I love the little rubber grips and the bigger ink reservoir…. Yet they are still very reasonably priced. I used these markers to create this great background for my art journal page. I have to confess that I have never taken any formal training in colouring with alcohol markers… I will share my hack way of colouring. 1. I started by stamping this poppy from Stampendous in black Memento ink. 2. I choose 3-5 colours that are in a similar family…from a very light to very dark. I don’t really pay attention too closely to the numbers (though they are great for a beginner). I start by colouring the lightest part of the image with a light colour. 3. I…

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Streaky Glass Technique with Daleen Pinder

March 11, 2013 No Comments

Hello Hello Canadian Scrapbooker Friends! I hope you are all having a FABULOUS DAY! Today, I’m excited to share with you this AMAZING TECHNIQUE called STREAKY GLASS! SUPPLIES: Stampin’ Up! Window Sheets, Crystal Effects, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Loving Thoughts stamp set, large and basic rhinestones, cardstock, ink and Island Indigo reinker. I used the streaky glass technique to create the gorgeous butterfly embellishemnt on ths fun little card. Watch this video to see exactly how I did it! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pkhIkREK00 Have a FABULOUS DAY! Daleen To See more of Daleen’s work – CLICK HERE POSITIVE QUOTE FOR THE DAY: Learn to appreciate what you have, before time makes you appreciate what you had

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Spellbinders D-Lite Dies with Connie Nichol

February 7, 2013 No Comments

Have you seen these beautiful intricate dies from Spellbinders? They are just gorgeous, and with a few little tricks, easy to use. I absolutely love this little die called ‘Cattails’. Although I have to say, I’m a prairie girl, and while I’m sure the die could look like cattails, to me, it looks like wheat. So that’s what I used it for. Stalks of ripe wheat, blowing in the breeze. The first time I tried using this die, I discovered it was not quite as simple as all of the other Spellbinders dies I have used over the years. Because it is so intricate and highly detailed, I had a few issues with it cutting all the way through, and then had trouble actually getting the paper out of the die. I had a quick look on the internet for some suggestions on how to make it easier. I found…