june kit

the june kit was revealed today and should be in store and online soon, if it's not already! i loved working with this month's kit and its fun, summer colours. to see what the dt made, click here. here's my fave layout that i made:

also, remember that today is the first tuesday of the month, which means 20% off for members in store. great deal!

brain-storming!!!

thinking up some yummy colour
combos..be back next monday!!

Sneak peeks...

... of the super sunny June kit.









Look for the reveal of the DTs' layouts on June 1st.

weekly challenge 13

the weekly challenge...

use brads in a creative way

on this layout i used the brads in the center of the button.

Party Invitations

Hi everyone! Hope you had a great long weekend. We got a puppy over the weekend, so ours was spent chasing after the little guy and trying to keep him away from the cats, as much as we could. Needless to say, I'm a little tired today :)

My mom's 60th birthday is coming up, and so of course the scrapbooker in me gets really excited at the thought of being able to make invites for the big party. But then I remembered that making invitations is similar to making cards. And as much as I like making cards, I always get stuck. What is it about the little 4.25 x 5.5 pieces of paper that terrifies me so much?! So I turn to the internet in hopes of finding inspiration. Here are some of the sites I've found:

Kristina Werner
Jennifer McGuire
Cardalicious
Laura Craigie

After finding a design, I will almost ALWAYS run out of alphas. I never have enough that are small. So then dilemma #2 is scouring through the packs of alphas I do have and figuring out which ones would actually match the paper I’ve chosen.

Once I have that figured out, I start the assembly line process. I cut up all the paper/ribbons/etc. I need and group them in piles. I then score and fold all the cards. Most of the time I stop before I have them all done because I’m too impatient and just want to see a finished invitation! So without further adieu, here’s what I came up with. It’s nothing fancy, but in the world of e-vites and Facebook event invites, getting an actual paper invitation in the mail, is always special.

Supplies used:
pp - American Crafts, Scenic Route
Ribbon - Dollarama + American Crafts
Alphas - Sassafras, Making Memories, Studio Calico, American Crafts
Stamp: Stampin Up!

Stay tuned, and I'll show you what other decorations I'm planning on making for the party!

Tissue paper flower tutorial

I recently bought a new pair of Merrell sandals and like the tissue paper that it came with so much that I decided to use it for a scrappy project.

Here's what I did:

Cut a rectangle of the tissue paper (mine was approximately 8" by 5").


Fold it into a square (mine was six layers).


Cut out a circle (I tried punching out a circle with my punch, but it didn't even want to punch out one circle, so I used my scissors.)


Crumple them up a bit and layer them together.


Add a flower and a brad (I used Dear Lizzy product.)


Attach it to my layout.


And here's the completed layout.

Supplies used: Bazzill cardstock, AC Dear Lizzy pp, fabric paper, brads, embellishments, flowers & thickers, Pink Paislee letter stickers and a Little Yellow Bicycle journaling card, all from the Shoppe.

Thanks for looking!

Featured ~ Sherri

Every Thursday from now on, we will be featuring a layout that catches our eye in the gallery.

This week (well, technically last week) I fell in love with Sherri's Her Blue Tongue layout.

I love the little banner at the top, the OA paper behind the picture - everything!

Check back next Thursday to see if your work is featured here.