So Happy to see you

I had a lot of fun creating the background paper on this layout.  I started out with a couple sheets of kraft cardstock.  Using a credit card I smeared white Making Memories paint on my page.  You can see some areas are thicker than others and it picks up a little of the texture of the paper.  Then I used an old plastic alphabet stencil and my pretty pink Maya Mist along the right edge of my pages. I hate to waste all that ink on the stencil so I flipped it over onto the center of my pages and blotted.  Next I splatted some walnut ink across the page.

I used the edge of a 'postage stamp' stamp along the top border, smearing it with a little Pinecone ink. I also used a 'print', a 'world globe' and an 'airmiles' stamp on various areas of my pages. 

I loved the idea of the vellum, with the cut out hole, on the photos. I've been saving that one in my 'to try' folder for a while. 

Papers I used are 'This & That' by Echo Park and an old Imaginisce design (arrows).

Now some closeups...

I stamped the print stamp with Pinecone ink.  The globe and airmiles stamp are used with a burgundy chalk ink.  I added a Maya Rd white rub-on on top of it all.

I added some bling to the felt marker scribbles on the vellum.

I used some scrapworks squares to frame my embellishments. Love the wood clocks by Prima.  The butterfly I punched from vellum with my new butterfly punch.  It's a 3 in 1 so I can get the lacy butterfly shown here, just the silhouetted butterfly and one in between.

A few kaiser jewels and layered all on a misted doily.  So pretty!

Love the sparkley Prima bird and the sprig of flowers.  I think the Prima aisle is my favourite aisle in Unforgettable Memories.

Card Class March 20

There has been some requests for cards lately so I have created four detailed, 3D cards. I am really liking the techniques in these cards. The "thank you" card is coloured with Copic markers and the background is not patterned paper - I made it all myself! You can do it too - it's very easy! As you can see in the pinwheel card photo each card is also completed on the inside as well.

This class will run at 7:00 pm on Tuesday March 20. Cost for the class is $28 or $23 for members. Call the store at 250-785-2711 to sign up today.

This clear stamp set from Hero Arts is used on every card in the class. The best part is, you get to have your own to take home! The sparkle gems at the top look like flowers in this picture, but they are really round. We use a few in the class, but you'll have leftovers to play with as well!

A two page layout using Basic Grey chipboard

Using up my scraps again. I used left over scraps from 7 Gypsies (red music pp), Imaginisce (stripe from travel line) and Basic Grey (green pp)

The cutie in the photo is my niece and she's eating Grandma Lewall's famous angel food cake (though now Grandma usually buys it ready made instead of making it from scratch like she used to)

I used a Maya Road mask ~ I bought it ages ago to build a page on, but never did ~ and cappucino mist to create the background.  I also spritzed gold on a few spots where it looks  a little darker.  It has a very nice shimmer to it IRL.

The banner is one long string.  On my last layout I created the banner in two pieces.  What do you think looks better?  Different looks for different photos :)

Here are some closeups...

The Basic Grey chipboard is from a package of Christmas pieces that I used on a couple of layouts last year.  There was still lots left, to add to my banner and around my title on this layout.  I like that Basic Grey gives you plenty of unique designs in one package.  Like the pretty Christmas flower I put before my title. There were 4 sheets in the Christmas package I bought.

I added some of Bazzills big jewels and put some old Christmas rubons on green cardstock and cut them in little flag shaps.

The poinsetta's and other flowers are all Prima, of course.



Have you finished scrapbooking your Christmas photos yet?  Unforgettable Memories has a great selection of Christmas papers and embellishments.  And it's all in one place so you don't have to wander the entire store looking for Christmas themed stuff. 

Not that wandering isn't a good thing.  I always find loads of 'must have' items to add to my basket when I wander :)

Imaginisce Canvas stickers

Have you seen the Imaginisce travel line in the store.  Check them out when you're checking out the new building.  It is amazing! (The Imaginisce and the new store)

I started this layout with a couple of pieces of white dotty Bazzill.  Using my vine mask I misted green Maya Mist and coffee Glimmer Mist around the edges.  Then I turned over my mask and swiped the colour left on it directly on to my cardstock.  It stuck on all the dotty bits and added lots of texture.  I love it! And I didn't have to clean off my mask.

Here are some close-ups...

I used an entire sheet of canvas stickers to create a border along the two photos on the right hand page. Some of them are pop dotted up and others are stuck directly on to the photos and patterned paper.

I cut out some of the stamp images from a piece of patterned paper and created a corner for my two photos on the left page.  Again, I pop dotted a couple of the stamp images.

Love the little plane sticker.

I tied a piece of wheel tracked ribbon along my patterned paper border.

Check out this line next time you are in the store.  There are some really neat images and designs in this line.

Another two page layout with Bobunny's Etc line.

Every fall the berries on our Rowantrees ripen and then the birds come. They are gluttons. They eat so many, so fast they end up getting drunk on them and flying into our windows. Turbo, Breanna's kitty, spends his time sitting under the hedge in the front yard waiting for dinner to bounce off the living room window and land at his feet.

The background patterned paper, chipboard, stickers and alpha are all BoBunny's Etc line.  I also used some Imaginisce patterned paper.

Here are some closeups...

 I love the blingy Prima bird.  Had to find a spot for him on this layout. 

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I used coins from the sheet of chipboard for my flower centers and, of course, the alpha from the same line.

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Love all the unique stickers for this line.

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And a pretty Prima flower on top of one of the chipboard scrolls.

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I love that the sticker sheet comes with 3 different little alphas on it with loads of letters.  I used the cream coloured one to spell out my quote.  There was more than enough letters for the two sentences.

The black and brown set of alphas will be saved for future layouts. 



Imaginisce 'happy camper' layout

Have you seen the Happy Camper line in the store.  It is so cute and perfect for outdoor photos.  I love the little pink diecut bird.  The trees and clouds were in the same package.

Wood grain patterned papers are so popular and have been for a while.  I love them.  Check out the store for a variety of colours and designs.  There are even some sheets of 'real' wood to use on your layouts.  The wood paper I used here (Cosmo Cricket I believe) is a leftover piece from another layout I made months ago. I had cut a big circle out of the middle for my first layout so for this one I placed a big doily in the empty hole and then put the lot onto a piece of mustard yellow bazzil cardstock.

I misted over a tree mask and then splattered some yellow Making Memories paint using an old toothbrush.

Did you notice the Prima packaging under my big tag?  And I love the texture of the Prima canvas leaves.  So gorgeous!

The photo is of my two little boys in a big leaf pile when they were about 8 months old. Daddy thought it would be a good photo op. I don't think Daniel agrees. He's in the back with the worried look on his face.
I wanted to crop the photo so the boys were more the focal point, but then I would have lost the leaf pile and the fall colours so instead I wraped some green jute around to create a frame. This is a fun technique. It would work with natural jute; the kind you wrap parcels in, or even bakers twine. Look in the ribbon section at the store.

New Month means New Vendor

We have a new Vendor of the Month. Imaginisce.

As with all of our vendors of the month, buy 5 items or more save 10%. Members save 20%.

Imaginisce had this cute description on their website:

"Just imagine a color blind visionary starting a wholesale design and manufacturing company inspiring individuals to celebrate and remember what they value most in their lives. Add some fresh color, innovative papers and gazillions of coordinating products and you have IMAGINISCE!"