Happy BC Day!

We will be closed on Monday, August 1 for BC Day. We are open for our regular hours on Saturday, July 30 and open on Tuesday for our regular hours as well, 10 - 6.

Enjoy the holiday with your families!

July Kit Class

Join me on Wednesday, July 27th at 7pm and get all those summer memories scrapbooked. It hasn't been that nice out this summer but my family has managed to make some great memories and we still have a couple more weeks to go! We will be using 100 Days of Summer by Simple Stories. I have created 6 two page layouts and one single pager. Kit includes instructions for one two pager to be completed in class and then tips and pictures to complete the other additional layouts. In the past, we have been able to complete 3 or 4 of these layouts in class. Wow, you should be able to get caught up with this opportunity. You also have the creative freedom to change all titles and embellishments. This package is available as a kit or offered as a class. It is $35.00 for members and $40.00 for non members. To complete the additional layouts you will need craft paper, coordinating cardstock and some chipboard letters.

More New Stock is here!

We have lots of new stock in this week. From new Inkadinkado Cling Stamps...

To new Karen Foster papers and stickers...

Great for camping

Great for Grandmas!

Great for Grandpas!

Stickers for nurses are here too!

We also have Glaze and Souffle pens back in stock. These pens are so much fun!

There is a lot more that we got in. 12x12 blank calendars, more papers and stickers, more stamps. Stop by today and check it out!

New Stock has arrived!

New stock has arrived. We have Lauderdale from Basic Grey and Babysaurus from Little Yellow Bicycle. Also just arrived is Odds & Ends from Cosmo Cricket. Fun pirate embellishments and fireworks by Mickey Mouse have also come in. Stop by and see all the fun supplies today to make your project your own!

And don't forget, while our old building has moved, we are in the big white building in the same parking lot. Still here offering the same great services!

Making Memories 'Escape' line.

This page came together very quickly and easily.  I built it on the MM hibiscus foil paper which is so shiny and pretty I felt I needed to keep my embellishments fairly simple.

I layered a page out of the Just Chillin' journal book with a piece of the Varnished Passport pp under my photos.

In the top corner I tied a couple of MM travel tags to a strip of PP.

In the lower corner I placed 3 Prima flowers which are the perfect colour with the foil.  Looking at layouts I've done in the past I seem to do the 3 flowers in a downward triangle quite often.

The two pennants are also from the MM Escape line. I find the pennants want to slip down the pin when the page is hanging vertically so I used a glue dot under each one to keep it in place.



Karen Foster

I just loved this paper when I spotted it at the store.  The colours are gorgeous and the design is so realistic.  I knew just the photo I wanted to use with it.

This was one of those 1/2 hour layouts.

I cut one of my Prima crochet doilies in half for the banner and glued it to some copper tape I had.
I added lots more Prima flowers. 
The butterflies are K&Co. 
The canvas tag is MM and the transparency is 7 Gypsies.

Paint Daubers

'Day is Done'

Have you tried them yet?  They are so fun.  I recently bought a white one and then wasn't sure what to do with it so I googled Paint Daubers.  Tim Holtz has some great ideas and videos for using the daubers on your paper craft projects.  I found one by Heidi Swapp that had a neat techniqe for using the white dauber on the edges of the black Cosmo Cricket chipboard.  I thought it would look awesome as an edge to my layout so I tried it.  And loved it.  After dabbing the paint around the edges I stamped over it with a script stamp. You can see the video here.

Then I used my favourite big scroll mask and the pink Glimmer Mist and sprayed my background.  I added a little more pink with an inkpad once the Glimmer Mist had dried.

I really like the package of white frames I picked up.  The long thin strips I backed with K&Co paper. The big square one I cut in half and used on each side of my layout.  I also cut the crochet doily in half.
To embellish my page I used some Basic Grey pieces, Little Yellow Bicycle journal spot and, of course, some Prima.

Crafters Workshop

Have you tried any of the Crafters Workshop stencils yet?  I bought the leafy one along with a couple of metallic mists and made this gorgeous shimmery background.  I tore the page in half and used it to border each end of my layout.

The colour combo is another of the Color Room's challenges. This weeks palette is very pretty.  Check them out and play along.

I've used Karen Foster and Basic Grey patterned paper, green vellum, Prima blooms, Making Memories journal pages & travel tape, and one of my border punches.

New stuff...

hi girls! I just took some layouts to the store, and I got to see Heathers layout that she just posted below, and it's even nicer to see in real life with all the layers and dimension. Go have a look!

So, I saw a sketch online this week that was SO simple, i had to do it -



just a simple photo that shows what i've been really into these days - and a small collection of things at the corner that speak about the photo or your journaling. Perhaps it's more simple than something you would normally do - but it's sometimes so gratifying to make a layout in 20 minutes that totally captures something about life RIGHT NOW.

I also have no will power when it comes to resisting alphabet chipboard/stickers/thickers. I tried to use up the odd ones that are left over on one layout for another favorite photo:





Doodled a bit and added some embroidery border. Embroidering on a layout is a good thing to do when you're watching Project Runway re-runs. {Just in case you were looking for something to do.}



And another one inspired by Crystal - I always like her colorful layouts with lots of fun patterned paper.



i like the little clouds that are on layouts now, and I happily discovered that you can make cloud-like shapes with the scalloped punch, by using half the scalloped circle. I'll be doing it again. Have a great week! Spring is here!!

Tropical holiday photos.

I scrapped my sister's first Mexican holiday album using the Making Memories vacation line.  It was quick and simple with clean lines. I think I did most of it in a weekend.
But that was almost 3 years ago and I'm really enjoying playing with my masks and spray inks now. I hope she likes this layout as much as her previous ones.

I used a Heidi Swapp hibiscus mask on my background and sprayed it with pink Glimmer mist. Then I found an old package of HS hibiscus rubons so I layered them on top of the misting. They must have been past their 'use by' date because they didn't go on very easily.  I really like the cream on top of the black on top of the pink on top of the white.

The turquoise vellum I wet, scrunched up, then laid flat to dry. I edged it with light blue stickles and then sprinkled a little dark blue glitter on top of that. I thought it looked like a pool of cool rippling water.

The patterned papers are all Karen Foster. I also used some Mulberry paper because I love the texture. And my border punch that I think looks like a sea shell.

The alphabet chipboard is a Basic Grey set.  I love their sets.  You get a ton of letters.  I've used this set a couple times before and I still have lots of e's and a's left for more titles.  I swiped some blue and pink ink across the white so it wasn't so bright.  And then sewed the letters down to secure them. 

The colour combination is from this weeks Color Room challenge #56.