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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.

Cosmo Cricket 'Salt Air'

Have you seen Cosmos Cricket's 'Salt Air' line in the store.  What a fun line to use for summer water pictures; at the beach, on holidays, or in the tub. 

I picked up 4 patterned papers; 2 Deckchairs for my background and 1 Fish tales for matting and extras and 1 Border piece.

I love that they're all double sided.  To get my stripy border I cut a 3" strip from my background, flipped it over and attached it back on using a strip from the Border sheet to hide the join. 

The border strips are perfect for making rosette flowers.  I see rosettes everwhere so I decided to give them a go.  I used a 6" length the width of whichever border strip I chose and folded them back and forth in about 1/4" increments. So easy! I punched little circles and distressed them for the centers and added a Kaiser jewel. 

I used another of the Border strips for my journaling bits. I just tore each piece out and stacked them on top of each other before writing out my story.




I like to tuck tags behind my photos as an embellishment. These ones are outlined in black ink and then I scattered a few buttons.
 
 
 
 
 

I think my favourite rosette is the bright coloured stripy one.
 
 
I tucked a couple of Prima's pink hydrangeas below the rosettes and title sticker (Jolees) and scattered some Kaiser jewels around it all. I even put a few on my photos.
 
 
 
 
 
And here's the finished layout.  I used more of the Border strips to ground my photos.  The alphabet letters are from another Cosmo Cricket line I had in my stash.

Don't you love the pink flip flops?  Those are Jolee's stickers.

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.