Framing Altered Items

Gotta love it when you have scrapbooking paper that works so well with your altered items. This paper from My Minds Eye was great and makes it very easy to apply your photos with ease.

This paper lines comes with great embellishments that makes it so easy to get scrapbooking done. If you have a ton of photos as I do, having papers that come with great embellishments make it so much easier to "get it done"!

For this altered item, I picked up an empty wood frame that happened to be 12x12. It fit the papers perfectly and I added embellishments to complete the ensemble!

Tea Time

I used a sheet of My Mind’s Eye “Craft Unique”
as the base of this layout. I matted the photos
for a little pop effect. I placed the three pictures
touching each other towards the center of the page. I hate my hand writing so I tend to journal
everything on the computer and then print it out; first, however, I cut one of the My Mind’s Eye papers down to an 8 ½” by 11” sheet for the printer so my journaling would print out on coordinating paper. I tested the text on normal computer paper and when I was happy with it I used the cut sheet of paper. I then layered this on the stripe paper and then over a dark aqua blue cardstock. I added embellishments from the Follow Your Heart “32” be amazing chipboard
elements. I love those printed chipboard pieces! I sewed two of the butterflies onto the page with the coordinating My Minds Eye Twine. I added a few of the bling. Really simple but yet very elegant, my great niece is going to love this page was it makes its way into her album.

A FUN Easter Egg to Display!

I’ve had this plain paper mache egg sitting in my craft room for quite some time and finally had the perfect paper to create an altered item with! The first thing I did was cut out a hole in the front so I could make a Easter scene inside the egg. I then used Ranger’s Glue and Seal, which can be found at Scrapbooks-Plus, to adhere strips of varied widths (approx. 1”) around the egg. I did overlap each strip. Once I had my strips in place and was happy with the way they looked I put a generous coat of Ranger’s Glue and Seal over the top to seal the papers from wear and tear! For the inside of the egg I painted it with acrylic paint and then sprinkled clear glitter on top of that while it was still wet. Put a piece of chipboard down for your foundation and add some cute Easter figurines to create the perfect Easter scene! I finished off my egg with some ribbon and a bow on top held in place by a decorative pin!

3/7 make and take

This Wednesday's make and take is made with Little Yellow Bicycle's Saturdays paper line.  Make sure you stop by Scrapbooks Plus and get yours today! 

Enjoy
Lisa

03/05/12 Happy Monday to all of you! Grab a cup of coffee and see what's new at the store!

Authentique- Genuine Collection Kit includes 12 double-sided papers, 12x12 details sticker and 12x8 elements sticker.

Crafter's Workshop- 6x6 templates: Mini Layered Stars, Circle Explosion, Poppies, Ringlets Reversed, Peacock Feathers, Pomegranate & Lotus Blossom. 12x12 templates: Flower Garden and Pomegranate.

Graphic 45- Olde Curiosity Shoppe cling stamps. Little Darlings 12x12 paper pad.

Kaiser Craft- Dusty Pink, Fuchsia and Misty paper flowers.

K & Company- 10 new dimensional stickers: Spring Break ,Greek Alphabet, Clubs, Tea Party, Preparing the Nursery, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, Senior Pictures, Pink Ribbon and Funeral.

October Afternoon- Farmhouse Collection Kit includes 24 double side pattern papers, cardstock shape, alphabet, word & label stickers.

Ranger- Tim Holtz Distress Markers in 37 colors. Dylusions stamps: Doodle Parts, Background Love and Bits of This. (These items will sell out quick so pick them up early!)

Reminisce- Shenanigans Irish papers.

SEI- Desert Springs paper, dimensional stickers and perforated sheets. Field Notes paper. Vanilla Sunshine paper, diecut accents and perforated sheets. Corrugate Alphabet and 8x8 Chipboard Shadow Box Kit.

Simple Stories- Awesome and Fabulous 6x6 paper pads, 12x12 collection kits and 6 each open stock papers. Documented 6x6 paper pads, 12x12 collection kits, Fundamentals & Expressions cardstock stickers and all papers open stock.

WeR Memory Keepers- Sew Stamper Tool with Scallop, Cross Stitch and Zig-Zag Stitch Head Cartridges.

Be sure to sign up early for the crops this weekend. Enjoy your week. Debbie

Follow Your Heart for Fun!

This month's Design Team paper and embellishments are from My Minds Eye's Follow Your Heart collection and they are fun!  I love matching embellishments and there are a lot of fun ones with this kit!  This just makes your layouts come together so fast.  I always try to pick up an embellishment or two when I buy a new line of papers.  

I liked the kite paper and embellishments right away and knew I'd be using it for a single page layout.  I layered everything out with my photo and then found myself wanting to use the twine that matches this kit and embellish my embellishments!

 

I decided to put ties on my kites to take the embellishments up a notch.  I used my paper piercer to punch holes in my kites.

 A trick I use with twine or other thin materials that I want to run through small holes on buttons or other is to keep a tealight on my table.  I let the flame get hot for a few minutes and then I twist the end of my twine and then dip it into the pooled wax.  When slightly cool, I twist it to a point to make it easily go through my smaller holes.

 Here is a close up of my kites.  I frayed my ends to make it look more like the ties on a kite.

I layered my embellishments with the great paper design in 3 corners of the page.  I loved the bottom right grouping printed on the paper and cut out my photo corner to make it look like the photo is behind the printed paper embellishment.  Have fun with this paper... it is really amazing!

Thank You card

I really love how well this card came together – the My Mind’s Eye Follow Your Heart collection offers so much flexibility! For this Thank You card I used a variety of papers in the line and distressed them around the edges using Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I also used a Martha Stewart punch to add additional dimension to this card.

I picked out the perfect stamp already in my personal stash and colored it in with Copic markers to coordinate with the gorgeous colors in this month’s Design Team kit. I love using my Copic markers to create a smooth and blended look! Scrapbooks-Plus has a great selection of Copic markers to help you start or build up your own collection! To give this card a more rustic look, I made the water can look worn and rusted and added some twine!

I used Flower Soft on top of the stamped flowers and put a Dew Drop in the center. To complete this easy yet beautiful card I finished off with a Thank You title on a punch out from the kit and some of my favorite new product carried by Scrapbooks-Plus – GooseBumps Clear Texture Spray.