Monday, October 31, 2016

Lovely layers - GDP060


Hello everyone! I have a Christmas card to share with you today for the Global Design Project Challenge. This week the team is CASE-ing the talented designer Brian King. The card in the challenge sketch has a lot of delicious layers. A lot of layers on a card means a lot of love!




You are invited to take the challenge and play along with us this week CASE-ing Brian King. Click over to the GDP to see what the design team has created and see what followers from around the world are sharing for #GDP060.

Have a creative day!

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Thursday, October 27, 2016

DIY camo cardstock - Fancy Friday Blog Hop

Welcome to the October Fancy Friday blog hop! Today the team has been challenged to share a technique idea. This month our son turned 6 and we threw him an army themed party. I was so so so excited when I created a way to stamp a camouflage pattern on card stock! If you have a hunter in your family or have an army obsessed son in your life you are going to love this!


Every party starts with an invitation ... this is what I created! Look at this camo!!! I used the Work of Art Stamp Set and stamped over a piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock in three green Stampin' Up! colors.






There are a lot of fun details with this birthday party! It was a blast to put together for Ariono. We had 8 little boys come over in the afternoon for 2 and a half (long) hours of games and treats. We had Nerf guns and over 100 bullets flying around. 


Behind the cake table I created these banners. They were quick to create! I stamped the background stamp from the You've Got this Stamp Set with Always Artichoke Classic Ink on Old Olive Cardstock, Garden Green Cardstock and Always Artichoke Cardstock.  I actually think that is harder to say than to create the banner! Each banner flag is 4-1/2" x 5-1/2". I used scissors to cut a flag tail on the pieces ... not tools or tricks there, I eyeballed it. I used my sewing machine to sew the banners together.

The smaller banner is Crumb Cake Cardstock rectangles. They just happened to be scraps left over from an event in my scrap pile.






Loot bags. Oh, those loot bags. Are they not just getting out of control??? I confess, I may put too much effort into loot bags. These brown paper bags had a candy grenade, candy Popeye cigarettes, a large army man figure and a parachute man. I found plastic dog tags at the party store and had them hanging down the front of the bag.


The birthday boy needed a perfect birthday card for the occasion ... 




When things got a little bit too crazy we put away the guns and played tug of war, did an obstacle course and played wounded soldier. To play wounded soldier, you divide into two teams. Each team chooses a wounded soldier and they lay on a bath towel. The teams race to wrap up the soldiers wounds and then pull him to home base by dragging the bath towel. This was a party highlight. Each kid had to have a turn being the wounded soldier!




After the school friends left we invited our family and friends over for dinner and cake. It was a long day but so worth it. Ariono was full of love and joy (and sugar) when he went to bed that night. I asked him what his favorite part of the day was, he said that it was having all of the people over. That is what it is all about. Being with the people you love to celebrate someone you love.



I hope you enjoyed the look into our army party for Ariono! Don't forget that we are on the Fancy Friday Blog Hop! Up next is Marisa Gunn. Click over to Marissa and she what technique she as in store for you today!
Have a creative day!
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Friday, October 21, 2016

scrumptious ombre gift box- TGIFC78


Ever have those moments that think that you have it all together. Even have a little show-offy strut of confidence?! That was so me after I whipped up this gift box in about 15 minutes flat (strut and all). Then I sat down to write my post today, realizing that the TGIF Challenge was not just a candy challenge (as I thought), it is a Halloween candy challenge. *Palm to forehead.

I am sharing anyway cause I know you are gonna looooove it!






Visit the TGIF Challenges this week! You will find candy inspired projects from the design team and from challengers around the world. You are always invited to stamp along and share your creation too!

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

one card wonder - Artisan Design Team Blog Hop


Warning - long blog post ahead. Expect lots of inspiration!

Welcome to the Artisan Design Team blog hop! I have fallen in love with the Petals & Paisleys suite from Stampin' Up!. I have a number of monthly stamp clubs here in Edmonton, Canada. We used this product suite in October to create two cards, 2 scrapbook pages and 2 project life layouts. My customers love that I show them how to create the three types of projects from a single design idea. I hope you enjoy it too!

cards

When I am creating my stamp club projects, I start by creating a card. That is what I am best at. If starting from scratch isn't your thing, you could CASE a card from Pinterest.








project life pages

Turning a card into a Project Life layout can be pretty easy! Card fronts are usually 4" x 5-1/4". Take that same card idea and create a 4" x 6" "card front" and slip it into one of the large page pockets! Awesome, right?!


You can see that the purple card insert on the right matches the card above. I created the project life card insert in landscape format, where the card is a portrait layout. I used the same colors, stamps, designer paper and dies to carry the theme and design to the other pockets. I like to have one "fancy" pocket but keep the other inserts clean and simple. It gives the layout a focal point.

Try using a piece of Designer Series Paper in some of the pockets, or use a coordinating stamp set to stamp a subtle pattern on cardstock. I left my Delightful Dijon insert above blank because I will add some journaling, but I think it looks great as it is too!





scrapbook layouts

Now that I had pockets designed for the project life layout, I took the same ideas and put them into a 12x12 scrapbook page. I know that I make it sound simple and you may be skeptical, but play with it! Give it a try! Take what you love from a card or layout and change the size of it to make it work with another project. If you are struggling with a scrapbook page layout visit Pinterest. There are so many great layouts out there!








Phew, thank-you for making it through that long post! Buckle your seat belts because the ride isn't over yet! Click over to Marisa Gunn, from the USA, to continue on the Artisan Design Team blog hop.


The Artisan Design Team will be back with another blog hop on November 2nd, 2016. Thank-you for visiting! Have a creative day!


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