NEW ARRIVALS!!!!

We have some beautiful new lines available now in the store! Some Echo Park, My Mind's Eye and more! Click below to see all the new products!

http://www.letscaptureourmemories.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=976_993

PAPER Trees!

Do you hand make paper crafts to place in your home for Christmas decorating?

I do…occasionally. And my girls are pretty crafty too! That’s why when they made these Christmas paper trees, I needed to take a picture and scrapbook this layout(I bet you thought I was going to share the trees, right? lol)

You can see in pictures on this page that they were quite excited about their finished product! Their trees are now in each of their rooms as part of their own room Christmas decor!

(photos taken on my iPhone…)

I used a BUNCH of LCOM supplies on this page!

All of the supplies listed can be found at the LCOM store!

I used:

~ Studio Calico Memoire paper

~ Amy Tangerine AC thickers!

~ October Afternoon sticker letters

~ Bakers twine from the Twinery

~ Cosmo Cricket Butterflies and Doillies

FUN!! 

Here are a couple of closeups of the deets!

I hope you’re all getting into the Christmas Spirit! It’s almost December 1st!!

And before I go…here’s a sneak of what I will be posting NEXT week! I bet you can guess what it is! (or maybe, you can’t??)

Have a HAPPY Tuesday!

It's that time of the month...

... yep, the time when I share with you a few cards I made using the scraps and bits of this month's products!

If you remember, I have been playing with the Crate Paper Random Collection all month long...and lovin' it!

Here are a couple cards I made using the collection.

 I just love the diecut shapes - this frame is amazing all pop dotted up for dimension!

I love love that huge diecut butterfly, along with a few hits of stickles! I did the same thing on this card with a smaller diecut butterfly:

 and the Studio Calico butterfly stickers are great with this line too! I love the kraft colour!

When you are using great products, you can keep it simple. For this card, I just tied some ribbon and a few mini die cut tags:

For the last card, I wanted to take advantage of the gorgeous double sided paper and made a flower for the centre of the card:

 It is really easy to make! Just punch some circles out of patterned paper, and fold ..

line them up in a circle and voila!

Supplies used:

Crate Paper Random Collection

Crate Paper - Pattern

Crate Paper - Modern

Crate Paper - Victoria

Crate Paper - Textile

Crate Paper - Designer Cuts

Crate Paper - Phrase Stickers

Crate Paper - Alpha Stickers

It's almost the end of November - man- where did the month go!!! I can't wait to see what the rest of the Marketing Team has up their sleeves for December.. should be lots of great projects to come!!!

*{Make the MOST of your Monday!!}*

I am sure the weekend seems like it is never long enough, at least it's like that for me!!!

I spent this weekend trying to organize my scrap room...which of course took sooooooo long because I am a self admitted scrap hoarder....geez!

I started my layout and kept coming back to it when I needed sanity centering!!! :) (added into the mix was helping the kids with their procrastination of school projects...because they take after their Momma!...and various home improvement from the husband...as he needed minor assistance)....coughcoughtryingtostaycalmthroughallofthisdidn'tgoassmoothlyasplannedcoughcough...and I ended up banishing everyone for a few hours.

Anyways...it once again reminded me that I needed to make time management a bigger priority in 2012...and yet it reminded me that even though they all drive me crazy I can't help but smile each time I look at them. :)

Here's my layout...you're probably thinking..."How much more can you cram on there Shannon?"....but I just kept adding and adding until I felt it felt finished, there is no wrong or right way to build your page!! (Remember that when you are not happy with how something is turning out...not saying I experienced that or anything)...thanks for letting me share with you!!

Materials used:

Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection Alpha Stickers

Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection Border Stickers

Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection Countryside

Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection Cupboard

Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection Farmer's Market

Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection Produce

Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection Sunday Dinner

Core'dinations - Tim Holtz / Kraft-Core No.4

I used American Craft alphas from the store too...but they are sold out, lol! :) So you'll have to improvise!!

Have a great Monday everyone!!! :)

Shannon

Black Friday Sale

CLICK HERE to SHOP & SAVE!!!!

Rachel

I have said it before - the Random Collection by Crate Paper is amazing.

It really is one of the most versatile product lines I have been fortunate to have used in a long time.

I have been inspired a lot by colour lately, and the mixture of colours in this collection are right up my alley.

Not only are the colours great, but the patterns on the paper itself are gorgeous. And the fact that the papers are double sided is even better.

Can you tell I love patterned paper??? :)

I created this page using as much of the Crate Paper Random patterned paper as I could:

but - I couldn't stop there..
I just had to add some of the Designer cut diecut shapes and Phrase Stickers:

Add in some Basic Grey brads to some diecut or chipboard flowers...and mix in more of those pretty alphas from the alpha sticker sheet:

You really can't go wrong with this collection - and the best part is - you really don't have to add in other things if you don't want to.. the Crate products stand out on their own, but do work well with so many other items!

Supplies used:

Crate Paper Random Collection

Crate Paper - Pattern

Crate Paper - Modern

Crate Paper - Victoria

Crate Paper - Textile

Crate Paper - Designer Cuts

Crate Paper - Phrase Stickers

Crate Paper - Alpha Stickers

Have you checked out the store... and started your list for Santa yet? There are lots of great finds and new goodies ! Jot down your favourites and leave the list around for the person shopping for you !!

*{Simple Things}*

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! I hope that this Wednesday is treating you well...in the US...it's the day before Thanksgiving...as you probably know..and we are all getting ready to prepare our feasts and gather with family and friends.

....Thanksgiving is my favorite time of the year. It's like a kickoff for good cheer and kindness everywhere. ...luckily I don't have to look far to find that spirit in my house because I have two wonderful kids who carry that holiday spirit pretty much all year long. ...luckier still...Patrick has a great friend named Marcus who is eternally cheerful. My layout features the three of them...caught in their natural state...I tried to capture a *nice* picture of them...but there were none to be had...but looking at it afterwards...I wouldn't want them captured in time any other way...they have spirits that shouldn't be squelched!

Thank you for letting me share them with you!

There are so many great things available to you right now...that you can purchase from the Let's Capture Our Memories store....like Crate Paper's Farmhouse Collection & Bazzill Two Scoops Cardstock...just to name a few....*coughcoughGO NOW! No one's looking!coughcough*

Materials used from LCOM:

Bazzill Two Scoops Sandable Cardstock

Tim Holtz (Core'dinations) Kraft-Core No.10

Crate Paper Farmhouse Alpha Stickers

Crate Paper Farmhouse Border Stickers

Crate Paper Farmhouse Countryside

Crate Paper Farmhouse Farmer's Market

Crate Paper Farmhouse Produce

Crate Paper Farmhouse Sunday Dinner

The Twinery - Twine Bundle in Caribbean Teal

Other materials used were:

black embroidery floss

and a fine point black pen and my white pen for doodling :)

I hope I have inspired you to jump into simple things to scrap and make everyday a scrapworthy occasion!

Shannon <3

Congratulations!!!

Huge Congrats to April for winning the Shabby Chic GIVEAWAY!!!!

Please e-mail Tanya at rntmunn@gmail.com to claim your prize!

So Very Thankful

So Very Thankful

by Wendy Sommers

When summer gathers up her robes of glory,

And, like a dream, glides away.

~Sarah Helen Whitman

With the cool weather and shorter days, there is no doubt that summer has ended and soon, winter will be here!

The people at Fancy Pants Designs made sure that summer and fall have gone out with a bang with their Summer's End collection. It is such a beautiful colour palette and the diverse embellishments available for this line make it so easy to create layouts. I completed this layout in about 45 minutes, which is awesome for me. I usually take a few hours, at the very least!

I cut the leaves on the left out of a piece of the patterned paper called "Crisp". It's such an easy and economical way to spruce up your layouts.

Here are some close-ups:

This first one features the glitter cuts (so pretty!) and chipboard: Here is some more chipboard and the rub-ons: And here is a close up of some of the diecuts:

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Supplies Used from the LCOM Store:

Fancy Pants - Summer's End: Crisp pp
Fancy Pants - Summer's End: Harvest pp
Fancy Pants - Summer's End: glitter cuts
Fancy Pants - Summer's End: rub-ons
Fancy Pants - Summer's End: element stickers
Fancy Pants - Summer's End: design embellishments
Fancy Pants - Summer's End: chipboard elements
Fancy Pants - Summer's End: chipboard banners
KI Memories - So Cute calendar pp
Studio Calico - Mister Huey Mist - Orchard

Wendy Sommers

Almost Christmas Crop

Come join us for a day of Scrapbooking!!!!
A great day to finish up your Christmas Projects and add sorting thru those Christmas Cards.

We have the church basement reserved at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Rothesay NB reserved just for you to come and have a great relaxing time scrapping and chatting with friends! -

Saturday December 3 from 9am until 9pm
Lunch will be on your own

This crop is FREE as a THANK YOU for your support of LCOM

registration deadline is Thursday Dec 1st

REGISTER HERE!

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!

Are you ready for a giveaway??? ;)))

How about some of the awesome Shabby Chic that is in the LCOM Store!

Leave us a comment about why you love Shabby Chic for a chance to win!!!

CARDS CARDS!

I decided this week to create a couple of cards using fun supplies from LCOM. Here are the ones I made!

I just fall in love with the Studio Calico papers over and over again! And the Cosmo Cricket Butterflies and Doillies….LOVE them too!

Here are the cards separately!

This first one was made using:

~ American Crafts Cardstock (White)

~ Studio Calico papers (Memoire)

~ Amy Tangerine Thickers

~ Studio Calico Mister Hueys

~ The Twinery (Yellow Twine)

Here’s the second card!

Supplies used for this card:

~ American Crafts Cardstock (White)

~ Cosmo Cricket Butterflies and Doilies

~ October Afternoon Sticky Keys

And I added a fun stitching to this card using my sewing machine!

Don’t forget…all of the supplies I used for these cards can be found at LCOM!!

I hope you have a FAB-U-LOUS weekend!!

Feeling Festive!

"To the Tree"
by: Jennifer Shaw

Hello ladies! Since the holiday season is fast approaching, I decided to play with one of Echo Park's newest Christmas lines, "Season's Greetings". This collection is so beautiful with a bit of a retro/vintage feel. It is available in the LCOM store! I was so happy to use it to scrap my little nephew, Thomas!

One of the things that I really appreciate with any Echo Park release is how their collections include so much - from journaling cards to stickers to assorted alphas. LO's just seem to almost put themselves together because there is just so much to choose from.

I used Sketch #67 from the LCTS blog. Here it is!

I really enjoyed being your guest this month and would like to thank Kristine and Tanya for inviting me. It has been a lot of fun! :)

Happy Scrapping!! Jennifer :)

Supplies used:

Paper:
Echo Park/ Season's Greetings: Christmas Ads, Swirls, Vintage Santa, Borders, Journaling Cards
Bazzill cardstock: white, kraft

Other:
Echo Park/Season's Greetings: element stickers, alphas stickers
Maya Road bingo chip, Studio Calico wooden button, Jillibean Soup kraft tag, Twinnery twine, floss, buttons, pearls

Snowfall

It's no secret that I love BoBunny.  I mean I really really LOVE BoBunny.  Their new Snowfall Collection is so beautiful, you could just frame the papers without doing anything else to them!!! 

I fussy cut this snowflake from a piece of pattern paper, I then matted it with black (as I always do), sprayed it with mist and added a Tim Holtz button!!!

These Creative Impressions snowflakes were perfect for my LO!  I stuck them to the paper and added a little bling!

I finished my LO by adding some random dew drops on the page to add a little dimension.

Supplies used: Snowfall collection pack, Snowfall Chipboard, Creative Impressions snowflakes, Tim Holtz button, dew drops, bling, Calico Shine Mist

Don't forget to check out the store, there is a LOT of new stuff!!!!

What They Don't See...

What They Don't See...
by Wendy Sommers

I thought I'd continue the Crate Paper love today and share another love of mine - misting! Have you tried it yet? There are so many possibilities. I'll be the first to admit that I can be a lazy scrapper. I want great results but without a whole lot of work. Misting my layouts in various ways achieves that for me!

You can see a couple of misting techniques that I've used on this layout:

To create the canvas tag, I placed a chipboard heart on the tag to use it like a stencil. Then I misted until the tag and chipboard was entirely saturated. I let it dry for a few minutes before removing the chipboard. (If you look at the layout above, you'll see that I used that same chipboard heart as an embellishment on another part of my page):

The best part about misting is the messier the better! You can't go wrong. I also love that you can easily use mist to alter the colour of an element to match your layout, like I did above.

I also love to spray my background paper with mist to "dirty it up" a bit. You can use as little or as much as you like. To avoid getting mist everywhere, I like to use a pizza box. I place my paper inside and spray as I like. You can see the pink mist on my background paper in this close-up:

Here are a few more images of my layout:

There are so many different mists available from so many manufacturers! From pearl finish to bright colours, to subtle hues, you can find the perfect mist for your creations. Be sure to check out all of the mists available at the LCOM store!

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Supplies Used from the LCOM store:
Crate Paper - Farmhouse: Sunday Dinner pp
Crate Paper - Random: Sew brads
Crate Paper - Random: Alpha labels 12x12
Crate Paper - Random: Vintage pp
Crate Paper - Random: Graphic pp
Crate Paper - Random: Textile pp
Crate Paper - Random: Chipboard accents 12x12
Maya Road - canvas tags
Maya Road - heart chipboard
Maya Road - kraft doilies
October Afternoon- Stickey Keys: teal and cream
Elle's Studio - Handmade Layers - banners
Studio Calico - Mister Huey mists - Bluegrass

(photos by http://www.nrimages.ca/)

Click here to search for the supplies mentioned above. Thanks for stopping by!

Fall Leaf Bouquet

Fall Leaf Bouquet
by Wendy Sommers

Hi Everyone! I’m back with another Fall layout that showcases one of my favourite lines ever – Crate Paper’s Farmhouse. The colours are so rich and beautiful. I just can’t get enough of this collection. And even better – most of it is available in the LCOM store!

I wanted to use as many papers as possible on this layout – I just love them all. I love to layer paper so this was the perfect line to do it with. I also love all the different embellishments that come with this line – from letter stickers to borders, chipboard to buttons, sew brads to stand outs …..it’s a great collection to use if you are crunched for time. Your layout will fall into place in no time!

Here are a few close-ups of the details on my layout. You’ll notice many of the embellishments available:

The letter stickers (You will also see Amy Tangerine’s paper leaves here):

Standouts (Amy Tangerine’s paper leaves here again):

Border stickers and Phrase stickers:

Chipboard:

And here is my layout:

A lot of the LCOM members have been inspired by this collection as well. Be sure to check out the LCOM gallery for some wonderful inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!'

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LCOM Supplies Used:
Crate Paper – Farmhouse: 12x12 chipboard
Crate Paper – Farmhouse: Stand Outs
Crate Paper – Farmhouse: Sew Brads
Crate Paper – Farmhouse: Eclectic Buttons
Crate Paper – Farmhouse: Border Stickers
Crate Paper – Farmhouse: Phrase Stickers
Crate Paper – Farmhouse: 12x12 Alpha labels

Click here to see the Farmhouse collection in the LCOM store!

Wendy Sommers