Friday Faves

With so much stock in the LCOM store these days it is not difficult to choose some faves to share with you today.

The Soleil collection by Basic Grey collection would be fun to use on some of the summer photos I have yet to scrap.  And check out the awesome flair badges.

Also from Basic Grey the Paper Cottage collection has some fun bits and pieces that would make creating so much fun.  I love to pop stickers off the page using 3D adhesive, adding more colour and dimension to my page.  And I am a real sucker for stitched brads.  Truth be told, I love these ones so much I would have a hard time actually using them on a page.

 

These stamps would be welcome accessories in my scrap room any time.  With summer vacation only slightly forgotten these BoBunny guys would be great a page.  And the Prima ones below would be a perfect fit on any page.

Maya Road never fails when it comes to embellishments, and these little guys are no exception.

If you know my style, you will know that I am, more times than not attracted to muted, toned down colours with pops of bright.  So you may be shocked to know that my absolute favorite item in the shop right now is the bright and cheerful Grandma's Lima Bean Soup collection by Jillibean Soup.  Inexplicably, I was immediately drawn to the fabulous lush colour in the collection.  The alphas are the perfect size, and come in a variety of colours. 

Here is my first layout completed with the collection.

Quote found on Pinterest

All my faves and more can be found in the shop here.  Get ready, once you start looking, you won't be able to stop.

Happy shopping friends!

Friday Faves - Substitution Game!

This week for my Friday Faves - I wanted to share a page that I recently made and show some goodies from the Let's Capture Our Memories store that you could pick up to make a page similar - substituting in other similar items!

Let's begin with the page I did make. I again used some Basic Grey Clippings, Paper Cottage:

Okay, so onto the substitutions. Let's start with the background paper! If you want a smaller chevron for a background, there are a few in the store that are a perfect substitute. Like these:

Echo Park:

My Mind's Eye:

Bella Blvd:

Now, there are lots of options for this next substitution ! Here are a few to get you started.

When I created this page, I used a lot of stickers and labels from the Basic Grey line. 

Here are a few others labels like these that are way cool.

Elle's Studio

Evalicious

Jillibean Soup

 Now Alphas - who doesn't love a good alpha right?

I used some Thickers here...

but here are a few other options:

American Crafts

Basic Grey

Jillibean Soup

Simple Stories

Those are some of my faves in the store now!!

AND I know there are lots of other new faves coming our way too!

For now, check out what's new HERE or what's ON SALE

Friday Faves!

It's another fabulous Friday and time to swoon over some store favourites at Let's Capture Our Memories. I'm sure that you have already scoped out the latest goodies in the store, but just in case you missed something, I will point out a few of my own favourites. ;)

These cute little bottles from 7 Gypsies are a lot of fun. I like them for beach layouts or altered items. For example, when we went on our Caribbean cruise, I saved some white sand from St. Martin. I added it to one of these little bottles and glued it onto an altered frame. It looks really cute and adds a memento from our trip to the project.

Next up, we have Heidi Swapp Color Magic paper. I love this stuff! It's so much fun to play with and the possibilities are endless!

Here's an example of a project that I did using one of these papers for a background. I chose to do a soft colour effect. This paper takes bold colours very well as well.

These are new from Jillibean Soup, they're called 'Banner Bites'. You can't go wrong with these punchy little stickers for only $1.50! Add a toothpick to make them into a flag, or use them with twine or on their own.

Here's another fun product from the store, Studio Calico wood veneer cameras. These are fun and adorable. You can paint them, stain them with ink or leave them raw. I used them on my altered frame above.

Last, but not least, one of my must-have tools is the Ranger Inkssentials Heat It Craft Tool. I love to heat emboss on anything and everything. To create more interest and texture on a layout, I will often take a large background stamp, like the new Unity Christy Tomlinson stamps, and stamp all over my page with watermark ink, then I add embossing powder and heat emboss the paper. It's fun and satisfying. I had another heat embosser before this one and it died on me. Donna Downey swears that these are the best ones out there and I'm now convinced that she's right about that.

Thanks for tuning in!

Kate