Versatile Christmas Papers

Happy Friday friends,

I'm here today with a non-Christmas themed layout using Christmas papers.  I fell in love with the All is Bright collection by My Mind's Eye.  I love the colour, combo, and think it's a gorgeous one for Christmas, but also one that could be used all year round.  Turquoise, cream, and red can be used for just about anything, including both male and female pages.

I especially loved this paper from the collection.

I cut it apart and stitched it back together leaving teeny bit of space in between each chevron for a really neat look.  Here is the layout I created using the collection. 

 

Notice the silver doily peeking out from behind.  I found that little gem at the bulk food store last week, and knew it would make a wonderful addition to my doily collection.  I don't know if doilies are a thing of the past or not, but I can't seem to keep from adding them to my layouts.  I've also added some old Jillibean Soup alphabets, May Arts trim, Studio Calico mist, TCW mask, and some flair from my stash.  You may rest your mouse over the photo to read the story behind the layout.  You can find the All Is Bright Collection right here.

This will be my last post for Let's Capture Our Memories.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here, and will forever be grateful to Tanya for the opportunity.  Isabelle has done a fine job with the transition of ownership, and I know you all will be supportive of her as she continues to grow this sweet little community.  I know she will be having a Marketing Team call in the near future, and suggest you keep your eyes peeled for the announcement.  Thanks so much for popping in from time to time to see how I've used the products in the store, and especially to those of you who took the time to leave comments, they sure made my day.  If you'd like to keep up with me you can find me on the web at http://faithandscraphappiness.blogspot.ca/ or on Instagram at http://instagram.com/sherrifunk

All the best, and may this weekend be a great one, as we look forward to a month of Christmas prep, and celebrations.

You & Me

Happy Friday friends,

Have you seen the new Pink Paislee Portfolio Collection?  I just love it.  yellow, cream, and grey seem to be very big right now in the industry, and Pink Paislee mixes them perfectly in this new line.  I had this photo of my little buddy Nyah and I kicking around since summer.  I love this photo of the two of us.  She is one great kid!  I knew I wanted to create a great layout with this sweet photo of us.  With this collection, and the help of my Silhouette Cameo, I think I did pretty good.

 

You can see the Portfolio papers in the shop here.  I added some old Echo Park brads, and some mist from my stash to this layout as well as some flair from a fun new shop I discovered on Etsy.  I hid the journaling on the tag with the pull out ribbon under the banner flair badge.  It reads "I couldn't love this girl anymore if she were my own.  I remember praying for her while she was still in China.  She's been here 4 yrs now, and she blesses us all."

I hope you have a great weekend in store.  I'll be back next Friday with my very last post as a member of the Marketing Team. 

Sherri

Ready, Set, Go!

Last weekend, I had the privilege of traveling to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with some girlfriends to attend my first ever Crop & Create event.  It was fabulous to meet some new people, and especially cool to meet some industry leading celebs, like Kelly Purkey, Beth Kingston, Kelley Goree, and Catherine Tachdjian, just to name a few.

Amy Tangerine Ready, Set, Go is in the shop, and I thought it would be perfect to use on a challenge that I entered at the event.  I created a layout boasting my need for a good morning coffee.

I chose to combine On The Clock and Dinner Date to create a fun, bright, and bold layout.

Journaling reads: "I couldn't agree more.  My Starbucks ceramic mug is my best friend every morning of the week."

I used only 2 sheets of patterned paper, a mish-mash of alphas, and a few things from my stash. This line is so colourful, that I thought it would be easy to fulfill the challenge of combining several colours and styles of alphas to create an eye catching title.  I'm sure you have a fair share of half used alphabet sheets too - this is the perfect way to use them up.

You can grab these papers, and a bunch more fab designs by Amy Tangerine in the shop here.

Happy Friday Friends!

A Box Full of Surprise

Are you a little like me when you shop for scrappy goodies?  I have a tendency to want only the newest items I can find when there are always great 'older' gems still to be had.   If you've been following along for the past week you know that the Marketing Team were all sent 'surprise packages' to work with this month from the sweet Tanya.  Here is a photo of my surprise box contents.

I knew that this would be the perfect month to scrap this photo of the lovely Nicole and I that I've had sitting around for a few months now.  Seeing as they are both pieces of the same puzzle.  I titled the layout "Just By Chance" as I believe that's truly how we met.  Winnipeg is not all that big of a city.  You've heard the phrase 'six degrees of separation'?  Well in this city it's more like two.  Somehow though, it took Let's Capture These Memories to bring us together.  It has been so wonderful getting to know this girl.  She's funnier than most, sweet, and more loyal than ever to her group of girlies.  I thought it would be fitting to use Tanya's package of goodies to document this new found friendship.

I used the tag to record my jounaling

I added a little mist, a doily, and some Lilybee alphas to complete the layout.

So what about you?  Any 'oldies, but goodies' laying around your scrap room that you could be pulling out to create your next layout?  As always, I'd love to come and have a peek if I've inspired you to create.  I encourage you to come back next week to see what else I was able to create with this fabulous box of goodies.

Supplies used:
MME - Kraft Funday 
MME Cardstock stickers - Dolled Up & Howdy Doody
October Afternoon - Patterned Paper
- Paid in Full 
- Dictation
Love My Tapes - Narrow,white

Easy Hidden Journal Tag

I often like to add journaling to my pages.  Sometimes it's right out in the open on the layout, and other times it's hidden, either because of it's sensitive nature, or because I don't want to throw off the balance of the design.  It can be tricky trying to figure out a way to hide your journaling.  I almost always end up creating my own journal pocket.  I usually sew a little pocket together, but today I'm going to show you a quick and simple way to create a pocket without a sewing machine.

The biggest help with this is some sort of narrow double sided tape.  This one we sell in the LCOM store is nice and narrow, and really tacky, this would be perfect.

I either use a scrap of cardstock or an office supply tag as my journal spot.  Sometimes you can even use an actual journal card, like I did on this layot.

I decided this time to decorate an office supply tag using stickers from this sheet in the Carta Bella Beautiful Moments collection.

I should note that I always create my layout first with exception of the journal spot.  This will help me decide on size and placement.

To create/decorate the journal tag, I first cut the shaped journal spot sticker in half vertically.  I then stuck in onto the end of my office supply tag.  I used a scrap piece of cardstock to place under the sticker making it more durable, and keeping it from sticking to my layout, as this is the part I'll need to pull on to reveal the hidden journaling.

I then cut out the journal sticker from the scrap paper using my craft knife.  Once that was completed I need to figure out placement on my layout.

To create the envelop.  I simply used strips of double sided tape placed closely to the sides and bottom of where my journal spot will lie on the layout.  This will create a natural little pocket once the matted photo and papers are stuck on to the layout, keeping the journal tag from sliding out of place.

What you're seeing is the reverse side of my matted photo cluster

**Note** You will not remove the backing from these strips of tape as then the journal tag will tend to stick to the tape inside the pocket once it's placed on the layout.  Leave the backing on, and you will not encounter that problem.

Add adhesive to the edges of the matted photo cluster and stick it to your layout. You are now ready to decorate the rest of the tag and add your journaling.

I used two more stickers from the Carta Bella sticker sheet

Tuck your tag into your new formed pocket, nd you're done.  Easy peasy, and no sewing machine required.  Here is my finished layout.

See how journaling would have thrown off the design?  This way I have a design I'm happy with and all the memories safely recorded on a hidden little tag.

Here are a couple more layouts that have hidden journaling done the same way.

 Hope you've been inspired to give it a try.

All the Carta Bella product I used can be found in the store, here.

Happy Saturday friends!

Just love this

Have any of you become as addicted with Instagram and all it's co-ordinating apps as I have?  I love the 4x4 size for scrapping, and the lighting effects in Picfx are so gorgeous on the printed photo.  As soon as I finished editing this photo of my youngest two girls, and myself, I knew it would be a perfect match to this gorgeous paper line.

I really do love this page, it's simplicity with little clusters of fun, a little stamping, a little misting, and a little stitching all just make me happy.

Notice the little tags poking out on the left side of the photo, 

and that super cute badge? 

Those are from the talented Evalicious, and they are still available in the shop.  They are the perfect touch for tucking and journaling.  The pins are a Maya Road, and although these particular ones are sold out these really great butterfly ones are not.  All the Pretty Party papers used on this page are also still available, but I'm sure they won't be for long, so hop on over and grab yours while they're still around.

rest your mouse over the photo to read the journaling

This collection has been one of my favorite collections to work with.  I've created so many pages with it, and still have paper, and embellishments to spare.  This will be my last share using it, however.  You'll have to come back to see what I'll be working with next.  I hope you've enjoyed my Crate Paper Pretty Party creations.  Thanks for your comments they sure make my day (and help me to know I'm not just talking to the air around me).

Speaking of comments, have you seen this post yet?  It's a great opportunity to support two wonderful scrappy women I just happen to really like, and win yourself a little shopping spree at the same time.  You really don't want to miss out on this opportunity!

Have a wonderful day friends!

Scrappin' Your Stash

The excitement of CHA can be felt all over the scrappy web.  It's always so exciting to see what our favorite manufacturers have come up with to delight our scrappy senses.  I know I'm not the only one who struggles with balancing wanting more new goodness and using up the goodness we still have in our stash.  As much as we want to bring brand new scrappy goodness into our home, we have a slight sense of guilt over all the scrappy supplies we still have piled up, staring us in the face ever time we sit down to scrap.  For today's post, I thought it may be a good idea to showcase a couple of ideas to help us use up some of that stash to make room for some of the new CHA goodness we've got our eye on.  So I gathered up my Crate Paper Pretty Party Collection pack, and some other random supplies that have been gathering dust in my space and got to work.

First an altered tin.  Add a little Mod Podge, eliminate a few things here and there, and voila a cute little tin for my 10 year old girly, girl to keep her treasures in.

Next up a layout.

This design uses 10 different strips of paper.  It's not a new design by any means but efficient in helping you to make a dent in that stash of yours.  Have a look and you'll see what I mean.

To create this design I began by using a lightweight piece of cardboard I recycled from my pocket page protector packaging.

I cut the piece of cardboard to 12" x 6.75".  I then marked the center point on the cardboard and drew angular lines about every two inches all the way around.

Next I sliced the pieces apart, and numbered them so that I could replicate it easily once the pieces of patterned paper were cut out.  This will also allow you to keep, and reuse the pieces over, and over again.

Because the traced pieces are always slightly larger than the original there will be a tiny bit of overlapping at the center.  This is easily covered up once you put your layout together.  I like the look of stitching on my pages, and this is a great design for it.

Remember we're trying to use up our stash, so I've layered several die cut shapes,  and boarder stickers that came with the collection around my photos.

And here is the final product.

 
The photos are from Tuesday when two of my longest standing friends came over for the afternoon. It had been a long time since we'd all been together. Hover your mouse over the photo to read the journaling.

I hope I've been able to inspire you to dig into your stash and put some of the scrappy goodness you've been hoarding, or just haven't gotten around to using, to good use.  What kinds of empty little containers have you been saving that could benefit from a little sprucing up with pretty paper, ribbon, and embellishments?  Canning jars?  Pringle tubes?  Little vases from the Dollarstore?  I'm sure you don't have to look too hard to find something.  And what about all those layouts you've been pinning, or adding to your 'favorites' folder that use a lot of little bits of paper and tags, or die cuts, or journal spots?  Maybe it's time to lift one and make some room in your stash for the new goodness that's sure to arrive in the store witin the next month or two.  If you do decide to tackle your stash we'd sure love to come and have a peek, be sure to link us up.

Happy scrapping!

Scrappy Goodness Used:
Crate Paper Pretty Party
Maya Road Vintage Butterflies
Maya Road Pins
Maya Road ribbon
Ormolu Chevron Tag
October Afternoon Sticky Keys
American Crafts Thickers
The Twinery Twine
3D Foam Squares
Other:
Petallo flower
May Arts Jute & Tulle

Tombow Adhesive

Rockin' The Hill

Happy Saturday friends!

It's Sherri here with my last post for this month.  As you may remember I've been working with Pink Paislee's Prairie Hill collection. It has been one of my favorite collections to work with from the last CHA releases.  I've always loved the bright bold look of Pink Paislee, despite the fact that I would struggle to make it look great on my own layouts.  This collection, was a different experience for me, however.  I love all the yellows & blues and the slight rustic feel of the papers. As soon as I saw it, I was sold.  It didn't take much for me to burn through the papers, buttons, and chipboard pops.

I have only bits of the line left to work with, but managed to put together a little something for you today.  I decided to go with a pretty simple layered design.  I knew that I wanted to try and use up all my remaining chipboard pops and buttons, so I designed the layout around them.

After putting everything together I felt like something was still missing, so I used my Martha Stewart butterfly punch and layered a couple of butterflies with an Echo Park This & That brad in the center and called it a day.  I like that the simple design keeps the focus on the sweet photo of my friends.  I've made it easy for you to find the supplies I've used in the store by hyper linking them.  The extras from my stash are the American Crafts alphabets, an old Jillibean Soup journaling spot, and my Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

I hope today offers you a little time to be creative.  I know there is a lot of inspiration to be had over at the LCOM forum.  You can join in the fun here.  If you are more in a shopping kind of mood today, I highly suggest you head over to the LCOM store and check out all the new product that has recently been added.  Amy Tangerine, Crate Paper, and Studio Calico just to name a few. 

Hope your weekend is turning out to be a great one!

Crate Paper Storyteller - Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful

Hi everyone! It's Kate here today, and I would like to share a layout that I created using Crate Paper's Storyteller collection. I love this collection so much that I ordered it twice! I have already created a mini album, two card and two layouts with it and plan on doing more. It's such a versatile collection, it really goes with anything and everything.

Anyway, enough chatter... Here is my layout.

Here is a closeup of the title and embellishments. I was given those green and cream vintage buttons by a very generous lady at a crop. She had a big bag of buttons that she was giving away and I spotted them right away and immediately thought of this line. I was super lucky to be at the right place at the right time. The other buttons are from Crate Paper.

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In this picture you can get a better view of the hand stitching that I did on the scissors.

Supplies

•  Crate Paper Storyteller papers
•  Crate Paper Storyteller border stickers
• Crate Paper Storyteller accent stickers
• Crate Paper buttons and vintage buttons
• Twine by May Arts
• Ribbons by Maya Road and Fabricland
• Brads by My Mind's Eye
• Alphabet Stickers by LilyBee and Crate Paper
• Silhouette Cameo
• Adhesives: 3D Foam Squares by 3L, Helmar Scrap Dots and Scotch ATG

Thanks for joining me here!

Kate