If you are interested in getting a great deal on some great stuff, then get to shopping today on our 50% off sale! Just use code SALE3 at checkout. This applies to all items in the store, with the exception of a few of the AMM vintage trims & findings. Oh and WE DO SHIP INTERNATIONALLY!!!
Have fun shopping!
I do not know about you, but I'm totally in love with paint splashes on layouts. Today I am going to show you some different ways we can create these splashes.
1 – With glimmer mist: Uncap your mists and shake onto paper. This will add droplets of mist.
2 - With spray cans: spray paint into a lid and drip the paint onto paper
3 – With brush: Dip the brush into the paint and tap it to spread the spill.
4 - With toothbrush: Slide your finger over the bristles, and you will see the ink spread on paper.
Today's Layout of the week was chosen by Nayda Rocha. She chose this LO by Jennifer Findlay.
Today I am going to show you how to make fairy umbrellas or drink umbrellas. What ever you prefer.
Supplies
scrapbook paper
strong glue
punch (circle or scallop)
bamboo skewers
1. Gather your supplies. The size of the punch is going to determine the size of the umbrella. I used a 3 inch scallop punch.
2. Punch circles or scalloped circles with your punch.
3. Cut a pie shape about 1 inch wide to the middle of the circle.
4. Join circle together and glue.
5. Glue your skewer to the inside with a very Strong glue or glue dot.
These would be adorable in a little fairy garden or hanging out in a nice cool glass of lemonade! Enjoy!
This week we are focusing on projects to help out around the house. I'm going to show you a real simple way to keep track of chores. With five kiddos I've tried a few different ways to keep track of weekly chores and I have found these envelopes to be the most effective. Each kid gets one and they are placed on the refrigerator. We rotate the chore cards every Saturday. There's also room to include a daily schedule if needed.
To get started you are going to need some card stock, patterned paper, an envelope template, and pictures of your kiddos.
Step 1: Print the following envelope template onto card stock and cut out.
Step 2: Trace the template onto the back side of your pattern paper and cut out.
Step 3: Fold the tabs where indicated on the template.
Step 4: Glue the small tab to the inside of the envelope. This will give you a clean top edge.
Step 5: Glue the two side tabs to each other then glue the large tab to the outside of the envelope.
Step 6: Add a photo to the front of the envelope.
Step 7: Cut the plain card stock to 2.75x4.50. Round the corners and stamp the chore onto the tab. Insert the card into the envelope and you're ready to go.
This weeks Layout of the Week was chosen by Ro Philippsen. She chose this LO by Nan Abrahao.
We have seen many layouts that use envelopes in many different ways. I myself am completely addicted to, and love it and think that it gives a special charm to ones work. There are beautiful envelopes from Maya Road and there are also stationery envelopes. When used with creativity these envelopes can be a very nice feature on your LO!
So today, I'll show you how to use an envelope on a scrapbook page. This technique will work well when you have lots of travel photos and souvenirs you want to use on a page without taking up too much room in your scrapbook. Here we go!
What you will need:
- A background paper
- Some sheets of color coordinated with the background
- 1 envelope size approximately 10x7 inches (can be Kraft, brown, white), color is irrelevant.
- Punch circle measuring 1,5 inches and 1 inch
- And the tools and glues
Step 1 - The first step is to get the envelope to the size you want. In my case I wanted my envelope in the size 9 x 6 inches. Then I cut the brim of it, opened the bottom, and an open side, leaving him as 6 x 9 "(inches)
Step 2 - Mark off 3 inches vertically and score it.
Step 3 - Now glue the envelope on the horizontal where it was open when you cut it. You should have two sides left open that will be turned into pockets later. 
Step 4 - Cut three rectangles from coordinating paper of various colors using the following measurements
1: 6 x 3.5 "(this should be scoring 0.5 ', as 3.5')
2: 6 x 3 '
3: 6 x 6 '
Notice in the photo, you can not see very well, that the first paper has been scored.
Step 5 - And here we begin to cover the envelope with paper. Note that I glued the short end of the scored sheet to the back of the envelope and wrapped the rest around to the front.
Step 6 - And now the inside of the envelope.
Step 7 - With a circle punch, punch a half circle on the side of the envelope.
Step 8 - Cut the following tags:
• 1 tag 5x5 "inches
• 2 tags 3x4 "inches
• 2 rounds of 1.5 '
• 4 rounds of 1 '
Step 9 - Glue on pictures and decorate the tags on front and back.
Step 10 - Now it is time to glue your envelope to your background paper. Note that I glued the back of the envelope (the side not covered with paper) to the page.
Step 11 - The next step is to insert the tags into the pockets formed by the envelope, and decorate the page!
Hi all. We are currently working to clear out all items in stock, including goodies from CHA Winter in order to get ready for all of the new stuff that will be coming in at the end of the summer. This includes just about everything in the store, except for some of the AMM trims and finds (since these are already pretty dang cheap). Just use code SALE3 at check-out.
Also, I have been advised that many people were being charged outrageous shipping rates. This was an error on the site and I believe it has been corrected. HOWEVER, if for some reason you have a shopping cart for $20 and are charged $50 for shipping, please email me. Obviously this is a bad error. The shipping prices for domestic orders are based on the price of your order and should be between somewhere around $5 - $10. International orders are more, but nothing as outrageous as $30 or more!
With that being said ~ please enjoy the sale and stop by our boards to give a warm hello to our newest designer, Nayda Rocha. We are super excited to have her. She'll have some fun stuff in store for you all! Lots of inspiration.
Have a great week.
