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Here at Little Yellow Bicycle our Biker Chicks are busy, busy, busy. Right now you can find many of us working on "top secret" projects that we will share at a later date (a.k.a. Winter CHA). But, today we would love to share some of the beautiful projects our merry little band of Biker Chicks created for our gorgeous Wonder & Wishes collection, mostly because "these are a few of our favorite things." Feel free to break into song... you know you want to...or maybe just hum as you read.
Biker Chick Vicki Boutin created this beautiful family page highlighting our Wonder & Wishes 10 Things Present. There is so much detail in both the papers and the embellishments that you can easily personalize a page about loved ones.
WO-308 - 10 Things Present - with glitter accents (11 pieces)
Biker Chick Greta Hammond created this divine wreath highlighting some of the beautiful Wonder & Wishes patterned papers. Greta also added just the right amount of sparkle to the gorgeous red bow and her pom pom holly berries are the perfect accent.
WO-103 - Merry Little Berries/Green Poinsettia
Biker Chick Renée Foss created this gorgeous altered star banner highlighting the stunning Wonder & Wishes Felt Flowers. Love how Renée added some beautiful accents with the white bows. This will be so pretty hanging up for the holidays.
WO-304 - Felt Flowers - self adhesive with glass beads (4 pieces)
Biker Chick Liz Qualman (me) created this page of my daughter and her American Girl highlighting our Wonder & Wishes Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers and used some of the Mini Pom Poms and Twine Spools to tie the ornament stickers to the page. I love how you can easily layer the stickers to add dimension to a page.
WO-135 - Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with glitter accents and matte foil (28 pieces)
Biker Chick Tania Willis will be back soon with an exciting new Training Reel featuring the Wonder & Wishes or Winter Twig collection, so be sure to stay tuned!
Don't forget there is still time to enter our sketch challenge this month. Please link your project to the sketch album on our facebook page HERE or send your entry to Peg at peg@cthruruler.com. The DEADLINE is 12/31/11 so there is still plenty of time and we cannot wait to see all of your gorgeous work with our collections. See this blog post for official rules and more details.
Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Liz
Every so often you come across something really cool. When I saw this perpetual card my friend Debbie Bonczek made using LYB's Wonder & Wishes collection, I just thought wow ... how did she do that? It is just the coolest thing. Here's a picture of each of the panels:
But you really have to hop on over to Debbie's blog to see the video of this sweet little card in action. One of my favorite parts of this card: the mini pom poms on the elf's shoes! Cute!
Even better? Deb included a sketch and instructions so you can make one yourself. Go ahead - impress all your crafty friends!
Thanks so much to Debbie Bonczek for sharing this amazing creation with us! Make sure to leave a message on Debbie's blog ... and if you're in CT, you can take a class with Debbie at my favorite LSS ... New England Scrapbook Company in Canton CT!
Have a crafty day!
-Peg
Hello everyone! I'm here to introduce our newest Guest Designer, the wonderfully creative and talented Danielle Flanders, who will be joining us over the next few weeks to share projects featuring the Hello Fall! collection!
Many of you already know Danielle from her design team work, and she's been published many times over. Here's a little bit more about Danielle!
Danielle has been scrapbooking for almost 12 years now, since her first daughter was born. She began scrapbooking to create a memory book for her newborn daughter. Shortly after, a friend introduced her to card making and stamping. In 2007, while a stay-at-home mom, Danielle discovered scrapbooking sites on-line, began applying for design teams and started a blog to display her work.
Currently, Danielle is working for several manufacturers and still blogs regularly at Homespun With Heart. She has been published in over 20 different publications and has taught classes at scrapbook stores, events and trade shows all over the country. Her unique designs and ideas keep her readers coming back for more! She has a love for creating handmade cards for family and friends and always loves to include homespun touches like stitching on them.
Having grown up most of her life in South Dakota, she is a midwest small-town girl at heart. However, she resides in upstate New York now with her husband and 2 daughters, ages 12 and 6. Danielle holds an Elementary Teaching degree and a Speech Language/Audiology degree, however loves being able to stay home with her girls...and design in her spare time.
And before we get to the projects... a little Q&A with LYB and Danielle Flanders!
LYB: What is your ‘go to’ embellishment?
DF: I love it all! I think twine and ribbon are my favorites right now, they are a great way to add softness to paper.
LYB: Do you prefer cardstock or patterned paper?
DF: Patterned paper gives much needed color to a project!
LYB: What kind of music gets you in the scrappin’ mood?
DF: I love anything current/hip hop that is on the radio.
LYB: Do you like to go to crops or prefer to scrap alone?
DF: I get more done when I’m alone.
LYB: What are your favorite types of projects—pages, mini albums, cards, altered projects, etc?
DF: Cards are my favorite right now, but I love to dabble in pages, minis and altered projects too!
LYB: Do you have a favorite scrapbooking snack?
DF: Hot tamales candy.
And speaking of Danielle's favorite ... cards ... she has two to share with us today!
Signs of Fall card:
Background papers: Hello, Fall 11.75x5.75 Paper Pad
Signs of Fall note card: Hello, Fall Journaling Cards
Fabric circle: Hello, Fall Fabric Favorites
Yellow circle: Hello, Fall Journaling cards
Chipboard leaf: Hello, Fall Chipboard Shapes
Other: Rustic Twine by Papertrey Ink, Fresh Snow ink by Papertrey Ink.
I just love how Danielle layered the elements on the center of the card - and ooh! The stitching on the edge!
Here's one more:
What a lovely way to send a "Thank You"! This card is simply perfect! Here's Danielle's materials list:
Sweet of You card:
Background papers: Hello, Fall 11.75x5.75 Paper Pad
So Blessed circle: Hello, Fall Journaling cards
Sweet Sticker: Hello, Fall 5 Things Envelopes
Lace Sticker at top: Hello, Fall Crepe Paper Lace Stickers
Pin: Hello, Fall Stick Pins
Other: Yellow cardstock, white ribbon, alphabet stamps, brown ink.
And one more close up:
So many layered dots! Adorable!
Thanks Danielle for these two lovely cards. I'll be back next week with more from Danielle ... plus be sure to check back for inspiration from our Wonder & Wishes and Winter Twig Cycling teams! So much going on!
Meanwhile check out Danielle's blog by clicking this link.
- Peg
We are so pleased to introduce Robbie Herring, the wearer if the "yellow jersey" today. Robbie has some wonderful projects to share with our Hello Fall! collection. Along with the two layouts she created, she also has a great idea for altering a canvas as a home decor item. You can make one just like Robbie's with our Hello Fall! collection, or you could try the same idea with our Wonder & Wishes or Winter Twig collections.
Here's Robbie...
This collection couldn't have been any more perfect for some pumpkin patch pictures that I had. The colors were just perfect. Using the fabric banner sticker for the title was a natural choice for this precious picture. I really loved the dimension of it and, of course, it's so pretty!
The embellishing in the lower left corner includes a LOT of the fabulous embellishments included in this collection. The different textures of the embellishments are so great for clustering. Little Yellow Bicycle rocks the embellishments every time! There are paper, fabric, shiny and even clear pieces all together in the cluster. I like to use foam dots to vary the height of my embellishments when I'm clustering embellishments. I find that clustering is easiest if I start by placing my large pieces and then start to tuck smaller pieces in and then add those tiny extras, like jewels, to complete the look.
I added some stitching around the die cut shape to help draw the eye to the title and for extra detail.
A border piece from the die cut shapes, a fabric piece and paper flowers complete the top section of the design. More detailing was added to the flower by using foam dots in the center. I used a flower punch for the blue center and finsihed it off with a jewel.
More pictures from the pumpkin patch! Choosing the backsides of the papers allowed the pictures to take center stage. With their beautiful prints, the backsides worked perfectly for this page. I again chose to use one of the embellishments for the title. This time, it was from the corrugated shapes.
The journaling cards are just the right size for double duty to incorporate into the actual design of this page and to tell more of the story. I love little details and dimension on my pages, so I added stitched lines around parts of the design. I also added foam dots to my flowers to add dimension and to make layering easy. Of course, if you know me, you know that my pages seldom appear without a touch of ribbon somewhere. I added the leaf stickpins to the bow.
Foam dots were also added to one of the chipboard pumpkins so I could overlap it with the other pumpkin. Little bows of matching floss, a touch of twine and a cardstock leaf were the final embellishing touches.
Products Used: Hello Fall!
Patterned Paper: Green Splendor, Red Splendor, Walnut Knit, Bundle Up Blue, Burnt Orange Knit, Chipboard Shapes, Fabric Favorites, Journaling Cards, Cardstock Die Cuts- Fresh Verse, Corrugated Shapes, Stick Pins, Paper Flower Kit. Other: Orange Gingham Ribbon, Brown DMC Floss, Twine
I made this little canvas to set out at Thanksgiving. You could easily change it up for any holiday because there are so many words included in the embellishments with this collection. Another idea would be playing up all of the reds in this collection to use it for Christmas Time. Just take a look at the collection. There is red paper, red clear cuts, a red apple, red flowers... you get the idea! Try mixing them with all of the lovely greens, too.
I started out by putting everything together on just the paper. Different heights,adding buttons and stitching detail make this more than just a flat piece. The chipboard word pieces add their own dimension all on their own. I like the idea of mixing some cardstock leaves with the felt leaves for more texture.
And my most favorite embellishment pack from the Hello Fall lcollection? ...the paper flower kit! The flowers are already cut, all you have to do is fold, then mix and match the pieces together to create an amazing display of flowers!
Something else I really appreciate about the collection are the clear cut shapes with glitter accents, like the orange flourish I used on this page as well as corrugated shapes and lots of die cuts and labels!
There are also chipboard shapes with glitter accents and canvas border stickers which I used to alter a plain white frame! I added in our names on little leafs to make a family tree!
Thank you Jamie for another blissful day on the blog! Your projects make me want to jump in a pile of leaves - too bad it is already snowing here in Colorado... Please visit Jamie's Blog Bits of Paper for more inspiration from this very talented designer.
Hope you are ready for the big day tomorrow with pies baked and turkey thawed!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Liz
Looking for a Holiday Project to "spruce up" the old homestead? Try this adorable little Christmas Tree Centerpiece made with the Wonder & Wishes collection and inspired by Little Yellow Bicycle's Paper Flower Kits. It gives just the right amount of flair with the least amount of work. You will be surprised at how easy it is to make.
The design is really quite simple and uses just a few of the embellishments from the Wonder & Wishes collection like the Confetti Garland and Button Dots.
See the Training Reel Below!
Ready for dinner!
Directions for creating your own Chrsitmas Tree Centerpiece:
Download Wonder&Wishes_Centerpiece_LizQualman
Thank you so much for stopping by today -
Liz
Here at Little Yellow Bicycle we cannot brag enough about our amazing Cycling Team! Each day we post something from these talented designers is another day of inspiring bliss and today is no exception. We are very pleased to share more Hello Fall! projects with Amy Peterman wearing the "yellow jersey." She's sharing a mini ablum, double page layout and a card, but let's have Amy tell you all about it...
"Hello Little Yellow Bicycle fans! I am pretty geeked to be sharing with you today. I’ve always loved LYB, so when I was asked to participate on the Cycling Team, I was thrilled ... And when my box of Hello Fall! product arrived, you can believe I did a little happy dance. I’ve always been draw to an autumnal palette and yummy textures, so this collection is right up my alley."
Family Gratitude Album
I created my own envelopes inside my album with various Hello Fall! patterned papers (I used a printable envelope template from this site to create them - http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2008/07/5-12-inch-square-envelope-template-lots.html).
I had each of my family members write down what they are thankful for on pages pulled from the Say What? Gratitude Journal Tablet. Each family members’ list gets tucked into their own little envelope.
I have this album hanging in our front entryway. I love that it not only serves to hold precious photos and memories, but it also is a fall décor piece.
For this mini album, I used one of the Little Yellow Bicycle Chipboard Albums (LYB101), lots of Hello Fall! goodness and the Say What? Gratitude Journal Tablet.
Fall Fun
What better way to say hello to fall than a joyous frolic in the fallen leaves? To play off that theme, I repeated leaf elements in this design. First, I just had to use that beautiful patterned paper with the tree on it. I accented a few leaves by hand-cutting around them and overlapping my photos with them. I also added a couple of the leaves from the Corrugated Shapes pack and adhered them with foam adhesive. I then hand-cut a few more leaves on the left side of my layout and stitched around them for definition.
Oh Happy Day Card
Amidst all of the creating with this awesome collection, I just had to throw in a card. I used the Fabric Favorites (owl and banner) and some Canvas Tape (aren’t those owls adorable?). I love how the combination of these products made creating a card and snap!
Thank you Little Yellow Bicycle! I loved sharing today!
Amy
Thank you Amy! We are very appreciative of your beautiful work. Please visit Amy Peterman's blog for more inspiration and be sure to check back for more from the amazing Cycling Team and of course our talented Biker Chicks!
Have a fantastic weekend!
Liz
Hello all! No post yesterday - thought I'd give you a day to take in the wonderful apple tree centerpiece from Shellye McDaniel. Whew! Pretty cool, huh? In case you missed it, you can find it here.
And today, I'm back with two equally wonderful Hello Fall! projects from the very talented Ashley Horton! These yummy layouts will be absolutely perfect for your fun fall memories.
So let's get right to it, why don't we? Here's Ashley!
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"A Harvest of Fun"
One of the great things about working with coordinating products, is how quick and easy your pages can be. You don't have to sit for hours trying to pick out the products you want to use and and lose time working on your pages!! That's what I loved about this fun page, using the Hello Fall line from Little Yellow Bicycle! It took less than an hour to get my page completed. I started by cutting a scalloped frame in the Burnt Orange Knit paper and attaching it to my background Autumn Tree paper. I then cut 5 inch squares from Golden Flourish, Harvest Rings, Green Splendor, and Walnut Knit. Then I inked the edges of each of the papers to add a little more definition. I created a grid with the 5 inch squares and then placed my photos in the center of the layout. There were a few scraps of paper after cutting, and I used those to create a few border strips under my photos. There are some adorable alphas included in the Family Tree kit I received, and they were perfect for using in my title. I adhered each letter to a scrap piece of the Walnut Knit paper to make them stand out a little more against my background paper.
Finally, I started adding some of the adorable embellishments in the Hello Fall line. The Chipboard Shapes worked great on the right hand side of my page, and I decided to add a little bling to my border strips with the Jewel Stickers. I finished my title off with the word "Fun", which was included in the Chipboard Sticker Words package. There are so many fun banners and penants also included in this line, and I decided to balance out the left side of my page by adding several of the pennants.
For a little fun touch, I added one of the Clear Cuts Shapes to the center of the yellow pennant and attached it with a brad.
For my journaling strips, I just used a Desktop Publishing program to type up my journaling and printed it out on a scrap piece of the Autumn Tree paper.
Products Used:
HF-101 Autumn Tree
HF-106 Golden Flourish
Harvest Rings
HF-103 Green Splendor
HF-105 Burnt Orange Knit
HF-104 Walnut Knit
HF-279 Chipboard Shapes
HF-310 Family Tree Kit (Letters)
HF-135 Cardstock Favorite Pieces
HF-308 10 Things Pocket (Pennants)
HF-165 Chipboard Sticker Words
HF-197 Jewel Stickers
HF-230 Clear Cut Shapes
Other:
Font: Plantagenet Cherokee
Brads: The Paper Studio
Pen: Zig
Ink: Memento
"Little Pumpkin Picker"
Since I had so many fun products to work with from Hello Fall, I decided to do a double page layout for my second project. I began this page by getting my papers cut and layered. For the background paper, I chose Delicious Autumn Text and then used Burnt Orange Knit, Golden Flourish, Harvest Rings, and Walnut Knit for layering. Then I placed my photos and added the title and journaling area. There are some great shapes and embellies in the Clear Cut Shapes package and I used two of the orange flourishes near my title and journaling block.
Since the flourish on the right hand side was over the Orange Knit paper, I decided to add the Golden Flourish paper behind it, to help it stand out. I used some of the cute little leaves from the Cardstock Favorite Pieces package to scatter across the two pages and I outlined thiem with a brown Zig pen for more definition. I decided to add a little bit of Baker's Twine, in matching colors, to give another fun element across the layout. There are some adorable banners in the Mini Banner package and I LOVE the little owls that are included here and there in this line. This banner was the only one I had and it was only 12 inches, so I decided to use part of it under the photos on the left side of my page and then used the remainder, for a little emphasis, under the landscape photo on the right side of my page. I finished off the layout by adding the cute little acorn and tree from the Chipboard Shapes package.
Products Used:
HF-107 Delicious Autumn Text
HF-105 Burnt Orange Knit
HF-106 Golden Flourishes
Harvest Rings
HF-104 Walnut Knit
HF-161 Crepe Paper Lace Stickers
HF-279 Chipboard Shapes
HF-134 Journaling Cards
HF-309 5 Things Envelope
HF-310 Family Tree Kit
HF-230 Clear Cuts Shapes
HF-135 Cardstock Favorite Pieces
HF-307 Mini Banners
Other:
Pen: Zig
Baker's Twine: The Twinery
Thickers: American Crafts
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Just beautiful, aren't they? Oh I meant layouts ... but those kids are adorable too! Thanks so much to Ashley Horton for sharing her talent with us today! Be sure to hop over to Ashley's blog and leave her some love!
Can't wait to see what this Cycling Team dreams up next! And oh, by the way, it's one week 'til Thanksgiving...will YOU be making an Apple Tree Centerpiece?
Happy Thursday!
Peg
So often I look at the things people create and find myself wondering...HOW did she think of that? (This feeling of wonder is typically followed by a mixture of self-loathing "I am not worthy" juxtaposed with "I am so privileged to work in the midst of such talent") ... which is about how I feel every time I receive "Happy Email" from our Cycling Teams. So much talent abounds out there, and we are so lucky to be able to tap into it and share it with you!
And that is my long-winded introduction to our much-awaited FIRST POST from our Hello Fall Cycling Team! First up is Shellye McDaniel - who also was a member of the Head of the Class team (if you missed her oh-so-adorable corkboard mini album you MUST see it by clicking this link - MUST I tell you! And while I'm at it let me take moment to urge you to check out Shellye's blog, which is just filled with spectacular paper crafts!)
So here we go and OH. MY. WORD! Wait 'til you see:
I know, right? Who wouldn't love this fall beauty decorating their home this Thanksgiving?
Here's Shellye to tell you all about it!
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Like many, Fall is my favorite time of the year! The HELLO FALL Collection from Little Yellow Bicycle captures all of the beautiful colors and warmth of the season. Couple that with cute bird and owl motifs, glittery leaves and you are able to create so many gorgeous projects.
I have always wanted to create a FAMILY TREE that could be used as a centerpiece for my Thanksgiving table or as an accent for the living room. When I began this project, I had no idea that the end result could actually serve both purposes!
To get started you will need a nice tree branch and a few twigs. Depending on how you wish to display your tree, you may want to use a large clay pot, decorated box or basket. I used a wrought iron planter basket, and filled it with floral foam topped with Spanish moss. Next, insert the tree branch into the floral foam.
Products used from the HELLO FALL Collection:
Jewel Stickers
Stick Pins
Canvas Tape Rolls
Fabric Favorite (Button Shapes)
Cardstock Favorite Pieces (Leaves)
Family Tree Kit (Leaves)
Chipboard Shapes (Leaves, Bird, Owl)
Paper Flower Kit
Clear Cuts Shapes (Leaves)
Papers:
Autumn Medley (Back)
Happy Fall (Back)
Sweater Weather (Back)
Misc. Products/Supplies:
Hemp
Ribbon
Brads (Also found in the PAPER FLOWER KIT)
Kraft shred
Body Powder
Tree Branch
Twigs
Basket, Pot or Box
Floral Foam
Spanish Moss
Fast-drying Tacky Glue or Glue Gun
Double-Sided Punch (optional)
To create your APPLES:
1. Punch 1.25”W x 12”H strips from 12x12 Autumn Medley (back) and Happy Fall (back) patterned papers. [I used a Martha Steward Double-Sided 1" punch.] You will need a total of FOUR (4) strips for each apple that you create.
2 Cris-cross the strips as shown above. Insert a small brad through the center
3. Bring the ends of the BOTTOM strip to the top and glue together; repeat with each strip. Your LAST strip will be the inner most strip (shown as the blue one on above photo).
4. Using a tacky glue or glue gun, attach small twig (for apple stem) to the top of the apple; allow to dry.
5. Cut a 10” strip of desired CANVAS TAPE; remove backing. Sprinkle a small amount of body powder to the back…this will remove most of the stickiness. Bring ends together as shown below. Crimp center and tie with a small piece of jute; trim excess.
6. Tie a bow from hemp (or other material), select leaves from Chipboard Shapes, Clear Cuts Shapes, Fabric Favorites, Cardstock Favorite Pieces, etc. Select a couple of JEWEL STICKERS and STICK PINS. Arrange and glue elements around the apple stem as desired. Don’t forget to add a loop of hemp to the top so that it can be hung from tree!
7. I used my printer and Typewriter Font to create name tags. You could use small alpha stickers or handwritten tags.
8. Next, gently ‘stuff’ the apple with Kraft Shred…this just helps to hold the shape. Spanish Moss could be used in place of Kraft Shred.
9. Finally, you will want to decorate your tree with various leaves from the FAMILY TREE KIT, CARDSTOCK FAVORITE PIECES and PAPER FLOWER KIT. I cut some of the leaves from the flower petals, as well. I also used the cute CHIPBOARD SHAPES birds and owls on the branches. Tie ribbon bows to add more dimension and texture…think of it as you would when decorating a Christmas tree :)!
And the BEST part, turn these sweet apples into place markers on your Thanksgiving table!
Use sheets of patterned paper as placemats…just cover with a clear contact paper or laminate.
I hope you enjoy the project! Please contact me if you have any questions.
Shellye
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See what I mean? Wow! And so simple to create. Now just a quick reminder - Thanksgiving is a little more than a week away ... plenty of time for you to make one of your very own for your harvest table!
Here are a few more close ups to give you some more ideas!
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Have fun creating, people! If you LOVE this holiday project as much as I do, why not hop over to Shellye's blog and tell her!
I'll be back Thursday with another project from Hello Fall! Cycling Team member Ashley Horton!
Hi everyone! Are you ready for another Sketch Challenge from Liz Qualman? I hope so! This challenge starts NOW, and will run through the end of December - to give you plenty of time to work on it during the busy holidays!
Liz used the perfectly sporty Get Your Game On collection for her sketch - but you can use ANY of our Fall and Winter collections: Head of the Class, Get Your Game On, Hello Fall!, Wonder & Wishes, or Winter Twig!
Here's Liz to tell you all about it ... and be sure to read to the bottom for details on how to enter!
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I love how the Get Your Game On collection provides four different sports to capture your memories. Even though my son is not old enough to play sports competitively, he still likes to get outside and kick the ball around. It was great to use the soccer papers and embellishments to capture this moment of my son and husband playing together.
I especially like the idea of how you can use the Get Your Game On collection for any sports related memories. Wouldn't it be fun to use the papers and embellishments for a memory about tailgating with the "MVP" being the last person standing (if you know what I mean)? The stars are the limit with this super fun collection. Can't wait to see what some of you create with my sketch!
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Here's the sketch:
Here's the rules:
1. You may use the sketch any way you please (turn it upside down or on its side, or use it as is).
2. You must use at least 75% Little Yellow Bicycle product, from any of our current Fall or Winter collections [Head of the Class, Get Your Game On, Hello Fall!, Wonder & Wishes, and Winter Twig].
3. Your work must be your own! ;)
Here's how to enter:
1. You may enter by posting your layout to LYB's Facebook Page - please post it in the Album titled "Fall/Winter Collection Sketch Challenge".
2. If you're not a Facebook user, you still may enter, by emailing a photo of your entry to peg@cthruruler.com. Please include your mailing address - so we have it in case you win!
3. All entries must be received by midnight EST on Saturday, December 31, 2011.
Here's the fun part ... the prizes!
1. Liz will select THREE finalists. All of the finalists will win a prize.
2. We will post the finalists to our Facebook Page and Blog for you to VOTE on your favorites.
3. You'll have a week to vote (one vote per person). Voting will end at midnight on Saturday, January 7, 2012.
4. The grand prize winner will win $50 in LYB product. The runners up will each receive $25 in LYB product!
Sound good? OK everyone! Get creating!
-Peg
[P.S. if you love sketches, be sure to follow the link to Liz's blog - she has tons of 'em!]
Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you're finding some time for crafting this weekend! I have two awesome projects to share from our Game On Cycling Team members KimberlyRae Forde and Cari Locken.
First up is an adorable little mini album from Cari, for all you soccer moms out there. What a great way to save the memories from the soccer season? This perfect, simple little mini album is just right!
And here are Cari's easy instructions!
I created a mini album - with only the paper provided. NO chipboard album or pre-made album was needed. This was a super easy & inexpensive way to create a mini album with just patterned paper & embellishments.
- I cut 12" x 6" pieces of patterned papers (5 different papers).
- I folded them in half so I would end up with a 6" x 6" album. After folding them I just simply put them together to form a booklet.
- I embellished each page
- When finished I opened up each page (to 12 x 6 wide) and then punched 2 holes down the center of each page approx. 1" in from the edges. I then re-assembled the album & tied it together with green twine. I added 2 smaller pieces of black & cream ribbon to embellish the edge of the album a little bit.
Thanks again for inviting me to help out with this.
It's been super fun!
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Love this album Cari! I think it is so cool, and I just may have to make one for all the pictures I took of my soccer team this fall! Don't forget to check out more inspiring projects on Cari's blog by clicking the link!
My other favorite fall sport is football! And on those rare fall Sundays when I'm not out coaching a soccer game, you will find me at home with the TV tuned to one of my favorite NFL teams. So I definitely need this:
Coolest-ever Kickoff Gift Set created by KimberlyRae Forde!
Here's KimberlyRae to tell you about it!
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For my second project I choose a Football theme!
Ingredients:
Little Yellow Bicycle 'Get Your Game On' Collection
- eCraft personal cutter by Craftwell
- Acylic Large Salad Bowl
- Football slip Cup Adult size
- Ball Wide Mouth Canning Lids and Rings
- Fiskars Paper Trimmer
- Jewelers Wire 12 gauge
- Aleene's Collage 'Pauge Matte
- Cork board adhesive Paper sheet
- Hot Glue Gun
Snack Bowl Instructions :
1. Choose and adhere stickers and elements you want to show through around the bowl. You can add the team's name here.
2. Measure from under lip of bowl down to the rim of the bottom. Mine measured 6" [I purchased the bowl from Dollar Tree].
3. Select your papers and trim to 2-3" strips
4. Modge podge one strip at a time and place at one end and work your way around the bowl.
5. Modge podge the entire OUTside of the bowl, using your fingers to smooth out any bumps.
6. Hot Glue Cork paper on the bottom [this will help keep from sliding].
You're done!
Cup Instructions :
1. Measure from just under the lip of the top of cup down to where the cup rests and trim paper.
2. Measure around cup [mine measured 6"] and adhere paper to cup.
3. Add chip board elements and stickers.
4. Liberally, brush on modge podge.
5. Let Dry and add Banner [the 'football' banner was a perfect fit]!
6. Adhere cork paper and hot glue to the bottom of the base and you're done!
Coasters / Cup Holder Instructions :
1. Hot glue all lids to the inside of the rings-upside down [this is your cup holder base] and set aside.
2. Cut 12" wire and curl with paint brush handle or a pencil.
3. Cut out 6" circles and clip the outsides about an inch around.
4. Liberally, brush on modge podge to the paper circle and place over your cup holder base [that you made earlier]
5. Press the paper inside the base and smooth starting in the center and bring the pap
6. Now, shape one end of wire in an 'L' shape with the '_' part going underneath the base and hot glue in place
7. Choose a chipboard element and hot glue to the wire
8. Cut 3.5" circle from the cork paper and hot glue to the bottom of the base and
Now you're ready to place the cup in the cup holder and you're done!
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Wow. Now that's really thinking outside the scrapbook, isn't it? Click this link to hop over to KimberlyRae's blog for more cool projects!
What will the Cycling teams come up with next? You'll see next week, when we kick off posts from the Hello Fall! Cycling Team (did you get that little football pun there? hope so....)
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
-Peg
Hello all! Hope you have lots of fun, family time, and crafting planned for the weekend. To inspire you, I'm back with another project from our Get Your Game On Cycling Team, this time the incredibly talented Carol Monson! If you haven't seen Carol's blog, go check it out! You will love her style - her stitching is really cool - and her photographs are amazing!
Here's Carol to tell you about her layouts:
GO Nathan
The subject matter of this layout immediately made me want to include a repetitive circle pattern somehow.
To keep things moving and fun I decided to punch a bunch of circles and then punch out the middles on most to keep things light.
I pieced them together before attaching them to my layout so I could stitch around some of the circles. I find it easier to sew a circle pattern on smaller pieces rather than on the layout as a whole. Once those were done I glued them down to my finished layout and topped them off with a few chipboard stars.
He's our All Star
This product line has so many fun elements and papers in it that I really wanted to highlight a few of my favorite things.
I loved the sunburst patterns on the sports themed papers so I cut a portion of one out and emphasized that theme with stitching along each ray. I had one really great picture that needed to shine on its own and I thought that was a great way to do it.
I also loved all the different chipboards and sticker elements. I took one of the banners apart and switched things up by adding stickers and different paper patterns to it. I finished things off with several of the chipboard pieces layered together to make my title.
Thanks again so much for giving me this opportunity......I so appreciate it!!!
Loved working with your products.
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Thanks so much Carol for sharing your beautiful layouts with us! Don't forget to check out her blog!
Tomorrow I'll be back with two more projects from the Get Your Game On and Head of the Class Collections and next week .... it's all Hello Fall!
Have a great weekend everyone!
-Peg
OH.
MY.
GOODNESS.
I can't believe what a difficult task it has been to try to make final selections from the AMAZING caliber and quantity of submissions we got for this Cycling Team call!! Difficult but delightful... I had so much fun reviewing each submission and reading your emails, also! It's truly a treat to see your amazing creations, and to see your personalities in your work and in your journaling (I love reading journaling!), to see a little glimpse of your lives, your stories, from all around the globe!~ It's one of my favorite parts of my job, to be sure! Getting to know you!
Well, without further ado... (but with a little sadness that I couldn't select more!)
Our Wonder & Wishes Cycling Team is.........
- Marcia Dehn-Nix
- Renee Zwirek
- Gina Rodgers
- Audrey Yeager
and
Our Winter Twig team is..........
- Andrea Friebus
- Katrina Hunt
- Mary Ann Jenkins
- Laura O'Donnell
CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES! Please email me your mailing info (sharon@cthruruler.com), and we'll get your goodies out to you right away, along with a schedule for your features!
Big THANKS to everyone for your support and interest, for taking the time to enter! BE WATCHING for more calls, contest, prizes and fun!
Enjoy the ride~
Sharon
Hello folks! Thanks for your comments on our crazy fall storm. Believe it or not, it was in the high 60s here in CT today and most of the snow in my back yard is gone!
Today I have some more fantastic projects from our Head of the Class and Game On Cycling Teams to share with you!
First is this adorable "Team Mom Scoreboard" from KimberlyRae Forde. Speaking as a team mom who is also a coach (pardon me while I brag that my U13 boys soccer team just won their league championship...even though our last game was snowed out ... ahem!) ... this is a MUST HAVE!!!
What a super gift for the coach, team manager, or team mom! Here are a few close ups!
Love this! For more inspiration from KimberlyRae, check out her blog by clicking this link!
Next up is Amanda Johnson, who made this adorable keeper for her daughter's kindergarten projects. So cool!
Here's Amanda to tell you how she made it:
My oldest daughter will be going off to kindergarten next year, and I wanted to make something bright and fun to store all of her papers and drawings in...the Head of the Class collection was absolutely perfect for this!!
Supply List:
Head of the Class Dimensional Pop-Up Stickers, Chipboard Shapes, Journaling Cards, Stick Pins, Mini Banners, Clear Cuts Shapes, and Patterned Papers.
Additional Supply List:
Acrylic Paint, Bakers Twine, Chipboard Portfolio
Here's the how-to:
Start by taking apart the portfolio so that you can measure the sides. Next select and cut your favorite Head of the Class patterned papers. Adhere and then sand all of your edges. (I used Modge Podge to adhere all of my papers.)
Next Choose your embellishments, and layer as desired. I chose to keep the embellishing on my project fairly simple, I know my daughter, and this will get opened and closed tons of times, this is also why I chose to only embellish on the bottom half of the portfolio.
Next put your portfolio back together. I chose to use the dimensional stickers for my closures instead of putting the originals back on.
Finally go through and paint all of your seams with a coat of acrylic paint and let dry.
This is a super easy project!! You can of course embellish more or less depending on the look you are hoping to achieve...I wanted mine to be functional and I also wanted to let the fabulous designs on the Head of the Class patterned papers stand out.
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What a great project. For more inspiration from Amanda, follow her blog by clicking this link!
Thanks Amanda and KimberlyRae for today's inspiration! Tomorrow we will be announcing the Cycling Teams for our Wonder & Wishes and Winter Twig collections. Have you submitted your work for consideration?
Have a great evening!
-Peg
Phew! What a week it has been here in Connecticut. Don't know if you have heard, but much of the state was without power for a week or more, and many (including our headquarters in Bloomfield, CT) are into their 11th day without power. As you can imagine, it hasn't been easy! We appreciate your patience as we get things moving as quickly as we can!
Just to give you a quick glimpse, I'm going to share a couple of photos from my town. We received between 1-2 feet of snow on Saturday 10/29. The entire town (and many others) lost power. Any street that had overhead power lines lost at least a few. Branches came down. Trees came down. Telephone poles came down. Here are some pics:
About 2' of snow in my back yard:
Branches and trees down everywhere (taken from my car) - most streets looked like this for several days after the storm - you just drive under the tree, gun it and pray:
Lots of destruction:
These poor people just replaced their roof last spring! Notice also the branch went right through the front window:
Even trick-or-treating was cancelled due to dangerous conditions.
Snow-covered pumpkin:
Snow pumpkin:
Once the power is restored, there will still be a huge clean-up job but we are hardy New Englanders and I believe we are up to the task.
A few things I have learned:
1) Neighbors are a blessing. Neighbors who have generators are a greater blessing.
2) I can never thank my husband enough for purchasing the generator!
3) No matter how often you tell yourself "The power is still out," you will still always flip the light switch when you go into the bathroom.
4) After a week without power, even vacuuming and doing laundry is "fun," and almost nothing beats the sound of a toilet flushing.
5) Each of us, some day, may be dependent on the kindness of strangers. This is important to remember when we have an opportunity to be kind. Be kind. You never know.
On the positive side, because we had a generator, I had the opportunity to spend wonderful quality time with my kids and get to know many of my neighbors better.
Sometimes it's the little things. I ran into a friend who hadn't had a warm shower in 3 days - so I invited her over to shower. I know I made her day. But interestingly, being able to invite her made my day too.
On the negative side ... I am SO BEHIND with blog posts! So today I am going to post Suzanne Sergi's final Guest Designer post featuring the Get Your Game On collection ... and I'll be back with more projects from the Cycling Teams for the rest of the week!
Here's Suzanne!
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Hi, everyone!
Suzanne here with another scrapbook page using the Get Your Game On Collection. I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed working with these papers. They make creating your pages so simple. The canvas has already been decided, and with a few added details you can complete your sports pages in no time! I have so many sport photos that need to be scrapbooked, so this collection helps me to document them quickly.
I used the Baseball Collage paper as the background to document this photo of my son holding the coveted Game Ball! I cannot tell you how his eyes would light up as the coach would begin his speech as to who the lucky recepient would be! He was secretly wishing each time, it would be him! On this day, he was the lucky one, and I wish I had been quicker to document his expression. It was priceless! However, he did agree to pose for a photo afterward.
Plus here's a bonus football card from Suzanne!
So cool.
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Thanks Suzanne! So nice to think about WARM things like baseball and paper crafting...maybe by the fire...
You can follow Suzanne's blog by clicking here.
See you tomorrow with more inspiration ...and don't forget our call for NEW Winter Twig and Wonder & Wishes Cycling Team Members! If you haven't sent your stuff in, THERE'S STILL TIME! We'll announce the new team members on Thursday, Nov. 10!! Send your submissions to sharon@cthruruler.com!
Have a happy day!
Peg
Hello!
We're excited to be announcing another call for new LYB CYCLING TEAM members! If you'd love to guest design for us, play with some FREE and FUN new product, now's your chance! We were blown away by the response from our last call, completely awed and inspired by the talent and inspiration behind the projects submitted! Thanks to all of you who sent in your amazing work!
Here's the scoop...
We're looking for 3-5 new designers to showcase for each upcoming collection, who will create projects using the free assortment of goodies we'll send, which will be posted on our blog during the month following each collection's release. No long-term DT commitment, just fun stuff, free stuff! We'll ask that you submit one great project (anything you desire) using the goodies we send you, along with some nice photos of it and a little write-up on how you created it. Then you post it on your blog (or a friend's blog!) and we'll post it on ours!
So... Here's how to TRY OUT:
Send a few samples of your best stuff (you don't have to use LYB products, but we'd love it if you did!) to sharon@cthruruler.com, and we'll announce the new team members for WONDER & WISHES and WINTER TWIG next Thursday, Nov. 10.
We hope you'll hop on!
Enjoy the ride~
Sharon
