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Hello All! Hope you're enjoying the winter holidays, and maybe squeezing a little crafty R&R in the process?
I'm back today with another fun and frosty project from our Winter Twig Guest Designer Jenny Chesnick!
Before I share that layout with you, though I want to continue on with some LYB Q&A to help you learn a little more about Mrs. Chez!
LYB: Describe your biggest scrapbooking ‘mishap’?
JC: I once spilled a very dark mist all over my carpet, not once but twice. Needless to say I had to rip the carpet out.
LYB: What are your favorite scrapbook magazines?
JC: Scrapbook Trends and Simply Handmade.
LYB: Do you have a favorite die cutting system?
JC: Silhouette Cameo. I want to marry it!
LYB: Are you a morning bird or night owl?
JC: Both! I like to get up early and get things done before the hubs gets up. Sometimes I stay up late on a Friday too.
LYB: What is the funniest topic you’ve ever had for a scrapbook page?
JC: One CHA my friends and I had this pig that was like our roaming gnome. It took photos with everyone (Even Tim and Heidi) I ended up making a mini out of its photos. Believe it or not it was published they loved it so much. We still take him to shows today.
LYB: Computer or handwritten journaling?
JC: Neither, I hardly ever journal. I know, so bad.
And now, on to Jenny's layout!
Nothing says fun like a ton of snow! This photo of my friend’s daughter is just too much. She reminds me of a snowman in her little snow suit. I kept the paper layout simple so the stand out was the snowman layered with chipboard words for a title. I punched holes in the cardstock sticker to create my own banner.
I topped off the banner with a sweet little bow.
Products Used:
TG-108- Winter Plaid/Mocha Java
TG-107- Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch
TG-165- Chipboard Words
TG-279- Chipboard Shapes
TG-201- Canvas Borders
TG-305- Paper Snowflakes
TG-145- Cardstock Stickers
TG-219- Snowflake Button Dots
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Thanks so much Jenny for another awesome project! Be sur to stop by Jenny's blog for more projects and inspiration!
Plus a couple of reminders for our blog readers!
1) Don't forget that our SKETCH CHALLENGE ends on Saturday (that's New Year's Eve), at midnight! Post your entries to our Facebook page or email them to "peg@cthruruler.com" to be entered. Click the link for more details!
2) Have you heard about the 12 Days of Giveaways over at Little Yellow Bargains? Every day through January 6th, we're giving away a freebie with your $25 purchase. To find out about the freebies, either check out the Little Yellow Bargains Facebook page, or go to our website to sign up for email alerts!
Be well!
-Peg
Don't put those Christmas scrapbooking supplies away yet! ...because we have some ideas for making a few more special cards to save for next year. Why not get a head start on Christmas 2012...
Today we have some more ideas for our Wonder & Wishes collection from Cycling Team Member Renee Zwirek. She said the cards are really easy to make and even included some instructions. But here is what Renee had to say about them.
I just love this Owl Chipboard Shape. I added a red pom pom to his hat and a fun Santa Beard that I cut out of the Paper Doily.
How I made my “Joy” Card:
1. Start with a 6 x 12 inches piece of white cardstock and score at 6 inches.
2. Take the 6 x 6 Decorative Edge Cardstock and add the paper doily.
3. Use the Crop-A-Dile and punch holes at the ends of the Chipboard Shape. Add “Joy” Cardstock Stickers for the title and add Jewel Stickers to the title.
4. Add the Twine to the ends of the Chipboard Shape, tie bows, and attach Chipboard Shape to the front of the card using pop dots.
5. Add the sweet Chipboard Owl using pop dots above the title. Add a pom pom to the owl’s hat and a piece of paper doily for the Santa Beard.
6. Use adhesive and attach 6 x 6 Decorative Edge to the white cardstock.
Supplies I used to make my “Joy” Card:
The Wonder and Wishes Collection by Little Yellow Bicycle
(WO - 135) Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces, (WO - 133) 6 x 6 Decorative Edge Cardstock, (WO - 197) Jewel Stickers, (WO - 279) Chipboard Shapes, and (WO - 302) Mini Pom Poms and Twine Spools by Little Yellow Bicycle
Others: Paper Doilies by Little Yellow Bicycle, Bright White Cover 12 x 12 cardstock by The Paper Company, paper trimmer by Fiskars, Scoring Board by Martha Stewart Crafts, Crop-A-Dile II by We R Memory Keepers, Circle Foam Tabs by American Crafts, Mini and Memory Book Glue Dots, and scissors
How I made my “Noel” Card:
1. Start with a 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches piece of white cardstock and score at 5 inches.
2. Cut the Green Poinsettia Patterned Paper to 4 7/8 x 7 inches and cut the Tiny Tonal Poinsettia Patterned Paper to 3 5/8 x 5 6/8 inches. Use adhesive to put them together and add some stitching. I used a zig-zag stitch, but a straight line stitch would look nice, too. Use adhesive and attach the patterned papers to the white cardstock.
3. Add the “Noel” Fabric Favorites Sticker to the corner of the card for the title.
4. Attach the Christmas tree Chipboard Shape to the front of the card using pop dots.
5. Attach the Angel Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces to the front of the card using pop dots. Add some glitter glue to the star and halo of the Angel and allow to dry.
Supplies I used to make my “Noel” Card:
The Wonder and Wishes Collection by Little Yellow Bicycle
(WO - 103) Green Poinsettia Patterned Paper, (WO - 105) Tiny Tonal Poinsettia Patterned Paper, (WO - 135) Cardstock Stickers – Favorite Pieces, (WO - 220) Fabric Favorites, and (WO - 279) Chipboard Shapes by Little Yellow Bicycle
Others: Bright White Cover 12 x 12 cardstock by The Paper Company, paper trimmer by Fiskars, Scoring Board by Martha Stewart Crafts, Circle Foam Tabs by American Crafts, Mini and Memory Book Glue Dots, Herma Tabs, Icicle Stickles by Ranger Industries, white thread, and sewing machine
Thank you Renee for some more fun ideas! Be sure to visit Renee's blog Pretty Plz for more ideas.
We'll be back with more inspiration this week and I think I have another Training Reel coming up next Monday with Winter Twig. Guess I better get a move on!
Have a wonderful day!
Liz
We are super excited to share projects from some of our fans who "ride with us." In case you are not a cycling enthusiast, the Peloton is the large pack of riders in a road bicycle race, like the Tour de France. We know we have a lot of riders in our Peloton, so we would love to share what a few of them have been up to with some of our collections.
Winter Twig Page by Victoria Freze - from our Facebook Page
Winter Twig Page by Marielle LeBlanc - from our Facebook Page
Wonder & Wishes Page from Christine Freet Meyer - from our Facebook Page
TWIG Page from Jing Jing Nickel - from her blog
This brings back memories! Lisa sent me this amazing page made with Sharon's gorgeous Savor collection. Savor Collection Page by Lisa Swift - emailed to lizq@cthruruler.com.
We will be back with more Projects from our Peloton. If you would like to be featured on our blog, please link your projects to our Facebook page or email them to lizq@cthruruler.com.
Sketch Challenge Reminder!
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.
Have a wonderful day!
Liz
For my 'double the joy' layout I've added some kraft cardstock and strips of patterned papers (listed below). I've also scraped some white gesso behind the papers with a palette knife
I just love the chipboard pieces in collection and this one reminded me of a great big bow on a gift so I've tried to make it resemble that a bit on this layout..
To finish, I've added a clear sticker and some journaling on the journal tab and used a fresh verse sticker for the title...
I've also used half another piece of decorative edge cardstock, a strip of paper and circle journaling tag and some corrugated alphas for the title...
I've also added some chipboard shapes, Flower Button Dot, twine and strip of paper..
This dear little Fabric Favorites owl was SO cute, I knew as soon as I saw it I had to use him!..he's teamed up here with half of the red decorative edge paper (the reverse side from the layout above), a journal card, paper strips, sticker, fabric flower and some hand cut flowers from the Green Poinsettia paper, with some jewels added to the centre.
For this card, I've used a double paper background and added a journal card on top, then a piece of green music notes from Favorite Pieces
We are so pleased to introduce our newest wearers of the Yellow Jersey. We received over 100 applications in just two short weeks and are so appreciative of the work shared with us. We said we would choose between 3-5 cycling team members per collection, so riding with us for our Paradise Cycling Team will be the following talented and inspiring designers. Please click on their names to see their blogs and get to know them a little bit more. We will be sharing their Paradise projects in the NEW Year...
Kristine Berc
Guiseppa Gubler
Ginny Hughes
Heather Leopard
Kay Rogers
BUT WAIT - there's more... Little Yellow Bicycle has quite a few more collections releasing at Winter CHA. AND...we will need a cycling team for each and every collection! Since, each collection has a personality of its own, we are looking for designers whose style will showcase the collection. In other words, if you were/are interested in being a cycling team member and today was not your day or you didn't have time to apply, please do not give up! Look for future calls and if your style suits the collection, we want you to come ride with us!
We'll talk more about this Saturdays collection more soon! Hmmmmm - can you say denim??? Isn't is just gorgeous!
Have a wonderful day and safe travels if you are on the road or in the air!
Liz
Winter Storm Warning...it's a crisp and cold day on the blog with our Winter Twig collection. We are very pleased to share some amazing projects from Cycling Team member Andrea Friebus. Love the happy feel of her pages and the details in her work. But - let's have Andrea tell you all about it...
I’m Andrea Friebus and I’m so excited to be sharing some projects with you today that I made using the fabulous Winter Twig collection! The gorgeous cool blues and browns in this line were the perfect way to welcome winter this year.
It doesn’t snow here where I live in Southern California, so I was overjoyed to be able to scrap these photos of my son’s first visit to the snow. I had a blast making the snowflakes. I couldn’t decide which snowflake embellishments to use so I ended up using a bit of everything! (Chipboard Shapes, Clear Cut Shapes, Paper Snowflake Kit, Fabric Favorites, Snowflake Button Dots, and Cardstock Stickers.)
It’s also not very often that I get to use glitter on my little boy’s pages so I did not hesitate to cover the chipboard alphas with sparkly glitter! I definitely think I captured his fun first experience with snow!
Patterned papers: Winter Fresh Pom Pom, Winter Wishful, Ski Sweater
Clear Cuts Shapes
6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock
Cardstock stickers: Favorite pieces, Fresh Verse
Paper Snowflake Kit
Fabric Favorites
Snowflake Button Dots
Chipboard: Alphas, Shapes
In my next layout, “Let It Snow” I really wanted to showcase my favorite photo from our trip to the snow. I used lots of papers and embellishments to frame the photo and even added some hand stitching.
For the title, I cut apart some Clear Cuts Shapes for the “Let It” and added it above the Chipboard Alphas. I substituted the “O” in Snow for a Snowflake Button Dot.
This snowman was the perfect chipboard embellishment to complement my photo but I wanted to add a little more to it. I removed some buttons from the Cardstock Stickers Labels and adhered them to the front of the snowman.
Patterned Paper: Brown Snowy Scratch, Winter Blue, Snowy Window, Winter Stripe
Snowflake Button Dots
Cardstock Stickers: Fresh Verse, Borders, Labels
Clear Cuts Shapes
Chipboard: Shapes, Alphas
Paper Snowflake Kit
6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock
This layout came about as a happy accident! I was cutting apart the Cardstock Border Stickers banner, thinking I would use the triangles to create a tree for a card and decided it would look better bigger. I added more triangles made from scraps and a few photos and created this tree that was definitely too big for a card and instead became the focal point of this layout about my son dressed up as the angel Gabriel for his school Nativity performance. (On a side note, while my son was on stage and all was quiet before the beginning of a song, he said, “This is fun!” really loudly and the whole audience laughed—yeah…tell me it’s not ironic that he’s dressed as an angel.)
Some random circles from the Confetti Garland topped with jewels and popped up completed my tree.
Patterned Paper: Frosty Diamond Dust, Winter Wishful, Winter Stripe, Wood You Be Winter, Winter Plaid, Mocha Java Sweater, Winter Blue
Confetti Garland
6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock
Fabric Favorites
Paper Snowflake Kit
Snowflake Button Dots
Medley Album Kit
Cardstock Stickers: Labels, Borders
My final project is some fancy wrapping for a special gift. Instead of ribbon, I used Cardstock Border Stickers and patterned paper cut into strips, layered with the Confetti Garland. Rather than using a bow for a present topper, I used a chipboard snowflake, layered with a Journaling Card, photo, Clear Cuts Shapes, more Chipboard Shapes, and part of a Snowflake Button Dot.
The photo makes this gift unique and personal and the best part is by simply punching a hole near the top of the cardstock snowflake and adding some string, your recipient now has a special handcrafted ornament to hang on their Christmas tree!
Patterned Paper: Ski Sweater
Chipboard Shapes
Confetti Garland
6x6 Decorative Cardstock
Clear Cuts Shapes
Journaling Cards
Snowflake Button Dots
Cardstock Stickers: Borders
I hope you enjoyed my projects! I had so much fun making them—thanks Little Yellow Bicycle!
Thank you Andrea for the happy accidents and wonderful projects to share on our blog. Please visit Andrea's blog Lights C.A.M.ERA Action for more fun and inspiration from Andrea!
We still have one more Cycling Team Member to share on Christmas Eve and a whole lot more to cram in this month...so stay tuned!
Liz
Well all good things must come to an end, and today is our final post from our Wonderful Wonder & Wishes Guest Designer Cindy Tobey!
I want to take this opportunity to thank Cindy for agreeing to Guest Design for us. We hope her work inspired you during this busy holiday season!
Here's Cindy to tell you about her last project ... a Christmas layout!
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In the Tobey house we normally have good intentions to put our tree up right after Thanksgiving, however it somehow always gets pushed into December. Not this year! We actually put our tree up and even decorated it the day after Thanksgiving! I thought it would be fun to create a scrapbook page with just a few photos to mark the occasion.
Celebrate Christmas layout Supplies:
Christmas Village Paper (WO-109)
Christmas Text Paper (WO-102)
Dots on Green Paper (WO-104)
Twine (WO-302)
Canvas Tape Roll (WO-222)
Stick Pins (WO-277)
Corrugated Shapes (WO-276)
Chipboard Mini Frames Photo Ornaments (WO-221)
Chipboard Stickers Words (WO-165)
Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces (WO-135)
The Chipboard and Corrugated ornament shapes are perfect for pages about Christmas tree decorating! I was going to use all three Chipboard Ornament Frames for photos but then thought it would be fun to add a dimensional paper ball embellishment to one of them instead.
I love the fun pop of dimension it adds to my page! If you want to keep the dimensional aspect once it’s placed in your album, simply cut a circular hole in your page protector for the paper ball to come through. The embellishment will act like a mini pop-up in your album!
- Punch 6 circles from patterned paper. I punched 1 ¼” circles.
- Fold each circle in half. If you want the colors to alternate, make sure to fold half with green on the inside and half with red on the inside.
- Take two circles (one green and one red) and adhere them back to back.
- Continue adhering the rest of the circles, alternating colors as you go. Add finished paper ball to your layout.
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I love the pop up ball, don't you? So cute!
Thanks again to Cindy for riding along with LYB this month! And if you haven't already done so, go on over and check out her blog!
-Peg
We have another stellar day on the blog with the latest creations from Cycling Team member Katrina Hunt. She has some super nifty crafting ideas with Winter Twig to put in your back pocket... but let's have Katrina tell you all about them!
Katrina Hunt here and I am SO excited to be part of the Winter Twig Cycling Team. This is such a dream come true for me! I have LOTS to share with you today, including some instructions for making a couple of the projects that I did!
Looking for a fun banner that you can hang all year? Well, look no further, because the Winter Twig collection is perfect for making that winter banner to hang all season long! I also have a PDF that you can download with instructions and supplies to create the banner if you like.
Download K_HuntWinter Twig BannerInstructions
Here are some close up images of each piece of the banner, to make it easier to recreate.
The tree on this piece comes from an add-on sketch over at Sketch Support.
Here is a close up of that Medley Album envelope that I sized down.
And here is a close up of the medallions that I put between each banner piece on the ribbon.
My complete supply list is located on the PDF for the banner, including additional items I used to complete the project.
Next up, I found an adorable snowman project on Archiver’s website. I thought he would be cute with the papers from Winter Twig, so I got started on him! He is a little blue, but he is fun for something other than white! Here is the link for his instructions: SNOWMAN
As soon as I decided on doing him and saw he had a pipe, I knew the Clear Cut swirl shape would be the perfect thing for smoke out of the pipe!
And just a shot from above, so you can see his hat!
TG-101 - Snowy Window/Ski Sweater
TG-102 - Frosty Diamond Dust/Blue Tea
TG-103 - Winter Twig/Snowy Aspen
TG-104 - Winter Woods/Winter Wishful
TG-105 - Skate Scratch/Winter Blue
TG-106 - Winter Stripe/Wood You Be Winter
TG-107 - Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch
TG-108 - Winter Plaid/Mocha Java Sweater
TG-109 - Blue Forest/Winter Pom Pom
TG-279 - Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (24 pieces)
TG-230 - Clear Cuts Shapes (18 pieces)
TG-302 - Mini Pom Poms (40 pieces)
TG-305 - Paper Snowflakes Kit (48 pieces)
Additional Supplies: Brown, Orange, White cardstock, Scor-Tape, Buttons, Hot glue, Fabri-tac, Ribbon, Cardboard circle, Angel Cloud fibers.
Then, I have had this picture since last Christmas (last Christmas, I gave you my heart…sorry, Christmas songs on the radio!) and had not found the perfect paper to do a layout with it. Along comes Winter Twig!
I hid the journaling tag, but attached it with twine, so that it could be pulled out from the back of the picture. I also used some of the Cardstock Stickers for that snowflake and just bent the edges of the top layer.
I didn’t want all my letters to be the same color. I had thought about painting some of them white. Then as I was sanding them down to paint, I liked the way they looked, so I decided to leave them just as they were.
TG-101 - Snowy Window/Ski Sweater
TG-103 - Winter Twig/Snowy Aspen
TG-107 - Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch
TG-108 - Winter Plaid/Mocha Java Sweater
TG-279 - Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (24 pieces)
TG-280 - Chipboard Alphabet - with thermography (62 pieces)
TG-201 - Canvas Borders – self adhesive (6 pieces)
TG-134 - Journaling Cards - with thermography (10 pieces)
TG-309 - Confetti Garland - 30" long
TG-135 - Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with glitter accents and embossing
TG-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with thermography and embossing
Additional Supplies: Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page set, Tim Holtz Sander, Fabri-tac, Scotch, and Scrapbook Adhesives.
Last but not least, I had to make a card with this fun collection! I am not a sparkly, glitter type of girl, but the Winter Twig collection has a little sparkle that is just the right amount for me!
TG-108 - Winter Plaid/Mocha Java Sweater
TG-133 - 6" x 6" Decorative Edge double-sided textured cardstock w/glitter accents
TG-230 - Clear Cuts Shapes
TG-145 - Cardstock Stickers - Labels - with buttons
TG-219 - Snowflake Button Dots - layered with buttons
TG-180 - Paper Pad - to fit LYB Chipboard Album
Additional Supplies: Cardstock, Ribbon, Fabri-tac, Scotch, and Scrapbook Adhesives.
Please visit Katrina's blog Paper Scissors & Glue for more inspiration. I for one am seriously considering making the snowman! I need more opportunities to use my new scoring tool and Katrina just gave me one.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Liz
The holidays are fast approaching and if you are like me and still have a laundry list of things to do to get ready for the festivities, you might want to take a break and check out this cardmaking idea in case you need one more special craft item for family or friends. I am using both the Wonder & Wishes and Winter Twig collections today.
This is not a new card idea, but I think the beautiful collections from Little Yellow Bicycle give it an updated look and I can really appreciate how different the cards look with the two collections even though the steps are the same. I challenge you all to grab your LYB collections and try it out too!
This is called a Tri-Fold Shutter Card and it is a really fun idea for adding a bit more embellishment, style and sentiment to a card, mostly because the way it is folded provides a lot more real estate to decorate. It is also really EASY to make - I promise. But not to worry, there is both a Training Reel and written instructions to talk you through it. I used the gorgeous Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes Collection for this Christmas Card.
See how it opens up and has a "Pop Up" effect. I love that it has a number of panels to design and decorate. Not to mention how I was able to really showcase some of the specialized collection embellishments like the 10 Things Present pocket.
I love this perspective and that ribbon is really a cardstock sticker from the Favorite Pieces embellishments. You cannot believe how easy it was to make this card! It was so easy that I had to make two of them just to make sure I had all of the holidays covered this year.
This "chilly" card was created with the frosty Winter Twig collection and is a more generic holiday card and can be used for the different holidays at this time of year. I love how all of the blue brown and white go together, but leave room for many shades of good winter fun.
I am smitten with the little chipboard "skater" and had to add him/her to my card. This card was just as fun with the multiple panels to design and decorate and I also appreciate the Clear Cuts with glitter accents, because Little Yellow Bicycle uses "responsible glitter" and it does not come off on you!
Little Yellow Bicycle is so good about the little things. The attention to detail is so much so that the tiny journal cards come pre punched with this fun notebook pattern. I only needed to add it to the card.
Please see the video below for product ideas and tips on how to make these cards.
I have also included a PDF of instructions for how to make this card.
Download TriFoldShutterCard_LizQualman
For more close ups and details, please visit my blog My Little Sketch Blook.
Thank you so much for stopping by today and hope you leave with a little inspiration!
Liz
Hello, there! My name is Laura Evangeline, and I'm so very excited to be playing with the Winter Twig collection today. This collection has some of the most fun and cute embellishments I've ever seen. I absolutely love the blue, white, and brown color combination with a hint of green thrown in. This makes for a collection that can be used for many other occasions. I love that about this type of line. It's so versatile. The patterned papers are all great basics to hold on to in your supply. Here are just a few of my ultra favorite things...
TIP: The sentiment sticker that I chose to use for this card was originally much too long for the balance I needed to complete my project. Don't forget that paper isn't the only thing you can trim and punch! Try your hand at adding fun borders and even punched shapes to the elements on your next project.
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TIP: Don't be afraid to alter or even embellish your embellishments like I did with the chipboard ice skates. I like to buy simple embellishments because they're more versatile. You can keep them as they are or take them up a notch too. Adding to beautifully simple embellishments can really make your project extra special and unique.
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Happy Saturday friends! Hope you have carved out some "me" time this weekend ... perhaps to do something crafty? If so, why not try out these holiday cards, brought to you by our Wonder & Wishes Guest Designer Cindy Tobey!
Here's Cindy to tell you all about them.
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I love to create handmade Christmas cards, and while I usually print a photo card to send out, I always create a few handmade cards as well. For both of my cards I used the same basic sketch, but changed it up with different supplies. Rather than creating multiples of the exact same card, try using the same sketch, but different supplies for each card. Doing this helps me use up extra scrapbooking supplies, as well as enjoy the process much more!
Joy & Peace Card Supplies:
6 x 6 Decorative Edge Cardstock (WO-133)
Canvas Tape Roll (WO-222)
Chipboard Shapes (WO-279)
Corrugated Shapes (WO-276)
Clear Cuts Shapes (WO-230)
Clear Stickers Cardmaking (WO-190)
Twine (WO-302)
Jewel Stickers (WO-197)
For both cards I used a sheet of Decorative Edge Cardstock and wrapped it around my card. I layered 1” strips of silver tissue paper over the red patterned die cut so that the snowflake and swirl Clear Cuts would pop and not become lost in the red pattern.
For dimension I added the chipboard swirl with foam adhesive and intertwined the corrugated frame, chipboard swirl and Clear Cut swirl.
Merry Christmas Card Supplies:
6 x 6 Decorative Edge Cardstock (WO-133)
Canvas Tape Roll (WO-222)
Chipboard Shapes (WO-279)
Corrugated Shapes (WO-276)
Clear Cuts Shapes (WO-230)
Clear Stickers Cardmaking (WO-190)
Twine (WO-302)
Jewel Stickers (WO-197)
For my Merry Christmas card I layered 1” strips of tracing paper (rather than tissue paper as I did on my previous card) over the green patterned die cut so that the bird Clear Cut would pop a little more. I also added some red jewel stickers over the berries on the bird Clear Cut for added shine and dimension.
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Thanks Cindy for some more good ideas! Don't forget to stop by Cindy's blog and thank her for riding along with us! [Pssst....a little bird told me she might just be giving away some LYB goodies over there!] Next week is Cindy's final post for the holiday season!
Enjoy your weekend!
-Peg
Wow, what a busy couple of weeks it has been on the blog lately! How can we top all of the fantastic work of the talented women on our Cycling Team? How about another Guest Designer?
I'm so pleased to introduce Jenny Chesnick, our Guest Designer for the Winter Twig Collection! I first met Jenny at CHA-Winter last year, and I was wowed by her friendly and vivacious personality and - of course - her talent! So I was thrilled when she agreed to Guest Design for our Winter Twig collection.
In addition to maintaining a blog that is just jam-packed with fun and inspiration, Jenny is a Garden Girl on Two Peas in a Bucket, and on the Maya Road and American Crafts Design Teams.
To help you get to know Jenny a little better, here's a little LYB Q&A!
LYB: Do you prefer cardstock or patterned paper?
JC: Pattern Paper for sure. I rarely if ever use cardstock!
LYB: What kind of music gets you in the scrappin’ mood?
JC: It depends on my mood. I have several channels on Pandora. Sometimes silence is best too.
LYB: Do you like to go to crops or prefer to scrap alone?
JC: I can scrap at either. I am one of those crazy people who gets a ton done at crops believe it or not!
LYB: What are your favorite types of projects—pages, mini albums, cards, altered projects, etc?
JC: Altered hands down.
LYB: Do you have a favorite scrapbooking snack?
JC: Nope! I don’t snack while scrapping unless I am at a crop and then anything within reach really doesn’t stand a chance.
LYB: Any unique tips or techniques you use?
JC: I like quality over quantity. I feel like projects don’t need to have a lot of stuff on them for them to be amazing.
Jenny has created 4 awesomely wintery projects with this lovely collection and I just can't wait to share them with you. I'm going to start out with this mini envelope album. You'll find versions of this album in both the Winter Twig and Wonder & Wishes collections - they're wonderful little keepers for your favorite memories - and they make great gifts too!
Here's Jenny to tell you about it:
Little Yellow Bicycle made this cool Medley album for the Winter Twig line. I am a sucker for minis! They made it really simple by having the base pieces already cut and ready to go, so all you need to do is embellish!
I focused on using layers on each page as well as having nice repetition through out. I used twine on each page to keep the look cohesive.
I made my own banners from border stickers and the envelopes sticker set.
I used stick pins to create a cute dimensional embellishment with the banners.
Products Used:
TG-306-Medley Album Kit
TG-165- Chipboard Words
TG-279- Chipboard Shapes
TG-133- 6x6 Decorative Edged double sided cardstock
TG-201- Canvas Borders
TG-220- Fabric Favorites
TG-230- Clear Cuts Shapes
TG-302- Mini Pom Poms
TG-305- Paper Snowflakes Kit
TG-308- 5 Things Envelopes
TG-135- Cardstock Stickers
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Love this little mini! Thanks so much Jenny for sharing this beautiful little album with us. I'll be back next week with another project from Jenny. Meanwhile why don't you go head over to Jenny's blog and say hello!
So much fun for a Friday! Hve a great weekend!
-Peg
We're counting down to the holidays and today we have two fantastic Wonder & Wishes projects from Cycling Team Member Robbie Herring. Robbie brings some real Christmas cheer with these two festive pages and we can't wait for you to see them.
It's such a great effect how Robbie mirrored the dot paper with the smaller dot pattern on our Decorative Edge Cardstock, and then layered in some of the patterned sheets from our Medley Album.
Aren't these felt poinsettias gorgeous? They add such a beautiful texture to a project and paired with the Clear Cuts makes a wonderful cluster for the corner of this photo.
Robbie really did a great job of clustering Fabric Favorites, Button Dots and the Paper Flower Kit together. Love how each element is unique, but perfectly coordinates together.
Our Wonder & Wishes Stick Pins, Pom Poms and Twine are the perfect finish for ribbon.
Patterned Paper: Christmas Text, Simple Stripe, Tiny Tonal Poinsettia, Ornaments All Over, Green Geometric
For more inspiration from Robbie, please her blog Just the Scrap.
Our Wednesday Winner is Ange! Please email your information to peg@cthruruler.com and we will get a prize pack of Wonder & Wishes out to you shortly.
Thank you for stopping by today -
Liz
On Monday, the Biker Chicks "unleashed" our brand new Winter Twig collection with some frosty ideas! Today on the blog the snowflakes are falling with Cycling Team Member Mary Ann Jenkins. She has some wonderful projects to share with her take on Winter Twig, but let's have Mary Ann tell you all about it.
Hello!! I’m Mary Ann Jenkins from sunny Southern California. I am so excited to be part of the Winter Twig Cycling Team, and I know you are going to fall in love with all the beautiful papers and embellishments just like I did!
I love the blues, browns and greens in the Winter Twig collection, but for my “First Snow” layout I added in a little bit of pink. After having three boys first, then a little girl, I find myself using lots of pink on layouts for her.
I added a few splatters of white paint, and some machine stitching to the cardstock, and also added paint and stickles to the chipboard letters. My favorite part about this layout is the cute 3-D snowflake made with the paper snowflake kit. The paper is already scored for you, so with a little folding, instant 3-D snowflake!
The “Winter Memories” layout with an old black and white photo looks like it took a lot of time to make, but it was actually really quick to put together.
I started with the confetti garland, which is already sewn for you! I cut it into various lengths, and then added a snowflake to the end of each strand along with a rhinestone. Add a date sticker and a chipboard word and it’s finished!
Winter Twig is definitely for Winter with the cute little snowmen, mittens and snowflakes, but my “Remember” layout is actually a Summer photo, taken on a 90 plus degree day.
I made sure to not have any snowflakes peaking out, and sanded the chipboard pinecone just a bit to take a little of the glitter off so it looks more like a Summer pinecone .
I used various papers from the collection along with a few cardstock stickers that I cut one end to look like a flag. I hand stitched around the outside edge of the layout with green embroidery floss. After I finished stitching, I tossed a left over piece of floss onto my scrapbook table. See where it landed? I loved the extra bit of color it added, so I glued it down and put the chipboard pinecone on top. My own little embellishment ;)
My last project is something I’ve been thinking about making for awhile, and Winter Twig was just perfect for a “Winter Fun Ideas Frame! As our family thinks of things they would like to do this Winter, we write them with a sharpie pen or dry erase marker right on the glass. As ideas are completed, just erase and add a new one! I started with an old frame, and gave it a quick coat of paint. Any size frame would work; you would just need to adjust the size papers you use. Using my computer I printed lines on a piece of cardstock. (You could also draw the lines by hand)
Since my frame is 6”X18”, I added pieces of patterned paper to the bottom, and the top to fill the frame. I added the cute little chipboard guy and word, and a few snowflakes, all under the glass so the marker is easy to clean off. I’ve already thought of a few things I want to do this Winter!
I’ve had so much fun playing with Winter Twig, and want to thank everyone at Little Yellow Bicycle for having me as part of the cycling team.
First Snow:
Snowy Window/Ski Sweater double-sided textured cardstock
Chipboard Alphabet
Journaling Cards
Cardstock Stickers – Labels with buttons
Paper Snowflakes Kit
Winter Memories
Confetti Garland
Chipboard Words – with glitter accents
Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse
Remember
Winter Woods/Winter Wishful paper
Winter Stripe/Wood You Be Winter paper
Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch paper
Winter Twig/Snowy Aspen Paper
Cardstock Stickers – Fresh Verse
Journaling Cards
Cardstock Stickers – Labels with buttons
Chipboard Shapes with glitter accents
Winter Fun Ideas Frame
6x6 Decorative Edge double-sided textured cardstock with glitter accents
Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch paper
Winters Woods/Winter Wishful paper
Winter Stripe/Would You Be Winter paper
Winter Twig/Snow Aspen paper
Chipboard Shapes with glitter accents
Paper Snowflake Kit
Thank you Mary Ann for sharing your wonderful ideas with us and for making this December day just a tiny bit chillier. Please visit Mary Ann Jenkins blog I Rock Paper & Scissors for more inspiration.
What else is coming up this week? We still have more Cycling Team Projects and another NEW Guest Designer to unveil - nope can't make me tell you today.
Also a little bird told me there might be a giveaway on the facebook page, and we will look at comments on both this post and the FB page for a winner. So if I were you I would leave a comment here and then hop on over and leave a comment on the facebook page.
Thank you for stopping by -
Liz
We are very excited about our NEW Winter Twig collection! It's perfectly chilly in every way and the winter wonderland cousin to our Twig collection from last sping. We think the frost factor of this collection is about as cute as it gets and we can't wait to show you what our Biker Chicks have created for this amazing collection!
Biker Chick Renée Foss kicks off our reveal with this brrrr-tiful page! We love how happy and chilly this page feels and Renée did a fabulous job with the Paper Snowflake Kit - this is a must have item!
Biker Chick Greta Hammond created this gorgeous winter wreath showcasing the patterned papers in this collection. Greta also created a cool cluster of Decorative Edge Cardstock, Favorite Pieces Stickers and Pom, Poms.
Greta - also created this adorable mini with our Winter Twig Medley Album to record winter month activities and festivities. Bet there is a picture of someone drinking cocoa in there somewhere.
Biker Chick Tania Willis created these beautiful winter cards. I think the mitten theme and the winter people are adorable. These are such cute ideas!
Biker Chick Vicki Boutin created a happy page with Winter Twig. I love how cold the colors and elements feel, but how happy they look combined with winter memories. Vicki spotlighted the Chipboard Shapes with Glitter Accents.
Vicki also made this happy card with the fun wintertime sentiment. The Canvas Borders are alwasys a great emebellishment for pages and cards.
Biker Chick Liz Qualman (me) took a stab at creating the little mittens with my Cricut as part of a banner, mostly because I am in love with the miniature clothespins.
This makes a fun little project to hang up for a special winter event.
I also created this page of my daughter playing in the snow. I love the patterned paper with all of the winter words as the background. Plus I had to add the I'd Melt With You sentiment mostly because I am a product of the 80s and loved Modern English...remember that song - LOL.
Renée made these adorable little block to add as a home décor item for this time of year.
We will have more Winter Twig projects from our Cycling Team and a NEW Guest Designer. Stay tuned!
Thank you for stopping by -
Liz
Happy Sunday Morning!
I'm back with some quick and easy ideas for making your gifts extra special, brought to you by our Wonder & Wishes Guest Designer Cindy Tobey! I just loved Cindy's first layout ... especially the hand-strung pom poms, didn't you?
Well, if you're like me and haven't even finished your holiday shopping (let alone begun to think about wrapping), these little extras will come in handy!
But first ... a few more LYB Q&A with Cindy!
LYB: What is the funniest topic you’ve ever had for a scrapbook page?
CT: My daughter cleaning the toilet. Here’s a link to it. http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/articles/Create_Accents_that_Complement_Candid_Layouts
LYB: What’s the oddest embellishment you’ve ever used on a page?
CT: I cut up an old blow up swimming ring and used the plastic to create a circle frame and little flag for a beach page. Here’s a link to that page.
LYB: Sit down or stand up scrapbooker?
CT: Both. I work faster standing, but if I’m tired I inevitably sit down…and it seems I’m always tired, so maybe I am a sit down scrapper after all!
LYB: Are you a neat scrapbooker or is your space a mess?
CT: Neat. I always put my supplies away after a project…the clutter is way too distracting for me. I need a clean ‘palette’ in order to create.
LYB: Do you have a favorite adhesive?
CT: American Crafts dot glue runner.
And now, here's Cindy!
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I love to use scrapbooking products when wrapping gifts – they add such a pretty homespun feel – and this is a great way to use up some of those scraps from Holiday layouts you’re creating!
Paper Ribbon Tag Supplies:
Home For Christmas Paper (WO-101)
Twine (WO-302)
Paper Flower Kit (WO-305)
Jewel Stickers (WO-197)
To adorn this sweet, oval, raw chipboard box I created a simple paper ribbon tag using one of the fun border strips from the Home for Christmas paper. You can create nine different ribbon tags out of one sheet! I added a flower from the paper flower kit, a few gems and wrapped it all up with some of the Wonder & Wishes twine!
To create a paper ribbon tag:
- Fold paper strip over at about the half way point, without creasing – you want to create a soft loop to look like ribbon.
- Fold it back 2” from the soft loop with a creased fold.
- Fold paper back over to create another soft loop.
- Secure with staple and add embellishments over the staple.
Lunch Sack Gift Bag Supplies:
10 x 5.25 Paper Pad (WO-180)
Chipboard Mini Frames Photo Ornaments (WO-221)
Felt Flowers Poinsettias (WO-304)
Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces (WO-135)
Wonder & Wishes Twine (WO-309)
This little gift bag is actually an inexpensive brown paper lunch sack. I dressed it up by folding a die cut page from the Wonder & Wishes 10 x 5.25 Paper Pad over the top of the bag. Isn’t that curved scalloped edge fun?! I secured it and my gift tag to the bag with a staple.
I created a photo tag using one of the Chipboard Photo Ornament Frames. I’ve always liked the idea of adding a photo of the recipient to a gift instead of a “To/From” tag. I love the way this turned out so much that I will definitely be making more of these!
Reindeer Gift Bag Supplies:
Journaling Cards (WO-134)
Paper Flower Kit (WO-305)
Wonder & Wishes Twine (WO-309)
Clear Cuts Shapes (WO-230)
As you might have guessed by now I do love using Kraft colored wrapping. It pairs so well with just about any bright or bold embellishments and I guess I just love that earthy feel. For this gift bag I used a Journaling card for the tag and decorated the bag with the coordinating reindeer Clear Cut Shape and a few flowers from the Paper Flower Kit. The great thing about this gift bag is that the recipient can either choose to reuse the bag or she can take off the embellishments and use them on a scrapbook page! I just love when the wrapping is a gift too!
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What a cool idea for a gift or to hold your home-made baked goodies! I'll be back next week with another fun Wonder & Wishes project from Cindy Tobey!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
-Peg
We are so excited to announce our newest collection called Paradise! It is the perfect blend of bright pinks and blues with serene greens, and like its name makes you want to visit warm, far off places or just make your own home a Paradise. The Biker Chicks have a few sneak peeks from our CHA projects and I am pretty sure that there is a catolog with some of our newest collections circulating out there....
We also want to ask a few more designers to join our Cycling Team and take a spin with the new Paradise collection. Details for the call are at the end of this post.
It just wouldn't be Little Yellow Bicycle if we didn't have a flower kit in our collections and as you can see the Paradise Flower Kit is full of bright, beautiful colors that are grounded in a warm and natural greens.
Biker Chick Greta Hammond made this darling page using many of the lovely patterned papers and cardstock stickers from the Paradise collection. Love the little bits of lace she incorporated with the Little Yellow Bicycle Paper Doiles and her punch.
Look at the pretty details and the faded denim patterned paper. It's such a perfect blend of brights and naturals.
Greta also created this adorable printer's tray project highlighting the 5 Things Pocket in the Paradise collection.
Biker Chick Vicki Boutin created this beautiful card. Vicki incorporated some of the patterned paper from our Paradise Album Kit into her card which is a great shape and pattern for the beautiful flowers.
Love how Vicki also used the theme of the Paradise collection to show how her family is her Paradise. She really captured the sentiment of happy with the black and white photos paired with some of the brighter elements in the collection.
Biker Chick Liz Qualman (me) created this page of a recent visit with some of my girlfriends to San Diego. I thought the sentiments of the cardstock stickers perfectly captured the occasion. I also highlighted the Flower Kit and dressed it up with LYB Jewel Stickers.
I just love how adding a few pop dots to the cardstock stickers makes them jump off the page. The "free" sentiment paired with the bird sticker shows how my friends and I "left" our families at home so we could enjoy a girls weekend out.
I also created these bookmarks to take along on a trip to mark places to visit. I saw a similar idea with felt on Pinterest and thought patterned paper and cardstock stickers would make great bookmarks too.
Biker Chick Renée Foss created this soft and beautiful page. She also used the Happy Girls are the Prettiest cardstock sentiment which is perfect for this page!
Paradise Cycling Team Call
Come Ride with Us!
Here's what we're looking for:
With each new collection we like to invite a few new designers (about 3-5 per collection) to come design for us. We ask Cycling Team members to commit to a month of designing after the collection is released. In return, we'll send you some free product and shamelessly promote you along with ourselves on our blog and facebook page. Read the details below:
1) Make one project with what we send you - a layout, some cards, a mini album, an altered item...whatever makes you happy!
2) Send us some pictures of it, and a little write-up or how-to of how you created it.
3) Post it on your blog, facebook page and any online galleries you belong to. We'll put it here on our blog too, of course!
That's it!
Tryouts for this team are starting RIGHT NOW!
If you are interested, please send us three (3) samples of your best work (preferably with LYB products because that is what we like to look at most, however it's not a deal breaker if you send something else) to LYBCyclingTeam@yahoo.com. Also, if you have previously designed for a Cycling Team, please feel free to apply again! We'll announce the NEW Paradise Cycling Team on December 23rd. Please include your contact information (address, phone and blog) in your email.
And then we'll ask you to hop on that Little Yellow Bicycle and pedal your heart out!
Hope to hear from you!
Liz
We are very excited to share more Wonder & Wishes projects with Cycling Team Member Audrey Yeager. Audrey has some wonderful page and card ideas along with some special gift warpping tips (great idea for our canvas tape and mini pom poms). But, let's have Audrey tell you all about it...
Hello! My name is Audrey Yeager and I am THRILLED to be sharing some projects with you from the Wonder & Wishes line! When I received all the wonderful goodies that go along with this collection, I kept asking myself, “OK, do I want to do a photo of the tree? Stockings? The kids with Santa? Our Christmas Villiage?” Truth is, this line is so versatile that you can scrap any holiday tradition with it.
My dad just visited recently and brought along some old family photos (by request, of course), so I decided to use some of the old Christmas ones that he had.
Another old photo for my 2nd page, too. Not quite sure about the date but probably around 1950. I splattered some white paint on the kraft paper and added some machine stitching here and there.
The bright green corrugated cardboard elements add such great contrast against the deep red. Here is a quick and simple card.
The Stockings Were Hung Cardstock: Bazzill Patterned Papers: Home For Christmas, Little Red Hot Dot Chipboard Shapes Corrugated Alphas Twine Spools Cardstock Stickers
Merry Christmas Card Confetti Garland Clear Stickers Cardstock: Bazzill
Joy Card Patterned Paper-Red Flourish Corrugated Shapes Paper Flower Kit
Gift Box Mini Pom-Poms & Twine Canvas Tape
Thank you Audrey for sharing your wonderful creations with Little Yellow Bicycle and all of our readers. I know I have some ideas for how to make my badly wrapped packages just a little bit nicer.
Please visit Audrey's blog Audrey's Creations for more of her inspiring projects.
We will be back later this week with another project from Guest Designer Cindy Tobey and a NEW collection release with projects from the Biker Chicks AND a special announcement - stay tuned!
Have a wonderful day!
Liz
Is anyone else experiencing a lot of snow? Because it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in Colorado. Did you all catch Biker Chick Tania Willis's Training Reel yesterday? She has a great technique for adding "snow" to a project, just in case you don't have any at your house yet...
Today we have some fantastic Wonder & Wishes projects from Cycling Team Member Renee Zwirek. She has created a wonderful layout and an adorable little mini album. I also think she has some really great techniques to share, but let's have Renee tell you all about it.
"I’m so thrilled to be a part of the Wonder and Wishes Cycling Team. This collection is just perfect for me and it’s not just because my favorite color is red. This collection has lots of great pieces that make scrapping quick and easy. I have two special projects to share with you today; both displaying photos from my favorite day of the year."
The day after Thanksgiving is such a special and exciting day in our house. It’s the day we pick our fresh Christmas tree. I have so many photos from our day at the tree farm and I usually scrap single page layouts. So, how do I get my favorite photos onto one page? Well, I took one look at the Medley Album Kit and saw the pretty green pocket with the matching insert I could use. I love that there are no rules in scrapbooking. I can be as creative as I want with any products that I choose. This pocket was exactly what I needed. I used the decorative insert for my journaling, stuffed all my wallet-sized photos into it, and put my favorite photo of the day as a 4 x 6 on the front of it. My girls love this interactive page.
I normally enjoy all the details and work that I put into my projects. Okay, I love it! Sometimes, I want to work quickly and the Paper Flower Kit is definitely a time saver. I love all the possible layering for the flowers. The pinwheels are already scored which makes it so quick and easy to put them together. I decorated the Chipboard Mini Frames Photo Ornaments with the pinwheels for the tree on my page.
Supplies I used to make my “Our Tradition” Layout:
Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder and Wishes Collection
Patterned Papers: (WO-104) Dots on Green and (WO-105) Tiny Tonal Poinsettia
Embellishments: (WO-135) Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces, (WO-168) Chipboard Spinner Sticker, (WO-190) Clear Stickers Cardmaking, (WO-197) Jewel Stickers, (WO-219) Flower Button Dots Layered, (WO-221) Chipboard Mini Frames Photo Ornaments, (WO-222) Canvas Tape Rolls, (WO-275) Corrugated Alphas, (WO-302) Mini Pom Poms and Twine Spools, (WO-305) Paper Flower Kit, (WO-306) Medley Album Kit, (WO-309) Confetti Garland, and (WO-310) Countdown to Christmas Page Kit
Others: scissors, date stamper, black ink pad, Pine Needles Deep Edge Punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, Spotlight Scrapbook Colors by Making Memories, Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz, Glubers by Cosmo Cricket, Mini and Memory Book Glue Dots, Circle Foam Tabs by American Crafts, Zig 2-Way Glue Pen, computer font “TimelessTLig”, white thread, and sewing machine
I wanted to add a special page to my December Daily 2011 mini album about our Christmas tree. I took my four favorite wallet-sized photos of the day and created a page that is fun, interactive, and not too bulky for the mini album. I love the Chipboard Frame and the Patterned Papers on the front of the page. I particularly love the Canvas Tape Rolls. It was so easy to work with because it’s self-adhesive. If I make a mistake I can peel it and correct it easily. I chose the striped pattern, folded it together, and attached it to the page. On the back of the page, I added the tree branch to match my layout. Please visit my blog: http://reneezwirek.wordpress.com/ for more photos of these projects and for future projects I make with the wonderful Wonder and Wishes Collection.
Supplies I used to make my "Christmas Tree" December Daily Page:
Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder and Wishes Collection
Patterned Papers: (WO-101) Home for Christmas/Red Check, (WO-102) Christmas Text, (WO-104) Dots on Green, (WO-106) Little Red Hot Dot, and (WO-109) Christmas Village/Brown and Dots
Embellishments: (WO-135) Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces, (WO-197) Jewel Stickers, (WO-222) Canvas Tape Rolls, (WO-230) Clear Cuts Shapes with glitter accents, (WO-276) Corrugated Shapes, (WO-279) Chipboard Shapes, (WO-302) Mini Pom Poms and Twine Spools, and (WO-310) Countdown to Christmas Page Kit
Others: pencil, ruler, scissors, paper trimmer, letter stamps, date stamper, black ink pad, velcro square, Circles Large Edger Punch by EK Success, Scoring Board and Pine Needles Deep Edge Punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, Mod Podge, Memory Book Glue Dots, Herma Tabs, white thread, and sewing machine
Thank you Renee for so many wonderful ideas and details to add to a project. I don't know about anyone else, but I am going to break out my Medley Album and pull out a pocket and create some tree branches with my punches! All inspriation I am taking away from today's post!
Please visit Renee's blog Pretty Plz for more ideas and inspiration.
Stay tuned for tomorrow! The Biker Chicks are back with some early CHA sneaks and a special announcement...tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow.
Thank you for stopping by -
Liz
We're back with another Training Reel featuring Biker Chick Tania Willis and the Christmasy-whimsical Wonder &Wishes collection from Little Yellow Bicycle! This adorable little Holiday Frame will make any space a little merrier - and makes a wonderful handmade gift as well!
In Tania's Training Reel, she'll go over some of the techniques she uses to make this piece extra special. So check it out, and then download the instructions (below), and then hang this little cutie somewhere in your home!
Here are a few more close-ups!
And here are all of the instructions!
Download Twillis_WO_Very Merry Christmas Framed Art Instructions
For more fun and inspiration from Tania Willis, be sure to follow her blog by clicking this link!
Have a crafty day!
-Peg
Hello friends!
Well I don't know about you, but I am positively overwhelmed at all the wonderful projects our Biker Chicks, Cycling Teams, and Guest Designers have been churning out over the last few weeks. But after all ... that is our goal ... to provide you with inspiration that makes you say "Hey! I can make that!" and come along for the ride.
So with that in mind, I proudly announce our Guest Designer for the Wonder & Wishes collection, the fabulously talented Cindy Tobey!
Here's Cindy to tell you a little bit about herself!
Hi there! I’m Cindy Tobey, a graphic designer turned stay-at-home-mom, turned paper craft designer. Creating art has been a huge part of my life since I was a child and I feel so blessed to be able to do everyday what I love so much. When I'm not creating something with paper, paint, fabric, beads, or fiber, you can find me spending time with my hubby, playing with my kids, taking photos, reading a novel, or in the middle of a reorganization project around the house. I’m a 2008 CK Hall of Famer, a 2009-2010 Creating Keepsakes Dream Team member, and currently a contributing writer for CK. I am also on the American Crafts design team. I live in West Michigan with my husband, Allan, daughter, Moya and son, Elijah.
LYB: What is your ‘go to’ embellishment?
CT: Machine stitching or using some type of fiber – I really love baker’s twine right now. I also use buttons and brads quite often.
LYB: Do you prefer cardstock or patterned paper?
CT: I love patterned paper! But I almost always pair it with cardstock – cardstock really helps make patterns pop!
LYB: Do you like to go to crops or prefer to scrap alone?
CT: I prefer to scrap alone and meet my friends for coffee or coffee and knitting. I never get anything done when I try to scrap with friends. Of course that might be because I talk too much!
LYB: What are your favorite scrapbook magazines?
CT: Creating Keepsakes of course!
LYB: Do you have a favorite die cutting system?
CT: Silhouette SD – I love mine and don’t know why I waited so long to purchase one!
LYB: Are you a morning bird or night owl?
CT: Night owl, but the older I get, the harder those late nights are to recover from…I still have to get up early most days…something about getting the kids off to school…
We'll have more Q&A with Cindy on later posts ...for now, on to this super fun layout from Cindy!
My inspiration for this layout totally came from the Wonder & Wishes Confetti Garland. I’ve stitched my own garland in the past, but let’s face it – that can be very time consuming! I loved being able to pull it off the card and just add it to my layout. I cut the garland into two separate pieces and layered them. The Mini Pom Poms were just asking to be strung onto some thread, so I did, and added my strand of pom poms amongst the Confetti Garland. I then selected my title from the Chipboard Words Stickers and machine stitched the letters creating a garland title.
Be Merry Supplies:
Red Flourish Paper (WO-108)
Dots on Green (WO-104)
10 x 5.25 Paper Pad (WO-180)
6 x 6 Decorative Edge Cardstock (WO-133)
Mini Pom Poms (WO-302)
Confetti Garland (WO-309)
Chipboard Stickers Words (WO-165)
Cardstock Stickers Fresh Verse (WO-140)
Canvas Tape Rolls (WO-222)
Felt Flowers (WO-304)
Journaling Cards (WO-134)
Corrugated Shapes (WO-276)
Clear Cuts Shapes (WO-230)
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Adorable, isn't it? Thanks so much Cindy! Please make sure to stop by Cindy's blog and send her some love! (Tell her LYB sent you!) I'll be back next week with another project from Cindy. Betcha can't wait!
Have a great day!
- Peg
It's another beautiful day on the blog and we have brand new Wonder & Wishes projects to share from Cycling Team member Marcia Dehn-Nix. We are so excited about her layout, gift card holders and card, but let's have Marcia tell you all about them...
"It is so exciting to be a part of the Wonder & Wishes Cycling Team. Little Yellow Bicycle asked me to make one item, but I am sorry, I could not stop at one. I have three projects to share with you today."
When I was looking through some older Christmas photos of my kids that I had not yet scrapbooked, I came across this photo of my kids on Christmas morning. The plaid in the girls’ skirts and in the stocking hanging above them from the fireplace mantle was similar to the plaid paper in the Wonder & Wishes collection. It was as if it was destined when I saw 3 chipboard stockings. The Wonder & Wishes collection has so many fabulous embellishments to choose from. The hard part is deciding which ones to use as I loved so many!
Supplies Used December 25 Layout:
Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes collection; Christmas Plaid paper, Joy and Peace paper, Christmas Text paper, Home For Christmas paper, 6x6 Decorative Edge Paper Pack, Canvas Tape Rolls, Clear Cuts Shapes, Chipboard Shapes, Confetti Garland, Words Cardstock Stickers, Paper Flower Kit, Flower Button Dots, Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers, stick pins
Other: Antique Linen Distress Ink, silver thread, adhesive
It seems that I am giving more gift cards as gifts this year as my nieces and nephews and my own kids are getting older. Then there are gift cards I purchase for teachers, close friends and family. My starving college student daughters are getting gift cards for groceries and gas. Now, I know that some people think that a gift card is the easy way out. We should shop for hours to find the perfect gift for that someone special. I don’t know about you, but I love getting a gift card! I can go shopping again!! These gift card holders are a fun, decorative way to present your gift. I made 2 gift card holders. One tailored for trendy teens, and the other more elegant for a teacher. Detailed instructions on how to make these are located on my blog; http://onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.com/
Supplies used 4U Gift card:
Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes collection; Christmas Village paper, Brown and Dots paper, Green paper from the10x5.25 Decorative Edge Paper Pad, Corrugated Alphas, Clear Cuts Shapes, Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers, Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers, Chipboard Shapes, Journaling cards
Other: Envelop, Ribbon, VersaColor Red Ink, adhesive
Supplies used Poinsettia Gift Card:
Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes collection; Home For Christmas paper, Red Flourish paper, Merry Little Berries paper, Red paper from the10x5.25 Decorative Edge Paper Pad, Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers, Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers , Felt Flowers Poinsettias, Mini Pom Poms & Twine Spools
Other: Envelop, VersaColor Red Ink, adhesive
The last item I want to share is a card I made. This reindeer from the Clear Cuts Shapes was just so cute!
Supplies Used Joy Card:
Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder & Wishes collection; Home For Christmas paper, Clear Cuts Shapes, Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers , Corrugated shapes, Mini Pom Poms & Twine Spools , and Jewel Stickers
Other: white cardstock, Cuttlebug embossing folder, tinsel glitter, wrinkled red ribbon. Antique Linen Distress Ink, thread.
Thank you Marcia for your gorgeous holiday projects and your wonderful creativity. Please be sure to visit Marcia's blog One Scrap at a Time for a tutorial on how to make the Gift Card Holders.
Please come back tomorrow to welcome our Wonder & Wishes Guest Designer who shall remain nameless until Peg tells you all about her...tomorrow.
Have a wonderful 1st day of December!
Liz
