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We are happy to share a project with our Hello Spring collection from Biker Chick Vicki Boutin. She has some fun ideas for our fans...but let's have Vicki tell you all about it...
Hey Folks! It’s my turn to bring a Hello Spring project to you and I decided to focus on the Clear Cuts for this line! I love the mix of butterflies and birds in Hello Spring so I added them to a super quick layout of my little girl.
Let’s get started…
Layer three pattern to create the base of the page. Cut the top strip of the Garden Rows paper at the bottom of the page. (Ever notice how the LYB designs always have a few papers that have awesome layered elements that take all of the guess work out making a quick layout?! Love the Garden Rows paper for this and the Blossom Breeze paper for this exact reason!!!)
Add two mats and a Tear Out Ticket to the page.
Select and position the Clear Cut shapes on the layout. Here is my TIP: sew the Clear Cuts on the page to secure them! I often find I am looking for a solution other than adhesive for clear embellishments…this is one of them! Add the “spring” chipboard title, “sweet” ticket and bling!
Here is a closer look at the stitching.
And another one. I really like how layering the “hello” Clear Cut over the “hello” on the paper turned out!
Chipboard Shapes
Clear Cut Shapes
Cardstock Stickers Fresh Verse
Cardstock Stickers Favorite Pieces
Tear-out Ticket & Journaling Book - with glitter accents
Assorted Hello Spring patterned papers
Well that’s it folks!! Hope you get a chance to play with Hello Spring soon! It sure did brighten my day!
Please visit Vicki's blog Creative Foundations for more creative ideas.
Happy crafting!
Liz
Biker Chicks Corrie, Jenny and Robbie have some fantastic altered ideas to share with us today. They have taken our Hello Spring! collection to new levels of fun. Take a look at what they created.
Biker Chick Corrie Jones likes to decorate this window frame in her livingroom each time the seasons change. She chose to use Hello Spring! to keep it up to date. What a fun way to show case current photos of your kids with a fun message and on something you can change from time to time.
Hello Spring Products:
HS-101 Blossom Breeze paper
HS-102 Garden Rows paper
HS-103 Spring Story paper
HS-104 Flutterby paper
HS-106 Bloom & Grow paper
HS-107 Pom Pom Stripe paper
HS-10108 Teal Tweets paper
HS-109 Pretty in Plaid paper
HS-279 Chipboard Shapes
HS-220 Fabric Favorites
HS-223 Crochet Butterflies & Flowers
HS-305 Paper Flower Kit
HS-230 Clear Cut Shapes
HS-277 Stick Pins
HS-135 Cardstock Stickers
HS-140 Cardstock Stickers
HS-195 Dimensional Stickers
HS-197 Jewel Stickers
Please visit Corrie's blog You, Me & Crazy for more inspiring ideas.
Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick altered thes fun plant tins. Here is what she had to say about her project...
Today I have a fun and fairly simple project idea for someone special. This project is perfect to do with your kiddos as well! I actually made these for my Mother in Law for Mothers day. Her favorite flower is the marigold and my husband gets them for her every year. I picked these little pails up at my local big box store and thought they would be perfect for this project.
I started with vinyl and my butterfly punch. I decorated the pail with the butterflies that way if she takes off the paper at some point they are not just plain ole pails. Next up I cut out my base shapes using my Cameo and layered them together.
I used a high tac metal glue to ensure the paper would stay put! For the fabric flowers I used fabric tac and pop dots just to be safe. I finished them up by planting my flowers. Easy peasy! The project took less than a half hour and were a hit with my Mother in Law. Thanks for stopping by!
Hello Spring Products:
HS-279 Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (35 pieces)
HS-222 Felt & Fabric Flower Stickers (4 pieces)
HS-230 Clear Cut Shapes - with glitter accents (34 pieces)
HS-304 6" x 6" Paper Pad (24 pieces)
Please visit Jenny's blog Say Chez! for more fun and inspiring ideas!
Biker Chick Robbie Herring created this 8x10 canvas. She has some great tips to share.
I decorated this canvas with the adorable Hello Spring Collection. I thought it would be fun to make a little cage to put the cute chipboard birdie in. I also used a lot of flowers from the Paper Flower Kit to decorate this. It will go into a standard frame easily by just removing the glass.
Tip: You can see in this picture that I used tranparency behind the pink strips that I used for the 'wires'. Using transparency will not only help with getting them placed, it adds more weight to help them stand the test of time.
To make placement of the flowers easier, use lots of foam tape. I actually layered the foam tape to make sure that these don't droop.
I also changed out the string on the banner pieces to better match my project. If you wanted to do this, just gently lift it off the back of the pieces and use a strong, quick drying glue to replace it. Because my project was so bright, but I wanted to use the more pastel colored clouds, I simply glued them to a sheet of the cardstock and cut around them. Lastly, I added some more foam tape to layer the blue one over the pink.
Hello Spring! Porducts:
HS-104 Flutterby/Sunshine Dots
HS-107 Pom Pom Stripe/Teal Linen
HS-109 Pretty in Plaid/Tulip Linen
HS-279 Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (35 pieces)
HS-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (14 pieces)
HS-305 Paper Flower Kit (47 pieces)
Please visit Robbie's blog Just the Scrap for more projects to get your creative ideas flowing.
Hope you find some great ideas!
Liz
We have a fun project from Biker Chick Heather Leopard using our Hello Spring collection in a very unique way. Heather has also created a video to share on her blog, so please stop by.
The Hello Spring collection is perfect for all your Spring projects but it just so happens to match my oldest daughter’s room. Despite the 5 year age difference, my two daughters are very close and just adore each other. I realized the other day that they don’t have pictures of themselves together in their rooms so I decided to change that.
I started out with a $1 frame from my local craft store. It seemed to flat and boring so I decided to give it a fun, multi-dimensional look.
To begin, I pulled out all of the double sided 6x6 and 12x12 papers from the collection. I wanted a good variety for what I had in mind. I then cut them in strips of varying widths. I kept some with straight edges and I used border punches on others. Once I had multiple strips from multiple papers cut and punched, I cut them into 2 1/1” strips, folded them in half (being careful not to crease them) and glued the edges together. I repeated this step until I had enough loops to cover my frame, which happened to be 84. You may need more or less depending on the size of your frame. Be sure to also cut strips to cover the edge of my frame if you get a plain frame like I did.
Once I had all the loops, I started gluing them down on the frame with regular liquid adhesive. I started at the bottom of the frame, placing them next to each other in a row. As I moved my way up the frame, I overlapped the2nd layer slighter over the 1st and so on until I reached the top of the frame. I had to make sure that no two loops were the same right next to each other but overall this step was fairly quick.
Next, I added the “You Make Me Smile” dimensional sticker to the top left corner and I added the Felt Sticker Flowers and Stick Pins to the bottom right to draw all the elements together
I hope you’ve enjoyed my project today. I actually filmed a short video of my creative process while making this frame, which is available to view on my blog.
Please visit Heather's blog The Spotted Leopard for a video tutorial on her project.
Have a wonderful day!
Liz
Hello friends!
I'm sorry! I meant to announce our NSD Challenge winners yesterday but, well, it was Mother's Day and I forgot! So now without any further delay, here are our talented winners, selected by our Biker Chicks!
Our "Kickin' it Old Style" winner was Wendy Rasbach with her layout "Bloom and Grow" featuring the very popular Elizabeth Park collection:
Our "Spring Color Challenge" winner was Eileen Mead, with "Be You" featuring this winter's Paradise collection:
And finally, for our "Hot Off the Presses" category, our Biker Chicks' pick (and a fan favorite judging by all of the comments on Facebook), was Kelly Jo Massicotte's beautifully springy altered Printers Tray!
Congratulations to our talented winners, who have all won a $150 LYB prize pack, including our brand new (and not even in stores yet) Splash collection! Thank you to EVERYONE who participated. We truly loved seeing all of your creations. In case you missed them, you can see all of the entries on our Facebook Page (just look under the album with the title that corresponds to the challenge category)!
Winners - please email me with your mailing information at "peg@cthruruler.com"!
Happy Monday!
~ Peg
We have had a wonderful week on the blog showing off how well our products mix with Petaloo products and wanted to end with a bang. So today we have a blog hop to wind up the week.
Please hop to the following Biker Chick blogs to see the beautiful projects they have created, leave a comment on their blogs, and come back here to tell us what you saw. Your comments automatically enter you into a drawing to win some of our Hello Spring collection.
Thank you so much for stopping by today and for your participation in our blog hop. We would love for you to visit the Petaloo blog to see what their team has been up to with our Hello Spring Collection.
Liz
Welcome back to Day 4 of our Mother's Day Hello Spring Blog Swap with Petaloo International!
Today we have a beautiful gift box created by Biker Chick Greta Hammond that will be just perfect for that special gift for Mom! Here's Greta to tell you about it!
Hey everyone. I'm here to share a little project I made for LYB's swap with Petaloo Flowers. With it being so close to Mother's Day, I thought I would make a little gift box to hold that perfect little something for Mom.
I painted the edges of a heart shaped paper mache box white and then covered the sides and top with some Hello Spring papers. Next I pulled out some of these lovely Petaloo flowers arranged them on the top along side a Hello Spring journaling card, stickers and chipboard pieces.
I added a few paper spirals to give it a little whimsy and a few pearls to finish it off. Tuck some tissue paper inside the box and you are ready to add your favorite little gift for Mom inside!
Supplies:
HS-106 Bloom and Grow
HS-103 Spring Story
HS-109 Tuplip Linen
HS-140 Fresh Verse
HS-279 Chipboard Pieces
HS-1100 Tear Out Ticket and Journal Cards
Petaloo Mini Tye-dyed Daisies Fuschia #1309-017
Petaloo Flora Doodles
Petaloo Wild Roses Mulberry Street Yellow #1308-004
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Thanks Greta for this sweet little gift box! I think Mom just might love it more than what's inside!
Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance win a prize pack, and then hop on over to Petaloo's blog for some more inspiration!
Finally, don't forget to leave comments on LYB's Facebook Page and Petaloo's Facebook Page!
Have a crafty day!
~Peg
It's Day 3 in our blog swap with our friends over at Petaloo! Didn't you love yesterday's cards and gift card holders? Perfect for Mother's Day gift giving (or teacher gifts, birthday, or, really ... anything)! Today, Biker Chick Robbie Herring is here to share a super cute 12X12 layout featuring (what else) Hello Spring and Petaloo flowers!
Here's Robbie to tell you about it!
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Isn't it great when you mix two companies together for a page? Hearing that we were going to swap with Petaloo had me so excited and when I saw the Mulberry Daisies, I knew exacly which pictures and flowers that I was going to use! The Hello Spring Collection is such a bright and fun collection and adding such happy flowers as daisies made for a perfect fit.
This page was primarily made with just embellishments. Aside from the background and some punched cardstock for flower layers and leaves, there is no patterned paper here. I chose to do this look because the pictures that I chose already had a strong floral element and I wanted to be sure to let them shine. The white background of the Decorative Edge cardstock gives a great canvas to allow the embellishments to shine and still has the scalloped border to allow it to pull in all the colors easily.
Despite all of the things on this page, it's still surprisingly easy to pull together. You can see that I just layered a few of the Tear-out Journal pieces to add different shapes and interest to this section.
Tip: Did you know that you can use an old fashioned glue stick to glue two punched flowers together to make them hold the shape? Well you can! It works like a charm! Just shape your flower before the glue dries, let it dry and it will get stiff and hold its shape better.
For this section, I just layered more of the adorable Petaloo flowers with some punched flowers. I also tucked a section of the Little Yellow Bicycle Felt Flower partially behind the picture.
I really love the look of mixed up and layered titles. This one is alphabet stickers from the Fresh Verse package, mixed with the word happy from the Clear Cuts. I added some tiny alphabets to complete the title.
This picture just shows more of the layering and that cute little fabric birdie. I used a foam dot under the yellow flower to add more dimension in the cluster. I also made a point to use the more pastel colors of the daisies here to keep from overwhelming the picture in this corner, but to still draw your eye to it.
As you can see, I loved working with the Hello Spring Collection and the Petaloo Flowers! Thanks Petaloo for making so many terrific flowers and for sharing them with us!
Little Yellow Bicycle Supplies:
HS-122 12" x 12" Decorative Edge Textured Cardstock
HS-108 Teal Tweets/Green Grass Linen
HS-222 Felt & Fabric Flower Stickers (4 pieces)
HS-230 Clear Cut Shapes - with glitter accents (34 pieces)
HS-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (14 pieces)
HS-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)
HS-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with glitter and debossing (72 pieces)
HS-1100 Tear-out Ticket & Journaling Book - with glitter accents (24 pieces)
Petaloo Supplies:
Embossed MulberryPaper Daisies-Lavender
Embossed MulberryPaper Daisies-Yellow
Jeweled Florettes
Teal/Fusch/Chart/White
SKU: 1350-225
Other:
Baker's Twine, Ribbon, Punches, Green and Orange Cardstock.
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Thanks for sharing this beautiful layout, Robbie! You can see more of Robbies great ideas by following this link to her blog!
Now hop on over to Petaloo's blog to continue the fun! And don't forget to leave a comment here, there, and everywhere (our Facebook page, their Facebook page) for a chance to win a great prize pack from LYB and Petaloo!
See you tomorrow!
~ Peg
Hello friends! I'm back for Day 2 of our Blog Swap Week with Hello Spring and Petaloo! Today I'll share some super cute gift card holders created by Biker Chick Heather Leopard. Don't forget to leave a comment here on the blog for a chance to win some fun goodies from Petaloo and LYB, and also head over to Petaloo's Blog for more inspiration from Petaloo's Design Team!
Here's Heather to tell you about her projects!
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Hi there. Heather here to show you a couple of Mother’s Day gift card boxes I made using the Hello Spring collection and Petaloo. These two products work phenomenally together.
I know some people prefer to buy gifts instead of gift cards but in my family, anything goes. I don’t mind receiving gift cards and I usually invite the person who gave it to me to join me when I go shopping so we can spend the time together.
The actual gift cards these days are usually decorated with a great themed design but the card sleeves they come with are often too generic for my liking. These are super easy to make and I think they add the perfect extra touch.
I created these small boxes by cutting them out the old fashioned way. No cartridge, just a template (you can get the template by clicking the link!), scissors and liquid glue.
After I cut them and glued them together, which took me less than 30 minutes, I embellished them with a bit of ribbon and Petaloo flowers & butterflies. Can you see those butterflies??? They have a velvety finish to them and I adore them!
Next, I choose coordinating papers to hold the gift cards, making sure that the back side of the papers were light colored so that I can include a personal note.
Last, I added flowers to the inside cards and voila! Oh and I couldn’t stop making them. These gift boxes don’t have to be limited to Mother’s Day. They can be for birthdays, Father’s day, Christmas, anything. Actually, I made the 3rd to give for a friend’s birthday. They also don’t have to be limited to gift cards – the possibilities are endless, so long as it can all fit in the box!
Thanks Little Yellow Bicycle and Petaloo!
Supplies:
HS-102 Garden Rows/Lilac Love
HS-103 Spring Story/Poppy Linen
HS-104 Flutterby/Sunshine Dots
HS-109 Pretty in Plaid/Tulip Linen
Petaloo Floral Embellishments – butterflies
Petaloo Mini Tie-dyed Daisies – Yellow, Item # 1309-004
Petaloo Mini Tie-dyed Daisies- Plum, Item # 1309-021
Petaloo Mini Tie-dyed Daisies – Fuschia, Item # 1309-017
Petaloo Mini Tie-dyed Daisies – Blue, Item # 1309-005
Petaloo Tie-Dyed Jewel Gypsies – Teal/Fusch/Chart/White
Petaloo Tie-Dyed Gypsies – Raspberry Sorbet
Petaloo Mini Florettes - Lt. Blue/Dk. Blue/Green
Petaloo Mini Florettes – Hula Mnky
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Thanks so much Heather ... what a fantastic idea! Who wouldn't feel special receiving a gift wrapped in one of these adorable boxes? I think they'd also be perfect for holding small jewelry items as well!
You can find more fun ideas from Heather over on her blog.
Now head on over to Petaloo's blog and leave a comment for another chance to win, and if you haven't already, go "like" their Facebook page, and tell them LYB sent you!
See you tomorrow with more bloomin' fun!
~ Peg
After a busy National Scrapbook Day weekend I'm pleased to keep the excitement and ideas flowing by kicking off a fun-filled Blog Swap week with our friends over at Petaloo International! All week long, we'll be featuring ideas for Mother's Day, with their fun-and-fabulous Petaloo Floradoodles and our bright-and-happy Hello Spring collection!
First up from the Biker Chicks is Tania Willis with some Petal-icious cards! After you finish over here, be sure to hop on over to the Petaloo Blog for some more fun ideas. Leave a comment every day in both places for your chance to win a prize pack filled with goodies from Petaloo and Hello Spring!
Finally, if you're not already a fan of Petaloo, head on over to their Facebook Page and tell them LYB sent you, for more chances to win!
And now....here's Tania!
Are you ready to kick off what will soon be an amazing week of us Biker Chicks marrying Hello Spring with a fantastic assortment of Petaloo’s flowers? I know I am. Today I want to share a few cards that you can easily duplicate in just a matter of minutes. One of them looks like it took a bit more time than the other, but I assure you that you can make BOTH of these cards in just 30 minutes and that includes drying time on the misted one!
Are you ready?
For this card, you’ll need to cut one piece of raspberry pink cardstock to 7 x 10”. Fold in half and crease to form a 5 x 7” card base. Then cut a piece of white cardstock to 4” x 5 ½”. Lay the white cardstock on a 12 x 12 piece of chipboard or in a shallow box. Punch several small flowers using Fiskars Poppy Medium Lever Punch (or any other small flower punch you have) from a scrap piece of cardstock. Lay punched flowers, randomly spaced, onto the white cardstock. Mist with Art-C Red Glitter Mist until you have your desired shade. I misted heavier toward the top to give my piece sort of an ombre appearance (that doesn’t really translate well in this photograph). Allow your misted piece to dry, then lift from chipboard and discard punched flowers. Adhere, right-aligned, to card base.
Then punch a 1” x 7” strip of orange cardstock with your favorite border punch. Adhere to a 1” x7” strip of HS – 109 Pretty In Plaid. Adhere to card base approximately ¼” from the left edge, slightly overlapping misted cardstock. Embellish with a butterfly from HS – 230 Clear Cut Shapes and several Petaloo flowers of various sizes. Add HS – 197 Jewel Stickers to the bodice of the butterfly. Then, finish off the card with the dimensional sentiment sticker from HS – 195 Dimensional Stickers and the “mom” sticker from HS – 140 Fresh Verse Stickers.
Supplies:
Rasberry Cardstock
Orange Cardstock
White Cardstock
HS – 109 Pretty In Plaid Patterned Paper
HS – 230 Clear Cut Shapes
HS – 197 Jewel Stickers
HS – 195 Dimensional Stickers
HS – 140 Fresh Verse Stickers
1313-019 Mulberry St – Embossed Daisies Chartreuse (Petaloo)
1350-210 Mini Florettes Hula Mnky (Petaloo)
This second card is lightning quick to put together. You’ll need to cut one piece of light blue cardstock to 8 ½ x 5 ½”. Fold in half and crease to form a 4 ¼ x 5 ½” card base. Cut a 4 ¼ x 5 ½” piece from the top of HS – 108 Teal Tweets paper and adhere to card base. Remove lavender journaling spot from HS – 1100 Tear Out Ticket Booklet. Adhere bird from HS -135 Favorite Pieces Stickers to lower left corner of ticket. Remove thin plastic backing from large white swirl from HS – 230 Clear Cut Shapes and adhere with a mini glue dot under the bird’s beak. Adhere journaling spot to card aligning closer to the left side of the card base. Use few mini glue dots to secure the swirl in obscure places. Add “dream” sticker form HS – 140 Fresh Verse Stickers. Finish embellishing with three Petaloo flowers from the Flora Doodles – Tie-Dyed Gypsies pack.
Supplies:
Light Blue Cardstock
HS – 108 Teal Tweets Patterned Paper
HS – 230 Clear Cut Shapes
HS – 140 Fresh Verse Stickers
HS – 135 Favorite Pieces Stickers
Flora Doodles Tie-Dyed Gypsies (Petaloo)
Thank you Petaloo!
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Thank YOU Biker Chick Tania Willis! For more from Tania, you can visit her blog by clicking this link!
Now head on over to Petaloo's blog for more fun and inspiration (and don't forget to leave a comment!)
Happy Crafting!
~Peg
Biker Chick Shanna Vineyard has a wonderful idea to share today with our Hello Spring collection. This adorable frame would make a wonderful Mother's Day present, but we will let Shanna tell you all about it.
This was the perfect line to showcase this sweet spring photo of my baby girl. I found a white frame with the mat included at my local craft store and went to work! The first thing I did was use Sweet Pea Vine to cover the mat then used my cutting knife to trim the excess paper off leaving the center open for the photo of course. I love to sand the edges of my papers. It’s one of my favorite techniques to add a bit of a worn look or to take the brightness of something down a notch. I sanded the edges of the Sweet Pea Vine paper as well as the blue, orange, and pink paper flowers. It’s a subtle effect but I love how it turns out. You can see the sanding best in the close-up photos.
Next, I cut the edges of the Decorative Edge Cardstock off and glued them around the outer edges of the mat. This adds a fun and colorful frame around the inside of the white wood frame. Then, I gently lifted each one of the circles up so they would pop off the mat a bit for a little more texture.
Last, I added the tag, butterfly, and layered the flowers from the Paper Flowers Kit. These add all the fun and happy details to the frame. Another technique I use on MOST of my projects is using pop-dots to create dimension. I’m a little obsessive about my creations looking dimensional. Using pop-dots to make the flowers stand up off the matt adds more texture, dimension, and in my opinion makes it a little more whimsical and FUN!!!
Please visit Shanna's blog Art Made with Heart for more wonderful ideas from this talented Biker Chick.
Two day until National Scrapbook Day! Hang in there.
Liz
We are so pleased to feature a fun wedding project from another of our new Biker Chicks, Jenny Chesnick. She is going to give you some great ideas with our Swoon collection, but let's have her tell you all about it...
Hi everyone Jen here with you today featuring the new Swoon collection! It seems our wedding photos are always the last to be scrapped. I've been married for five years and have still not put them on paper! So in an effort to further avoid that I decided to make a gift for my friend Rachael and her husband JR who were married last year. I had three very inexpensive canvases sitting in my altered bin and decided to go with a nice wall piece for them.
Each canvas is 8x8 so that made things easy for me! I chose to look at each canvas as its own layout keeping in mind they all needed to go together. I used the 6x6 decorative edge paper to be the base of each canvas. On the left and right canvas I decided to keep the basic layout of each the same and kept the embellishing to the sides of each canvas to anchor them. For the middle canvas I kept the embellishing to the center to create the basic focal point.
A couple tips when working with altered items. To attach my paper to canvas I used a high tac liquid craft glue. Hot glue will warp your paper so keep that in mind! Once you have your base paper attached you should be good to go with normal adhesive.
For the embellishments I typically will either use the same craft glue or hot glue. I am forever worried about an embellishment falling off after someone receives it!
To keep items such as the pin flags from sticking forever to the photos I will first line them with paper, cut them out and attach using pop dots.
SW-105 Paisley Smitten/Unveiled
SW-108 Black Tie Stripe/Special Day
SW-103 Truly Smitten - single-sided with foil accents
SW-279 Chipboard Shapes (30 pieces)
SW-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textured Cardstock - with foil accents (5 pieces)
SW-305 Paper Flower Kit (57 pieces)
SW-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with thermography and embossing (72 pieces)
SW-195 Dimensional Stickers (9 pieces)
SW-197 Pearl & Jewel Stickers (60 pieces)
SW-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with foil accents (22 pieces)
Please visit Jenny's blog Say Chez for more ideas and inspiration.
Please have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
Liz
Our Biker Chicks have been very, very busy creating some special project ideas for handmade wedding gifts for the bride and groom. We wanted to show you that there are many ways you can use our gorgeous Swoon collection to alter items. Let's have Biker Chicks Corrie, Robbie and Tania tell you all about it.
Biker Chick Corrie Jones created this stationary gift set for the wedding couple. It includes two custom pencils, 4 small note cards, 1 matchbook style notepad and a wedding journal.
Swoon Products:
Paisley Smitten Paper
Paisley Entwined Paper
Black Tie Stripe Paper
Kiss the Bride Paper
Chipboard Shapes
Journaling Cards
Clear Cut Shapes
Cardstock Stickers
Dimensional Stickers
Pearl & Jewel Stickers
Stick Pins
Please visit Corrie's blog You, Me & Crazy for more inspiring ideas.
Biker Chick Robbie Herring created this is a paper mache book box. She altered it for a place to keep momentos from a wedding. It is the perfect size to put an invitation, garter, flowers, or any of those other special things from a wedding all in one place.
Tip: Cover both the inside and outside of the book box. Measure carefully and do each section individually. For the sides, cut paper 1/2 inch longer than the measure length and overlap the flat areas. Attach the rectangles in large areas last to cover overlap. Try to get as close as possible to actual measurements. Using a scoring tool makes the folding easier. Finally, if you have a bit of a gap, use trim to cover it.
Tip 2: Use Mod Podge to attach and cover all paper surfaces. After you attach the clear stickers, put a layer of Mod Podge over them, too. Using Mod Podge on your flowers will stiffen them up and make them easy to dust. :)
Tip 3: On the inside cover, you can attach a journaling card to cover the end of the ribbon. This will make an easy place to fill with the names and the date of the wedding.
SW-104 Kiss the Bride/Kiss the Groom
SW-107 Paisley Entwined/Eternal Circles
SW-108 Black Tie Stripe/Special Day
SW-109 Wedding Words/Modern Elegance
SW-133 6" x 6" Decorative Edge Double-sided Textured Cardstock - with foil accents (5 pieces)
SW-134 Journaling Cards - with thermography (10 pieces)
SW-230 Clear Cut Shapes - with glitter accents (21 pieces)
SW-195 Dimensional Stickers (9 pieces)
SW-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (28 pieces)
SW-305 Paper Flower Kit (57 pieces)
Deja Veiws HL-185 Baby Boy Clear Word Stickers
Other: Silver bead trim and silver heart charm
Please visit Robbie's blog Just the Scrap for more tips and ideas.
Biker Chick Tania Willis created this romantic idea for a bride and her groom. But let's have Tania tell you all about it...
I decided I wanted to put together a little album of sorts for the bride to be able to write love notes to her love. While the bride is welcome to use it how she sees fit, the album can be gifted with a note to the bride instructing her to take a few moments of quiet time each week, during her first year of marriage, to reflect on all the qualities she adores in her groom and then gift him with these notes of love on their first wedding anniversary. It becomes somewhat of an open love letter to her groom. Since the album, constructed from a few core pieces from chipboard album kit, is bound together with extra large book rings, this album can be something that can be added to for years and years to come.
The inside cardstock pages are simply cut to a measurement of 3 ¼” x 8” using a contrasting, yet coordinating, color of cardstock. I can’t even imagine what a treasure something like this would be for children and grandchildren to stumble upon in years to come. The thought of it excites me!
SW – 104 Kiss the Groom Patterned Paper
SW – 107 Eternal Circles
SW – 279 Chipboard Shapes
SW – 305 Paper Flower Kit
SW – 134 Journaling Cards
SW – 140 Fresh Verse Cardstock Stickers
SW – 197 Pearl & Jewel Stickers
LYB – 104 9x5 Chipboard Album
Please visit Tania's blog Whachu Talkin' Bout Willis for more amazing ideas from her.
Thank you so much for joining us today on the blog!
Liz
Hi everyone! I had a fantastic time with Sharon last weekend doing "Make & Take" cards at my favorite LSS, New England Scrapbook Company, during their infamous "Four Store Scrapbook Tour."
(Sorry Sharon, I know it's not the best picture of you!)
These cards were so quick and easy to make, I wanted to share them with you! Sharon used our decorative-edge 12x12 cardstock for the base (see more measurements below), together with some paper scraps, our Fresh Verse stickers, felt & crocheted flowers and stick pins! You can mass produce a bunch of them, or they're a great way to use up some scraps. Take a look!
And a few close ups:
And here are the easy-peasy instructions!
Cut the decorative-edge cardstock into two pieces, 5" wide by 10-1/2" long, leaving the decorative edge on 5" edge of each card - the other edge will be flat (save the trimmed-off edges for future use - they're just too pretty to throw away!). Each 12x12 sheet makes two cards. Score at 5-1/2" from the flat edge, so the card folds over, leaving about 1/2" overhang below. Cut a 1-1/2" x 5" strip of contrasting paper, and layer along the bottom inside edge (so the decorative edge closes on top of the contrasting colored paper). Cut a 4-1/2" square of contrasting paper, and place on the top/front of the card as your background color. Decorate as you like, using Fresh Verse stickers, Felt Flowers, Crochet Flowers & Butterflies, Stick Pins & Bling! Cut strips of contrasting paper scraps to varying widths, and cut a "notch" in them to make a "flag."
Note: the decorative edge papers have a UPC code on the opposite side, so some of your cards will have a UPC code on the inside - but no worries! Just cover it up with another strip of paper, a Fresh Verse sticker, or here, we used a Journaling Card!
We had so much fun with our friends at New England Scrapbook Company and all of the Connecticut scrappers on the Four Store Tour!
While I was there, I also finished this layout, using the same decorative edge paper (I think it's my favorite!), the Paper Flower Kit, Felt Flowers, and more goodies from the wonderful Hello Spring collection!
... and New England Scrapbook Company DT member Kiersten Schiffer made this adorable layout, too:
But wait! There's more! I have a few sneaky peeks of a fun Hello Spring mini album by Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick ... watch for it on the blog!
So much happiness with Hello Spring! That's it for now! Have a great weekend!
-Peg
We've been searching high and low for more projects from our fans who ride with our Peloton (you know the large pack of riders in a bicycle race). Today we found some fun Saturdays projects to share...
Saturdays Page by Jen Gallacher (former Biker Chick) found at Two Peas in a Bucket
Saturdays Page by Jennifer Moore found at Scrapbook.com
Saturdays by Celeste Brodnik found at Scrapbook Expressions
Saturdays Page by Mary Ann Jenkins found on our Facebook Wall
Saturdays Page by Kelly Jo Massicotte found on our Facebook Wall
Hope this post jump starts your Monday Mojo. We'll be back with a Training Reel from Biker Chick Tania Willis in just a bit.
Liz
We have some wonderful projects to share from our Peloton (you know, the larger pack of riders in a bicycle race). They never disappoint and it is really a treat to scour the world wide web looking for projects featuring Little Yellow Bicycle.
Saturdays Page by Hilde Aaslund found on our Facebook Page
Saturdays Mini Album by Renee Zwirek found at Scrapbook.com
Saturdays Mini Album by Vanessa Menhorn found at Two Peas in a Bucket
Saturdays Page by Ros Madey found on her blog Not Every Picturez Perfect
Paradise Page by Kerys Sharrock found on our Facebook Page
Lucky Me and Paradise Treats by Izzy Anderson found on our Facebook Page
If you would like to see your project featured on our blog, please email it to Liz at lizq@cthruruler.com
Happy Monday!
Liz
We get really excited when we find entire kit clubs riding with our Peloton (you know, the large pack of riders in a bicycle race) and this weekend we discoverd that Pam Rangel's kit club My Creative Scrapbook had a lot of the Paradise collection to share in her March Mini Kit. Take a look at what some of her designers created with our Paradise collection.
Paradise Page by Delaina Burns
Paradise Page by Alicia Giess
Paradise Page by Jamie Harder
Paradise Page by Wendy Mckee
Paradise Page by Melissa Vetterol
Paradise Page by Sarah Mullanix
Please let us know if your kit club is featuring one of our collections. Email me at lizq@cthruruler.com and we will give your team a little shout out from our blog.
We will be back shortly with a new Training Reel from Biker Chick Tanis Willis. We will also more projects this week from our Saturdays Cycling Team and our Guest Designer Corrie Jones and we hope many of you are considering applying for our Biker Chick Design Team call.
Guess you could say it is another busy week on the blog!
Happy Monday!
Liz
We are always so surprised and happy to find projects from our fans a.k.a The Peloton (large pack of riders in a bike race). We scour the internet each week looking for projects with our newest collections and this week we think you will agree we found some wonderful ideas. How do you find the projects you might ask...we google our collection names, find them posted on our facebook page or have them emailed to us at lizq@cthruruler.com.
Saturdays Page by Melissa Rehberg emailed to us.
Saturdays Bird Cottage by Debbie found on her blog Paws to Scrap - (please see post for more detailed photos of the cottage)
Paradise Two Page Layout by Beth Hallgren found on our Facebook Page
Paradise Page by Labgirl found at Scrapbook.com
Cafe Crop in Crown Point, Indiana has Saturdays in the house. If you live nearby, you can pick some up today!
If you would like to see your project on our blog, please mention Little Yellow Bicycle and the collection name on your blog or website, load your page on our Facebook Page or email Liz at lizq@cthruruler.com.
Have a wonderful day!
Liz
We have been searching the World Wide Web for projects from you, our fans, with our new Paradise collection and I think you will agree that our Peloton has created some amazing projects! In fact, our friends at Artful Delight featured our Paradise Collection in their monthly kit and below are a few projects from their design team.
Paradise Card by June Houck found on her blog Simply Elegant Paper Crafts
Paradise Page by Marcia Dehn-Nix (LYB Cycling Team Member) found on the Artful Delight Blog
Paradise Page by Debbie found on the Artful Delight Blog
Paradise Page by Abby found on the Artful Delight Blog
If you would like to have a project featured on our blog, please email Liz at lizq@cthruruler.com or post your project to our facebook page. We are looking forward to seeing all of the amazing projects created by our Peloton with our newest collections.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Liz
We love riding with our Peloton and we have some wonderful and inspiring projects to share today!
How many of you are excited about The Super Bowl? Do you have big plans to enjoy the day with food, friends and fun? Well, we thought it would be a good idea to revisit our Get Your Game On collection and get all of our fans to start thinking about how to document Super Bowl Sunday for the special people in your lives who love sports and especially the Super Bowl. That's right, we expect to see pictures of your friends and family dressed in team jerseys, eating hot wings and drinking...whatever goes with it. We are pretty sure you can find this collection in your LSS or at online stores like Scrapbook.com, A Cherry On Top or Two Peas in a Bucket. Below is a little inspiration from our Peloton to get the creative juices flowing.
Page by Marcia Dehn-Nix found on her blog One Scrap at a Time
Printer's Tray by Suzanne Sergi found on our blog
Page by Carolyn Lontin found on the Scrappin' Sports Stuff Blog
Page by Carolyn Lontin found on Scrappin' Sports Stuff Blog
Kickoff Gift Set by Kimberly Rae Forde found on our blog
Football Pennant - had to share one more project with our Canvas Colorables
We also wanted to announce our Fall/Winter Sketch Challenge Finalist. Please congratulate Michelle Gallant for her take of my sketch with our Winter Twig collection.
Michelle, Ashley and Victoria - please email your address info to lizq@cthruruler.com and we will get your prize packs in the mail.
Remember - you can jump into our Jan/Feb Sketch Challenge right now. And if you would like to see your projects featured on our blog, please post them online or send them to lizq@cthruruler.com.
Have a great day!
Liz
We are BUSY getting ready for CHA next week but want to take a few minutes to share some sneak peeks of the collections we'll be showing folks out in Anaheim!
Our first collection, Paradise, is in or on its way to a LSS near you already! This Friday (yep that's tomorrow!) on our blog, you'll see the first project from our Paradise Guest Designer ... be sure to check in to see who it is!
For more on the Paradise collection, take a look at Liz's sneak peek post! A couple of my favorites ... the Paper Flower Kit. Love these things. Fun and easy to put together, and oh so versatile and pretty on your paper crafting projects!
You're also going to love the Felt Flowers with the prettiest little glass beads and...well I just can't show ya because the pictures don't do these little beauties justice! (You'll just have to check 'em out yourself!)
Next up is Saturdays! Mmmmmmmm. Can you say Denimmmmmmm?
Saturdays are all about doing the things that make you happy. This free and easy, casually sophisticated collection perfectly captures that Saturday mood, with delightful denims and gorgeous prints & embellishments. Celebrate and savor the sweet, simple everyday moments that make life worth living!
Here's one of my favorites from this collection:
Can you see it? It's 12X12 decorative edge paper with ...real stitching! Now you're talking. Perfect for us non-sewers who really love the stitching but are too lame at the sewing machines to give it a try (and let's face it, these stitches would be tough even for the pros!).
Here's one more peek!
Saturdays are always packed with fun ... and so is Saturdays!
Yes folks ... get ready to swoon! Swoon makes your perfect day a little bit more perfect! This subtle, sophisticated collection of whites, grays and black provides a flawless backdrop for your special occasion - from wedding to prom to anniversary!
Take a peek at these fun journaling cards:
And here's one quick look at a beautiful wedding page created with the Swoon collection!
Love! Now....are you ready for SPRING?
Everything you love about spring is packed into this collection of perky prints and perfect pastels - with a "spring"-kling of blossoms, bunnies and butterflies - just for fun. Say "hello" to sunshine, warm breezes and birdsongs ... say Hello Spring!
I don't know about you, but this ...
... makes ME happy! And so do these:
...and these!
I think the entire Hello Spring collection will make you VERY happy!
Summer heats up with a cool new collection from LYB! Whether you're picnicking at the lake, hanging out poolside, or splashing in the surf ... the Splash collection's summery crisp colors and silly splashy embellishments perfectly capture your favorite summer moments. So kick back, relax, and feel the sand between your toes ...with Splash!
You just can't go wrong with these little guys:
Cute cute cute Fabric Favorites! And new for this collection ...Vellum Tape! Cool!
I personally love the mini flag kit! So much fun:
And finally ...
Come on ... adventure awaits! And wherever your journeys take you, Little Yellow Bicycle's Escape collection will travel with you in style, with a flair for adventure and a focus on fun! So point your compass toward excitement and get ready to explore ... The Escape!
So many fun elements are packed into this collection, but my personal favorite are these:
...cutest ever little wooden tags! And of course our Clear Cuts add dimension and a little bit of glitter to your creations!
OK that's it for now....gotta go! Busy, busy, busy as they say! So much to do, so little time. Looking forward to sharing ALL of these amazing collections ...NEXT WEEK!
-Peg
Well here I am with the final post for Winter Twig Guest Designer Jenny Chesnick :( ... Here in CT winter has finally set in. Not too much snow yet since the big fall snowstorm (not that I'm complaining), but we did get a little bit of the white stuff yesterday - the perfect setting for some scrapping with Winter Twig!
Jenny has another layout to share with us today, but I will start you out with a few more Q&A for Jenny!
LYB: Do you have a favorite quote?
JC: Nope, again that would be along the same lines as journaling.
LYB: Are you a neat scrapbooker or is your space a mess?
JC: It starts clean, but when I am on a roll it looks like a bomb has gone off!
LYB: What is your best time or money saving tip?
JC: USE PAPER! There are so many things you can do and make out of paper. Embellishments can eat up your budget, so be picky and be creative and incorporate some of your own.
LYB: Do you have a favorite adhesive?
JC: American Crafts This to That Dots.
LYB: Describe your style.
JC: Clean and Simple with a little cluster of goodies.
Now here's Jenny to tell you about her layout!
Layout, All Bundled Up:
Last year we visited Ice at the Gaylord National here in Washington D.C. They have you wear these massive puffy coats to stay warm in the below zero rooms. The title I used from the chipboard words set was perfect for this photo. I layered the photo with craft foam to give it some depth then tied off my ice skate to give the illusion of a hanging ornament.
Products Used:
TG-107- Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch
TG-104- Winter Woods/Winter Wishful
TG-279- Chipboard Shapes
TG-165- Chipboard Words
TG-133- 6x6 Decorative Edge double-sided cardstock
TG-134- Journaling Cards
TG-230- Clear Cuts Shapes
TG-309- Confetti Garland
TG-135- Cardstock Stickers
TG-201- Canvas Borders
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Thanks so much to the amazing and talented Jenny Chesnick for sharing her ideas and inspiration for the Winter Twig collection with us! If you haven't already, be sure to stop by Jenny's blog to thank her!
Hope you have a great weekend! We'll be back next week with more inspiration and more CHA sneak peeks ... plus we begin shipping the beautiful Paradise collection!
-Peg
I always love it when a designer takes a collection that has been designed for one purpose and uses it for something entirely different. That's just what we have here from our Hello Fall! Guest Designer Danielle Flanders.
So even though this collection hit your LSS in the fall, we've got the cutest Valentine's Day layout to share with you today!
Here's Danielle to tell you about it.
10 Things I Love About You layout:
I loved this little pocket from the Hello Fall! line and changed out the word "fall" for the word "you". I scrapped some pictures from last Valentine's Day of my daughter Kati.
Supplies used:
Hello Fall 11.75 x 5.75" paper pad
Hello Fall Fabric Favorites
Hello Fall 10 Things Pocket
Hello Fall Crepe Paper Lace Stickers
Hello Fall Jewel Stickers
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Cute kid and cute layout! Thanks Danielle! Be sure to stop by Danielle's blog and leave some love!
Happy Tuesday!
-Peg
Hello blog readers! Are you done salivating over those fantastic cards Liz posted yesterday featuring the upcoming Paradise collection? I don't know about you, but I for one can't *wait* to get my hands on it. Don't worry it will be in stores soon enough (psst ... we start shipping it in a couple weeks!), and for NOW I am here with another frosty fun project from our wonderful Winter Twig Guest Designer Jenny Chesnick - and of course you can find Winter Twig at your LSS right now!
Before I get to Jenny's project, let me share a little more LYB Q&A with you!
LYB: What is your favorite color (or colors) to use in your pages?
JC: Yellow!
LYB: How long does it typically take you to complete a layout?
JC: About 45 minutes. Sometimes as fast as 30. I am a super fast scrapper!
LYB: Do you use any tools that are not specifically designed for scrapbooking?
JC: A dremel drill. I stole it from my husband! Along with his wire cutters.
LYB: What’s the oddest embellishment you’ve ever used on a page?
JC: A flyswatter, no kidding. I was in a contest and it was one of the items we had to use!
LYB: Do you scrap chronologically or out of order?
JC: I scrap whatever I want. I never even knew people scrapped “in order” until a few years ago.
LYB: Events or moments scrapbooker?
JC: Moments.
LYB: Sit down or stand up scrapbooker?
JC: I sit down. I want to stand up, but because I am so tall it hurts my back.
Flyswatter? Really? I would LOVE to see that layout, wouldn't you? And now onto Jenny's project. This CA-UTE little skate mini album-m-m-m!
Here's Jenny to tell you all about it!
I have wanted to make an Ice Skate mini album for a long time. I have been waiting and waiting for one to be made!! Well I got tired of waiting and decided to make my own. Little Yellow Bicycle paper is the perfect weight to create stand alone albums and pieces. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the Ice Skate. I layered two skates together to make the skate thicker.
I cut the blade part separately so I could use a coordinating color to create the blades. Once all the pieces were put together I used eyelet to set my punched holes of the album (just to be safe!) and I finished it off with some distress stickles to mimic ice on the skates. The skate is fairly large so I plan on using 2x3 or 3x3 photos in the blank backsides of each skate.
Products Used:
TG-108- Winter Plaid/Mocha Java Sweater
TG-107- Winter Words/Brown Skate Scratch
TG-101- Snowy Window/Ski Sweater
TG-165- Chipboard Words
TG-279- Chipboard shapes
TG-220- Fabric Favorites
TG-134- Journaling Cards
TG-230- Clear Cuts Shapes
TG-140- Cardstock Stickers- Fresh Verse
TG-145- Cardstock stickers- labels
TG-219- Snowflake Button Dots
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So cute! Love this Jenny! Listen ... I can hear our blog readers firing up their Silhouette Cameos right now to make their own skates! What a fun project for a winter weekend. Who's in?
Don't forget to stop by Jenny's blog and say hello (also check out the pics of her kitchen which she rehabbed last weekend ... so pretty!)
Have a great weekend!
-Peg
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
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 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'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
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
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
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 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 everyone and welcome to the fifth and final day of our fabulous blog swap with our friends over at The Twinery! I guess it's true what they say, all good things must come to an end. We are sad to see this week end. But hey ... before it does, I have a couple more projects to share with you from the Biker Chicks, prizes to give away (later today) ... and next week I'll be back with more inspiration from our wonderful Head of the Class, Get Your Game On, and Hello Fall! Cycling Teams!
So I promise ... the fun never ends here on the LYB blog!
Let's get to the projects!
First up is Biker Chick Tania Willis with a layout featuring the Hello Fall! collection and, of course, some baker's twine from The Twinery!
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The colorful bundle of twine in the assortment pack had me at hello! The colors are so fun and playful and just the right shades of color. For my “I Love Fall” layout, I wanted to play off the Fresh Verse Cardstock die cut that says “piles of smiles” and literally piled a bunch of snapshots in the middle of the page.
From there, I started adding pops of color in clusters by layering several types of embellishments from the collection, then kicked it up a notch with the addition of the twine. I love that the twine is a playful twist of light and dark, as the white is twisted with a color. It keeps the embellishment light and not too dense for the eye. Love that.
For the next cluster, I layered Fresh Verse die cuts, a journaling tag, flowers from the layered flowers pack and a chipboard button from the Fabric Pieces. Before adhering the button, I pulled off the foam dimensional tape and strung two layers of twine through the eyelets.
Lastly, I wanted a bold punch of color in the center of the layout to draw the eye to the photos first. I just added several loops of twine to the felt flower, near the felt leaves to resemble another leaf on the flower. Such an easy addition that helps add more visual weight to the flower embellishment.
I want to give a HUGE thanks to The Twinery for the generous supply of twine that was sent for our team to complete these projects this week!
Tania
Supplies:
Lemondrop Baker’s Twine by The Twinery
Mandarin Baker’s Twine by Twinery Twine
Honeydew Baker’s Twine by Twinery Twine
HF – 104 Walnut Knit Paper
HF – 220 Fabric Favorites
HF – 140 Fresh Verse Cardstock Die-cuts
HF – 135 Favorite Pieces Cardstock Die-cuts
HF – 223 Felt Flowers
HF – 134 Journaling Cards
HF – 305 Paper Flower Kit
HF – 277 Stick Pins
HF – 308 Favorite Things Pocket
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Thanks Tania! Love this layout! And YOU can catch more ideas from Tania by following her blog ... just click this link right here to get there!
Next up - another layout from Liz!
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Naughty or Nice Page
Just a funny page of my daughter hamming it up for the camera. It reminded me of how she is always thinking about what is going to be on her list for Santa and how hard she tries to "make it happen." Adding pop dots to the cardstock stickers is a great way to give them dimension and accent the page. I cannot help but tuck a decorative edged cardstock piece on all of my pages and the patterns on the Wonder & Wishes pices are lovely.
Wonder and Wishes Collection Materials:
WO-104 - Christmas Plaid/Dots on Green
WO-133 - 6" x 6" Decorative Edge double-sided textured cardstock with glitter accents (5 pieces)
WO-279 - Chipboard Shapes - with glitter accents (20 pieces)
WO-165 - Chipboard Stickers - Words - with debossing (16 pieces)
WO-276 - Corrugated Shapes (22 pieces)
WO-135 - Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces - with glitter accents and matte foil (28 pieces) WO-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with debossing (28 pieces)
WO-197 - Jewel Stickers (96 pieces)
WO-219 - Flower Button Dots - layered with buttons
Twinery - Maraschino Twine 15 Yards
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Thanks Liz! Here's the link to Liz's blog too!
Now go on over to The Twinery's blog, to see what they've made for you today! As usual, don't forget to leave comments here, there and everywhere (LYB's Facebook Page, The Twinery's Facebook Page), for more chances to win! I will be choosing two winners of a LOVELY prize pack from our Hello Fall collection, plus a sampler pack from The Twinery!
Thanks for visiting and GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!
-Peg
Hello friends! It's Day 3 of our wonderful Blog Swap Week with The Twinery! We hope you're having fun and enjoying all of our designers' amazing work!
Today our very talented Biker Chick Greta Hammond has made amazing Christmas projects using LYB's new Wonder & Wishes collection!
Here's Greta to tell you about them!
I loved working with The Twinery product! Such a fun little embellishment to add to any project. I chose to use the LYB line Wonder &Wishes for my projects and the twine colors matched perfectly!
First off, I made a little gift giving notebook booklet by folding 3 sheets of 4.5” x 9” paper in half and then punching holes in the spine. I threaded some grey/white twine through the holes and tied a bow on the outside. To embellish, I made a small pom pom with the twine to adorn the top of my chipboard present.
Next, I made a card and used the twine to outline the edge of the chipboard frame. A fun way to add a bit of texture.
I then wrapped a corrugated tree with red/white twine to serve as garland and then finished off my title with a small bow.
Finally, I made a quick gift bag by turning over the top of the bag and punching holes near the center. I threaded 5 strands of twine through, added a small tag and tied a bow.
I decorated the front with paper, a fabric scalloped circle, stickers, chipboard and those lovely felt poinsettias! Easy, peasy!
Supply List:
WO-108 Festive Red
WO-105 Tiny Tonal Poinsettia
WO-140 Fresh Verse
WO-135 Favorite Pieces
WO-1279 Chipboard Shapes
WO-197 Jewel Stickers
WO-220 Fabric Favorites
WO-165 Chipboard Sticker Words
WO-304 Felt Flowers
Other: sack
thanks,
Greta
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Thanks Greta!
Now head on over to The Twinery's Blog to see their lovely projects for today! And of course, don't forget to leave a comment here on our blog, and also on The Twinery's Blog, plus LYB's Facebook Page and The Twinery's Facebook Page to increase your chances of winning a fabulous Hello Fall! and The Twinery Prize Pack!
See you tomorrow!
-Peg
Don't you just love a little bit of baker's twine on your layout or paper project? To me it just says "happy" - maybe it's the long ago association with goodies from the bakery - who knows? But when the opportunity to do a blog swap with The Twinery ... creators of baker's twine in the loveliest colors ... we jumped on it!
In case you're not familiar with a blog swap - here's what we did: we sent their Design Team papers and embellishments from the Hello Fall! collection, and they sent our Design Team a box of baker's twine in every color of the rainbow and then some! Then our teams got to work, and you get to enjoy what they've created!
Each day this week, both The Twinery and LYB will share a project or two from our Design Teams which we hope will inspire you.
PLUS ... as usual ... there's blog swag involved! YOU have a chance to win some gorgeous goodies! Be sure to head over to The Twinery's Blog and Facebook Page every day to see what their fabulous Designers have created. Don't forget to leave a comment - and tell them we sent you. Comment every day on both blogs and Facebook pages for more chances to win. At the end of the week, we'll each pick winners from our Facebook and Blog comments - and the winners will win a sampler pack of Twinery Twine plus some goodies from Little Yellow Bicycle's Hello Fall! collection!
What's not to love? Let's get started!
Our first projects are created by the very very talented Biker Chick Renee Foss!
Piles of Smiles Layout - Using The Twinery Twine and Little Yellow Bicycle's Hello Fall! Collection
To begin I dyed the red/white baker’s twine to make it more harmonious with the fall colors of this layout. I mixed water and the two colors of alcohol ink and soaked my twine in it for about a half an hour. Make sure the mixture is a lot darker than the color you want the twine to end up. After soaking, rinse the twine with clear water and squeeze out excess. Allow to dry before using.
For layout, I color-blocked two different patterned papers on red cardstock. The photo and ‘piles of smiles’ are matted on orange cardstock. All edges were inked with brown stamping ink. I grouped the large brown branch and two leaf chipboard pieces as shown and tied my prepared twine several times around the entire red cardstock piece before adhering this to the background [kraft] paper. I removed the foam backing from one of the Fabric Favorites button pieces and punched two small holes. I added this piece over the chipboard pieces and tied the twine in a bow through the button. HINT: add a small dot of clear drying glue to the knot to keep it secure. I also tie small knots in the ends of the twine to keep them from unraveling. As a finishing touch I added two green leaf pins behind the button. I hand stitched the zigzag down the side of the journaling card before adhering to the layout and finished off with a small bow, and then sprinkled some green jewel stickers around the layout for a little sparkle.
Supplies used:
HF-103 Autumn Medley/Green Splendor paper
HF-105 Little Leaf Pile/Burnt Orange Knit paper
HF-279 Chipboard Shapes w/ Glitter Accents
HF-220 Fabric Favorites
HF-134 Journaling Cards
HF-135 Cardstock Die Cuts—Favorite Pieces
HF-140 Cardstock Die Cuts—Fresh Verse
HF-277 Stick Pins
HF-197 Jewel Stickers
The Twinery Maraschino baker’s twine
Cardstock: kraft, red and orange
Brown ink
Alcohol ink: red and brown
Holiday Cards - Using The Twinery Twine and Little Yellow Bicycle's Wonder & Wishes Collection
Card 1—Stitched Tree
Cut a label die cut using die cut system from white cardstock. If you don’t have one, just cut a rectangle of white cardstock to 4” x 5.25”. Dye Honeydew twine with celery/green alcohol ink as described for layout above. Pre-punch holes for tree in prepared label/cardstock and stitch tree.
Add a small piece of brown cardstock for trunk and a chipboard star at the top of the tree [I colored the star using Versamark ink and red embossing power, heat embossed]. Make card from white cardstock [4.25” x 5.5”] and cut a piece of ‘Joy & Peace’ paper for the front panel. Ink edges with green ink and adhere to card front. Add tree panel to card using foam adhesive. If desired, heat emboss edges of tree panel with red embossing powder [or color with red pen or ink w/ red stamping ink].
Card 2—Peace & Joy Present
Make card base from white cardstock [half of a 8.5” x 11” sheet folded in half]. Add Red Check Paper to card front, ink edges with brown ink. Cut patterned strips from remaining ‘Home for Christmas’ paper [note: the red pattern and green geometric border are next to one another on the paper but to get the other green border along the red patterned strip you need to cut that separately]. Ink edges with brown ink and add to card as shown. Ink edges of corrugated frame [leave inside of frame intact!] and add to card as shown. Cut off bow and small ribbon ‘bumps’ from chipboard present die cut. Wrap dyed Maraschino baker’s twine around twice both ways and secure in back. Tuck a mistletoe clear die cut under twine and secure. Make a bow from a double length of the same twine and adhere to present as shown. Add present to card with foam adhesive. Add ‘peace & joy’ clear sticker as shown.
Supplies used [cards]
WO-101 Home for Christmas/Red Check paper
WO-106 Joy & Peace/Little Red Hot Dot paper
WO-279 Chipboard Shapes
WO-190 Clear Stickers for Cardmaking
WO-276 Corrugated Shapes
WO-230 Clear Cut Shapes
The Twinery baker’s twine in Maraschino and Honeydew
Chipboard star
Versamark ink
Red embossing powder
White cardstock
Brown stamping ink
Green stamping ink
Small scrap of brown cardstock
Foam adhesive
Alcohol inks: red and celery
Die cutting system and label die
I want to send a HUGE shout out to The Twinery for their generosity – they sent soooo product in a rainbow of colors! Thank you so much, I can’t wait to entwine all my projects!
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Thanks to you Renee!
Now hop on over to The Twinery's Blog to see what their Designers have cooked up for today! And don't forget to check back tomorrow - I'll have another post featuring Biker Chick Liz Qualman!
Oh and ... in case you forgot ... leave a comment!!
- Peg
Hello all! It's Peg back again with two more inspiring projects from our Get Your Game On and Head of the Class Cycling Teams! And how about Jamie's projects yesterday? Pretty cool, huh? If you missed it, be sure to go take a look! Everyone's talking about the Jamie's Crayon Collage. Amazing...
Today we're sharing Samantha Taylor's Get Your Game On Canvas Colorables and a layout from Rhonda Van Ginkel. Let's get right to it.
Samantha Taylor's Canvas Colorables
Hello! I so excited to share my project with you today. One of my favorite things about LYB is how amazing the embellishments are that go with a line. When I got Get Your Game On, I knew I wanted to find a way to used the fun Canvas Colorables and play with all the embellishments at the same time. I decided to make a trio of framed art for my son's bedroom wall.
If you're not someone who works a lot with canvas or altered art, have no fear: Game On Canvas Colorables are really easy to work with. I experimented a lot to find out what would work (and more importantly what wouldn't) and here's what I learned. Anything permanent (paint, paint pens, alcohol inks, mists, alcohol base markers (think Copics), even Sharpie Markers) seem to work really well. Anything not so permanent (water based inks and markers) tend not to work, as they don't dry completely or smear when touched. The plus side to using Copics is that they cover very well, give nice bright colors, and allow the original print work on the canvas to show through.
If you're looking to do the same thing with a more antiqued look, I would suggest trying to sponge or brush on alcohol inks. Paints, paint pens, and Sharpies work well, but don't allow the underlying artwork to show through. If you're not sure if an ink will work, flip the canvas over and test it out on the back side first.
I used Copic Markers to color the canvases, and then sponged on a very light shade of alcohol ink to add a bit of age to the canvases.
I especially concentrated the alcohol ink on the edges of the canvas and the figures of the players. If you're not terribly artistic when it comes to things like coloring and shading (and I'm one of those people who's not), this is still a really easy thing to do. There is a pre-printed shading on the canvases already. I just followed where the players were already shaded and enhanced it a bit.
After I colored my canvases, I layered them on an 8" x 10" piece of matching Game On paper. Then, I added embellishments (stickers, chipboard, and banners) to the paper and canvas. You can attach embellishments to the canvas really easily with a nice sticky adhesive like Glue Dots®. The artwork then went into an 8" x 10" shadowbox style frame.
I added more embellishments to the frame and glass.
I like adding embellishments to the outside and inside of a frame as a way to add extra depth and interest to the project.
Then all you need to do is find a wall to hang them on. My son is thrilled to have these for his room!
Supplies:
Frame - 3 - 8 x 10 shadowbox style frames
Canvases - Get Your Game On (Football, Baseball, Basketball)
Paper - Get Your Game On (Football Collage, Baseball Collage, Basketball Collage)
Accessories - Get Your Game On (Stickers Favorite Pieces (Basketball, Baseball, Football), Chipboard Shapes, Mini Banners (football)), Copic Markers, Alcohol Ink
Tools - Sponge Daubers
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Wow...love these Samantha! What young sports fan wouldn't want them for his room? I think they'd also look great in a rec room, or as a gift for a special coach. Thanks so much. You can follow Samantha's blog by clicking this link!
And now for Rhonda's "Spare Me" Layout!
I love how one designer can look at a collection and create something beautiful ... and then another designer can look at the same elements and see something completely different. I think that's one of the coolest things about this hobby!
So tell me ... how many of you look at the Head of the Class collection and think "sports"? I know I didn't, but check out Rhonda's layout!
Wow. Love it! Here's Rhonda!
I absolutely loved the Head of the Class collection! The bright fun colors of the papers and classic design made this such a joy to work with!!! Thank you so very much to Little Yellow Bicycle for the honor of designing for you.
The moment I saw the fun diamond shaped pattern paper with the number "10" in the headpin position, I knew I was going to turn this collection into a bowling page! I always enjoy looking beyond the intent of a collection and try to use it in a different or unusual way.
For my project I had a series of three photos, but I didn't really want to crop them too much to compromise their composition. The solution: Create a built in flip book built on the page. It was very simple, I just stitched the left side down. I attached the bottom photo leaving a pocket to tuck in my Good Job journaling spot.
Keeping my banner theme for the page, I added a few horizontal banners into the main photo mat. I created a few custom star buttons using the papers and my Epiphany Star 25 tool. For my bowling ball and pin, I used my Cricut Expression and the Nifty Fifties cartridge. A little glossy accents on the bowling ball was the finishing touch.
Thanks for coming along with me for a little cycling tour of my Spare Me! page today!
~ Rhonda
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Thanks for joining us today! You can see more of Rhonda's work by clicking on this link to her blog!
I'll be back later this evening with the winners of my Sweet Summertime giveaway (finally, right?)...and we'll be inspiring you all weekend long with more Game On and Head of the Class projects. And all next week...blog swap with the Twinery! Woot!
-Peg
Hi everyone! It's been a while since I have posted - phew life passes so quickly sometimes. But we have so much creativity floating around over here I am positively overwhelmed!
And...well...you will be too when you see these absolutely amazingly creative projects!
I'm so pleased to present the work of our latest Cycling Team Member, Jamie Cripps. If you are not one of her MANY blog followers, you should be! She is a talented crafty woman!
First up ... a fun and totally cool twist on classroom art:
I am still trying to figure out how she cut those crayons so they would fit perfectly into the "M". Just wow. Here is another angle:
Next from Jamie, a simple, neat and handy teacher gift:
Are there any teachers who couldn't use a few extra pencils? Here's a peek at the top:
And finally, a layout:
A little detail:
Fabric stars layered over a Clear Cut shape makes for a fun title!
But my absolute favorite is how Jamie punched her daughter's name out of the Practice your ABC's paper and layered them for extra depth. What a great idea!
Thanks so much to Cycling Team member Jamie Cripps for the inspiration!
And I'll be back tomorrow with more projects from the Cycling Team!
Oh, and by they way ... I still haven't announced the winners from our Sweet Summertime giveaway. I'll be doing that tomorrow too!
;) Peg
Hello,
We're excited to share our first post from from our first ever Cycling Team Member Shellye McDaniel. Get ready to pedal because Shellye is going to wow you with this Head of the Class Corkboard mini album. I believe you will mark this as a favorite Friday Find.
The covers are made out of cork. How cool is this?
Cork? Yes. The cork really makes the primary colors pop. Don't you think?
I love the primary ribbon that Shellye uses throughout the album...again, it's all in the detail.
Every page is like this...
A true work of art...
Each page holds special detail. The stitching finishes each page in such a smart way.
Many, many fun embellishments to work with. Chipboard paper clips, dimensional stickers, fabric favorites... I really want to hold this album in my hands!
A close up for you.
With just the right amount of grunge for good measure.
Even the back cover is a masterpiece.
Here are the detailed instructions on how to create your very own Corkboard mini album.
Supplies:
Little Yellow Bicycle’s Head of the Class Clear Cuts Shapes, Stick Pins, Journaling Cards, Chipboard Shapes, Dimensional Pop-Up Stickers, Fabric Favorites, Canvas Stickers Mini Banners, Alphabet Stickers, Fresh Verse Stickers, Favorite Phrases Stickers and Patterned Papers
Other Supplies: Ribbons, Baker’s twine, buttons, three loose-leaf rings and two 6x6 corkboard squares
Using a craft knife, trim both corkboard squares to 5”wide; reserve one of the 1” strips. Dress the reserved piece of corkboard with Fabric Favorites “Ruler” sticker; cut to size. Punch holes into all three corkboard pieces at 1”, 3” and 5” increments, leave at least a ¼” margin from the edge. Adhere the ruler piece to the edge of the top corkboard sheet with a fast drying tacky glue (I use Aleene’s Quick Dry).
Incorporating your favorite cutting tool, cut six 4 ¾” W x 7 ½”H tags from selected Head of the Class Patterned Papers. Embellish as desired before gluing the front/back pages together. Be sure to line the pages up with the bottom of the corkboard pages before punching holes. Add eyelets to page holes to ensure stability.
Finally, insert the three loose-leaf rings through the holes and thread carefully through pages. It may be necessary to enlarge the holes of the corkboard to allow the rings to move freely. Add ribbons to the rings if desired.
Please check out Shelley's Blog and let her know how much you appreciate her craftsmanship! Welcome again Shellye to our first LYB Cycling team. And thank you for sharing your talent with all of us.
Happy Friday!
Lori
Hello everyone and, may I say...Hello Fall! Fall is definitely here in the northeast, and I'm happy to report that the beautiful Hello Fall! collection from LYB is making its way to a LSS near you.
This warm and colorful collection features a "Family Tree" kit that you can make into either a two-page layout or two single-page layouts. It's quick and easy and perfect for family reunions, Thanksgiving pages, or just documenting your family history.
So here's Biker Chick Liz Qualman with the latest LYB Training Reel! She has taken this kit and given it her own special twist!
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Sometimes it is fun to follow instructions that have already been created for you and add your own embellishments, style and photos. That is how I feel about the Little Yellow Bicycle Hello Fall Family Tree Page Kit. It is such a great design and idea, that I only needed to add a few more embellishment ideas from the Hello Fall! collection and my own photos. This is a must have item!
Thanks so much Liz for another inspiring project!
Here are a few close ups from Liz's project:
Those felt flowers are so cool!
And the instructions:
Download FamilyTreeKitInstruction_LizQualman
Hope you have fun making this layout! For more great ideas from Liz, be sure to check out her blog by clicking here!
Watch the blog this week for more inspiration from our Guest Designers, plus I'm picking a winner from my Sweet Summertime giveaway!
Peg
Hello friends! I'm back with another inspiring project from our Get Your Game On Guest Designer Suzanne Sergi!
But before I show you the project, I am embarassed to admit, I forgot to include Suzanne's photo with her first blog post! Oops! So here she is, along with a little LYB Q&A so you can get to know her better!
LYB: What is your "go to embellishment?"
SS: My go to embellishments are tags, or labels. They are fabulous to stand alone, or to emboss, journal, or ink.
LYB: Do you prefer cardstock or patterned paper?
SS: I am a big fan of patterned paper! I am usually inspired by color, so I always begin my design with patterned paper. I do use cardstock, but mainly to add small details to the page.
LYB: What kind of music gets you in the scrappin' mood?
SS: I am from Texas, so I am a huge fan of country music! However, I do like to mix it up, from time to time. My library playlist includes pop music, and a bit of classical, too.
LYB: Do you like to go to crops or prefer to scrap alone?
SS: I absolutely love going to crops! I love being with friends. However, I find it difficult to pack my stuff for a crop. I do the majority of my scrapbooking at home. However, anytime the opportunity arises, you will find me at a crop. I am okay to simply sit, and chat! I guess, I love the social aspect!
LYB: What are your favorite types of projects...pages, mini albums, cards, altered projects, etc.?
SS: This is a difficult question! I love to scrapbook any type of papercraft! However, if I was to answer it is a toss up between mini albums, and altered projects. I throughly enjoy the creative process of a mini album, and of course, love altered projects especially around the holidays! I scrapbook for my family, so creating pages is definitely important to me. You might see a card from me, from time to time. However, as hard as I try, they take me longer to create, than a page!
LYB: Do you have a favorite scrapbooking snack?
SS: I rarely snack when I scrapbook at home. You will definitely find a large diet coke with extra ice nearby! (maybe Hot Tamales, too!) If I am at a crop, well that is a different answer. lol
LYB: Any unique tips or techniques you use?
SS: Two techniques you will find me using over and over are embossing and inking. I love the instant texture that embossing can give to a premade embellishment, sticker, or diecut. It is an easy technique, and can add so much detail to your projects. I do love stamping on my projects, too. An easy, and inexpensive technique to embellish your projects.
And now...let's make this fun photo tray!
Hi, Everyone! Suzanne here, to share a project with the new Get Your Game On Collection! I love photo trays for displaying some of my favorite photos. On my list was to alter one for my football player! I wanted to include a few special highlights of his football season. The new Get Your Game On Collection included everything I needed to create this football photo tray! A few pieces of patterned paper were all I needed to begin. The chipboard embellishment pack included the perfect football details to create fun embellishments in each individual panel! In a couple of hours, I was able to complete this keepsake, that my son will enjoy for years to come.
Here are a few more pics!
Thanks Suzanne! I just love this! What a great way to capture a bunch of photos from the season ... or even a special game!
We'll be back with more from Suzanne next week ... and meanwhile, be sure to check out her blog by cliking HERE!
Have a BALL!
- Peg
Sigh... I guess it's time to admit it's finally over.
Summer that is.
Autumnal equinox and all.
In spite of the morning chill in the air I have been digging in my heels and holding on to summer for all I'm worth. Who cares that the kids are back in school! Who cares that I've had to pull out the jeans and sweaters once or twice! It's still summer until ... well...today.
The leaves have been turning here in CT for weeks, but now that the calendar is turning, I have to get with the program and move on to Fall already. Now don't get me wrong. I really do love Fall. Here in the Northeast I love the colors, crisp sunny days, savory cooking [not to mention our new Hello Fall! collection ;) ... who wouldn't love fall with that around, huh? ]
And then I just say to myself ... just wait a minute here ... not so fast! Let's have a little last hurrah for summer! If you're like me, you'll be scrappin' those summer pictures well into 2012 [in fact, I think there's something special about scrapping the beach pics when the snow is falling outside!].
So today I'm going to share some Sweet Summertime goodness from the Biker Chicks! For one last hurrah!
[And read on dear blog followers! There's a chance for you to win some Sweet Summertime goodness for yourself at the end of this post!]
So let's get started, why don't we? First up, this adorable little layout from Biker Chick Liz Qualman. There's something about boys and boats...isn't there?
And a few close up shots:
Next up, Biker Chick Renee Foss shared this amazing shadowbox just full of great summer memories!
... and a detail shot:
....swoon.. Love this!
And last but certainly not least, Tania Willis posted these two awesome Sweet Summertime layouts on her blog earlier this summer and I've been meaning to share them with you. But I kept forgetting! Shame on me!
Here's the first. You can't beat the photo of that cutie Emma, and I love how Tania kept it simple ... but simply perfect! Check out that sun!
And the details:
And next up, how cute are these two muggin' it up for the camera? And how cool is it that Tania used this versatile summery collection on a page that really isn't summery at all? Love this!
And a couple close ups to show all the detail and dimesion!
If you want to scraplift this layout (and who wouldn't? ... though for finding the big wax lips I must tell you ... you are on your own!) just follow the link I posted above for detailed instructions!
Three cheers for the Biker Chicks! You guys are great!
And now for the LOOT!
I personally went over to our warehouse and raided - RAIDED I tell you! - that Sweet Summertime collection. I have two AMAZING prize packs to share with two people who leave a comment. We're talking papers, stickers, and embellies galore people! Who wants 'em???
Just tell me about YOUR last hurrah of summer.
Here is mine...I decided to run the Hartford Half Marathon in a couple weeks. This is big for me and I'm not quite sure I'm ready but there's only one way to find out. And let me tell you, running in the CT humidity today ... it sure felt like summer to me! So now that I think about it - bring on that cool weather already! I'm wilting like steamed spinach out there!
Can't wait to hear YOUR story!
-Peg
OK, OK I know Lowri McNabb is already rockin' the Guest Designer blog for LYB but what can we do? We're shipping the brand new Get Your Game On collection as we speak (actually as I type...) and so, since it's so perfectly sporty ... we decided to Double Team you!!! That's right ... two Guest Designers for a little extra inspiration. And who can't use a little extra inspiration? Gotta love it!
So allow me to introduce our OTHER Guest Designer - for Game On - the awesome, fun, and of course talented Suzanne Sergi! I was introduced to Suzanne at CHA-W by our very own Biker Chick Liz Qualman. As I recall, Liz told me something like "You have to check out her work..." and so I did, and knew then and there we needed to ask her to guest design for us (click the link above to her blog and you'll see why as well!).
Suzanne hails from beautiful Orange County in Southern California, where she lives with her husband Steven and three children Gabriela (almost 13), Roman (8) and Macie (6). Suzanne has been scrapbooking for about 12 years. Like many of us, she tripped into this hobby when Gabriela was born when she ventured into a scrapbook store to look for an album ... and fell in love with all the possibilities. Suzanne scrapbooks mostly about her family and the special moments in their lives. She loves papers and embellishments and tells us she is "all about the details on (her) papercrafts ... (her) favorite part of the scrapbooking process." She designs for several manufacturers, and has been published in Scrapbook Trends magazine... and we are so lucky to have her!
And now... here's Suzanne!
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Hi, everyone! Suzanne here, and I am very excited to be one of the guest designers this month! I love papercrafting, and I am a big fan of Little Yellow Bicycleʼs products. One of my favorite things about their products is that you will not see only paper, and a few embellishments. No, you are going to have so many possibilities, and a wide variety of embellishments to choose from. A couple of my favorites are the transparency overlays, and I love their journaling notebooks. Their product fits my style of scrapbooking, and makes designing pages fast, and fun to create with.
I had the opportunity to work with the Get your Game On collection. With a few athletes in our household, I am always inspired to document their special “winning” moments. Today, I have my first project to share with you. A scrapbook page featuring my son with a couple of his teammates. My son seems to enjoy all sports from football, soccer, baseball, to basketball. Luckily, LYB has paper for all of these fun sports. I decided to create a basketball page to slip into my sonʼs sports album. This page came together very quickly.
I began with the basketball collage paper for my background. This paper has the large graphic in the upper right hand corner, so it needed very little extra paper. I used a small strip from the grey Bleachers patterned paper, layered on top of the red All Star paper. I also used one of the tear-out tickets for my title. I loved it, and thought it told the story of the photo perfectly. I did cut it so I could use the top portion at the top of the photo. The bottom half of the ticket holds my journaling that I ran through the computer. Love it when you can get more out of an embellishment! Here is a closer look at the cluster of embellishments I created in the lower right hand corner of the page.
I used two more tear-out tickets (these are starting to become my favorite). They are perfect to stand alone, when your page just needs a little something. They are also great to layer more fun embellishments underneath or on top of them. I punched different size circles to layer on top of the tickets. I used some of the chipboard embellishments as well. The #1 element I left alone, but I did add more texture to the chipboard basketball by running it through an embossing folder. This page has a bit of grunge to it, so I used my embossing folders to the circles, too. I simply love texture on my pages, and embossing is definitely my “go to” technique every time I scrapbook! This cluster of embellishments helped to add movement to the page.
Another item that I really enjoyed were the ticket stickers. I used one as an added detail on one of the tear-out tickets. They reminded me of a decorative tape, and I adhered it with a small staple on the page.
In this final detail photograph, you can also see a cluster of the chipboard stars, and do you recognize the brad?
It is from the Zachʼs Life collection, and this is still one of my favorites. Thought it tied well with the page!
Supplies Used:
- Get Your Game On Basketball Collage/Basketball Court
-Get Your Game On Game Day Words Blue/Grey Bleachers
- Get Your Game On All Star Red/Field Dirt
- Get Your Game On Chipboard Shapes
- Get Your Game On Tear-Out Ticket Book
- Get Your Game On Stickers
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Thanks so much for this fun layout Suzanne! I'll be back during the next few weeks with more projects from Suzanne, featuring the Game On collection ... plus some fun LYB Q&A with Suzanne!
For now, if you haven't already, why not go check out Suzanne's blog for some more inspiration, and tell her how much you love her work (tell her we sent you ;P)
Peg
Hi all,
We are so pleased to share with you our Guest Designer, Lowri McNabb. Lowri lives on a vineyard in beautiful Marlbrough, New Zealand with her husband and young family.
She loves to do all types of papercraft and is currently Design Team / Blog Administrator and Marketing Manager for Artfull Crafts, a scrapbooking store in Timaru, New Zealand.
Tomorrow, we will help you get to know Lowri better with some fun Q&A's. You'll smile more as you get to know her...
Until then, I'd like to show off some of Lowri's creations that she has been working on with our latest back to school collection, Head of the Class. Get ready to be inspired.
Here's Lowri:
Hi Everyone,
It’s a real honour to be here today creating with one of Little Yellow Bicycle’s latest collections –Head of the Class. The LYB products are a little hard to come by here in New Zealand so I was thrilled to open my pack and find superb quality heavy weight patterned paper and an amazing collection of matching embellishments.
This collection is packed with fun, bright prints, but also offers some more subtle patterns too. My first projects have made use of these more subtle patterns and I have decorated a pencil box and desk tidy along with a few extra stationary items, all of which would be suitable for an older student or maybe even a teacher’s gift.
Pencil Box
This box started out as a ribbon dispenser. It comes flat packed as 6 raw wood pieces. I sanded and painted the edges red and then used an old graph paper stamp I had to decorate with white ink and mirror the grid pattern on some of the papers.
I then measured, cut and glued pieces of paper to cover all the panels before assembly. I have mainly used the Ruler paper (HC-109) as it is such a fun print and reminded me of the old fashioned slide top ruler pencil boxes.
I have used the Back to School paper (HC-101) to decorate the top which again has some lovely ruler detail and also picks up some of the other primary colours used throughout the collection.
The stars on the sides are from the Fabric Favourites (HC-220) pack and just add a little texture and detail to the sides. I gently removed the dimensional adhesive from the ends, cut the strips to size and then used a mini glue dot on the back of each star to glue them down.
Pencil Holder
This again was a plain wooden piece that I painted and stamped like the Pencil Box. I have again used the Back to School paper (HC-101) as the base for the sides and on the front I have used these super-cute mini pencils from the Chipboard Shapes (HC-279) as well as the stars and numbers piece from the Fabric Favorites (HC-220)
You can see the box is stuffed with a few goodies!
Paperclips
These giant paperclips are so much fun. You can use them as bookmarks or just as clips for giant paper! I sandwiched the paperclip between one of the Dimensional Stickers (HC-195) and a piece of plain cardboard backed with paper that I cut to the same size. I used hot glue to bond them all together which makes them durable and easy to use.
Ruler & Pencils
This dollar store ruler suddenly becomes a lot more fun with a great sticker! I removed the sticker it came with and replaced it with this super-fun ruler sticker from the Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers (HC-135) I love looking for little fun ideas like this to give as extras with a gift – it makes it just that little bit more special. My son has to have all of his pencils marked at school so instead of trying to write his name in teeny tiny writing, I labelled them by wrapping coloured tape around the top. I have done the same here to create matching pencils for the pencil box. Such a simple idea but would add a lovely touch for a teacher.
Fold-Back Clips
Products Used
Patterned Papers:
Back To School (HC-101), Ruler (HC-109), various scraps from other papers
Embellishments:
Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces (HC-135), Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse (HC-140), Dimensional Pop-Up Stickers (HC-195), Fabric Favorites (HC-220), Chipboard Stickers (HC-279)
I hope you have enjoyed these and I look forward to showing you some more projects next week. Please post a comment with any questions.Head of the Class
