Little Yellow Bicycle

Making a Splash with Lisa Swift

Getting tired of winter?  Does it seem like it has overshadowed the Spring that Punxsutawney Phil promised us?  Lisa Swift shares two cards today that will make you yearn for summer....

 

Splash Card by Lisa Swift

 

I don't know about you, but I am so over this winter. That's why I turned to the fabulous Splash collection to make these cards. You can't beat these happy summer colors.

For this first card, I covered a piece of white cardstock with vellum strips. This became the mat for the rest of the card. A burlap circle (Naturals collection) was the perfect backdrop for the chipboard flower. It adds dimension and highlights the flower. I finished the flower off with a wood button (Naturals collection) and some red jute.

Splash Card by Lisa Swift

 

This second card shows how easy it is to layer embellishments...I put it together using bits and pieces left over from other projects. You don't need a whole journaling card or a full sticker to make these products work together.

Shop LYB Products:

NA-JT20 Jute Pack - Bright
NA-BSH10 Burlap Shapes - Circles
NA-WB10 Wood Buttons - Printed
SPL-102 Big Fishies/Kumquat Geo
SPL-105 Skinny Stripe Multi/Deep Blue Sea Solid
SPL-107 Little Fishies/Sea Swirl
SPL-160 Vellum Tape Strips
SPL-195 Dimensional Stickers
SPL-230 Clear Cuts

 

We'll be back tomorrow with another project from guest designer Liz Hicks.  AND we have a very exciting announcement to make on Monday!  Be sure to stop by...

 

Fun for Friday - Epiphany Crafts Swap Winners! (Finally)

 

Hello Friends!

 

Well it has taken me a little long to wrap up our giveaway from our wonderful blog hop with our friends from Epiphany Crafts! So sorry for the delay! 

 

But they say "good things come to those who wait," so let's get to the goodies and our lucky winners!

 

Congratulations to Marcia Scantlin, our first winner! You have won the Epiphany Crafts Flower 25 Shape Studio plus Flower Bubble Caps....which you may remember from Liz's project in which she made these cute starfish:

 

... plus some goodies from our Splash and The Escape collections!

 

Our next winner is Denise Daniel, who wins the Epiphany Crafts Round 25 Circle Shape Studio tool plus Bubble Caps and a package of EC Charm Settings to go with it, and of course, some goodies from our Splash and Escape collections too!

 

And finally, our Blog Hop winer is Jean A. Marmo! Congratulations Jean - you've won a prize pack from our latest collection, Makin' the Grade!

 

Congratulations to all of our winners, and thanks to everyone who played and followed along. Ladies, please send your contact info to "peg@mylyb.com" and we'll get those prizes right out to you!

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Peg

Projects from the Peloton

We know that many of you are gearing up for your kids to go back to school, and that life will settle down and go back to a pace where you can actually get some scrapping done instead of so much traveling and playing outside.  However before we launch into Back to School and Fall, we want to take a day to celebrate what the designers at My Creative Scrapbook did with our Splash collection in their August Creative Kit.

 

MCS Designer Kristine Berc

 

MCS Designer Delaina Burns

 

MCS Designer Izzy Anderson

 

MCS Designer Alicia Geiss

 

MCS Designer Zoe Nemburt

 

We really appreciate hearing from the kit clubs who feature our collections and are always happy to share the design team creations.  Please email me at lizq@cthruruler.com with information.

 

Happy Monday!

 

Liz

Friday Blog Hop to Showcase our Final Day with Epiphany Crafts

What a fantastic week of projects from our Biker Chicks and our friends over at Epiphany Crafts.  We are so thankful that we can connect with other manufacturers to give our fans even more ideas and based on the comments I have read this week, it sounds like there are some ideas brewing.

For our final day on the blog, we are asking our fans to hop to three of our Biker Chick blogs to see what they have created.  Please see the following blogs and links...

 

Biker Chick Heather Leopard

 

Biker Chick Tania Willis

Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick

 

Leave a comment on all three of their blogs and then hop back here with a final comment about what you noticed and/or liked and you will be entered into a final drawing for a prize pack with our BRAND New Makin' the Grade Collection.

 

Also - Don't forget that we are still accepting applications for our Makin' the Grade Cycling Team - see below. 

 

Tryouts for this team are starting RIGHT NOW!

If you are interested, please send us three (3) samples of your best work (preferably with LYB products because that is what we like to look at most, however it's not a deal breaker if you send something else) to cyclingteam@cthruruler.com.  Also, if you have previously designed for a Cycling Team, please feel free to apply again!  Please send us your application by Wednesday, August 15th and we'll announce the NEW Makin' the Grade Cycling Team on Monday, August 20th.  Please also include your contact information (address, phone and blog) in your email.

 

Check back tomorrow for a post from one of our cycling team members and have wonderful and crafty weekend.

 

Liz

 

Epiphany Crafts Swap - Day 4 - with Biker Chick Robbie Herring and the Splash Collection!

 

Ahhh....summer! I am finally heading to the beach this weekend and this blog swap featuring Epiphany Crafts' superb shape studios and LYB's Splash and The Escape collections are absolutely perfect for vacation time! This next layout from Biker Chick Robbie Herring is sure to get you in the mood for some rest, relaxation, and fun (and of course a little bit of scrapbooking!). Here's Robbie to tell you all about it!

 

I love the Splash collection and how it really compliments almost any summer photo.   I think that this collection almost scraps itself!  Adding the Epiphany Crafts embellishments to the Little Yellow Bicycle collection certainly makes for a winning combination!

 

 

For all of my flower centers, I used Epiphany tools.  I simply punched the paper to make my embellishments and poked a hole in the center so I could add a brad. It is really easy to punch through the center of the finished pieces using a Crop-a-Dile. 

 

 

 

In this photo you can see that I used both the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio Scalloped Circle and the Small Circle.  I used the brads that were included in the Paper Crafting Kit for all the centers.  I thought it was a fun coincidence that one of the centers included in the kit fit perfectly on the back of the sticky epoxy piece from Epiphany Crafts.

 

 

I think that my favorite thing about the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio tool is that you can see what you are punching.  I was able to punch exactly where I wanted on the patterned paper.   I was able to perfectly place the centers for my flowers.  So great and so easy to do!

 

 

Of course, like some of the other girls, I couldn't resist making some bubbles for my page.  The Small Round Shape Studio was the perfect size to add some little bubbles around my title. 

 

LYB Supplies:

SPL-103 Sea Urchin Spots/Lime Solid

SPL-104 Bubble Dot Geo/Tangerine Solid

Sunkissed Starfish/Aqua Chevron Stripe

SPL-279 Chipboard Shapes - with thermography (41 pieces)

SPL-222 Felt &Burlap Flower Stickers (4 pieces)

SPL-230 Clear Cuts - with glitter accents (31 pieces)

SPL-160 Vellum Tape Strips (8 pieces)

SPL-305 Paper Crafting Kit (61 pieces)

SPL-1100 Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book - with embossing (24 pieces)

 

Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio Tools:

Shape Studio Tool Round 14

Shape Studio Tool Scalloped Circle 25

 

Thanks Robbie, for another wonderful page! 

 

We hope you liked it! Now head over to Epiphany Crafts' blog for more inspiration from their team! And don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win some fabulous prizes!

 

Splashing Some More with Epiphany Crafts

We have another great day of blog swaps with Epiphany Crafts and our summer collections.  We are so excited to see how perfectly the Shape Studios compliment our collections and today is no exception.

 

As usual, there is swag to be had! Just leave a comment here on our blog, and also on Epiphany Crafts' blog, for a chance to win one of TWO amazing prize packs - featuring an Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio tool - with all the accessories, PLUS goodies from the Splash and The Escape LYB collections! 

 

Make sure to leave comments on our Facebook Page and Epiphany Crafts' Facebook page to increase your chances of winning.

 

But let's make it a little more interesting....

You may have noticed we just reached 8,500 fans on our Facebook Page. If we hit 9,000 fans by the time the week is up, we'll pick 5 more winners, who will win LYB prize packs including some of your favorites from our newest collections! So SHARE SHARE SHARE already! (And as always, thank you!)

 

 

Biker Chick Liz Qualman created a mini album with our Splash Collection, Canvas Mini Album and Epiphany Crafts Flower 25 Shape Studio

It was fun to use the Splash Collection to make a little beach scene for the cover of my album. The Fresh Verse Stickers made a great title attached to the chipboard sun, "Summer Livin' is Easy."

This Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio reminded me of starfish, so I used the Bubble Cap Flower Accessories to make some starfish with the 6 x 6 starfish patterned paper from LYB.

The Bubble Caps have great dimension and make the little starfish pop off the page.

LYB makes great Chipboard Shapes and this palm tree is a fun element included in the Splash collection, not to mention the super cute Fabric Favorite flip flops.

We had a great time at the beach and like the sentiment says, "Life is Better at the beach." 

The starfish Bubble Caps make a great theme for all of the pages in the album and even a little flower center on this blue Chipboard Shape flower.

You can't have a beach day without a proper sand castle.  I love how the Fresh Verse stickers capture the sentiment of the moment perfect along with the dimensional stickers.

Now head on over to Epiphany Crafts' blog for another fun project and another chance to grab some swag!  Don't forget to leave a comment, and we'll be back tomorrow with more from the Biker Chicks!

 

Also, you can visit my blog My Little Sketch Blook for more details and ideas.

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Liz

It's A Blog Swap Week - Making a Splash with Epiphany Crafts! (And yes, as always, there are prizes)

Hello friends! I'm so excited to bring you another blog swap week - this time with another one of our favorite manufacturers ...

 

Epiphany Crafts! Epiphany Craft's shape studio tools are a fun way to add a little pop to your projects.

 

So we did a little product swap ... they sent us some amazing Shape Studio tools and we sent their team our Splash collection, and I'm so excited to share the projects our super talented designers have created.  Our Biker Chicks will be creating with both Splash and The Escape, just to mix it up a bit!

 

Prizes? Did I say Prizes?

As usual, there is swag to be had! Just leave a comment here on our blog, and also on Epiphany Crafts' blog, for a chance to win one of TWO amazing prize packs - featuring an Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio tool - with all the accessories, PLUS goodies from the Splash and The Escape LYB collections! 

 

Make sure to leave comments on our Facebook Page and Epiphany Crafts' Facebook page to increase your chances of winning.

 

But let's make it a little more interesting....

You may have noticed we just reached 8,500 fans on our Facebook Page. If we hit 9,000 fans by the time the week is up, I'll pick 5 more winners, who will win LYB prize packs including some of your favorites from our newest collections! So SHARE SHARE SHARE already! (And as always, thank you!)

 

Now enough about the prizes ... let's get to today's project - from Biker Chick Corrie Jones!

 

Corrie created this adorable canvas to hang on her daughter's bedroom door. Corrie says "She wants to give her room a beachy theme and she LOVED the Splash collection, so this was created for her."

 

 

I love how Corrie used the Shape Studio Tool Round 14

 

to create contrasting embellishment bubbles, AND she used the Bubble Caps Accessories to create clear bubbles. So clever Corrie!

 

Here are some close ups:

 

 

 

You can see more of Corrie's work by visiting her blog by clicking this link!

Now head on over to Epiphany Crafts' blog for another fun project and another chance to grab some swag!  Don't forget to leave a comment, and I'll be back tomorrow with more from the Biker Chicks!

 

Have a great day!

-Peg

Summer to Summer, Little Yellow Bicycle Delivers

Today a few of our Biker Chicks wanted to share some summer projects with some of our favoraite LYB summer collections to celebrate how we are spending our time.  Biker Chick Corrie Jones made this wonderful multimedia page with our Splash Collection.

We had the most amazing week at the beach this year.  Well, every year is an amazing at the beach, but this year we tried something new - 4 wheel driving on the beach.  It was one of the coolest things I have ever done.  We were supposed to be looking for wild horses and we did see about 20, but my favorite part was being out in sun in a Jeep, driving all over.  I HAD to use Splash for this page.  So I scraped together the last pieces I had for this page.  I love the colors in this collection.  It is definitely one of my favorites for this summer!

Splash supplies used:

SPL-133 6x6 decorative edge double sided textured cardstock
SPL-305 paper crafting kit
SPL-230 clear cut shapes
SPL-140 cardstock stickers
SPL-160 vellum tape
SPL-303 mini flag kit
SPL-1100 tear out tickets
SPL-304 6x6 paper pad

 

Biker Chick Liz Qualman created this mini album with our Sweet Summertime collection for publication in the 2012 summer issue of Scrapbooking & Beyond Magazine.  You can find specific instructions for creating the album there, but Liz included a few tips here in the post...

Remember our Sweet Summertime collection?  LYB created this adorable little Banner Album with all the paper cut to size so the focus could be on embellishments, which is exactly what I did.

 

Instructions for the Cover:

Even though most of the work was done with the precut elements of the album, I wanted to give it a handmade feel with the custom stitching and twine.

• Use the blue precut banner paper and backstitch around the design.
• Cut smaller shape in red paper to mirror the design
• Add “bring on the sunshine” sentiment from the Fresh Verse Stickers
• Add chipboard pinwheels and jewel stickers
• Add Chipboard Spinner Sticker
• Swirl the Peapod bakers twine around the design and glue into place with clear glue

 

My family and I had such a great day on the lake and the colors of the Sweet Summertime Collection perfectly compliments the colors of our day.

I love the way twine looks wrapped around pages and cards and thought it would be fun to wrap this mini album page.  I also love how you can twirl the longer ends of the twine around a project, so I used the Tombow glue to stick the longer ties from the bow in a swirled pattern.

For this page, I wanted to combine the chipboard sentiment with the fresh verse sentiment to capture the moment of my kids snuggling in the boat.  The journal card makes a fun photo mat as well as a way to add some specific details from the day.  My husband did a great job of captain and this page is meant to honor his part in the event.  4 x 6 photos were just a tad too big for the chipboard album, but I found if I cropped them to be 4 x 5, they were a perfect fit.

I love scrapbook pages with multiple photos and wanted to create the same effect for this page, so I added three wallet-sized photos to show more of the event.  The Tear Out Ticket sentiment was a great photo mat to tie the page and photos together.

Had to end with a simple page about my son and since the banner page is pointy, I added a lot of round elements to balance the effect.

I tend to love larger journal cards, because they can be a great focal point in a mini album and take the place of a photo.  This one was a fun way to add a thought and then include embellishments that might over power a photo, but not the journal card like the kite and the cloud.  The twine looks fun tied through the chipboard button.

 

 

Sweet Summertime Supplies:

Little Yellow Bicycle Sweet Summertime Collection

LYB-106 - Chipboard Banner Album (8 pieces; 5 chipboard pieces, 2 binder rings, 6-inch string)

SS-180 - Banner Album Cardstock Kit (25 pieces)

SS-1100 - Tear-Out Ticket Book with thermography (10 tickets)

SS-168 - Chipboard Spinner Stickers with glitter

SS-134 - Journaling Cards with thermography (10 pieces)

SS-135 - Cardstock Favorite Pieces Stickers with glitter and buttons (53 pieces)

SS-140 - Fresh Verse™ Stickers with debossing (68 pieces)

SS-195 - Dimensional Pop-Up Stickers (16 pieces)

SS-197 - Jewel Stickers (120 pieces)

SS-219 - Flower Button Dots, layered and self-adhesive with buttons (8 pieces)

SS-166 - Chipboard Buttons with glitter accents (16 pieces)

SS-279 - Chipboard Shapes with glitter accents (32 pieces)

The Twinery Bakers Twine

Cycling Team Members Tamara and Lisa make a Splash Together!

We have been so happy with how our Splash Cycling Team has wowed us with their creativity.  This week we move onto The Escape collection, but we have a couple more Splash projects to share from Tamara Tripodi and Lisa Swift.

 

Hello there! It's Tamara again for my second (and last) 'Splash' cycling team project share! I'm so excited to show you all this adorable treat pail I made!

 

I thought, what better than a 'sand pail' treat bucket with the adorable 'Splash' collection? PERFECT!

When I saw the cute fabric umbrella embellishment, I knew I HAD to add it in! It looks so cute sticking out the side. The 'Splash' collection makes this one awesome little treat pail! I really layered on all those fun LYB embellishments.

I added several clear embellishments, TWO rosettes and a die cut sentiment from the paper crafting kit! I love the look for the 'waves' splashing about. So fun for a pool party!

I added on the flip flop fabric embellishments to the side opposite the umbrella to balance the project out a little bit. What do you think?

 

I really had a lot of fun creating this and if you'd like to make your own treat pail get yourself all of the yummy 'Splash' collection and then you will need a die cutting machine ( I use a Sizzix eclips) and the pail file from svgcuts.com OR; try and find a printable template to use! You can even alter a metal pail from the dollar store, craft store, etc.

 

Before I go I just wanted to thank Little Yellow Bicycle for having me back again on the cycling team! It's been a fun 'ride' and I hope I've inspired you all! Happy crafting! *waves*

 

Please visit Tamara's blog Happy Life, Crafty Wife for more inpsiting ideas!

 

Hi everyone! I'm here to share a fun Splash layout with you today. I took this photo of my husband during our vacation to Myrtle Beach last year and didn't get around to scrapping it. Turns out I'm really glad I hadn't committed it to paper yet, because the Splash collection works perfectly with it. Don't you just love the Makin' Waves paper I used for the background? I couldn't resist running part of the title along one of the waves. Instead of cutting into another piece of 12x12 paper, I used patterns from the 6x6 paper pad for the layering behind the photo. I also had a lot of fun with the new mini flag embellishments. Each one comes with a sentiment on the front, but the backs are patterned so you can dress them up any way you'd like (or not). As I mentioned in the write up about my card, I also cut apart some of the Fresh Verse stickers for this page (1. relax, 2. enjoy, the livin' is easy, life is better) so I have the remainder to use another time. Great way to stretch your supplies. :)

Please visit Lisa's blog Remember the Good Times for more ideas.

 

Have a crafty Tuesday!

 

Liz

Biker Chick Inspiration from Heather Leopard

Biker Chick Heather Leopard has a great Splash idea to share today, but let's have her tell you all about it...

 

Hi there, friends!!!  I wanted to share this teeny tiny mini that I made using the Splash collection.  We’re going to the beach in a few weeks so I couldn’t resist making this “Vacation Favorites” mini for my girls. It’s a great way to list and showcase our beach weekend highlights.  I created it with my Silhouette CAMEO and a Lori Whitlock 2-page book card file The great thing is that I only used one piece of pattern paper!!!

The cover has a window on the front, which is the perfect size to add my title. Once I had that down as the foundation, I layered clear elements, a banner flag and flip flops. Oh and the file I downloaded calls for a wraparound band to close in the front but I changed it to close in the back so that I could make a more embellished cover and not have it interfere with all the elements. Doesn’t this look fun? Let’s take a look at the inside of the album.

I tried not to over think the pages inside the album.  The tear apart cards were perfect for that. I plan to use the journaling card as a frame for the photo that will go here with our 1^st favorite memory. I used the tear apart tags again for the “2” banner and just added the water splash clear die cuts to this page.   

Pages 3 & 4 are actually threaded through the center of the card so when I was looking at this mini spread, I could see a gap between the pages.  I solved that issue by using the vellum tape strips and layering them over each other. I topped it off with an accordion flower memory numbers.

Again, trying not to over think this last set of pages, I added another tape strip, banner and dimensional die cut and I went to my trusty tear apart tags stash and pulled the July tag out to add journaling for the back page. The canvas stickers and “happy” clear cut wrapped up this spread perfectly.

 

Now, all I have to do is add photos and maybe a few more embellishments here and there to finish it off.

 

Tip: When I’m creating a mini album I try to treat each page in it as a single or double page layout, just smaller and in this case, much smaller.  It really helps alleviate some of the stress of wondering what to do with all those pages. 

 

Splash Supplies:

SPL-105 Skinny Stripe Multi/Deep Blue Sea Solid

SPL-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive

SPL-230 Clear Cuts - with glitter accents

SPL-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse™ - with thermography and debossing

SPL-160 Vellum Tape Strips

SPL-195 Dimensional Stickers - with thermography

SPL-1100 Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book - with embossing

SPL-303 Mini Flag Kit - with embossing

SPL-305 Paper Crafting Kit

 

Please visit Heather's blog The Spotted Leopard for more inspiring ideas!

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Liz 

Make a Splash like Cycling Team Member Lisa Swift

We have some more inspiration from Cycling Team Member Lisa Swift.  She has a couple of projects to share with our Splash collection, but let's have her tell you all about them...

 

Hi everyone! Lisa here today to share a card I made with the new Splash collection. This is such a great collection in terms of color and fun summer/beach designs. We're talking cute fish paper, water droplet shaped jewels (cute, cute, cute), swim gear, flip flops (!) and even a crab transparency. How can you not love these options? :)

I have a tip for you on how to get more mileage out of the Fresh Verse quote stickers. The summertime saying (as shown on my card) is printed twice on the sticker strip but I only wanted to use it once. I cut one repetition from the sticker sheet and then cut the saying into strips sized to fit my project. It's as easy as that. Now I can use the second part of the sticker on another project. Another thing I did was to back the "S" on the tag with a coordinating paper rather than have the white of the background paper show through. It adds more interest to the card and brings in a pattern that appears in the background paper.

Oh, and one last thing...please don't blame me if you can't get the song (Summertime and the Livin' is Easy) out of your head. I was humming it the entire time I was making this card. :)

Lisa also made this adorable page with our Splash collection.  Isn't that umbrella gorgeous?  Please visit Lisa's blog Remember the Good Times for more ideas.

 

One more day until we celebrate our country's birthday.

 

Liz

Biker Chick Inspiration with Jenny Chesnick

We have been missing our Biker Chick Jenny Chesnick, but we know she is busy being a new mommy and wanted to leave her alone, but even new mommies like to scrapbook when the wee one is sleeping, and Jenny could not help but play with the Splash collection.  So below are a couple of pages to share...

This photo of Jenny and her family on vacation is hilarious and we love how every bit of it screams Splash as the perfect color palette to compliment the photo.

 

We also love Jenny's creative ideas for using our Splash die cut.  This page design makes a fun focal point for the photo and makes a great place for the title.

Please visit Jenny's blog Say Chez! for more inspiring ideas from her and maybe a few glimpses of the wee one.

 

Have a wonderful weekend.  We will be announcing our new Escape Cycling Team on Monday.

 

Take care - Liz

Winner for our Splash/Escape Drawing

Thank you for all the wonderful ideas you presented for our Mini Flag Kits.  Congratulations to Sharon Roselli for her ideas on how to use the flags for an upcoming event.

 

Please send your info to lizq@cthruruler.com and we will get a prize out to you.

 

Liz

Splashing Around with the Biker Chicks

Our Biker Chicks Heather Leopard, Tania Willis and Vicki Boutin have some fun Splash pages to share.  At Littley Yellow Bicyle we are fully in summer mode and each of these pages perfectly express the essence of summer.  We hope you are enjoying your summer too.

Page by Biker Chick Heather Leopard.  Visit her blog The Spotted Leopard.

Page by Biker Chick Tania Willis.  Visit her blog Whatchu Talkin' Bout Willis.

Page by Biker Chick Vicki Boutin.  Visit her blog Creative Foundations.

 

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

 

Liz

Making a Splash with Cycling Team Member Tamara Tripodi

We were so impressed with Tamara Tripodi's work with our Hello Spring collection, that we invited her back to play with our Splash collection and she has some spectacular ideas to share, but let's have Tamara tell you all about it...

 

*waves* Hello, LYB friends! Tamara here from the 'Splash' cycling team with a super cute project to share! Some of you may remember me from the 'Hello, Spring' cycling team! I was so excited when I was asked back for the 'Splash' collection! This kit was just SO fun to work with!
 
So, here's what I made. I created a fun summer themed gift set! I ordered some burlap the other day and luckily for me it came just in time for me to sew up a bag real quick. And of course no gift is complete without a card, so I made one of those, too!
 
Totally cute, right?! I will share some more photos and design tips along the way.

I created this little tag by stitching a piece of acetate over the base tag, leaving the top open. Fill it will some sand, then stitch it closed! Very easy and such a cool effect! The 'splash' embellishment is actually folded out a bit, which is hard to tell by the photo. Think of it being curved a bit like a rainbow. I wanted to to 'pop' out at ya! For the tag I also added some ribbon and an eyelet.

The burlap and felt flowers in this collections are FABULOUS! Such a perfect finishing touch for my burlap gift bag.
 
I really love how the burlap bag works with this collection. Super simple to make. Just cut two rectangles of burlap to the size you want, then zigzag stitch the edges with a coordinating thread. I also stitched on some of those cute clear fish embellishments. Tie the top of your bag with twine once it's filled with a gift.
 

Next up is the cute little card.

The huge variety of embellishments makes it so easy to create beautiful projects! For this card, I just started with a base and then added on the little embellishments here and there! I took a craft knife and cut along two of the 'waves' on the 'Makin' Waves' paper, curled the down a bit and then added some fish cardstock stickers to look like they are swimming along!

The vellum tape strips pretty much had me at 'vellum'. I love working with vellum and being these are all printed and very cute, I couldn't wait to get my hands on them! I pleated the green chevron printed tape and stitched over it. Then I added on the 'pool party' cardstock sticker. To finish off the card I added a sun rosette and a flower embellishment from the 'paper crafting kit'.

What do you think? I hope you've enjoyed these projects I've shared today! I will be back again with another project share soon! Happy crafting!

 

Please visit Tamara's blog Happy Life, Crafty Wife for more wonderful ideas.

 

We'll be back tomorrow with Biker Chick Projects to share.

 

Take care - Liz

Splash Training Reel with Biker Chick Tania Willis

Biker Chick Tania Willis has another amazing Training Reel to share using our very popular Splash collection.  Tania created a fun block patterned page with some very cool details.  You can watch her put it together and download her complete instructions at the end of the post.

Watch Tania's video below for tips and details on how to make a fun page with our Splash collection.

 

 

 

Download instructions below:

Download Twillis_SPL_Summer Layout Instructions Training Reel

 

Have a wonderful Monday!

 

Liz

Flag Your Summer Fun with a Splash

Our Biker Chicks love the embellishments at Little Yellow Bicycle, especially when it is something new that has not appeared in previous collections.  Check out what Biker Chicks Vicki Boutin, Greta Hammond and Liz Qualman did with our Splash collection Mini Flag Kit.

Vicki made this great page with both the Mini Flag Kit and the 5 Things Pocket.  The embellishments go together perfectly to create both a fun message and personalized journaling element.

Greta Hammond used the same Mini Flag Kit to make this super cute card with the fun flip flops on the sandy beach.

Liz Qualman decorated this printer's tray about a recent vacation to the beach with the Mini Flag Kit which adhered easily to the tray and keeps the eyes moving around the project.

We would love to hear from our fans about some ideas that you have for adding mini flags to your projects.  Leave us a comment with your ideas for the Mini Flag Kit and we will draw a winner for some Splash or The Escape products.

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Liz

Biker Chick Inspiration with Corrie Jones

We have another fun Splash page from Biker Chick Corrie Jones.  She adds just a little bit whimsy to this wonderful collection, but let's have Corrie tell you all about it...

When I first saw the Splash collection, I immediately thought of the beach.  It is my favorite place in the world and these amazing blues and greens are perfectly beachy - if you ask me!  I took this picture of my view one morning as I sat peacefully before the crowds showed up.  It is just an iPhone picture, but the colors really are amazing.  Perfect for these papers.


I used my Silhouette to cut out the circles from kraft cardstock.  Behind that I used different papers - both 12x12 and from the 6x6 pad.


The cute cardstock shapes, clear cut shapes and flags are perfect small embellishments to keep with the beachy theme.

I used a cardstock sticker saying "Life is better at the beach" for the title.

Ah, it makes me want to head out!  I am ready for my vacation!

This collection has so many fun pieces - and just in time for summer!

Splash Supplies used:

SPL-103 Sea Urchin
SPL-105 Deep Blue Sea Solid
SPL-109 Makin' Waves
SPL-304 6X6 Paper Pad
SPL-279 Chipboard Shapes
SPL-220 Fabric Favorites
SPL-230 Clear Cut Shapes
SPL-160 Vellum Tape
SPL-197 Mini Gems
SPL-1100 Tear Out Ticket & Journaling Card Book
SPL 303 Mini Flag Kit
SPL-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse
SPL-135 Cardstock Stickers - Favorite Pieces

 

Please visit Corrie's blog You, Me & Crazy for more creative project ideas.

 

Have a crafty weekend!

 

Liz