Design Team

"Oh these boots..."

Hello everyone! I know it has been awhile since I've shown you any new projects from our fabulous design team, but GOOD NEWS! I've got tons of new ideas to share with you.  I'll be adding them to the blog a little bit at a time, so be sure to check back often so that you don't miss anything!  And be sure to stop by the store to see all these wonderful creations in person!

This layout was created by our designer Heather Hinckley using papers and alphabet stickers from American Crafts Backyard Collection.  Too cute!

See you soon! ~Laurie

His other love...

Who says Valentine layouts can only be about you and your sweetie?  Why not scrap about another love in your life?  Just look at this fun layout that Nancy Belvin did about her husband's love of Harley Davidson motorcycles...

   

For her layout Nancy used the newest collection from My Mind's Eye called "Irresistible"... notice how she cut out two of the flowers from the patterned paper and popped them up as dimensional embellishments for her page... very clever!   She also used American Crafts Thickers chipboard alphabet stickers for her title along with Chatterbox journaling stickers and some buttons for her flower centers.

I hope this inspires you to try something new and scrapbook about another love in your life... it's already inspired three new layouts for me... Puppy Love (photos of me and my dog), my love of Mountain Dew soda (can't live without it!), and my love of all things "Twilight" (if you haven't read the book series yet, I highly recommend it!!)... oh yah, and of course don't forget to scrapbook all the normal Valentine-ish stuff too!  We've got lots of new Valentine collections in the store right now.....some really, really cute stuff....make sure to come in soon and check it out before it's all gone!!  Happy Scrappin'!  ~Laurie

Love you "snow" much

So is everyone loving all this snow???  Perhaps not so much, but here's a super-cute layout for you to love!  The layout and cards were created by Jen Friedrichsen using a variety of different supplies and I think it might just inspire you to start scrapping all those snow pictures you might have.

 

She used patterned papers and a patterned die cut frame from the My Mind's Eye Dreamy collection, and lace cardstock from KI Memories.  She also used foam Thickers alphabet stickers from American Crafts for her title, some My Mind's Eye rub-ons for one of her cards, and a variety of different embellishments including flowers, ribbon, buttons and rhinestones.  I love how she added the "bling" to the lace cardstock...what a great idea!

This is so fun it almost makes me want to go out and play in the snow....almost.....maybe I'll just stay in and scrapbook instead!!  :)   Thanks for the great ideas Jen!  ~Laurie

Cold nose, warm heart...

With as cold, snowy and icy as it is outside today, this seemed like the perfect layout to share with you.  This super cute layout was created by Robyn VanDerHeyden and it totally inspires me to start scrapping all of my winter pictures!  Besides the cute layout, just look at those photos of her son...what a cutie-pie!!

 

For her layout Robyn used patterned paper and stickers from Sandylion along with (my favorite) Thickers chipboard alphabet stickers from American Crafts, Maya Road chipboard house shape (painted blue), some buttons and bling, and her trusty white pen for journaling on the strips of blue cardstock.  I just love how the metallic silver letters go perfectly with the silver foil detail on the patterned papers!

This is just too cute!  Thanks for the inspiration Robyn...I think I want to go home, turn on my fireplace, make a nice cup of hot cocoa and start scrapping some of my snowy, wintery pictures!  ~Laurie

Fun Christmas Card Ideas

For any of you out there who would like to make your own Christmas cards but need a little inspiration...here are some fabulous cards designed by Jacalyn Soo....

 

 

All of these cute cards were made with just a couple sheets of patterned paper from American Crafts, some cardstock, a couple packs of dimensional stickers from Sandylion, a little bit of ribbon, some eyelets and a little bling.  Making cards is also a great way to use up any leftover scraps of paper from your layouts and all those extra stickers and embellishments you may have laying around.

Thanks for the great ideas Jacalyn!!  ~Laurie

It's Dino-mite!!

So...I decided to take a little break from all the cute Christmas house stuff I've been showing you so that I could share this seriously cute page that our designer Tina Chun-Mashimo just made.  I absolutely love how she used these new dinosaur papers and stickers...so cute!!

 

The patterned papers and stickers are all from Creative Imaginations and she used American Crafts Thickers for her "Dino-rama" title.  Also, the frame shape behind her journaling block was made using the Slice machine with the Noteworthy cartridge.  I love seeing fun themed papers like this used in different ways...this goes with her pictures perfectly.  It's Dino-mite Tina!!  Rawr!!  ~Laurie

Oh there's no place like home for the holidays...

This little house accordian book was created by Carole Hamstra and it is AMAZING!  You really must see this in person to see all the detail she put into this project....I'm not even sure how to begin describing it, there are just so many cool things about it! Photos just do not do it justice!

 

 

 

Carole started with the chipboard accordian book by Maya Road and covered the pages using a variety of polka-dot papers from Bo Bunny.  She also used a variety of patterned Christmasy papers to make cute little pockets where she placed tags with additional photos.  She embellished the book with tons of stickers, ribbon, rub-ons, brads, word stickers, puffy stickers, glitter, felt, stamps, and rhinestones....whew! That's a lot of fun stuff in one little book!

I encourage everyone to come in and take a closer look at this awesome project....thank you for sharing your wonderful creation with us Carole!  ~Laurie

Heart Filled Home

As you will notice in the upcoming weeks, most of our design team's projects are based around our store's theme of "Home for the holidays".  I have so many cute projects to show you that incorporate cute little houses on them, and here's another one from our designer Heather Hinckley...

  This layout, and all the cards pictured below it, were made using the "Snowed In" collection from My Mind's Eye.  This is such a cute collection...and very popular too!  The soft colors are perfect for winter and holiday projects.

    Heather also used a variety of different products to embellish her pages including chipboard houses from Maya Road that she painted then decorated with the patterned papers, brown felt Thickers alphabet stickers for her title, brown Stickles glitter glue, and some acrylic "dew drops" from Robin's Nest to embellish the die cut tree.  I love how she used the little mini house with the heart as the "O" in the word "Home"...so clever Heather!  Thanks for the fun ideas!  ~Laurie

Cute little houses...

As you most likely already know, our theme for this years Holiday Open House is "Home for the Holidays" and if you've been in the store lately you've been seeing these cute little houses popping up all over the place!  We have a few different house dies in our die cut center that we've been using for all of our projects and I wanted to share a couple fun and fast ideas with you...

         

These cute little ornaments were made by Joy Madison using our small house die.  I just simply cut out a bunch in chipboard and in patterned paper and gave them to Joy with some random embellishments and she put together a bunch of them to decorate our little Christmas tree in the front of the store.  They are all different and all very cute...be sure to come in during our Open House and take a look!

She also made a cute mini house book...it's a little chipboard book from Creative Imaginations and our die cut house fits it perfectly!  She used it to journal some favorite Christmas memories.  These would make really sweet little gifts for people or fun stocking stuffers.  Have fun with all your holiday preparations...we'll see you soon!  ~Laurie

   

Fall Fun

I'm so excited for everyone to see this adorable fall layout by Kim Crowley....her son Jake is such a cutie!!  It looks like he's having a lot of fun rolling around in those crunchy fall leaves!!  These are such great photos...Kim is so good at capturing great shots and including several on just one layout.

  For her layout Kim used papers and stickers from the Shades of Autumn collection by Reminisce.  She also used Thickers alphabet stickers for her title, and the leaf die cuts under her title were made with the Quickutz Revolution leaves die.  Then she added on some ribbon, buttons, and a large leaf die cut for her journaling.  Such a cute layout Kim...thanks for the great idea!!  ~Laurie