This Scrapper's Corner

Baptism card … white on white

2016-04-13T09:36:00.001-04:00

My nephew's baptism was this weekend passed and I made this card. It was a total Pinterest CASE but I love how it turned out, it was well received by the family too which makes me happy.

This was the Pinterest inspiration http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2164751?&si=cross

I'm loving white on white, may just have to do more of it!

Cheers Lorena!!

Toy Story themed birthday party

2016-02-21T11:00:00.001-05:00

My boy turned 6! He wanted a Toy Story birthday party. We invited the whole grade 1 class and also his sister's grade 2 class.

Productive day/evening at a crop

2016-02-21T10:58:00.001-05:00

I went to a crop at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking in Cornwall yesterday and got productive with 7 layouts completed.

This is me as a kid riding a tricycle, I used the Carta Bella collection called Fall Blessings. And Prima flowers.

This is me and my Grandfather on my Dad's side. Again using the Crta Bella Fall Blessings collection and Prima flowers.

These are my kiddos on their way back to school in 2014! I used the Echo Park collecrion School Days. I hand folded a paper airplane.

Very little patterned paper used here. I used watercolouring through a doily and Prima flowers, glitter and microbeeds.

The is me and my hubby back when we first started dating! And used the Authentique paper line caked Durable. Prima flowers and a Kaisercraft wood embellishment for the title with Prima glitter.

This is me taking a selfie after getting a 'new do'! The papers are a mixture of Bo Bunny, Prima and Echo Park. Flowers are Prima and so are the letters, and embellishments.

Catching up

2016-02-18T10:52:00.001-05:00

Months, it's been months since I have posted anything. I have been hoarding my paper stash rather than using it. I once described the desktop in my studio as a landfill: layers of unfinished projects, and the deeper you go the older the project is.

Gone, gone, gone, I've been gone too long

2015-06-18T21:08:00.001-04:00

Has it really been over six months since my last post? Wow, where has the time gone?

I was chatting with one of my crafty friends recently, who advised me she missed reading my blog posts. So, here you go; this is what I've been up to recently.

I was watching an episode of Live With Prima, and Cari made a beautiful frame similar to this. So here's my version ... Is it still considered scraplifting if it's off the page?

I made this small canvas with capital Wood Icons from Prima. I had a whole package of them not being used, and while I love them I did not know what to do with them, so I made NEWFOUNDLAND!!

Here is a close-up shot of the butterfly. I used a Prima stamp to stamp the image onto Velum and coloured with my Copic markers on the reverse. Added a Wilton flower stamon for the antenna and there you go!!

I hope to be blogging again more often again.

Thanks for looking.

Sock monkey card

2015-06-18T20:43:00.001-04:00

My nephew turned one. And my sister has always had a theme with him of sock monkeys. This is the card I created for his birthday.

Personally I can't stand monkeys. They have always creeped me out. This card was very hard for me to do. Lol

Give me your thoughts.

Pumpkin time!

2014-10-30T23:55:00.002-04:00

Pretty pumpkins and Prima products in purple!

Say that 3 times fast! Lots of glitter and purple little things, doilies, wood embelies, and of course flowers and !

Siblings too far away - featuring Indian Summer

2014-10-13T17:15:00.001-04:00

We had professional photos done last year when the kids half-brother came to visit from Germany. I haven't yet scrapbooked them.... until today! This was the first time that I've been scrapbooking since summer, I've been spending so much time outside on my deck enjoying the summer I haven't wanted to be down stairs when it was so nice outside. Well Fall is in full swing now, and this is the result!

I loves the colours in the Indian Summer collection from We R Memory Keepers, combined with a page from Lemonade Stand from Bo Bunny (Block Party) its a herringbone wood grain sheet that I used on the background of the second page. I also used Prima flowers and alphas, gems from Queen & Co. and an overlay from Jillibean Soup

The kids miss their brother, and only get to see him once a year, and on Skype.

Let me know what you think!

Steampunk - still staying crafty

2014-09-08T21:28:00.006-04:00

My new obsession recently has been Steampunk (check out my Pinterest board here - its become very popular with over 345 followers to date - http://www.pinterest.com/scrappingcorner/steampunky/ - I've always loved the look of a steampunk page or mini-album, but had never thought much about dressing up in a handmade costume or Cosplay until the last few months. So, I've been scouring Value Village (thrift store) and up-cycling everything I could find, digging out the trinkets and gears that I've been collecting for my scrapbook pages (but never used) and put together some items.

First it was the Ray Guns - which are simply dollar store water guns with a metallic paint job! I started with a coat of black gesso (ensure to dry very well between layers) and then used Rub 'N Buff which is a waxy metallic paint, to dry rub onto the guns, I followed up with a layer of water based Varathane to seal the paint layers from chipping off the plastic - (which it did a lot). Lesson learned, seal everything!

Then I moved onto goggles, because goggles are the staple of any Steampunk attire, I used the same process for covering up the hideous fluorescent coloured plastic that seems to be very "in" right now in any children's swimming accessory. I used again dollar store items, this time swimming goggles. Same steps; gesso followed by Rub 'N Buff and Varathane. Then I replaced the rubber straps with leather (or in my case leatherette).

I made my daughter's vest with the same leatherette. Their outfits I will tweak a little before their next wearing. But they we all did get to show off our outfits at an Ottawa event called "Steampunk at the Beach" it was our first Cosplay outing, and we were well received into the group. We will be attending the Geek Market in October, and I will have the costumes completed, and hope to have some photos to share.

The last photo is of my hat, you may remember that flower and feather combination? It was one of the fascinators that I made for my daughter's Tea Party birthday party, I simply tied it onto the hat with some lace - I'll make it more Steampunky later, but for the beach event, it worked.

So, let me know what you think of the projects, more photos will follow later.

July ... its still July isn't it?

2014-07-27T15:22:00.000-04:00

Wow - summer is just flying past me this year. I can count on one hand the number of hours I have spent scrapbooking or crafting! Aside from a couple of birthday cards I haven't done any crafting. I did manage to squeeze out this one layout while at an all day crop at Auntie Em's in Cornwall. I did this from the Build-A-Page sketch challenge at Prima for July.

Smile for the Mama-razi

2014-07-06T10:00:00.000-04:00

Sharing a layout I did using Prima products including the new wire!

I apologize about not having blogged much recently, but I haven't been crafting either :/

Traveling in Time with Prima ....

2014-05-21T09:00:00.000-04:00

Have you seen the Time Traveler collection from Prima? It is fantastic, rusty browns, mustard yellows, and black. What an amazing colour combination. The embellishments for this collection are just as spectacular. I do believe that I bought the whole collection .... parts of it in triplicate!

I've been busy making layouts and a mini album with the collection.

falling in love ....

2014-05-19T09:00:00.000-04:00

I'm falling in love with the Seashore collection from Prima ... the colours are perfect for boy projects or girl! Which is convenient because I have one of each, LOL.

For the embellishments on the tag and the shadow box I used Prima chalk inks to colour. I also used the chalk inks to colour the mermaids hair and shadow/shade her tail. You can see the shimmer from the metallic chalk inks - stunning in person.

Guess what the shadow box is from? Give up? The packaging that the Prima Resins come in! Talk about up-cycling!

Are you in love with the Sea Shore collection yet?

I am a Pinterest FREAK ...

2014-05-18T22:45:00.002-04:00

I love Pinterest as a source of inspiration. I see a project that I think to myself; hey, I can duplicate that ... I can make that! And then I call my friend Amber over, and we try and do it ... sometimes better than others.

This time we were re-creating a Pin that a friend of mine sent of some rolled paper flowers. They looked simple enough, and sure enough they were. I used plain Bazzil cardstock and for the stems and leaves I used computer paper and sprayed it with some Prima Color Bloom spray (Lime Wedge) and then used the Prima Arbor Sizzix die to cut out the leaves. In a matter of 2 hours we had made a half dozen blossoms, stems and leaves. They turned out better than the originals if you ask me!

If you want to check out the original website please follow this link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Swirly-Paper-Flowers/?ALLSTEPS

The Inspiration

My creation

The CropFest weekend ...

2014-05-18T00:23:00.000-04:00

I had the amazing opportunity to attend my first CropFest in Kingston Ontario with some amazing gals that I originally met at Crop & Create in Ottawa two years ago, we became great scrappin' buddies, they are two of my Peeps! I also invited a long-time friend who has recently gotten into scrapbooking. The theme was Garden Party - and we were encouraged to get into the theme, which we did with our garden hats, fascinators and tea party dresses. It was an amazing time; a full weekend of scrapping - challenges and games but no interruptions, no classes, no schedule; very different from what I had been attending recently. And don't get me wrong, I love the intensity of full day classes, but I also love to be doing my own thing too.

I got a lot accomplished; 3 layouts, two cards and a mini album.

40K Winner winner chicken dinner

2014-05-13T21:32:00.004-04:00

My 40K page views goal has been surpassed, thank you all for all of your support! I have picked a winner from the 353 comments I have received over the years. If you have left me a comment, you were in the running. And without further adieu the winner is .... BRIGITTE!!!!

Brigitte, please contact me so that I can get your prize package out to you!

Thank you all for playing along, and keep those comments coming, I love to hear from you ... and who knows - I may just be pulling another name soon - you never know!

Inspired to scraplift - oh yeah I am!

2014-04-24T10:13:00.000-04:00

I'll be the first to admit that I get inspired from the work of others - seeing beautiful work from designers or someone who is passionate about their art gets my creative juices flowing. I came across a layout that did more than that for me - I loved absolutely everything about this layout from the colours, to the products, to the sparseness and negative space. Louise Nelson is a designer for Prima Marketing; so you know I already love the products. She used gold on black and kept it simple - and stunning. You can visit Louise's blog post here

Here is my version of her layout

And here is a photo of Louise's original! I can't get enough of it! Wowzah!!

Thank you for looking!

cute and innocent to Monster High

2014-04-20T13:52:00.000-04:00

My daughter is going to a Monster High themed birthday party and I don't know where to find a Monster High birthday card, so I decided to make a tag, and what better a base than to use one of the Julie Nutting doll stamps from Prima - I can draw hair and give her a creepy looking dress and add some bling - that's about all it takes eh? Well there you go - I painted it up with my watercolour pencils (loving these) and added some tulle and some SIC (Say it in Crystals) to the tag.

Before

Let me know what you think and maybe your comment will win you a prize when I get to 40K!

An amazing ArtVenture in Cornwall

2014-04-19T10:00:00.000-04:00

What a fantastic time I had at the Cornwall Art Venture! Three extremely talented ladies taught two classes each over the course of two days ... and a make and take! I would definitely do it again if they come back to Cornwall!!

Cari's Classes - I learned the most from these classes - and got to use newly released products - love the 2nd layout it came with a frame! Love the new Seashore collection!!!

Jamie's Classes - the 2nd one is my favorite of the weekend.

Limor's classes

Oh my goodness - do you see all this!

These were the Make N Takes on the Friday evening - Cari brought a Fuji Instax camera that takes these mini polaroid photos and we got to create with the Insta Scrap collection.

On the Thursday night we had a special episode of Live With Prima that was recorded live at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking in front of a Live Studio Audience - all the Auntie Em's Peeps!!!! and took a group photo afterwards!

Well there you have it folks - a pictorial review of my weekend last weekend. Let me know what you think! And ... I've heard a rumor that Art Venture may be coming back to Cornwall next year ... keep your eyes and ears open for this!

Remember that your comments may just win you a prize - I will choose a random commenter to receive some RAK when my blog reaches 40K views - which is VERY soon!!!

Pop up card box

2014-04-10T16:00:00.000-04:00

Using Crate Paper's "Oh Darling" collection I created a 3D box card. This card takes a lot of practice to get the folds in the right directions and sizes, but once you figure it out its stunning, and believe it or not it folds up flat!

I got the template here

Let me know what you think!! Your comments might just win you some RAK when I get to 40K views!!

March Build-A-Page challenge from Prima

2014-04-10T08:44:00.000-04:00

Whoa - how did I miss posting this? It was sitting in my Draft box the whole time ... well here you go!

The March sketch for Prima's BAP was very Pocket Scrapbooking inspired. I used the Engraver collection and followed the sketch closely without taking too many liberties.

Here is the sketch....

Leave a comment - it may just win you some RAK when I get to 40,000 page views!

Art Venture Cornwall - are you ready??

2014-04-07T23:40:00.000-04:00

Another Prima Art Venture is almost here ... and here are my ATC's for the swap!

I used one of the Bloom Girl stamps designed by Jamie - I coloured them with Distress markers on heavyweight watercolour paper. I added a few little Prima flowers and some Say It In Crystals to the centres. A little bit of gold for eye shadow.

I hope everyone loves them!

You know what? You can win some RAK from me if you are chosen as the lucky commenter when I reach 40K!

This Moment - Sister's - same last name no more ...

2014-03-21T21:34:00.000-04:00

This is one of my favorite photos from my wedding - it was very impromptu and un-rehearsed, my sister put her elbows on my shoulders and folded her hands on my head. It was an amazing moment captured. This was the last day that we both shared the same last name. Both of us are now married and have started families of our own. Photographs are an amazing tool to capture a memory. The background sheet is from the Ledger pad, and I used the new Stationer's Desk collection from Prima for this layout, and coloured up a Paintable ATC card with Distress Markers and Perfect Pearls (sorry about the glare). I coloured some Scrap FX chipboard pieces with Twinkling H2O's (wow let me tell you that the pigment in those things is amazing!) and used Ranger's Rock Candy crackle on top. I used various Prima stamps all over the background and a Tim Holtz stencil with heavy gesso, the finishing touch was Say It In Crystals from the same Stationer's Desk collection - I had my doubts that they matched as they looked too light - but they match perfectly! The flowers are all Prima as well.

Let me know what you think of this layout - I love to hear your comments. And just a heads up - I will be selecting a winner from one of my comments when my page views reaches 40Kwhich is very soon ... just sayin'!

Lucky Girl

2014-03-17T08:33:00.000-04:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day today! I near forgot to dress the kids in green, I had to change their shirts last minute. I did up this little 6x6 card front with one of the Bloom Girl stamps from Prima, along with an ATC card from the Something Blue collection and Prima flowers. The shamrocks I used the same ledger pad paper as the background but I painted with Tattered Angel's glimmer glam in Dirty Martini and freehand cut them out. I coloured the girl on watercolor paper with distress markers - and really am liking how that turned out; I've not been using my distress markers to their full potential - but I must say that having the right paper is the secret to success - I used heavyweight watercolor textured paper 120 lbs from Carson.

This is my entry into the Prima Product Picks challenge for the month of March. Below is the inspiration page.

How do you think I did? Be kind - leave a comment - it may just get you some RAK - I'm getting close to another big milestone 40K!

Ringing in 2014

2014-03-11T13:30:00.000-04:00

I thought for sure I would be watching the ball drop alone on New Year's Eve 2014, my husband went to bed shortly after the kids did on December 31st. I watched the amazing musical entertainment on the television going on at Times Square. Well at 11:45 he woke up - so I popped the bubbly and we rang in the new year with a kiss, as we always have.

I have used the Beautiful Life collection from Echo Park as well as some Prima flowers and Say It In Crystals.

Yup, that's me there kissin' the hubby with the bubbly! I have mastered the art of the Selfie!

Let me know what you think! Be kind and leave me some blog lovin'!!