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Design Seed Inspired - American Crafts Sketchbook Sadie's Story

Design Seed Inspired - American Crafts Sketchbook

Berry Sensation
Grapefruit Bliss
Artesian Pool
Ebony

The Amateur 05-30-2012

�The Amateur - Making Bows

For this week, I�m going to try bow tutorials from various websites. I have always been fascinated with bows; in fact, I tried making hair bows for business a few months ago. But the bows I have made before were already ready-made � the only thing I had to do is to assemble it the way I want it to be. Ribbons or bows are nice because it is a classic piece which can

Inspiration Can Be Found Anywhere

Are you ready for another Bo Bunny layout? This week's tutorial features the rich and oriental "Serenity" line by Bo Bunny.

Here are the steps.

1) Use the stripey pattern paper as the base for this layout. Distress its edges with a paper distresser.

2) Cut out a small square piece from the beige pattern paper and distress its edges. Ink it with Walnut Stain distress ink and attach it on the right of the layout.

3) Cut out a long rectangular piece from the black pattern paper and distress its edges. Attach it vertically on the right of the layout.

4) Apply the mini chicken wire stencil onto the left of the layout and mist it with pewter Perfect Pearls Mists. Also mist on the top and bottom of the black pattern paper. Then, move the stencil around and this time, use a sponge with Walnut Stain distress ink to create the chicken wire images. Lastly, to create the dark patch on the left of the black pattern paper, mist some Walnut Stain distress ink on it.

5) Distress the edges of the photograph and attach it to the layout. Hand stitch a rectangular around it on the black pattern paper.

6) Cut out a long strip from the olive pattern paper and distress its edges. Attach it horizontally on the bottom of the photograph. Also add a strip of vintage crochet lace there.

7) Attach two words stickers on the bottom left of the photograph and layout.

8) Cut out some lanterns from the lanterns pattern paper and attach them to the left and right of the photograph. Use foam adhesives to create dimension. Add some buttons to it for more details and dimension.

9) Cut out some brown flowers from the pattern paper. Each flower is made out of three flowers from the pattern paper. I've cut them smaller to create the upper layers and use foam adhesives to create layers and dimension.

10) Cut out some turquoise fan pattern pieces from the pattern and use them to create the turquoise flowers. Detail them with rhinestones. Also add a crystal flower on the top of the cluster and pour some oregano alcohol ink on it. Finish it with a rhinestone too.

11) Attach a metal heart charm on the bottom of the flower cluster and secure it with a brad.

I really love the warm and rich tones in the collection. Hope you like it.

xx Irene Tan

Scrapperlicious

This week in scrapbooking 5-25-2012

�This week in scrapbooking 5-25-12

Here's a�tutorial�that we've found to make shrink plastic from boxes.

Ranger can't be too happy as their product cost $4.99. �It could be worse.

This piece of equipment cost hundreds of thousands and etches pictures onto plastic for�microfluidics.

This�woman�does similar with shrinky dinks and toaster ovens. �Does that mean the NIH cover's her dinners when she has left overs?

To bring this full circle, one of the things she believes in: "Enjoying the journey." �You can tell, she�scrapbooked�her research.

We've shown g45 stuff here before, but never a tutorial. �Finally, a tutorial on g45.

Note: that second step pictured above is wrong. �You can't just wrecklessly make double pages. �You have to vary the interface between the gutter and the spine. �Maybe we'll put it up on the \Amateur later.

Time was people signed for victory upright.

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But for some reason,�Scrapbooker's�don't.

But they're not the only ones.

These are much better than this:

Which is called "the Harvey (Smith)" after an equestrian used it.

And was temporarily disqualified . �Seems, when the knuckles are toward the viewer, it doesn't matter if the hand's got two fingers up or one. �Here's a case of poor parenting.

And a case of poor awareness.

Like father like son.

Here is an unbelievable store called�Absolutely Everything�where TH taught this weekend. �Here's the product demo area:

And the class:

Where do they actually sell product? �This place is enormous. �If only the love at our store was so big. �Now we're just amusing ourselves. �Terrible.

Here's the�world's easiest copic technique

Most copic coloring techniques require practice and skill. �Two things that prevented us from becoming hand magicians (our first aspiration). �This technique uses a shirt and various ink to give your coloring a mottled look. �In addition to our hair and skin, flowers and trees and garment coloring class, we're going to add reptile and geriatrics coloring class. �Well, there goes half our customer base.

Add to that another technique to give your copic coloring a�wood grained texture

The jist: color on wood.

done.

Design Seed Inspired - Webster's Pages Blanket of Poppies

Design Seed Inspired - Blanket of Poppies

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The Crop Spot

Design Seed Inspired - American Crafts Sketchbook Sadie's Story

Design Seed Inspired - American Crafts Sketchbook

The Amateur 05-30-2012

�The Amateur - Making Bows

Inspiration Can Be Found Anywhere

Inspiration Can Be Found Anywhere

This week in scrapbooking 5-25-2012

�This week in scrapbooking 5-25-12

Design Seed Inspired - Webster's Pages Blanket of Poppies

Design Seed Inspired - Blanket of Poppies

The Amateur 05-23-12