Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Mothers Day Projects
Mothers Day Tray
With Mother's Day right around the corner, we will be featuring quick and easy Mother's Day gift ideas all week long! All you will need are the few supplies listed below and some love to create them for the Mother in your life!
Supplies:
- Black Photo Tray with White matt (BCI/101)
- Crate Paper "DIY Shop" paper collection. Ephemera pack & Dye Cuts
- TOMBOW permanent tape runner
- All Night Media small pop dots
- Scissors or Fiskers paper cutter
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Fancy Pants Designs Park Bench Collection
I have a weakness for yellow, grey, and turquoise. I just do. Then throw in a little bit of black and white and I fold. Seriously.
Fancy Pants Designs really out did themselves with their Park Bench Collection, now available at your local Craft Warehouse. It was so fun to work with. Plus they came out with these awesome quotes cut from tag board for the person that doesn't have a Silhouette to cut out their own. Mist it (like I did here), ink or paint it. My favorite technique was using the new Tim Holtz Distress Paints to paint it with no mess!
Can't help but want to get this collection to make a mini book or some stunning cards next!
Join us for our National Scrapbooking Month! To help celebrate there will be in store giveaways, make and takes, and special sale prices!
1. Take a photo in Instagram while you are in Craft Warehouse anytime during the month of May (no purchase necessary).
2. Tag your photo by typing "@craftwarehouse" and "#craftwarehouse" so we can see your photo!
3. Each time you post a photo between May 1st - May 30th and tag us, you can be entered to win prizes!
National Scrapbooking Month Guest Designer Michelle Price
How long have you been scrapbooking?
I've always been obsessed with office supplies so scrapbooking was a natural progression for me. In high school I started pasting pictures and newspaper articles into spiral notebooks and adding stickers and doodles. I suppose this was my first attempt at scrapbooking. I started making rubber stamped cards shortly after I was married and was obsessed with that for several years. I tried scrapbooking occasionally, but I really fell in love with it once I had children and had something besides my husband drinking a Mtn. Dew to photograph. I've been "truly" scrapbooking for about 10 years.
As shown above: Glitz Design's Uncharted Water's Collection NOW in stores!
What keeps you motivated to document your life?
I've always been a photographer and a memory keeper, but a few key moments solidified my desire to document my life. The first was when I happened upon some old file folders of my mother's that had recipes and notes on child rearing and odds and ends she'd clipped out of newspapers with her hand-written notes on them. She compiled them when she was a new mother at about the same stage and age I was in. It was a priceless glimpse into her life and her concerns at that time period and I was overcome with how similar we were. It allowed me to know her in a way I hadn't before. The second moment was a morning when I heard my kids laughing and talking and came downstairs to find them pouring over a scrapbook I'd made several years before. The look on their faces as they read about themselves was something I'll always cherish. I think of these things often while I'm creating, but I never feel unmotivated to scrapbook. It's a big part of who I am.
What do you use most to take photos with?
I have a Canon Rebel and that has been my main camera for years. I just recently got an iphone and I can already see my DSLR staying at home more often. I still lug it around for big events, but the convenience of the camera phone allows me to capture more everyday moments. I can see both of them still having a place in my life.
What is on your scrapbook table right now?
A mini paper tornado! I have bits and pieces from several collections lying about and I really need to clean up after myself. But sometimes a beautiful thing happens when you have a mess in front of you. A scrap of one paper line will make it's way onto a piece from another paper line and you see something fabulous; a new color combination or patterns that are beautiful together. And yes, while that is true, it is also a fabulous excuse for being a messy crafter!
What do you do to celebrate National Scrapbooking day?
I ALWAYS head to Craft Warehouse with my Sister In Law and spend a few hours filling up my cart on NSD. Seriously, I get a big cart and roam the store. Afterwards I go home, spread it all out on my desk and get busy. My family knows it's serious business for me and they kindly let me craft the day away!
You can also enter to win prizes the entire month of May on Instagram! This is how to play:
1. Take a photo in Instagram while you are in Craft Warehouse anytime during the month of May (no purchase necessary).
2. Tag your photo by typing "@craftwarehouse" and "#craftwarehouse" so we can see your photo!
3. Each time you post a photo between May 1st - May 30th and tag us, you can be entered to win prizes!
Sunday, May 5, 2013
What I Love Most Mother's Day Gift
With Mother's Day right around the corner, we will be featuring quick and easy Mother's Day gift ideas all week long! All you will need are the few supplies listed below and some love to create them for the Mother in your life!
Supplies:
- 12x12 Burlap Memo Board (LFA/723)
- Decorating Your Life "what I love most about my HOME is who I share it with" vinyl
- Mod Podge matt finish. (if you want your vinyl to stay on, brush over your vinyl to secure)To see more Mother's Day projects, visit this month's ad on our website here!
National Scrapbooking Month Guest Designer Janna Werner
See above, Glitz Design Color Me Happy and Uncharted Waters Collections NOW in stores!
How long have you been scrapbooking?
I started scrapbooking in 2010, after a friend of mine introduced me to it.
What keeps you motivated to document your life?
I just love working with paper, paint and embellishments. For me it is not that much about documenting my life, but rather to work with the materials.
What do you use the most to take photos with? Point and shoot, Digital SLR, or your Phone Camera?
Most of the times I use my iPhone and iPad because I carry them nearly everywhere I go :-) But I have a DSLR as well.
What is on your scrapbook table right now?
Right now you can find gift bags and an origami box on my desk that I created for my current online class :-)
What do you do to celebrate National Scrapbook Day?
I have to admit that NSD is not that big in Germany. Actually I celebrate NSD every day ;-) But I will participate in a few projects for that day and am very much looking forward to it.
Join us for our National Scrapbooking Event, May 4-May 6th 2013 (Wenatchee is on May 18th)! To help celebrate there will be in store giveaways, make and takes, and special sale prices!
You can also enter to win prizes the entire month of May on Instagram! This is how to play:
1. Take a photo in Instagram while you are in Craft Warehouse anytime during the month of May (no purchase necessary).
2. Tag your photo by typing "@craftwarehouse" and "#craftwarehouse" so we can see your photo!
3. Each time you post a photo between May 1st - May 30th and tag us, you can be entered to win prizes!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Together We Have It All Mother's Day Gift
Supplies:
- 12x12 Black Frame (LFA/488)
- 5x5 Black Frame (LFA/361)
- Fancy Pants "ParkBench" paper collection. 12x12 "Bridge" paper
- Decorating Your life "Family together we have it all"
- TOMBOW fasteners tabs (This holds the mini frame on to the front of your glass. Then you can un velcro when you want to change the photo)
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