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  • Stamped Scrapbook Pages on a Kiwi Lane Designs Blog Hop

    76834_10152085028263232_1279811947_nI have a fun blog hop for you today and it is something a little bit different!  My friends have gone a little fan girl over Kiwi Lane and their designer templates.  Basically they are plastic templates that you can use to help design your projects by layering them on your base paper to decide what you want it to look like before you actually cut into your paper!  So, when I was offered the chance to play with a set and participate in this blog hop, I jumped at the chance.

    Wanna see what I made?

    Aren’t they cute?!  I swear these pictures make me smile every time I look at them. 🙂

    So, what am I showing off her in this layout besides my cuties?  Three things that are really fun to play with:

    1. The 12” Borders Clara Lane templates from Kiwi Lane.

      See all those waves – I totally traced them and, yes, cut them out.  But don’t they add some nice whimsy to the page? I actually started out this page by laying out a few of the templates on a piece of designer paper to get an idea for how I wanted to put it together:
      clara lane kiwi lane templates sample

      Then I just had to pick my papers, trace, and cut.

    2. Perfect Pennants Stamps from Stampin’ Up

      Have I mentioned how much I love the sentiments from this set?  Plus I had to use the border/pennant element stamps to add a little bit of something extra next to the photos.

      And even the heart next to my favorite little guy!

      (psst – I even used my rotary stamp to date the page!)

    3. Watercolor Wonder designer paper from Stampin’ Up!

      This is one of those sets of paper that I kept thinking was really pretty, but never actually got to cutting into it…. well, fixed that problem!  I loved the colors and decided to go for it on this page.

      And while you can’t see as much of them on the first page, I figured I decided I wanted to do something with the remaining “scraps” of paper that was left over after I cut out my waves for layout 1 and so I whipped together layout 2!

    I just took my leftover designer paper and thought it would make a great edge to a scrapbook page.  I layered them together – Don’t Gasp! – I’ll admit, I cut off the bottom two layers so I could save a ton of the paper for future projects, but I liked the pattern on top for a background for my page.  Then I layered all the waves over another piece of patterned paper (Soft Sky pattern from the paper stacks) to complete the look.

    Here are a few of my favorite touches I wanted to show you up close on this one:

    • Wood starburst accent from the Essentials Wooden Elements
    • Mix and match Washi Tape adding some pop behind my photo
    • Some Natural trim ribbon
    • And if you look REALLY CLOSE, you can see my faux stitching I did along the edge of the wave.  It is actually pretty subtle on the final page in person as well, but gives just a little extra something.

    So, what do you think? Fun, right?

    What I loved, I was able to pull these two layouts together in ONE naptime!  Yup, the first layout took me more of the time, but then the second one using the scraps just came together. I think I have the fun templates and the cute paper patterns to thank for that.

    Want to Win a $25 Gift Certificate to Kiwi Lane?

    You will see some amazing talent on this blog hop, so check everyone out and share the love by leaving a comment on each stop.  The hop runs through 11:59 PM MST on Sunday FEBRUARY 9TH.  A random winner from ONE of the participating blogs (including the Kiwi Lane blog), will be given a $25 gift certificate to the Kiwi Lane Shop, for leaving a comment and will be announced on the Kiwi Lane blog on Thursday, FEBRUARY 13TH.

    Blog Line Up:

    Kiwi Lane
    Charissa Miller
    Claire Spielman
    Lissa Mitchell
    Kristy MacKeen
    Gail Owens
    Arin Flynn
    Holly Gagnon
    Jennifer Blomquist  <—YOU ARE HERE
    Christine Meyer

    Thanks for stopping by and I hope you come back as I share card, scrapbook, and 3D projects regularly each week!  Or join the conversation with me over on Facebook. 🙂

    Happy Hopping!

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    Stampin’ Supplies Used

    Stamps – Perfect Pennants, Remember This rotary stamp
    Ink – Summer Starfruit, So Saffron, Smoky Slate, Markers (Basic Grey, Summer Starfruit, Pacific Point)
    Paper – Watercolor Wonder designer paper, So Saffron cs, Whisper White cs
    Accessories – Summer Starfruit Striped Grosgrain ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, 1-3/4” Circle punch, Pennant framelits, Subtles Candy Dots, Sponge Daubers, Clara Lane (by Kiwi Lane)

    Stampin’ Supplies Used

    Stamps – a Round Array
    Ink – Marina Mist, Marker (Sahara Sand)
    Paper – Watercolor Wonder designer paper, Subtles designer paper stack (Soft Sky), Whisper White cs, Smoky Slate cs
    Accessories – Natural Trim ribbon, Essentials Wooden Accents, Watercolor Wonder Washi tape, Gingham Garden Washi tape, Epic Day washi tape, 7/8” Scallop circle punch, glue dots, Thickers stickers

  • You Did It! Winning Craft Wars: Paper Pumpkin Card

    If you were reading my recap of Leadership, I mentioned a fun activity they ran over the course of the conference.  They called it “Craft Wars: Paper Pumpkin”!  Now, I’ll admit, I haven’t ever watched Craft Wars but I get the general idea (or at least have a guess).

    You have a pile of miscellaneous crafting supplies.
    You have a project goal to create.
    Make something cool.
    GO!

    And that is pretty much how this worked.  They had all of the stamps from the My Paper Pumpkin kits since March in bags in the center of the tables.  You had access to:

      – Whisper White or Crumb Cake card bases
    – about 6 colors of ink and markers
    – designer paper from the Occasions Catalog (wanna see what we had to work with?)
    – gold or silver bakers twine (maybe white too)
    – Essentials Wooden Elements
    – and um… a couple punches and dimensionals.

    So there was a lot to work from, but you were limited to what was on hand… oh, and did I mention NO cardstock except the cardbases… so we started hacking up extra Whisper White cardbases to get extra cardstock for stamping and cutting.

    I started by looking at the stamps to see what inspired me.  In this case, the “Wahoo” and “You Did It” stamps from September 2013 Kit (the sad part, I never actually put together my kit and wasn’t sure what I thought of the stamps at first.  Um, super fun it turns out!) along with the word bubble stamp from the December 2013 Kit.  Then I grabbed a few more stamps that seem like they could be interesting accents to the card and walked through the rows of paper and see if anything fits the style of the stamps and the completely fuzzy idea of what I should be making.  Turns out I was grabbed by the Bermuda Bay polka dot patterned paper from the Kaleidoscope designer paper.2014-01-10 12.42.15

    Then I started stamping, cutting and layering the elements.  And really I still had no idea how exactly it was going to ultimately come together!2014-01-10 12.55.05

    When I’m in a crunch, I’m a “glue-as-I-go” girl and so I started gluing things down which mostly works, until you decide you want to wrap baker’s twine around some paper that you already glued down.  ; )

    But “thankfully” I had gotten an ink smudge on the front of my card after I had only glued a few pieces of paper down, so I could pull them up, wrap my twine, and then glue everything back down on a new card base.

    In the end, this is what I came up with:

    Paper Pumpkin Craft Wars wahoo card

    This is a bit of a departure from my typical card style, but I LOVE IT!  I’ll be honest, this is completely inspired by a style of scrapbooking I love… so, see – scrapbooking can be a great crossover into card making.

    Well, I took this picture kind of quick and didn’t try to hard to make it super nice because I figured I’d be picking up my card the next day and taking it home where I could photograph it all nice and pretty.

    But to my happy surprise – IT WASN’T IN THE BOX!  Which turned out to mean, I was one of the 20 cards picked as winners of the Craft Wars competition.  Yay!  There were a ton of super great cards that I saw people creating so I’m glad someone on the judging panel liked my non-traditional layout.

    You know, I’m thinking I may have to host my own Craft Wars: Paper Pumpkin edition!

    Who is in!?

    Yeah, I like that idea.

    Ok, so start checking out your Paper Pumpkin kits and start brainstorming cute card ideas!

    If you aren’t subscribed to My Paper Pumpkin yet, hop to it and you’ll get a set of the 2012-2014 In Color markers for FREE!  You just have to sign up by Feb 10th to get the extra perk!  Get going here.

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    Alright, I’m off to upload more pictures over on the Facebook page – display board pictures this time!  Talk about inspiration overload!  But in a good way, of course.  Smile

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