Ways to Use Pattern Paper

Talk about a perfect challenge - use pattern papers!  To make this one from Splitcoast (WT267) a little more of a challenge, I made myself...

• select pattern papers from different paper collections so they didn't automatically coordinate.
• select papers that did not have the same colors as any of the other papers

This made it tough for me because I get hung up on what needs to 'match.'  Yet another of the Joys of Papercrafting is you get to play with patterns and try stuff out without a huge time or money investment.  I'm pretty happy with the results of this one.

Project Notes:

• The design is CASEd from June 2010's Scrapbooks Etc. magazine.  They have a feature on cards.  Check it out, there are some good designs.
• Rub-ons help fit a sentiment into a small space on the scalloped paper.
• The ribbon is cut in half.  There will details on saving ribbon in next week's TIPsy Tuesday.

Here's another with just a couple of changes...

Ingredients:  DSP:  Nook and Pantry by Basic Grey, Thrift Shop by Oct Afternoon, 365 Degrees by Pink Paislee

Cardstock:  Kraft, Choc Chip by SU!

Rub-ons by SU!

Marker:  Chocolate Chip

Wall Art

Less than 30 minutes. That's how long it took me to place on my painted wall these Eastern Blooms Decor Elements in white, playing with a couple of different arrangements, adhere them and clean up. Basically the clean up consists of throwing away the peel off materials and carrying the step ladder downstairs. That's my kind of clean up. Wall art that accentuates my fabrics and the clean white trim of this attic bath for around $15 in 30 minutes!

Vinyl wall decor called Decor Elements from Stampin' Up! stays up as long as I want it to and it can be removed if I later decide to change my decor. I spent days removing the old wallpaper but I tried a sample of this and it came off easily.

I'm really excited about this product! There are tons of designs, colors and options. If you like what you see, give me a call and I'll get you a catalog or look on-line at http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/12177.asp

Have a great weekend!

Laptop Decor

Stampin' Up!'s new line of Decor Elements aren't just for wall. Seeing this element on my laptop makes me smile. It is one of the elements of the Eastern Blooms set of Decor Elements I got to put on my bathroom wall. I plan to use all the others in the bath but I really thought this one looked great on the laptop.

I got the idea from my upline's upline who has added an element to her laptop to distinguish it from her husband's (they have exactly the same model.) Great idea, huh? Decor elements are self-adhesive vinyl art that coordinate with other Stampin' Up! designs. They can be removed but not reused. They are an inexpensive way to spice up a wall, a piece of furniture - all types of surfaces in many styles and colors.

Check out the on-line catalog --> http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Decor_ElementsIII_US(1).pdf

Welcome!

Hi! Welcome to my blog! I hope this site will be a place where you can get creative ideas. I'll be concentrating here on paper crafts such as card making and scrapbooking. I'm sure I'll also talk some about my design work and window treatments and maybe share some other areas of my life, too. To me a blog is a place to share ideas, to educate, to learn, and occasionally to vent a little.

Those of you who know me know that I love to create beautiful and useful things. I also love to teach. So I'm very excited to become a Stampin' Up (r) demonstrator! I get to teach people how to use rubber stamps and many other products to create cards, make scrapbook pages, and decorate their homes. There are tons of wonderul things you can create with rubber stamps.

How did I get started with Stampin' Up? I've always been a crafter. Since I was 7 years old, I can't remember a time when I didn't have several projects going. A few years ago an old friend came back into my life and she learned that I liked to make scrapbooks and cards. A year and a half ago, she invited me to a Stampin' Up! workshop at her home. I have to admit that at first I was reluctant to go. I'd tried a lot of scrapbooking products over the years and I wasn't that excited about the couple of individual rubber stamps and the acrylic stamps I'd tried. (Now I know why, but I'll save those reasons for later.) As her workshop date approached, I looked at the Stampin Up catalog on-line and began to get exited about the neat things you could do with stamps. At the workshop, we made Christmas cards. I'd made my own cards the year before using my computer but doing it with stamps was so much more interesting. Soon I joined a Stamp club and have gradually began adding stamps and inks to almost all my scrapbook pages. I love to make cards! Now I get to take my backround in corporate training and teach people how to do something I really love - create beautiful things for themselves and to share with others.

I'm sure I'll want to share more about why scrapbooking and card making have become such important crafts for me. I'll also want to tell you about my plans for using stamps to make cards and other products for sale. For now though, I'd like to get to the purpose of the main purpose of this blog - to share creative ideas with you.

When I make cards, I almost always make more than one of a kind. It's easy to make several when you are using stamps. But what about when you have only a limited supply of a material? Here I had two rub-ons that said "Friend." I saw an idea for using this rub-on in a magazine but it only used one of the colors. These are from Stampin' Up! and here is what I did with one in white and one in black:

Other Stampin' Up! products include the Baroque Border wheel and Basic Black Classic Ink.

Hope you will come back again to see more cards and ideas! Thanks for stopping by...