Up the Street Scrapbooking - January Kits

The January kits from Up the Street Scrapbooking are up and available!  

I've had the opportunity to work with both kits this month, and will be posting more work later in the month.  Both kits are different from one another, and you get extremely different looks with what you end up creating. Tara, from Up the Street, did a fantastic job as usual, pulling together coordinating products that just make it SO easy to whip together layouts.  I loved cutting out some banners from patterned paper, and even making my own little banner in the "Be Real" layout.

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COUSINS

Up the Street Kit #2 Little House

BRITTANY

Up the Street Kit #2 Little House

STITCHED WITH LOVE - Card

Up the Street Kit #2 Little House

Unity Stamp Co. (Homemade 6 Bean Soup - Jillibean Soup)

Glue Arts U-Cut-It Foam (3D foam)

Be Real

Up the Street Kit #2 Little House

These two layouts were made with  "Live in the Moment" Side #1.

Love Life

Up the Street Kit #1 Live in the Moment

Glue Arts Micro Adhesive Squares (to hold the twine in place)

Daily Life

Up the Street Kit #1 Live in the Moment

Black Sharpie Pen (for faux stitches)

Check out the complete kit supplies HERE:

UP THE STREET SCRAPBOOKING

Have a great day.

Home Photography Props: BANNERS!

I have two banners to show you today, one highlighting Unity Stamps, and the other, Shimmerz Paints products!

This week on UnityTV....


STAMPED BANNER
for your home photos or mantels!


This is incredibly easy and quick to whip together.
Make one for all occasions, no expensive tools necessary!
Don't you love these stamped letters!

Thanks to Vine Images for the photo!

From Unity's FACEBOOK page - a SALE from Unity!

See below....get it before the sale is over!

Featured Stamps:

Carnivale Alpha (Marah Johnson Co-Brand)

And here is the how-to video!

UnityTV Episode #43

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And here is the second video as seen on....

My sister is a photographer (Vine Images Inc) and loves using unique props.  She asked me to make her a banner for Valentine's and I thought that using Shimmerz to make it would be perfect!

The cool thing is, you can easily make these at home for your own photo shoots.

I pulled out Razzel Dazzel Berry Vibez and Cotton Candy Spritz, two beautiful pink colors, to make the tags for the banner.  So simple, easy and cute cute cute!

NOTE:

The banner below was embellished AFTER the video with some stamping 

and ink around the edges.

Shimmerz Paints TV

Thanks for watching!

Happy New Year!! A Shimmerz Canvas

Hope you all had a wonderful and Merry Christmas and I hope you will have an amazing 2012!  

I thought I would share a project/video I made using some of my favorite Shimmerz products!

And here is the video!

Find it HERE on You Tube.

Tutorial by Lesley Langdon.

Unity December Kit of the Month

In case you need a couple of quick card ideas for a special friend, here are some ideas using Unity's December Kit of the Month, "Filled with Love".  There are so many great images to work with (see complete kit below).

Sit-Talk-Enjoy

This card was made by die cutting the image and sentiment from the DECEMBER 2011 Kit.  I used the same die template (Spellbinders S4-319 Lattice Rectangles) to cut a piece for the back, then used a thin strip of liquid glue for the top only to make "the fold".  The flower is a die template as well (Spellbinders S5-067 Anemone Flower Topper).  I used a Copic Marker for the chair and some double sided BoBunny Gabrielle paper for the flower.

Sisters by Heart

To make the bottom, I used the same die template as the first card (Spellbinders S4-319 Lattice Rectangles), only I ran it through only 1/3 of the way, then backed it out of the die cut machine.  I also wanted to frame the LOVE stamp and sentiment, so you could use any label stamp you have.  I used Spellbinders S4-290 Labels Fourteen).  I just layered some ribbons for texture, used Copic markers for color, and was missing some RED, so I used some Stickles to make my own little hearts.

December Kit of the Month (link)

Hope you all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS week!

Painting Mason Jars - RECYCLE with Glue Arts

This week, we are making Christmas Decor projects over on the Glue Arts blog. 

If you have some time, look over the past couple of weeks for really beautiful projects that you can make at home.

Here is my contribution to the Holidays week - a recycled mason jar, painted and trimed for my blue and red mantel.

Supplies:

Glue Arts Hot Glue Gun

Glue Arts Hot Glue Gun Sticks

Webster's Pages Ribbon (Blue Flowers)

Maya Road Ribbon (Blue Grosgrain)

Maya Road Decorative Pins

Trim (FabricLand)

Tim Holtz Fragments Acrylic Tag 

Staz-on (Cotton White, Jet Black)

Unity Stamp Co. (All Seasons Sep 2011 Kit of the Month)

Queen & Co. Blue Pearls

Blue Cord

Sand Paper

Battery Operated Tea Light

White Primer Paint

Shimmerz Vibez Spritz (Jeni B Bleu)

MASON Jar

See the full blog post HERE on the Glue Arts blog.

Thanks for visiting!

Black Friday Sales....

Shop for your Shimmerz products HERE tomorrow to take advantage of the 25% sale off of the Limited Edition Holiday Set (see in photo).  These are beautiful colors for the holidays.  Paint some ornaments, spritz some poinsettias and decorate your table with these beauties.

Reg Price: $20.00 for the set

Spreading the News!!! Unity Sale

Today is the last day to take advantage of the Unity sale!!!

LINK:

Unity Stamp Co.

Happy shopping - these make great stocking stuffers, especially Itty Bitty stamps!

Antiqued Tin Foil Flowers with Shimmerz and Spellbinders!

One word: STUNNING.  These homemade flowers, made from tin foil are so BEAUTIFUL.  I want you to try this.  I am so excited by the result that I implore you to give this a try!  You will not be disappointed.  These are so easy and fun, and you can use any color of Shimmerz Coloringz for different effects.

I haven't been this excited about a technique in some time, and using tin foil is CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!!!

 Shimmerz has a great selection of colors in the COLORINGZ line, so check them out in the Shimmerz Shop! 

Hope you enjoy!

Up the Street Scrapbooking - Autumn's Embrace

I have some more KIT work to share with you from Up the Street Scrapbooking!  See my previous post from this month for all my other work with these FAB kits.

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These two layouts were made with Kit #1 Autumn's Embrace, and last I heard, there were only a few left!  

Bronte Creek Maple Syrup Festival

Up the Street Kit #1 Autumn's Embrace

Spellbinders™ Holly Accents 

Spellbinders™ Parisian Motifs

Spellbinders™ Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents

Spellbinders™ Spiral Blossoms One

Shimmerz Coloringz (Mandarin Mai Tai)

Waxed Cord

Sand Paper

In the kit, you get to play with Core'dinations NEW Kraft Core cardstock (see the red cardstock that has Kraft colorin the middle).  I am so excited by this new paper, especially with die cutting and embossing, sanding, etc.    I also loved working with the Pink Paislee embossed mistables paper you see as the background (I used Shimmerz Coloringz on it to make it orange).  The black markings look like stamps which I appreciate.

I used some Spellbinders die templates to work with the papers (see the leaf, rolled flowers from patterned paper, and the decorative strip of holly).

Today I...

Up the Street Kit #1 Autumn's Embrace

Spellbinders™ Creative Book Pages

Spellbinders™  Edgeabilities Classic Postage Stamp

Adirondack Ink (Sunset Orange)

Waxed Cord

White Gel Pen

Check out the complete kit supplies HERE:

UP THE STREET SCRAPBOOKING

Have a great day.

Two Peas and Unity - Holiday Card Making Event

Just wanted to share what's happening at Two Peas this week with Unity.

THIS EVENT IS HAPPENING NOW  

Monday to Friday

Nov 14 - 18
@ Two Peas


Click here to be directed to the EVENT.

I made a video this week to kick off the event using Bella Blvd's Christmas Wishes stamp set available at Two Peas!


These cards are super quick and simple, yet have a little bit of glitter to dress them up.  They are flat and perfect for mailing.

See the video at Two Peas HERE.

Bella Blvd's Christmas Wishes

INTERESTING FACT:

Two Peas carries over 300 Unity Stamps!!! 

Click here to see their selection.

See you over there!

Fall is Officially Here: Glue Arts and WRMK

We were able to work with We R Memory Keepers' AUTUMN SPLENDOR paper and embellishments this week on the Glue Arts blog!

This paper is so awesome to work with, so well coordinated and embossed with glitter too!  The tags, embossed stickers, glitter brads just make it all come together so easily.

Supplies:

Glue Arts U-Cut-It Foam

Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro+ (Perma Tac Adhesive)

We R Memory Keepers Autumn Splendor (Designer Scrapbook Pad, Textured Cardstock Pad, Embossible Designs Stickers, Tags, Glitter Brads, Layered Chipboard, Brad Setter and Piercing Tool)

Spellbinders™ LF-124 Grand Scalloped Circles

Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Die Cut Machine

Clearsnap Ink

Black Sharpie Pen

PLEASE do check out the Glue Arts Blog for all the other projects made this week with this beautiful product AUTUMN SPLENDOR.  

PSSST:

 There is an awesome giveaway over on the Glue Arts blog this week.

You could win this:

Autumn Splendor Scrapbook Pad collection filled with over 860 pieces! Paper, stickers, glittered papers, diecuts and more!

AND

a Glue Glider PRO Handle and new PRO+ cartridge!

HEAD ON OVER TO THE GLUE ARTS BLOG TO ENTER.

Have a great weekend.

Winner of the Spellbinders Prize Package

Thank you so much for everyone who came by the Handmade Holiday Blog Hop and left a comment.  It was so much fun to see all the different and FRUGAL ideas out there!

But right now, I am happy to announce the winner of the Spellbinders prize package that happened to leave a comment on my blog.

S4-340 Create-A-Flake Three 24.99

S4-338 Holiday Tags 24.99

E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities 19.99

E8-004 Classic Ric Rac Edgeabilities 19.99

And here she is.... 

Trisha said...

WOW!! Your tags and gift box are gorgeous. Love your colors

and the vintage feel. 

Congratulations Trisha!