Welcome and thank you so much for taking time to drop by as I bare my creative soul here on my blog in an attempt to inspire others on their creative journey! I truly believe that nurturing ones continued creativity throughout life is paramount to a healthy mind and body!
I just love this paper crafting technique ~ masking is so simple but it adds a lot of pop and layered dimensions to a card without adding 'bulk' of actual layers! Plus once you make a mask ONCE you can save it in your stamp case for future uses ~ so its only fiddly cutting the ONE time!
Have you used the masking technique? Would love to see your samples ~ feel free to post a link to your work in the comments!
Project Life® is an awesome tool for paper crafting that was designed for making scrapbooking quick and easy so that you can focus your time on creating your amazing LIFE!
However I love it because the specially designed cards are totally universally versatile so you are able to use them in ANY paper crafting ... so you can use the card inserts, stamps, embellishments to also create coordinating invitations, cards, home decor to tie all your memories together. Hoenstly the possibilities are endless and the resources on how to use the products are easy to access via YouTube, Pinterest and other social media just by searching #StampinUp and #ProjectLife to see all the amazing samples of what others have created!
I particularly love that Project Life® has partnered with Stampin' Up so that it has kits that are exclusive to Stampin' Up! Which means that not only do they have designs specific to Stampin'Up! but those designs coordinate with our colored paper, inks and embellishments perfectly allowing you to create hybrid projects that combine both the Project Life® materials as well add on materials from Stampin' Up! to help take your projects up a notch!
Here is an example of a 'hybrid' layout with the left hand layout being a traditional 12x12 layout and the right hand layout being a pocket page from Project Life ® but using the benefits of coordinating colors and tools from Stampin' Up! to tie them together.
If you are looking for motivation and inspiration to keep on track with your scrapbooking come on out on the last Sunday afternoon of each month and join me for an afternoon to whip up a couple layouts!
You can either come and sign up for a DIY class with your own design inspirations and just borrow my 'tools' or you can sign up for design inspired class where I will design a page that you can put together to drop your photos into.
Here is an sample of Halloween inspired design for drop and go.
Lots of lovely treasures on sale this week over at Stampin' Up!
The heart border punch is lovely accent to scrapbook pages, cards and home decor projects and makes awesome 'confetti' for shaker cards and other projects! But my favorite item up for grab this week is totally the Venetian Crochet Trim ribbon!
Ribbon
is an easy way to add style to your projects. Tie it, loop it, wrap it,
cut it. We have the styles you love in the colors you want. Looking for
an dainty ribbon? This is the one for you! It's delicate and vintage,
and you can dye it any color you want using Classic Stampin' Ink. You get 5 yards of this stunning 100% cotton ribbon!
Got so distracted by our 15% off sale on all our Stamp's that I forgot to
share our Weekly Deal's flyer on Tuesday ... I have a group order going
in later tonight to take advantage of the 15% off sale prices on my wishlist before the sale ends tomorrow!
So if you want to save a bit on shipping by adding
anything on your wishlist to the group order than you can pick up from my place or depending on where you are in the London area I can swing it by when out and about on my errands!
Who doesn't love a good sale on a Monday
morning ~ this is so exciting cause my wishlist for Holiday stamps is
still pretty long ... I will be placing an order before the 23rd end of sale so if
you're local to London and want to save a bit on shipping by pooling an
order it must be placed and paid for by October 22nd at 8pm. Orders would than be picked up at my home once they arrive.
For
those attending Saturday's Stamp a Stack and wanting to take advantage
of these sale prices you can place your order early and have it still
count towards your Saturday class order commitment.
Host stamp
sets, rotary stamps, and clearance rack list stamp sets are not eligible
for the 15 percent promotional discount on stamps.
