Canadian May/June New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring artwork created using new and fabulous products found in our current catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to start at the beginning join Michelle at Create with Michelle. If you came from Brandi R of crzy4scrapbooking then you are in the right place!

I created this layout using the stunningly beautiful You Are Enough collection which is the National Scrapbooking Month special for May. I am so in love with this collection and this blue hexagon paper is my favourite. I used a pattern from Make it from Your Heart 3.

I created the title on my Cricut using the new offset feature.  It was super easy to use and I have been waiting for this feature for a very long time!!  I searched through my stamps and found this retired Boys at Play stamp set.  It was perfect for this layout.

I also added some Blue Belle glitter gems and some retired rose gold trim.

Your next stop on the Canadian Blog Hop is Brae of The Brae-or.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again for our next hop, July 20th September 20th etc.

Canadian May/June New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring artwork created using new and fabulous products found in our current catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to start at the beginning join Michelle at Create with Michelle. If you came from Brandi R of crzy4scrapbooking then you are in the right place!

I created this layout using the stunningly beautiful You Are Enough collection which is the National Scrapbooking Month special for May. I am so in love with this collection and this blue hexagon paper is my favourite. I used a pattern from Make it from Your Heart 3.

I created the title on my Cricut using the new offset feature.  It was super easy to use and I have been waiting for this feature for a very long time!!  I searched through my stamps and found this retired Boys at Play stamp set.  It was perfect for this layout.

I also added some Blue Belle glitter gems and some retired rose gold trim.

Your next stop on the Canadian Blog Hop is Brae of The Brae-or.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again for our next hop, July 20th September 20th etc.

Craft Room Tour

Welcome to my craft space!

I hope you enjoy this look into my craft space.  We recently moved and I had to create a new space for myself that was much smaller than my previous space.  Thanks to a lot of Ikea pieces I was able to do this without difficulty.  You can see all of the details below as well as a video walkthrough at the end of this post.

As a trained Interior Designer, I always plan out my moves using AutoCAD and insuring that I know where everything is going to go before our move date.  Of course, that is what I did this time also.  We had decided that my craft space would be part of our basement family room and so I focused on how to best maximize this corner of the room.  I created a "hallway" to my space using two Kallax units. These units hold all of my scrapbooks as well as a few other items.  They also create a nice long counter type space for display and project work space.

 

One item that I keep on top of these Kallax units are my die cuts.  I have these Zutter die and stamp storage containers that I really love!  They hold all of my dies on magnetic sheets that stand up so that I can easily flip through and choose the ones I want.  They do come with a lid as I've shown but I keep them open and readily available since I use them so often.  

 

There was an insert available for purchase but I can't find it anymore so I just went ahead and made one using a scrap piece of hardboard I had lying around.

My desk is actually a table that a friend gave to me.  It is 32" x 63" and it gives me enough room to have all of the things that I use most right at my fingertips.  

On the left of my desk I keep my paper trimmer and a tool caddy as well as some cubbies that hold various embellishments.  In the middle of my desk is my Workspace Wonders storage units. These are amazing units that are reconfigurable and totally customizable.  They are even available in a starter bundle! In between the two stacks I keep my VersaMats, score board and stamping platform. 

On the right side of my desks is my ink tower, power for my phone/tablet, tape runner and another organizer for various tools. My phone mount is attached here for when I make process videos.  I have added a wall mounted light here to light up my worksurface. I also have a Scor-Tape stacker and a Scrapamabob drink holder/garbage containter.  I love being able to keep my drink off of my desk.  Who else has learned that lesson the hard way!!  I just added a paper towel holder under my table (do you know how hard it is to find one of these paper towel holders now???) as it just never seemed to have a good spot before.  I keep my old drafting brush handy for cleaning my desk as well as a recycle bin for all my scraps.

Just beside my table on the left is a plastic drawer unit (a very long time ago this use to hold my entire craft room) which holds a lot of embellishments including flip flaps, baby wipes, alpha sheets, wood shapes, etc., etc.  On top of this is the tool caddy which holds all my stamping blocks, shimmer brushes, pens and much more.  Behind that is my Ikea Raskog cart which holds all of my pocket cards as well as an old medium organizer with more embellishments.  I've attached some Ikea containers (I don't think they are available anymore) to the side and they hold my acrylic shapes, tape runner refills and other random bits and pieces.  

Tucked in behind the wall, on the right of my desk, are all of my stamp containers and more organizers.  My stamps are stored in the retired large organizers.  I've removed all of the buttons off of my older stamp sets and also removed all of the paper inserts so that they take up as little space as possible.  I've catalogued all stamp sets into Evernote which has been a complete game changer!!  Now I just have to look up whatever I'm wanting on my ipad and then just go directly to that stamp.  The stamps are organized numerically so that they are easy to find.  I highly recommend this for anyone that has a large stamp collection.  Prior to this I must say that I rarely used my stamps and hated having to pull them all out and flip through them just to try to find something. The yellow box is all of my finished cards so that I can quickly find one when I need it.  I also keep my all-purpose mat and some others on the shelf here.  My washi tape is stored in the white container.  I found this at Michael's quite some time ago and love it!  Just below my stamp shelves are some cube containers from Michael's which sit on top of a Linnmon table from Ikea. Below the table are some 12x12 storage that hold various papers and specific themed collections.  On the left of the table I have a spot to slide in my photo backdrop, large display board and a few other oversized items.  

Finally, behind my desk is more storage and counter space.  I have two retired Ikea units on either side that hold most of my papers, storage boxes that hold my adhesive, envelopes, mini book supplies, bags and tools.  I have a few smaller containers that hold shaker supplies, embossing folders, ribbon, punches and more.  All my how to books fit onto these shelves also.  I have taken apart two different plastic drawer units to store my business supplies and mixed media supplies.  I use the top of the Kallax unit to hold my Cricut Explore and my CTMH die cut machine (which I think is the best one around). I have power handy right there although which makes it easy to unplug my Explore after each use.  

You can check out the video walkthrough here.

I really hope you enjoyed this tour and all of the details.  If you have any questions about any components of my space then please drop a comment.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Serenity Mini Book tutorial

Sign up now for this fun mini book class!

I will be creating the same album I created in the video below using the new SERENITY paper suite which is available starting November 1.

This class is FREE with the kit purchase* (listed below) or $15 CND without purchase. I will be holding this workshop in a Facebook group so you can join live or watch later, whichever works for you. I will also include a cutting guide and some written instructions. 

 

The supply list for this workshop is below.  The cost of materials is $48 CND plus tax and shipping.

Serenity Paper with Sticker Sheet 

Serenity Picture My Life Cards

Custom Cardstock Pack - 6 French Vanilla, 2 Blue Belle, 2 Sapphire, 2 Toffee

Blue Belle Glitter Gems

Sapphire Crochet Thread 

Other tools required to complete the album

Adhesive tape runner

Liquid Adhesive

Score board

Bone folder

Paper trimmer

Strong double sided adhesive (Scor Tape is great)

Scissors

Magnets - these are super strong 1mm thick round magnets.  I get mine from Paper Lane Studios

To purchase the instructions please click the "Buy Now" button.  Don't forget to include the email you wish me to send the instructions and facebook group link to.

To get the instruction free with purchase just follow the links to the list of supplies and place your order on my website.  Once the order is submitted I will email the instructions and link to the facebook group.  

* The Free with kit purchase is only open to Canadian residents.  All others must opt for $15 instruction purchase.

Adjusting a Cut Above Kit

Have you tried out a Close to my Heart Cut Above kit yet?  I love them!  They come complete with all the pieces needed to create your layouts and they are all precut.  

Now, just because everything is already cut for you and ready to assemble in a specific pattern doesn't mean you can't change it up and make it your own.  Here is a process video to show you how I changed up this So Much Happy, Craft with Heart kit.  

This is the original design.

While this kit is no longer available there are many more that are.  You can check them out here.

Basics Fundamental Workshop

I'm having so much fun putting together these workshops and I really feel like I'm starting to get caught up.  The workshop features the Basics Fundamental paper pack, the Better Together complements and the Basics ribbon pack.  I still have a bit of paper left over and am planning on creating one more double page layout with the new Blush cardstock. 

The instructions are free with your purchase of the workshop components or you can purchase the instructions separately for only $10.

If you're interested in attending an in person workshop for this then you can find monthly club dates on my facebook page.  To purchase the instruction only just drop me a message at paperplayroom@hotmail.com. 

Falling For You Workshop

I finished my Falling for You workshop!  As with previous workshops this is the standard Workshop Your Way kit with the added coordinating cardstock package.  I did change up one of the base pages for the original workshop but otherwise they are the same.     

If you don't know, I host monthly club nights at my house, typically on the third Friday of the month.  While some folks work on these kits other just work on their own projects.  It's always a fun night and we usually get a lot done.  If you're interested in joining in just let me know. 

If you're not local to Barrie, Ontario and would like the instructions for this workshop you can purchase it for $10 or it's free with your online kit order.  Just email me at paperplayroom@hotmail.com for ordering details.

The above layouts are the kit layouts and the next ones are my bonus layouts.