It's that time of year again....

Last day of school!  I remember when I was going to grade school I was so excited for the last day of school.  I can't say that my daughter is, she is finishing her first year of school (Junior Kindergarten).  She tells me how much she is going to miss seeing her friends every day, and telling her teachers stories.  I get it, she is social like me!   In the fall she will be going back, with her brother in tow!  Both of them full time ... where has the time gone?  Why have my babies grown up so fast?

So, I put together a little gift and a card to give to each of the teachers and her bus driver.  It is my amazing Jalapeno pepper jelly.  And if you are looking for the recipe please see this post. http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.ca/2011/09/recipe-time.html  I decorated up the lid with some flowers, Prima of course!

 

The card, I have to admit it was mostly a scraplift, I saw an adorable image somewhere that was handprints in a heart, I put it into a card, so thank you to whoever you are out there that created the original on this card, I am humbled!

 

 

Well there you have it folks - quick and easy ... and long over due - I have been neglecting not only my blog but my studio too.  Soon, I hope I will have some more things to share with you.  Until then ... there is only 6 more months until Christmas - have you started your shopping yet???

Making Christmas Memories

I love a paper line that can be both girl and boy all at the same time!  The Winter Fun collection from Carta Bella is just that.  And as mentioned in a previous blog post; I love the paper from Carta Bella, the texture is simply fantastic and it's THICK - which is great for distressing.  I recently had some photos taken of the kids by the ever talented Sue Belanger - if you are in the Cornwall area take a look at her work.  Not only does she make the most amazing jewelry I have seen, she also does children's photography. 

For this layout I kept the paper simple by using some simple circles and again with the peek-a-boo flowers and zipper pull, I love this look!  A Prima vine from - oh gosh I have no idea how long ago I bought that at Auntie Em's - years I would say.  And a bunch more Prima trinkets and flowers, Thickers for the title, and just look at the results!  You can purchase this Carta Bella collection at Auntie Em's.  Keep an eye on this and Auntie Em's blog for more projects using this line coming up January 1st.

 

 

Keep those comments coming, I love to read what you have to say!

Thank you for looking,

An Elf On A Shelf - mixed media style

So, I have been watching the She-Art trend take over the scrapbooking and mixed media world for about a year now.  I have to say, I do like Christy Tomlinson's style, but I wasn't sure if I 'got' the She-Art movement.  What does that have to do with An Elf On A Shelf you ask?? Well that's another really *hot* thing going on right now - this little elf that you purchase to keep an eye on your kids and report back to Santa.  I'll be the first to admit, they are a little creepy looking.  So, I decided I wanted to try my hand at the She-Art and in doing so I decided to do it Elf On A Shelf style.  So, here is my first attempt - not exactly what I was thinking, it's not a great likeness of "Lucy" our elf, but hey I had fun with the process, and I will do it again.

 

 

 

Ingredients:

Patterned paper - Pink Paislee (Mistletoe & Co. - Postcards); Teresa Collins - (Noel - Tags & Borders), Graphic 45 (Fashionista - Vintage Cherries), Carta Bella (Winter Fun - Snow Crystals), Bo Bunny - (Wholigins - Whoo-ligans), Stampin Up (Newprint designer series)
Stencil - Prima Marketing
Stamps - Christy Tomlinson (tattered chicken wire), Stampendous (Merry Snowman)
Misc. - gesso, texture paste, black doodle pen, ribbon, distress ink, chalk ink


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Round Two! - Simple Stories Christmas Cards class - December 5th

The moment I saw the Simple Stories Handmade Holiday line I got excited about it. Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas in general, and I love Christmas paper in general, and believe me I have hoards of it, I have 3 entire shelves devoted to Christmas lines of past. This line spoke to me with the olive green and deep red with beige and music notes. Love it!

I have put together a 6 Christmas card class that I will be teaching at Tina's Scrapbooking in Winchester on November 14th. This class is now sold out - a 2nd class has been added - December 5th, 7:00 - 9:30!
This class is full of different techniques including heat embossing, and paper quilling.

First class sold out - 2nd class set for Dec 5th, call the store to reserve your spot today, don't be dissapointed! To reserve your spot call Tina today at 613-774-4611.

Hope to see you there!

Simple Stories - Handmade Holiday Christmas Cards class upcoming

The moment I saw the Simple Stories Handmade Holiday line I got excited about it.  Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas in general, and I love Christmas paper in general, and believe me I have hoards of it, I have 3 entire shelves devoted to Christmas lines of past.  This line spoke to me with the olive green and deep red with beige and music notes.  Love it! 

I have put together a 6 Christmas card class that I will be teaching at Tina's Scrapbooking in Winchester on November 14th. This class is now sold out - a 2nd class has been added - December 5th, 7:00 - 9:30! 
This class is full of different techniques including heat embossing, and paper quilling. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First class sold out - 2nd class set for Dec 5th, call the store to reserve your spot today, don't be dissapointed!  To reserve your spot call Tina today at 613-774-4611.

Hope to see you there!

Copic Techniques class August 25th at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking

Join me on Saturday August 25th to make this adorable Christmas card (you heard right - Christmas) The technique she will be focusing on is "reflection". Cost will be $25. You will complete this card and will be provided a spare image to colour. Please bring with you your scissors, adhesive, pop dots and the following Copic Markers:

R05 - Salmon Red

R29 - Lipstick Red*

R59 - Cardinal

YG93 - Grayish Yellow*

YG95 - Pale Olive*

YG97 - Spanish Olive

YG99 - Marine Green

Y21 - Buttercup Yellow*

YR14 - Caramel

YR27 - Tuscan Orange

E21 - Baby Skin Pink*

E51 - Milky White*

Optional are: E44, E29, E04, R20* - this is for hair and cheeks - you can change if you wish.

*Markers you will have in your collection already if you have taken all of my previous classes.

Don't you just love the Basic Grey Jovial collection, it is still my favorite Christmas line of all times!!!

Christmas is coming - a PageMaps layout

Christmas is coming - Christmas is coming!  Are you ready?  I've been thinking of Christmas for well over two months now.  I'm one 'of those' who has my Christmas tree up on the first of December without fail, and would probably have it up mid November if my husband would let me.  This year we haven't had much snow, in fact we didn't even have our first sighting of snow until nearing the end of November, so it's been more difficult for me to get into the Christmas spirit.  Crafting is high on my Christmas to-do list, from the handmade gift tags, to the multitude of Christmas cards I send out, to the individual hand made crafty gifts I give.  I enjoy my little Scrapping Corner in the evenings.

So, here is a layout I did for the Auntie Em's design team - using the PageMaps Calendar's December sketch and my favorite Christmas line of patterned papers Jovial from Basic Grey - yup, it's last year's paper, but it still remains my favorite!!

For my layout I choose a great photo of my daughter on her first Christmas. I fussy cut (and those of you who know me, know how much I *love* to fussy cut) some of the snowmen and snowflakes from one of the patterned papers and popped them up on some of the circles. I also used a Trinket from Bo Bunny and some Webster's Pages Trim. The poinsettias are about as old as my stash is, they must be at least 6 years old - lets put it this way they are older than when Prima started dating everything on their tins; and since they don't even use tins anymore - they are old LOL!!




The journaling I snagged from an AWESOME 600+ page book available at Auntie Em's called "Inspiration Station" it is just full of verses and quotes and poems. Also it has a whole section devoted to layout titles! Great if you are stuck for writing something or just want to add a little bit of sophistication to your page. You won't be disappointed with this book!  Again I used my sewing machine to stitch around the outside of my layout and inked with distress ink, um... just about everything!

Let me know what you think! Please leave a comment.

Christmas Card Exchange + some RAK!

Time for another card exchange at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking ... this time it is Christmas Cards!

Yay, I just love Christmas and love making my handmade cards so much too.  I know there are people who look forward to my cards ... I'm sure there are others who just don't give a damn weather they get a card from me or not, let alone weather it was lovingly hand made or not.

I scraplifted this design from this website - I loved the simplicity of it, the white space, the embossing ... everything about it screamed LORENA!  So, here is my take on it.  It was more than a 3 step process ... but then again, what card isn't??

The dove I heat embossed with UT 3 times, then after it cooled I cracked it and inked it to bring out the cracks.  The wreath is embossed in white, then the leaves coloured with my Copic Markers and then a touch of Distress Ink (Antique Linen) to bring out the embossing.  A twine bow and an embossed sentiment (embossed in a mixture of gold and pewter powders to give an antiqued gold colour) The ornaments or little dots, whatever, on the wreath are Liquid Pearls in Platinum Pearl.

I have to admit, I had fun with this card.  Usually when you are doing 20 of the same card it drags you down after about 5.  Every time I made a card I looked at it and exclaimed "I love this card"

So... for those of you who will be receiving a Christmas card from me ... you may end up receiving a card from the exchange.

If you would like to receive a handmade card from me, leave me a comment with your email address and I will contact you for a mailing address - how is that for RAK??

In the meantime, let me know what you think of this card!

Christmas cards & Vintage Tags

So ... what have I been doing with my time recently you ask?  Well I've been making all my Christmas cards, and tags ... I'm too cheap to buy them LOL!

I used a Basic Grey card kit and made a few of my own from the Jovial line.

I made my tags with my Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook Tag1 at 3 1/2 inch and used a Bo Bunny stamp with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Peeled Paint, then distressed the outside with Worn lipstick distress ink.  I stamped with a Hero Arts snowflake using Stampin' Up Craft in in Whispter White and finished it off with a piece of twine for the tie.

I hope you enjoyed these.