Dot & Whimsy

What an amazing time I had at 

DESIGNER DAY 2018

I met new friends that I never knew I had, old friends

and truly had the best creative experience!

If you get the chance to go in 2019, the dates have been 

set for "She Loves Color" event on October 18th & 19th,

 with Designer Day on the 17th.

Follow "She Loves Color" on Instagram and Facebook

to keep up with the latest news and to register :)

For those who took a class from me, I promised full photos

of the projects that we created.  

You can find all of the PHOTOS HERE

What's poppin' Monday crafty friends!?!

Today I'm going to show y'all another easy 'n quick 

idea for party favors, class treats, teacher gifts, etc.

I mean, who doesn't L-O-V-E popcorn :)

Happy New Year's Greetings!

So I've been pretty busy since school started in August and since then I've purged, reorganized and streamlined my craft room.  Things that I use often are within reach and collections collected from my Design Team days have been organized by holiday, theme, color, etc.  Crafting when I have a few spare minutes or an afternoon is much easier now!

I'm working on a little video of my new obsession: the memory dex.

Talk about the perfect thing to work on while binging on Netflix LOL

I'll have it up soon, so be sure to check back :)

Now onto a couple of things that I've crafted this week...

I let a lot of things expire in my Etsy shop, but I must, must, MUST clear some things out so I've restocked and have even added these two new mini albums.  

Does the black chipboard album look familiar?  It's a favorite of mine from the hey-day of 

Cosmo Cricket and the scrapbook club that I owned at the time.  

And how about that shabby little elephant?  Yep!  Old, old (OLD) Basic Grey :)

Using up supplies that I've been hoarding is absolutely one of the BEST feelings as a crafter! 

Both of these are up in my Whimsy by Shellye shop, as well as lots of other items at great prices.

www.whimsybyshellye.etsy.com

Okay, back to work on the video...see y'all soon!

Hello, Tuesday-crafters!

Back-to-school will be here soon enough so I thought I'd 

whip up some cute laminated bookmarks to share at school :)

I've used one of my very favorite collections from Echo Park Paper, "Teacher's Pet" 

and the Xyron Creative Station Lite and Double-Sided Laminate.

I cut the "Bookmarks" paper into strips following the individual designs.  

I used stickers from the collection to add a little extra decoration before I applied the laminate.

Next, I placed two of the 2" wide strips into the Creative Station Lite and ran them through:

After the laminate was applied to all of the bookmarks, I trimmed them out leaving a 

1/8" border of laminate around the edges.

I also added some eyelets and ribbon to the top of each.

Now I have a set of 12 sturdy, colorful bookmarks that can be placed in the school library...

the kids will love them! Stop by the Xyron Facebook Page to see more ideas this

 week using the fabulous Double-Sided Laminate!

The newest member of the Xyron family will be 

making its debut on the HSN channel!

Introducing the Xyron Creative Station Lite™

I love the compact design, which makes it super portable and easy to store 

right on my small crafting area!  Here is a little project that I made using

the Xyron 5" Permanent Adhesive Refill

I started with a chipboard shape that I took from a precut mini album set from

Michael's Recollection brand.  I traced the shape onto patterned paper from

the Echo Park Paper Company Spring Collection Kit

and then ran it through the Creative Station Lite:

Even though the points on the sides of the paper extended slightly beyond the 

5" alignment grids (see above), the adhesive was still wide enough to cover

the entire paper...I love some wiggle room!

As with the other Xyron Creative Station,

you will want to roll your paper out just

past the cutting bar to ensure that you don't accidentally clip off too much.

Give the adhesive a good rub (especially around the edges of the paper) and

then carefully room the top film.

And I am so happy that the handle can be tucked away when it's not in use!

Because I have both the Creative Station and now the Lite, I plan to

use the larger machine for the 9" adhesives and leave the Lite to handling the

smaller 3" and 5" rolls.  I love them BOTH and use them each and every day

that I craft...which is pretty much each and every day LOL

I hope that you will check out the debut on HSN!  

There will be an amazing bundle at an amazing value!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello, Monday-blog-reading-friends!

I have a quick mini album up at 

today using the new colorful and charming "Spring" Collection.

 

Happy news for this Happy Friday!

I'm extremely delighted to have been chosen for the 

and 

I really, really missed designing for Xyron (I was with them in 2014)

so I literally jumped at the chance to rejoin their fabulous team!

Projects by the team can often be seen on HSN, so stay tuned!

Echo Park Paper and its sister company, Carta Bella 

have combined teams for the new year! 

 It was an honor to be asked to stay on

and create projects for these two creative companies!

I hope you have a fun weekend!