Dot & Whimsy

We're sharing holiday decor this week over at the 

 So bittersweet as it will be my last project 

as an Imaginisce Design Team member...but a wonderful 

new team has been selected and I'm excited to see what all 

they come up with over the next year!

 I'm a sucker for honeycomb stuffs...you know the tissue paper type

of pretties that you can find to hang from a ceiling or to display as a centerpiece.

I think that they're so whimsical and fun!

So when I ran across this package of three beautifully sculpted snowflakes

at Wal Mart, I just had to put them into the shopping cart :)

 Next, I selected a couple of patterned papers from Christmas Cheer and 

set out to make two layers of pleated medallions.  For the first layer, I cut

two 3" X 12" strips and then scored and pleated at 1/2" increments.

For the bottom layer I cut two 4" X 12" strips and pleated them in the same way.

After both medallions were assembled end-to-end and allowed to dry,

I began layering and embellishing!

I found that the POGO adhesive was the best for adhering the two medallions 

to each other.  Next, add fun die-cuts, ribbon and paper flowers to bring your 

snowflake to life!  

I have this cute little fella hanging from one of my small pine trees beside

the fireplace.  I look forward to creating a couple of non-Christmas ones so

that I can use them throughout the winter months.
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I have a yo-yo tutorial up at The Paper Bakery today...come by
and have a look if you have time :)
http://www.paperbakerykits.com/blog/

I know that a lot of us are geared up and have

all ready began our December Daily Albums, but if you

don't quite have time for an entire album, think of a quick and easy

I've created one for today's blog post over at 

using their newest Christmas line, Christmas Cheer

To begin, I used the largest and the next-to-the-largest
Jumbo Fishtail Banner Dies by mftstamps.com 
to cut my cardstock and patterned papers. 
Next, I centered and attached the patterned paper banner to
the cardstock banner page and began embellishing.



When preparing your album pages, be sure to keep in mind
where you will be placing the rings that will hold it together.
Also, I made mine into a flip-up style album, so it was important to
remember the design aspect (even # pages being up-side-down)
when it came to embellishing :)



 On each and every page I added some type of 'bling' with
the I-Rock tool and various I-Rocks such as gems and glitter.
With a small album like this, it's a great time to use up those bits and pieces
of ribbons, trim and patterned papers that you've kept!


And don't forget all of those fun punches that you may have!
Layer them with a bit of bling, a button and mini alpha stickers.



As you may notice, I alternated the numbers for each page between
wooden bingo numbers, sticker numerals and spelled out numbers!
I think this keeps things interesting and allows you to use various textures
and dimension.  I love adding the round bingo piece as part of the
Ho! Ho!



There may be days when you'd like to journal or make a note of
something important from that particular day instead of including a photo...
utilize those adorable journal stickers on select pages
throughout your mini :)



In finishing, I added two 1" rings to the top and tied on colorful,
coordinating ribbons.  The Imagi-Cut comes in so handy in cutting
the ends down to size and sealing them as well. 

Supplies:
Thanks for coming by to have a look today!
  If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to send me
an email or a note in the comments...
I read each and every one and will be glad to respond back to you :)

Today is the kick-off to an exciting day with 

We're having an I-Challenging set of challenges throughout the weekend!

It's all happening at the Imaginisce Event Page of Facebook

**Check out the Rules & Guidelines on the Imaginisce Blog**

SNAG'EM STAMP CHALLENGE
Using any one or more Imaginisce branded
SNAG 'EM STAMP(s)
create a background on a card or layout.
 Here's my sample using the Snowflake Stamp from Christmas Cheer

 I stamped onto a dark blue cardstock using
Color Box's Alabaster Fluid Chalk Ink Pad
 When stamping with a clear stamp and acrylic block, I like to lay a
piece of foam or thick cloth under the paper that I'm stamping onto.
This helps the paper to give and meet all of the inked image :)
Using a few pieces of patterned paper and a sticker from Christmas Cheer,
a satin bow and a sprinkling of Hot Rocks-Rhinestuds
completed my clean-and-oh-so-simple card :)
I turned the stamp 180 degrees each time I stamped...this
helped to blend in the larger and smaller snowflakes.
I'm ready for a Christmas card assembly line now!

I cannot wait to see your cards or layouts!
Complete my challenge and post on the 
I-Challenge Event Page
(or email/link if you don't have a Facebook page...see above)
 and you'll be in the running for a set of
4 POGO Adhesives!

AND
you'll be in the drawing for the
 GRAND PRIZE
 You have until Wednesday, November 21st to complete all of the challenges
GOOD LUCK and have FUN with Imaginisce!

Today's post brings you the brand new collection by

and it's so very, very cute!

and I have been waiting for the perfect papers to scrap this photo!

 Because it's a single 5x7, I wanted to add lots of layering below the picture.

to build the rest of the title using different sticker alphas. 

Here's a little sampling...one of my fav papers & sticker sheets

So lovely, right?!?  Love You More will be available soon!
www.imaginisceblog.com

Check out more Design Team ideas for this collection all week on
the Imaginisce Blog...and don't forget the Design Team Call that ends
November 30th :)
Lots more to share this week, so I'll be seeing you soon!

When Imaginisce introduced their 

little pieces of art called "Snag'em" stamps

a few years back, I immediately fell in a lot of love!

They're perfect for all sorts of projects, especially if you're

wanting to create several of the same thing, such as cards or tags.

 Here are a couple of sweet cards that I crafted

 Here's a little tip that makes a lot of difference when stamping with clear stamps:

lay a piece of foam or cloth under your project before stamping.

This allows the paper to meet with all of the image and leaves you

with a clean design!  In coloring in my stamped images, I'm fond of

using watercolor pencils or dye based markers such as LePlume by Marvy.

I appreciate you dropping in!

...the MONSTER MASH...

creeeeek

(creepy door opening)

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It's Monster Mash Release Week at Imaginisce

 and I'm super excited to be sharing the projects that I 

crafted with it.  If you haven't seen the full collection of Monster Mash,

just stroll on over to Imaginsice!  I love that they've stuck with the traditional

Halloween colors and added in a bit of dusty teal blue and green. 

As with all Imaginisce collections, cuteness abounds :)

For this I started with a plain 'ole inexpensive 3-paned wooden plaque.

After painting the wood black, I added a square of patterned paper in

place of a photograph and began embellishing.

Imaginisce Die Cuts are so generous in size and can easily be layered

with other matching elements such as pieces from the Sticker Stackers or 

Canvas Stickers.  Don't be afraid to remove (gently) the witch's shoes from the

sticker and try it out somewhere else...I just add a little dab of glue to the 

foam dot and you're good to go!

And you know how much I love my leaf punch...I used it here along with

a few Brad Daddies and die-cuts.

 I glittered BOO chipboard letters in a purple/silver mixture.

Wanting a soft touch, I tied on chevron ribbon bows to the eye-hooks between

each panel and also at the top for the hanger.

This HUGE bat die-cut is all you need at the top!

He's utter perfection...who couldn't LOVE a face like that?

For my layout I followed the gallon-quart-ounce theory.

In design it it good to remember to keep things in proportion, whether it's color,

photos or embellishments.  The dominate color is purple (gallon), followed by

the blue (quart) and then the green (ounce).

The main focus of embellishments is in the bottom 1/3 of the page,

as well as at the right vertical 1/3 of the page.

Proportion helps the flow of a layout, gives rest to the eye and

keeps things pleasing to the viewer :)

Aren't they the cutest parade of characters?

With the exception of the sticker letters and Thickers, everything that

I've used can be found at Imaginisce!

So glad you've stopped by to see my contribution to 

MONSTER MASH...

I'm sure that there will be many other projects to follow as I 

won't be getting enough of this collection any time soon :)

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK!

Time for a little 

As you can see by the title of my post, I 

easily passed the first grade by accomplishing that one LOL

They do so much more these days...now kids are learning 

things we did in the 4th grade in the 1st grade!

 It's astounding.

First up, is a treat pocket tutorial that I created for 

This is very similar to the one that I created for Authentique just 

a few days ago, but this one is smaller and of course shows a 

different way to go about decorating.  The same design 

principal still applies though :)

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 Next up, I have a couple of layouts.  One that I created for

and another that my daughter, Sydnee made!

I promised her that I would share it with you all.  

For 10 years old, she does a pretty good job at scrapbooking :)

As you can see, I used rows of beautiful trims, all from PRO 31 Designs!

The little turquoise flowers are also from their online shop :)

I took three die-cut mats from K&CO and layered them together

to form a nice background for my photo and embellishments. 

And here it is...Miss Syd's Layout

She's heard me talk about having 'vertical and horizontal' elements

and she pointed out to me that her page included both LOL

That's all I have to share today!

We're having our first football scrimmage tomorrow.  

I honestly can't believe that it's all ready that time of year...but I'm happy :)
See y'all soon!