DT Doodles for Kiwi Lane...Week 16

It's Monday and time for another Kiwi Lane DT Doodle to get your creative juices flowing for the week!  

I was so excited when I saw that I got to work with Doodlebug this month- I've been a fan of their paper and embellishments for... well, let's just say a long time!  And the Flower Box Essentials Kit that I used for this week's DT Doodle is no exception!  Without further ado- here's this week's Doodle:

And here's my layout:

I used some washi tape along the bottom border for some more layers, and I used some stickers and adhesive backed pearls from the kit to help embellish the page.  I added some texture to the clouds and sun by cutting out the shapes, then embossing them using 2 different patterns.

I used the following templates for this layout:

Chestnut 1A & 1B

Tiny Floral 2T

Tiny Accents 4T

Celebrate 3 & 5

Bracket 2

With some of my leftover paper and some of the small letter stickers from the kit, I was able to make this card:

I added a sticker to the center of the flower, and a button with some twine and that was it- super cute, super easy card!

I used the following Kiwi Lane templates for this card:

Sentiments 3A

Adorn 3A

Celebrate 3

Tiny Accents 2T

Tiny Strips

Did you know that you can win a $25 gift code to the Kiwi Lane Shop?  Well, you can!  Just make a layout based on my layout, then go HERE and follow the instructions at the bottom of the page.

That's all for today- Happy Scrapping!

Panguitch Lake Layout

Last month, when Kiwi Lane partnered with Quick Quotes, I received a generous stack of paper from Quick Quotes to work with and for making lots of pretty things...  which I did and posted in various places on the internet.  However, as usual, I'm not so on top of the blog postings, and it has taken me a few weeks to realize that I had yet to post any of those projects here.  So here's one of them:

Supplies: patterned paper (Quick Quotes, Chatterbox (orange)); card stock (Provo Craft (white), Bazzill (purple)); alphabet stickers (American Crafts (purple), Making Memories (blue)); brads (Creative Impressions); gemstones (craft supply); fabric flowers (Bazzill); ink (Ranger); pen (ZIG)

Of course I used Kiwi Lane Designs Templates- Floral, Cascade Trails, Tiny Wildflower, Tiny Accents, Accents, Tiny Brackets, Nature and Photo Templates.

That's it for today.  I do have some more finished pages and cards, but no photos yet- something for you to look forward to, I guess. ;)

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!

DT Doodles for Kiwi Lane (Week 12)

Happy Monday!  For this week's DT Doodles sketch for Kiwi Lane, I had the opportunity to play around with Quick Quotes' "Stowaway" collection.  Filled with shades of brown and aqua blues with bits of darker blue and peach, this collection is super versatile!  I chose to use some sepia toned pictures I have been saving for just the right paper.  Confession- these photos are almost 4 years old!  I tend to hold onto my most favorite photos, just waiting for someone to come along with a collection of paper that will be perfect.... does anyone else do this? or am I the only one??  Anyway, I was digging through my supplies and was thrilled to run across a Quick Quotes vellum quote that I vaguely remember buying a few years ago... ok, more like 10 years ago.  (Apparently I also save my supplies to match with the perfect pictures!)  The quote was about beauty and the pictures were my beautiful kiddos- perfect!  So, perfect paper, perfect pictures, perfect quote and here's what I came up with:  

Supplies: patterned paper and vellum quote (Quick Quotes); brads (Basic Grey); glitter glue (Ranger); paper flowers (American Crafts); doilies (OwlSupply on Esty, craft supply)

I loved the way the paper doilies looked with the Tiny Wildflowers!  So I added a bunch.  If you don't want/have doilies, the rings would work as a substitute.  Brackets would also work.   I didn't do any inking on this layout- totally not the norm for me!  Instead of ink, I distressed the edges of everything so that more of the white core of the paper was showing.  To finish up, I added some glitter glue, a few brads and a few paper flowers.  

Templates:  

• Tiny Wildflower 3T, 6T
• Cascade Trails 1B, 3B
• Mini Paisley 2B, 3A & 3B
• Tiny Shapes 3T
• Tags 6

With some of my leftover paper, I made this "Bon Voyage" card: 

Supplies: patterned paper (Quick Quotes); letter stickers (Making Memories); twine (Pebbles)

This card measures approximately 4" x 8".  If you don't want to use the cruise ship template, feel free to switch it out for whatever suits the theme of your card- brackets, some more tiny flowers, Accents or any other medium size shape would work in that spot.  You can also use any of the 8" mini borders instead of using part of a 12" trail template like I did.  Use this card as a jumping off point and let your creativity run wild!

Templates:

• Tiny Wildflower 1T, 4T
• Cascade Trails 1B, 2A
• Journey 7

Don't forget to play along with this week's sketch for your chance to win a $25 gift code to the Kiwi Lane Shop!  Find the details HERE.

That's all for today- thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!

Dyeing for Easter

Since Easter is coming up at the end of the month, I thought maybe I'd share my most recent Easter layout.  I assumed it was just last years photos... I was wrong. It's from two years ago.  I swear, at one point I was actually caught up in my scrapbooking.  Then I printed my photos and had a few hundred to do... anyone else have that happen?  ;)  Anyway, here's an Easter egg layout I did a few months ago with photos from 2011:

Supplies: patterned paper, tags, brads, die cuts, pink glitter letter stickers, green letter stickers, staples (Making Memories); flowers (Imaginisce, Heidi Swapp); ribbon (American Crafts); brown chipboard letters (My Mind's Eye); edge punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); ink (Ranger); book plate (K & Company); pen (ZIG); baker's twine (Lilly Belle's Paperie on Etsy)

I used one of the Kiwi Lane Tag templates for the patterned paper on both pages.  This layout went together fairly quickly.  I think the part that took the longest was trying to figure out how I wanted my flowers layered.  Here's a bit of a closer look:

That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by and Happy Scrapping!

Baby Blessing Layouts

A few posts back, I mentioned that I FINALLY made pages with J's baby blessing photos.... from three and a half years ago.  I also mentioned that I hadn't done anything with the photos because I couldn't find the right paper.  Well, as I mentioned in that earlier post, the My Mind's Eye Kraft Fun Day collection was just perfect!  So here are the rest of the pages from that day- most of them are generation photos.  And I seem to have a recurrent theme of circles.  It wasn't planned.  I must have been in a circle mood when I made them??

I used a bunch of Kiwi Lane templates (of course!) and I had fun with some Lucky 8 Punches (both large and small) from We R Memory Keepers.  And I used some little bags for hiding some journaling on a couple pages.  So whatcha think?  I always appreciate feedback!

Happy Scrapping!

We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon Tool WINNER!!

And the winner of the WRMK Sew Ribbon Tool is......

 mariangel said...

i am a new follower thank you

    March 1, 2013 at 2:39 PM

 

Congratulations!!  I've sent you a message.  You have until Monday March 18, 2013 to contact me at glo_owens(at)msn(dot)com with your info, or I will draw another name on March 19th.

Thanks for playing! This was kind of fun... I think I might have to do it again soon. ;)

Have a great day and happy scrapping!

Kiwi Lane Blog Hop!

Welcome to Kiwi Lane's Blog Hop for March! I'm so happy to have you here!!  Hopefully you came here from Jennifer Budge's blog.  If not, hop on over to the Kiwi Lane blog and start from the beginning- you don't want to miss any of the awesome scrapbooking inspiration, do you?  There's even a prize involved!  One lucky commenter from one of the 10 blogs (including the Kiwi Lane blog) will be randomly chosen to win a $25 gift code to the Kiwi Lane Shop- so don't forget to comment along the way!  Here's the blog order, just in case you get lost:

1. Kiwi Lane

2. Becky Williams

3. Jenny Urzua

4. Jennifer Budge

5. Gail Owens (You are here)

6. Neela Nalam

7. Leanne Bourassa

8. Teresa Gray

9. Jenna Hipps

10. Jennifer Nicholes

Being a member of the Kiwi Crew, I wasn't given an assignment to use just one set of templates... I was told to use whatever featured templates I wanted to use!  Freedom to create- one of my favorite things... and here's what I did with that freedom:

Flower Power

Supplies: cardstock (Provo Craft); patterned paper, felt stickers, letter stickers (Basic Grey); spray ink (Studio Calico); stamp (Scenic Route); thread (Coats & Clark); ink (Ranger); pen (ZIG)

Kiwi Lane Templates: Cascade Trails (3A & B), Mini Paisley Place (2A & B), Tiny Wildflower (1T, 2T, 4T, 5T), Floral (1), Tiny Floral (1T), Rings (1, 3), Paradise 6

I wanted to try to use at least one template from each of March's featured sets (Cascade Trails, Mini Paisley Place, Floral and Tiny Wildflower) on this layout just to show how well they all worked together.  And I wanted to show that the mini (8") templates can be used on 12" layouts.  Did I succeed?  I'll leave that answer up to you! ;)   

Here are a few close ups of my 2 page 12x12 layout:

(And please excuse the messy stitching on my layout- my sewing machine decided to have a hissy fit and I ended up with the most uneven stitches EVER!!  Or maybe they add character....?)

Can I just say (for the 234,049,029,996th time!) how much I love my Kiwi Lane Templates and how easy they make my scrapbook pages!  I was able to plan out this layout and finish it within two hours- and that was WITH kiddos running around, taking time out to rotate loads of laundry, waiting for ink to dry AND trying to sew with a persnickety machine!  Seriously, I'm all for simplifying, and that is exactly what the templates do for me!             

That's it from me today... don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a gift code for the Kiwi Lane Shop.  You have until 11:59 pm MST on Sunday March 3, 2013 to enter to win.

Next up is Neela Nalam's blog.

Happy Scrapping!!

**Did you know that I have a little "bonus" giveaway on my blog?? Go HERE for details!**

                           

DT Doodles With Kiwi Lane and We R Memory Keepers (and a Giveaway!)

It's Monday.... and I really can't decide if that's a good thing or not.  I'm not a fan of Mondays, but my daughter loves them because it means she gets to go to school... weird kid!  Well, whether you're glad it's Monday or not, you should be glad that it's time for another DT Doodle!  And I should mention the chance to win a $25 gift code in the Kiwi Lane Shop if you play along... that should help you get going today!

This month, instead of doing a few card sketches, I chose to do one sketch and use that sketch for both a layout and card or two.  I just really wanted to show how versatile sketches can be with the Kiwi Lane templates, no matter the size of your project.  So here it is:

And here's my layout using We R Memory Keepers' "Crazy for You" collection:

Supplies: cardstock (DCWV, Provo Craft); patterned paper, ribbon, twine, bottle cap, metal flower, die cut (We R Memory Keepers); white alphabet stickers, brad (Doodlebug); black alphabet stickers (Making Memories); ink (Ranger); shimmer mist (Tattered Angels); date stamp (7gypsies)

Kiwi Lane Templates:  Clara Lane 1B; Scallops 2A; Sweetheart 3, 4 & 5; Tiny Sweetheart 3T, 4T & 5T; Tiny Accents 4T & 5T; 12" Strips 1/2"

I used the Sew Easy Ribbon- Scallop tool from We R Memory Keepers to punch the scallops for the ribbon to be threaded through- such a fun look with the Kiwi Lane Scallop!  I'll give you a quick tutorial on the tool at the end of this post... and give you a chance to win it!  I also used the twine a few different ways- I made a bow with a double strand and put it under the metal flower embellishment, made a flower with a single strand to put under the bottle cap embellishment, sewed around the smaller heart with it, and separated the strands to get just the purple to sew along the Clara 1B border.  I love how thick this twine is and the different ways you can use it!

Here are a few close ups of the layout:

Now for some cards:

Supplies: cardstock (Provo Craft); patterned paper, ribbon, twine (WRMK); flowers (American Crafts); ink (Ranger)

 Kiwi Lane Templates: Thoughtful 2B; Adorn 3B; Tiny Sweetheart 2T; Tiny Accents 4T

For this card, I mimicked the border at the bottom of the page and added a few of the shapes from the top right of the layout, used the Sew Ribbon tool again, added some twine and flowers and TA DA! A card based on a layout sketch!  Easy, right?  But what if you want your card to be rotated?  You rotate the sketch, of course!  Here's another card, still based on the same sketch, just rotated a bit:

Supplies: cardstock (Provo Craft); patterned paper, ribbon, twine, button (WRMK); ink (Ranger); jewel (Doodlebug)

Kiwi Lane Design Templates: Sentiments 1B; Adorn 3A; Tiny Accents 1T & 2T

I used flowers on this card to mimic the flower on the layout.  I also used twine for one of my flower centers by twirling it onto a 1" Glue Dot and finishing it off with a self-adhesive jewel.  Easy, peasy!

Alrighty... the moment you've been waiting for! ;)  Here's how to do the Sew Ribbon punch tool:

 It comes with a two sided punch that has magnets that hold it together over the paper:

 It really is easy- you just use the punch thingy and stick it through the holes in the punch template thingy:

 Then you thread the ribbon through the slits like so:

(And I know that fuchsia and kelly green don't go together... I was using scraps and that's what I pulled out of my box.)  This is quite a fun tool and goes hand-in-hand with the Kiwi Lane Templates!  I love how it adds just a bit more texture and a bit more dimension to your projects and layouts.... and I love how easy it is to use!!

So wouldn't you love to have one of these fancy schmancy tools to add to your scrapbook supplies??  Well, you can win one... this one, in fact!  That's right- I'm giving it away to one lucky blog follower.  All you have to do is become a follower of my blog (if you're not already) and leave a comment letting me know that you're a follower and what you would use this Sew Easy Ribbon Punch for!  You have until 11:59 p.m. MST on Sunday, March 3rd to enter.  I'll announce the winner here on my blog on Monday, March 4th 2013. (I had to modify the dates to better correspond with the blog hop... sorry to those who were counting on it being earlier!)

Don't forget to make a project based on this week's DT Doodle for a chance to win a $25 gift code for the Kiwi Lane Shop- head on over to the Kiwi Lane Blog for the details!  

That's it for now - Happy Scrapping!

Baby Layout for Kiwi Lane

Last month, Kiwi Lane had a little contest going on that went along with the partnership they had with Authentique.  The design team and crew were invited to make a layout using photos of us as a baby, or our child as a baby.  I just happened to know where the disk was that had a bunch of photos from my parent's photo album (C needed some photos of her through the years for a church activity, so I had just gone through all the photo disks and happened to notice the one I needed for this project), sent them to Walgreens for printing and started composing a layout. (I won't go into detail right now about how it went against every cheap-o bone in my body to pay FULL PRICE for photo printing... even though it was only 19 cents.)  I used paper from a baby girl paper pack from Authentique that I picked up at Oh My Crafts and I even used some of the featured templates for the month of January.  I completed my layout and this is what I had:

which I was totally happy with.  Then I let it sit on my desk... staring at me... begging for more embellishment.... and I HAD to comply! ;)  So I added some more buttons and twine, a brad and some glitter glue and here's the finished product:

Supplies: patterned paper, die cuts, stickers (Authentique); buttons (DCWV); twine (The Twinery); jewel brad (My Mind's Eye); glitter glue, ink (Ranger

Kiwi Lane Templates: Winter 2, Tiny Strip 1", Tags 1 & 5, Tiny Tags 1T & 7T, Tiny Shapes 7T, Adorn 3B

I do want to say that I didn't hate the layout before the little extras were added, I just thought it could be a bit better with a bit more embellishment.  So what do you think?? Did I over-embellish?  Do you like the original one better? (not that it makes much of a difference because I can't really remove glue dots or stickles...) Or do you agree that adding a little bit more to this layout really made it pop? (These are not rhetorical questions, people... I want some feedback!)

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!

Have you ever....

Nope, we're not playing some sort of strange game involving a cup and M&Ms! (I'm not the only one out there who remembers playing that game during awkward get-to-know-you events in high school and college, right?) I want to know.... Have you ever held onto a photo (or a bunch of photos) for years, waiting for the right paper to come along and be perfect?? I have!! I've had these photos from my son's baby blessing day three and a half years ago, and I've gotten them out a number of times intending to put them on pages and into an album, but the paper wasn't quite right and back into the photo box they'd go.  I was starting to think I'd never get these poor pictures in a scrapbook, until I came across some paper I bought on a whim at the last Scrapbook USA Expo in SLC (in September).... It was My Mind's Eye's Kraft Fun Day line and it worked so well with the brick background and the "Dr. Suess clothing" I had J dressed in (my older brother claims I dressed my babies in brightly colored striped sleepers which made them look like Dr. Suess characters... I just don't see it ;)  ) along with all the other clothing and colors going on in the photos.  So I got to work scrapbooking and here's one of the pages:

And some detail of the upper right side:

Supplies: patterned paper, twine, brads, chipboard (My Mind's Eye); ink (Ranger); pen (ZIG)
Kiwi Lane Templates: Rings 2 & 3 (traced for the stitched circles), Tags 1 & 7, Tiny Tags 1T & 5T , Adventure 1 & 2

On a side note: soooo glad I keep index cards in with my photos that tell the date and any other info of the event (I make them right after I print my photos), otherwise I'd have spent HOURS trying to find the date for these pics!

I did do more pages, but don't have photos of those.  I'll post when I get them done...

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!

DT Doodles with Kiwi Lane Designs

It's time to kick off the new year (It's still January! I'm not THAT far behind... yet.) with a new feature from Kiwi Lane.... DT Doodles!  It will be the feature every Monday on the Kiwi Lane blog and members of the Kiwi Crew will be taking turns sharing their amazing skills!  There have already been three weeks of DT Doodles shared on the blog, and I'm happy to be bringing you this week's Doodle!

So, are you wondering what a DT Doodle is??  Here's the low down: this is basically just a weekly sketch you can use to jump start your creativity with Kiwi Lane templates.  There's also the chance at winning a $25 gift code to the Kiwi Lane Shop when you make a project based on a Doodle, but I'll give you that info after I share my project...

My assignment was to make some Valentine cards using Authentique's Lovely collection.... and we all know how much I LOVE Authentique, to I was happy to comply! :)  And the combination of Kiwi Lane AND Authentique... I'm now beyond words... so I'll let the cards speak for themselves... Enjoy!

Supplies: kraft paper (The Paper Company); patterned paper and stickers (Authentique); brad (The Girl's Paperie); ribbon (craft supply); twine (Doodlebug); pen (ZIG)

Kiwi Lane Templates: Adorn 2A & 2B, Tags 7, Tiny Accents 2T, Tiny Sweetheart 2T & 3T, Sweetheart 2

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Company); patterned paper and die cut (Authentique); flowers (Prima); jewels (Doodlebug); ink (Clearsnap); twine (Lilly Belle's Paperie on Etsy); vellum (Provo Craft); circle punch (Marvy Uchida); decorative scissors (Provo Craft)

Kiwi Lane Templates: Adorn 3A & 3B, Tiny Strips 1/2" & 1"

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Company); patterned paper, die cuts and sticker (Authentique); jewels (Doodlebug); pearl brad (My Mind's Eye); ink (Ranger)

Kiwi Lane Templates: Adorn 1A & 1B, Tags 2, Tiny Tags 2T

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Company); patterned paper, die cut (Authentique); twine (Creative Impressions); ink (Ranger); glimmer mist (Tattered Angels)

Kiwi Lane Templates: Tags 1, Adorn 3A & 3B, Tiny Shapes 3T & 7T

Do you ever need a leaf smaller than the ones the templates provide? Think again!  Use any of the scallop borders to make the size of leaf you need!  Cool, huh?  Here's how:

Trace the scallop template:

Flip the template and line up the "valleys" of the scallops so they are touching and trace again.

Now you have a line of leaves!

Now just cut out your leaves, ink and adhere.  This was the process I used to make the two different sizes of leaves on the last card.

 And here's a video for how to make the rosettes using a circle template-

(I would like to add here that this is my first ever attempt at making a video tutorial, so it's not great, but you should be able to get the point... and if you hear funny noises in the background once in a while, it's my 3 year old son who was instructed to "not make a peep.")

Now for the good stuff!  Wanna win a $25 gift code to use in the Kiwi Lane Shop? (Seriously, who wouldn't?!) Hop on over to the Kiwi Lane blog for the details!

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!

Snow Fun Layout

One day (a few weeks ago) my hubby took the kids and went out of town to help his brother fix a car.... I think that's why he went.  It seems like that's all he goes there to do, so if I'm guessing that was the purpose of the trip, I have a pretty chance of being right.  Anywho, I believe the reason for hubby to take the rowdy kids with him was to give me a chance to catch up on the piles of things on my desk... and in the kitchen... and on his desk... lots of piles of things to be done, filed, finished, trashed, etc.  So what did I do?  I thoroughly enjoyed my alone time and watched cheesy Christmas movies on Netflix and made one (yes, only ONE) layout... but, I L.O.V.E. how this layout turned out, so I believe it was time well spent!

Supplies: patterned paper, stickers, embellishments (Doodlebug); vellum (The Paper Company); twine (Lilly Belle's Paperie on Etsy); ribbon (American Crafts); glitter glue (Ranger); ink (Colorbox); templates (Kiwi Lane Designs) Brackets, Large Brackets, Winter, Tags, Paisley Place, Tiny Brackets, Tiny Tags, Tiny Shapes, Happy Trails

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!