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I have a new layout on Unique Laser Designs blog.

I used the adorable french themed wood embellishments to make a layout with pictures from Lila's French Honor Society induction ceremony.

Supplies: patterned paper (Heidi Swapp), wood embellishments (Unique Laser Designs, mists (Tattered Angels, Heidi Swapp), stickles (Tim Holtz), chipboard stickers (Heidi Swapp), Silhouette Cameo

The title is the the first line of the induction pledge, in French ;-) I designed it is Silhouette software and cut from vinyl. So easy! Cuts like butter and applying is a breeze! I am in love! Do you use vinyl on scrapbooking projects?

Choir layout and piano card

My first post for Love My Tapes is up!

I used the cutest piano keys washi tape, gold washi tape and lace tape to make a layout and a card.

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts) patterned paper (DCVW), washi and lace (Love My Tapes), wood heart (Unique Laser Designs), letter thickers (American Crafts), mist (Heidi Swapp), sequins, Silhouette Cameo

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts), patterned paper (DCWV), washi tape (Love My Tapes), flowers (Prima), leaves(EK Success), pearls (Kaiser Crafts), vinyl, Silhouette Cameo

The piano card shape is from the Silhouette online store. I designed the sentiment in the Silhouette Studio and cut it from vinyl. So much easier than using cardstock!

 

Stop by the Love My Tapes blog for more picture and details.

Laundry basket tags with ATC blanks

I want to share some happy news with you. Well, happy for me, maybe less happy for my teenagers. I am no longer doing their laundry. That's it. I said it. No longer.

But I didn't just left them to struggle with their piles of laundry on their own. I gave them laundry baskets with cute tag. I am sharing how I made the tags on Unique Laser Designs blog. I used the wood ATC blanks that are perfect for ATCs, small art work or ... laundry tags.

 

Stop by the Unique Laser Designs blog and let me know what do you think!

For my grandma - Scrap It Girl May Challenge

Happy May, my dear blog readers!The weather is getting better every day (I am not going to let few weather hiccups to rain on my parade - literally), the grass is green again, the first wave of blossoming is already behind us. I am looking forward to being more outside and just soak in the sunshine before it gets too hot for me :)

As always, on the first of the month, I am sharing a project that I made for Scrap It Girl monthly challenge. today I am going to share something special to me. The challenge theme this month is Mother Day or Mother Nature. I rummaged through the box of old photographs and found the picture of my grandmother and me, probably from 1973.

Supplies: cardstock (Core'dinations), patterned paper (Jenni Bowlin, Making Memories), vellum, washi tape (Love My Tapes), pearls and jewels (Recollection), stickers (Carta Bella), wood heart (Unique Laser Designs), corner punch (EK Succss), paper clip, Silhouette Cameo

I used lightly sanded Core'dinations cardstock as a background. The papers are from old Jenni Bowlin kits. I didn't want to use adhesive on the picture, so I made a photo mat from vellum with punched photo slits that hold the picture.

 

To make the butterflies I covered vellum sheet with strips of Love My Tapes washi tape and run the sheet through the Silhouette. I used standard vellum setting but changed the blade depth to 3. The butterfly wings naturally curl up. 

Small wood heart from Unique Laser Designs is also covered with washi tape. It rests on a paper clip and a small piece of adhesive foam. Nothing is glued to the picture itself.

You are remembered, grandma.

That's all from me for today. Check what other designed did here and share your project with us.

Altered suitcase

I am on Unique Laser Designs blog today, sharing how I made this cute altered suitcase.

I picked up a small cardboard suitcase from Target (hello, clearance!) and decorated it with Unique Laser Designs rose wreath, butterfly and a load of rain dots from my stash. I may or may not had to go back to the art store to ask how to use spray paint....

 

Check all the details on the Unique Laser Designs blog right here.

Scrap It Girl April Challenge and Passover decorations

Today is April 1st and that means that one quarter of 2014 is already behind us and finally it looks like spring. It also means that Passover is only 2 weeks away! I decided to use Scrap It Girl April challenge as an excuse to make Passover table centerpieces. This month's theme is tags and bags.

I made two tags that I tied on simple metal watering cans filled with daffodils. Nothing says spring to me better than daffodils. Passover is also called holiday of spring so it all felt very appropriate.

 I cut the tags and the daffodils with Silhouette Cameo.

 One in English and one in Hebrew.

We will be traveling the weekend before Passover Eve so it feels good to know that at least I will have pretty centerpieces for the holiday table. Hmmm, not really... maybe I should get started on my matzo balls ;-)

Check what other DT members did for this challenge and don't forget to share your take.

Got wood?

Hello my dear blog readers! I have a short post today with one announcement and one pretty card.

I am happy to announce that I am joining the brand new Design Team at Unique Laser Designs - new company based in California that specializes in laser-cut craft items, made from paper and card stock, wood thins and MDF. I had a chance to use their products in the past few weeks and I am afraid I developed a new addition to wood embellishments. Check them out!

And here is my last project using Unique Laser Designs. I covered the big butterfly with a thin layer of gesso, misted with glacier Glimmer Mist, added polka dots using pencil eraser as a stamp and finished with applying colored modeling paste with stencil.

The background paper is embossed cardstock colored with Faber-Castell gelatos.

I also colored white sentiment stickers with gelatos and added more mist to the kraft cardstock.

I already have few other projects in progress. The wood shapes are really fun to work with and they also smell great! :)

What ice cream??

I love this picture of my sassy 2 years old. Her gorgeous honey colored curls, chubby sweet cheeks, ice cream mustache and the look. Oh, that look!

Supplies: patterned paper (Heidi Swapp), stickers (American Crafts, Sassafras), faux eylets (Jo-Ann), shipping tag

I made this layout for Scrappy Hands speech bubble challenge. I used Heidi Swapp papers, oversized shipping tag, American Crafts journaling stickers and few old Sassafras stickers.

Now this sweet little girls is almost 13. I have admit that she looks less adorable but still sassy. And the curls are gone :(

Lucky stars

Another project using Unique Laser Designs wood shapes. This time just the stars.
 

Supplies: patterned paper (American Crafts), wood stars (Unique Laser Designs), star punches (Fiskars), cardstock (unknown), mist (Heidi Swapp), Silhouette Cameo, staples (Making Memories)

I started by masking white cardstock with several sizes of stars and spraying it with Heidi Swapp gold color shine. The cute jars are cut out from Dear Lizzy Neapolitan patterned paper. The title is cut with Silhouette.

I misted the wood stars with gold color shine. Love how they took the mist! The results are really pretty.

I punched few more stars from white cardstock, misted them and stapled them to the layout.

Cheesy, but I like it! :-)

Scrapbooking organization: paper scraps

As I promised in my Scraproom Tour post I will go into details how I organize specific supplies. Today I am sharing how I store my cardstock and paper scraps.

I use two sets of Sterilite drawers. I store most of my patterned paper scraps with the rest of the collections the belong to, so the drawers contain mainly cardstock scraps and patterned papers from old paper lines.

I have four color drawers: White/Cream/Grey/Black, Pink/Red/Purple, Yellow/Orange/Brown, Green/Blue. Another drawer contains multicolor paper scraps and chipboard, vellum and other miscellaneous scraps that don't belong anywhere else. I also have a drawer where I keep regular scrap paper, usually notices from school that have one blank side.

 Here is a peek inside my multicolor drawer.

 

Pink/Red/Purple drawer.

I use this system for several years now and it works great for me. It is easy to pull out the drawer and flip through the scraps finding that perfect shade of pink. One thing I learned using this system that is essential in keeping it functional - don't keep scraps that are too small. I know, it hurts to throw them away, but it is impossible to use every tiny scrap you may have. 

Another thing I love about this system - my kids know how to use it and even my 5 years old know where to go when his muse strikes.

Feel free to ask me questions and stay tuned for more organization posts.