Echo Park fun!

It’s been awhile since I played with my Echo Park paper collection so I thought it would be fun to join them in their National Scrapbook day challenges.  I wanted to share the two that I completed for challenge 2 and 4.

Challenge 2 – Layout of Love

When my daughter was first learning her numbers, I was also trying to teach her how to respond to her dad when he said “I love you!”  I would say, “T, now you say – I love you too!”.  After a few days, she started to respond on her own…but she obviously mistook my “too” for the number too, as it came out “I love you two, 3, 8!”  It was awesome at the time, and it is still the way she responds to her dad’s “I love yous” a couple of years later.  I have  been waiting for an incentive to scrap this family tradition, and this seemed like a great challenge. for it!  For the layout, I used the awesome For the Record 2 collection – I thought the combination of feminine patterns with more masculine colours was perfect for this daddy/daughter layout!

Challenge 4 – 10X the Love

Splash has always been one of my favourite EP collections!  I love the playful colours, and the embellishments are awesome!  I was excited to pull it out again to scrap this picture of my hubby and our youngest on one of her first visits to the beach. The challenge was to include 10 of something, so I made sure there were 10 waves in the background, 10 banner pieces behind the picture, 10 rhinestones at the top of the banners, and 10 words in my subtitle.

Splash was also the collection I used when I tried my first ever interactive layout more than 2 years ago, so I had to make sure there was an interactive element to this one too:

The photo lifts up to reveal another picture and a spot for more journaling.

Well, that’s it for me today!  I hope you had some time to get crafty this weekend too!  Thanks for stopping by!

A Fussy Cutter’s Dream

Yesterday was just one of those days – well, it was Monday after all!  So last night, all I wanted to do was sit and curl up on the couch and watch tv.  But I decided to pull out some paper and just see what inspired me.  It was my Magnolia Way stack from DCWV.

If you haven’t seen this stack, it is filled with soft, beautiful patterns, and loads and loads of beautiful flowers and butterflies.  Now, if you’ve spent any time here at ScrappyCancuk Studios, you will know that I LOVE fussy cutting.  This stack is a fussy cutters dream!  So last night, I set off to fussy cut everything I loved in the stack.  And then I simply mixed and matched some of the patterns, adhering them onto a simple tealight lantern I picked up at Ikea awhile back.  Glue dots did the trick.  And that, my crafty friends, was it.  Less that 30 minutes of cutting therapy, about 5 minutes of arranging and gluing, and I now have a pretty lantern for my prayer table in my classroom.

So I know the flowers aren’t real, but I still love the way it looks!  What do you think – would it be better in 3D?

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Felt flower Tutorial

It’s my day to post a little bit of fun for Trendy Twine today, and I thought I would share a fun little felt flower tutorial for you.  We have been using a great colour called Lemon Tart, and really, what a better place for it than in the center of a flower This is a great little flower that can be made in many sizes and used on a variety of projects.  I happened to use mine on a headband, but the sky is really the limit.  Click on the picture to access the tutorial.

Now that you know how to make them, there are all sorts of variations you can make.  I used a different coloured twine caller Blue Berry for a more “fuzzy centre” by using the same technique and simply cutting the looped pieces.  Mixing colours could also be fun!

Don’t forget that you still have time to enter the monthly challenge!  This month, it’s all about flowers, stamps and twine, so consider making one of these, use it on a card, layout or canvas and link up!   You could win a gift card to the store!

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Time for Tea!

It’s been awhile, but I had the honour of participating in another May Arts challenge, so today I wanted to share the project I created for the New Release challenge!

This is an altered teapot that I “gussied up” with some burlap and satin ribbon rosettes.  If you have never worked with burlap – it is so much fun!  It adds a wonderful texture to projects, and often behaves a little unexpectedly 

The burlap ribbon that May Arts sent out was a fantastic width – I actually ended up cutting in half to get a width that would work with my tea pot (and it ensured I have enough to make at least 3 flowers).  I simply used a rolling technique to get the large rosettes – interestingly enough, the same technique I used with the small pink rosettes!  You can see how each texture gives a unique effect!

Last, but certainly not least, I used some of the bright fushia ribbon to add some detailing at the back.  It was a great texture that actually stood up all on it’s own!  I also added a bit of the teal cording…you would not believe how soft this cording is.  I think it is a great contrast to all the other colours!

There are some amazing entries this time around, so make sure you check out what some of the other crafters created using these fun ribbons!  Maybe, just maybe, I’ll be part of the top ten!

Thanks for stopping by today!