Paper House Productions - Blossom Cards

Recently I had the chance to look up close at more Paper House Productions paper pads.  One of them that really caught my eye was the Blossom pad.  It is 6 X 6 so it is ideal for cards.  I have mentioned before that my card style tends to dabble in a variety of styles.  Sometimes clean, sometimes graphic, sometimes artsy and romantic.  Today I dabbled on the more layered and romantic side of things.  Have I said how much I love to just play :)?  One of my goals for these cards was to use some of the exact same supplies to produce a different result.  You will notice both cards have several of the same embellishments.

I have noticed that stems/vines trending...and that was my jumping off point for these cards.  I cut several out on my Silhouette Cameo.  The background paper on this card is the number one reason I bought this pad.  I just love it!  I cut it into diagonal strips to add some interest.  I then fussy cut the pink mum out and added that to the corner.  I also fussy cut the sentiment.  My final step was figuring out what to add to the top corner.  I tried big ribbon bows and they just didn't work...they were overwhelming the whole card.  I finally decided on a little vellum banner with a twine bow and clothespin.  

My second card is way more basic (although it may not look that way).  The entire background is one sheet of paper that is made up of rows of springy, blossomy designs.  I knew I wanted to keep that as is!  I then fussy cut a frame from the Generations Paper Pad (another favorite of mine).  I mounted the sentiment onto white cardstock and popped it up with dimensional adhesive.  The same die cut stem, clothespin, and twine adorn the frame topped with some 3D stickers.

Supplies Used: 

Patterned Paper: Paper House Productions

Stickers: Paper House Productions

Twine: The Twinery

Clothespins: American Crafts

Kiwi Lane Designs and My Mind's Eye Layout

How in the world is it already April 29th?  I volunteered to do a second posting for Kiwi Lane this month because I was having sooooo much fun playing with My Mind's Eye and this months new templates!  Having three boys the new "Now and Then" line is just perfect for me!  

Today I thought I would incorporate both my Silhouette Cameo and some doodling with my Kiwi Lane templates!

  

Before I go any further I have to give a shout out to the uber talented Stephanie Buice - she inspired my background!  It doesn't have anything to do with the Kiwi Lane Templates so I didn't talk about it there - but I wanted to give it a moment here :).  She has done several layouts recently that have this painted background with stripes, etc...she has used a variety of mediums to create hers.  I went with what I had - which was mists.  I just used my mists and dry brushed a line across diagonally.  I started with the darkest and then went from there.

Now on to the Kiwi Lane stuff :)

First off I used two different patterned papers and cut out the word HAPPY on my Silhouette.  I made sure to leave space between each of them so that I could use my balloon template to cut them out.

You can do this with any die cutting machine!

I then traced a balloon around each letter and cut them out.  

The other way I used my templates was to create another layer to my background.   Once the mist painting was dry I used my Cloud Template and traced clouds throughout. I made sure to overlap them and added some loops for a whimsical touch.

Now you may be wondering, why go to all that work for a background?  I didn't have a paper on hand that coordinated without being too busy.  So when that happens...I take to making my own.  One thing is for sure - it is one of a kind.

Have you ever used your templates to create one of a kind layouts?  That's one of the best things about Kiwi Lane - you can make things personal!

Kiwi Lane Templates Used:

Wacky 2

Celebrate 2

Family Birthday Wall Hanging

I got to work with the new "Hip Hip Hooray" line from We R Memory Keepers for The Scrapbooking Studio this month.  For one of my projects I decided to use a mini album base and create a Family Birthday Wall Hanging.  This thing was tough to get a good picture of so I am going to share bits and pieces with you.

I started with a top piece decorated with the title.  I then did birthdays down each page.  Each one is different because of the number of birthdays and some months have nothing!  I only did aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins.  Can you tell we have a huge extended family????

I tried to add dates next to each picture but I already see at least one mistake - lol that is what I get for making this during the craziness that is Holy Week in the Meyer House.  Sorry Courtney - I will cover that up and fix it!!! Now we can all see why I need this because clearly relying on my memory is not the best route to go :)

August - no birthdays - so I acknowledge that it exists but that's it :)

 

I tied each section together with ribbons that coordinate and decorated each page with various stickers from the line.  The month titles are actually fussy cut from a calendar page.  The only tricky part in this was finding pictures that were the right size of each person's head.  I had to make do in a couple spots - but overall it works!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: We R Memory Keepers

Stickers: We R Memory Keepers

Gems/Pearls: BoBunny

Mini Album: Little Yellow Bicycle

Confirmation Card

It's confirmation weekend here at our church.  If you aren't Lutheran you may not know what in the world that means!  Basically it is the weekend where after a couple years of studies with Pastor, the 8th graders become members of the church and take communion for the first time.  Pretty exciting day!  A friend asked me to create a card for her to use so I dug into my Paper House Productions goodies first and then added an SRM sticker for my sentiment.

My base is created from some paper from the Live by Faith Paper pad.  I then added a white tag and fussy cut a frame from the Generations Paper Pad.  This Paper Pad has some really neat options for fussy cutting!  I then topped it with some puffy stickers.  These have a really neat texture to them and it was my first time to use them!  I added some bakers twine, some faux stitching, and some quick SRM sentiment stickers.  Have you made any confirmation/first communion cards this year? I'd love to see your creations!

Supplies Used:

Stickers: SRM Stickers, Paper House Productions

Patterned Paper: Paper House Productions

Sketchy Saturday Week 8

First up just a reminder that Cathy and I are both doing a giveaway and you have plenty of time still to enter!

The first giveaway will be to someone who shares one of their sketch interpretations with me by May 15th. You can complete any sketch you'd like and share it on my Scrapping with Christine Facebook Page. You can enter more than once!  The prize package is pictured below:

And the second prize will be for a follower (on either of our blogs - or both for two chances) who leaves a comment.  Just let us know which sketch has been your favorite (you can find them all here).

Now on to this week's sketch: 

This week I used the sketch to make one of my samples for The Scrapbooking Studio using some birthday goodies from We R Memory Keepers!

This one came together quickly using stickers and a little fussy cutting.  With a busy enough background I stuck to minimal embellishing.  It seems based on this and my last post I might be on a bit of a triangle kick!  Hope you are having a great weekend!  If you haven't checked out the blog hop below make sure to do that too!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: WRMK

Stickers: WRMK

Wood: Cosmo Cricket

Practical Scrappers - Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop - GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to the Practical Scrappers Blog Hop 

where we are Scrapping our Stash.  

You should have arrived from Laura's blog - if you didn't you may want to go back and check out everyone's blogs - lots of inspirations and giveaways!

This month (and from here on out) we are inviting anyone who's interested in joining the stash busting hop to join us.  If you want to join us next month email me at practicalscrappers@gmail.com.

Here's the whole hop list for you in case you've gotten lost along the way or missed anyone!  

Practical Scrappers

Jennifer Haggerty

Audrey Yeager

Lee-Anne Thornton

Suzanna Lee

Monica Bradford

Brenda Ragsdale

Nicole Laha

Susie Bentz

Wendy Coffman

Erin Morehouse

Bobbi Smith

Wendi Robinson

Lisa Peeples

Alison Day

Majken Pulin

Cheryl Freet

Laura Cox

Christine Meyer ***You Are Here***

Kerri Yarus ***Hop Here Next***

As always our rule for the hop is that you have to create from your stash!  This month I decided to just play with some old goodies that I hadn't gotten to.  I had a set of chipboard letters that came with one letter each - I had run out of uses for it but liked the colors.  So I kinda built my layout around that using it as graphic embellishment instead of a title

I have been in a bit of an experimental phase with my scrapping - trying new techniques, styles, and often just going more simple.  This was no exception - it came togeter very quick once I figured out the placement of the letters and triangles.  Hard to believe that this was actually 3 years ago and this little guy is approaching 4 years old now!  

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Echo Park

Stickers: Echo Park

Chipboard: Colorbok

As a thank you for coming by today I have a giveaway to do!  I will send the winner 1 yard of 5 colors (winner's choice) of twine from The Twinery!  You can do any or all of the following to enter:

You can do any or all of the following to enter:

1) Become a follower here

2) Like my Scrapping with Christine facebook page

3) Pin any of these projects onto Pinterest

And lastly leave me a comment to let me know which you have done!

I will announce a winner on May 3rd!

Now it's time to hop on to Kerri!

Happy Birthday Card

I have a slower week design team wise - so I am going through my files to see what I haven't already shared! Today I have a bright birthday card that showcases some Imaginisce and American Crafts!

I used a round "Happy Birthday" cut and cut it in half, putting the scalloped paper in between.  I fussy cut out some of the scallops and popped them up to give a ruffled appearance.  I also created a pinwheel as an accent.  Chipboard, enamel dots, hot rocks, and twine help to add some dimension and texture while bringing the colors together.  I love the way that Navy and Bright Pink can play off of each other and coordinate with so many different colors!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: American Crafts, Imaginisce

Stickers: Imaginisce

Chipboard: Studio Calico

Hot rocks: Imaginisce

Enamel Dots: Studio Calico

Cardstock: American Crafts

First Post for The Twinery & Some WINNERS!!!

First off a giant Congrats to "Kirby" who is the winner of the Live by Faith line from Paper House Productions and "Carla from Utah" who is the winner of the kiddo goodies from Paper House Productions! Please email me at cbtlmeyer @ gmail dot com to claim your prizes!

Now onto my newest team venture!!!  I have long been a fan of The Twinery and one of my favorite things to do is to use a variety of colors to create a rainbow of sorts.   Being a mom with three sons I love to embellish with stars and am constantly looking for new ways to create and showcase stars.  Today I have a card to share with you that shows off some hand-stitched stars.

To create these I used a paper piercer and did the five point stars just like we draw but I poked holes for each of the tips.  This isn't going to produce a perfect star but I wasn't going for perfect I was going for more graphic and freestyle. 

 I started in the center with the blue one and built out from there - knowing that I needed six stars.  Almost all of them overlap another star.  I then just embellished with some cork stars and sentiment stickers.

Here's the colors I used:

Creating a Sunburst using Kiwi Lane Templates

First and foremost: Happy Easter blog friends!  Hope you are able to spend this day enjoying family!

This post went up on Friday over at Kiwi Lane but because of other blog commitments, you get it today!

I love playing with my Kiwi Lane Templates because you just never know what they are going to inspire!  Today's post uses some of the brand new "Wacky" templates which are definitely some of my new faves!

This layout is full of techniques but for today let's focus on two things: creating a sunburst and stitching.  First up I'll show you how I created the sunburst!

1. Choose your template and set it where you want it on your paper.  You will be using this paper as a template for the papers that you will actually cut up.  Outline your Kiwi Lane Template.

2. Use a ruler to draw lines from a point to the outer edge.

3. Label each section of the starburst with a letter so that you know how to put it back together.  Cut out each piece and use those pieces as your templates for cutting out your patterned paper.

4. Put the whole thing back together and glue it down.

Now that you have assembled the whole thing you might find you have some kinda rough edges between your bursts.  I like to use a zigzag machine stitch to connect the papers and hide and little flaws.

1. You are going to do a long zig zag stitch between each of the patterns - begin at the tips of the sun and work towards the outside of the paper.

2.  Once you have done all of them you will be left with a mess of strings all over the place. Simply trimming won't work because you run the risk of them slipping out. My favorite thing to do is go to the back side and pull the strings all through to the back.

3. It's a mess on the back but that's no big deal! Tape them down with some washi tape.

4. Now you have a nice clean front!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye

Stickers: My Mind's Eye

Overlays: My Mind's Eye

Enamel dots: My Mind's Eye

Buttons: My Mind's Eye

Sketchy Saturday Week 7

***If you are looking for the Paper House Productions Blog Hop, it is in the next post***

First up just a reminder that Cathy and I are both doing a giveaway and you have plenty of time still to enter!

The first giveaway will be to someone who shares one of their sketch interpretations with me by May 15th. You can complete any sketch you'd like and share it on my Scrapping with Christine Facebook Page. You can enter more than once!  The prize package is pictured below:

And the second prize will be for a follower (on either of our blogs - or both for two chances) who leaves a comment.  Just let us know which sketch has been your favorite (you can find them all here).

Now on to this week's sketch:

And here's my interpretation!

On this layout I was going for a quick, clean and simple look.  So I limited myself to 5 or less products which I was able to accomplish: patterned paper, punch, wood, stickers, pen.  Limiting myself sometimes helps me to move a little more quickly thru a project and not spend quite so much time picking and choosing!  Can't wait to see your interpretation of this sketch!

Supplies Used:

Stickers; Simple Stories

Patterned Paper: Simple Stories

Wood: Studio Calico

Paper House Design Team - Kids Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Thanks for hopping along with us in our “Hop, Skip & Jump” Kids Blog Hop this weekend! We're so glad you're joining us, and hope you're inspired by all the amazing projects our Spring Design Team has been creating!

If you've never done a blog hop before, we're happy you're starting with us! To begin, just visit the first designers' blog in the list below. Look at her project, leave her a little bit of love in the comments section of her post, and click on through to the next designer on the list. Each blog will have the list repeated, so you shouldn't get lost along way! After you've visited and commented on each blog, just come back here and enter our contest to win a pretty awesome prize pack!  If you get lost just head back to Paper House!

This Kids Prize Pack features goodies like our Little Man and Little Girl Paper Pads, our favorite kid-themed 3D Stickers, Cardstock Stickers, and even our fun & tactile Puffy Stickers (and more – it's a $60 value!) This prize pack is not only perfect for making scrapbook pages of your little Monsters andPrincesses, but it's also great for crafting up kid-friendly cards and Pinterest-worthy projects!

And to take the fun up another level, we're also giving away Little Man or Little Girl Paper Pads to (5) Runners-Up! That's right – 6 winners for one contest! We like those odds!

There are a few ways to enter - the first two are freebies by liking us on Facebook and signing up to receive Facebook notifications from us (we don't want you to miss any of our great project posts!). But the big entry comes from commenting on each of our designers' posts! If you do, you'll get +10 entries into our drawing! That sounds like a deal!

Kids' Blog Hop Designers

Larissa Heskett

Irit Shalom

Kim Kendell

Christine Meyer ***You Are Here***

Arin Flynn ***Go Here Next***

Susie Bentz

Bev Code

Giorgia Rossini

Erin Reed

Linda Auclair

Make sure to hop through each designer down the list to be eligible for the most entries! When you're done, just hop back here and let us know! The hop will be running all weekend, so you have until Sunday at 11:59pm EST to get your entries in!

Now on to my project that I have to share with you!

One of my favorite things about Paper House Productions is that they have sports themed products for pretty much every sport.  My family as a whole is very into sports so this is perfect for us!  I have done several projects featuring their sports lines and will share those links with you - but today I have a brand new one to share featuring my daughter's swim team picture.

Isn't that background paper so fun!?! I added lots of details to it to make it my own including letters, wood, stars, washi tape, and a little bit of outlining.  But the best part is - her picture is still the star!

If you'd like to check out some other kids sports pages you can find them here:

Basketball

Gymnastics

Now as a thank you for vising my blog - I have a giveaway for you too! I am giving away a couple of sets of kid themed two inch stickers and some papers from the Little Man Stack!

You can do any or all of the following to enter:

1) Become a follower here

2) Like my Scrapping with Christine facebook page

3) Pin any of these projects onto Pinterest

And lastly leave me a comment to let me know which you have done!

I will leave this giveaway open until 11:59 pm CST on Easter Sunday - April 20th

I do also have another Paper House giveaway going right now that you can find here!

Thanks so much for visiting today - now head over to the talented Arin's page!

Homespun Altered Project

I have one last project to share with you that features "Homespun" by Simple Stories.  Today is my altered project that will go into the storefront for The Scrapbooking Studio.  I actually made this one two sided!

For this side I left the background as it was and simply decorated the outside of the frame with enamel dots, pearls, and butterflies.

For side two I added border strips to the Home Sweet Home piece and then decorated the outside again with butterflies and pearls.

Once I figured out which pieces I wanted to use this project was super easy! I got the frame at Ikea and have been loving using them for a variety of projects!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Simple Stories

Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart

Pearls; Doodlebug Design

Enamel Dots: Studio Calico

Easter Decor - Altered Embroidery Hoop Tutorial

I feel like there is not nearly as much Easter home decor out there as there is for other holidays - so I had the perfect excuse to create some new home decor this year!  Welcome Spring  from Imaginisce is perfect for both spring and Easter projects!  I created a set of three altered embroidery hoops to adorn the walls of the Meyer residence.

I've made several hoops like this over the last couple years.  It can be fun and a good challenge to design in a circle instead of a rectangle or square.

I knew I wanted a set of three hoops so I opted to make one a bigger one and added a little more decor to that one.  Lots of fussy cutting took place to create these scenes.

The smaller two hoops are the same size and use the same base patterned paper but different colored eggs.

They also have different bunnies and scenes.  

After seeing these you may be wondering how I used paper in the embroidery hoop instead of fabric.  I put together a little tutorial for you to show you how quick and easy it can come together.

1. Take apart your embroidery hoop and set the outside piece aside.

2. Trace your inside piece on the back of the patterned paper you want to use.

3. Cut out your circle but don't cut on the traced line...leave about 1/4" border.  This does not need to be exact!

4. Using quick drying glue (the Imaginisce Ibond Cordless glue gun works perfectly here) put a line of glue onto the top of your hoop.  Turn it over and attach it to the circle.  You will have excess border.

5. Once dry go around and snip every 1/2 inch or so on the excess border. Add glue to the outside of the hoop and fold down the snipped pieces.  

7. Add the outside piece of the hoop and you are done.  If you use a quick drying glue you are ready to decorate!

Supplies Used:

Imaginisce: Patterned Paper, Gemstones (Welcome Spring)

American Crafts: Cardstock, Ribbon

Christian Home Decor and Christian Paper Crafting Supply Giveaway

Last fall I began doing design team work for Paper House Productions.  Amongst all their beautiful creations is an amazing collection called "Live by Faith."  It is perfect for paper crafting Christian topics - be it home decor, layouts, or cards (I've done all three).  Paper House decided to use one of my projects for an endcap display in Joann Stores.  This past week I got to see it live and in person!

There it is in the top left corner!  How fun is that!?!

Here is the original picture of it:

If you would like to see the original post you can find it here.  This project also happens to be one of my most pinned projects on Pinterest.  

I originally planned for this to hang in my husband's office and have been promising to make something else for him using that same line.  Today I have a new project featuring this same line with a perfect theme for Holy Week!

I used a similar cut file but left the background a little more plain this time. 

Now along with all this fun has to come a giveaway right!?!  Paper House was generous in supplying me with a prize package to giveaway to one of my readers!  

You can do any or all of the following to enter:

1) Become a follower here

2) Like my Scrapping with Christine facebook page

3) Pin any of these projects onto Pinterest

And lastly leave me a comment to let me know which you have done!

I will leave this giveaway open until 11:59 pm CST on Easter Sunday - April 20th

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Sketchy Saturday - Week 6 - GIVEAWAY!

If you are looking for the Samantha Walker blog hop you can find it right below this one!

It's hard to believe that I have already been at Sketchy Saturdays here for 6 weeks.  I so appreciate all of you that have been sharing your creations with me!  I would love to see even more of you share them with me!  My talented friend Cathy has played along with me every week and I have loved seeing each and every one of her creations!  So Cathy and I are going to be doing a couple of giveaways!

The first giveaway will be to someone who shares one of their sketch interpretations with me by May 15th.  You can complete any sketch you'd like and share it on my Scrapping with Christine Facebook Page. You can enter more than once!  The prize package is pictured below:

And the second prize will be for a follower (on either of our blogs - or both for two chances) who leaves a comment.  Just let us know which sketch has been your favorite (you can find them all here).

Now on to this week's sketch:

Each week I like my layout more than the last - loving this sketchy adventure so much!  For this layout I did my journaling about five things that Cooper does right now that I love.  Documenting some of those less easily remembered memories!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: American Crafts & My Mind's Eye

Stickers: My Mind's Eye

Wood: Studio Calico

Twine: The Twinery

Tomorrow I will have a big, huge, ginormous giveaway that you will want to make sure to check out!  See you then!