April Calendar

Where is this year going? It's already ready for April. Last thing I remember is January! Oh well, onward. Once again I used the QuicKutz Calendar Kit 2 and 2008 Calendar Months. Please check out the January Calendar page for specifics. Five pieces of designer paper (or less if you use double sided paper). One piece of brown cardstock. Ribbon. Adhesives of choice. Cat's eye Chestnut Roan ink for edging.

QuicKutz Bunny die, Easter basket die and the 2" crosses die.
Going to see Elton John. Stamped the Quickutz ticket die with lettering from JustRite Stampers using the horizontal long block.
Used the Quickutz nesting flowers die for the background and a punch to punch out the birthday girl's picture. Also outlined the date with Liquid Pearls in baby blue.
Attached a preassembled mini pearl motif. Then glued on the month and once in place, used the Liquid Pearls to 'write' in the month name.
Attached a ribbon across the empty spot above the calendar weeks. Tied a small piece of ribbon into a knot and used a glue dot to adhere to the ribbon.

Have fun and above all...

Wintergreen; everlasting and delightfully refreshing

Somewhere close at hand
you are hiding until I find you:
a remedy for solitude
a prickle of white in the wood.
I have put you together from pentagrams of sugar
and salt, from the bones of eleven mice....
by Dr. Charles Bennett (no relation)
an additional sugarplum page
JustRite stamps and Memory Box Advent calendar stamp set
Love those little window openings.. what delights are stored there for little hands to discover?
Santa stamp from BoBunny
a stamped bell with room for a picture to close out the activity book.

Two things to remember:
Listen to the music in the upper left corner and then get your copy.. it's awesome.
Go to BNOP to see the give away of the day!!

Be Creative!

Run don't walk......

Santa's Workshop has arrived at DML! What a fun and useful gift for yourself or another. A whole box full of journaling shape dies, little booklet dies and an alphabet too.

Come to DML to pick up your limited editon set. Don't forget to 'accessorize' the set with some of the really neat pieces that will complete the package!

The elves worked from midnight till now to create these little treasures and then left them in DML's stocking just for you to see. From the gift set, I used both Sugarplum (Christmas in a small town) and Wintergreen (Christmas countdown). And Gingerbread was the perfect size for Wishes.

Stay tuned this week for a peak into each album. Until then....
and don't forget to hop by Beneath Naps on the Porch this week.. you won't want to miss the goodies.

Be Creative!

Halloween week.. part two

A haunted house to bolster the imagination. This little project started out as a birdhouse from a craft store spray painted black. A good whack of the hammer pushes the bird roosts into the house. Careful though, it could crack the foundation. Measure and cut your paper, use Mod Podge to adhere.
The roof is a series of different strips of paper cut out with a Martha Stewart edge punch, all drippy and gooey. Each strip is adhered with Terrifically Tacky tape and has a thick wedge of chipboard in between the strips to add dimension.
The fence is a QK border die and a wood grained paper.
The resident spider complete with googly eyes drops from the upper story eaves.
Love the sparkly tree from Michaels. I added the Basic Grey "eerie" epoxy ghosts to the branches.
For a bit of ghoulish fun, I added a very old skeleton (earring) resting on the fence still holding his treat bucket.. and a tombstone cut from Basic Grey packaging stamped with the JustRite mini font.

Really, we are so close.. make sure you leave a post.. no more reminders this week.. I have a choice of two prizes.. one sewing, one scrapbooking. I will draw for the prize next Saturday, so be sure to leave posts all week long!

Be Creative!

Creative Paper Concepts October QK CLub

Welcome to the October edition of Quickutz Club. This month you'll have the option of making either of the two layouts. Because of time constraints, the complexity of the project and because we all want a bit of lunch - unfortunatelyI'll have to limit you to making one project in class.

The first layout - Halloween inspired: Halloween inspired brad, orange trick or treat ribbon, orange/black check ribbon, boo ribbon, QK Haunted alphabet, QK 2x2 ghost die, QK scallop cookie cutter die set, JustRite stampers Witch Way to the Treats stamp set with appropriate stamper, black cat's eye ink pad for edgings, spider web paper for front, orange flocked dot paper for back, gooey drips green paper for both sides,
Front......

Back.......
The second layout - Fall Festival inspired: fall leaf brads brown/beige check ribbon, orange/brown mini plaid ribbon, QK Oval cookie cutter dies, QK 4x4 scarecrow die, scallop border punch, JustRite Autumn Blessings oval stamp set with appropriate stamper, one brown leaf embossed paper for front, one pumpkin row paper for back, one coordinating paper with strips of coordinating paper, 1 sheet green coordinating dot paper, one piece of yellow-ish paper for scarecrow, chestnut roan cat's eye ink pad for edgings, colored pencils to color in the stamped image.
Front...


Back...

Supplies for each page:
1 12" white paper (this will be added between the two designer papers to beef up the page)
Cheetah adhesive runner for construction
Sharp paper scissors
pencil for tracing pattern
glue dots
Mono Aqua glue
brad setting supplies (foam mat and paper piercer)

See you Saturday October 17th, at 10am!


Be creative!