Today I celebrate 19 years with the most amazing man! I can't imagine my life with anyone else! He's my rock, my best friend, and the best dad ever! I love you and can't wait to spend many more years of creating memories with you! -Happy Anniversary Ty, Love you forever
I'm
excited to have you joining me on this super fun Kiwi Lane DesignsBlog
Hop! If you are looking for the IAR blog Challenge, Click here.
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theKiwi Lane Blog.
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winning a $25 dollar certificate to the Kiwi Lane Shop sound?
What a silly question! One random winner from one of 10 blogs including
the Kiwi Lane blog will win.
Make sure you are leaving comments on all 10 blogs to be entered. You have until Aug. 4th, 11:59 mst to comment. The winner will be announced on the Kiwi blog Aug 8th and don't forget to become
a follower of mine here on my blog.
I'm
having so much fun being apart of the Kiwi Lane Design team! I am in love with
all their Designer
templates! If you haven't tried any of the templates be sure to pick
yourself up a set or two and give them a try. I promise you won't be
disappointed! I can't imagine not having them as a part of my arsenal of
scrapbook supplies!
For this hop I create a Camera mini album! I love creating mini albums because they allow me to scrap one theme all at once.
I wanted to do something different for this hop, so I created a video tutorial with pictures to share how I created my adorable camera mini. So go grab yourself something to drink, sit back and enjoy.
* To view larger, just double click on the video.
Kiwi Lane templates used include: Journey 2, & 3, Shapes 3T, and Bracket 1T and 3T
Thanks for joining me, next stop on the hop is the talented Kristy Lee
Just incase you hopped out of order, here is the hop line up.
It's that time again! Are you ready for another IAR challenge? I had so much fun creating this months inspiration project for this Challenge. Don't forget to stop by the IAR blog for all the details on how you can enter this months challenge.
I guess you could say I have an obsession with treat bags! I love creating projects with them and I even use them on scrapbook layouts to hid my journaling. The theme of this months challenge is international friendship day, so I decided to create an altered treat bag. I've altered treat bags before so this time I wanted to do something different. I stamped out an adorable image of a little girl and decided to color her with my watercolor paints. I love how soft and simple she looks. I wanted to back my treat bag with some colored corrugated paper to add another touch of color and some texture. I really loved the look of the corrugated paper but I took it a step further and added a large paper doily to the back of it.
I love how the white doily pops all the I Am Roses flowers right off of the treat bag! I used several flowers from I Am Roses to create my flower cluster.
Be sure to stop by the IAR blog for all the details on how you can enter this months challenge and don't forget to check out all the beautiful flowers and butterflies IAR has to offer.
WoW! I can't believe August is almost here! July is such a blur to me!!! I can't believe how fast this month has flown by. I know I've been MIA a bit this month. It's just been one of those crazy busy times of the year for me! I had the privilege of attending the Summer 2013 CHA show in Las Vegas. I had a great time and met up with some of the designers I work with from Kiwi Lane Designs.
(Gail, Kristy, me, & Charrisa)
It was such a pleasure to finally meet my dt coordinator Ms. Kristy Lee! Love Her! Well, I loved all the girls, and I had a blast hanging out with them at dinner and on the show floor!
I also was able to meet and get my photo taken with some pretty amazing scrapbookers in this industry! Still can't believe it!
Diane Schultz - G45
Lizzy Kartchner
Amy Tan
Maggie Holmes
Teresa Collins
Becky Higgins
Check out my video below if you want to hear more and see more about my trip to CHA - Las Vegas.
Thanks for joining me today for another IAR dt project share. I'm really excited about some of the new flowers IAR has in their store! Have you seen them? 5 yrs. ago my husband and I took a trip to Hawaii to celebrate our 15 yr. anniversary. Well, I always intended to scrap all the photos from that trip, and slowly but surely I'm finally starting too! LOL! Today's scrapbook layout share is a photo of my husband and I on a water taxi shortly after we arrived at our hotel in Kona. I just love this picture and how colorful it is.
The IAR flowers I used were perfect for this layout! I love how the flowers just pop off the page! They really add a lot of color to the layout and bring out all the colors in my photo.
Thanks for joining me today! I'm excited to share with you how I created some fun beach embellishment using Kiwi Lane templates and washi tape. A big Thank you to our friends over at Downtown tape for all the wonderful washi tapes I've been playing with. :) Todays tip is super easy and will make a statement on any of your craft projects. Since it's summer time and hot, I wanted to created an altered frame using Paradise 2, 3, and 6 as embellishments on my project. I just love how adorable the Paradise templates are!
I came across a picture of my middle son when he was just a baby walking hand in hand with my husband on the beach. I knew right away that I needed to create an altered picture frame to display that memory. The picture frame I used was purchased a few years back at my local craft store, but you can use any alterable frame.
The first step I always do before I start working on my projects is the "Framing" process. This helps me get an idea of how my project might look before actually starting anything. Once I'm happy with the placement of my templates, it's time to start creating!
Todays tip is how to create embellishments using Kiwi Lane templates and washi tape.
Step 1. Trace your templates onto white card stock and cut out.
Step 2. Place your card stock templates onto a piece of plastic. I used an Avery heavy duty page protector.
Step 3. Start covering your cut out templates with washi tape until they are completely covered. Once completely covered carefully remove from the plastic.
Step 4. Turn your washi covered templates over and recut out the template shape.
Step. 5 Add Stickles/glitter glue to the outside edges and any details you want your washi tape embellishments to have. For an extra touch of sparkle I also added Diamond Dust while my glitter glue was still wet.
While I waited for my washi tape embellishments to dry, I painted my frame with white gesso and sprayed it with blue Glimmer Mist. I added gold washi tape from Downtown tape around the outer edge of my frame just to add a touch more color. I also added a real child size flip flop to my frame which I also embellished with washi tape. I found in my stash a few fun tropical cut outs which made perfect additions to add to my frame. Once my embellishments were dry I hot glued them onto my frame and add in the adorable picture of my son and my husband walking hand and hand on the beach.
I enjoyed creating today tip for you and I hope I have inspired you to get out your washi tape and create some of your own embellishments. Don't forget to share your Kiwi Lane washi embellishments over on our Facebook page. Thanks again for joining me :)
Today I'm sharing a fun card I created for iamroses.com. Be sure to stop by the iamroses blog to join in on this months challenge.
For this months design team inspiration I created a card using an adorable image from SweetNothingsstampco. I colored her up using my Spectrum Noir Markers, and I just love how cute she is all ready to go shopping! I used a few pattern papers from the Color Crush collection by AC along with some NEW Lilies from iamroses!
Just look at how beautiful the new Lilies are!!! WOW! I love them!
Be sure to stop by the iamroses shop and check out these new Lilies for yourself. (item # LY1 -78)
For all the details on the IAR blog challenge be sure to stop by the
