This week is the add on sketch week over at Sketch Support. If you aren't sure what an "add-on" sketch is...well it is just that...an add on! You can make something with just the sketch or add it to a layout, card etc. Basically it is a sketch for an embellishment. I think you will be able to tell what the sketch is!
Friday, May 18, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Sarah Eclavea on Thursday.....
Sarah is here today and she has couple of layouts to share, plus a tutorial for stitching on your pages without a machine!
Faux Stitching Tutorial By Sarah
I love working with one collection at a time because it speeds up my scrapbooking a lot! I have everything out so I don't have to constantly take new supplies out and I can use the scraps from one project on the next which means less clean up too! I worked with the Messages collection for these two layouts and I LOVE this collection. It is just so stinkin' cute!
For my first layout, Amazing You, I used a sketch from the Allison Davis sketch book. This was my favorite sketch in the book, but let me tell you it was a close race! They are all great and I could see using them all! I also used some Helmar zap dots on this layout too. As I mentioned I like to keep scrapbooking quick and one of my favorite quick mess free techniques is faux stitching. All you need a paper piercer and a marker and you are ready to go. I faux stitched the hearts on this layout. I bet you couldn't tell until I mentioned it! Looks real doesn't it? Here's how I did it...
First adhere everything on your page that you want to stitch over.
Then use a paper piercer to poke holes through the paper where you want your stitching to go. I have found the closer together the stitching is the more realistic it looks and it is helpful to have a quide. I will draw a line with a pencil if I need it and then erase it after I poke my holes. On this layout I just used the edge of the white paper as my quide so I didn't need a pencil line.
When all your holes are made choose a marker and connect. I used a brown pen for this layout, but my favorite is a white gel pen on dark colored paper. Don't worry if your lines are not perfect . It looks more realistic when they are a little crooked!
On this layout, Understanding Isabel, I wanted to journal all the things my daughter Isabel is saying right now. I also used some twine from The Twinery, Beacon 3 in 1 adhesive and Helmar Zapdots.
What fun projects from Sarah...and hey, she taught me to pierce some holes and then connect the dots! I never usually pierce them. Be sure to visit Sarah's blog for more fun.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Welcome Mary Pat Siehl as our May Guest Designer
Give a big welcome to our May Guest Diva, Mary Pat Siehl. Mary Pat is a long-time fan of Nikki Sivils and has competed in some of our challenges and posts projects to our Facebook wall.
My name is Mary Pat Siehl and I am a
scrap-oholic! I am married to a wonderful husband who totally supports by
scrap addiction. I have two wonderful sons who keep me totally stocked in
pictures for a lifetime. By day I am a teacher. I am in my
23rd year of teaching high school Spanish. I have been scrapping
for over 10 years. I love all aspects of paper crafting. I love
making layouts, cards, mini albums and altered items. My love for
scrapping has led me to teaching monthly classes as my local scrapbook
store. Being a guest for Nikki Sivils is a dream come true. I
totally love Nikki's collections.
Mary was so excited about being the Guest Diva that she created a bunch of fun projects for her posting! She worked with the Messages and Noah collection kits. She has layouts, cards, and altered projects to share with you.
First up with Messages, she did an altered dry erase message board...how fun!
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Mary was so excited about being the Guest Diva that she created a bunch of fun projects for her posting! She worked with the Messages and Noah collection kits. She has layouts, cards, and altered projects to share with you.
First up with Messages, she did an altered dry erase message board...how fun!
My family is always heading in different directions and our old message board broke.
I made a new dry erase message board so that our family could keep our schedules and messages straight. For this fun home decor piece I just used an old picture frame and created the insert piece to 8x10. Because the frame is glass it can be used as
a dry erase board.
The message board started out holding our schedule for the day but it has turned into a board for me to write a message to my boys in the morning. I leave the house at 5:50 every morning to go to work. My boys are not up yet so I don't get to see them. I started using this board to write a special message for them each morning. My oldest son is just starting to read so he reads the message to his brother. It sits on our kitchen table. I love how excited they are for the new message!
And then next we have a card.....
I loved all the cute little "pockets" with the messages.
Mary had a lot of fun with the Noah collection also. Let's look at a couple of layouts first.
My youngest son loves riding his motorcycle and this is a photo of him. Right now I am really loving all the banners and the different ways that they can be used.
I like to include memorabilia on my layouts whenever possible. So when we went to our first Monster Truck show I wanted to save the ticket to include on my layout. I think it is a fun way to embellish the page.
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Then she has some fun Father's Day ideas!
She created this cute little gift bag/card set!
Sometimes masculine cards and gift wrapping can be hard but the Noah collection is so versatile and just perfect for a gift bag and card that my boys will give to their father.
And last, but certainly not least, she created a fun card for her husband!
I can't throw away any scraps from Nikki's paper collections so I used EVERY single piece. This is cute card that I made for my husband on father's day. Again the line is just perfect for little boys to big "boys"
I want to that Nikki for giving me this wonderful opportunity to be the guest Design Team Member for this month. It has been a real honor!
Thanks again!
We want to thank Mary Pat for being our guest this month. She created some fun projects for us and gave some great ideas of things to do for Father's Day!
Be sure to visit Mary Pat's blog.....
And let us know which of her projects are your favorite and I will pick a random comment to win either a Messages or Noah collection kit of their choosing. We will announce the winner on Monday, May 21st here on the blog.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Third Tuesday's with Julie!
Hi everyone!!
I am excited to share a mini album I made using the Audrey collection!! I am also loving the cross promos that we have going on right now! In my mini album I used Want2Scrap pearls, Basically Bare chipboard pieces and I also used Nikki's burlap buttons!!
I also wanted to share a layout that I made using a Sketch Support sketch!! I just love Allison's sketches! I used the Audrey collection on my layout!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms out there...doesn't matter if you are a mom to your kids, your kids friends, or just furkids! All moms matter and we wanted to wish you a Happy Mother's Day!
Marielle LeBlanc
I made this quick Mother's day card by cutting up 3 of the "hearts" images from the Audrey's pictures paper and adhered them to my card with 3D foam, finished it up by adding some twine,a button and sentiment .
Deana Boston
Melissa Pablo
I used AUDREY line which is perfect for a Mother's Day layout. This is my dear mother and this photo was taken last February on her birthday. I also used The Twinery maraschino twine, Basically Bare heart shaped felt, NS burlap button, and Glue Arts U Cut It 3D adhesive foam blanks for dimension.
Julie Tucker-Wolek
Jodi Wilton
Melanie Jarocki
I used the Audrey line for this layout. The photos are matted on white cardstock and then cut to look like polaroid snapshots. I added bling from Want-2-Scrap to give the layout a little kick. The heart by the Nana title is actually the curled ends of a swirly bling piece. I snipped them off and pieced them together for the heart shape.
Stacy Rodriguez
Sarah Eclavea
Thanks for stopping by! And again, Happy Mother's Day!
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