Hi There...and Welcome to my Creative Corner!
Sunday: Sunday Share
Monday: Project Idea
Tuesday: Tool, Technique, or Tutorial
Wednesday: Inspirational Challenge
Thursday: Scrapbook Basics!
Friday: Spotlight
Saturday: Card Sketch Challenge
I LOVE being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, and I'm here to be your creative coach & paper crafting friend. I hope to inspire you, share new ideas & tutorials with you so you will want to go pull out your stamps and supplies to play & create!
HAPPY PAPER CRAFTING - Kendra Richardson
Have you been thinking about Christmas Cards yet? How about googling ideas??? If you have a favorite Christmas or Holiday set you want to use, but need new inspiration...just google the name of the SU! set and see what comes up. I love to be able to look for ideas this way and explore options and others creativity. You can even take an idea from two different cards and combine them into your card this year. The possibilities are endless - so try this the next time you need an idea!
Happy Creating,
Kendra
Try this sketch this week to spark your creative juices.
I wish I was taking this day off for something more fun...but my 45 minute dentist appointment for my crown turned out to be 2 1/2 hours and a lot more work on the roots than was orginally anticipated. I hate root canals! Be back soon:)
PHOTO MATS -
Photo mats are the most basic scrapbook page embellishments, however they can also become some of the most prominent when you include some exciting scrapbooking techniques. Do you decorate with punches, stickers, buttons, brads, hand-stitching? Have you tried any of these ideas before on your pages...edge tearing, faux stitching, paper piercing, glitter, or using gel pens to create your photo mats??? The pictures below shows a couple of these techniques and how to spice up your pages photo mats.
Use several pictures within one photo mat as seen with this pages circle photo mat.
Use punches to create interesting focal points on your picture mat.
Use ribbon to embellish your photo mat on your page and add a delicate touch.
Use punches to create your photo mat as seen here. She created a photo mat by using the scallop circle punch.
Step outside of the box and create wonderful projects using some of these great ideas.
HAPPY SCRAPPING!
Kendra
*Photos were taken at SU! Convention 2009.
Try using this picture as inspiration for a card, project or page the next time you get a minute to create!
Have Fun - Kendra
Today it's a tool!
Use this link as a great tool to help you with your holiday decorating, place settings, gift giving, and those extra special personal touches. Click on the link above (picture) to take you to our Holiday Gift-Giving Guide. You will find lots of ideas to use in your home decor for dressing up the house for the holidays as well as many gift giving ideas and you can give dear hubby a few hints!!!
ALSO - right now there is a special when you purchase $50.00 or more in merchandise from the gift-giving guide...you get to choose a Decor Element for Free. (Up to $16.95)
SO CHECK IT OUT TODAY!
Monday's Project Idea...
The next time you need to take a plate of cookies, or a loaf of bread as a thank you, happy birthday, or a just because...dress it up with some ribbon and a small homemade tag or a copy of the recipe. Keep this in mind for your holiday gift giving!
My Sunday Share today are pictures from my October Demonstrations/Clubs...
This is a bookmark I made for all my Club gals!
I showed them how to make this very cute and simple holiday game using our Sweet Centers Set and the Sweet Treat Cups. This is a great idea for birthday party favors, to have at the kids table on Thanksgiving, or for a stocking stuffer at Christmas! Just simply change your center image and use DSP to suit your theme.
This was a under five minute card. We are all strapped for time and during these busy months, we don't get as much time to sit and create. So run your card thru your paper trimmer using the score blade to create very thin embossed lines in a grouping. Stamp your images directly onto your card and then stamp one on a piece of scratch CS and cut it out. Stap your greeting and use a dimensional to pop up your one cut out leaf or image. Sponge edges of card and you have a card in under five!
This page was also a time saving page. Cut and sponge your edges of your photo mats (on this page I took the ink pad directly to the paper to save time). Stamp your nuts and bolts from the "Lots of Bots" set. Then cut a circle in a coordinating color, stamp your robot and your greeting. Then add a few embelishments...I added a mini library clip and a piece of vanilla CS stamped with the number stamp from the same set. I then punched it out a couple of times using the double slot punch so it looked like it came from a computer print out!
This page was the Scrapbook Club's Make-N-Take-
and it is a favorite page of mine! So many times we want to complete a page, card, or layout and we don't have matching DSP or CS for photo mats. So pull out your white gel pen and trace chipboard photo mats a little larger than your pictures. Add squiggly lines and stitching around the edges for an added touch!
Click on the picture to enlarge so you can view details.
This was the Card & Project Clubs Technique & Make-N-Take. They learned how to use Heat & Stick Powder and Glitter to emboss stamped images. They made this card and then a smaller version for their technique ring.
Are you interested in joing a club and making projects each month??? Contact me to learn
more...skjj4richardson@msn.com HAPPY CREATING - KENDRA
Try this sketch this weekend and see what you come up with. Sometimes, using a sketch like this is a perfect jumping off place to making your creations yours by expanding on a basic sketch. Just try adding a little embellishment, a punch, or some designer paper to add just that little bit to make your project unique!
I showed them how to make this very cute and simple holiday game using our Sweet Centers Set and the Sweet Treat Cups. This is a great idea for birthday party favors, to have at the kids table on Thanksgiving, or for a stocking stuffer at Christmas! Just simply change your center image and use DSP to suit your theme.
This was a under five minute card. We are all strapped for time and during these busy months, we don't get as much time to sit and create. So run your card thru your paper trimmer using the score blade to create very thin embossed lines in a grouping. Stamp your images directly onto your card and then stamp one on a piece of scratch CS and cut it out. Stap your greeting and use a dimensional to pop up your one cut out leaf or image. Sponge edges of card and you have a card in under five!
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