September Featured Customer

Hello friends!

It's that time again, you know my favourite time of the month.  It's 'Featured Customer" time!  and this month's featured customer is Nancy LeFler!

Meet Nancy...

Let's get to know Nancy a little better....

1. How long have you been scrapbooking?

I have been scrapping since 2003. I was at the St George Apple fest where I stopped at a booth that had scrapbooking items.

2. Do you also create hand made cards?

Yes

3. Who is your favourite subject to scrapbook?

My family especially my seven grandchildren.

4. Where do you find your scrapbooking inspiration?

Most ideas are in my head.

5. Where do you scrapbook?

At Scrapmuch?

6. What is one of your current favourite products?

Bo Bunny

7. Do you have a blog that we can share with our readers?

no I don’t have a computer at home.

Here are a few of Nancy's favourite layouts?

love this colour combination and especially for winter!

A double page layout, love that Nancy used a souvenir as a page embellishment!

We can totally see why Nancy's favourite subjects are her grandchildren, they are beautiful!

If you or anyone you know would like to be a featured customer, please send me an email here.  I am looking for a customer to be featured for the month of October (and beyond).    I would consider it a personal favour if you would help me keep this feature going.  I hope you all love it as much as I do.  Once you sign up to be a featured customer, I will let you know which month you will be featured.   Then, you can expect to receive a follow up email a few weeks before your turn, detailing what we would need from you.  Sign up today to be placed on the list!
 

Thanks for visiting us today!

Laura

xoxo

Tips and Techniques Wednesday

Hello blog friends and happy Wednesday!

I have a quick little tip for you today.  While crafting the other day, I ran into a bit of a problem, the ribbon that I wanted to use didn't "match" my project.   I was working with off-white, black and a yellow-y gold and my ribbon was more of a 'true' white with black.

I pulled out a yellow-y gold Copic and coloured right over the entire ribbon.

can you see the difference, the right side has been coloured

this is the project that I was working on, it is from last week's tutorial

Then I thought, hey I can make any colour of ribbon that I want, simply by starting with a white ribbon and colouring it with the colour of Copic that I want.

be sure to use the larger chisel end of your mark to colour fabric.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Laura
xoxo

Sketchy- Friday

Hello blog friends,

It's Friday already, end of the first week of school and fall is just around the corner.  Fall brings with it beautiful colours and a plethora of photo opportunities.  I hope you have some creative time this weekend, here is a sketch for you to play with.....

If you would like your layouts that you create based on our sketches, featured here on the blog, email them to me here.


 Here is a layout Elaine created based on the sketch from August 19th.

love that elaine used a lot of detail in this layout, thee is so much to look at!

Thank you for stopping by today!
Laura
xoxo

Inspiration on Thursday

Hello,

I've got a  little Inspiration to share with you today!  Anita and Elaine did  a little scrapping and I thought I'd share it with you.....

The Race by Anita

Adore by Elaine

 Do you have a layout or card that you would like to see posted here to inspire others?  The only stipulation is it must be created with at least 75% of product we offer in our store.  Email your creations to me here to have them featured on the blog.


Thank you and I hope you have a crafty day!
Laura
xoxo

Tips and Techniques Wednesday

Hello blog friends!

Thank you for stopping by today, as you know it is Wednesday and that means I have a fun technique to share with you!

Since my little guy headed off to Grade 3 yesterday, I thought I'd spend some of my day making him some little back to school goodies.  Which resulted in you getting 3 little tutorials!

First up, I made a pencil topper, I used a similar technique to this one for the pennant flags, but I wanted to make it non-permanent.

 I started with a 1 3/4 " by 6" strip of paper.

 Then I folded it in half, careful not to crease the edge, and snipped the end to create my flag.  Then I inked all of the edges.

 Next, I stapled it around my pencil.  Here is a little tip for you, especially if you have young children..... put the open edge of the staple towards the front so you can cover it with your embellishments and thus avoiding sharp edges that can cut little hands.

Add a few embellishments, like your child's initials and voila! I used a really strong liquid glue to adhere all of the embellishments including the Thickers, to ensure they stay stuck!

Next up, I created this fun little note pad.......

 I knew my little pad would measure 4" x 4 3/4" , as that is the size of the patterned paper piece that I wanted to use for the front.  So I cut a piece of chipboard and some blank paper down to this measurement.

 Next, i layered my cover page, blank pages and chipboard backer up and stapled them together.  As you can see I used my Tim Hotlz Tiny Attacher, it did not work as I had too many layers.  I ended up pulling out a standard stapler to finish the job ;)

 I added a few embellishments and it was done! Super easy!

Last up, I created a book mark, as I hope he will enjoy reading this year.

 Start with a 4" x 4"  piece of paper of your choice, either cardstock or cardstock wight patterned paper is fine.

 On the back mark the centre point on each side and along the top.  I used a whit pen so you can see it better.

Next, punch a border along the bottom edge.

 Score the top left and right corners using the marks as guidelines.  (Tip - when scoring, have your front side facing down) And then fold along your score lines.

 To secure the back and decorate the front I cut a 3 3/4" square into 4 triangles and used one one the back and one of the front.  Again, with items that will see use, I prefer a liquid adhesive such as Glassy Accents.

I used paperclips to hold the triangles to the front and back for a minute while the glue set.

 Embellish the front as desired, I used a little bookworm I had coloured with my Copics several months ago.  It found it's way onto my desk last week while I was cleaning up and it seemed appropriate for this project.

 These little dot alphas got some liquid glue both underneath and on top.

And here it is put into action!

And the set as a whole.

It occurs to me that these would make fun crafts for kids, especially at birthday parties or sleepovers.  It would be really easy for them if you pre-cut all of the basic pieces and then let them go to town with embellishments to personalize them

Have a scrappy day!
Laura
xoxo