Customer Spotlight: Hanging Glitter Frame

Last month we had the privilege of having a special Scrapper at our Midnight Crop. McKayla took an ordinary wood frame and turned it into a beautiful piece of decor. 

To cover the frame, McKayla used Silver POW! Glitter Paper by American Crafts. The glitter is fused to the paper; therefore, none of the flakes fall off. It's perfect for all of your crafting needs, including home decor. No mess! 

She finished off the frame with fabric flowers, dimensional stickers, and bottle cap embellishments. The ribbon and flower at the top turn it into a hanging frame. 

So adorable. Thank you for sharing your project with us, McKayla. 

You can shop a selection of American Crafts POW! Glitter Paper at our store in Green Bay, Wisconsin or visiting our online store. 

Customer Spotlight: Beautiful Backgrounds

Good morning, Paper Crafters! We've got a gorgeous card to share with you today from Creations Galore Customer, Judy Beth of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. 

So lovely! Judy used a score board to create the checkered background. What a creative use of tools! Next she masked one corner of each square and added purple ink. We highly recommend sponge daubers or a foam blending tool to recreate this look. 

To finish off the background, she stamped a flourish multiple times along the left side. One of our favorite components has to be the butterflies that are ready to fly off the card! Judy stamped the butterflies, cut them out, and added just a bit of glitz with the Stardust Pen. She folded them in half and adhered them to the card by adding glue to just the fold. Such lovely dimension! 

Thank you Judy for sharing your creation with us! We were so inspired and can't wait to give a few of these techniques a try. 

Customer Spotlight: Copic Storage

Good morning, Paper Crafters! We're so excited to share with you an amazing storage solution for your markers and tools! 

Customer Ellen Melendes of Suamico, WI brought this box full of Copic markers and accessories for a one-on-one demonstration with Nicole. The idea is so great, it needed to be shared! 

Ellen repourposed a shoe box and toilet paper rolls to create this storage solution. Each roll is decorated with patterned paper in the same color of marker its holding. So creative! Thanks for sharing this project with us today, Ellen!

Customer Spotlight: I Love You Frame

Hello Paper Crafters! Our customers are at it again! Nicole Weaver of Green Bay, Wisconsin created this LOVEly collage at a recent crop, and we needed to share it all with you! 

A gift for her hubby, the collage features three circular photos created easily with a Marvy punch. Nicole found the typewriter paper, trimmed it to size, and included it with a white cardstock mat. The hearts were created from the same white cardstock using smaller Marvy punches, with the most adorable faces stamped onto them from the Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment by Peachy Keen Stamps. Nicole finished off the collage with glitter paper by Reminisce and secured it in an 8" x 10" frame. 

Sweet On You Assortment

We love Nicole's use of Peachy Keen Stamps faces. If you haven't heard of these marvelous stamps, you must stop into Creations Galore soon, and try them out! Easily add a face to any die cut, stamped image, or product. You can also visit our online store to see a few of the stamp sets we currently have in stock. 

Thanks for sharing your project with us this week, Nicole! 

Customer Spotlight: Dimensional Purse Card

Hello Paper Crafters. We're so excited to show off a GORGEOUS card created by one of our customers. Kathy Joas of Green Bay, Wisconsin created this card at a recent Friday Crop Night. 

Kathy started off with Irish Plaid paper by Karen Foster Design, available at Creations Galore. She scored and folded the patterned paper to create the base of the purse. We love the dimension it gives. Kathy next adhered a chain with matching button to a strip of black cardstock. A small oval was punched from black cardstock with a black mini brad in the center to finish off the strap. 

Thanks for sharing your project with us today Kathy! We have the most creative customers. We'd love to see what you're making with products found at Creations Galore. Bring your crafts with you the next time you shop our store or upload a picture to our Facebook Page. Happy crafting!

SUPPLY LIST
Cardstock: American Crafts Textured 12x12, Paper Cut 8-1/2x11 Smooth
Patterned Paper: Karen Foster Irish Plaid
Brads: Gary M Burlin Mini Black
Tools: Scor-Pal, Tonic 12" Guillotine, MyStik Permanent Adhesive, Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Customer Spotlight: DIY Valentine's with the Silhouette

It's been too long since our last Customer Spotlight post, so here we are today with a fun project made by Creations Galore Gal, Becky Gromala.

 

How cute is that?! Becky made these Valentine's for her son, Ian, and we're positive all of his classmates will go crazy over them! She started with the treat bags sold here at Creations Galore. It's the perfect size for favors, Valentines, and thank you gifts. Next, she folded a piece of American Crafts cardstock in half, wrapping it around the bag and stapling it in place. We love the space paper by Reminisce Becky added to the cardstock.

But what about those adorable stars?! Becky used the Silhouette Cameo and Pen Holder to easily create the illusion of a handwritten note. The Silhouette machine cut out all of the star shapes. She was able to create 12 stars from a 12x12 piece of cardstock. 

 Before lifting the die cut stars off the mat, Becky replaced the Silhouette's blade with a pen to sketch instead of cut. The Silhouette pen holder can be used in any of the Silhouette electronic cutting tools and will hold most ballpoint pens. Becky slipped in a blue pen, chose her font and phrase, and the Silhouette did the rest!

You can achieve this same look with the Silhouette Sketch Pens too! We love this affordable starter kit now available at Creations Galore. Simply replace the blade with one of the specialty sketch pens, and begin doodling all over your project! The pens come in basic colors, metallic, and glitter!

Thanks Becky for the great idea! We can't wait to create our own!

Creations Galore Gal, Megan Daul: Make It Shine!

Hello paper crafters! We have a beautiful layout from a talented customer to share with you today. Megan Daul has kindly handed over her page to show a few techniques that we just love! Let's take a look. 

This page shows off a few pictures from when Megan got to see the Mirror Ball Trophy from Dancing With The Stars up close. She mimicked the mirror's shiny appearance throughout the layout by adding rhinestones and metallic papers. 

For the page background, Megan chose this foiled paper by Reminisce. Using her Cricut, she cut out letters from our metallic paper collection by Paper Cut. This collection is best known for wedding invitations and special events. We love that she tied it into her scrapbooking pages!

Another non-traditional scrapbook element Megan brought to her page is the use of Spellbinder dies. The Lacey Ovals die, popular among card makers, was used to create a journaling spot. She then added journaling in gold and strategically placed rhinestones on the die to add even more shine! Curious about the twine she added? Megan added two rhinestone brads to the page and wrapped silver twine around the two to create line on the page. 

Thank you so much Megan for sharing your talents with us today! We hope you all have been inspired to add some metallics to your layouts! To see more of Megan's work, visit her blog Creative Happiness.

Creations Galore Gal, Dory Skenadore: Native American Inspired Cards

We're so happy to spotlight Creations Galore customer, Dory Skenadore. Dory always has a great project to share with us, and today she brings two more!

Dory loves to make cards and was recently on a search for Native American themed stamps and paper. We love how she incorporated her heritage and executed this style so wonderfully into paper crafting! 

For the card above, Dory stamped the buffalo image with brown ink and clear embossed over the top. She also inked the edges to create a distressed look.

For her second card, Dory stamped the horse image on two different papers, cut them out, and adhered them to the card front. The patterned horse was attached with foam risers. We love the dimension! Doesn't it look like the horses are about to run off the card?

Dory added some additional elements that we were just blown away with creatively! Rather than tying a bow or simple knot, Dory added beads to the ends of her ribbon! I can't wait to give this idea a try. 

The background paper was actually a light blue piece of paper. She then took a patterned stamp and stamped it repeatedly down the cardstock with a darker blue ink. To give the illusion of a rug, she cut the edges of one side and let them fly loose. 

Thank you Dory for sharing your cards. We hope you're as inspired by her creations as we were!

We love to share the spotlight with our customers! If you would like to be a guest designer, stop into Creations Galore with your project or send an email to nicolelaha{at}gmail{dot}com. You can also share your projects instantly on our Facebook page! 

Creations Galore Gal, Megan Daul: Scrapping the Winter Months

Hello paper crafters! Here in Wisconsin, snow has covered the ground giving us lots of opportunities to go sledding, ice fish, and make good looking snowmen. We're embracing all this snow by sharing two winter layouts from Creations Galore customer, Megan Daul.  

Megan is from Green Bay, Wisconsin and has contributed to our Customer Spotlight posts before. You can find more of her creations by visiting her blog, Creative Happiness.

Now let's take a look at these projects! Both are two page layouts and feature Bo Bunny papers, Glimmer Mists, and lots of snowflakes! 

We love Megan's use of spray inks with these layouts. As you can see, the mist still shows up on dark cardstock, creating a shimmery, colorful background. It makes us feel like we're in the midst of the blizzard, with the spray ink wisping through the layout.

How creative is the use of silver cord as an embellishment? Megan used Glossy Accents to easily add the ribbon in fun loops around the layout.

Here's Megan's second layout. She stuck with the same color scheme, papers, and mists; however, incorporated a few other elements with this layout. For example, she cut out snowflakes from the patterned paper and used them as single embellishments. In addition, she used a fun ribbon instead of cording. 

We love how Megan cut around the snowflakes in the corner of a patterned piece of paper and layered it onto solid cardstock. She also added clear rhinestones to the center of each snowflake.

A big thank you to Megan for sharing her gorgeous snow-themed pages with us today! We hope you've been inspired to document your winter activities! 

Creations Galore Gal, Carol Wachholz: Liquid Applique Wreath

Good morning! We're so excited to share a gorgeous card created by Creations Galore customer, Carol Wachholz, with you today. Take a look: 

Carol began this card by running a piece of light brown cardstock through a woodgrain embossing folder and adding it to the card base. Next she used Spellbinder dies to create the small oval and layered scalloped oval. After adhering them together and stamping a sentiment, she attached them to the card front with foam risers. 

But let's talk about that wreath! The wreath was cut using a Tim Holtz/Sizzix die. She cut the wreath out of green cardstock and the bow from American Crafts glitter paper. Before assembling all of the pieces, she added white Liquid Applique to the wreath. At Creations Galore, we've used Liquid Applique to give the illusion of fur or beer foam, but Carol's use of it as snow truly excites us! 

Carol never neglects the inside of her cards. She used the Pine Needles Edge Punch from Martha Stewart Crafts along the top of her insert, layering it with a darker green cardstock. She finishes off the card with a heartwarming sentiment.

Thanks for sharing this beautiful card with us, Carol! 

Creations Galore Gal, Julie Stroobants: Christmas Cards

Hello paper crafters! Today we're bringing you two cards created by Creations Galore customer, Julie Stroobants. Julie creates cards, scrapbooks, and altered projects. She's known to use lots of flowers, die cuts, and bling! The two cards below are more clean and simple compared to most of her projects, but we just couldn't resist sharing. Take a look: 

A little close up: 

Julie added different patterned papers to olive green cardstock, keeping the same card style, stamp design, and color combo.

The white shimmer cardstock was cut from a Spellbinders die and stamped with this gorgeous stamp. She colored the image with Copic markers. Because the marker is alcohol based, the ink dries well on glossy and shiny papers -- No smearing! She completed each card with some ribbon and rhinestones. 

Beautiful! Thank you so much Julie for sharing your Christmas cards with us! 

We'd love to see what you're creating! Stop into Creations Galore and show us some of your projects. You just might find yourself featured on our blog! 

Creations Galore Gal, Megan Daul: Albums Made Easy

Hello crafters! Are you ready to see some projects from Creations Galore's talented customers? Today we're showcasing a gorgeous layout from Megan Daul. Megan, from Green Bay, WI, has attended a few classes at the store, as well as being a regular at our Crop Nights. You can find her blogging about her creations at Creative Happiness.

How fun is this layout? Megan started off with a traditional page on the left hand side using cardstock and patterned papers. She then added an Albums Made Easy page by We R Memory Keepers to quickly create two more pages! Here the flip side of the Album Made Easy page:

We just have to bring attention to some of the wonderful details these pages hold.

This cute tree was cut from the AccuCut die cutting tool available to our customer's in our Crop Room. She decorated the die cut with Lime Green and Cinnamon Stickles.

Take a look at Megan's blog, and you will see that she loves to add ribbons to her pages. Here she added some Baker's Twine with Glossy Accents.

Megan brought some dimension to each layer of paper by outlining the edges with brown ink. She even brought the glittery buttons to life by adding brown floss. You'll find glitter in another part of her page - the title! Megan used Thickers from American Crafts, another Creations Galore favorite.

Lastly, we want to point out the fun details she added to the Albums Made Easy page. Megan cut kraft paper with a Spellbinders Die. She then stamped some beautiful trees with brown ink and accented them with the Stickles again. So clever! We love how she incorporated stamping into her scrapbook pages.

A big thank you to Megan for sharing this great layout with us. Don't forget to comment below or head to her blog and leave her some love!

We'd love to feature your paper crafting projects on our blog! What have you been creating in our classes, during our crops, or with products purchased at Creations Galore? Send your project to nicolelaha{at]gmail{dot}com or stop into the store at 3164 Coronet Way in Green Bay, Wisconsin.