Spring Layout by Angie

Hello friends!! Angie here with you today! 

I'm sharing a spring layout in hopes that it will actually make spring appear!! I'm sure a lot of you can commiserate with me that it's been an exceptionally long winter!! I hope this layout will give you a glimmer of hope!!

I started with a white piece of card stock and painted the black stripes using some acrylic paint. I added some black and gold paint splatters as well.

For the flowers and stems on my layout, I stamped them using the Just Believe stamp set. I used black archival ink on polka dot paper and then stamped the other flowers using some pink and yellow inks. I stamped the stems in black and green. I fussy cut those flowers and stems out and used them in some different clusters around my layout. 

I used several of SRM's border stickers and sticker stitches to add some interest to layout as well. They add a nice pop of color as well.

This was a very quick layout to put together but I love how it turned out. I hope this will inspire you to use the great products found in the SRM store!!

Have a great day!!

Other products used:

Halloween Border Stickers

Bright Border Stickers

Pastel Border Stickers

Black Sticker Stitches

Bridal Shower Card by Melanie

Hello! Melanie here today to share a card for a Bridal Shower. One of my co-workers is getting married in July and her shower is in a few weeks.

I found out the colors for her wedding and used them to put the card together. The Mini-Calendar stickers are a fun way to mark the date of a special event. I placed a heart sticker from the We've Got Your Sticker/Forever sheet over the date of her wedding. Then I added a couple of the sentiments along the edge.

To add some extra detail to the card, I placed a variety of black sticker stitches along edges of the paper layers. Sticker Stitches are my most used SRM stickers! Love them!

The "2018"from Year of Memories Sticker/2018 helps define the year of the event. I can’t wait to tuck this card into my friend’s gift basket at her shower. I know it will bring a smile to her face :)

SRM Products Used:
Sticker Stitches/Black
We've Got Your Sticker/Forever
Mini Calendar Sticker/Decorative 2018
Year of Memories Sticker/2018

Borders and Stitches Layout by Giorgia

Hello SRM friends, Giorgia here with a summer layout.
One of my favorite SRM Stickers products are borders and stitches, I use them all the time, and for this layout I used many of them to create a funny background. 
If you would like to see another layout created with them, you can find it here in my previous post - I also made a tutorial for it, check it out!

To create the background I used Gelatos and packaging technique (put Gelatos on a piece of plastic, sprinkle it with water and splash it on the cardstock!). Then I started adhering SRM borders and stitches stickers on the white textured cardstock: I alternated colors and motifs, and I created a visual line from top to bottom.  I layered picture on several patterned papers and I decorated with chipboard, flair, other stickers, sequins and glittered foam shapes to complete the LO.  The result is a colorful summer LO. 

Here some close ups:

I hope you liked my layout, if you will give it a try I would love to see your projects!

Until next time,

ciao, Giorgia. 

SRM products used 

We've Got Your Border/Birthday | We've Got Your Border/Baby Girl | We've Got Your Border/Bright | We've Got Your Border/Pastel | Sticker Stitches/Halloween | Sentiment/ Shine your light | Sticker Stitches/Valentine's | Bakers twine honeydew

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Faith Cards by Melanie

Hello! Melanie here today and I am sharing a couple of cards I made using the new Bible Margins Love Clear stamps.

These stamps are wonderful for stamping in Bible margins or for bookmarks, too. I used a masking technique to just use a portion of the stamps for my cards. I used a small sticky note to cover the part of the stamp I wasn't going to put on the card. Then I inked the stamp. After removing the sticky note, I could stamp the portion with ink onto the paper.

 By using the same basic overall design for both cards, I was able to complete them rather quickly. I varied the patterned papers and width of the strips.

 The Sticker Stitches are probably my #1 go-to product by SRM. I use them all the time. For these cards, the dot stitch was a perfect way to anchor the sentiment banner to the card.

Wishing you a "LOVE"-ly day! :)

SRM Products used:

Sticker Stitches

Bible Margins Love Clear Stamps 

Textile Foil Cards & Video Using Laser Printer and Laminator by Karen

Hello!  Karen joining you today.  I've been having a great time discovering different ways to use the new textile foils from SRM. Today I'm sharing some of my favorites. 

To make these cards, I found free online images and imported them into a (Word) document. There I resized them and recolored to make sure they would print out dark and black. I printed each image onto card stock using a laser (toner) printer. It is key that the image prints with toner ink (not an inkjet printer).   

I then ran my image with foil covering it through my personal laminator. The heat of the laminator adhered the foil only to the printed image. After a short cooling off, I simply peeled the foil away to leave the shiny image.

I'll walk you through it in this process video. But I have to warn you, though, you may become addicted to this easy and quick foil application technique!

Thanks for watching - I hope you are inspired to use textile foil in your projects!

I used:

Textile Foil | Sticker Stitches | Stickers by the Dozen Birthday | We've Got your Sticker Birthday | We've Got your Border

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Snowman Layout by Melanie

Welcome, welcome! So glad you could drop by today :) We are in the thick of winter here--which actually means lots of rain and an occasional snowfall. My son is so happy to see the snow and will immediately want to go outside to build a snowman. So, I thought it would be fun to document that with our first snowfall of the season this winter.

As you can see, it took most of the snow in our yard to build the snowman! But he sure looks happy doesn't he?

 I used several different sticker sheets to enhance the layout. The sticker stitches always come in handy to define edges or add some depth.

SRM has quite a few stickers available for winter-theme projects. I appreciate how the colors on the sticker sheets coordinate across the line. That way I can mix and match from several options.

Thanks for stopping by today! We are hoping for some more snow soon. Let the snow-dancing commence!

Labels By the Dozen #63005 Bright Blank
Sticker Stitches #58003 Sticker Stitches Black
Sticker Sentiments #51009 Winter
Freestyle #50001 Winter
Live Life #49004 Calendar Year

DIY 2018 Planner by Melanie

Hi Everyone! Melanie here today to share with you my planner for 2018. I LOVE having a planner! Over the past few years I've tried several different ones--but never really found one that I could use efficiently or that matched my needs. So . . . this year I decided to make my own :)

(Front Cover)

I wanted one that was light and compact; a planner that wouldn't end up half-unused. After searching around for blank journals, I found one that I preferred with dot pages. This makes it easy for me to line things up, but not feel like I have to fill up every line.

The look of colorful, decorated planners is BEAUTIFUL--but it doesn't work for my style of what I need a functioning planner to be. Using SRM stickers and stamps is perfect for designing my own planner because of their classic style and clear backing. It would be easy to add color to any of these pages if I wanted to.

(Inside title page)

(Year at a glance)

I tried to incorporate my favorite layouts from other planners, as well as ideas of my own. I need the year at a glance and planning ahead pages for the upcoming months. Because I am only making one month at a time (so I don't have wasted pages in between months), the layout with upcoming events is really important for my planning.

As you can see I used a ton of SRM stickers to set up these pages and they turned out better than I had imagined!

For the monthly layouts, I am using the new planner season stamps. For the February layout, I used both the Winter Plans and Spring Plans sets, as well as the Notes to Self Planner stamps for the days of the week.

I love having these pages tailored to my needs and style. Happy planning! :)

SRM Products Used:

Sticker Stitches/Black

Mini Calendar Stickers/Standard 2018

Year of Memories Sticker/2018

Clear Planner Stamp/Winter Plans

Clear Planner Stamp/Spring Plans

Clear Stamp/Planner Notes to Self

Simple Bible Journaling with Bible Margins Stamps by Karen

Hello!  Karen here today to share a wonderful new product from SRM.  It's for non-artists and artists alike.  It's Bible Journaling made simple yet sensational! 

A little bit of color wash for the background. 
A touch of sticker stitches.

A simple sentiment in one Bible Margin panel stamp.

Bible journaling doesn't have to mean elaborate pages and tons of supplies.

Keeping it simple means more time to meditate on God's Word.

"This is the day the Lord had made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!" Psalm 118

Bible Margins Rejoice Faith Stamps
Sticker Stitches

Monochromatic Winter Layout by Giorgia

Hello SRM friends, Giorgia here.

This year I spent New Year's Eve and some other days on holidays in Budapest and I 

couldn't wait to scrap those pictures!

So I grabbed my SRM stickers winter themed products and created a monochromatic layout (please take a look to this other monochromatic layout too that I shared on my last post, if you missed it!).

Also this one is made in blue tones, because they remind me of winter!

I went with a vertical design: I added two strips of paper to a light blue cardstock and I simulated stitches with the awesome SRM Sticker Stitches.

I adhered some stickers to white cardstock and used them as embellishments. I used two paper clips to add them to the pictures.

I created a sort of journal under the chipboard title with some sticker. For the layout I used also SRM calendar stickers. I find them really useful to add dates to my LOs!

I hope you liked my layout and wish you a good day. 

Until next time,

ciao, Giorgia. 

SRM products used 

Calendar companion | Sticker Stitches/Valentine's | Sentiment/winter | Calendar numbers/small  | Year of Memories Sticker/2018  | Sticker Stitches/Black

Valentine Gift Idea by Shanna

Hello SRM Friends!  

Shanna here again today with a great gift idea for your favorite Valentine this year!! 

I modified a file intended for a tube of chapstick and ended up with a fabulous holder for SRM's versatile plastic tubes!  This project could be easily altered for any holiday or occasion, but I especially enjoyed making a Valentine out of it.  The size even allowed me to sneak in a gift card for the special recipient!

I got to use some fabulous Valentine's stickers available from SRM in this project!  One of my favorite things with SRM's stickers is that the sets all tend to coordinate, even though the are separate sets.  So even though I used stickers from 4 different sheets, they all look like they came in the same set when put together on a project, PERFECT! :)  

 

I used some of the Red and Natural Jute twine for a fun and easy addition, and was able to tie my "tag" to the top of the bag too!

The inside of the box has a pop out piece that the tube slides perfectly into, and I added a few stickers to decorate the panel for the gift card, and actually affix the gift card to the panel as well!

Materials Used:

SRM The Original Tube

SRM Stickers Express Yourself/Valentine

SRM Stickers Say it with Stickers/Valentine

SRM Stickers Sticker Stitches/Valentine's

SRM Stickers Stickers by the Dozen/Valentine

Jute Twine

Cardstock

Silhouette file Design #134618

Hope you all enjoyed this fun project!  Let me know if you have any questions :)

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

~Shanna