Party All Year Banner

The project I have to share today is a party banner using SRM Sticker's fun calendar sticker line in conjunction with a Maya Roads canvas album. 

Supplies:  Canvas Banner Album (Maya Roads), Stickers (SRM Stickers), Chipboard (Lil Davis Designs), Misc. Buttons, Clips & Binder Rings (Office Supply Store)

To get the intense red colour on the chipboard letters I spray painted them white before inking with Staz-On ink.  Spray paint is my go to method of covering chipboard of any kind with colour.  It covers so nicely, doesn't dirty a single tool and gives me a smooth finish to work with.  Staz-on colours show their true vibrance when used this way. 

Here's one last peek before I send you over to the SRM Stickers blog for full design notes on the project.

One last thing before you go, I had a question about the stickers and if I used extra adhesive to get them to stick to the canvas.  I did NOT use any extra adhesive on the stickers.  I stuck them in place and rubbed over the entire surface with the back of my finger nail since I do not own a bone folder...why, I have no idea. They really are a staple and quite a nifty tool.  Anyway, I digress.  I gave them the extra little "touch" to make sure the adhesive fully grabbed the fibers of the canvas.

Any other questions, fire away in the comment section.

Thanks so much for visiting!

The Boating Life

Supplies:  Paper (Heidi Swapp, Crate), Stickers (SRM Stickers, Jenni Bowlin, My Mind's Eye), Stamp (Close to my Heart), Flower (Jenni Bowlin)

I created a collage of sticker sentiments here.  I love how easily I can overlap the clear SRM stickers and get a virtually seamless look.

Be sure to head on over to the SRM Stickers blog.  New posts are up daily with fun and unique ways to use their products. 

Happy Birthday to You!

On the SRM blog today, I have an acrylic mini album that I paired with SRM's fancy birthday stickers. 

Supplies:  Album, Wooden Number, & Flowers (Maya Roads), Paper (Simple Stories), Stickers (SRM Stickers), Leaves (Petaloo), Liquid Pearls (Ranger)

Notice the addition of the liquid pearls on the Happy Birthday sticker.  I love the dimension I get from liquid pearls.  They pair beautifully with acrylic and SRM stickers.

You can see more liquid pearl details on this page and if you look carefully thoroughout, you will find more. :)

For more page details, check out the SRM blog and while you are there take a peek at all the projects that were made using the new release stickers.  Lots of fun goodies coming soon.  My favourite are the borders by the dozen!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Adore You

Today, I have a layout on the SRM Stickers blog.  These photos were taken on our spring break trip to Florida. Daphne had absolutely no fear of the water and kept jumping in over and over - irrespective of whether she had a life jacket on or not.  It sure kept everyone on their toes.  I just love these photos of her with my Mom. They both had a ball.

Supplies:  Paper (Lily Bee), Tag (Pink Paislee), Die Cut (heidi Swapp), Buttons (Purple Pumpkin), Stickers (SRM Stickers), Cardstock (Bazzill), Buttons (Rusty Pickle), Tab Punch (Jenni Bowlin)

I think my favourite sticker on this one is the faux zigzag stitch across the top.  You can find one of these borders in each of the border sticker sets.  I use them often!

Be sure to check out the SRM Stickers blog for more fun sticker projects!  Thanks so much for visiting.

Happy Father's Day!

Hello Friends!

I know things on my blog haven't been as busy as I would like, but suffice to know that I am still creating and haven't forgotten about you.  I have a quick post today to honour a very special Dad who is, and always will be, the star of our show.

"Star of Our Show"

Supplies:  Paper (Hambly Studios), Chipboard (Maya Roads), Twine (Twinery), Stickers (SRM Stickers), Letters (Jenni Bowlin Studios, Basic Grey), Button (Rusty Pickle), Tickets (Purple Pumpkin), Pennant Stickers (Jenni Bowlin), Stamp (Creative Café)

I used all kinds of SRM Stickers on this page.  The Father's Day sheet is just perfect for a page like this.

These photos were taken while waiting to see "It's a Bug's Life" at Animal Kingdom.  Look for another layout coming Thursday using more photos from our trip to Florida last March. 

See you all again, Thursday.  Thanks for stopping by!

1st Plane Ride

One of our assignments this month with SRM Stickers was to create a SMASH page.  While I have kind of dabbled a small amount with the trend, I still feel a little a lot out of my element with this particular style.  I may have it all wrong, but while creating the page I felt like I was using many of the same techniques I used when I first started scrapbooking.  All your expert SMASHERS out there feel free to share your thoughts on that.

Supplies:  Paper, Die Cut (Heidi Swapp), Stickers (SRM Stickers), Pennant Stickers (Jenni Bowlin), Letters (Pink Paislee, American Crafts), Date Stamp, Zipper, Button

I love these photos of the girls waiting with anticipation to get on the plane;  such a great memory. 

Be sure to head on over to the SRM Stickers blog for more details and oodles of stickers inspiration with new posts every day.

Have a wonderful Wednesday and thanks so much for visiting.

Daphne's First Year

One of the other amazing products by SRM Stickers is their calendar collection.  Today, I used the Baby's First Year calendar and accompanying stickers to create a 12 month journal of Daphne's first year.

Supplies:  Paper (Crate Paper), Album & Stickers (SRM Stickers), Chipboard (Scrap FX), Letters (Pink Paislee), Kraft Shapes (Jillibean Soup), Flower (Jenni Bowlin), Brad & Button (American Crafts)

There you have a peek of the first and last months of the calendar.  To see what's in between, head on over to the SRM Stickers blog.

Thanks, as always, for visiting!

The Twinery & SRM Stickers

This month, we had the pleasure as SRM Sticker designers, to product partner with the Twinery.  If you want to be inspired, I encourage you to take a peek at all the amazingly creative ways our team has used twine this week.  Once you've done that, head on over to the Twinery's blog and be prepared to be blown away yet again.  Who knew you could create so many amazing things with twine? 

Before you go, here's a peek at what I created with my twine goodies.  These photos are from our trip to Florida on the March break.

"Sunny Smiles"

Supplies:  Paper (My Mind's Eye, Pink Paislee), Stickers (SRM Stickers), Letters (Doodlebug Inc.), Stamp (Close to My Heart), Calendar die cut (Elle Studio), Chipboard (Essentially Bare, Jenni Bowlin),  Twine (The Twinery)

Have fun checking out the SRM and Twinery blogs.  You really are in for a treat.
Have a wonderful Friday.  Thanks, as always, for visiting.

Live Simply

I had the pleasure of attending Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine's  Crop & Create event last weekend and I have to say, if you ever get a chance to go DO IT!!  Seriously.  It was simply fantastic from start to finish and I look forward to attending again next year.

At the crop, there were a number of challenges and one of them was called "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Cool".  This is the page I made for the challenge.

Supplies:  Paper, Die Cute (Jillibean Soup), Felt (KI Memories), Doily (Maya Roads), Stickers (SRM Stickers), Tab Punch (Jenni Bowlin)

I bought a second of the Jenni Bowlin punches while at the crop, the tab one that I used on this page.  That was my "something new" element.  I borrowed the date stamp from Cindy and the ribbons are OLD....like Junkitz old.  The photos are old too, from 2009.  The cool part for me is the felt lady bug and that wodden doily.

As is customary at the Crop & Create events, the photo booth was set up.  I love those pompoms and these girls.  We had such a great time!

I'll leave you with that for today.  Stop back again on Friday for a fun product partner with SRM Stickers and The Twinery.

Birthday Invitation Raft

Are you looking for something different to make for a party invitation?  For weeks now, I've been looking at these tubes from SRM stickers and the idea of a raft keep coming up so I decided to just go with it and this is what I came up with.

Supplies:  Paper (My Little Shoebox), Stickers (SRM Stickers), Twine (The Twinery), Skewers

I used two of the pennant border stickers to create a flag to decorate the mast with.  I stuck them back to back and cut around the flags to make them more life like.

To add a little more fun to the theme, I used the wand tube to create a little fishing pole that you could use as a party game to go fishing in a bucket of treats.

Be sure to take a look over on the SRM blog for more design details on this project and all kinds of SRM sticker inspriation posted every day.

Thanks so much for visiting!