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Friday, January 6, 2017
Welcome Home
Does anything say "Welcome Home!" more than a stunning wreath on your front door?
January is National Papercrafting Month. We don't just do cards or pages, we also do "off the page" projects! Most people put a pretty wreath on their front door for Christmas. The holidays are over and it's time to swap out your decor!
For January only, you can create this beautiful piece of home decor to adorn your home. I have mine on the inside of my front door. If you're getting married this year, this is for you! Whip one up and display at your ceremony or reception to welcome your guests, then put it in your new home as a lasting reminder of your big day! If you're pregnant or have just had a baby, this would be oh so sweet in your bub's nursery! Or, why not create this for a milestone anniversary? The options are endless.
The best part of this kit is not only do YOU decide where to place the succulents and greenery, you pick the wording! First name, last name, a greeting, a blessing, you choose! It's really easy to put together. Don't believe me? Watch this quick video!
There are four ways you can get the wreath kit:
No matter how you get your Welcome Home wreath kit—or how many you get—you are going to love how easy this kit makes it to add a little more papercrafted beauty to your life.
For January only, you can create this beautiful piece of home decor to adorn your home. I have mine on the inside of my front door. If you're getting married this year, this is for you! Whip one up and display at your ceremony or reception to welcome your guests, then put it in your new home as a lasting reminder of your big day! If you're pregnant or have just had a baby, this would be oh so sweet in your bub's nursery! Or, why not create this for a milestone anniversary? The options are endless.
The best part of this kit is not only do YOU decide where to place the succulents and greenery, you pick the wording! First name, last name, a greeting, a blessing, you choose! It's really easy to put together. Don't believe me? Watch this quick video!
There are four ways you can get the wreath kit:
- Buy it for $28.50—no qualifying purchase required!
- Get it for free with a qualifying $90 purchase!*
- Get it for free by hosting a party that reaches the second level of Hostess Rewards.
- Get it for free when you sign up to be a Consultant!
No matter how you get your Welcome Home wreath kit—or how many you get—you are going to love how easy this kit makes it to add a little more papercrafted beauty to your life.
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Friday, April 10, 2015
My Crush™ Madness
It's autumn now here in Queensland, and that means some holidays are coming up. School holidays, ANZAC Day, the ANZAC Centenary, and Mother's Day are all approaching. Do you have someone special in your life that could use a lil dose of happiness? Something unexpected in the mail? Something unique and longer lasting than just a run of the mill card?
Have you seen the two new My Crush™ books?
There's one For Her.
And one For Him.
Each book features a mix of various pages, page protectors, vellum, writing prompts, and artwork. All you do is print your photos, stick em down, and write. These are sweet little gift ideas that will be treasured for a long time to come.
How would you use For Her?
How about for mother's day, grandmas, aunties, nieces, daughters, sisters, girlfriend... Really, these are ideal for any woman in your life! They also make really cute gifts for mothers of the bride or groom after your wedding.
Guys, how about a sweet unique anniversary gift for your wife? Fill it with pictures from throughout your relationship, and funny or romantic memories, hopes and dreams and memories. I guarantee she'll treasure it. Plus, you can say with pride "I made this for you"!
They also make for a sweet memento for a bride from her bridesmaids, or as a thank you gift for your wedding party. Get your wedding photos printed and make up a darling little book for each of your 'maids? How thoughtful! I bet even your flower girl would love getting a personal little book from the bride.
Mother's Day is nearly here. How adorable would this be filled with pictures and notes from your kids to your wife or your mother? Monica Wihongi, one of our corporate head office ladies in Utah, did just that for her mom. Pop over here to see her results.
How could you use For Him? Easy, a unique funky lil piece of happy mail for any guy in your life! For father's day, grandpas, uncles, nephews, sons, husband, brothers, boyfriend, father of the bride or groom, for groomsmen, for the groom.... Any guy in your life that needs a lil bit of encouragement would probably love this. Imagine being away from home for a work trip or for uni and receiving this in the mail. Wouldn't your heart swell to see pictures and notes from loved ones back home? Wouldn't it brighten your day?
Now you don't have to keep these as just books, you can rip them apart! Use the pieces for cards, or even pages too! If you had a coil binding machine, you could even make and *add* your own custom pages to further personalize these.
At just $15.50 these little 30 page books are a super easy and quick gift just waiting to happen. Mother's Day is just around the corner on May 10. Why not pick up one or two of these for special women in your life and honor them this Mother's Day? While you're at it, pick up one for Dad and have it ready and waiting for later this year.
Get your For Her and For Him My Crush™ books (see the full My Crush range here) and wow your loved ones this year.
Have you seen the two new My Crush™ books?
How would you use For Her?
How about for mother's day, grandmas, aunties, nieces, daughters, sisters, girlfriend... Really, these are ideal for any woman in your life! They also make really cute gifts for mothers of the bride or groom after your wedding.
Guys, how about a sweet unique anniversary gift for your wife? Fill it with pictures from throughout your relationship, and funny or romantic memories, hopes and dreams and memories. I guarantee she'll treasure it. Plus, you can say with pride "I made this for you"!
They also make for a sweet memento for a bride from her bridesmaids, or as a thank you gift for your wedding party. Get your wedding photos printed and make up a darling little book for each of your 'maids? How thoughtful! I bet even your flower girl would love getting a personal little book from the bride.
Mother's Day is nearly here. How adorable would this be filled with pictures and notes from your kids to your wife or your mother? Monica Wihongi, one of our corporate head office ladies in Utah, did just that for her mom. Pop over here to see her results.
How could you use For Him? Easy, a unique funky lil piece of happy mail for any guy in your life! For father's day, grandpas, uncles, nephews, sons, husband, brothers, boyfriend, father of the bride or groom, for groomsmen, for the groom.... Any guy in your life that needs a lil bit of encouragement would probably love this. Imagine being away from home for a work trip or for uni and receiving this in the mail. Wouldn't your heart swell to see pictures and notes from loved ones back home? Wouldn't it brighten your day?
Now you don't have to keep these as just books, you can rip them apart! Use the pieces for cards, or even pages too! If you had a coil binding machine, you could even make and *add* your own custom pages to further personalize these.
At just $15.50 these little 30 page books are a super easy and quick gift just waiting to happen. Mother's Day is just around the corner on May 10. Why not pick up one or two of these for special women in your life and honor them this Mother's Day? While you're at it, pick up one for Dad and have it ready and waiting for later this year.
Get your For Her and For Him My Crush™ books (see the full My Crush range here) and wow your loved ones this year.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Latest artwork
I've been busy making more pages for my 2014 album. These are just some of the pieces I've made this week using CTMH products and sketches from CTMH and Scrapbook Generation. Have a look!
I'll start with the pages I've been making for my brother's wedding. I started out with this layout from Make It From Your Heart Volume 2, retired Ivy Lane papers, retired Swirls Around stampset, retired Ivy Lane stampset, Happy To Be Friends stampset, multiple inks, and retired Ivy Lane complements. Just because items have been retired doesn't mean I don't use them. I bought em, paid good money for em, I'm gonna use em!
And here's the (almost) finished page. Gotta get the right names and spellings, add some journaling, and maybe some stamping before it's really done. I love the Kraft cardstock page bases with this layout!
Next is my entrance with my groomsman Dex. As we are the first couple down the aisle, we get our own page. ;) I used a layout from Scrapbook Generation for this one. I also used a mix of retired items (Skylark paper packet and blush ink) and current items (colonial white cardstock, kraft cardstock, heart vine and quatrefoil embossing folders, multiple inks) for this layout. The wedding colors were purple, gray, and accented with burlap so using a blue and green paper packet is a bit challenging!
As you know, I have 2 babies waiting on the other side of eternity. I wrapped my double butterfly pendant around my bridesmaid bouquet (with permission and blessing from the bride) and echoed the pink and blue in my title piece here. A little pink and blue flower for my babes. I like including them in big family functions (this is their uncle's wedding) and have decided to include them in ink here.
See? I used the Happy To Be Friends stampset with a bunch of inks to make this bit.
I had to add some blingy bits to the flowers so I dug through my stash to find some sequins and glitter gems. Now it feels done!
The finished page with pictures and journaling!
For the rest of the bridal party, I squished em all onto the same page, just because I can. ;) Another Scrapbook Generation sketch, Skylark papers, quatrefoil and woodgrain embossing folders and inking up the embossed bits. I'm really enjoying the collage pages from Scrapbook Generation!
I've started the page for my new sister's entrance and haven't printed the pictures (yet). I'll hopefully get this layout done this week.
A couple weeks back I got these wooden letters from spotlight and covered them using Hopscotch paper and liquid glass. I finally got around to sticking them up on my office wall with good old blutack!
I decided to challenge a new mate to a color challenge the other night using these colors.
I used them to finish off a card design we learned at Convention back in October. (Yes, I have had the pieces for this card cut and waiting since October!) This card also features the Happy To Be Friends stampset and flaxen smoothie thistle and glacier inks.
One of the facebook groups I'm in is doing page challenges. This is one of the current challenges from Make It From Your Heart Volume 1. I've embossed the purple strip with our Damask embossing folder. Not sure which wedding photos I'll use on it yet. The mint bit is a place holder for a 5x7 photo so I don't forget.
I'm toying with ideas for save the date cards. This is the idea that popped in my head the other night. If you're getting married soon and are looking for unique save the dates, invites, or thank you cards, I can help whip up something that suits your taste and colors. With a palette of 42 colors (including 2 shades of white), and a mix of alphabet stampsets, the options are nearly endless.
And finally, the layout I finished yesterday before heading to the pool for a looooong soak. This is for formal wedding party shots, it's also another scrapbook generation sketch.
I decided to use the Woodgrain embossing folder on 2 squares to add some visual interest, then decide some stamping would help too. The tree and heart images are from September 2014's stamp of the month. Never pass up the SOTM, you never know when I'll pull out an older design and use it again!
This is the layout design I'm teaching in February's Scrap Your Stash sessions. I did it first in Heartstrings, then in Ivy Lane as I loved it so much! There's space for 12 photos on this layout. 12!
The smaller rectangles are photo mats for 2x2 photos. They look a bit like polaroids to me. I cut a 2x2 square, lined it up on each mat, and used my micro tip scissors to lightly score around as a guide for where to place the photos later. If you embiggen this one you'll see a faint score line.
Now for the Ivy Lane version! I chose to use B&T paper for the base of these pages instead of cardstock. You don't have to use cardstock as a base, you can use paper!
Here you can see the outline for the 2x2 photo that I mentioned earlier. I added some pen stitching just for grins.
This is my favorite bit on the page. The embossing, the sticker, the dovetailed bits, *swoon*.
I used the woodgrain and damask folders for these parts. I ran the woodgrain through my cuttlebug and the damask I just used my metal waterbottle to lightly press the design into my cardstock. It's a nice change of texture for the page.
Love this 12 photo layout? Want to know how to make it? Guess what, I'm teaching them during Scrap Your Stash! Want to come to a Scrap Your Stash session? Let me know!
I'll start with the pages I've been making for my brother's wedding. I started out with this layout from Make It From Your Heart Volume 2, retired Ivy Lane papers, retired Swirls Around stampset, retired Ivy Lane stampset, Happy To Be Friends stampset, multiple inks, and retired Ivy Lane complements. Just because items have been retired doesn't mean I don't use them. I bought em, paid good money for em, I'm gonna use em!
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| Inks used: blush (retired, replaced with pixie), bamboo, smokey plum, sweet leaf, slate. |
Next is my entrance with my groomsman Dex. As we are the first couple down the aisle, we get our own page. ;) I used a layout from Scrapbook Generation for this one. I also used a mix of retired items (Skylark paper packet and blush ink) and current items (colonial white cardstock, kraft cardstock, heart vine and quatrefoil embossing folders, multiple inks) for this layout. The wedding colors were purple, gray, and accented with burlap so using a blue and green paper packet is a bit challenging!
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| Happy To Be Friends stampset wreath stamped in sweet leaf, flowers stamped in blush, slate, bamboo, glacier, and smokey plum. I love this effect! |
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| I kept the embossing folders to 2 designs and used the Chocolate squares as photo mats. |
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| Julia's flower is in blush (retired color) and Evan's flower is in glacier (new color). |
For the rest of the bridal party, I squished em all onto the same page, just because I can. ;) Another Scrapbook Generation sketch, Skylark papers, quatrefoil and woodgrain embossing folders and inking up the embossed bits. I'm really enjoying the collage pages from Scrapbook Generation!
I've started the page for my new sister's entrance and haven't printed the pictures (yet). I'll hopefully get this layout done this week.
A couple weeks back I got these wooden letters from spotlight and covered them using Hopscotch paper and liquid glass. I finally got around to sticking them up on my office wall with good old blutack!
I decided to challenge a new mate to a color challenge the other night using these colors.
One of the facebook groups I'm in is doing page challenges. This is one of the current challenges from Make It From Your Heart Volume 1. I've embossed the purple strip with our Damask embossing folder. Not sure which wedding photos I'll use on it yet. The mint bit is a place holder for a 5x7 photo so I don't forget.
I'm toying with ideas for save the date cards. This is the idea that popped in my head the other night. If you're getting married soon and are looking for unique save the dates, invites, or thank you cards, I can help whip up something that suits your taste and colors. With a palette of 42 colors (including 2 shades of white), and a mix of alphabet stampsets, the options are nearly endless.
And finally, the layout I finished yesterday before heading to the pool for a looooong soak. This is for formal wedding party shots, it's also another scrapbook generation sketch.
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| I decided to add some hearts in smokey plum, sweet leaf, bamboo, desert sand, and glacier inks. |
This is the layout design I'm teaching in February's Scrap Your Stash sessions. I did it first in Heartstrings, then in Ivy Lane as I loved it so much! There's space for 12 photos on this layout. 12!
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| 12 photos spaces: four 2x2, one 4x6, five 3x4, two 3x5. |
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| I stamped this one with the Year Noted arrow stamp in ruby ink and i adore you (retired stamp) in black. |
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| Love You is from Happy To Be Friends and I stamped it in blush. |
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| Heart embossing folder, and lagoon inked edges. |
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| Space for 12 photos, yes 12! |
Love this 12 photo layout? Want to know how to make it? Guess what, I'm teaching them during Scrap Your Stash! Want to come to a Scrap Your Stash session? Let me know!
Monday, August 4, 2014
Wedding!
I'm here in Seattle, wedding #1 of 2 is over. Soooooooooooo much fun being a bridesmaid again!
We're here in the US for another 2 weeks. When I get home, I'm going through my entire 8gig SD card of photos and editing them. Then I'm using the brand new Picture My Life™ For Always Scrapbooking Program, the Woodgrain Embossing Folder, some smokey plum, slate, black, white daisy, and chocolate cardstocks and inks to scrapbook this big day!
I've got some more posts to catch up on so keep an eye out! There's so much good stuff to share with you!
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| Bridesmaid huddle around the bride. |
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| Rachel seeing her bouquet for the first time! Her florist did such a good job. Just gorgeous! |
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| My groomsman Dex and I doing a quick practice run down the aisle. |
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| I asked the bride if she was ok with me having my babies represented on my bouquet. She was. I wrapped my Midnight Orange butterfly necklace around my bouquet just above the twine handle. I tried to make sure in each shot that my babies could be seen. |
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| The Bridal Party. |
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| The photographers mixed us up. :p |
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| My new sister! Mrs. Rachel Gillette |
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| The original Gillette Four now with Rachel. My baby brother Ethan, me, Rachel, my middle lil brother Erik, my oldest lil brother Kyle. |
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| Original Four plus wives and husband. |
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| The originals. |
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| Walking down the aisle with my groomsman. |
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| First! |
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| Erik and Rachel with their siblings. |
We're here in the US for another 2 weeks. When I get home, I'm going through my entire 8gig SD card of photos and editing them. Then I'm using the brand new Picture My Life™ For Always Scrapbooking Program, the Woodgrain Embossing Folder, some smokey plum, slate, black, white daisy, and chocolate cardstocks and inks to scrapbook this big day!
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| Picture My Life™ For Always Scrapbooking Program |
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