Inkspiration for Stamping and Scrapbooking

Scrapped Wall Art

Look at what I made!

This was a class at Scrapfest in nearby Kitchener, and I finished it up this week by finally putting my photo in it.

This is an artist's canvas frame that's been painted and inked.

The paper is new 12 x 12 printed watercolour paper(non SU!, but we can hope something like this is in the works...). I watercoloured the pre-printed images using my Aquapainter. You could using SU!'s watercolour crayons, pencil crayons or markers to do the watercolouring, but since the instructor - the fabulous  (and Canadian!) Trisha Ladouceur had watercolour paints by Tsuskinko, I think, there and I hadn't tried them before, I used those. We watercoloured the frame and cut the centre out. On a second different watercolour paper, we watercoloured the flower and word and cut those out. They are placed on the square frame with lots of Stampin' Dimensionals. Lots and lots of primas adorn this frame  - Trisha is a PrimaDonna (code for on the Prima design team) afterall! Some Crystal Effects offers some clear sparkle too.

My wedding was a late August date and our colour was a grape-y plum. But I wanted my piece of art to go in my stampin' area which is in these yellow, orange, green-y shades (striped curtains set the tone), so I changed the photo to sepia to better suit the colour scheme. I love this piece and I love have a photo of us in my workspace!

I've got more not quite done projects, so I'll be back soon, I hope, with more to show you (but I also have lots of writing to do for my day job, so stampin' time is a rare commodity these days)  ... Stay tuned!

Happy stampin' and blessings - Ann

Let me know what you think - I love hearing from you!

Upcoming Classes

Wall hanging class:

This class features both chipboard and simply scrappin' kits - in honour of National Scrapbooking Month.

Each of these wall hangings measures 7 1/2" wide and 20 1/2" tall (measuring from the knot in the ribbon to the bottom of the last piece of chipboard). And, you can string it to sit vertically rather than hang horizontally.

With Father's Day next month, this would be a great gift for Dad or Grandpa! You will have your choice of making a "boy" wall hanging (uses the Crew Kids Boy Simply Scrappin' Kit) or a "girl" wall hanging (uses the Crew Kids Girl Simply Scrappin' Kit).

When:  Wednesday, May 21st at 7pm
Where: My Home Studio
Who: You and your friends.  If you live too far away to attend you can take this class through the mail. 

What: You pick if you'd like to make the boy wall hanging OR the girl wall hanging.
Cost: $25 each (plus postage if needed).  You can choose to make both wall hangings for $45.

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 16th

Here's a photo of the horizontal version:

  Wouldn't that be nice on an end table or mantle?

Masculine Cards:

It's so much easier making pretty cards for our friends and mothers than the not-too-pretty cards for the guys in our lives, isn't it? Join me as we make 5 masculine cards to have on hand. I'll have birthday and father's day greetings out so you can personalize the cards if you wish.

When:  Monday, June 9th at 7pm
Where: My Home Studio
Who: You and your friends.  If you live too far away to attend you can take this class through the mail.

What: You'll make 5 different masculine cards.
Cost: $20 each (plus postage if needed). Ask about discount for club members and downline. 

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 16th

Photos of this class coming soon!

Turn the calendar page...

Hi there my stampin' friends,

It's the start of a new month and with it come a LOAD of new specials (and one continuing). For those of you who don't care about the specials, be patient, I have some stamping to share too, or scroll to the bottom for a scrapbook page I recently did.

Loonies for Littles
Stampin Up!, as a member of the DSA,  has partnered with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Canada to bring you this promotion. When you purchase an exclusive Loonies for Littles kit, priced at $32.50, $2 goes to Big Brothers and Big Sisters. AND you'll have lots of fun playing around with this kit. It includes:
- Exclusive double-mounted Good Together stamp set
- One 5" x 5" On Board Art Journal
- Two sheets of double-sided Designer Series paper from Boho Blend Simply Scrappin'
- Three sheets of self-adhesive die cuts from Boho Blend Simply Scrappin'
- Four sheets of 12" x 12" textured card stock
- Two Classic Stampin' Spots: 1 Old Olive, 1 Pumpkin Pie
- Full-color insert with photos of projects, along with step-by-step instructions, and One Craft Keeper

Expand Your Toolbox!

The next special is for any Canadian who has been thinking it's time they became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator! I'd love to have you on my team! Being a demonstrator is fun and rewarding, and during the month of May, Stampin' Up! has sweetened the pot in a big way - or I should say in two big ways:

They've discounted the price of the kit: it's now $205 plus GST.

AND you get to add a Hodgepodge Hardware set to your kit - choose from Antique Brass, Pewter, or Aged Copper.
You can contact me for more information about joining my growing team of demonstrators - I'd be happy to get some information to you!

Get On Board with Chipboard

Our next special: Do you love chipboard? All of Stampin' Up!'s chipboard comes 'naked', ready for you to ink, paint, adhere patterned paper to, emboss on, glitter up, wrap with ribbon, etc. And all of the chipboard in the current big catalogue is available at 25% off, when you place a $40 order from the mini or the main catalogues. May is National Scrapbooking Month - why not stock up on some great scrappin' supplies during this promotion?

Item	Description	25% off retail	25% off retail + 7% price adjustment
109181	On Board Blossoms & Basics	$14.21	$13.22
109179	On Board Ginormous Pieces	$14.21	$13.22
107925	On Board Bitty Book	$9.71	$9.03
108495	On Board 5" x 5" Art Journal	$6.71	$6.24
107065	On Board Art Journal (5-3/4" x 8-3/4")	$8.96	$8.33
107307	On Board Accents	$12.71	$11.82
109182	On Board Lots of Letters	$12.71	$11.82
109180	On Board Simon Upper	$12.71	$11.82
107306	On Board Simon Lower	$12.71	$11.82
109192	On Board Clipboard (13" x 7-1/2")	$14.96	$13.91
109190	On Board Clipboard (9" x 9")	$7.46	$6.94
109191	On Board Clipboard (4-1/2" x 9")	$6.19	$5.75
110713	On Board Book Basics Large	$7.46	$6.94
110712	On Board Book Basics Small	$5.63	$5.23

The last special is great for those who find themselves trimming things a lot. Stampin 'Up! is offering the hobby blade free with the purchase of the cutting mat.

Feel free to call or email me to take advantage of any of these specials!

And now, let's get on to stampin' and scrappin', shall we?

This page incorporates some SU! and some non-SU! elements. I made it, all by myself - no kit, no CASEing, while at a crop at Scrapfest. I had made the large white flower as a make n take at the Herrschner's booth where they were featuring these huge punches that you can create a variety of flowers with. That, and the photo were my starting points. I almost never do a one photo layout, but this picture was a single. There was nothing else to put with it, really, so I printed it off at 5 x 7 and planned on doing a single page with it.

I added a flower from the Pretties kit to the centre of the paper flower and sponged on some Tempting Turquoise ink. The paper is all SU! - Bali Breeze, Certainly Celery and the textured Taken with Teal. The chipboard, this time, isn't SU(because I was at a crop and I couldn't haul my whole scrap room there - although I think some scrappers do!) You could "sugar-coat" your chipboard like this though, quite easily, by applying craft ink and sprinkling on the Irridescent Ice embossing powder. Set with your heat tool. The centres of the small chipboard flowers are our rhinestone brads and there's a little SU! rub-on to the right of the photo that says "A breath of fresh air". All paper and cardstock is brushed dtp with the White craft pad.

This photo of Sarah was taken in the summer of 2006, so I'm glad I've finally made up a page. What do you think - gorgeous in its simplicity, oui? You know I've probably used a layout like this for cards several times - it works well for scrapbooking too.

Feel free to leave me a comment - you make my day!

Happy stampin' and scrappin'! Blessings, Ann