My Creative Space: Bows and Polka Dots!

Hello friends!

This week I have been playing with corrugated cardboard. I really love the rough look of it! I was inspired by the color combo this week of grey and yellow. I started this project by creating the paper bow and worked with those colors to create this piece. It was also my first opportunity to try out my knew Jenni Bowlin Banner stamp set. It comes with 2 acrylic stamps in polka dots and strips.

The black and white polka dotted crepe paper was a fun find at our local party store, Party City.

This wall collage is listed in our etsy shop.

This week I wanted to talk about my favorite adhesives! The most important item for crafters! If you have a favorite, please let me know what you like to use!

My all time favorite is this glue stick! Yes, a simple, cheap $1.99 glue stick! Available at Michaels, it's by Pioneer brand, and it works great! Super strong and quick drying!

For more simple projects like gluing paper to paper, I use this Scotch adhesive dot roller. There are so many rollers available and I was so overwhelmed by them all that I hadn't tried any, until I was walking past the Scotch booth at CHA last year and this guy said, "here take one, you'll love it". Well how can you pass up free stuff? So when I got home and tried it, I loved it! If I accidentally get it where I don't want it, I can simply rub it off with my finger. So nice! You can also find these at Michaels. I love to use my coupons to stock up on refills.

When I need a good wet adhesive, I go for Aleene's Tacky glue. It's a great thick white glue that has been around for a long time and is available at Wal Mart.

I have also used this clear liquid adhesive by Tombow. It's great for using with glitter!

Also a must have in my craft room is this bottle of Glossy Accents. This great product by Ranger is a great multi use item. It's mostly known for being dimensional and used for creating rain drops and other fun effects. It's also a great adhesive! It dries completely clear so I also reach for it when working with a clear or see through surface. It's very fast drying, and creates a very strong bond.

I love to layer my projects so foam dots are a must. Some dots I have found to be so thin that I have to stack 3 or 4 together just to get the right thickness. For me, these are just right. By All Night Media, these pop dots are a staple in my craft room!



So these are my favorites!

 Please let me know what are your favorites or if you love these too?

Wishing you a great day, Lindsey

Pretty Girl Mini Album

Hello friends!

Today I am sharing this sweet little album I have been creating this week.

This album is made out of file folders! I found a great tutorial for this album here at Burst Of Creativity blog, last week and knew I wanted to try it!

I had a lot of fun pulling out my favorite bright and colorful paper patterns for this cheery little book. The main line used throughout this book is Modern Homemaker by October Afternoon. I also mixed in some Cosmo Cricket and Crate Paper.

This book has 8 pages plus the pockets on the inside covers.

I added lots of layers to this book and really had fun playing with embossing on Core'dinations cardstock. Core'dinations is really cool because after embossing it, you can sand it down to create a cool vintage look. You can find Core'dinations cardstock at Joann's.

I just love the feel of spring these lovely bright patterns bring! I love paper!

I used to be a paper hoarder and never wanted to use it, but when I worked for a scrapbook store I realized that it was okay to cut it up because there would always be something new and just as pretty to catch my eye!

I had so much fun looking for fun embellishments to compliment this book. Martha Stewart edge and corner punches are some of my favorite tools to use!

This book is held together by a piece of seam binding dyed pink using Spun Sugar Distress Ink.

This mini book is now listed in our etsy shop!

Wishing you a happy day, Lindsey

Just Fabulous

Hello friends!

 I want to share with you a few cards I created using a vintage styled stamp set.

This stamp set is by Hero Arts and is called Sew Stylish. It comes with 3 vintage girls that are super cute!

These cards are available here in our etsy shop.

The scrapbook paper is also a recent purchase. It's called Hello Luscious from Basic Grey.

A very important tool in any craft room is scissors!

I like to do a lot of small, intricate cutting, and for that I always use these Micro Tip Fiskars scissors.

For cutting through thicker material, such as cardboard, I love my Tim Holtz scissors. They are made by Tonic and have a great soft grip handle.

Wishing you all a lovely day, Lindsey

My Creative Space

Hello friends!

This week in my creative space, I have been making tags.

For these tags, I dyed seam binding using Tattered Rose and Spun Sugar Distress inks. The edge punch I used is by Martha Stewart and it's called Eyelet Lace.

One of the most important things in my creative space is my paper trimmer.

I have tried several over the years and I now have 2 favorites.

My main trimmer that I use everyday, is a guillotine style trimmer by Tonic.

I have always thought the guillotine style is quicker and more accurate and I love this one!

Whenever I travel I need a smaller, more portable trimmer. I recently purchased this Premium Portable trimmer by Fiskars, due to an overwhelming amount of recommendations. I love it! It is very accurate and has a long fold out ruler.

I took it with me to retreat this past weekend and saw that most of ladies had this one. Most even said they used it as their everyday trimmer. 

If you're in the market for a new paper trimmer, I highly recommend checking these out.

Wishing you craftiness, Lindsey

Weekend Retreat

Hello friends!

This past weekend I was at a scrapbooking retreat.

3 days filled with nothing but talking and creating!

One of the things I created while there was altering

 this composition notebook in a sweet vintage school theme.

All scrapbook paper is by October Afternoon.

On the inside cover is a decorative envelope for photos and ephemera.

I love this argyle pattern for the back of the book.

This journal is now listed here in our etsy shop.

Here is a photo of my scrap table.

It was fun to spread out all my stuff and create surrounded by so many creative women. It was fun to just walk around and see what others were creating!

This is everything I brought with me. Does it look like a lot?

This is less than half of what most ladies brought. Most had at least 3 trips with the cart. One lady even brought a uhaul!

It is amazing how the whole room is a sea of supplies!

It was a lot of fun and I got a lot creating done!

I wish you a very lovely day, Lindsey

My Little Dog Layout

Hello friends!

Today's layout is using my favorite paper line right now. It's called Emma's Shoppe, by Crate Paper.

I really enjoy adding lots of layers to my projects and this layout really popped off the page with the additions of my white Signo gel pen. I highly recommend this pen. It's awesome!

This layout features our Bolognese dog, Muffin. He is our little angel.

 Always the perfect dog.

Thank you for visiting me today, Lindsey

Supplies:

patterned paper - Crate Paper

die cuts and stickers - Crate Paper

my little dog and bingo cards - October Afternoon

Gel pen - Signo

spray ink and paint - ranger

bling - Kaiser Craft

chipboard banner - Cosmo Cricket

edge punches - Fiskars (Apron Lace) and Martha Stewart (Loopy)

doilies - Dollar Store find