Vintage Album

For NSD I decided to take me first class! I've known Tammy for a couple years now and love her style. It's totally not anything I do, so I thought I would take a class with her to see where that creativity comes from and to see if anything would rub off on me :D This class took about 4.5 hours and when I came home I finished it off! We used Graphic 45 and I used Helmar's 450 adhesive and tape runner. We made this completely from scratch. The class will be available soon on Big Picture Scrapbooking!

Wow! It's been a minute!

I sat down this morning and started designing! Seems like I haven't put out a kit in forever! I also managed to put together a printable banner as well! This would be something cute for the kiddos to put together for dad for Father's Day! And it's on sale! My guest CT for this month is also doing a hybrid challenge! If you want to participate jump in for your chance to win a 5.00 GC to my shoppe, plus a chance to possibly be a guest CT for a month!

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Pagemaps Monthly Sketch Challenge

This is my first time doing a challenge on the Page Maps site! I've contributed before but I love the idea of a monthly challenge. It's also been raining for the last four days in St Louis, so I had to take the photo of the layout here inside. Which I have a hard time with it seems. I think it's time for that flash purchase ;) I used mainly 7 Gypsies on this layout. Alpha is from Cosmo Cricket. The chipboard frame is from Magistical Memories and the adhesive I used is from Helmar. Their runner, Scrap Dots liquid and foam squares ;)
TFL!!

Helmar + Fabric = LOVE!

For the month of May, I'm all Helmar's! I'm their guest designer for this month! I would like to put all my fabric goodies that I made into one post for everyone! Also, ACherryOnTop is now carrying their Craft Glue that I used on the fabric and the ScrapDots that I used on my layouts for dimension. This is the liquid form of pop dots, so you're able to control the dimension and it dries clear ;) The first thing I made from the fabric I got from Fat Quarter were the pillows. Instead of buying new pillows I made slip covers for the ones that I was going to replace! To do this wash and iron your fabric. Measure and cut your fabric to fit your pillow. Lay the print facing each other and glue about 1/4 inch around 3 sides. Let dry about 15 minutes, invert your fabric and slide your pillow in. The way I closed my pillow is I put adhesive on one side and folded the two open side together. Smooth across and let dry. I also sewed on some buttons in the middle and added some more craft glue behind the button for extra hold.







No Sew Flowers
I made these flowers from the pieces I had left over from my pillows. I think they would also look cute on the pillows as well ;) For these I cut out 5 circles, they don't need to be perfect. Fold four of them in half with the pattern on the outside, then in half again. Put a circle amount of craft glue in the center of your fifth circle and lay the points of the four folded circles in the center. Let dry. Add whatever you wish to the center. I even misted with Tattered Angels Marshmallow for some shimmer! I added some ScrapDots on the inside of the blue petals to get them to stand up a bit more.




Headbands!
I found a great tutorial here for fabric headbands! Instead of using a sewing machine I used Craft Glue! I did add a couple stitches at the end to help give support to the elastic. I'm really hard on my hair stuff so thought it wouldn't hurt! I would love to see if anyone else attempts this! I think these would make great baby girl gifts!







Finally and altered window pane!
I wish I would have gotten a picture of this before I tore it apart. I was going to send this to a consignment shop before I saw that I could tear it apart. So visualize an Americana flag painted on wood and nailed onto the back. There was also Americana fabric tied onto the twig part. I was able to tear off the flag part because it was nailed in. I used my scrap fabric from the pillows I made and used the Craft glue to adhere that on the back of the panel. I put my photos on the front in case I ever want to replace them, with Helmar's adhesive runner. The fabric flowers I also cut from my scraps. The "T" I cut out of cardboard and covered with extra fabric as well. I thought it needed something so I just tied some fabric onto it, I might add some bling as well ;) Photos used were taken by Bridget from imaginatephotography.com

NSD Sale and May Special + Freebie!

I hope everyone has something fun planned for this weekend! I know I'll be taking a class this Sunday with Tammy Tutterow at For Keeps Sake! For all you digital and hybrid gals, I'm running a 40% off sale right now along with a great May Special! S4H/S4O ok, unless noted in the description!
What are YOU doing this weekend!

New Digital Products!

A couple new things in the shoppe! I love this template I did. I scraplifted a layout that I worked on for Magistical Memories for next months assignments ;)


I also put a paper pack up in the shoppe called Vintage Memories!


TFL! These products are S4H/S4O ok ;)

Fabric Headbands

Be warned people I got crafty! I really like the fabric I bought for my pillows. Especially the blue. So thought I would try my hand at making a head band. And of course the power of the Internet+Google and I found this Tutorial! I followed it exactly except for the sewing part and we all know why! I just used Helmar's Craft glue to do everything. I did add a couple stitches at the end to help give support to the elastic. I'm really hard on my hair stuff so thought it wouldn't hurt! I would love to see if anyone else attempts this!

Fabric Flowers using Adhesive

I'm working on a project with my left over fabric from the pillows I made. I had a window pane with an American flag painted behind it on a board. I was going to give it away until I saw that I could take the flag board off without ruining the rest! Hopefully I can finish it today when my pictures come in and get some photos up! With some of the scraps I figured I would try and make some flowers as well to go on this project. Here's what I came up with. I got the idea from a tutorial I found HERE. There's a lot of great ideas listed. Instead of sewing though I used Helmar's 450 adhesive ;)
TFL

No Sew Pillows....

If you're like me, you don't have a sewing machine. One day I'll get one, but not anytime soon! I always love to see what crafters do with fabric and sewing machines, but could never duplicate it until now! I found out that Helmar has an adhesive that is safe on virtually everything including fabrics and it's washable! I ordered some fabric from The Fat Quarter Shop. Their longest shipping time in the states is 3 days! Keep checking over at ACOT, because I've heard that they're going to be getting some in. Better yet comment here on which product you want ;)
I would love to see if you guys have done anything similar. This was my first attempt! I actually just covered some pillows that I was getting ready to toss!





ETA- I added some buttons on just to see what it would look like ;)

New Layout Using Helmar! Did you add them?

Did you girls add them to your facebook fan pages? Remember to tell them I sent you over then recommend them to your friends and repeat!! Here's another layout I did with their ScrapDots, which I love, and runner!

Bubble Tree and free adhesive!

I think the bubble tree might be one of my favorites from the new release! There are so many possibilities for it! For this one, I added some paper from Scribble Scrabble behind it, then wrapped the trunk with Pink Paislee tape. I also used Helmar Scrap Dots adhesive to give it dimension off my page. If you've used this tree, please link me up! I would love to see how you used it!

If you want into the drawing for free adhesive, just join Helmar's facebook page! Tell them I sent ya over!!