Every Thursday on Paper Crafter’s Library is Technique Thursday – it’s when we create and feature projects for our Club 52 online class (our year-long technique club), and for our Paper Crafter’s Library members. Although really, we probably should have called it Club 104 since each week we typically release two techniques LOL!
We’re now on week 23, and are continuing on with embossing techniques. This week we’re learning a couple of faux techniques: faux metal and faux cloisonne. For example, in the tag on the left, the ticket embellishment has been created using the faux metal technique. The tag on the right uses the faux cloisonne technique to add beauty to the flowers.
If you’re interested in checking out what we’ve covered so far, you can look at our Club 52 page. If you’re a techique junkie and would like to learn new techniques (as many of them are ones we have created), or revisit old ones – you can still sign up from this page – you’ll be able to access all 22 weeks we’ve done so far, plus the remaining weeks, and your access to the classroom will last for 15 months.
Hi everyone!!! I am so excited to be creating my first blog post for you as a new Design Team member!!!! I hope the projects I’ve created for you spark your creativity and inspire you to try something new! I decided to bring some spring to the winter here in Colorado by playing with the new Twitterpated Suite from Stampin’ Up! I love the floral images and the bright colors!
For my first project I created this Twitterpated Mini Book combining the Twitterpated designer series paper with the new Adorning Accents edgelits! I did a bit of “up cycling” by using the paperboard that comes as the backing for the designer series paper to make the pages of this book more sturdy. You can add photos, journaling, mini messages and more to your pages.
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I hope you’ve enjoyed these projects! Please let me know if you have any questions! Video tutorials and pdf handouts for the mini book and magnets are available to Paper Crafter’s Library members. I”ve also filmed a video for our members on how to use the Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies and Textured Impressions Embossing Folders with your Big Shot. There is a pdf handout for the fabric bookmark. Please make sure that you are logged in first in order to access the vidoes and handouts.
If you’re not already a member of Paper Crafter”s Library, it’s worth checking out. As a member, along with our existing video library of over 700 videos, you’ll receive daily inspiration, great project ideas, fun techniques, instruction on how to use your products, and more! For more information and to join, click here.
A few months back we decided to add to the Paper Crafter’s Library team. We put out a call for some Design Team members and selected a few ladies to join our team. They have been hard at work, creating some paper crafting projects to share with you!
It is with great pleasure that we introduce you to the first of our Design Team members, Michelle Wecksler. Michelle is very excited to be a part of the first ever Paper Crafter’s Library Design Team!
Michelle brings a great deal of enthusiasm to our team. She is a self-proclaimed artist and strongly believes that each of us has unique creative gifts to bring into this world and she tries to do her best to inspire herself and others to tap into that wealth of creativity! And that’s just what we are going to do, share some of Michelle’s talent and inspiration with you through her work. You’ll have a chance to see Michelle’s projects tomorrow. In the meantime, please be sure to visit Michelle’s blog Figments of My Imagination.
Learn more about Michelle:
“I live in Denver, Colorado and am humbled by the gorgeous Rocky Mountains on a daily basis. I live with my partner Michael and our four-legged kids; Willow the cat and Buddy the dog.
I think of myself as a Renaissance woman when it comes to art – I might be playing with paper one day and mosaics the next! Paper crafting is a special love of mine – just the feel of paper in my hands gets the creative juices flowing! I have been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator for 4 years and have had numerous projects published in Paper Crafts magazine. I am also a “recovering lawyer.” After receiving my law degree and becoming an attorney in Atlanta, GA, I spent very little time actually practicing law – it just didn’t warm my heart. Instead I found myself drawn to mediation, consulting and teaching. Currently you can still find me on the road conducting training sessions at corporations on the topics of communication skills, negotiation skills and conflict resolution. Returning to the craft room after a trip keeps me centered.Making art is my true passion! Thank you for letting me share my passion with you.
My biggest goal when it comes to papercrafting and art in general is to honor myself as a creative being and to allow myself to express my creativity! I would also like to continue to find my own voice – my own style – when it comes to my art. The only way for me to do that is to keep creating; to keep being open to making mistakes, and to continue to move forward no matter what my inner critic says! I know that going into the craft room keeps me centered. Making art in any form is my true passion and I appreciate the opportunity to share it with you!
I think sometimes we sit around waiting for the right moment, the right mood, the right inspiration. I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of waiting! I think the best way to jump start your creativity is to just show up at the place where you do your art making, grab the first stamp or tool or card stock or color that jumps out at you and do something with it! When you show your creativity that you are willing to jump in with both feet, your creativity has a tendency to keep running!”
Welcome to this week’s Makeover Monday challenge – a weekly challenge brought to you by the Paper Crafter’s Library and Sunny Stampin’ Studios. The purpose of Makeover Monday is to help you learn how to take the ideas and inspiration you find on the internet, and make it your own. This challenge is strictly a “work from your stash” challenge.
Every Monday we take a project we found on the internet, and show you our process for recreating it and making it our own, using supplies from our own stash. Unlike most weeks where we have been typically making cards, this week we decided to switch it up and re-create a scrapbook page. The inspiration piece we used, which is show below, is from Darlene Devries – a paper crafter whose blog we recently discovered.
You can watch Tracy re-create the page using elements from our stash here at the Sunny Stampin’ Studio:
Here are the details on how you can participate in the Makeover Monday Challenge:
A new Makeover Monday Challenge & video will go up every Monday
Work from your own stash to create a project based on the inspiration project provided – you can use any products you would like, and make any type of project you like – card, scrapbook page, album, 3D item etc.
Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
Click on our inLinkz button below to add a link to your project for our challenge
You will have until 7am, Monday, February 13th, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, February 13th, in the afternoon.
The winner will be posted here. The randomly selected winner will win a grab bag filled with over $30 of spring-themed goodies.
Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!
Now before I go, it’s time to annouce the winner of last week’s Makeover Monday challenge……
But before I do, I want to thank everyone who participated, and encourage you to keep it up – it’s a fun way to develop your creative skills, and as our winner is randomly drawn – everyone has a chance to be a winner…
So…..Joyce…..you are this week’s winner. You can see Joyce’s card below, and visit her blog HERE.
Joyce, please email us at customerservice@papercrafterslibrary.comto claim your prize. Be sure to put “Makeover Monday Winner” in the subject line, and in the body of the email please include your shipping address, email, and phone number.
This week’s Freebie Friday Give-Away is this fun collection from Echo Park called “Winter Park”. The collection kit comes with twelve 12 x 12 double sided patterned papers – one of which has cut apart journalling labels. It also has a 12″ x 12″ element sticker sheet and a 12″ x 12″ alphabet sticker sheet.
For today’s Freebie Friday Video Tutorial, Tracy has created this fun card using paper and elements from the Winter Park Collection:
In addition to the card Tracy also created this Winter Wonderland Sledding scrapbook page. This project features the Winter Park Collection by Echo Park as well as clear rhinestones.
We have a video tutorial and pdf handout available to our Paper Crafter’s Library members – please make sure you are logged in first. If you’re not already a member, it’s worth checking out. As a member,along with our existing video library of over 700 videos, you’ll receive daily inspiration, great project ideas, fun techniques, instruction on how to use your products, and more! For more information and to join, click here.
And now, the winner of last week’s Yours Truly Collection from Echo Park:
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Congratulations Sue! Please email us at customerservice@papercrafterslibrary.com to claim your prize! Be sure to put Freebie Friday Winner in the subject line, and include your phone number and shipping address in the body of the email!
How to enter this week’s giveaway:
All you have to do is leave us a comment in the comments section of this blog. Winner will be announced on Friday, February 10th at the bottom of that Freebie Friday post!
Every Thursday on Paper Crafter’s Library is Technique Thursday – it’s when we create and feature projects for our Club 52 online class (our year-long technique club), and for our Paper Crafter’s Library members. Although really, we probably should have called it Club 104 since each week we typically release two techniques LOL!
We’re now on week 22, and are continuing on with embossing techniques. Last week we were using UTEE (Ultra Thick) embossing powder. This week we’ve moved on to embossing with white embossing powder and adding color with alternate mediums to enhance specific areas of a stamped image. For example, in the tag on the right, the owl is highlighted by adding color using pastels directly over the embossed image. The tag on the left adds multiple colors with the use of alcohol markers to the entire embossed image.
If you’re interested in checking out what we’ve covered so far, you can look at our Club 52 page. If you’re a techique junkie and would like to learn new techniques (as many of them are ones we have created), or revisit old ones – you can still sign up from this page – you’ll be able to access all 22 weeks we’ve done so far, plus the remaining weeks, and your access to the classroom will last for 15 months.
For today’s Paper Crafter’s Library Member post, I have created this Vintage “Be Mine” Valentine mailbox. This mailbox was designed so that it can be hung from a door knob and you can slip little love notes or treats into the pocket.
Karen and I have been busy holding down the fort while Andrea and Soph are away at CHA. Can’t wait for them to be back and hear all about their amazing time there.
So there you have it – a quick snapshot of one of the video tutorials our Paper Crafter’s Library members have enjoyed today. If you’re looking for daily inspiration, great project ideas, fun techniques, instruction on how to use your products….you’ll find it all in our Paper Crafter’s Library member area!
This week in our Paper Crafter’s Library Member area we’ve started to think of Springtime and have beeen inspired by the beautiful colors that it brings! Behind the scenes, with the release of our Makeover Monday Card, Soph introduced the Honeycomb paper and coordinating stamp sets by Inky Antics. This introduction video can be seen here. Soph also created the “Apple of My Eye” pop up card featuring the Honeycomb paper.
For today’s Paper Crafter’s Library Member post, we brought back one of our projects from the “March Break Madness” online class we ran a few years ago – it’s this coloring portfolio designed to hold a few stamped cards and an 8 color box of crayons.
Things have been a bit crazy around the office this week! Andrea and Sophia are away in California at CHA (Craft and Hobby Association)…having an amazing time. Once they return home they will share with everyone all about this years experiece!
So there you have it – a quick snapshot of some of the video tutorials our Paper Crafter’s Library members have enjoyed so far this week. If you’re looking for daily inspiration, great project ideas, fun techniques, instruction on how to use your products….you’ll find it all in our Paper Crafter’s Library member area!
Welcome to this week’s Makeover Monday challenge – a weekly challenge brought to you by the Paper Crafter’s Library and Sunny Stampin’ Studios. The purpose of Makeover Monday is to help you learn how to take the ideas and inspiration you find on the internet, and make it your own. This challenge is strictly a “work from your stash” challenge.
Every Monday we take a project we found on the internet, and show you our process for recreating it and making it our own, using supplies from our own stash.
This week’s inspiration piece was created by a Dawn McVey – a paper artist with a clean and graphic style of stamping. The card above – created by Tracy – was inspired by Dawn’s card below, and features products from Echo Park’s Spring Time Collection, Hero Arts Fancy Felt Flowers, Buttons and Stamped greeting from Papertrey Ink.
You can watch the video below to see how Tracy created her card using Dawn’s as inspiration:
Here are the details on how you can participate in the Makeover Monday Challenge:
A new Makeover Monday Challenge & video will go up every Monday
Work from your own stash to create a project based on the inspiration project provided – you can use any products you would like, and make any type of project you like – card, scrapbook page, album, 3D item etc.
Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
Click on our inLinkz button below to add a link to your project for our challenge
You will have until 7am, Monday, February 6th, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, February 6th, in the afternoon.
The winner will be posted here. The randomly selected winner will win a grab bag filled with over $30 of spring-themed goodies.
Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!
Now before I go, it’s time to annouce the winner of last week’s Makeover Monday challenge……
But before I do, I want to thank everyone who participated, and encourage you to keep it up – it’s a fun way to develop your creative skills, and as our winner is randomly drawn – everyone has a chance to be a winner…
So…..Donna…..you are this week’s winner. You can see Donna’s card below, and visit her blog HERE.
Donna, please email us at customerservice@papercrafterslibrary.com to claim your prize. Be sure to put “Makeover Monday Winner” in the subject line, and in the body of the email please include your shipping address, email, and phone number.
This week’s Freebie Friday Give-Away is this gorgeous collection from Echo Park called “Yours Truly”. The collection kit comes with twelve 12 x 12 double sided patterned papers – one of which has cut apart journalling labels, titles and borders at the back. It also has a 12″ x 12″ element sticker sheet and a 12″ x 12″ alphabet sticker sheet.
For today’s Freebie Friday Video Tutorial, Tracy has created this fun card using paper and elements from the Yours Truly Collection:
In addition to the card, Tracy also created this adorable Yours Truly Valentine’s Tote. It measures 4 1/4″ wide by 4 1/2″ tall (not including the handle) – so you could wrap a small gift to place inside or of course fill it with treats – and who doesn’t like treats? This project features paper and elements from the Yours Truly Collection, some fun Baker’s twine from the Twinery and the handle was created using Spellbinder’s Nestabilities. The template is an original design by Tracy.
We have a video tutorial, the template and pdf handout available to our Paper Crafter’s Library members – please make sure you are loggin in first. If you’re not already a member, it’s worth checking out. As a member,along with our existing video library of over 700 videos, you’ll receive daily inspiration, great project ideas, fun techniques, instruction on how to use your products, and more! For more information and to join, click here.
Winner of Last Week’s Freebie Friday Kissing Booth Collection from Basic Gray
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Congratulations Carolyn! Please email us at customerservice@papercrafterslibrary.com to claim your prize! Be sure to put Freebie Friday Winner in the subject line, and include your phone number and shipping address in the body of the email!
How to enter this week’s giveaway:
All you have to do is leave us a comment in the comments section of this blog. Winner will be announced on Friday, February 3rd at the bottom of that Freebie Friday post!
