Elmer's Craft and Tell!

Hi all! A few weeks ago I was asked to participate in this year's Elmer's Craft and Tell and now I can show you my project made with Elmer's and Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker products.

What is the Craft and Tell you ask? Well Elmer's so generously sent me this box of goodies to create a project with (and to the rest of the Nikki Sivils DT that is participating)! Thanks Elmer's!!! And keep reading to learn how you can win some Elmer's goodies for yourself. The giveaway info is at the bottom of the post :)

Now I can show all of you my project. So I am "crafting" and "telling" so to speak! There will be two teams of Nikki's girls "crafting and telling" this weekend. One team on Friday and one team on Saturday.

Now for my project! As soon as I saw the foam board I had this idea to make my daughter a little house for her toy animals. And the Nikki Sivils "We are Family" collection was perfect to decorate my house. I used the craft knife and mat to cut the shape of my house (I just did it free hand by first sketching on the foam board in pencil, cutting and erasing my pencil marks). Then I used the scissors to cut out my paper to match  and the craft  bond glue (which is AWESOME) to adhere everything. There were also some paint markers included that I forgot to add to the photo above. I used the brown one to color the white edges of the foam board. Those are markers are great! The are just like acrylic paint, but soooooo much easier and less messy!

Here are some pictures of the house:

Front
(my favorite is the little curtins!)

Back

Side

Since this was for my daughter I decided to make it a family project. I decorated the outside and she decorated the inside. The glue stick was perfect for her :) She picked out the stickers and paper for the inside, but I decorated the little shelves :)

My daughter loves the tv shows Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go. She wanted to make this a house for Dora and Diego and the animals they rescue. That's why there's animal stickers inside. We call it the rescue center. She puts her little Dora figure in the winder to look out. It is sooo cute!

Here are some of the animals she "rescued"....

And her playing with it!

So, I bet you are wondering what YOU need to do to win some fun Elmer's

products? Well, just visit EACH of the girls' projects on their blogs and leave

a comment. 

Today's Team includes:

Delaina Burns

Linda Beeson

Jennifer Yates

Sarah Eclavea (that's me!)

Katrina Hunt (will be posted on Saturday)

After visiting all the blogs go to the Nikki Sivils blog and leave a comment for a chance to win a prize. You will have until June 12th at midnight CST to leave comments. There will be a prize given both Friday and Saturday so check Nikki's blog on Saturday to find out who is on the team for that day.   The winners will be announced on the evening of June 13th.

Also here are some fun links for you! Go to their Facebook pages and tell them

that the Divas from Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker sent you over!!!!

Elmer's Website

http://www.elmers.com/

Elmer's on Facebook

www.facebook.com/elmers

Elmer's on Twitter

www.twitter.com/elmers

X-ACTO Facebook Page

www.facebook.com/xacto

Thanks for coming by and enjoy the projects!

More ScrapRoom Goodness

I am just loving the June Kit from The ScrapRoom! I used up every last piece of paper from my Double Shot kit and now I am moving on to my Flavors of the Month kit!

 If you aren't familiar with the ScrapRoom kits let me tell you a little about them. There are two choices of kits the Double Shot Kit and The Flavors of the Month kit. The Double Shot kit (which I mainly design with) consists of two paper collections that you can use to make several pages. The Flavors of the Month consists of four paper collections that are different than the ones in the Double Shot kit. So you can order one kit or both and you will gets lots of goodies from different manufacturers. I love that each kit is really a combination of smaller kits! That way I have lots of variety. With most kits I usually have lots left over because there is so much of each collection.

For this layout I used the Pebbles collection from the Flavors of the Month Kit. I also mixed in a few embellishments from my Double Shot Kit that I had left over :)

This is my little girlie last summer. This is her "say cheese" smile! It is soooo cute!

I also created this sketch to go with my layout to give you all some inspiration too. Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by!

TSR sketch challenge

It's time for the monthly ScrapRoom sketch challenge and this month's sketch was provided by me!

Here is the sketch I created just for the ScrapRoom:

And here is my layout based on the sketch. I mixed up the two lines in this month's Double Shot kit- Basic Grey Sweet Threads and Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup. Tammy did such a great job putting this kit together. The two lines just look like they go together. And sorry for the glare! I was having photography troubles that day!

Thanks for coming by and please hop on over to the ScrapRoom blog where the rest of the DT has a take on the sketch. We would also love to see your layouts too. There is a prize up for grabs from the ScrapRoom store.

Barefoot and Bliss

Have you seen Bo Bunny's new release "Barefoot and Bliss"? I have been very patiently waiting for summer so looking at this paper makes me HAPPY! I have to admit that the girls have lots of summer outfits with these prints and colors and it matches the swimsuits they got in their Easter baskets too. So I will be using a lot of this collection!

These are photos of my little Frances last summer on her very first trip to the beach. She had never been on sand before and loved squishing it through her toes. When I saw the chipboard "Barefoot and Bliss" piece I knew it would be perfect for these photos! The papers also give the photos a little brightness since it was an overcast day :)

supplies: Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss papers, noteworthy, dimensional stickers, 12x12 chipboard, 12x12 combo stickers, jewels, 6x6 minipad

There are lots of other great projects on the Bo Bunny blog today for 'Free for All Friday' so please stop by there if you get a chance!

A few things...

Hi there, I have a few things for you today!

First up- a few cards I created with the ScrapRoom's June Double Shot Kit.

And second- if  you haven't already heard the always so sweet Nikki Sivils is coordinating a scrapbooking drive to benefit victims of the Joplin Missouri tornado. She is just the sweetest and I feel lucky to work for such an amazingly kind and generous woman. I already have a big box of supplies to ship of to here!

All the details can be found on Nikki's BLOG and on the flier below (click for a larger image).

ScrapRoom June Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!! It is June 1st, and you know what that means...KIT REVEAL!! And it is a good one!

In celebration of our JUNE kit, we are having another BLOG HOP!! You know the way this works, right? Here is a list of the places you will be visiting...

Lan Amphone
Melanie Call
Sarah Eclavea
Jenny Moore
Aphra Bolyer
Kim Arledge
Frances Sylvia
The ScrapRoom Blog

The hop begins at Lan's blog, but all of the blogs are linked in case you get lost along the way. Just follow along the blog path, and keep hopping until you reach your last destination which is The ScrapRoom Blog!! Make sure you become a follower and leave a comment at each blog telling our wonderful designers what you liked about their project! When you reach The ScrapRoom Blog, leave a comment letting us know that you finished the hop.

One blog hop participant who follows the rules, will be chosen at random to win a $5 gift certificate to The ScrapRoom Store! Whoot! Whoot! Check out the blog Tuesday, June 7th for our winner!

Today I have a layout to share that I created using the Basic Grey Sweet Threads in the Double Shot kit. The colors reminded me of Easter so I got out my Easter photos. Sure enough the colors match her Easter Eggs perfectly!

Everything on my layout is included in the kit except for the title, chipboard buttons (which are from the March Double Shot kit) and twine; and the brads and stickers are from June's embellishment kit. I also have another layout and two cards to share in The ScrapRoom gallery.

Thanks for coming by! Next you are going to Jenny's blog!

Bo Bunny Layout Challenge

I need more hours in the day! If only I didn't need to go to sleep then maybe there would be enough time to get everything done that I want to get done. But then again, maybe not because there's lots of things I need to get done :)

I did manage to get a new layout done this week for the Bo Bunny layout challenge- yay! The challenge is to use fabric as the inspiration for a layout. For my inspiration I used this pillow. The pattern reminded me of the Bo Bunny Olivia papers so I pulled those out to use. This was my favorite line from Bo Bunny's release last summer and I can't believe I haven't used them more often. I think I kept waiting for the "perfect" photos to use with them. I also used the yellows, greens and blues from the fabric.

And if this isn't the perfect photo, then I don't know what is! When I went to pick it up at Wal-Mart they actually asked me for a photo release because they thought it was a professional photo! Now my photography skills kind of stink so I thought that was hilarious ;)  My little Isabel just looks so darn cute in this photo! She is a happy girl for sure and keeps everyone smiling for sure.

supplies: Bo Bunny Olivia papers, 12x12 chipboard, Icandy chipboard, stickers, notweworthy and wraps; Bo Bunny Ad Lib jewels; Bo Bunny Timepiece 12x12 combo stickers.

Thanks for coming by today and stop by the Bo Bunny blog to see some more layouts inspired by fabric!

cards, cards, cards!

Hello there! I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day! Sorry just a tad late with those wishes! Mine was absolutely fantastic! I love spending time with my little ladies. Here are some pic of me getting some time with both of them. Frances refuses to take a picture with Isabel so I had to settle for separate pics!

Today the Nikki Sivils Design Team Divas have some work up on the blog. Come on over to check it out!

I have these four cards featured. Please forgive my photos as I currently have a 6 month old taking up residence in the scrapbooking room! I wonder how she likes sleeping surrounded by scrapbooking supplies- hehe! It is a temporary arrangment until she stops waking up her sister. Then they will share a room. So hopefully it will be soon!

Thanks for coming by today!

Two Page Layout Day

It's one of my favorite days on the Bo Bunny blog- two page layout day! I love two pagers, but sometimes get stuck on how to arrange my photos. I love looking at lots of two pagers to get ideas.

I created this layout of my girlie Frances at the river park by our house checking out the rock selection. The girl is obssessed with rocks! Every where we go she has to pick out rocks. She even asks me if she can take her wagon on walks so she has someplace to put them. It's so cute how she inspects each one too. In the middle right photo you can see her tongue out as she is concentrating!

I have to admit this is one of my go to photo arrangments for two page layouts. If it works why not use it again?

I used the Bo Bunny Ad Lib papers and embellishments for my layout. I knew when I saw the paper at the bottom that I would use it for these pictures. It reminds me of a colorful rock pathway!

Thanks for coming by and check out the Bo Bunny blog for some more two page ideas!

The Bo Bunny blog hop!

Welcome to day one of the Bo Bunny blog hop. Yes you read that right. There will be not one, but three blog hops this May! There will be fun, prizes and lots and lots of inspiration along the way.

The Bo Bunny designers have put together some amazing work to share on their blogs. Today we have eight featured designers to inspire you to create. Their work is simply gorgeous and I was in awe by each and every project.

Today's designers include:

Agniezska

Sarah - that's me!

Christiane

Michele

Frances

Mahlin

Janis

Irene

You should have come here from Agniezska's blog, but if you are just joining us you can start at the Bo Bunny Blog.
If you would like to play along, just follow along the blog path. Agnieska is linking to Sarah and she is linking to the next and so on. Just keep hopping until you reach the end! All the blogs are linked above just in case too.

Here is the project I created for the hop using the Bo Bunny Gabrielle line. This is my sweet girl Frances playing on the beach last summer. I can just watch her playing all day long. She is just the cutest!

(Supplies: Gabrielle papers, 12 x 12 chipboard, stickers, dimensional stickers, Icandy chipboard, jewels)

And now for the Blog Hop prizes! Leave a comment on each designer's blog. A commet will be chosen on  one designer's blog. You don't know who's blog that is so leave a comment on each one to be eligible! To be eligible for the second prize leave a comment on the Bo Bunny blog after hopping through all the blogs and one will be chosen at random.

The winners will be announced next Wenesday on Bo Bunny blog.

The ScrapRoom Challenges

Hi there! A few things to share tonight before I go to bed. I am exhausted and it is only 8:15!

First- I have a winner for the Pink Paislee rubons and stickers. Congrats to Shirley who said-

Shirley said...



What a beautiful layout, and your little girl is so precious...what a smile!!! I would love to know what white gel pen you used to journal around the page. It is so vivid!

Thanks for stopping by my blog Shirley! Email your address to scrapcetera@aol.com and I will send those out to you.

Second- there are some fun challenges going on at the ScrapRoom right now!

There is a word challenge and the secret word is "party". Well I guess it isn't so secret because then you wouldn't know what the challenge is! For this challenge you have to use the word "party" on your layout somewhere. I chose to use it in the title on my "First Tea Party" layout. I used The ScrapRoom May Double Shot Daily Junque kit for my layout. I tried to do something a little different so I used some inks and mists on my layout. I think it looks a little funky and cool! All my pages were looking exactly alike so I thought it was time to experiment. Everything is included in the kit except the thickers I used in the title.

There is also a sketch challenge going on too. Here is the sketch from The ScrapRoom's very own Frances Syliva:

If you want to play along with the challengs you can find all the details HERE on The ScrapRoom blog. Both are due by May 30th.

Third- There is a Bo Bunny blog hop tomorrow! The action all starts at the Bo Bunny blog. I can't show my project just yet, but here is a sneak peak of what you will see tomorrow: 

Spread the word about the blog hop! There will be prizes and lots of great projects!

Have a great night!



Bind your own books!

Happy Saturday and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms! I hope everyone has a great day!

I was the blogger on the Bo Bunny blog yesterday and posted a very easy tutorial to bind your own books. It is so fun! I can't wait to make more. Since mother's day is coming up I felt a little sentimental and wanted to create something special for the pictures of Isabel on the day she is born. I can't believe she is almost 6 months old now - sniff, sniff. I chose to make a glue bound book because I have 30 pictures of her that I want to include in the book. I knew chipboard wouldn't work and since it was going to be so big I wanted it to be really sturdy. And sturdy it is! I flipped through that thing so many times and pressed on the pages while decorating the inside pages and the pages didn't even budge! The cover is  little flimsy because I just used pattern paper. Next time I think I will used chipboard for the covers and pattered paper for the inside pages.

I have so many ideas for books I want to make now though. I want to bind all Frances's artwork from school, a book with blank pages inside for Frances to draw in (then I won't have to bind the artwork- hehe!) and an abc book, and on and on and on.

Here is the book I created and the spine is actually glue bound like an actual book.

Here are some of the inside pages. Since the spine doesn't give at all (unlike rings or other chipboard albums) I had to to keep the pages relatively flat. I think this was the first time I haven't used foam tape on a layout- lol! I didn't mind keeping the pages plain though because I really wanted the focus on these pictures of Isabel on the day she was born. Plus I had a ton of photos so plain was fast!

I used the Bo Bunny Gabrielle, Olivia and Timepiece collections for this project. You can check out the tutorial HERE and create some of your own books!

Thanks for coming by!

Be a guest designer for Nikki Sivils!

That's right! There's a guest designer call going on right now. You can design with the newest Nikki Sivils products and be featured on her blog. Nikki is the absolute best and the nicest so it would be tons of fun.

If you are interested all the details can be found HERE on her blog.

The Scraproom Blog Hop!

It's May!! I am in such a good mood looking at all this green grass and the spring flowers! And today is reveal day at The ScrapRoom. The May kit is filled with lots and lots of fun papers and embellishments that are perfect for spring.

In celebration of our May kit, we are having another BLOG HOP!! You know the way this works, right? Here is a list of the places you will be visiting...

Lan Amphone

Melanie Call

Sarah Eclavea -that's me!

Jenny Moore

Aphra Bolyer

Kim Arledge

Frances Sylvia

TSR Facebook Page

The hop begins at Lan's blog, but all of the blogs are linked in case you get lost along the way. Just follow along the blog path, and keep hopping until you reach your last destination which is The ScrapRoom Facebook Fan Page!! Make sure you become a follower and leave a comment at each blog telling our wonderful designers what you liked about their project! When you reach The ScrapRoom Facebook Fan Page, leave a comment letting us know that you finished the hop.

One blog hop participant who follows the rules, will be chosen at random to win a $5 gift certificate to The ScrapRoom Store! Whoot! Whoot! Check out the blog Wednesday, April 6th for our winner!

As the double shot designer I worked with May Pink Paislee Daily Junque Double Shot kit. Whoo, that's a mouth full!

Here is just one of the projects I created with that great kit.

This is my amazing little girlie Frances. I got the idea for the title from the tag in the upper left that says "be amazing". I saw that little tag and thought instantly of my little Frannie and the amazing girl she is. I love her so much and am just darn proud of her everyday. She is seriously the sweetest and it makes me so proud how nice and caring she is to everyone. All the supplies for this layout came from the kit except for the thickers I used for the title.

And speaking of Pink Paislee- I was cleaning up my scrap space yesterday and found some Pink Paislee in my stash that I had never used! So I will do a little give away for some pink paislee stickers and rubons (they are older, from their first collection, but still way cute!) to one random comment left on this post.

Thanks for coming by and enjoy the hop! Now you are will be visiting the ever so talented Jenny Moore!