Express Kit Monday - The Good Life

Today I have some beautiful layouts using "The Good Life" Express kit from 

a few of our Creative TeamWorks Members.

Here are Jody Spiegelhoff 's Layouts

 Megan Pecock's picture frame and layouts

 And lastly my mini-album, layout and gift wrap

I love how versatile these kits can be.  Did you notice - all three of us used the same piece of paper as a beginning layer?  And look how different they all turned out! 

I hope you have enjoyed today's projects.  I'll be back again next Monday with Cards, Cards and more Cards from "The Good Life" Express Kit.

Creative Friday - A Little Glimpse Into My Creative Space!

Hi everyone!  Janey here... What's a Creative Friday without showing you where I create?  First I've been asked to introduce myself to you.  As some of you already know I began my journey with MemoryWorks in 2006 as a consultant and am excited to be on my 5th year as a TeamWorks Member. I am a mother to four beautiful grown daughters, and grandmother to the now “eight is great” wonders of my world! I have an eclectic style for scrapbooking with family, my pups Caesar and Dexter and my surroundings as the sources of inspiration. I've been married for over 33 epic years to my “Hunka, Hunka”.  I live in a small town near Lake Tahoe. I have a passion for scrapbooking that originated when I was a young girl. I have always been sentimental and a hoarder of craft supplies!  My hobbies outside of scrapbooking include photography, biking, cooking, sewing, and painting! I love everything about MemoryWorks… the wonderful products, awesome customer service and a very supportive online community. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to explore my creativity here and to be a part of such an amazing company. I am thrilled to be making new friends who share my passion for documenting their lives through scrapbooking, paper crafts and altered art.  

I feel extremely blessed to have a husband that feels that I needed my own space to create.  My space has evolved since we moved in four years ago.  Of course like every crafter out there, I acquired a lot of product over that time and recently had to add some Ikea shelving and drawers and that cute cart to hold miscellaneous products that I'm currently using.  The project table is from Pottery Barn a few years ago and has lots of storage.  I've tried to come up with some creative, unique and practical ways to store or display my "goods".  I have an old bubble gum dispenser for antique buttons, a tool chest for stamps (and of course tools), and a fruit stand for my baker's twine and ink.  I have lots and lots of paper so I have it organized in different sections of my space.  My Stickles are displayed on the base of an old scale that I just fell in love with.  I collect old camera's which are also displayed around the room.  Of course what would a creative space be without a bathroom (at least a sink) so I don't have to go to far to clean up my creativity.  Even the striped paint in the room is fun!  Last but not least is a little area for my "four-legged children".  They are always joining me in my space.  Here is a glimpse of my crafting space, where I paint, scrap, sew and just enjoy!

Thanks for joining me today.  I'll be back next week to share with you some of my favorite current products and a few samples of how I used them!  Until then, I'd love to hear how you store and display your products!

Keep on Scrappin'

Cards & Tags Thursday

Happy Spring Everyone. Mom's Day is over and that means that Dad's day is on the horizon. I used papers from the May Express Kit to get started on my Father's Day Cards.

Using SN@P and Amy Tangerine papers I got to creating.
This first card is 9 3/4 x 7.5 folded in half at the 7.5 mark for a final card of 9 3/4 x 3 3/4
I used my favorite bunch at the base and 2 brads at the top on a 9 1/4 x 3 1/4 sized mat. Easy breezy.

This paper did all the work. Using a standard sized card in Kraft, I used both sides of Amy Tangerine's paper.I cut a short piece of the paper that had "Love you to the starts and back" on one line to accent the card along with a chipboard star that I blinged out with some glitter.

Dad's are easy to please and making dad a card should be the same.

Thanks for visiting.

Challenge Wednesday

Aloha! It's time for a Challenge Wednesday blog post. Have you ever found yourself in an inspiration rut with a bad case of scrapper's block? Yes, me too. But this month on the Memory Works Studio forums Team Works Designer Cathie Hollins has managed to get our creative energy channeled again with a really fun idea. The May Challenge: Get inspired by a print advertisement in the newspaper or magazines you read every day to get your creative mojo back!

When I saw this flyer at my local coffee shop, there was something that looked so familiar about it. I realized I had a photo of my daughter posed very similar to the model in this ad. I also loved the color scheme in this ad; the blue-greens of the water, the clouds in the sky, and the accent colors in the model's dress and the typography of the ad. I decided to use the overall feel of the ad and the color scheme in my layout.

Here is advertisement I used:

And here is the layout I made:

I thought the ad had a very dreamy feel to it and I hoped to evoke that same emotion in my layout. What do you think? Don't the pretty aqua chevrons from Teresa Collins and the Dear Lizzy cloud vellum give an airy feeling of being off on cloud 9? The Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm die cuts from the new catalog are to die for and you will definitely want to get the whole line including those cute flair buttons. And its not too late to get the beautiful Teresa Collins Tell Your Story on clearance along with the word banners from Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic. Don't forget Memory Works also has so many mists for creating your own artsy effects on your pages which you can find here. Looking for wood veneers? They are here under mixed media.

I hope I have inspired you in your pursuit of your scrappy groove and to look for new ways to combine product lines and both old and new product  in ways that maximize your scrapbooking budget.

If you are a Memory Works Consultant make sure you head over to the Studio (if you haven't joined yet get an invite from home office- you don't know what you're missing!) and participate in this months challenge! There will be a prize for the winner!

Express Kit Monday - The Good Life

As promised, I'm back today with the May Express Kit "The Good Life"

First the kit and it's contents - then a few projects from Home Office!

May 2013 MemoryWorks Kit Contains:  

 Patterned Paper

{1} 12x12 Pretty Poppies – Lucky Charm (Dear Lizzy)

{1} 12x12 Falling Star – Lucky Charm (Dear Lizzy)

{1} 12x12 Wild Hearts – Lucky Charm (Dear Lizzy)

{1} 12x12 Noteworthy – Lucky Charm (Dear Lizzy)

{1} 12x12 Why Thank You – Yes Please (Amy Tangerine)

{1} 12x12 Coffee Break – Yes Please (Amy Tangerine)

Solid Cardstock

{1} 12x12 Storm (American Crafts)

{1} 12x 12 Storm (American Crafts)

{1} 12x12 Honeycomb (American Crafts)

{1} 12x12 Fireberry (American Crafts)

{1} 12x12 Straw (American Crafts)

 Embellishments

{1} Package 5^th & Frolic Die Cut Shapes (Dear Lizzy)

{1} Package Lucky Charm Flair (Dear Lizzy)

{2} 3x7 Sheets Baxter Transparent Alphabets (Amy Tangerine)

{1} 3x12 Package You-True Quote Stencils (Fancy Pants)

{1} Package Trend Setter Mini Bags (Fancy Pants)

{1} Sotheby’s Thickers (American Crafts)

{1} Yard Turquoise Chevron Twill Ribbon (May Arts)

{1} Yard Salmon Faux Canvas Ribbon (May Arts)

Cards

{1} 3x6 Storm (American Crafts)

{1} 3x6 Storm (American Crafts)

{1} 3x6 Honeycomb (American Crafts)

{1} 3x6 Fireberry (American Crafts)

{1} 3x6 Straw (American Crafts)

{5} 3 ¼ X 3 ¼ Clear Envelopes

This is the cutest kit! 

Don't miss next week when I'll be back with more projects from the "The Good Life" kit 

made by some of the Creative TeamWorks Members!

Cards & Tags Thursday

Welcome to this weeks Cards & TAGS inspiration. I totally failed last week (sorry about that), but this week I thought I would share two cards I made for National Scrapbook Day!

I used the Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm papers and embellishments!

For the 1st card, I used the 6x6 paper pad for the 3 rectangle pieces, the arrow strip was located at the bottom of one of the 12x12 pattern papers and the flair was in my stash (BasicGrey from a few catalogs ago).

The 2nd card was created partially by my silhouette. I designed a heart and duplicated it and put it on a strip to give the heart cut-out in the light blue strip of paper. I than placed the darker blue paper behind the strip. Next I used a Flag and Labels Stucker (Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm) and wrapped some floss around the card. Finally I added the Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm Flare. I love the pop of yellow!

Happy Cardmaking!

Challenge Wednesday - April Challenge Winner!

Hello! It's Challenge Wednesday...and time to announce the April Challenge winner!  The challenge for April was to "Journal a Story", and participants were encouraged to include more journaling on their projects than they normally would.  There were so many adorable entries documenting great stories...but sadly we can only pick one winner :) So, please join me in congratulating April's winner...

Erica Thompson

Congratulations, Erica! Please contact the Home Office with your info to collect your prize...and thanks for joining in the challenge!