Art designed to Inspire

No Sew + No Iron = Fun

I am loving the Phoomph! And our fabrics from Northcott look so spiffy as the cover-up on the fabric bonding sheets. Check out this Mother's Day card I just made for my Mom (she doesn't read my blog very often  - so I can show the sneak peek here). The embellishment/flower is made using our Northcott fabrics and Phoomph, then I stuck it to the card with other paper bits. I hope Mom likes it - although what Mom doesn't love a hand made card?

Here is a quick photo tutorial on how I made the flower embellishment:

Save your empty TP rolls for crafting!

Did you know the average person uses 20 rolls of toilet paper a year? Depending on how many in your family, that can add up. Now imagine what you could do with those? Well, my friend Marjolaine created a few projects using our Scrapbook collection Blossom. She made a gift pouch, a gift card holder and a multi-page (multi-tube), mini book. Because she's a teacher, I know she won't mind if I scraplift - hehe.


There are more photos of the book and even a video of Marjolaine on a local lifestyle TV program. Here is the link: Twelve Stones Scrapbooking. Check it out!

And the winner is......

I printed out all the comments below and my daughter picked the winning name for our ScrapFest draw - Congratulations to Ann Jobes: the winner of the main prize pictured below. I couldn't stop there though - I was so excited to get such a great response that we picked another name for a bonus prize - a set of stamps goes to Jenn B. Your prizes will be waiting for you at the registration table tomorrow or Saturday at ScrapFest. Thanks everyone for all your great comments. See you at ScrapFest!

Last Minute GIVEAWAY

If you're coming to Scrapfest in Kitchener, just comment here (+ Like our Facebook page if you haven't already) for a chance to win this fun prize of scrapbook goodies - some of our favourite K&Company products and some of our clear stamps too! I'll announce a winner tomorrow Thursday April 11 at 9 pm and the lucky winner can collect their prize at Scrapfest. Good luck!

Are you going to Scrapfest in Kitchener?

Scrapfest in Kitchener is coming up fast and we are busy prepping for the show. Mr. P and I are co-hosting with Westcott at a booth where we'll be sharing our latest designs and products with Make&Takes. I'm soooo excited to introduce our new fabrics by Northcott and show you how to make some fun projects and embellishments that you can use for scrapbooking and beyond. We're going to use a brand spanking new product called "Phoomph" . This double sided fabric bonding material totally rocks! It's an enabler (that's what Mr. P says) - it really takes a project to the next level and makes it very "pro" looking but super easy to use and FAST! I can't say enough about it and I'm looking forward to sharing it with everyone later this week. Here are some of the fun things I've been making and you can make them too if you're coming to Scrapfest. Will I see you there?

Scissor Happy

This makes me very (scissor) happy. I wish I had the patience and steady hands to cut like this, but sadly I don't. I found this lovely cutwork project made by Olga Heldwein. She used the patterned papers from our Blossom Collection Paper Pad to make her card. I love all the little details!

How tweet is this?

I love this cute Z-fold card and 3-D House shaped card made by Diane Zechman. Diane used her Scor-pal to help with folding and she gives a quick tutorial with links on her blog: PaperCookies. I love how she used our Hampton Art stamp set "Home Tweet Home" - so innovative and the bright colors are tons of fun!

Embellished

Thanks to Marjolaine Walker for sharing her beautiful layout created with our BLOSSOM scrapbook collection. I love all the hand made embellishments that she pieced together to sit alongside the precious photo of her daughter - CUTENESS for sure! Marjolaine has loads more inspiration on her blog: twelvestonesscrapbooking.blogspot

Folding Fun

I dug out my Scoring Board to make a paper folded rosette, then rolled out some candles to make this fun birthday card. I was inspired by the recent "banner" trend to make the shape of the card.

Avocados are ripe for the pickin'

Road trip sidenote: we're having a blast here in SoCal while it's snowy and blowy at home - the natives here think it's cold, but we think that every day is "shorts" day. One of the perks of staying at our host's beautiful property is the fresh bounty that grows on the slopes of the canyon. Our landlords asked us if we'd help pick the avocados and Mario jumped at the opportunity. A few minutes later, we had a lovely bag of wholesome goodness that will last for a few weeks at least.