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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Cork Tutorial

Who would have thought that this great medium could be used for scrapping as well!?

The sheet of cork included in the October kit from target="new browser">Scrap That! is perfectly thin enough to do just about anything you would want to do with a piece of paper. I had so much fun experimenting with my cork and found the following cool uses:

As a matting behind a photo
Painted and used as a piece of background 'paper'
Stamped and cut out to use as an embellishment
Punched with any of your punches to create flowers, circles, etc
Punched with your border punches to create decorative trim

The possibilities are endless. I decided to take it one step further and see if I could create a 'fan flower' that everyone had been asking about in a few of my previous layouts. Although a titch brittle when 'bent' the cork can be reinforced with a sheet of cardstock or patterned paper and transformed into a gorgeous fan flower as shown in my tutorial below.
















Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have fun creating your 'cork' blooms!!!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

September Zva Blog Hop Winners Announced

We'd like to congratulate the five September Zva Blog Hop winners! Their names will be found on the following blogs:

Kim Hughes
Julianne McKenna-De Lumen
Wendy McKee
Benedicte Raphalen
Lisa Johnson

One winner from each of the 5 blogs will receive a Zva prize package worth $30.00.

Congrats winners!

I'll leave you with one last creation I've done this month using the gorgeous flourishes and blooms from ZVA!!

The papers are from Bo Bunny's Winter Joy collection and just coordinated seamlessly with the soft blue flourishes and purple blooms from ZVA!

The purple and turquoise might just be my new fave colour combo.... I use to HATE purple, but when you mix it with gorgeous pearl flourishes, amazing flowers and gorgeous patterned papers, how can you go wrong?




ZVA Supplies:
Sweet Blossoms: FLBK02CA105
Sweet Blossoms: FLBK02CA108
Sweet Blossoms: FLBK02CA110
Icy Blossoms: FLBK02CA119
Pearl Strip: PEC02CB103
Self Adhesive Pearls: PE03CA113
Self Adhesive Pearls: PE03CA110

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Halloween Sign

It's a little early for Halloween - but when you see the adorable Whoo-ligans Collection from Bo Bunny you won't be able to wait either!! The colours are bold and bright and perfect for Halloween crafts (even the kids can play!) and layouts with wonderfully themed costumes.


I simply altered an existing sign I found at the local thrift shop and adorned with chipboard, bling, buttons, patterned papers, etc!! What a fun project and I can't wait to display this on our door for the trick or treaters to see!

Supplies:
Whoo-ligans Rubons, Whoo-ligans Chipboard
Whoo-ligans Patterned Paper: Monster
Whoo-ligans Patterned Paper: Dot
Whoo-ligans Patterned Paper: Batty
Bo Bunny Grape Dot Cardstock
Misc: Bo Bunny ribbon, buttons, bling

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