AWDML Design Team Blog

A few days left...

to stock up on all the American Crafts goodies in the A Walk Down Memory Lane store! American Crafts is the featured manufacturer for December and all AC products are at least 15% for a few more days.

Whenever I hear American Crafts I always think Thickers, but there are so many cute AC papers and embellishments.I have to admit I have more thickers than I count on one hand, but who doesn't want more thickers!  I created this cute lo of my little honey bee using American Crafts Everyday and Backyard papers, embelishments and cream soda thickers.

(Other supplies- American Crafts journalin pen, pink paislee stickers, Kaiser pearls, October Afternoon stickers, Fiskars border punch) 

Thanks for stopping by! - Sarah

{Tuesday Tips and Techniques} Altering Embellishments

Hello all, I hope everyone has their Christmas shopping done and is ready for Christmas! I braved the stores today and finished up most of my list. Only a few more stops to make.

Speaking of Christmas, I could not resist all the cute holiday paper this year. Seriously it was the cutest! I think I have enough now to last me the next 15 Christmases-LOL! So to use up some of that Christmas paper (because I know I am gonna want something new next year) I chose to use Pink Paislee's Christmas themed Mistletoe and Co. paper on this non-holiday layout. The colors were perfect for these photos of my daugher in her favorite coat and were so cute I couldn't wait for Christmas photos anyway!

(Supplies: Pink Paislee papers, Thickers, Doodlebug Stickers, October Afternoon Stickers, Making Memories Stickers, Sassafras Felties, American Crafts Details)

I think my favorite part of this LO is the little dog saying "woof, woof" at the bottom. He is a sassafras feltie. I just can't get enough of those felties, but really who can? As I planned this LO in my head I knew I would use the little doggie and the American Crafts Everyday Amplified word balloon below. The only problem was the word bubble had a bright pink flower on it. It really clashed with the paper. I didn't panic though. I just pulled off that flower carefully and added a brown sassafras feltie flower that matched much better.

Next time you look at your embellishments and think they don't fit your layout try to alter them to fit. You will be surprised that most of the time your alterations make them look better than the original.

Thanks for looking! - Sarah

October Afternoon Farm Fresh

Have you seen this cutey cute, cute, paper from October Afternoon? I love everything OA, but Farm Fresh is my new favorite! I love the colors, the patterns and the cute little farm animals. I thought the colors in the these papers would work well for this picture of my daughter on Thanksgiving. She made this little headband at school and I wanted her to wear. She would have none of that though. I took these pics of her goofing around with it.

Supplies: October Afternoon Farm Fresh papers and label stickers, American Crafts thickers and embellishments, Fiskars border punch, sassafras felties, doodlebug stickers

Also American Crafts is the featured manufacturer so all AC is 15% of this month!

-Sarah-

 

Using print

I love pairing up non-scrapbook products with my scrappy products for a fun look. I have always used the usual items like ribbon, product packaging and pretty much anything from my sewing box. The other day I saw a card made from the pages of an old book and I knew what I would be using next!

I bought an old book at a garage sale for a dollar (a 700 pager too!) and have been using the pages for all sorts of things. You can tear out the pages to wrap small gifts, punch shapes from the pages (flowers and butterflies look especially pretty), use the pages as a mat for your photos and lots more. I do scan the pages before I use them to check for content and any words that I might not want showing up on my gifts. I wouldn't want anyone getting a little extra surprise when they are reading their cards. So far so good though!

I created this "Welcome Home" card using a torn page from the book as one of my background papers. The printed page matched the small printing on the chipboard house and made a nice masculine looking card.

Supplies: Pink Paislee Fetching chipboard and patterned papers, Basic Grey Indian Summer element stickers, Making Memories letter stickers, Autumn Leaves Buttons, catseye ink, cardstock and raffia 

Christmas coming to A Walk Down Memory Lane.

I know a lot of people are starting to think about December Daily albums, and handmade Christmas cards and projects.  So, I thought I would point out some of the fantastic new Christmas lines just arriving at the store:

Here are some collections to get you started:

Crate Paper North Pole

 

Making Memories Mistletoe

 

Bo Bunny Tis the Season

 

Pink Paislee Mistletoe & Co.

 

♥ Crystal

How about a Sketch?

I love sketches!  I use them all the time to help jump start my creativity.  I rarely make a layout that looks exactly like the sketch, but sketches seem to be a great starting point for me.   I am also a sketch collector.  I love to have an arsonal of sketches in my bag of tricks, for those days I am just not feeling the muse.  Oh, and did I mention I like to create sketches, too?  :)  I thought I would share one with you!  If you are like me, here is a new one to add to your collection.  Enjoy and I hope it inspires you to create!

Kelly Shults

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!

WOOT WOOT! who doesn't love a giveaway?? Since the TSS blog is in the infant stages, we would like YOUR HELP in spreading the word about our blog and our wonderful site! Wanna see what you could win??

A brand new box of Making Memories Noteworthy glittery Jigsaw pieces!!! these come in three different colors (pink, Aqua and brown) and coordinate perfectly with the Noteworthy line available in the "a walk down memory lane" store (link on the right!)

Here's what you gotta do:

Put a link to our blog here on your blog site (usually in the side bar) once that's done, post here with a link to your blog and you will be entered for today's drawing!! EASY PEASY! If you don't have a blog not to worry there will be more giveaways coming!!

the only rule is there must be AT LEAST 5 posts with links for me to do the drawing, you have until midnight EST tonight to update your blog with the link and post here! I'll announce the winner late tonight!

HAVE FUN!! - Jessica