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12 Days of Christmas - Day 2!

Today's sale item is on the Basic Grey 2011 Calendar Kits!  You can buy them today for $13 each!  That is a fantastic Deal!  I am creating them for all the grandparents on my Christmas List!

One thing I love about these kits is their flexibility!  They give you extra embellishments so you can customize them to fit your needs!  There were a few months that I wanted to turn my picture a different direction and I was able to do that and still make it look fantastic!  In addition, they allow you to personalize them by giving you ideas for inking and doodling.  Here are my inside pages done my way - Love that this kit can be uniquely yours!

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 November:

 
 December:

 
 
Be sure to check back everyday from December 1st through the 12th for new sales each day! You can wait until the 12th to "checkout" to save on shipping. But, when the items are saved into your shopping cart, it doesn't take them out of inventory, so you may miss out if items go out of stock. The best thing to do is check out every day and we'll combine the orders on the 12th. The first day you will pay shipping...every order after that, just click "store pickup".  Leave us a little note on your order and let us know you are combining shipping at the end of the sale days!

Merry Christmas from A Walk Down Memory Lane!

12 Days of Christmas- Day 1

This gift idea is great to give to someone special.  I saw this clear card box in large at AWDML and knew exactly what to do with it. Its sturdy and acid free. It great for paper and photo storage. The ideas are endless with this so I made a card set to give away as a gift.

 

 

 

 

I used Echo Park Merry Christmas Line

 
Here is my project

 

Supplies
Echo Park Merry Christmas Carol paper-3 pieces

Echo Park Merry Christmas Element Stickers

 Echo Park Merry Christmas Tis the Season Cards

Bazzill Cardstock(Maraschino)- 3 pieces

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Ink

Pop Dots

Adheasive

Directions

For the Box 1. Cut 5x12 of the Echo Park Carol paper and using your Martha Stewart Scoring board, you want to score at 1,2,6 1/2 and 7 1/2 from the 12 inch of the paper. Then cut a 1x12 piece of paper and score it the same way. Adhere the 5x12 onto the box then the small piece on top near the bottom

2. Cut out a Echo Park Oh Christmas Tree Card and adhere to a green scrap of cardstock; Glue down on top of the box

3. You are done...now for the cards

The Cards

I made 6 cards and have envelops to go with them. I created 3 of each style seen below

* Cut the Bazzill Cardstock to make the cards(4 1/4 x 11) total of 6 bases

Card #1

* 2Cut 2 pieces of PP - 4x5 and 1 1/2x4; Ink them and adhere them to the base of your card

* Add Santa sticker as your embellishment

Card #2

* Cut 2 pieces of PP- 4x5 and 2x5; Ink it and adhere to the card

* Add pop dots to ornament sticker and adhere to the card on top of the 2x5 strip of pp

I hope you enjoyed it and come back tomorrow till the 12th for more great ideas.

Lucy Chesna (DT Coordinator)

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Day 1 of the 12 Days of Christmas: Cricut CGull Cartridge Totes are just $49

Don't forget to check back everyday from December 1st through the 12th for new a new sale to be added to the list each day! You can wait until the 12th to "checkout" to save on shipping. But, when the items are saved into your shopping cart, it doesn't take them out of inventory, so you may miss out if items go out of stock.

Merry Christmas from A Walk Down Memory Lane

 

December Featured Manufacturer- The Girl's Paperie and JustRite Stamps

Today is reveal December's Featured Manufacturers AND the first day of A Walk Down Memory Lane's 12 Days of Christmas and Sale!

Let's get started with the new Featured Manufacturers-The Girls' Paperie and JustRite Stamps. You'll get to love them all month at 25% off!

Here is what the designers did with The Girl's Paperie products. Keep an eye out on Dec 15th when we show eye candy using JustRite Stamps :)

The DT will be posting soon so keep an eye on the blog for beautiful ideas for Christmas and great sales.

Alcohol Ink Gift Tag Step x Step

Hi All!  Happy Tuesday.  It's Scarlett here today a bit later than I had planned but the weather around here has just not been cooperative.  It still isn't all that great but at least I was able to get a bit brighter pictures for you.  So let's get started!

Here are the supplies you will need to complete the gift tag we are going to create today:

Supplies:

Alcohol Inks

Alcohol Ink Applicator/Felt Pad

Spellinbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Circle Dies

Marvy Scalloped Circle Punch

Embossing Folder (I used Sissix Tim Holtz Retro Circles)

Patterned Paper (I used Crate Paper Snow Day 6x6 Pad)

Cardstock

Metallic Cardstock

Not Shown: Baby Wipe, Shimmerz Spritz

Step 1:

Cut circle from metallic cardstock using a Nestabilitie die and emboss with embossing folder.

Step 2:

Ink up applicator tool felt pad with choice colors of alcohol ink.  I used butterscotch, stream, and wild plum.  Apply alcohol ink to embossed circle in a pouncing type motion.

Step 3:

Using a baby wipe, rub away alcohol ink from select embossed areas revealing the metallic color below.

Step 4:

Punch out large circle from cardstock. Cut small circle from patterned paper. 

Step 5:

Adhere embossed circle to cardstock circle.

Step 7:

Ink up small patterned paper circle with remaining alcohol ink on applicator.  Spray with mist to give a shimmer.

Step 8:

Attach patterned paper circle to tag with dimensional adhesive and get ready to attach to gift. 

Hope you've enjoyed this step x step and give this uniquely beautiful gift tag a try!

Made You Look Monday!

There is nothing better than a universal birthday line, one that can be used for all ages. Fancy Pants has created just that kind of line. It's Your Day is a fun bright birthday line that works for all ages.

 

I created a fun birthday card set using a recycled metal tin for my case:

 

 

Doesn't that just make you smile?  It's so happy and just makes we all warm and fuzzy inside! 

Have a great day!  Kim :)
 

 

Friday Inspiration

Hi, everyone!

We have a fabulous new feature on our message board: Daily Challenges and Sketches!!  Come check them out and see what you can win!  I chose to take on one of Kim's color challenges from earlier in the month.  It's a wonderful fall color scheme:

To me, this color pallette just screamed for me to use my new Apple Cider papers from Imaginisce!  I put these fun papers together with a PageMaps sketch, and I LOVE the layout that I created to remember our trip to the apple orchard this fall.  I even used an overlay!

 
 
I totally loved cutting out the apples from one of the pieces of Apple Cider paper, and the pleating was oh, so easy!  If you haven't been over to check out the message board lately, I invite you to come on over and play with us!  We are having a blast!!

Products Used:  American Crafts Cardstock, Imaginisce "Apple Cider" Patterned Paper, Thickers, Hambly Overlay, Maya Road "Create a Forest" Stamp, Martha Stewart Border punch

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~~Nicole

5 Easy Steps to Custom Overlays

Hey there!  Today I am going to show you how to create custom overalys for embellishing your pages and cards in 5 easy steps.

Step 1:

Gather your supplies.  What you will need for this project is: transparency sheet or clear packaging, StazOn ink, and some stamps.  I am using some of the brand new Lost and Found (My Mind's Eye) stamp sets available in the store.

Step 2:

Arrange your stamps on am acrylic block and ink up with StazOn.

Step 3:

Stamp your image.

Step 4: 

Continue stamping on the transparency, if you would like, until the entire page is full.  Tip: Since I already have the supplies out, I often do more than one image to fill up the sheet. This way I can always have some overlays on hand.

Step 5:

Carefully cut around the edge of the image you would like to use.

And there you have it, a sheet of overlays ready for you to use.

Have a super Tuesday! ~ Scarlett

Made You Look Monday - Alphabet Soup!

Talk about adorable!  My Mind's eye has created an amazing line full for little girls full of Sugar & Spice as well as Snaps & Snails and Puppy Dog tails for little boys!  Their new line for kids is just perfect!

Alphabet Soup is one of their newest mini-lines and every piece is a must-have!  Check out the chipboard shapes that go along with the girl line:

 
The store has just gotten it all in stock and you should definitely be adding it to your shopping carts!

 

Happy SHopping!  Kim :)

Card Tip!

You remember from my last blog post how much I love to use my scraps to create cards.  Mostly, that is because I love to stretch my dollar and get the most out of my scrapbook purchases.  Using my scraps just makes good sense.  But creating the card fronts is just one part of the equation.  The other part is the card bases.  Of course you can get two regular size cards out of an 8.5 x 11 piece of cardstock without any waste. But when you only have 12x12 pieces of cardstock, you end up with tons of waste just to get two card bases.  Well, I have a solution for you!  I am going to show you how to get 4 card bases out of one sheet of cardstock!  Your cards will be just a bit smaller --- but they will be perfect size for A1 envelopes!  Here is a template for you:

Yep, all you have to do is cut 5 X 7 pieces out of your cardstock and you will end up with 4 cards out of one sheet!  Of course, this is also a good trick to get 4 photo mats out of one piece of cardstock too!

 

Here are the last set of 4 cards that I created using this tip:

 

 

  

 

Aren't those cute?  That is the new Echo Park Everyone Loves Christmas Line!  You can find it in the store -- it was just stocked!  Get it quick!

 

Kim :)

 
 
 

Made Ya' Look Monday!

Happy Monday Everyone!  Today it's going to be all about doilies.  I love them!! The store has a fabulous new selection of doilies and stamps to make your own doilies by Maya Road. Let's take a look.

Doilie Transparency Black

Doilie Transparency White

Kraft Doilie Diecuts

The above diecut doilies come in a variety of sizes within one package.  They are perfect for using alone or layering up with other doilies, circles, flowers, oh the possibilities are endless.  There are a number of them in a packagae in varying sizes.

Doilie Border Stamp

How cute is this? I just love the idea of using these to make card borders or to even create a doilie banner with by stamping and then cutting them out.

Doilie Stamp Sheet

I adore this stamp set and am soo glad I added one to my cart in the store!  It is even more fabulous in real life!!  I really like being able to create my own doilies out of patterned paper, cardstock, and I am totally going to try it out on some fabric.

Geometric Designs Stamps

Now I know what you are thinking.... these aren't doilies.  Why in the world are these added to a thread all about doilies??  Well, here's the scoop.  When I saw these I thought the designs were super cool and love the circular shapes.  My mind instantly thought doilies!!  They come in all shapes and sizes and don't necessarily have to have scallops around the edges so I thought this stamp set would make some pretty darn beautiful doilies as well.  I can see these being used to layer up on top of some of the above doilies so the pretty scalloped edges are seen.

So there you have it, a doilie frenzy for you to enjoy!  Be sure to head on over to store and pick up some of these delightful embellishments and beautiful stamp sets today!

Happy Scrappin' ~ Scarlett

 

Cards from Page Scraps!

I love to make cards, but I just can't seem to make myself cut into a full sheet of paper to make them.  To me, it's only logical to create cards from my scraps.  In fact, the key for me is to create them right away so that I am always ready to go.  I know that there is no real "recipe" or "step by step" process for making them, but my system always seems to remain the same.  I thought I'd share that with you today!

I had some wonderful Sassafras product from over in the store and after creating this layout:

 
I still had so much yumminess left over it was the perfect time to create some scrap cards!

1 - I printed out a few sentiments that would work with the type and theme of my paper.  For this fun Sassafras, I thought that Dr. Seuss would be the perfect.  I found some fun quotes on thinkexist.com, formatted them out on Microsoft Word, and printed them out on matching cardstock. 

2 - I trimmed down my quotes and matted them on matching cardstock.  Then I set them aside.

3 - After looking over my scraps, I choose a few pieces that were basic enough to be my background pieces and cut them 5.25 X 4 inches. 

4 - Then I started layering my scraps together and glueing them down randomly on my background pieces. I mostly stick to rectangles, circles and strips of scraps.  How you layer them is totally up to you! 

5 - Stitching always adds a little pizazz, so I try to add a few stitches to every card I create.

6 - I added popdots to the back of my sentiments and attached them to my cards.

7 - After giving them a good once over, I realized they were missing something.  Trying to stay within my own guidelines of only using scraps of paper, I searched for something I could fussy cut and add for more interest.  I choose some cute flowers, cut them out, and added them to my cards with pop-dots. 

8 - Then I cut out some card bases, 8.5 X 5.25 inches and folded them in half.  Then I adhered the card fronts to them and they were all finished!

This is my basic formula for making cards --- this batch yielded these 3 cute cards:

So next time before you file those scraps in your scrap bin or in the garbage can, take 20 minutes and create some cute card with only your paper scraps and your computer!

Have fun!  Kim :)
  

Technique Tuesday

Hi There Everyone!! It's Scarlett here bringing you a fun techique: creating a masked background with paint and mists!!  I love the Ranger paint dabbers available in the store and they are perfect for this quick and easy technique.  Let's get started!

Supplies Needed:

Ranger Paint Dabbers

Maya Road Canvas Pennant Banner pieces

Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens (these were available in the store but are currently out of stock, contact Lisa if you would like to have some ordered for you)

Shimmerz Spritz (this stuff gives an amazing amount of sheer sparkle!!!)

Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz

Step 1:

Take one banner piece and place glimmer screen on top.  Dab all around edegs of screen with paint dabber.  Lift up screen and move to a different section of the banner and dab again with paint.  repeat this process until you get the banner piece covered in the way you desire.

Here is what it will look like when you are done:

Step 2:

Lightly spray mists onto painted background to give additional pops of color and sparkle.

And that's it!  Easy peasy, right?  You can do this technique on paper as well to create beautiful backgrounds for your cards or scrappy pages.

Here is the full project I completed using this technique to create my backgrounds:

I really love how this background is so bright, cheery, and unique.  Hope you have fun giving it a try!

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!!

Additional Supplies Used on Full Project:

Crate Paper Restoration patterned paper

Maya Road Chipboard Pieces and Stick Pin

Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli patterned paper

EK Success Martha Stewart Butterfly border punch

Ranger UTEE

Jenni Bowlin Studios Mini Chalkboard Alpha stickers

Tim Holtz embossing folder - woodgrain