Design Team Wednesday - "Head Over Heels" with Echo Park

I know it's still January, but I'm ready to move out of winter and on to something warmer!  "Head Over Heels" by Echo Park hits the spot for me.  This traditional color palette with a spattering of turquoise will heat up any of your "love-ly" layouts and projects.  I have two layouts to share with you today.

This first layout highlights a sweet photo of my favorite girl.  The blue papers complement her blue eyes perfectly and I love the way the arrows point towards her and the direction she's looking.  The small strips, "I just love you." were cut from a 12x12 sheet and I used pop dots to give dimension to the page.  The cluster of sentiments are from both the coordinating stickers to this collection and the sheet of 3x4 journaling/accent cards.  I also made a few heart strings to hang for decoration - just machine sewed some of those little strips and a 3-layered heart made from patterned papers. They were quick and will add a cute accent for Valentine's day decor.

My second layout also utilizes a great print - mini bicycles built for 2! So cute! I emphasized the number "2" for this layout in the papers, stickers, and mix of 3x4 cards.  I used a couple more of the little "I just love you." strips and a few stitch stickers from SRM.  Overall, I love this layout even though the photo of my husband and me is fuzzy and a bit out of focus - it's definitely a tribute to the two of us.

You can see Echo Park's entire collection, "Head Over Heels" on their site, but you really should go see it in person along with the other great Valentine's Day papers available in Scrapdoodles now.  Thanks for checking in!

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Clean & Simple Cards With Dawn

It's time for another card class!  I have been a busy girl, but I finally got my cards done for May's class.  This month we will be using embossing folders, gelato's, masks and dylusions sprays.  I couldn't help myself, I had to use a couple of butterflies too!!  Wednesday's class is filling up, so call the store at 540 548 3788 to sign up for either Wednesday or Saturday's class.

 

Cards with Dawn $15.00

Saturday May 11th @ 2pm

or

Wednesday May 15th @ 10:30am

 

call 540 548 3788 to register

 

Supplies needed:  basic kit, craft mat, heat tool, black ink,

corner rounder, pop dots, glossy accents

 

I look forward to seeing in class!

 

Dawn

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Design Team Wednesday: Invitation Ideas with Karen, Echo Park, and SRM Stickers

Need some cute and quick invitation ideas?  SRM Stickers has lots of fun solutions.  I picked up two sets of "We've Got Your Invite" and "We've Got Your Border" stickers from Scrapdoodles to play with and show you how easy it is to put together invitations.  Handmade invites are awesome, but making 30 or 50 or 100 is a lot of work, so it's best to keep your overall design simple.  For these baby shower invites I used the girl invite and border stickers from SRM. Begin with a couple of layers for your card base - this dresses up your invite, but it's easy to cut and layer.  (My formula = A2 base + grey/brown/black + color + white.)
For each card, I used a circle punch and a circle SRM sticker (use a pop dot to add dimension) and then added a cluster of SRM border strip pieces and a cute twine (the Twinery) bow and baby pin (from my stash).  SRM sticker sheets also include a block for filling in all your invitation information, so even the insides get handmade goodness.  I like that I can vary the main accent color (pink, yellow, green), so even though all my invites are not exactly the same, the overall design is, so it makes it easy to pull coordinating cardstock and use my supplies wisely.  For party favors, consider using a clear tube (several sizes to choose from) and applying a few cute coordinating stickers before filling it with candies.  For my tube, I also added a mini twine pom pom and a twine string with thank you banner on the lid.  I think it's super cute! And it was super easy!

The invitation stickers can also be used on a coordinating layout to commemorate the shower once it's over. If you're making the invites, you could complete the layout ahead of time and give it to the guest of honor to add photos to.  This layout uses some of the cute new paper from Echo Park's "Bundle of Joy" line.  That's also available at the store and both the boy and girl lines are super-adorable!  I love the journaling cards that coordinate.  In this layout, I used one of the cards as the title block and the other I slipped into a glassine bag (these are so fun!), tied with more Twinery twine.

Don't have a baby shower coming up?  Here's the same idea, but with a Birthday theme!  I began with the SRM Invite and Border stickers.  This first card uses the same basic formula as the baby shower invites.  I also added a couple of pennants (the sticks are toothpicks wrapped in Washi tape!).  The large tube is topped with a big pom pom and I've added some SRM stickers and twine to it, too.

This last invite uses the glassine bag as an envelope and the SRM stickers.  Again, I love how these invite and border stickers can be used to create different looks that make invites quick and easy!  Just find some coordinating papers (mine are from Echo Park's "Happy Days" line) and you are set for an awesome, handmade party.

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SRM Stickers Are Our Favorite!

Hi everyone, it's Dawn here with my fave product of the week and this time around I picked SRM Stickers!  I am primarily a card maker and I like to stamp, but I know that a lot of people are intimidated by stamping and the SRM Stickers are an AWESOME alternative if you find the prospect of stamping a little scary, lol!  Of course they can absolutely be used in conjunction with stamping, but for my card today, there is NO ink, just an awesome Thank You sticker by SRM.  Another great thing about these stickers is that you get quite a variety of them on one sheet and they seem to have stickers for just about every occasion   Also, they are clear which makes them perfect for using on any color paper!  I whipped up this card in about 5 minutes, so if time is short, these are perfect for creating quick, fun projects!!  Don't limit their use to just cards either, you can use them on all your crafting projects!!   Stop by the store to see our wide selection of these wonderful stickers!

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Magic Wands!

Check out the trio of birthday party favors made with SRM's We've Got Your Sticker HAPPY using the brown, black and white sentiments. Super cute! You can actually make 6 Wands with just one of these stickers and have stickers left over for making cards. We have all the new release stickers from SRM so you can make all sorts of Wands.

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Tubes, Tubes, Tubes, we got them!

Looking for that perfect little, quick and easy idea for a Christmas present!? We've got what you are looking for! TUBES by SRM Press are available for only 99 cents, and the possibilities are ENDLESS. Fill the Tubes with anything you'd like, and add a little embellishment and perfection!!! These are also a great way to present a gift card...for example...fill a Tube with popcorn kernels...add an embellishment and attach a gift card to Regal Cinemas or Muvico. Our gift cards will roll up nicely inside, too!  Great for teachers, neighbors, friends, co-workers and more. Perfect for any season or reason!

Here are some other adorable samples taken SRM's Facebook page...enjoy!

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