Xyron & Epiphany Crafts Team Up

Good morning everyone!!  Today i'm super excited to share with you a project created with some yummy goodies.  The fabulous peeps at Epiphany Crafts shared some of their amazing products with the Xyron DT.....so this week we are sharing our creations.

I opened the box and was super excited to see the Oval 25 punch, Bubbles & Metal Settings....total SCORE!  So I will show you what my end result is and then share a couple of close up photos for you.

To start this creation I took a Ranger Manila tag #8 and cut a piece of pattern paper to size.  I used Graphic 45 Bird Song for this one.  Once the paper was cut I adhered the pattern paper to my tag using my Xyron Mega Runner.  I then inked the edges with Ranger Distress Ink (Walnut Stain).  I also did a little fussy cutting the birds & branches out of the pattern paper and inked the edges of those as well.

So as you can see there is a little chicken wire stencil action in the background of the tag.  I did that with Wendy Vecchi embossing paste and let it dry before I placed anything else on the tag.  I stained some seam binding and tied that around the bottom of the tag.  The flowers are Petaloo flowers dipped in beeswax.  While I was letting those dry, I took that fabulous looking Epiphany Oval Metal Setting and painted it with gesso to turn it white....LOVE LOVE LOVE the way that turned out.  I had a stamp that said "dream", so I stamped that on paper, centered it in the punch and punched it out.  I ran the stamped word through my Xyron 1.5" create-a-sticker and placed it on the setting, then placed the bubble cap over it.  I popped up the images that I cut out on the tag, then adhered the flowers on the lower left side.  I used the UBER FABULOUS new tape from Xyron High Tack Tape and it made that metal setting stick with ease!

Here is a little close up of the top of the tag.  You can see the images that I cut out of the paper really well here.  I had a couple of corners in my stash that I painted with gesso and adhered them on the top corners of the tag.

Supplies Used:

Xyron Adhesive- Mega Runner, High Tack Tape & 1.5" create-a-sticker

Epiphany Crafts - Oval 25 punch, bubbles & metal settings

Graphic 45 - Bird Song paper

Ranger - Distress Ink (walnut stain), gesso, manila tag #8

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Make sure you hop on over to Beth's blog and check out what the rest of the Xyron DT will be creating all week.

~Stacy

4th Of July Home Decor } Bazzill Freedom

Good morning everyone,  today i'm sharing a couple of home decor projects I created for The Scrapbooking Studio.  I know it’s only early June, but what better time to get a jump on your 4th of July party planning and home decor projects.  Both stores have some uber fabulous collections for you to pick from to get ready for the upcoming Holiday, for these two projects I used the new Freedom line from Bazzill!

Up first is a project I created with a Styrofoam ball, a 14″ wooden pole & a terracotta pot.  I painted the pot with Ranger acrylic paint and let dry.  While waiting for the pot to dry I used the Sizzix Tattered  Pine Cone die to create a couple hundred mini roses   I know it seems like alot of flowers, but well worth the time to make them.  I placed some Bazzill ribbon around the pot when finished.  A little hot glue holds the flowers on the ball, I also placed a small Styrofoam piece in the bottom of the pot and twisted the pole into it.  I also placed hot glue on that piece of foam inside the pot to hold it upright.

Here is a close up of all of the beautiful flowers.

Up next is a fun little firecracker project that you can create using empty paper towel rolls!  Simply cute the rolls to 3 different sizes, adhere your pattern paper around the roll.  A  1  3/4″ circle punch works perfect for the top of the rolls.  Grab some twine/rope and tie a knot to create the top of the firecracker.  I used hot glue around the bottom of the rolls to adhere them to a flat round piece of Styrofoam.  For all of the curly pieces around the edge and behind the firecrackers, I simply cut strips of paper 1/2″ x 12″ and rolled them around a paintbrush (they hold the shape perfectly)!  I found a flag that I had around the house and stuck that in as well.

As for embellishing the project I used some of the fun Little Yellow Bicycle Natural Stars, and cut some stars out of the Sizzix Star Bright 3-D die and tied some Sold Midnight Blue & Solid Maraschino Twinery Twine around the entire project.

Well I hope this inspires you to get a jump on creating your 4th Of July projects!  Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful day!

~Stacy

June & July Classes } The Scrapbooking Studio

Hello everyone, taking a minute to update all of my classes I have coming up from now until the end of July at The Scrapbooking Studio.  Call the store if you would like a spot in any class.  If you can't make it to class some of them will have kits with photos & instructions that you can get.....and they will mail them to you :):):)

Ok so lets start with June!

Basic Grey layout class June 5th @ 6:30.  Create this two page layout in class and take home enough product and instructions to create another 2 pager!!  

Prima Lifetime Mixed Media mini album June 9th @ 1PM.  This one will be uber fun and maybe a little messy!!  

Graphic 45 Layout & Card class designed by Graphic 45 June 23rd @ 1pm.  Join me monthly and create an amazing layout and 3 cards!

July classes.................

Basic Grey July 6th @ 10am & July 10th @ 6:30 pm.  Again join me to create this 2 pager in class and take home instructions and product to create another 2 pager.

Join me to learn how to create this hardback mini album from scratch using Teresa Collins He Said collection.  Learn a fun way to use washi tape as binding.  July 6th @ 1pm

Christmas In July mini album using the super amazing Graphic 45 Nutcracker Sweet collection.  This class is July 14th @ 1pm

July layout & card class for the month designed by Graphic 45...create this wonderful layout and 3 amazing cards on July 21st @ 1pm

Remember call and gran your spot for these classes soon as spots are limited.  The Scrapbooking Studio number is 309-736-7242.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

~Stacy

New Sold Twine from The Twinery!!!

Good morning everyone, we have some AMAZING new colors of twine that we got the ok to share with you this week!!!!  Check out all of these uber fabulous colors!!

Can I just tell you that i'm totally digging the new solid twine!  (Just a note for you.....Solid Midnight Blue & Solid Maraschino are PERFECT for 4th of July projects) :)

So our task this week was to create something springy! I don't know about where all of you live, but here in the midwest our spring has been super cold and rainy for the past 3 days straight!  For my Spring project I created a birthday card for my sister since her birthday is this week.  

I thought the flowers made this birthday card a little springy.  The hard part of this card aside from getting a good photos since it has rained 24/7 was picking out which color of the new solid twine I was going to use.  Five of the new twine worked perfect but on this one I went with Solid Pink Sorbet.

Supplies Used:

Bazzill Cardstock

The Twinery - Solid Pink Sorbet

Xyron Adhesive

Echo Park Paper- Here & Now

Ranger Ink - (Archival-Saffron & Distress Ink-Vintage Photo)

Stamper Anonymous- Simple Sayings

Thanks so much for stopping by today, have a wonderful day!

~Stacy

Xyron & Bo Bunny Team Up

Good morning fellow bloggers!  This week the Xyron DT has been playing with Bo Bunny collections!  There are tons of amazing projects, stop over and check them out HERE on Beth's blog where all of us Xyron DT hang out :)

For my project I created with the line Trail Mix.  This line was perfect for me to alter a little something with because I knew my mother would LOVE anything made with this line.  I picked up this wooden plaque and began to get busy!  Here is the wooden plaque before I began creating!

I traced this shape onto a piece of the pattern paper and cut it out.

The next step was to place the adhsive on it.  I simply ran the pattern paper through my Xyron Creatopia and the placed it on top of the wooden plaque.

Once I had the paper on it was time for the fun part of decorating it.  I loved the paper and die cut images with this line.  Here is what I came up with when I was done.

A little close up of the altered tag at the top of the plaque.

Supplies Used:

Xyron - Creatopia, Mega Runner & Adhesive Dots

Bo Bunny- Trail Mix line

Maya Road - Burlap Ribbon

Ranger- Distress Ink (Walnut Stain)

Thanks for stopping by today!  Make sure you hop on over to Sharon Hayes Callis & Jen Goode's blogs today as well!

Stacy

Altered Trinket Box

Good morning everyone, today i'm sharing one of my altered projects created using the new Teresa Collins Summer Stories line.  I took a paper mache oval box and turned it into a little box to store trinkets.  This would also be a fabulous way to give a gift to someone.

Here is how the finished project turned out.

A peak at the side of the box.  I added some Maya Road ribbon to the outer edge of the lid along with some string pearls.

Here are a couple of close up photos along with a link to my youtube video on how I put this box together.

Supplies Used:

Xyron adhesive

Teresa Collins - Summer Stories Collection

Maya Road - Ribbon

Basically Bare- Dress Form

Make sure you hop on over to the Teresa Collins Design team blog and check out all of the fabulous creations the team has been coming up with.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Stacy

May Flowers Challenge } The Twinery

Good morning everyone, today i'm sharing my take on the fun new challenge over at The Twinery.  You can read more about the challenge HERE!

I created a card for this one using Carta Bella paper and the Pink Shimmer twine.  I did a little layering and rolled a corner of the paper over, added a couple of flowers and placed a big bow in the middle of the flowers.

Make sure you hop on over to The Twinery blog and see what everyone has created.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Stacy