Easter Bag and Tag by Roberta

Welcome to "Easter Week" on the SRM Blog.  All week long we will be sharing with you lots of Easter inspiration from our fabulous design team members. 

Here's an Easter Bag and matching Tag from Roberta Rosi that are perfect for holding a little gift.  Roberta used SRM's medium Burlap bag, Easter Quick Card, Doilies and Solid Twine for this project.  

The bag is layered with a doily, cardstock banner and die cut flower that are all decorated with SRM's Easter Quick Card. 

Roberta repeats many of the same elements on the tag.

On the bag and the tag, Roberta stitched on the doily with Solid Marigold Twine.

And on the burlap bag, she also stitched along the bottom with big, bold stitches again with Marigold Solid Twine.  

What a perfect pair!  Thank you Roberta for this beautiful project. 

Here are the SRM products used on her project: 

Medium Burlap Bag 

Doilies

Easter Quick Card 

Solid Marigold Twine

The WINNER of the Vinyl prize package is Cindy who said...

"It's getting harder and harder to throw anything away knowing it can be upcycled with a touch of vinyl! Great projects!"

Cindy, please email your mailing address to susan@srmpress.com and your prize packet will be on the way!

Guest Designer - Nina Brackett & Vinyl GIVEAWAY!

SRM is extremely happy to welcome Nina Brackett as a guest designer today.  Nina was on SRM's very first Design Team in 2010, was an Emeritus Designer in 2011 and on the SRM All Star team in 2013.  She is a super talented crafter!

Nina, using vinyl for the very first time, has created a project that's simply beautiful. {{SIGH}}  She was intimidated at first by vinyl but once she plunged in she found it wasn't hard at all and the result of these DIY Shabby Upcycled Jars is stunning!



Here's what Nina said about making this project: 

"I decided for my first ever vinyl project to upcycle some empty mayonnaise jars that I have been wanting to use for organization. My daughter is very artistic and has accumulated supplies for her art. I made these jars (make sure they are clean and dry) to help her organize her art supplies. She loves pink so I had to use SRM's Carnation Pink matte vinyl for the labels. The flowers swag was downloaded from the Silhouette store."

Nina's cards and projects are always so beautiful, embellished with lace, ribbon and flowers.  So she decided to do the same with her jars. She wrapped some vintage lace around the mouth of the jar.  Some matching vintage binding and a paper flower are wrapped around the lace. {{Super Sigh}}

On this project,in addition to SRM's Pink Matte Vinyl, Nina used SRM's Transfer Tape which insured that the design would be properly placed on the jars exactly where Nina wanted it. Transfer Tape is a must! The fonts she used are Aphrodite for the first letter and Lobster 2 for the rest of the text.  

Once Nina completed her project, her 2 other girls loved them so much they want some of their very own.  Luckily these are not hard to make so it looks like Nina will be using more Vinyl soon!  Nina said: 

"This project was so fast and easy. I think it took me no more than an hour from beginning to end."

How fun to store your crafty supplies in such lovely containers.  

What a treat to have Nina share her work today on the blog. Thank you for your beautiful projects.  And what a lovely thing that Nina has to say about SRM:  "Thank you, Susan and the SRM family, for offering so many trendy products that inspire us crafters to make quick, beautiful and useful projects like these jars."

Want to WIN a stash of a variety of SRM vinyl for all your crafty pursuits?  It's Oracal which is the finest and Made in the USA.  Your stash will include Matte, Gloss, Chalkboard, Glitter, Metallic and Transfer Tape.  

To try for a win, simply do the following: 

1.  Leave a comment on today's blog.

2.  Become a follower on our Facebook Group for SRM Vinyl:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/254305301403560/

3.  Cross your fingers! 

The winner will be announced on Monday's blog.  Good luck! 

Springtime Mini Cards by Corri

Corri Garza is celebrating Spring after a long, hard winter!  What better way than to make a lovely gift card set in joyful Spring colors?  

Corri started by using just 1 sticker, SRM's Spring Sticker Sentiment.  You can make 25-30 cards using just this one sticker!  

Then using Doodlebug's Springtime Collection on kraft cardstock, Corri created one bright and beautiful card after another!  

Love the flower shaped buttons, enamel dots and a bit a twine!

The bright banners on each card with the contrasting papers that she mounted her stickers on make for a wonderful contrast.

Hooray for Corri giving us such a fun idea for making a gift the cheer up a friend!

And for the container, Corri used SRM's new Mini Clear Box decorated the box with Vinyl.  The flower is Bubblegum Matte and the leaves are Lime Tree Green.  The clear Spring sticker is a great finishing touch.  

Put them all together, they spell S-P-R-I-N-G!  

Thanks for such a great gift idea Corri. What a happy project this is! 

Washi Tape Storage by Roberta

Roberta Rosi loves her Washi Tape and loves to have it handy and in plain sight on her craft table at all times.  When she got her SRM Vinyl she decided that it was a perfect way to label a container.  

Roberta had a large jar at home that needed to be repurposed. She cut "My Washi Tape" on her Cameo, placed it on her jar and created a great way to organize one of her favorite crafty supplies.  Be sure to drop by Roberta's blog today where she shares the info on the Silhouette file she used on this project.

Not only is her jar great for organization...

but it also serves nicely as craftroom decor!  

Super simple project but totally YUM!  

Do you have some jars that need to be re-purposed?  What are you waiting for?  Get yourself some SRM Vinyl and be sure to show us what you create on our Flickr.  We would love to see what you create!

Happy Birthday Combo by Lesley

Lesley Croghan had lots of fun playing with her new SRM birthday goodies and mini clear boxes.   Lesley made a mini-birthday card set and a matching card.  She loved the idea of making a nice gift for a friend who is always needing birthday cards.   

SRM's new Take 2 - Birthday stickers are such fun to play with.  With the colorful Happy Birthday circle stickers and matching borders, there are so many things you can do with them.  Lesley created 3 mini cards and a matching clear box and still has enough stickers to make 2 more set of these little beauties!

Love the simple matching birthday card that Lesley made to go with this set.  Easy peasy and oh such fun!  The solid Caribbean twine is perfect for this card.  And as a little added bonus, Lesley included a Happy Birthday pencil that she can tie on the outside of the gift box. 

Keeping it simple, clean and fresh is always a winning combination!

Spring Seed Bag by Shelly

Shelly Kurth is getting ready for Spring with this wonderful medium SRM Muslin Bag that  she filled with packets of spring flower seeds.  What a fun gift idea.  It's sure to brighten anyone's day!

Shelly used gelatos on her bag.  She added a few streaks here and there.  Then she took a wet paint brush, which you may have to wet more than once, and used it over the gelatos, spreading the colors up and down.  Once dry, she glued on a wood veneer mushroom and when dried she added a punched butterfly to the mushroom.  Then she adhered gemstones to the bag.  And at the bottom, she added a sentiment from SRM's Spring Sticker Sentiment.

For the tags, Shelly mounted SRM's Labels by the Dozen Pastel and Pastel Borders, cut them out, punched a hole through both stickers and added them to the bag using s piece of Solid Blossom Pink Twine.  Delicious! 

Once your bag is finished, tuck some Spring flower seed packets inside and you have a perfect little gift.

What would you do with SRM's Muslin Bags?  Be sure to share your craftiness with us on the SRM Flickr.  We would love to see what you do!

Happy Birthday by Angi

Angi Barrs loves the new Take 2 Birthday stickers.  She thinks that they are so perfect for quick and easy birthday projects.  

Here's the mini birthday set that Angi made using the new Take 2 stickers and a Mini Tube from SRM!

Here's a close-up shot of the tube.  You can add fun embellishments to the top of the tube like this die cut butterfly that Angi made.  Love those iridescent gumballs inside.  And love how the Happy Birthday Take 2 Sticker looks so great on the tube.  Super easy.  Super cute!

Here's a fun and fab mini birthday card that Angi created to go with her Mini Tube.  Together they make a perfectly color coordinated birthday set.  

Don't you just love when something crafty is ridiculously adorable and ridiculously easy to make?  That's a winning combination!

Doily Stenciled Birthday Bag by Michelle

Using a medium sized SRM Muslin Bag and one of SRM's new paper doilies, Michelle Giraud has created a stenciled gift bag and matching card perfect for any little birthday gift. 

Using the doily as a stencil, Michelle placed a sheet of cardstock inside the bag so the marker did not run through.  She centered the doily on top of the muslin bag and used permanent Copic markers, placing the little dots inside the holes of the doily.  When complete, she lifted the doily, filled in a few that she might have missed and then added a little bit of red marker for contrast.   To the center space Michelle added one of the Happy Birthday stickers from SRM's new Take 2 Birthday stickers. Brilliant!

Then Michelle repeated the process to create a matching card! 

 Such a happy pair!  Who would not love to receive this work of art done so lovingly by an amazing crafter?  Thanks Michelle for this fabulous idea.  

Love how the muslin bags can become a palette for stamping or stenciling and how the doily becomes a stencil.  So much fun!   

Vinyl Flower Pot by Shelly

 Shelly Kurth had to be honest.  She had never used vinyl so it was a bit of a challenge for her. Shelly had no clue of what to do with it! Then after trial and error, she manged to whip something up perfect for Spring.  Way to go Shelly!  Love your bright and beautiful project.

Shelly doesn't have a Silhouette so she used Spellbinders Foliage dies to cut her vinyl leaves and small Picot Edge Circles dies for the flowers.  She used Matte Pink,  Matte Metallic Silver and Glitter Pink Fizz vinyl for this project.  

Don't you love the touch of glitter vinyl and bling Shelly added to her newly decorated pot?

After Shelly completed her project, she came to the following conclusions, in her own words.

"1. I really need more dies or perhaps a Cameo would be nice, too!

2. I better stock up on some more vinyl!  I can certainly see myself using this stuff like water! ;)"

Oh dear, we forgot to tell Shelly that using Vinyl is a bit addictive.  Guess that warning came too late, she's already hooked!

Lovely Layout by Laurel

Laurel Seabrook has created a lovely layout using some SRM Doilies, SRM Everyday Girl Sentiments, some white Sticker Stitches and a SRM Muslin bag to hold some journaling. 

With it's shabby chic look and feel, the SRM medium Muslin Bag was a perfect fit for the page and a wonderful way to put some very personal journaling onto her page.  

Love how Laurel layers of SRM's Doilies here and there on the layout.  And when everything was where she wanted it to be, Laurel added some sentiments from Everyday Girl and some white Sticker Stitches.  Both of these stickers are printed on clear and a nice addition over the photos and embellishments.  Love the look of the white scalloped edges of the doilies and the zig zags of the Sticker Stitches. 

Finally, Laurel used a bit of Twinery Solid Natural Twine tied to the tag and hidden journal tag.  

Whether you love layouts, cards, mixed media, containers or altered projects, SRM Stickers, Doilies and Twine are beautiful in any medium.  Thanks Laurel for sharing your beautiful layout.  You inspire us.  

Easter Gift Set by Lesley

Lesley Croghan loves how SRM's Medium Clear Purses can fit lots of different things inside including a package of mini eggs!  

She had fun making her Easter purse with matching card using some of the multi colored stickers from SRM's Say it with Stickers Easter design.

What a lovely pair of Easter pretties!  Such a thoughtful and sweet Easter treat!

Here's the sticker that Lesley used on her purse and card. 

 Thanks Lesley for this Spring inspiration!

Shaker Box Birthday by Angélique

Angélique Jarrier created a special "shaker" card for a birthday child.  What a treat! It's birthday card in a box; a clear A2 Card Box from SRM Stickers, that is!

She started with a clear A2 Box.

She then covered the box completely with paper from the inside of the box.  Using SRM's Stickers by the Dozen Birthday, Angélique punched lots of circles with cupcake stickers.  

She loaded them into the box so that the cupcakes move about the box when shaken.  How fun!

Angélique decorated the outside edges of her card with Sticker Stitches from SRM and on the outside of the box she added fancy punched borders and decorated them with mini sticker sentiments from SRM's Stickers by the Dozen Birthday.

Here are the SRM products Angélique used on her project: 

Stickers by the Dozen/Birthday

We've Got Your Sticker Plus/Birthday 

Sticker Stitches/Black 

A2 Card Clear Box

Thanks for this fun idea Angélique!

Love to Play Layout by Yvonne

Yvonne Yam loves the variety of SRM Stickers and loves to incorporate them into her layouts.  They help her to create fun and fabulous layouts really quickly.  Be sure to click on the photos to see all the amazing details.

Yvonne tucks a new SRM 4" paper lace Doily behind the photo mat for added interest!  And she added some real lace over the doily for added texture.  

Check out all the different SRM Stickers that Yvonne used on her luscious layout and the rest of her supplies as well.  Click on photo to enlarge. 

Here's a list of the SRM goodies used on Yvonne's layout: 

We've Got Your Border Bright
We've Got Your Sticker Happy
4" White Paper Lace Doily

Express Yourself Valentine
Year of Memories 2014