Back to School Apples by Shelly

Hey y'all! Shelly, here! 

Today I'm sharing a quick and easy back to school card with you! 

You know me, I stuck with a clean and simple design. ;) I used SRM's Healthy Plans and BIG Amen clear stamps for my apples and border underneath the apples. After, I added some color to my apples by using the fine point tip of a red marker. Which I decided to do some 'sketchy lines' rather than coloring them fully in. Once finished, I added some natural twine and 'learn' to my upper corner of my card. Quick and easy, yeah?!...

SRM products used:

Clear Stamp/Healthy Plans

Clear Stamp/BIG Amen

Solid Natural Twine

Live Life/School Stickers

LePlume II Color In Markers

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Oh Baby! by Tanya

Hi there everyone! This is Tanya stopping by to share a simple, inexpensive, but oh so sweet baby gift with you today.

Just so you  know, the travel size bottles of baby lotion, baby wash and baby shampoo fit perfectly into a Clear Rectangle Box.  And, of course, these clear boxes are perfect to decorate for any occasion.

I used several pretty stickers from the Take 2: Stickers By the Dozen/Baby sticker sheet to dress up my clear box and bottle of hand sanitizer.  I also used the Birthday Plans clear stamp set to create a sweet tag for the gift box. The tag is attached to the bow with a bit of Baker's Twine in Blossom.

 And, there you go...simple, but oh so sweet!

Thanks so much for dropping by today - see you soon.

God be with you by Tenia

Tenia here from Jazzy Paper Designs and hope all is well. I have a card totes outta my comfy zone......CHECK IT!!!

I was going for a Shabby Chic/Vintage and I actually had tons of fun creating this card!!! I created this card using these goodies from the SRM store: Daisies stamp set, Words of Faith stamp set, Twinery Gold Shimmer Twine,  Sticker Stitches (OF COURSE....LOL!!) and last but not least.....a white lace Doily.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

♩Good Day Sunshine! ♫ by Shannon

Hello!  Shannon here today!

I was totally listening to The Beatles while creating this card set...can you tell?

I created a set of friendship inspired cards using a multitude of SRM Stickers products!

Here's a closer shot of each of the cards in no particular order. I love the new Burlap Ribbon, it is a perfect way to add dimension and texture to your projects. 

New stamp alert! You'll see some of the new stamps in this card, but maybe used in a way you wouldn't think to do, as a subtle background instead of a big sentiment...but that's perfectly ok too!  Hint:  Just Believe

SRM has so many stickers for so many occasions, you can combine them and they work so well together, I used Thinking of You Sentiment Stickers and Wishing You Well Sentiment Stickers in the card below. 

There's a great new stamp available, Trust in the Lord and it has a bunch of great sentiments and accents that you can add to your cards, layouts, projects, bible journaling, etc! I used the tiny crosses as a background. 

Thank you for letting me share some sunshine with you today! 

Here are the products used:

Clear Stamp - Trust in the Lord

Clear Stamp - Just Believe

Sentiment - Wishing You Well

Sentiment - Thinking of You

Sticker Stitches - Halloween

Sticker Stitches - Black

Twine - Buttercream

Burlap Ribbon

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Watercoloring with Christine

Today we welcome back Christine Meyer.   She loves her SRM and since she's the wife of a Lutheran pastor, she's really enjoying all the new Bible Journaling products.  Let's hear about Christine in her own words:

I'm Christine Meyer and I'm so delighted to be joining the SRM team for another year of creating with some of the best products around!  I grew up in Los Angeles and moved to Austin, Texas for college.  I met my husband there and have moved several times with him as he follows God's call to serve as a Pastor.  We moved to Ohio just over 6 weeks ago and are enjoying a new area to live in and explore.  I love to do Paper Crafting in just about any form and especially love to use it to document memories of my four kids!  I am currently on the Design Teams for Doodlebug Design, Paper House Productions, and My Creative Scrapbook as well as serving as the Design Team Coordinator/Social Media Coordinator for Paper House and My Creative Scrapbook.  I am blessed to stay at home with my kids and will be diving into homeschooling them this year for the first time!  Life keeps me busy but I love every minute of it!  Paper crafting provides some much needed downtime to help slow down that busy life! You can find more of my work on my blog, my facebook page, or as cameyer71 on Instagram.  

SRM has released so many great new products to make coloring and Bible Journaling easy, fun, and pretty.  Christine joining you today to share a page that I created to look like a Bible Journaling AND coloring page!

I started off my project by stamping the words I wanted from The Lord is Kind & Merciful set.  I love the way that there are so many different combinations of words that I could use.  Then I wanted to create a background that would mimic some of the popular coloring pages out there.  I used flowers from the The Lord is Kind & Merciful and the Just Believe set to do just that.  Then came the really fun part!  Trying out the new Watercolor Twist pencils!  These are great for this kind of project and super easy to use!  I created a little video to show you just how I used them and the blending pen!  It's so easy and fun!

As you can see it's not complicated at all.  And unlike traditional watercoloring, where you have to use water, these will work great for coloring without having to do any extra prep work on your paper!  One tip I have is to keep a tissue or paper towel handy to wipe off your blending pen between colors.

Here are the SRM Products I used: 

I can't wait to dive in and play with these more!

Stamped Lilies & Embossed Gift Bag by Amber

Ready to meet another one of our new design team members?  Today, it's Amber Rasmussen and she creates the most wonderful cards.  Amber loves combining SRM Stickers and goodies with other products in her stash and the results are amazing!  Here's more about Amber in her own words:  

“Hi Everyone! My name is Amber Rasmussen, I currently live in Florence, Arizona with my high school sweetheart Jason & our cute little black cat named Pookie. I've been paper crafting for about the last 12 years. I started out creating paper embroidery cards who dabbled with stamping and over the years I have evolved into a full time scrapbooker and card maker. I'm a big fan of SRM Stickers and I'm so thrilled to be a part of SRM Stickers DT family! I'm looking forward to sharing all my SRM Sticker creations with you!"

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Hello everyone! It's Amber here, today I'm sharing a fancy little Thank You card and matching embossed gift bag. I started by folding an 6" x 6" piece of white cardstock in half to create a 3" x 6" card base. 

Once my card base was folded I added one of the black zig- zag borders from the Sticker Stitches - Black sticker sheet towards the bottom of my card base and layered two pieces of patterned paper towards the top half of my card. On another piece of white cardstock I stamped and colored some lilies, trimmed the piece, and adhered it right over the two pieces of patterned paper I added to my card base. I need a sentiment for the front of my card so I used one of the clear circle "Thank You" stickers from the Fancy Sticker Sentiments - Thanks sticker sheet and added it to a 1½" yellow scalloped circle. I added some twine and the sentiment right below my stamped image towards the right finishing my card.

I decided to create a little matching gift bag to go along with my card. I used one of SRM's 5" x 7.5" Kraft Chevron Embossed Bags and dressed it up to match my card by adding a mini yellow clothespin, large fancy sentiment sticker from the Fancy Sticker Sentiments - Thanks sticker sheet, and some matching twine.

I hope you enjoyed my card and embossed gift bag today. Thanks for visiting!

SRM Supplies

Fancy Sticker Sentiments - Thanks

Sticker Stitches - Black

Kraft Bag 5"x7.5" - Embossed/Chevron

Small & Large Scalloped Circles - Yellow

Ready for Football! by Shantie

I love everything that Shantie creates.  She is a prolific and amazing crafter!  Today we welcome her back for another term and I'm exited to see what she comes up with!  Let's hear from Shantaie in her own words! 

Like 64% of the American population our family loves football! More than anyone is my oldest daughter who is such a fan, she even had a buffalo bills birthday party some weeks ago! For her birthday all she asked for was jewelry and football tickets ;)  She was a cheerleader in high school, and joined the squad specifically so she could cheer on her school's football team!! As a fun favor these TUBES filled with red white and blue candies are football themed.

A wrapper of cardstock is embellished with two rows of white sticker stitches and we've got your number stickers to mimic the look of the 30 -50 yard line  (so cute) and a tag with a star spangled and glittered have a ball football... for that girly touch! The best part is the twine pom pom on the top, made with SRM's Twinery bakers twine in midnight blue and red. 

I bet you have a football fan in your house, these are the perfect favors for a game, a party or just to share your team spirit!!!

Burlap Prayer Pouch by Karen

Welcome to the 2nd week of our introduction of the 2016-2017 Design Team.  Today we are sharing a project with our new design team member Karen Hunter.  Karen has been a lover of all things SRM for quite a while and we are thrilled to have her on our design team. 

Here are some thoughts from Karen in her own words: 

I have been crafting all my life.  It started with gold macaroni covered pencil holders and, thankfully, has matured since then.  After 13 years of teaching middle school and crafting on the side, I landed my dream job as a stay at home mom.  Woven in with full time mommyhood, today I diligently create scrapbooks and other projects and journals in my bible to tell her stories of faith, family, and other bits of life.  I also continue to teach here and there and share my creativity online through blogging and other social media. I enjoy time with family, improving my photography and writing skills, and generally all things crafty. Me and my husband of 21 years try to keep up with our lively 7 year old daughter in Harpers Ferry, WV. 

Today I'm showing you this adorable (and useful) little burlap bag turned "Prayer Pouch"  project. I loved sprucing up a plain burlap bag with the happy Vintage ribbon and stamps.

First, I sewed a strip of turquoise Vintage Floral Ribbon to the left side of the burlap bag (don't you love that contrast of the floral with the rough texture of the burlap?). Since I sewed right through both sides of the bag it created a narrow pocket, perfect for one or two of your favorite LePen pens. I stamped "AMEN!" with the BIG Amen Faith Stamp Set directly onto the burlap. 

Inside the right side of the pouch, I've inserted some prayer cards. I can use these to write out my prayers or as reminders of prayer requests. I stamped sentiments and stitches using the BIG Amen set and the BIG Trinity Set as well as the arrow stitch from the Lord is My Light set onto cardstock to coordinate with the ribbon colors. Even with the BIG stamps, there is plenty of space to write my prayers and notes.

To keep the cards together I grabbed a large paper clip and looped a bit of the ribbon onto one end. It just adds another fun element to this cute prayer pouch.

The pouch is great for on-the-go and can be tucked in your purse or Bible bag. You could also easily hang this next to your bed for those late-night thoughts of prayer requests and needs - write them down so your brain can rest for the night and then hit your knees in the morning to bring them before the Lord!

For this project I used:

5x7 Burlap Bag | Turquoise Vintage Floral Ribbon | cardstock | BIG Amen Stamp Set | The Lord is My Light Stamp Set | BIG Trinity Stamp Set | Le Pen 4 Piece Set - Dark 

August Planner Pages by Melanie

Welcome to day #5 of our new team introduction.  Today we feature Melanie Jarocki who was on our 2011 team.  Welcome back Melanie!  So excited to have you on the team!

Here's a bit about Melanie in her own words:

"Chocolate, papercrafting, brownies, games with the family, hot cocoa, and kids activities--these are few of my favorite things. Oh, did I mention I like chocolate? I live in the Cascade foothills will my adorably patient husband and handful of kiddos (literally, we have 5).  During the day, I am an elementary school PE teacher. At night, I cheer on my children in whatever activities they are involved in. For good measure, I also run a private piano studio. Never a dull (or quiet) moment in our home! I am so pleased to be joining the SRM Design Team again. Creating projects for my family and friends, and working alongside my kids crafting makes me happy. My style is clean and simple. I love pops of color and straight lines. SRM products are the best to add to any project. I can't even remember the last time I created something without an SRM item on it!"

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Hello! Melanie here today and I am excited to be sharing some of my August Planner Pages with you. The new Planner stamp sets are fun to use. I started off with Birthday Plans -- because banners and stars are at the top of my favorites list :)

I used the pennant outline stamp on the Planner Banner stamp set to make a banner at the top of my monthly page. To add color to each pennant I used the ColorIn Le PlumeII markers. Then I added the cute heart stamp to every other one.

For the first week of August, I wrote in activities using a different color for each child. Hopefully that will help me keep things straight. The Marvy LePen Set was perfect for doing this!

Susan knows my kiddos are in lots of activities. I love that she sent me the Tiny Stickers Assorted Sports to add to my projects.

It is fun to add color and images to planner pages using the wide array of products SRM offers. My colorful pages make me smile each time I look at them :)

Enjoy your day!

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Amazing Grace by Tanya

Are you ready for another wonderful day meeting our new design team members?  I am!  Today we feature Tanya Adams who is new to our team.  What a talent!  

Here's a bit about Tanya in her own words: 

Hello!  my name is Tanya Adams and I am very exited to a new member of the SRM Stickers Design Team!I live in Southeast Alabama with my sweet hubby of 36 years.  We have two adult sons, 4 beautiful grandchildren and a very spoiled Yorkie named Lola.  I am also part of our Children's Ministry Team at my church and I love working the kids and sharing the word of God with them.  I have been crafting in some shape, form or fashion as long as
I can remember and I'm really happy to be working with Susan and her talented Design Team.

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Hello everyone!  Tanya here with a simple, but meaningful card to share with you today.

Sometimes a simple sentiment can say so much. Especially when it is a purposeful sentiment like this one from the Amazing Grace Clear Stamp Set. I love the beautiful, bold fonts used in this set.

I wanted the focus of this card to be the sentiment so I created a simple inked background.  The church was created with my Silhouette and my only embellishment is a few clear sequins.

Amazing Grace. That really says it all, doesn't it?

Thank you for stopping by today and see you soon!