Monday, August 19, 2013

Christmas Decor by Roberta


What a treat you are in for today!  Roberta Rosi has created some wonderful embellished wooden heart ornaments for Christmas and wrapped them up in a very special way.  Get started early and you can make these wonderful gifts for friends and family!

For her Christmas decor, Roberta used as base some wooden hearts that you can attach to the tree, to your gift wrap or even use as placeholder. How clever!  She decorated them with a paper doily and attached on little banners the words "believe", "peace", and "love" from SRM's Christmas Borders. Below each banner Roberta added decorative borders from the same sheet.

To hang the heart Roberta used Peapod Twine and then completed the decoration with a small red bell and a small green velvet bow.  {{SIGH}}


Here are closeups of the three ornaments.




Roberta used SRM's Glassine Bags to package the wooden hearts.  She decorated them with SRM's Christmas Borders and Stickers by the Dozen Christmas Tree design.  And don't forget the touch of twine!




Love how they look tucked into the glassine bags.


What a sweet gift to create for friends or family.  I love how SRM Stickers can be used for so many different kinds of projects.  Thank you Roberta for showing us yet another way to create with SRM's clear stickers! 


Be sure to come see us tomorrow for more SRM goodness!

Friday, August 16, 2013

A Pair of Cards by Laurel


Laurel Seabrook just loves sentiments from SRM.  She often adds clear sentiments as a final touch to her projects.  She loves that with stickers there's no mess, just an easy application.  For these two cards Laurel used the same sketch and the same paper collection for 2 completely different looks.  And for the finishing touch, a SRM Sentiment!


For the first card Laurel used Sticker Sentiments - Wishing You Well to create a sympathy card.  The roses on the top are created with her Cricut out of vellum.  Love the little clothes pin and the fibers at the top.  And love how SRM Stickers melt seamlessly down into any paper.  


For this second card Laurel used the We've Got Your Sticker - Hello to create a Just Because Card.  She loves how the round sentiments fit perfectly inside some metal rimmed tags that she picked up at an office supply store.  


Same sketch, two different looks.  And don't forget your SRM Sentiments! :)

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Halloween ATC Holder by Michelle


Artist trading cards are so much fun to make, and the Stickers by the Dozen sheets are the perfect size to add a sentiment for the card.  Just ask Michelle Giraud who created this fun and fabulous set.   



Michelle used SRM's Clear Box Small Purse for a little carrying case for the set.  The purse fits 6 cards with dimension or 12 flat cards.  To add a little color to the purse Michelle traced and cut a printed paper lining for the inside of the purse and handle then embellished with a die cut candy corn tag.  Fun!



And for her ATC cards, Michelle created 6 stamped and stickered cards that fit perfectly into the little purse.  She used SRM's Stickers by the Dozen "Happy Halloween" sentiment.  Adorable!  


If you love making ATC cards, why not try this idea choosing a theme from the many available Stickers by the Dozen designs.  See them all HERE.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Crocheted Twine Bracelet by Ann


Looking for a fun project to make with your kids or grandkids?  Here's a perfect way to teach them how to crochet with a project they will love.

Begin with their favorite color.  Ann Molvik, our knitting and crocheting expert, created this project for her darling daughter who chose purple as her preferred color.  What a surprise...a girl who loves the color purple! :)  This twine is called Lilac and each spool has 240 yards so you will have plenty of twine to crochet multiple bracelets.


Ann then crocheted the little flowers and put them all together to create this fun and fabulous bracelet.  What little girl would not love to receive this?


Ann's daughter wears her bracelet all the time.  And all her friends want one too!  It would be a great gift for any little girl.  


Thanks for joining us today.  Hope you are enjoying our posts using twine in knitting and crocheting projects.  If you don't already knit or crochet, perhaps it's time to give it a try!

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Princess Purse by Juliana


Juliana Michaels has created the perfect party favor for a princess party.  She used SRM's Small Clear Purse, SRM's Princess We've Got Your Sticker, some ribbon and a touch of twine for this project.


Juliana placed a stencil on the front of the purse and then applied modeling paste over it to acheive a textured look!  What a great effect!  I love how many different things that you can do to the surfaces of these clear boxes.  You can emboss, ink and paint them.  It's a perfect base for a Mixed Media artist.


Using a SRM Princess Sticker, Juliana decorated the tag and the box. 


The sticker has lots of different sentiments to choose from in Black, Pink and White!  And images too!


Love how Juliana combined her pretty sheer ribbon with Pink Sorbet and Blossom twine as a perfect finishing touch.


How delicious!  Thanks Juliana for this wonderful project.  I'll bet that this party favor will be showing up at lots of princess parties soon! :)

Monday, August 12, 2013

Just Because Pillow Box by Shelly


 Ooooh, Shelly Kurth had some fun with this project! :)  Wanting to create gift wrapping using SRM's clear pillow boxes, Shelly decided to go with a "just because" gift.  That way her gift box will fit lots of different occasions.

The "just because" sentiment is from SRM's Sticker Sentiments Thinking of You


Shelly said: "You know, after making this I really just wanna make more! Lovin' these pillow boxes! :)"  With all those other sentiments on that Thinking of You sheet, Shelly can make many, many more.  Hope that she'll be sharing all that pillow box goodness with us! 



If you want to make one of these boxes, here's how Shelly made hers: 

1. Take "place card" die, pattern paper and 'cut'. (*Note: Shelly took the die cut and 'cut off' the back of the place card, following the already 'score lines' that are there)
2. Take "flower" die, pattern paper and 'cut'.
3. Take a piece of White & Berry Sorbet cardstock and cut into rectangles. (Shelly just did this with a paper trimmer and measured it up against her "place card" die cut)
4. Adhere white rectangle to 'berry' rectangle.
5. Add sentiment sticker to white rectangle.
6. Then adhere to "place card".
7. Take flower die cuts and adhere the smaller one on top of the big one. Then adhere to place card.
8. Add butterfly and gems.
9. Adhere whole card to box.

Easy peasy and so much fun!  You won't be able to stop!  Just ask Shelly!

Friday, August 9, 2013

Girl's Night Out Party by Lesley


As a way of saying "Thank You" to some of her good friends, Lesley Croghan has decided to throw party!  She thought it would be fun to create some party decor, have a few friends over on the deck to enjoy the summer weather and have a little friendship celebration.  What a good idea! 

Every party needs an invitation and that's no problem for Lesley.  She created this bright and beautiful invite using SRM's Blank You're Invited Sticker.  



She added some stitching to the invite to give it a more homespun look and feeling.  It fits perfectly with Lesley's deck picnic theme.  Are those stitches real  or Sticker Stitches?  Hard to tell. But look closely and you'll see green stitches from the red/green/white Sticker Stitches.  


A picnic is not complete without some cute cups and they just great for holding napkins, cutlery and straws.  Love the chocolate dipped strawberries that Lesley used to decorate her cups. Those are SRM's We've Got Your Sticker PLUS Strawberry design.  Lesley also used SRM's Thank You Stickers by the Dozen as the sentiment that decorates each straw.



For party favors Lesley used SRM's Glassine bags and put some "girly" travel sized creams and body washes inside.  They fit perfectly!  She then used some Labels by the Dozen Valentine design to decorate a red card stock sleeve that she slipped over the bags. She left the labels blank so she could write the names of her friends on them.  Hmmmm...who wants to come party with Lesley? :)


Here's the whole ensemble!  Lots of fun and easy to put together.  You friends will feel super special and loved!  You could use this idea for bridesmaids, rehearsal dinners, colleagues or dear old childhood friends.  Such a fun way to celebrate your friends and to thank them for their amazing friendship.  


And here are the items that Lesley used to create this project: 

Glassine Bag - 3 3/4" x 6 1/4" - 12 pack

Thanks for the lovely party Lesley.  What a great idea for so many different occasions.  

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Guest Designer; Keri Babbitt

We are excited to welcome Keri Babbitt as a Guest Designer here on the SRM Blog today. What a talent!  Did you know that Keri was a Cover Girl on the May 2013 Creating Keepsakes!  Like I said... what a talent!



Here's a bit about Keri in her own words.  
"Hi there, I’m Keri Babbitt. I’m a mom of two, who’s been happily crafting since high school. I love capturing life’s moments and expressing myself artistically through craft-making.

I’m obsessed with anything vintage and love trying new techniques, as well as finding creative ways combine new products with my existing stash. I love to experiment with any and every scrapping style, from minimalist to shabby chic. I am often a grid‐based, multi‐photo scrapper, and enjoy finding well‐ designed ways to include lots of photos.

Other than crafting, I enjoy: curling up with a good book, dancing, vintage-shopping, and being in the outdoors or watching Mythbusters with my family.   You can find more of my work on my blog at  http://kensingtondesign.blogspot.com ."

Recently Keri won some SRM Border Stickers in a Guest Designer giveaway on the SRM Blog and I noticed that she had posted a card on the SRM Flickr with the borders she won. I took one look at that card and knew that I wanted to ask Keri to be a guest designer.  

Here is the beautiful card I found on our Flickr that Keri made using SRM's Bright Borders.  How inventive and perfect!


Next Keri made this fun and fabulous layout again using SRM's Borders but this time both Bright and Pastel.  Like the title says "Love This"!


The colors and the shapes on this layout are so playful and perfect; so hip and happening.   


 And for her second layout Keri used more of SRM's Borders Bright and Pastel.  Love the zig zag stitches top left and top right going up the side. Those stitches are found on SRM Borders as well as SRM Sticker Stitches.  Such a fun product!


Those SRM mini sentiments from the borders, "happiness" and "it's the little things", work so well in this circle element.


Here's the Bright and Pastel borders that Keri used.



As you can see, Keri has lots of borders left over after making a card and 2 layouts so she can create many more projects.  I wonder what she will make next?  

Just so happens that Keri just sent me a darling little gift bag project that she made using SRM's Glassine Bags and more of her SRM Borders!  I knew that she would just have to make more.  I love this darling little bag.  


You make me smile Keri, with your Sweet Friend border.  Perfection!


Here's what Keri has to say about SRM:   

"I have long loved the versatility of SRM's clear-background stickers, and especially love to use them as the finishing touch on my scrapbook pages.  I enjoy the great variety of colors & neutrals, and often use both on the same project.  The stitches make perfect borders, and I love to use the word/phrase stickers to accent & complement my titles.  The stickers blend so well around the edges, and are a classic way to join in on the transparent trend that continues to be popular."  
Thanks Keri for loving your SRM and for sharing your talent with us today.  We love your work!  

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Mini Purse Mini Tutorial by Latrice


Latrice Murphy is with us today to share a fun gift giving idea that you can create quickly. Latrice admits that she is sometimes forgetful about birthdays and such and says that she seems to always be digging for a card or throwing something together the day before. Here is a fun alternative to a birthday card in addition to a gift of your choice.  And Latrice has even given us a little tutorial so that you can make some of these cuties too!

Here’s what you’ll need to create this project:

Patterned paper
3D squares
Mix of ribbon


And here's what we’re creating.  Simply adorable!  Super simple to create but sensational!


Love the mix of ribbon and twine on the handle of the little purse.  And love those colorful gum balls that she put inside.  


And love the layering of the punched pieces, SRM Labels by the Dozen and Birthday Borders.   YUM!


Want to make this adorable little purse?  You can make a stash of them and have them ready for any occasion or holiday.  Here are the directions: 

Directions: 
1. Fold and fill your purse with a treat. 
2. Using a large scallop punch or die cutting machine cut a 4” scallop circle. 
3. Layer your cupcake image onto the label and then again onto white cardstock. Adhere this to the scallop circle with 3D adhesive. 
4. Choose border stickers and add them to the top and bottom of the purse. 
5. Finish it off with a sentiment strip tucked under the cupcake. 
6. Choose twine and ribbon to create a bow at the top of the purse and you’re done! 

Thanks Latrice for this oh so cute project.  You have inspired us!

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Sticker Stitches Layout by Juliana


Juliana Michaels used SRM's Sticker Stitches to create a patchwork quilt look for this lovely layout. There are 17 different stitches on each sheet and the stitches are printed on clear.  When you put them on paper, it looks like you used a sewing machine, but shhhhhhh don't tell anyone.  It's just a sticker! 


Juliana cut each sticker 0.25" shorter than the width and/or height of each square/rectangle of patterned paper. She then adhered the stickers around the outside edge of each piece of paper. She used 9 of the 17 different stitch styles available on each sheet of stickers. She used two sheets of Sticker Stitches to complete all of the larger squares/rectangles. Juliana had to use one strip from another sheet of Sticker Stitches to make a stitched border long enough to go around the long orange strip at the bottom.



What a fun and fabulous idea to make a layout look like a quilt. And what quilt is complete without stitching?


Looks like Juliana had a lot of fun creating this project! I love all the different stitches and papers.  Simply delicious!


What would you use your Sticker Stitches for?  The original Sticker Stitches came in black and now they are available in colors and white!