London Calling - Vintedge Kit

Hi everyone!  Nancy here today to share the first of what will probably be many posts using the new Vintedge kit from Your Memories Here.  This kit is currently on sale in the Your Memories Here store and features  the Vintedge collection from Ruby Rocket.

Being that I just returned from London, this is the perfect kit for me, but don't let the Union Jack fool you....this kit is full of classic patterns that are perfect for both masculine and feminine pages, anglophile or not.

 Along with the gorgeous papers, chipboard, and stickers by Ruby Rocket; this kit also contains many gorgeous Prima flowers, Distress Stickles and lovely bits of trim.

Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to grab your kit today.

Hugs.

Nancy

Could This Be...

the last project made with the Nostalgia Kit from Your Memories Here? That kit seemed like it reproduced itself overnight! AND...this is (hopefully) the last scrapbooking project from our trip to Atlantic City!

 







 

Are you a dreamer too?

Hi fellow crafters. It's me again. I'm back today with a tag I created using wonderful crafting goodness available from Your Memories Here. I'm using the PrimaTag Pad here   along with some torn DP that I won at the Sweet Retreat this year. It's an A4 paper pad from the sunrise sunset collection. As well a Prima Mixed Media doll stamp . The sentiments.flowers,leaves and patterned stamps are from the Wishful Thinking line. I added the "anything is possible" phrase and the white doodling with a white gel pen. In addition, I colored the MM doll with Copic markers. Thanks so much for looking and have a great weekend!

Wishes and Dreams

Hi Everyone, Nancy here today to share with you a project I made using the gorgeous Wishes and Dreams collection from Prima.  The soft yellows and blues in this collection, mixed with bits of brown the papers are just stunning.

 Of course I had plenty of gorgeous flowers to add thanks to my Prima Flower grab bag.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Nancy

Swimming in Atlantic City Layout with Heidi

I have been scrapbooking like crazy this summer! This post is going live on the first day of school here in New York City. My scrappy/artsy time will quickly become less but I still strive to make time for it daily. A friend told me that it's important to always have a work in progress on my desk. That way I can pop into my art studio and work on it even for a few minutes. I made a goal for myself to get up to date with my 2013 pictures and my scrapbooking. Well, that didn't happen! I could say that I failed but I don't feel that way. I spent a ton of time creating new memories (& yes, more photos) during a zillion cool things this Summer. So, my goal will have to change but at least having one keeps me focused on scrapbooking the pictures, right?! These pages follow my usual "formula" for scrapbooking! (I did mention I would write about that sometime-add that to my list of goals!) The gorgeous flowers are Prima and are from Your Memories Here. I have really been into bright pops of color lately! I used to scrap mostly in soft, very vintage colors. Somehow that changed-maybe it was when I started exploring art journaling. So, check out Your Memories Here & leave a little love in the comments. I would be thrilled to hear from you!

 

~ Make Waves ~

Good Morning friends. Ahhh....another Saturday. Time to relax, catch up and create. I stopped to think about "what do I want to create this week for the Your Memories Here Design Team blog. 
I wanted to do something different, using some fun crafty supplies with a nautical theme. So I pulled out my Nantucket chipboard set from Pink Paislee and decided to create a tag. I wanted to do a collage with a theme as well. When I saw the "make waves" sentiment, I knew what I wanted to do. You know, sometimes in life, we need to "make waves" in order to bring about change in our lives. So this tag represents encouragement to step our of our comfort zones occasionally, fight for something that is endearing to us and make it happen. Now to create this tag, I used some Faber-Castell gelatos in gold, silver, green and orange to create the background. I used a Prima hexagon/chicken wire stamp to add a "fish scale" type texture. Then distressed it with some Ranger walnut distress stain ink pad and marker on the chipboard pieces as well as the tag. The arrow is tinted with the Faber-Castell gelatos as well. It's a wood piece from the Nantucket wood shape collection.
I hope you feel encouraged too and I appreciate your visit today. Have a great weekend and  a blessed week ahead!

Wishful Thinking

Hi everyone!  Nancy here today to share with you a project I made using the beautiful Wishful Thinking papers from Prima Marketing.  The Wishful Thinking papers are full of the most gorgeous colors perfect for all those special moments in your life...and in this case, perfect for my teen.

Of course, with the gorgeous blooms from my Your Memories Here Prima Flowers Grab Bag, I had plenty of gorgeous flowers to choose from to accompany my project.

A few of my favorite Prima Wood Icons were added for texture.  I just love the feel these add to my projects and don't think I can scrap without them these days.

 and of course i couldn't resist adding a few of the Wishful Thinking Metallic Gems.

All these projects are currently available in the Your Memories Here store.  Be sure to check  them out.

Hugs.

Nancy

"US" Layout-Another One from Atlantic City, NJ with Heidi Bound

I am really been enjoying scrapbooking again. I tend to jump from one thing to another: scrapbooking, art journaling, card making (sometimes) and jewelry (less often). I have been continuing to combine "old stash" and new products. I guess one of my signatures is the mixture of patterned papers. I love how things work together from different collections and DECADES-some of these papers have been in my stash since I started scrapbooking in 1998. My other signature style? Yep, flowers! I can't get enough. I hot glue them everywhere! I love the flowers that Kristina offers at Your Memories Here-so excited to see what she offers from the new CHA release. Aren't you?!
 

Bits and Baubles

Happy Saturday everyone. I am sharing with you today a simple postcard I decided to create using my Faber Castell gelatos and a baby wipe along with a Prima stencil available at Your Memories Here.

I created the background by first applying a Faber Castell pink gelato onto a WC postcard paper. Then, I layered the stencil with some Adirondack color wash spray. Lastly, I used some Prima chalk edgers  to ink up some Ruby Violet cling stamps to stamp the images and sentiments. In addition, the journal card is also Prima as well as the plastic buttons and canvas key sprayed with Adirondack color wash.
A simple, fun postcard along with an enjoyable crafting experience. Can't beat that! Thank you for joining me today and be sure to visit Kristina for all your crafting needs!

Celebrate - Hope Chest

Hi everyone!  Nancy here today to share with you a layout I made using the beautiful Hope Chest collection from Pink Paislee.  

But before I share the layout itself, how about a quick video on creating a crackled wood background for your projects?

Super easy and fun.  With the wood background, a bit of mist and some gorgeous flowers from my Prima grab bag I created this....

Ainsley and a couple of friends at her birthday party.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Nancy

Shufflin' The Cards~Atlantic City Layout With Heidi

 I am still plowing through the huge, amazing collection of Prima Flowers that I picked up from Your Memories Here!  I am still enjoying my scrapbooking "formula" which I promise to share more about in a future post. Hope you enjoy my pages and the final days of Summer. Now...GO Make Some Art!

 

Tags to Cards - Prima Rondelle

Hi everyone!  Nancy here today to share with you a few cards I made using the Live with Prima kit, Lush and Lovely Tags.  

I love, love, love the gorgeous tags that Cari Fennell made with this gorgeous kit, but I am not much of a tag person, so I decided to use her tags as inspiration for these cards.  Not being much of a card maker, I was very pleased with how these turned out.  Be sure and grab one of the last kits featuring the beautiful Rondelle collection and make a fabulous project today.

Hugs.

Nancy

Nostalgia Kit Bird Card with Heidi Bound

WOW! Can you believe that Nostalgia Kit from Your Memories Here is STILL ticking? I LOVE using new items with my "stash" of great art supplies. Here is another card that I created using the goodies from that kit. I combined the Nostalgia papers, trims and bling with that gorgeous bird stamp from my stash. Wondering how I colored the image? I used my markers to color the stamp, did a quick "huff" of warm breath to moisten it and then stamped away. I am so excited with how this turned out. I can't wait to dig into my beautiful stamp collection and create away!

Mixed Media apron

Hi friends! Yay for the weekends...Phew! we MADE it....again...LOL

I'm sharing with you today an apron I made thursday night. I received my latest order from Your Memories Here that included an adorable canvas apron by Prima. I saw a mixed media apron someone had created on Pinterest recently and it really peaked my curiosity to try and do one of my own for myself. SO! I took out some Adirondack color wash dye ink sprays along with some stencils and went to town! Here's what I came up with:

So what do you think? I am just pleased as punch the 

way it turned out. Thank you so much for joining me 

today and I hope you enjoy your weekend!! 

SEE BELOW THESE PICS ↓ ↓

Okay, so I'm not too big to humble myself when I make a boo-boo. It dawned on me after I designed the apron, "hmmm, I wonder if I should have washed that first?" DUH!!! YES!! You are..it washes off some sort of sizing. HERE'S some great tips that I should have read BEFORE hand but, you know me?!! Learning the hard way! So, after washing my beautiful mixed media apron, it became like brand new again... :o( Here's the updated version and as you can see, I hurried a little more with it and ran out of waxed paper I was using to mask the areas so ended up improvising which didn't really bode too well LOL. Hence, the areas of over spray. Which, in all honesty, I like even better. It's messy...just like me! :P Oh well, Live and Learn as they say! Don't forget to heat set it too after your done! Another boo-boo I made.

BEFORE

AFTER