Tip of the day: Removing rub-ons

I made a useful discovery while working on the layout below. I needed to remove some rub-on letters that I changed my mind about, so I tried my adhesive remover, which I had read was great for this purpose. As it turns out, it’s not. I tried my craft knife, but that was roughing up the cardstock too much. I used a bit of transparent tape to pick up the tiny flakes of rub-on that I had managed to scrape off—and lo and behold! the tape removed the entire rub-on very cleanly. I haven’t tried it on patterned paper or other materials, but transparent tape is now my official rub-on remover for cardstock.

Anyway, here’s a layout of my older son acting silly. I manipulated the photo in Photoshop Elements just for the fun of it.

Supplies: Border sticker, diecut, and red letter stickers by Scenic Route; gold chipboard stickers by American Crafts.

This made me happy…

One of my layouts for the summer issue of Scrapbooking & Beyond magazine has made it onto the web as a featured project. I was quite honored and pleased to see it there yesterday. The layout was built around an idea I had for creating a mosaic inspired by a piece of art. The technique takes a bit of time but the result is rather stunning, if I say so myself. ;-)

You can check out the layout, with full instructions, here. There’s even a pattern online for recreating the “wave.”

Chic & Glamour

The new Chic & Glamour collection from Harmonie loisirs créatifs features six elegant papers, plus acrylic, chipboard, and wood embellishments and letters; acrylic stamps; metallic foil stickers; and coordinating ribbons, buttons, and bows. You can see the entire collection in the new Harmonie catalog.

Here are a couple of layouts I made recently.

Ninety

Supplies: Patterned papers, acrylic numbers, stamp, and foil stickers from Harmonie loisirs créatifs.

I backed the acrylic numbers with patterned paper to make them more visible on the layout.

I punched the blue flower centers from the same patterned paper.

Mother-Son Dance

Supplies: Patterned paper, chipboard embellishment, and stamp from Harmonie loisirs créatifs. Chipboard letters from WRMK.

Spring collection from Harmonie

The Vivement le Printemps collection from Harmonie loisirs créatifs features six patterned papers with a nature theme; acrylic, chipboard, and wood embellishments and letters; silver and gold metallic stickers; ribbons, buttons, and crocheted flowers; and coordinating acrylic stamps—in short, everything you need to put a little spring in your scrapbooking. You can see the entire collection in the new Harmonie catalog.

Here are a couple of projects for inspiration.

Sam’s Last Hike

Supplies: Écorce Argentée and L’Orée du Bois papers; acrylic stamps; ribbons, button, crocheted flowers; and chipboard letter from Harmonie loisirs créatifs. Collage template by Jessica Sprague.

Bird Ornament

Supplies: Acrylic bird from Harmonie loisirs créatifs; alcohol inks from Ranger; beads salvaged from costume jewelry.

New Harmonie website

The new website for Harmonie loisirs créatifs is now live, and it looks great. Follow the Products link at the top of the page to see the catalog with the new spring and summer collections. I’ll be posting some work shortly using these collections. Stay tuned!

Goodbye to Samantha

Happy Valentine’s Day

I thought I would share these three projects in case you need ideas for a last-minute card for your sweetie. They use both new and old product from Harmonie loisirs créatifs. The heart tree stamp used on the second card and the acrylic shapes used on the others are from a recent release. The papers are older, mostly from the Nature Love line.

Enjoy the day!

The other side of winter

This is what happens when I scrap cranky. I was having a less-than-ideal day yesterday and took it out on the weather….

Supplies: Patterned paper, diecut, and chipboard photo corners from Scenic Route’s Garland collection; letter stickers from Lil’ Davis Designs.

This layout was part of the Lift the Pubster above You challenge at Two Peas. I was inspired by this layout by little-ducky.

I’ll be much cheerier when this cold snap has ended. I promise.

Winter is here

I’ve been in a wintery kind of mood this week—and no wonder. We’ve had a major ice storm and more than a foot of snow already, and it’s only January. I’m not thrilled with this weather, but A.J. and Nate are, especially when it means that school is cancelled for the day.

Here’s a layout with photos from our last big storm in December. I lasted only about five minutes outside—long enough to take photos of everyone—but the boys loved sledding down the little hill in our backyard and stayed out until their fingers and toes were numb.

To be published in Scrapbooking & Beyond.

Supplies: Patterned papers, acrylic accents, and buttons—Harmonie loisirs créatifs; letter stickers—Creative Imaginations.

Here’s a closer look at the acrylic shapes I used. I just love these.

If that layout gives you chills, here are a couple of projects to warm you up:

Supplies: Patterned papers, acrylic accents, metallic foil stickers, and ribbon—Harmonie loisirs créatifs; punch—Fiskars.

Stay warm.

Busted on New Year’s Day

A quick layout showing one of the many items on our New Year’s to-do list:

Supplies: patterned paper and accent stickers—KI Memories; alphabet stickers—Chatterbox; sneaky guy stamp—Edward Gorey Kidstamps.

Best wishes for the new year!