Make It Monday With Linda - Card Process #3 *Reach For the Stars

Hola,

I hope everyone is have a great start to the week! I know I am, the kids are back in SCHOOL!!!!!
The weekend was a little busy but low key which was nice. My daughter got a cold and we have been snuggling. So this card that I have made is a super simple and did not take very long... there wasn't very much to this card but I liked how it was simple and came together very well.
Please let me know your thoughts, or if you make a card please share it with us!!!

 What I used are:
*Blue cardstock
*Light baby blue carstock
*Embelishment gems
*Reach for the stars - Rub On

You can view the process here! Hope you enjoy!

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xoxo

Make it Monday With Imelda - Scrapbook Process #7 *4 Feet

Hi Everyone! 
Hope everyone had a very wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!! We had so much fun filled with family and laughter, just the way it should be! 💕

This new year, I am hoping to take some big steps in my life. In Canada it is becoming increasingly difficult to become a teacher, I have been applying for about 3 years. First you must work as an Occasional Teacher, (OT) then you must work as a Long Term Occasional, then, and only then can you get an interview for a permanent position.  For the past two years I have been working as an Educational Assistant and taking courses to expand my teaching skills. I was finally able to land an interview in November 2016 for the OT list. I am hoping to hear back soon.  Fingers crossed!

I have also made it my goal, to by the end of the year join a Design Team. I am in the process of applying to some and waiting for the DT call for others. Fingers crossed again!  This month I have been invited to be a Guest Designer over at Do-Al(l) Kreatives. The theme for the month is "New". We were asked to simply create a project that showcases something new about us. I chose to focus on our new dog and here is what I was able to come up with.☺. You can view the process video Here

I used mostly the Studio Calico December 2015 kit (yes I'm a hoarder and finally caved). I really loved the "hello" paper and am currently really enjoying the colour teal and mint! I especially love the contrast with pink! The title came from a quote I found on Pinterest, I used the grey alphas from the kit.

Other than the kit, I used some My Mind's Eye small phrases stickers in teal and pink, a small SMASH flag clip, which so appropriate for this layout and my journalling, was slightly chewed up by our new dog. I also used some Michaels enamel dots, white tissue paper, Heidi Swapp Colour Shine in Cherry Pink, and some Teal Colour mist from a previous Studio Calico Kit.

My journalling reads: 

We inherited you from Uncle Jake over Easter dinner 2016. We were told you were very well behaved. They weren't completely wrong, but they weren't completely right either. Over the next few days we would discover your love of eating the kids' stuffed toys, with particular attention given to the eyes.  Since then however, you have learned so much. We have grown to love our perfectly imperfect little guy. You still enjoy chewing up anything left within your reach, remote controls included, but we absolutely love you. All your cuteness and love you have for us makes it all worth it.  December 2016

To type my journalling I used an old typewriter that I purchased online. In Canada we have an app called VarageSale - which essentially is a virtual garage sale. I really lucked out, since I got it before the Typecast typewriters became as popular as they are now. 

Please check out the other beautiful projects by the Do-Al(l) Kreatives Design Team for January. Hope you find some inspiration among all the beautiful projects. 

I wish you all a very happy start to this new year. 

xo Imelda

Make it Monday With Imelda - Process Video #6 *For You I Will

Hi Everyone, 
I hope you are all having a great start to the week! I'm here with another process video! I created this layout for the Scrapbook.com December challenge Scraplift the Person Before you. You can find the challenge forum here. In order to participate, you sign up and that order dictates who you will scrap lift. I signed up after t-towngirl and so I had a look through her gallery. I decided on her two page layout "1984 Olympics." I really liked the grid design she had going on the right page and decided to lift that. I shrunk down the design and kept it quite minimal.  You can watch the process here.

Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful week! Enjoy your holidays!
xo Imelda

Make it Monday With Linda - Scrapbook Process #5 *Sleep All Day, Sleep All Night

Good Morning Scrappy world!

We have a new process video up and running for you to check out! In this video Linda created a layout using her scrap bin. This bin has been overflowing for quite some time and so she decided to make use of it.

My sister has had this photo for a long time, it is a photo of my nephew as a baby (he is now 6!). He actually fell asleep the way it is pictured so as a scrapper, she just had to document that.

Linda kept the layout simple because she plans to add this to her album next to an already busy layout beside it in the album is quite busy.

Items used:
*Scraps of paper*Pebbles - Gift tags
*Embelishment gems
*Stazon - Jet Black
*iheart studio + Studio Calico - Stamp Set

Tune in and have a look at the process and the final product!
We hope you enjoy!

Hope you all have a great week!
xo Imelda

Make it Monday With Imelda- Scrapbook Process # 4 *A Boy & His Tia

Good Morning Everyone,
It's Imelda here with another scrapbook layout process video. This layout was created for the Scrapbook.com December Scraplift Your Favourites, Hoarders, and Mixed media challenges. My inspiration can be found in the Scrapbook.com gallery. It was created by Kris Berc. Here is layout:

I really liked her work with the background and the pop of black throughout. I emulated that with gesso and mists for the background. I also used gesso and a cloud stencil. For the black I used it for layering and my Heidi Swapp banner. Here is my take:

You can also watch the process here:

Hope you enjoy! 

xo Imelda

Make it Monday With Imelda - Scrapbook Process #3 *Papi Grande

Good morning everyone!
I am very excited to share with you another process video! I put this together last week and went through a lot of emotions about the layout. I loved it, I liked it, I hated it, and in the end I was very happy with it. I'm glad I stuck with it.

This was my first attempt at mixed media, and I was really excited! I tried some water colours, and then I feel like it was starting to take a turn for the worst! However, I persevered, and stuck with it. I'm so glad I did because in the end, I really like the result. 

Watch my process by clicking below. 

Have you tried mixed media? What was your experience like?

Let me know what you think! Leave a message below. 

Hope you all have a great start to the week!

xo Imelda

Make it Monday With Linda - Scrapbook Process #2 *Hooray Lets Go

Hi Everyone!

Our second scrapbook process video has been posted! So sorry about not updating the blog for this video post sooner, but I have been preparing for an interview I have coming up in the next couple of days.

So my sister Linda has a bit of a different scrapbook style than I do, but I would say she is the one to thank for getting us all started in the scrappy life. My mom has always been so creative with everything, and we all take after her, but Linda was the one to introduce us to paper crafting!

In this video she used mostly scraps left over from another layout she had worked on in order to convert them into a two page spread. The materials she used were:
Twine & Ink enamel shapes in pink and white
Doodle Twine in black
Blea & Ivy clear stamps by Kaiser Craft
Studio Calico stamp set and black rubber alpha
Staz On ink in black
Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze in Sassy Silver
and
Sprinklers Farmhouse collection - Screen Door

You can find the video here:

We hope you enjoy! 
Leave us a comment or let us know if you have a request, suggestion or question!

Have a great day!

xo Imelda

Make it Monday With Emma - Card Process #2 *Oh Crab...I Forgot

Good Morning!
Emma here with our second Make it Monday Card Process. 

I love stamping and colouring with my Copic markers. Copic markers give so much dimension and life to these adorable stamped images.  I used Paper Smooches "Chubby Chum Pals" stamp set to make this adorable card for my boyfriend's Nan.

I also include a mini tutorial on how to make an action wobbler.  I have seen these in stores but hey, why buy something when you can make it?

Take a look below. Let us know if you end up using it, and share your project with us. 

Enjoy!
xo Emma

Make it Monday With Imelda - Scrapbook Process #1 *This Guy

Here is a link to our first Scrapbook Layout process video. 

It was so much fun to make! 

When I watch other process videos I always feel that their process comes together so quickly and easily. In making this video, I do realize that it is would have been quite simple to edit a lot of my indecision out...BUT I wanted to share as much of my process with you as I could. I feel that many of other scrapbookers have this similar struggle, but those who may appear not to, probably spend more time planning out their layout than I normally do. Let me know what you think. What's your approach? Do you plan it out or is it a free for all?

In this video I tried to preplan a little. I knew I wanted a diagonal design, a grey, white and pink/red pallet, and to include stitching. Its a photo of my husband on our wedding day, so I wanted to stick with a love/wedding theme; however, other than that, I didn't plan much else. Take a look at my video and see my process. Hope you enjoy!

xo Imelda

Make it Monday With Linda - Card Process #1 *I Miss You

Hi everyone!
Here is a back-post on our very first process video featuring a card I made. 

I wanted to keep it simple and elegant...
* I started with white card stock, but later in the video I decided to change to the caramel light brown. I think it looks better overall.
* The embossing powder I used was Martha Stewarts - Gloss 
* The paper used were scraps that I had from left over projects
 - Paper colors - 
Caramel brown, white, black, and patterned white and black
- Ribbon-
The ribbon was a piece left over and it was a shiny black

* The stamp used is one that I bought at my local craft store and I am not entirely sure the name or brand... Sorrry :( but it is a gorgeous stamp and I love it alot!!

Heat embossing can be tricky, but brushing away extraneous bits of powder with a small, dry, paintbrush can really go a long way in improving the result! Be careful with your heat tool, many of them heat up quick! I usually use a paper piercer or craft tweezers to hold my material down and prevent it from blowing away.

Share any of your projects you may have been inspired to make in the comment section, we'd love to see your work!

Enjoy the video!
xo Linda