Paper Secrets Blog Hop

02 Dec 2011 14 Comments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: , , , , , , ,

Welcome to the Paper Secrets Holiday Hop! Each of our team members have a Holiday project to share with you. Be sure to visit all the blogs for chances to win some great prizes!!! If you didn’t hop over from Nicolle’s Blog, be sure start at the beginning of the hop so you don’t miss any of our posts. The fun begins on the Paper Secrets Blog, but the full line-up is at the bottom of this post so you don’t get lost along the way. 😀

Today, I’d like to share with you my example for the Paper Secrets December Manufacturer/Brand Challenge and my first GDT project for Helmar USA. If you’re not sure where to find Helmar’s fabulous adhesives, there’s a list of retailers and online prefered vendors on the left sidebar of their blog. 😀

Our featured manufacturer for the month at Paper Secrets is Webster’s Pages! Though there are many paper companies out there that I adore, Webster’s Pages has to be my hands down fave (or my obsession…however you want to read that)! With the help of some fabulous Helmar adhesives, here’s the wood train that I altered for my son, Matthew:

I started by painting the train with acrylic paint. I then papered the 2 cars with Webster’s Pages Waiting for Santa Papers using Helmar’s Acid Free Glue (LOVE this stuff! Works great on paper to paper applications too). Armed with my fave…Helmar’s 450 Quick Dry…I applied all the trims. The white fluffy trim is from Waiting for Santa, but the lace and super sheer trim is from Botanical Christmas. I took the WP sheer trim and cut in half lengthwise and put only the part w/gold detailing on the engine and reserved the rest for the bow on the Christmas Tree. The bling on the wheels are from a strip of their “dazzle me gems” that I cut apart. Here’s a closer look at the engine:

The Santa image is cut from one of the Botanical Christmas journaling cards. To make the Christmas tree, I stacked 3 styrofoam balls (held together by stringing them onto a craft stick (popcicle stick) and lightly coated them with Acid Free Glue. If I had a styrofoam cone, I probably would have used that instead, but I like to use what I have on hand. 🙂 I used a rock fern EK Success punch for the branches and layered them to the top. At the peak, I applied a glob of Liquid Scrap Dots to hold 4 of the branches forming a cap or peak. Here’s a closer look at the car holding the tree:

and a closer look at the last car:

To create the wreaths, I used a circle punch to create a hole, then a larger circle punch over that hole to create a ring. I then coated the paper rings with Premium Craft Glue and applied the branches alternating having them point slightly towards the center then slightly outward…applied another layer of Craft Glue and then filled in the gaps with more branches. I then adhered the wreaths to the cars using 450 Quick Dry. I also used the 450 to attach the WP silhouette on the back of the train. The little “presents” are actually little boxes of candy and tattoos…the kind that are given out for Halloween. lol Dots, nerds, etc work the best since it gives you a stable base. I wrapped them in WP’s Botanical Christmas 6×6 petite papers and decorated them with their trims, sparklers, whimsy flower and added a tiny tag to each one. 450 Quick Dry made these itty bitty trim flowers a breeze:

I hope you enjoyed my project! Now for the prize! To be eligible to win this prize:

A $10 Paper Secrets Gift Certificate

***Please leave me a comment on this post. You can also follow my blog through Networked Blogs (or if you do not have facebook, then sign up to receive blog updates via email). 😀 The Blog Hop ends Dec. 4th, 11:59 pm PST. I will pick a random winner from the comments left on December 5, 2011.***

Let’s get to hoppin’!

Paper Secrets http://paper-secrets.blogspot.com
Rochelle Spears http://rochellespears.blogspot.com
Nancy Dare http://daretobeunique-nancy.blogspot.com
Joyce Casaldi http://1ashjoy.blogspot.com
Kimmy Jaster http://www.lostinadreamofjosh.blogspot.com
Nicolle Kramer http://nicollelovesscrapbooking.com
Doris Widder http://www.distressedscrapper.com <—YOU ARE HERE
Kristi Beisel http://devosmommy.blogspot.com <—YOUR NEXT AND LAST STOP ON THE HOP

Paper Secrets Sketch Challenges

01 Dec 2011 Comments Off on Paper Secrets Sketch Challenges

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects, Scrapbook Layouts Tags: , , , , , ,

If you love sketches, these 2 are for you! 😀 Joyce is hosting a lovely Card Sketch Challenge (she created a sketch and Rochelle vamped it up for her). Head over to the forum to check out the sketch, but here’s my take on it:

Rochelle designs all of our monthly sketches at Paper Secrets now and they’re so much fun to work with! Her sketches for inspiration are always unique and creative. She will be hosting the Layout Sketch Challenge each month. Here’s what I came up with for her current sketch:

Materials for the card:

Webster’s Pages 6×6 Botanical Christmas pp
Little Yellow Bicycle doily
WP Botanical Christmas trims
WP tinsel trim
WP sparkler

Adhesives:

Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Tools: Needle and Thread

Materials for the layout:

Bo Bunny Sweet Treats pp
Tag by Marivic (Berry71bleu)
Bo Bunny Sweet Treats Buttons
Bo Bunny Sweet Treats chipboard sticker
Bo Bunny Sweet Treats Layered Sticker
The Paper Company shimmer paper

Adhesives:
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Gemstone Glue
Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner
Helmar Zap Dots

TFL! To check out the December challenges on Paper Secrets, CLICK HERE!

Stop back tomorrow for our Holiday Hop (and our 5th December challenge)! All the fun begins on the Paper Secrets Blog!

Paper Secrets December Challenges – Now Live

01 Dec 2011 Comments Off on Paper Secrets December Challenges – Now Live

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects, Scrapbook Layouts Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

I can’t believe it’s December already! There’s so much happening this month! 😀 The five Paper Secrets December challenges are now live and ready for your fabulous entries! I’m going to break them up into 3 posts. Two posts today with 2 of the challenges featured on each and 1 tomorrow for the hop which starts on the Paper Secrets Store Blog. There will be giveaways and prizes, so don’t forget to stop back tomorrow! 😀

First we have a technique challenge hosted by Nicolle. Our challenge is to use distressing on your project. For my example, I’ve splattered ink, scraped and inked pp, fringed paper and curled paper for the banner:

Next, Kimmy’s Stash Challenge is to use scraps from a layout you’ve created to make another layout, card or project. I used the scraps from my example for Nicolle’s challenge to create a Christmas card. Here’s what I came up with:

Materials for my layout:

Lily Bee Picket Fence pp
Bazzill black cardstock
Bazzill White cardstock
Lily Bee Picket Fence Stickers
Tattered Angels Shimmer mist
Distress Ink
Epiphany bubble caps and buttons
Glass stone

Adhesives: Helmar Premium Craft Glue
Helmar Gemstone Glue

Tools:

Epiphany Crafts punches

Materials for the card:

Lily Bee Picket Fence pp
Bazzill black cardstock
Lily Bee Christmas Town rubons
Stickles

Adhesive:

Helmar Premium Craft Glue

TFL! To play along with our December Challenges, CLICK HERE!

Two Cards and a Project for Paper Secrets’ November Challenges

01 Nov 2011 Comments Off on Two Cards and a Project for Paper Secrets’ November Challenges

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: , , , , , , ,

I’m thrilled to announce that Kristi has invited me for a second term on the Paper Secrets DT! 😀 I loved my time serving on the team in May-July 2011, so I’m super excited to be back! There are 5 fantastic challenges for November (though this post will only show my takes on 3 of the challenge), so I hope you can join in on the fun!

First up, we have a great card sketch with a twist, which is being hosted by Nicolle Kramer. The twist is to use glitter and twine. Please visit the challenge post on the forum for the sketch to use and to see the other dt member’s cards. Here’s my take on it:

Next there’s a paper piecing challenge being hosted by Kimmy. For further details and inspiration from the dt, see the post marked November Technique Challenge. Here’s my take on it:

This month’s manufacturer challenge is My Mind’s Eye, which is being hosted by Joyce. While chatting with the other ladies on the forum, I realized that our family does not have a physical phone number, address, email addy book, so if something should ever happen to my computer or our cell phones (like Larry frying his by dropping it in the lake while fishing as he did last year), we’d lose all our contacts. So I figured now would be a great time for me to get on that project I’ve been planning for months. lol I’ve had this Maya Road 5 tabbed sheer album for quite a while now. I’ve held onto it with the intention of using it for this purpose, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity. 🙂

Since I’ve been playing around quite a bit with some of the different Helmar products recently, I decided to give it a go on this one. It’s actually based on an idea I had for a project that’s going to be on my next post. I bought a jar of the textured effects and had wanted to take it for a test spin. I mixed a bit of it with some iridenscent medium and used it on a layout that will be shown on the next blog post. It worked beautifully and exactly the way I’d wanted, so for MR sheer album, I thought it might be cool to blend with perfect pearls so I can accentuate the outer edges of the pages, especially the tabs which I wasn’t planning on covering with paper. Here’s how it turned out:

This is one of the inside spreads so you can see the MME ledger paper I inserted between the dividers for us to write contact info onto:

It came out exactly as expected. I love the added texture and interest the textured effects creates with a bit of perfect pearls blended in. You can get a similar affect by using other powdered pigment products. When mixing, keep in mind that it will dry to a darker shade than it is while wet since the textured affects starts out as a thicker, creamy white medium and dries clear.Since I had some left over, I was also able to add details to the chipboard flower and leaves. I painted dimensional veins to the leaves, enhanced the colors on the center of the flower and outlined the edges too. I love the added subtle shimmer and fab texture!

Materials for the first card:

Crate Paper Farmhouse papers
CP Farmhouse stickers
Twine from the Twinery

Adhesives:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner

Materials for the second card:

Canvas Corp card base
Daisy D’s Autumn papers
K&Comanpy Fall Harvest rubons
K&Company Fall Harvest Leaves Grand Adhesions

Adhesives:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry

Tools:

EK Success Rock Fern punch

Materials for the address book:

Maya Road Sheer 5 tabbed album
MME Stella & Rose papers
MME Stella and Rose Chipboard stickers
Sassafras alpha stickers
Helmar Textured Affects
Perfect Pearls

Adhesives:
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Helmar Acid Free Glue
Helmar Zap Dots

TFL!

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