Paper Made Bakery Reveal: Oh Happy Day!

Kevin's New Best Friend Layout

My layout about Kevin and his little elephant friend is up on ScrapStreet Magazine this month, which you can view here. We were visiting an elephant farm last summer and we spent the day with our own elephant for the day. Kevin got a mother with a three week old 400 pound baby that liked to play with him. We gave them a bath in the river before taking a jungle trek together. 

The Reveal

I made a pop-up sentiment card for today's reveal over at Paper Made Bakery using Pink Paislee's London Market collection. This is a fun technique and gives the card a different look. For a view of the whole card and a link to the tutorial, please visit today's post on PMB. I can only show you a sneak peek here. 

The Occasion

It was my sister's birthday this past week so I made the card as a birthday card for her using PMB's Portobello Road kit. Since she is a music teacher, I went with a music theme. Luckily, the stamp set in this month's kit had a music staff and notes stamp, so it all came together for me.  Here are some photos from her party where we hung out with family and friends. 

My nephew's favorite pasttime of late is dueling with light sabers. I think he just likes to swat at me while I run away. 

This was the cake, Jamocha almond fudge ice cream cake. Happy birthday kiddo.

Thanks so much for stoppin' by,

Pages from the Heart: May Reveals

This is a long post today as it is actually three posts that I grouped together since they all feature the same collection. 


The Collection
This month for Pages from the Heart, I worked with Bo Bunny's "Weekend Market" collection which features travel themed images with rich colors and regal designs. I made three projects - a card, a calendar/mini-album and a layout. For all my projects I only used three sheets of patterned papers, three pieces of cardstock and the sticker sheet shown below. You really don't need a lot of supplies. So just put together a small kit and get crafting. 

Project #1: You Are Picture Perfect Pop-up Card

Since the colors in this collection were more masculine, I decided to make a card for my nephew. For my first project I was inspired by the sticker that read "picture perfect" from the sticker sheet so I designed a card built around that sentiment. I really liked the floating pop-up card I made last week so I replicated this technique. If you would like to know more about the specifics of the card like the supply list, please visit Page's blog. If you would like to view the tutorial I wrote about the pop-up element, please visit Paper Made Bakery's blog. 

I was looking at my nephew's birthday photos with him and I noticed the face he was making in this photo. 

He said it was because he didn't really want to take these pre-party photos as he would rather be playing in the jumper outside. I thought this was a "picture perfect" photo and used it for his card. 

Project #2: SoCal Shop Hop Calendar
Last summer I had a lot of fun visiting some of the scrapbooking stores in Southern California, collecting my passport stamps and obtaining the 6 x 6" make and takes from each store. Last year's theme was "Papercrafting around the World" so each store had their own special destination. The store across the street from me, which has since closed :(, chose Grand Ole Opry. 

I ended the summer with a bottlecap necklace and a pile of make and takes that I didn't know what to do with. I made my own steamer trunk mini-album from some chipboard die-cut packaging to house my collection. 

This year I decided to get ahead of the game a bit, and have my album done ahead of time so that pile of make and takes won't seem so overwhelming. Since this year's theme is "Wacky Holidays," I thought a calendar would be a nice change from a mini-album.

I took an existing 6 x 6" SEI album that I already had and just turned it sideways. The inside will house some monthly calendars I printed from iCal and the make and takes I'll be collecting this summer. For more info on this project, please visit this post on Page's blog. 

Project #3: Korean Family Portrait Layout

I went to Seoul, S. Korea a few weeks ago with my Dad and sister. We each picked one activity that we wanted to do while in town. My Dad wanted to tour the DMZ, and it was a very educational and surreal experience, seeing all the places that I've only read about in history books. Here we are with a S. Korean soldier in the Peace Conference Room built exactly on the MDL. 

I chose something more innocuous, visiting the Hello Kitty Cafe. I just wrote about the experience here and made a layout here. 

Jenn wanted to dress up in traditional Korean outfits and take photos. We walked around Myeongdong and found a studio that catered to Japanese tourists for just such an endeavor. We took our own candid shots, like this one, while the studio took more traditional shots. 

Kevin couldn't take time off of work to go as he is in the middle of boy's volleyball season, but he did Photoshop himself into a shot.

Here is the layout. For more info about the scrappy side of this layout, please visit this post on Page's blog. 

Thanks for viewing all my projects for the month for Pages from the Heart. Whew!


Have a scrappy, dappy day,

Paper Made Bakery Reveal: Hello Kitty Layout

The Hop
If you want to participate in Paper Made Bakery's blog hop, you have until midnight tonight to get your entries in. Just use the Rafflecopter widget at the end of each blog, and you'll have 7 opportunities to enter. Two winners will be chosen on Thursday on PMB's blog.

The Photos
I made my second layout using a PMB kit. The colors of this month's Portobello Road kit were just so soft and cute, like Hello Kitty, so I just had to pair the kit with my Hello Kitty Cafe photos. When I was in Seoul, Korea recently, China Airlines gave us a choice of a complimentary item for traveling on their airline. One choice was free Hello Kitty shaped waffles and a drink at the Hello Kitty Cafe in Seoul.

Hello Kitty Waffles

So after searching through back alleys, we finally found the tiny cafe. That is literally the whole front of the cafe, with several stories winding above.

The interior was decorated in a cute manner with a lot of Hello Kitty heads, kind of like Disneyland with Mickey Mouse heads. The bathroom had a Hello Kitty mirror, don't ask me why Jenn is posing like that. 

And as you can see, my Dad was thrilled to be here.

I'd say you should visit if you are a Hello Kitty fan, otherwise there are numerous other coffeshops in the area with better fare. But where else can you get a sweet potato latte with a cocoa HK head?

The Reveal

Here is the finished layout. It was even featured in Scrapbook Trends magazine, October 2012 issue.

More information about the layout can be found on PMB's blog today. I used materials from PMB's Portobello Road kit. 

Thanks so much for stoppin' by,

Paper Made Bakery: May Kit Reveal + Blog Hop + Giveaway

The Hop:

Welcome to Paper Made Bakery's May release blog hop! If you've just arrived from Ryann's site, then you've come to the right place. If you would like to start from the beginning, please hop on over to Paper Made Bakery's blog. If you are lost, this the blog hop order:

Paper Made Bakery

Stephanie

Savannah

Ryann

Michelle (←you are here)

Lisa

Ashley

The Reveal:

I've always loved shaker cards since they are so fun, interactive and filled with motion. I decided to make one for today's blog hop to celebrate PMB's newest release Portobello Road. The elements are so elegant and feminine, you just can't go wrong with anything that you'll create using this latest kit. 

Portobello Road Kit

I printed out the sentiment, "You are one in a million". To match my sentiment, I punched out multiple beige and white circles  and only one red circle with a number one on it from Pink Paislee's "London Market" 6 x 6" paper pad. The recipient can shake the card to try and find the one red circle representing their uniqueness within the sea of mediocrity.

Shake it Up

The Kit:

May's Fresh Baked Kit entitled Portobello Road features Pink Paislee's "London Market" line which has a definite shabby chic and vintage feel to it.  The colors are very delicate and the embellishment pack includes lots of trinkets from the past...authentic vintage lace and sheet music, ephemera, spool tops, crepe paper, buttons, dainty loops ribbon, pearl stick pins, and a tiny clothes pin clip. It is a virtual treasure trove for those who love to layer. 

The Tutorial:
I save my packaging from various items when it looks like it can be reused for scrappy purposes. I think this clear packaging held some American Crafts buttons, but my LSS also sells these. Just find something that looks like a window. 

I cut out the protruding part of the packing so it is a square with a bit of edge around it. I traced the square onto the back of my patterned paper and cut out the square shape with an exacto knife.

I adhered the window piece to the back of my pattern paper with my tape runner. Within the window I added my circle punches and a sprinkle of glitter (optional).

One of the die cut pieces from the embellishment pack fit the opening so I placed that over the window and taped around the edges. You can also use a piece of patterned paper cut slightly larger than the opening.

I adhered the patterned paper onto my cardstock base and then decorated with additional pieces from the embellishment pack. It turned out so fun and cute! Now the hard part is having to give this away.

The Giveaway:

As a way to say thank you for participating in today's blog hop, Paper Made Bakery is giving  a goodie bag worth over $50 to two lucky participants. 

You have until midnight of Wednesday May 2nd and a winner will be announced on PMB's blog on May 3, 2012.

Good luck to all! Your next stop is Lisa's blog. Remember there are daily inspiration projects and tutorials on the PMB's blog all month long. 

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