Bela's Creations

My dear friend has just opened an Etsy shop for Papercraft Items. Please take a moment to visit her great shop.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6504378

Good luck Bela with your new store!

Happy American Thanksgiving to all of the Americans visiting my blog this week!

This is a card that I made for my parents last month when we were celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving.

I used the stamp set and designer paper "First Fruits" from Papertrey Ink. It was a fun and easy set to use! I used the coordinating card stock from PTI as well- Summer Sunrise. And the ink I used was PTI's Summer Sunrise and Rich Chocolate.

A few things that I am thankful for: my family especially my loving husband and sweet daughter, my friends and of course I am thankful for my hobbies: Scrapping and Stamping! I am really happy to be a CMC as well!

What are you thankful for?

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Leaf Maker and Paisley Maker Ideas

These are some super quick borders that I made up one day.

The top is a border for an album page that uses the Leaf Maker's negative image. Of course you have the benefit of using both the positive and negative images on your layouts.

The bottom shows off two little pumpkins and some more leaves by the leaf maker. The pumpkins are made with orange cardstock and punching out 3 images from the Paisley Shape Maker and then I used the Oak Leaf in brown cardstock for the pumpkin top-you can also use the Galaxy Maker's little burst image. Who thinks my pumpkins are just darling?!! I think that they would be a great accent on any fall layout page or even on a fall themed card.

And of course I have the entire thing displayed on my Black Mini-Everyday Display. The ED makes a great gift idea! (for yourself or others)

One thing I love about being a Creative Memories Consultant is helping others with their paper-crafting projects-especially their albums.

Twice a year I hold an all-day crop-12 hours of cropping fun! Each participant recieves exclusive attendance gifts, and there are lots of chances for great door prizes.

Here is a picture of one of the nametags I made. I used brown card stock, DP from the Exclusive Croptoberfest Paper Pack (gift for all of my customers who attended) and the leaf maker. Very simple! I was hoping to alter the bulldog clip-but time did not allow. Bulldog clips are a fast way to make a fun looking placecard holder-and they are easily found in your local office store.

You will also see the Tools Table which housed my various Shape Makers (punches), trimmers, idea magazines, Cutting System, Scraps and my Contraband Cuttlebug. :-)

The last photo is our cropping space. Can you tell I love pink!

If you live in the GTA area and are looking for workshops and crops to attend-feel free to check out my calendar at www.mycmsite.com/karyn I can also come to your home or venue and host workshops, crop clubs and make and takes.

Canadian Thanksgiving

We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving last month-here is a very easy namecard that I made-using some white, green and orange cardstock, the Leaf Maker and a round-tip marker (all products by Creative Memories). I also have given you a peak at my Thanksgiving table-pre food and pre guests. There was 13 of us-lucky 13? Maybe-but the placecards were a hit, and likely only took me 13 minutes to make.

The Leaf Maker was recently brought back on the product list by Creative Memories-it is on a Limited Edition basis-so if you haven't ordered yours yet, you'd better get one while they're still available. The leaves make great accents to your Fall scrapbooking pages and cards, and you can also use the punches at paper confetti on your festive tables.