Happy Halloween friends!  What a fun day for Unity Thursday right? Ohhhh do we have some great sales and new releases for you today so make sure you visit the Unity blog so you don't miss a thing! 

Let's get to it!

For today's post I created with the October Sentiment Set: Halloween Chatter. I wanted to share some Albums Made Easy (We R Memory Keepers) insert ideas.

I used the stamped images along with the Bewitched collection from We R Memory Keepers and added my photos and here you have it!

Next up is this beautiful image!

I really loved coloring this image. I had to add the Eyelet Outlet Butterflies, they seemed perfect.

Thanks for visiting me today! Now I am sending you on your way to Thienly!

Albums Made Easy Monday

Hello friends! I'm back from my weekend teaching at Stitch Craft and Create Live in Charlotte NC and had a wonderful time. If you have never visited Charlotte, I highly recommend it. The city was so beautiful and clean. I enjoyed eating at some fabulous restaurants and walking around downtown Charlotte after my classes.

I was really excited to teach an introduction to Albums Made Easy and share some ideas for adding your own style to the journal cards and inserts. We covered some tips like using your scraps, utilizing stamped images like the ones shown in my samples from Unity Stamp Company's monthly SMAK kits, die cut images, washi tape and more! Here's is a look at the Album Pages we created during the class with the ever so popular Chalkboard collection.

Here's a few snaps from class! 

Friday morning

Saturday Morning

 

 

It was really nice to meet all these sweet ladies. I enjoyed creating with you! Special thanks to my volunteers. I really appreciated all of your help!

Now for last week's winner of the Bewitched inserts

Pamela Payne said...

I love this tip. I have some pretty paper in my stash that would work great like this. Thanks for the money saving tip!

October 22, 2013 at 12:53 PM

Congratulations Pamela! Email me your address at shemainesmith22@gmail.com and I will get those in the mail to you.

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back next week with a new AME tip!

Stamp of the Week Sunday

Hello friends! Thanks for visiting today for another Unity Stamp Company Stamp of the Week reveal. 

Here's a look at this week's stamp.

 

 

Holiday Joy Christmas Tree 

 

 

Here's my sample with this adorable image.

 

 

For this card I used some Basic Grey patterned paper, a delicate doily, large button and some twine. I loved creating with this image. 

 

For more creative inspiration make sure you visit Unity's Stamp of the Week Pin Board over at Unity's Pinterest page.  Now you only have one week to claim this cuteness for your own. 

 

Hurry over to this page to find out how you can sign up to have some Unity Happy Mail in your mailbox each week!

 

Have a creative day!

{S}

 

Albums Made Easy Monday

Hello friends! For this week's Albums Made Easy tip I wanted to share that you don't have to just use the Albums Made Easy inserts for your albums. There are many sheets of 12 x 12 paper in our different collections that have great designs on them and would make great backgrounds. Like this sheet of Potion patterned paper from Bewitched.

The process is quick and easy. Cut the strip off the bottom of the cardstock with the label. The cut the paper 4x12 and then again at 6 inches. You will now have 2 4x6 pieces. Now round the corners and set aside. Next cut the paper again at 4 x 12 and then cut the strip at 3 inches 4 times. You will now have 4 3x4 inserts. Finally cut what's left of the cardstock at 6 inches and round all the corners again. Slip them into your photo sleeve as shown below.

Now you are ready to embellish the page as you desire. Here's what I did with mine.

Use the Bewitched coordinating sticker sheets and a die cuts to create a quick insert like this one.

I used some pop dots on the cauldron to have it stand out from the sticker of the cute witch.

 Make sure if you are using pop dots they aren't too think as the page protectors won't allow for really thick ones.

This is also a great way to use up things in your stash that you have been hoarding like me. This fun little guy is only about 3 years old...glad he finally found his place in my scrapbooking.

That's a wrap on today's tip. I don't have a video today because I was busy re-certifying for my American Red Cross infant and child CPR this morning!  If you have children, it's great to be certified so that in an emergency you will know what to do.

I do however have a giveaway today!

I got some of the Albums Made Easy inserts from our Bewitched collection and would love to get them out to one lucky commenter.

Leave a comment or question and I'll announce the winner next Monday!

Have a creative day!

{S}

Stamp of the Week Sunday

Hello friends! Thanks for visiting today for another Unity Stamp Company Stamp of the Week reveal. 

Here's a look at this week's stamp

Follow You Around The Globe

Here's a little sample

I love stamps that are fun to color and this one is just that. I added a little airplane on the globe for fun. Patterned paper is October Afternoon and the of the heart dies are from Lil' Inker Designs.

For more creative inspiration make sure you visit Unity's Stamp of the Week Pin Board over at Unity's Pinterest page.  Now you only have one week to claim this cuteness for your own. 

 

Hurry over to this page to find out how you can sign up to have some Unity Happy Mail in your mailbox each week!

 

Have a creative day!

{S}

Anna Griffin Winter Wonderland Cricut Cartridge Creations

Hello friends and thanks for stopping by! I wanted to share my Anna Griffin Winter Wonderland Cricut creations and share some tips I learned while working with this beautiful new cartridge.

First, I loved creating with this cartridge and found the images easy to cut out and assemble. I loved all the layers and the designs.  

For gluing the pieces together, I found that using a liquid glue pen was best.

Adding some Crystal Stickles to the Poinsettia was a great way to make this card sparkle.

Layering the same images over one another with foam dots really helped this Mistletoe come off the card.

I used silver Stickles on random parts of this deer to make him stand out.

Cutting patterned paper in the same colors helped these snowflakes be the focal point of the card.

The 3D Christmas tree was easier than you think. Cut 3 trees out and score 2 if them. Match two of the folds up in the middle and them adhere that piece over the remaining tree die and adhere to the card.

I hope these tips were helpful. Make sure you share your Winter Wonderland creations on Anna's Facebook wall. We love to see what you are creating with her beautiful products. Make sure you visit Anna's blog as well, she has had some amazing giveaways before her shows on HSN. You don't want to miss out!

I love to see what you are creating too, so feel free to link up your work so I can come by and visit!

Have a creative day!

{S}

Albums Made Easy Sneak peek Friday!

Hello friends! This month's featured collection is Bewitched and I'm creating with this fun Halloween themed collection for this month's Albums Made Easy Mondays. Do you have Halloween photos from last year that you haven't scrapbooked yet? Start collecting them because we're going to have fun recording your memories with them.

Here's a quick sneak peek at this Monday's tip.

This one will be another fun tip so don't miss Monday's post. 

I've got some last minute kitting to do for my classes at Stitch Craft and Create and weekend sports with my kids.

I hope whatever you are up to this weekend, you enjoy!

Have a creative day!

{S}

Unity Thursday

Hello friends! It's Unity Thursday so make sure your first stop is over to the Unity Blog for a look at all this week's happenings.

It's time for a new Unity be Inspired challenge! We've also got a new Sentiment kit for only $12!!

Using the newest SMAK kit, here's my take on the layout challenge.

Do you like to stamp in colored inks or only black ink? I thought the red would be great for this sketch.  I must admit, after scrapbooking this layout I am ready for the holidays.

Sign up for your SMAK kits here. I guarantee you will not be disappointed. So many amazing images for scrapbooking and card making!

Now I am going to send you on over to Thienly!

Albums Made Easy Monday

Hello and thanks for stopping by for Albums Made Easy Monday. It's October and We R Memory Keepers is featuring the Bewitched collection all month long. I don't know about you, but Halloween is my favorite month next to Christmas. It's not about the scary stuff, but rather planning what my daughter and son are going to dress up as, decorating our house and spending time as a family going out to the annual Halloween Frolic and trick or treating. 

This week's tip is for the 4x6 Journal cards. I told you how I love to trick them up and I found a great way to help me design some fun ones.

I love the inspiration I find at the Reverse Confetti blog and I especially love their monthly sketch for you to try feature.

So I took this week's sketch and used it as the inspiration for my journal card.

Here's how I used it in this week's 2 page Albums Made Easy spread

Halloween 2012

For my process, I like to choose my photos first. For a 2 page spread I print 4 4x6 photos and 4 3x4 photos. Then I choose my journal cards and let my creativity go. I didn't copy the sketch exactly but rather adapted it for my design. For the circles I used a 1" pointed circle punch by Martha Stewart (one of my most faves) and some fun Punky Sprouts lil seeds buttons with twine bows.

I hope you'll find this tip useful and will give it a try! I'd love to see what you come up with so please link up your Albums Made Easy or Project Life pages so I can stop by and take a look.

Here's this week's video

Have a creative day!

{S}

Stamp of the Week Sunday

Hello and thank you for visiting today! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Stamp of the Week reveal.

 

Here's this week's stamp

(Leaf)ing Grateful...

   

Here's a little card I created. 

 

I used papers from my Paper Posies October kit to create my card with. 

For more creative inspiration make sure you visit Unity's Stamp of the Week Pin Board over at Unity's Pinterest page.  Now you only have one week to claim this cuteness for your own. So hurry over to this page to find out how you can sign up to have some Unity Happy Mail in your mailbox each week!

 

Have a creative day!

 

{S}

Albums Made Easy sneak peek Friday!

Hello friends. Just a quick post to see how your week is going. I wrapped up Monday's project today and I can't wait to share Monday's tip with you. I just know you are all going to like it. So since I am so excited, I'm going to share which We R Memory Keepers product I'll be working with for the Albums Made Easy segments all this month...

Bewitched

What could be more appropriate right? I can hardly wait for Halloween. I'm so glad I was ahead of the game this year and had Lily's costume ordered by mid September. Now I just have to figure out mine...

Here's a little sneak of Monday's tip I'll be sharing

You're going to love this!

Thank you for your comments this week. It's going to be a fun post so don't miss out!

Have a creative day!

{S}

Unity Thursday creations

Hello friends! It's Unity Thursday at the Unity blog and word on the street is the prize this week is a grab bag of 100 miscellaneous stamps! Yep you heard it right...100 STAMPS! So head on over after you check out today's post and leave some love for the Unity team that's featuring some amazing inspiration this week.

I spent some time with my sweet friend Alice, who is an amazing card maker on World Card making day creating with the October Sentiment kit. Here's a look at this month's set that has 14 stamps in the set.

Halloween Chatter

This set is on sale this week at Unity for only $12 (reg. $26)

I really love the variety in this set. Here are some Spooktacular cards I created!

The pattern paper is from My Mind's Eye and is currently available at Michaels. It's called Wicked Mechant Malvado.

With so many fabbie sentiments, you can make some really fun cards.

Thanks for stopping by today. Before I got I want to share the tag set that released today.

Look how many amazing tags you get for $20!

I love making little brown bags into perfect gift bags. Simply run them thru your Cuttlebug with your favorite embossing folder and they transform into festive packaging!

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a creative day

{S}

Albums Made Easy Monday

Hello and thanks for stopping by for today's Albums Made Easy Monday. Last week we covered the Albums Made Easy products and different photo sleeves and journaling card sets that are available for you to create with from We R memory Keepers.

Today I wanted to share a little about my process for creating Albums Made Easy pages. These pages can be as simple or as elaborate as you choose. You can create pockets to add memorabilia, use die cuts, stickers and a large variety of other embellishments to create your pages that tell the story of your photos.

When I am creating my AME pages, I first choose which of my photos I am going to work with and print them. I have 2 photo printers. An HP 5510 All in One Printer and a Cannon Selphy. I love printing at home because I can edit and alter my photos any way I like. I purchase my ink from Staples and use their Rewards card to keep the cost down. I purchase my photo paper at Costco. You get 150 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets for $20.00. It's a great deal.

Since I am using this photo sleeve today, you can see there are pockets for 4 4x6 photos and 4 3x4 photos. I typically like to use 2 full 4x6 and 2 full 3x4 photos for my page.

Next I chose my journaling cards. The AME kits are loaded with such a great variety of journaling cards I like to choose which ones I want to use and arrange them in the photo sleeves.

Next I decide if I want to alter any of them. Today I chose to alter the top Right 4x6 card with some solid cardstock cut at 2x6 and rounded at the bottom corners. I then added a strip of Washi Tape and a few banner stickers from the Chalkboard sticker sheet. This made it easy to add a title for my story

This is a quick and easy alter of one of the 4x6 journaling cards and adds a title to your page.

 Now I am ready to slide in the rest of my photos and add some journaling to the journal tag.

The Insta-fun tag is perfect for adding another photo so I printed one and backed it with cardstock cut 1/4 larger that the photo so it would have the matted look.

So there you have today's page. I'd love to see how you are creating your Albums Made Easy pages so please link them to the comments so I can stop by and take a look.

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for...last week's winner of my giveaway! Watch the video to see who won.

Disclaimer: I just got back from my morning walk :)

Today's winner can email me at shemainesmith22@gmail.com with their address and I'll get your prize out to you.

Have a creative day!

{S}