Summer Lovin' Blog Hop

Welcome to the DCWV & Therm O Web Summer Lovin’ Blog hop! 

Today, the design teams from DCWV and Therm O Web have brought together all the things we love about summer! The designers have combined paper from DCWV’s Sunday Afternoon and Everlasting Love stacks, together with a variety of adhesives, mists and other fantastic products from Therm O Web. 

If you have come here from Alice's blog then you're on track! If not, you should go back to the DCWV blog and start the hop from there!

I love summer because it's the only time I get to travel (I'm a teacher). My husband and I also got married in the summer and this summer will be our 
10th anniversary!!! 

I made this mini to document our summers over the years :)

 

 

 

My mini book is chipboard covered with gesso & paper.

I used Therm oWeb Glitter Dust spray in Pink to spray the edges of the mini book. I used this office clip to hold the mini while I sprayed and now I have a cool glittery clip :) 

(I'm sure if you click on the picture you'll get a better view of the glitter)

Be sure to visit all the blogs today, and leave comments for your chance to win! 
 Two lucky readers will win a set of 3 stacks from DCWV, and an additional reader will receive an amazing gift pack from Therm O Web!

The more you comment, the more chances you have to win!

Now, head on over to Emily's blog to see what kind of spring craftiness they have in store! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Products used: 

My favorite bokeh effect paper

This paper is marshmellow by Lily Bee sweet shop. Love the hearts scattered with the dots, like a heart bokeh effect. The bottom LO is the back of this paper. Used some of the OA Travel girl collection. 

Don't forget to enter my giveaway here. 

Come back Monday for an awesome blog hop with DCWV and Thermoweb with prizes up for grabs, of course ;) 

 

Thanks for looking! 

Using up VERY old supplies...finally!

(If you could use new supplies, don't forget to enter my giveaway HERE)

 

Used up some Making Memories travel stickers and DCWVs Snapshot stack & clear envelope as well as a rarely used set of alpha stamps also by MM. Mixed it with fairly new SC camera stickers, OA alphas & DCWV's Glitzy stack.

National Scrapbooking Day- The Results

  

 

I made these 4 LO's to participate in a few challenges on Big Picture Classes and Shimelle's Blog. 

I started a little before 10am this morning.

I broadcasted live using Ustream but the chat didn't work the entire day. It said it was having trouble connecting to the server :( 

We took a 2 hour lunch break and went to West Hollywood for some amazing Argentinian Empanadas.

Delicious! 

I got to scrapbook again for a few hours and now off to bed! 

National Scrapbooking Day should become a week long celebration! 

National Scrapbooking week...Sounds nice, right?

Let's Scrap Together Today!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!! 

Let's scrap together :)

I love this day and I love it even more when it happens on the weekend. 

Come join me in my scraproom as I stream live on Ustream. 

I'll link it up here when It's on. 
I'm on here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/madebykarla

I will have a chat available as well. 

I'll be playing along with the Creative Crop from Big Picture Classes and with Shimelle on her Blog 

You'll be able to see what's happening on my desk, live. I will be scrapbooking as much as possible. I mean, I gotta stop to eat, right? lol 

Let me know what fun stuff you'll be doing today. I'd love to come check it out :) 

Oh! and don't forget to enter the NSD giveaway here.

Is this hoarding? (& a giveaway)

I was listening to the Paperclipping Roundtable and heard something interesting...
http://www.paperclipping.com/prt156-palpitations-sometimes/ 

...if your paper stack is not taller than you, then it's not hoarding. 
I knew I was in trouble :p

 

I love paper! Can you tell?

In case you're wondering... 

1.No, I don't think I'm hoarding. I will have reached my limit if I fill up my shelves in the scraproom and in the garage. Ha! But I am worried about the flammability of my house.  

2.No, that is not ALL my paper. I left out a few inches of cardstock 

3. Most of these papers are DCWV because it's my favorite and they are just that generous with their design team :) 

4. My other favorites include Dear Lizzy and Echo Park 

5.Yes, I do know who has a taller stack of paper...Erin Madsen 

6. yes, I do have a place to keep my papers and yes, they all fit ;) 

7. Yes, I also think it's time for a giveaway! 
     
In honor of National Scrapbooking Day, I will be doing a giveaway of some DCWV stacks I have not cut into. 

These brand new stacks are up for grabs:
Sunday Afternoon 
Dear Jane 
Cinnamon Luster 

Leave me a comment letting me know what you love to hoard and which stack you'd like to win (list your preference from #1-#3) 
To give everyone plenty of time to enter, I'll do the drawing using random.org on May 25. 

See, I still have room on my shelf :) 

 

My Favorite Color Is Purple

I find I don't use much purple in my scrapbooking. 

Not sure why. Maybe its a lack of cute purple supplies?  

That's why this stack makes me happy: 

 

The colors are just BEAUTIFUL!

I think I have a new  another favorite :)

We had to stop and snap a picture of this beautiful rainbow while walking around Central Park in NY. 

Not much journaling needed here. There's no story, it's just one of those moments that get stuck in your memory and deserve to be scrapped. After all, this might have been a once in a lifetime view for me :)  

 

The beautiful gold in these papers is just lovely. 

I used the Luxe rub-ons here and the Uncharted Waters gold alphas.

Once I had these papers out, I decided to upcycle a used thread spool and turn it into a pin cushion.

Now that I can display my pins, maybe I'll remember to use them, huh? 

and I'll have a pop of purple in my craft room :) 

                                           

Here's how I did it: 

1.Took the stickers off the top & bottom and punched a circle of the same size from the Violet Leaf stack. I used an iCraft adhesive sheet to cover the circle with adhesive. This will be the bottom of the spool. 2.I turned the spool over & grabbed a handful of polyester stuffing. I used a skewer to stick the stuffing in the openings making sure I didn't put too much in so the paper didn't pop out the bottom. 3.I cut a felt circle the same size as the spool and and a circle of purple fabric about an inch bigger than the felt. I sewed around the fabric circle like I did with these yoyo flowers but left the edge around the spool and secured it with more thread. 4.Finally I cut a rectangle piece of paper to go around the spool and used the iCraft adhesive again to make sure the entire piece was covered in adhesive. 

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You can make the top as puffy as you want by adding more felt & stuffing on top 

of the spool under the fabric. 

I just LOVE this purple & gold stripe pattern :) 

In case you're not familiar with the icraft adhesive, this is what I keep talking about:  

Thanks for visiting!