Wednesday, May 15, 2013

We're building up for tomorrow's marathon of Magenta classes. Whether or not you're at Art 'n Soul for classes, please stop by the store today and tomorrow to see the beautiful boards Magenta will be displaying at the Puyallup Stamp Show this weekend. It's your chance to see them 'up close and personal' without crowds of people behind and beside you.

Art 'n Soul's Journal Club meets at the store this Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Let yourself unwind and do whatever artsy journaling you'd like to get into . . . simple or complex, monotone or colorful! Don't have a journal? Just start with some kind of paper, even scratch paper . . . and when you've found just the right book form, you can easily incorporate what you've done into that soon-to-be treasured book or booklet. Please come and see what's happening at Journal Club this Friday.


From Imagine Crafts ® /Tsukineko® . . . click on the link to discover how Maureen put this beautiful wall hanging together.

'AIR Maureen made a green and purple wall hanging for her self portrait -- loving the color combo and all the different typefaces of "m"!'



by Maureen Cronin for Imagine Crafts®/Tsukineko®








From Memory Box . . .


"A handmade flower card

Hi everyone! Today I would like to show you another card with a handmade flower.
I used here a wonderful frame which can be decorated with any composition to your taste. I made the flower out of mulberry paper and painted the middle in water colours - it's a great way out when you don't have flowers of the colour you need.

by Olga Vasilieva for Memory Box

by Olga Vasilieva for Memory Box

by Olga Vasilieva for Memory Box

And these are the dies I used:
[806] DIES- Meadow Leaf  98321  98298

Thanks a lot for stopping by and have a nice day!"
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Also from the Memory Box blog, these are older postings by "Anne" but I loved the organizational tip in the first one and the watercolor/die cut idea in the second one.

"Earth Day 2013


I'm trying to do my part for Earth Day this year by reducing the number of pieces of scrap paper I have, reusing packaging material from craft products I've purchased recently, and recycling junk mail.  To that end, I've created some gift boxes for today's post.
First, though, I want to share my latest organizing accomplishment.
I sorted all of my paper bits and pieces by ROY G BIV color into small fabric storage boxes:  Red; Orange, Yellow; Green; Blue/Indigo, Violet.  These four boxes make it so much easier now to find the perfect piece for a card or a die cut.  In fact, I spent most of Saturday in a die-cutting frenzy, reducing/reusing/recycling this paper hoard.
I made die cuts from envelopes. packaging material, old greeting cards (people keep giving me card fronts to recycle), large paint chips from the hardware store left over from a Valentine's Day project, scraps of watercolored papers from another project, and odds and ends of paper scraps, all from the four boxes.  I did not purchase anything for this project; I just used what I had on hand for the die cuts, adhesive, ribbbons, red dot ribbon tape, and pearl and gem accents.
Here are the three boxes I decorated.
by Anne for Memory Box
Memory Box DIES
  • 98268  Fringe Circle
  • 98334  Flutter Vine
  • 98510  Lovely Aster
  • 98568  Frangia Bouquet
Poppy Stamp DIES
  • 839  Lorelai Leaf
  • 861  Blooming Poinsettia
I tried to think "outside the box" and used seasonal papers--Dusk 12X12 paper from the fall/Halloween Nightfall collection for the large cigar box and Poinsettia Birds from the Tinsel Christmas Collection on the red and white box. I also used the poinsettia die for a leafy look background piece. The layers of Frangia Bouquets on the blue box are all cut from the inside of envelopes received in the mail, secured to another bouquet cut from a Memory Box Veronica paper scrap from the Viola Collection for more stability.
by Anne for Memory Box
by Anne for Memory Box  
I now have three boxes ready for May, June, and July birthday gift-giving.  When the time comes to use each one, I'll add a coordinating recycled piece of tissue paper to nestle the gift inside.
Take a look around your craft area.  What do you have to reduce, reuse, or recycle?  
Happy Crafting!  and Happy Earth Day!"




"Vibrant Watercolor/Die Cut Flowers

Start with wet watercolor paper and add bands of color using Twinkling H2Os. These paints shimmer when dry and really sparkle and shine in the sunlight.  Let dry thoroughly.  (I used my heat tool to speed up the drying time.)  Then get out flower dies and a die cutting machine and get to work!  I used double sided tape, mini glue dots, and a Zig glue pen to attach the die cuts.
by Anne for Memory Box
Card 1 (above left)
  • 98483  Lovely Peony Background
  • 98482  Lovely Peony Outline
  • Violet Gingham paper for outline
  • 839  Lorelai Leaf, PoppyStamps
  • Viola Wildbloom paper
  • Violet Notecard
Card 2 (above right)
  • 866 Cecilia Flower, PoppyStamps
  • 867  Cecilia Flower Outline, PoppyStamps
  • Violet Gingham paper for outlines
  • Viola Veronica paper
  • Violet Notecard
by Anne for Memory Box

Card 3 (above left)
  • 98483  Lovely Peony Background
  • 98482  Lovely Peony Outline
  • 98510  leaves from Lovely Aster
  • Bubblegum Distressed Dots paper for outlines and background
  • Cherry Blossom Notecard
Card 4 (above right)
  • 866 Cecilia Flower, PoppyStamps
  • 867  Cecilia Flower Outline, PoppyStamps
  • 839  Lorelai Leaf, PoppyStamps
  • Bubblegum Distressed Dots paper for outline and background
  • Cherry Blossom Notecard
by Anne for Memory Box
Card 5 (above left)
  • 98475  Dogwood Blossom
  • 98481  Dogwood Blossom Outline
  • Bubblegum Distressed Dots and Violet Gingham papers for outlines
  • Viola Stripe paper
  • Snapdragon Notecard
Card 6 (above right)
  • 98475  Dogwood Blossom
  • 98481  Dogwood Blossom Outline
  • Violet Gingham paper for outline
  • Viola Stripe paper
  • Violet Notecard
I now have six cards ready for finishing touches.  When I'm ready to send them out, I'll add an appropriate sentiment to the front of the card, another stamped image and a note on the inside, and a decorative stamp on the envelope, too.
I hope you'll get out your watercolors and make some backgrounds for die cutting your own bouquet of spring flowers!
Happy crafting!"




Don't forget . . . 

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by Emily Cates, Millsrepco
Hero Arts Catalog Party
at Art 'n Soul on May 25 from 1:30 to 3:30
Make 'n Take (shown above) AND Prizes!
FREE -- but we ask that you please sign up so Emily
knows how many make 'n take kits she needs to prepare for.

This card is beautiful and you can make it at Art 'n Soul
on Saturday, May 25, from 1:30 to 3:30!
PLEASE JOIN US.









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