A Grown Up Tea Party Using Marion Smith's Mad Tea Party !

As a young girl, I was never what you would call a "girly-girl". Since there were mostly boys in our neighborhood, not to mention I had two younger brothers, I hung out with them, and could pretty much outdo them in anything. Now that I'm all grown up, I enjoy getting all dressed up and being fussy about things. Sometimes!

 When my dear friend Suzanne, who just happens to be our Fearless Leader of the Flock invited me to the local woman's club tea party, I was ecstatic. Of course, the entire time I was planning what photos I would need to take for my new set of the Mad Tea Party line by Marion Smith. There are so many ways to play with this paper not to mention the Tea Party Stamp Set, now listed in the store, and the Junque & Gems now available for pre-order.

  I love this photo of Suzanne and me. The trims, pleated champagne, and lace, are Websters that came in the Flamingo Scraps Warehouse Grab Box - Embellishments , as did the rose cameo. The beautiful trim of pearls are Maya Road pearl bead chain,in the 6 mm size. There is also an  8 mm size  if you want / need a larger size. The tags of the two ladies came in the paper pack and I'm a little sad that the dress form clips on the tag didn't show up well in this photo, but if you zoom in you can see it. The tiny heart pins around the photo are Maya Road Trinket Pins, Hearts and Pearls. I'm a little sad that the dress form clips on the tag didn't show up well in this photo, but if you zoom in you can see it. The roses around the photo of my purse and gloves, are from my stash. Yes, I had gloves and the best part is that they belonged to my grandmother when she was a young girl.

The invitation for the tea party HAD to be scrapped, since I've never received a "formal" invitation to one before.  I used a paper with the roses for the matting and fussy cut the clock, highlighted the outline and numerals with gold Smooch paint. I  fussy cut the bouquets of roses to use as photo corners, as well as the doily behind the stack of tea cups to slide the journal tag behind. Yea, I  like to fussy cut. The journal tag is from the collection on the tags sheet, and I put a solid paper behind it to write on. If you like chip board elements, be sure to check out the Fab Scraps line. I used a three circle piece (found in the Warehouse Box), lined it with Maya Road small organza roses that I stained, are you ready for it? With TEA! These little beauties come in a variety of colors, and the cream and or white ones take mists very well. For larger blooms and more trims, check out the Websters Pages line for Bloomers, tutu trims and even ruffled Bloomers. The large red heart stick pin is made from items from my stash as is the tiny tea pot above the invitation, where I painted one of the heart trinket pins red. The trim on top, Warehouse box again, coffee dyed with a few dew drops from my stash for a bit of color. Letters are TH grunge.

Well, that's it for this tea party going gal. I hope it inspired you to click on our link, Flamingo Scraps and check out all the latest and greatest in crafty pleasures. Don't forget, you can pre-order the new Marion Smith Garment District line and the Junque - Gems embellies. They're going fast, so don't be left out ! Also, don't forget that Flamingo Scraps Gift Certificates make GREAT holiday gifts. They range from $10 up to $100. If you need a larger amount, just shoot Suzanne an email and she'll  help you out, or ask her about any products you'd like but don't see in the store.

If it's not in the scrap book, it didn't happen !
Until next time, take care !

Kathleen

The Journey To Ethan New Marion Smith Nirvana Paper - Two Page LO

When I pre-ordered  the new Marion Smith line - Nirvana,  I knew it was going to be good, but I was wrong. It was AWESOME!! I started in one direction with this wonderful paper, but the ideas were swirling around in my little brain like a tornado. I had planned on making a LO for my new grandson, Ethan, and his Baptism. I couldn't get the "Journey" concept going, then thought, I'll do a LO with the journey leading to his birth. BINGO!!! What better way to start the tale than the proverbial boy meets girl scenario? My son met his future bride, Julie, at the YMCA pool. He had gone there to meet up with some friends and chat about training for an upcoming triathlon. Julie was there, looking like a drowned rat, just out of the pool. She was a friend of the friends. Personally, I think it was a set up, and a great one at that. The rest is history.

I love making two page LOs. I am a chatty person, I have a lot to say, and so do my projects. I did very little journaling on this. I will leave that to Julie, so she can put her own personal touches on this. Ethan will have journaling by Mommy and Gammy in his scrapbooks and I think that's a wonderful way for him to remember me.

I loved using the Fancy Pants Cork Heart and Arrow Shapes on the tags. You can also get cork stars. The tags from this collection are super, and it was hard to decide which one to use first. I put the baby shower photo on the perfectly matched frame, which is probably a journal tag, and inserted a journal tag behind that. Julie was so tiny at seven months, that I used a cork arrow to point to her tummy. The lace around the wedding photo is trim I got in the FlamingoScraps Warehouse Grab Box - Embellies, and I soaked it in coffee to get the color. The metal tags, and the tulle they are are on, are also from the grab box. If you haven't gotten yours, you've got to get it! They rock! You can choose from the box of papers, embellies or a mix of both. It's a great deal; you can't go wrong.

I had cut the circle on the wrong section of the paper, but, not to fear! A mixture of different rub ons from my stash soon took care of that problem. I "scored " the brown paper in the circle with a gray chalk pen, after I had inked it, to make it match the balloon on the first page. Once again, I used a cork heart, topped with an "E" and tied on with a tulle bow. Prima Bling SIIC and SIIP, wooden clocks, and mini roses helps to complete the "frame" around the photo. I used the balloon to help tie the two pages together, like I did with the scored paper.

I happened to have a sheet of sticky back cork in my stash, and used it here as a frame to represent a cork board that you put photos and memos on. I used Maya Road Trinket Pins - Yellow and Turquoise Stars  to pin the word "FAMILY" on, and star pins on the top for decoration.I also used the Maya Road Trinket Pinks Hearts and Pearls. Also available are the AWESOME  Nirvana Typography Stamp Sets by Marion Smith as well as the Nirvana Flying High Stamps also by our talented friend Marion Smith !

Well I hope you enjoyed my little Journey with Nirvana . If you are an 80's music fan, I bet you thought this was a concert LO, didn't you ? *wink*  *wink*! Be sure to check out the new lines  from FlamingoScraps.com .  You can applaud me afterwards. I'm going to scrap !!

 Until next time, stay happy, and be scrappy !!

Kathleen

Kids' Vacation Mini Album - Featuring Flamingo Scraps Warehouse Grab Boxes

I was SO excited when I peered into my Flamingo Scraps Warehouse Sale Box , that I actually squealed with joy. Never had I gotten so many yummy scrappy goodies for such a great price! This is just some of what I received. There is a box for everyone! You have a choice of boxes containing only embellies, or paper, OR a combination of both. How could you possibly go wrong? Products from great companies such as Maya Road, Tim Holtz, Heidi Swapp, Prima, Pink Paislee, Studio Calico, Teresa Collins and many more, make up these awesome boxes Follow this feathery link to the embellishments box:  http://flamingoscraps.com/product/flamingo-scraps-warehouse-sale-box-embellishment-box/

I didn't know what I should create first until my grandson told me that he needed some of that "stuff " I got in the big box because he wanted to make his own vacation scrapbook. I always said Gabriel was a genius. (He obviously takes after me.) I combined goodies from my grab box with some of the latest items from CHA to help Gabe make his little album. I got a wonderful pack of TH grunge sheets and luckily for Gabe I have a HUGE stash of TH so I allowed him to use the "leather paper" he calls it for his album.

For the cover we used the  Ranger Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas,  a new CHA item that can be found in  the store and comes in 12 x 12 sheets. I am totally in love with this product! To hold it all together, I used the Tim Holtz ruler binder. You could also use rings in place of this. The title and year are Maya Road chipboard from "The Box." Letters and numbers are from my stash. 

                                   

Heidi Swapp journal tag envelope let's us journal "FUN" things about our camping trips while our grunge page is painted camo (G said he needed more macho here) , using Tim Holtz paints. I like the Pink Paislee Destinations paper with the schematics for the pages of building models. 

Nothing says summer like being in or on the water, especially here in the state of Florida.The word "Swim" was made using the new Cosmo Cricket Glitter Sheets  from the Crystal Lake collection. You get all the shimmery goodness of glitter without finding it on everything six months later. The Prima scalloped paper worked well for the waves. New to Flamingo Scraps from CHA are really cute cork hearts with sticky backs  from Fancy Pants. These also come in arrows and various shapes.

Well, that's all for now. Of course we'll be adding more to the album with the goodies from "THE BOX". But, as those of you with young children in your lives know, for the most part they have "gnat" span for attention spans so we'll put this aside until next weekend. Below is a list of all the links for the GREAT items used in this project as well as links for each Flamingo Scraps Warehouse Box. BE sure to get your Grab Boxes while you can. They make great gifts for those scrappers in your life, and grab one for yourself while you're at it!

Have a great weekend !

Kathleen

Follow these links to the great items used in this project :  *If you don't see an item I used in the store, it might be in a grab box !!
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Fancy Pants Cork Arrows
http://flamingoscraps.com/product/fancy-pants-cork-shapes-arrows/
http://flamingoscraps.com/product/fancy-pants-cork-shapes-hearts/

Cosmo Cricket Glitter Sheets
http://flamingoscraps.com/product/cosmo-cricket-glitter-sheets/

Claudine Hellmuth Studio Sticky Back 12x12 Canvas
http://flamingoscraps.com/product/ranger-claudine-hellmuth-studio-sticky-back-canvas-natural-12x12

Flamingo Scraps Warehouse Box - Paper Only
http://flamingoscraps.com/product/flamingo-scraps-warehouse-sale-box-paper-box/

Flamingo Scraps Warehouse Box - Embellishments Only
http://flamingoscraps.com/product/flamingo-scraps-warehouse-sale-box-embellishment-box/

Flamingo Scraps Warehouse Box -  Combination 
http://flamingoscraps.com/product/flamingo-scraps-warehouse-sale-box/

Advent Calendar / Christmas Photo Frame / Shadowbox

Welcome once again to our Christmas in July celebration here at Flamingo Scraps. I LOVE Christmas decor, but sometimes wish I could do more with some pieces. For instance, the Advent Calendar. Once you've gotten through it, all you have is an empty something or other with a 25 empty slots. Not very fun. You want to display some choice Christmas photos, but don't want to hassle with packing up frames. And then you have those adorable little ornaments that you KNOW you won't be able to find in the tree when you take it down, and into the trash they go. Well, with this project, you can have your figgy pudding and eat it to, so to speak.

 Advent Calendar

 

                                                                  Front Photo Frame

Back Photo Frame

We have special connections with Santa, as you can see here ! 

 

                                                                       Before

                                                                 Advent Calender Close-Up

My paper pack for this was the Christmas In July Kit - Traditional and so far I've gotten two projects out of it and have enough for a third one as well. I started out with two Tim Holtz Shadowboxes 8-1/2 x 10 -1/2 I believe  (since I tossed the wrapper before writing it down) and chose the positions for the tiny boxes using two of the many options they give you on the back of the wrapper. These are a special order item, so PLEASE contact Suzanne so she can hook you up ! The numbers were cut from my Cricut. I covered the boxes with a variety of washi tapes, fabric tapes, paints and bling. The adorable elf was a  Cricut creation as well. The chevron bling on the "25th" is Prima SIIC. Check out the great Maya Road Fabric Tapes ESPECIALLY sinceMaya Road is on sale, 40% off, with coupon code maya40.

 Look at the tiny jar of wishbones, also a TH product. We are going to write our letters to Santa, and put one of these in the envelope every year.The Santa sign is a CB sticker from the kit. A small mirror with tiny bling around the edges brightens the red box. A tiny star bouquet using Timeless Miniature Glass Spics Bottles (found in the Embellishment section at FS) is made withMaya Road Trinket Pins in the star design. Remember the medallions / rosettes I made in my first project? Well, here's a small one in the right upper corner.

This is what I did for the shadowbox feature. You can omit this if you want. Especially if you want to ad pegs or brads to the calendar side to pull your boxes out. We did a trial run and my grandson could pull them out without them. Just remember, you won't be able to turn the boxes over for a shadowbox if they have protruding objects because they will fall out of the main box.You could use ribbons glued to the bottom of the individual boxes. Next, I measured the inside of the boxes . I did them in groups by size so that I was making all of the same cuts at one time. I did my sides first, and then the backs. If your paper is a bit taller than the box, I recommend waiting for your adhesive to dry, then lay the box on it's side to trim with an Exacto knife. If it's a bit jagged on the edges, like my first couple were, don't worry. When you use your Tim Holtz paints or Prima Chalks to color the edges it will cover a multitude of sins !
                                                                                       
I made sure that the last box "25" was on the inside as well as the outside. I LOVE the resin cherub in this one ! I used the snowman looking Maya Road Trinket Pins Vintage Pearl for, well, snowmen! I dotted faces on the with TH paint and a toothpick since the heads were small. Gertie, my flamingo, is surrounded by tiny Christmas trees that are actually Maya Road Trinket Pins . I cut the pins down to about 1/8" and inserted them into a hole I punched with my paper piercer with a tiny dab of Zip Dry.I wanted them to be a bit darker so I painted them with a bright Tim Holtz green paint.

 

 

 Since I didn't have any TH hinges, I bought a set of gold hinges, 2" in height, and covered them with Tim Holtz black paint to match the TH clasp,and feet on the bottom, also  special order items. I painted the outside with one of the wonderful  shades of green from the Tim Holtz Paint set. I was going to put on a second coat, but decided I liked the look.

 

                                            Closeup of Tim Holtz clasp and metal feet.
                                                                            

 

These are the inside boxes that contain the small boxes for your calendar / shadowbox. I covered them with paper and added stickers from my paper pack. Remember, they must be flat if you want to use the acrylic covering that comes with it. If you want it dimensional, then you could omit the acrylic sheet. I put the photos on with a removable tape so that I can change them out every year. The center photo shows a rosette / medallion with white flower Maya Road Trinket Pins that have a red jewel added to the center.The leaves are "fussy" cut from a scrap from my paper pack. You could also use the empty box for a shadowbox for a prized item such as a small vase or cup. Let your imagination be your guide ! FYI ! What ever you put onto the back of the box, REMEMBER, the edges of the larger box will cover the sides by about 1/4 of an inch, so be sure you allow for that or your photos, decor could be partially covered.


I hope you liked this as much as I liked making it. Feel free to share your thoughts in our comment section here on the blog, as well as any questions. Share some of YOUR projects with us, using the great products from Flamingo Scraps on our FB page.  Until the next time I peek out from behind the scenes, don't get your pretty pink feathers in a ruffle so Stay Calm,and Scrap On!

Kathleen

 

 

 

 

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A Beautiful Life A Boy's LO

I fell in love with the Echo Park A Beautiful Life line when I first saw it. I knew I could use it to make LOs of my childhood, but could I use it for a boy themed LO? That was the question, so it became my self imposed challenge. I'm big on using the "B" sides of papers, as well as the side that's the main focus for marketing. This line gave me great options and here is one that I came up with. I must say, I think it turned out pretty well! My theme was "You Make My Heart Sing" and the music sheet paper was ideal for this project, as was the paper with numbers, since it was all about Ethan's birth date. You might see a few items in this project not currently in the store. They might be found in the Big Pink Birds vault, which is now being sold in Flamingo Scraps Warehouse Box sale! Check them out because you can't go wrong and it's and AWESOME value! You have a choice of an embellies box or a paper box. Of course, you COULD get one of each and make it even more fun.

 

 The LO features my seven year old grandson Gabriel, and our newest addition, Ethan (his cousin, my grandson, and son of my son), Steve, and my beautiful DIL Julie.

The trim is a Flamingo Scraps oldie but goldie from my stash. The buckles are from Tim Holtz and can be special ordered by contacting Suzanne ( flamingoscraps@yahoo.com ). I dyed it with coffee overnight and love the results. I used lettering from the Beautiful Life collection as well as the banner over the picture, lettering on it ,and the tag for "first meeting." Since I couldn't put my hands on an extra photo of Gabriel and my son as newborns, I put Ethan's photo in the middle of the Fab Scraps three frame CB piece,and left spaces for the other two photos. I used a combination of TH paints and Prima chalk inks to color it. My favorite piece on this, other than my adorable grandsons, is the Maya Road Tart Tin Heart that I covered in tulle, trims and laces from the Flamingo Scraps vault, and the key is also from Flamingo Scraps

 I KNEW I could use the wooden "box" that the Prima wood veneers came in! Being a true scrapper, I didn't dare toss it out, proving my point that, "it ain't trash, it's stash!" I thought the Prima ruler would be ideal for posting the birth weight and length. Again the banners are from the "A Beautiful Life" collection and lettering inside the box were made with my Cricut. I used a bit of bling on the camera as the lens because, well, I could! LOL! Gotta get a little bling in there! The letters for SING are TH grunge that I painted with TH paints, then "smudged" them to make the look a bit more manly, if you will. I had to use Websters Pages Bloomers for the top of the photo matting as well as the coffee dyed  Prima Alencon Lace 2 for a little bit of girlie, for Julie. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, for girlie!

Be sure to check in for our F4 (Flamingo 4) where four of our DT gals showcase their projects using the same products with their special flair. F4 is featured the fourth Friday of each month, and don't forget Tonya Time! Our Ustream tutorial brought to you by Tonya Gibbs using great FS products every first Monday of the month.


Have A Great Day !

Kathleen
http://katscrapfever428.blogspot.com/

Echo Park A Beautiful Life
Prima Wood Icons Sampler
Prima Wood Icons in a Box - Typewriters & Clocks
Maya Road Trinket Pins - Hearts
A Beautiful Life
Websters Pages Bloomer
Prima Alencon Lace 2
Wood box from Prima wood Sampler
Tim Holtz Paints
Prima Chalk Inks

Please join Tonya Gibbs & Flamingo Scraps on Monday, June 3 at 8:30 est on Ustream as Tonya creates a layout using this sketch shared by Flamingo Scraps Designer, Melissa Williams, earlier last week.

This sketch is going to get a masculine twist when Tonya uses Heidi Swapp and Pink Paislee papers and embellies from Flamingo Scraps.

Make sure you join the crowd, http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gibbst early.

There will not be a kit this month. As always, we will do our best to record the show for those who can't make it live.

Maya Road Acrylic Butterfly Mini Album

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to Everyone ! Hope it's safe and fun filled .

For this project I used an acrylic butterfly mini album from Maya Road. You can get these fun little yummies from FlamingoScraps.com and right now there is a 30% off coupon code, kathleennmaya30, so you can receive a great discount on all your MR needs.

This is the front cover of the album. I used this colorful paper from my stash to cover it. An easy way to make your templates for covering the pages, is to trace a pattern on a plain white piece of printer paper. Scan the pattern. Trim your 12x12 paper by 3.5" to make it 8.5" so it will fit into your printer. If you use a patterned paper, be sure that you cut it so that the pattern runs the correct way, if need be. It's kind of like cutting fabric for sewing.Print your pattern onto the printed (or solid) paper you are using then all you have to do it cut.

 

 

 

This is the front cover of the album. I used this colorful paper from my stash to cover it. An easy way to make your templates for covering the pages, is to trace a pattern on a plain white piece of printer paper. Scan the pattern. Trim your 12x12 paper by 3.5" to make it 8.5" so it will fit into your printer. If you use a patterned paper, be sure that you cut it so that the pattern runs the correct way, if need be. It's kind of like cutting fabric for sewing.Print your pattern onto the printed (or solid) paper you are using then all you have to do it cut.

Maya Road Tu Tu Tulle Trim in teal was used for the fluttery wings around the edges. A cut up Prima SIIC was used to create the antennas and paft of the body. Pink crystal circles on body were from my Webster's Pages stash.

 

 For the first page I used Maya Road Trinket Pins with Hearts for the antenna and a MR burlap rose in teal. This page will be used for pics and it allows me room to journal as well.

 

MR Tu Tu Tulle in Lemon borders this wing, Prima SIIC with small cream flowers in bottom left corner and a Prima wood veneer butterfly with bling completes the look.

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A strip of blue dotted washi tape runs across this dotted Swiss embossed yellow  paper used for the covering. Along with the tulle, I use Websters trim in gold.

 

 

Blue dotted washi tape covers this page, MR lowercase CB letters spell out "Kisses" and a wood veneer Prima butterfly with bling completes the look.


I covered this page with black CS, then cut out another page, and cut that one into half, and put it aside. I used a white gel roller for the "stitches". From a laser cut piece of paper with butterflies, I cut one out,backed it with white CS, then applied it to the half piece of black CS. I attached that,which created a nifty little pocket. I used Stickles Crystal to make the wings sparkle, and cut up some Prima SIIP for the dotted accents on the wings.

More MR Tu Tu Tulle, this time in Cinnamon, makes this page very frilly and almost like Valentine's Day. The white swirl embossed paper was highlighted with red scrappy markers with a light coat of Crystal Stickles. I used ribbon sliders with flat back pearls for the body, and MR Trinket Pins Pearls for the antennas. The clothespin is from my stash.

 

 

This is the back page , and it's covered with a great black flocked floral piece of CS. I love this paper and couldn't wait to use it.

 

That's the blog for today, and I hope you enjoyed it. If you want to create a mini album like this one, check out FlamingoScraps.com and don't forget to use coupon code  kathleenmaya30 and enjoy 30% off all your Maya Road goodies. I'd buy to of these so you have one to keep, and one to share. They make great gifts. Hurry! Sale ends at 11:59 EDT on May 29th. Coupon may not be used with other coupons or promotions. One promotion code per order.