Gearly Loved!

Hi all! Today I'm sharing some sneaks of the kids gift to their dad for Father Day. It's an art board that I altered for his office. Of course, it's full of Maya Road goodness. To see more details click here.

Oh, by the way! Have you seen MR's new early summer releases? If not, you have to check them out. I know I'm in LOVE!!! Can't wait to get my hands on the Laundry Day chipboard - SO CUTE! Let me know what you think!

See you soon,

Just 4 Dad!

With Father's Day coming up, thought I'd share a gift idea with you now, so you have plenty of time to get one done, if you choose to.

When I was younger I would always buy my dad a tie for Father's Day. Some of them were pretty ugly, but he'd always smile and give me a big hug, like it was the best gift in the world!!! :)

So, keeping with that tradition, I thought I'd alter a XL paper clip from Clear Scraps and convert it into a simple tie shape, by adding a piece of chipboard to the top. I used Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to adhere the patterned paper to the acrylic paper clip, it dries crystal clear and since the patterned paper is double sided, it gives the back of the clip a nice finished look. To make the gift set complete I also altered a desk organizer, pen and small binder clip using the Wrangler collection by Paper Trunk.

Above you can see how I used Helmar's Crackle Medium on the edges and base of the desk organizer. To achieve this look I painted the edges and base of the organizer with some brown paint, then applied step 1 and 2 of the Crackle Medium as directed on the bottle. When dry, I used some light yellow paint to rub into the cracks. Tip: Make sure when using paint to do a small area at a time. After you apply the paint wipe it off with a damp rag quickly, so the paint just stays in the cracks and not the surface of your project. After the Crackle Medium has dried use Helmar's Craft and Hobby PVA Glue to adhere the patterned paper to the sides and inside of the organizer.

Supplies Used:

Helmar - Crackle Medium, Craft & Hobby PVA Glue and 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.
Clear Scraps - XL Paper Clip
Paper Trunk - Patterned paper (Wrangler collection)
Pink Paislee - Alphabet letter stickers and brad
Making Memories - paint and mini letter stickers
Hobby Lobby - Desk organizer
Other: pen, binder clip and twine.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!!! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season! My family and I did, we had a quiet Christmas at home. Well, maybe not that quite with all the new toys going off at the same time, but you know what I mean!!!

Here's a couple pictures of the gift my kids "commissioned" me to make for their dad for Christmas. It's a little mailbox with mini album inside. I used a ton of Helmar's Liquid Scrap Dots to make the owls and leaf motifs look three dimensional.

Supply list:
Helmar - Liquid Scrap Dots
Helmar - Acid Free Glue
Helmar - Premium Craft Glue
Helmar - Quick Fix Adhesive Runner
Mail box with album, chipboard letters and chipboard heart - Maya Road
Patterned paper, stamps and glitter - Pink Paislee
Stamp - Sassafras Lass
Letter stickers - Basic Grey and Making Memories
Buttons - SEI
Pearls - Kaiser Crafts and Hobby Lobby
Stick pins - Fancy Pants
Chipboard tree - Glitz design
Cardstock - Bazzill
Paint - Making Memories
Other - Computer font (3Hour Tour), ribbon, twine and hinge - Hobby Lobby

I have some totally AWESOME news to share. I'm really still in shock, I just found out the news this morning, thanks to Tanisha and her comment on my last post. I was like, what is she talking about!!! (LOL) So I went over to the Pink Paislee blog, and sure enough I MADE THE DESIGN TEAM!!!! I've been on cloud nine ever since. So, if you have ever thought of trying out for a DT but thought you'd never make it - Go for it....IT COULD HAPPEN!!!! :)

For you Honey!!!

I finally completed the project I've been working on for the hubby for Father's Day and his Birthday, which is on the same day this year.
I used Creative Imaginations gift card holder for the base of the project and all the patterned papers and most of the embellishments are from the Wild Saffron collection by K & Company.
The pocket inside of the project holds a gift card and little tags from each of us with little notes
on the back. You can see more photos here.


It's official! I'm a Schemer!!! I didn't realize it was supposed to be a secret. Luckily I only posted it here and one of my gallery home pages. Usually I can keep a secret, I swear!!!!! Anyway, come visit Scrap Schemes on the 23rd to see your first challenge.