Club Scrap "Picnic" Blog Hop

Welcome to the Picnic Blog Hop!

 If you have lost your way you can return to Club Scrap Creates blog to see the full list of all the talented bloggers participating today.

So every year my family goes away for a week to what I loving refer to as "camp". Think "Dirty Dancing" just not as glamourous and there is no Patrick Swazye! It is my favorite week of the year as I do not have to cook or make a bed and it is the one week of the year I can do nothing and not feel any guilt! Every year I bring my scrap stuff and have time for myself.  

We are currently at "camp" and I have made this mini toilet paper roll album. This is an awesome project my friend Judy found and it is quick to put together. If you would like to make one you can find it here. I can tell you that my pictures do not do this project justice.

The Club Scrap Picnic Kit was the perfect collection for an album of camp pictures. I just LOVE this kit. It is so bright and happy and perfect for summer pictures! 

This is the album from the front.

Inside you create a paper hing system and then the pages are flattened toilet paper rolls that are just covered with paper.

Since you use toilet paper rolls each page is a pocket that can hold a tag.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Your next stop on the hop is to Debby's Blog.
Wishing you a wonderfully creative day!

Anne Marie

Club Scrap "Trees" Blog Hop

Welcome to the Trees Blog Hop. 

If you arrived here from Cathy's blog you are in the right place. If you have lost your way you can return to Club Scrap Creates blog to see the full list of all the talented bloggers participating today.

We recently transitioned to new software at work. As I run a Pediatric Telemedicine program, without our software the program can not function. The transition has been challenging for my staff as they now need to log into three separate systems to complete the visits. They have been encountering different issues trying to complete visits and it is difficult to trouble shoot over the phone with them. I decided to create notebooks for them to log issues while out in the field. 

I wanted it to be a binder so pages could be added and removed. I also wanted it to be compact and not take up a lot of space. I used mat board from Club Scrap to create the two covers and spine. I found the perfect size for the covers in pounds of mat board I had purchased from Club Scrap.

The Trees paper made a beautiful notebook. But I also made four more with different Club Scrap kits. One is from Science, two are Serenity and the last is Sonoma. I had so much fun making them I didn't want to stop.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Your next stop on the hop is to Anne's Blog.

Wishing you a wonderfully creative day!

Anne Marie

"Big Deal" Blog Hop

Welcome to the Big Deal Blog Hop! 

I created a quick project this month. I am trying to complete a calendar layout every month and use it to document the year. My master plan is to use them in a scrapbook of my family for the year. We will see how successful I am.

I used my HPOP of paper to make the 2inch squares for each day. I used the white paper and stamped it with various stamps from the kit. I also used the large spade stamp for the big hearts and the small heart stamp for the small hearts. 

Thanks for stopping by. Your next stop on the hop is Debby's Blog. 

Wishing you a wonderfully creative day!

Anne Marie

Catching Fire

Welcome to the Club Scrap Creates Fire and Ice Blog Hop! 

If you arrived from Cathy's Blog then you are in the right place. Otherwise you can head to Club Scrap Creates to start from the beginning!

So I have to give credit for the idea for this dress to Marie Rampello. We scrap together at her house a lot and we almost always have Hunger Games playing on the TV. Marie told me that for my Fire and Ice dress I needed to make a fire dress like in the movie. This is what I came up with!

I tried something different with this dress. I tried softening the paper with water to get a better "fit". It worked but left seams and wrinkles in the front. 

I tried to create the bottom ruffle from paper but being that Club Scrap paper is so heavy I couldn't get the shape I wanted. But, the ribbons in the kit this month were PERFECT for the trim!

I loosely stitched along the top of the ribbons and then pulled the thread to crete the ruffle. I then glued them along the bottom with a hot glue gun.

I made a ribbon flower and added a metal embellishment and added it on the side of the dress.

Your next stop on the hop is Debby's Blog. I hope you enjoy the Blog Hop and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you a wonderfully creative day!

Anne Marie

Club Scrap Take Wing Dress

So I started this dress back in September for the Take Wing Blog Hop. It was more time consuming than I had expected but I did FINALLY complete it! And I have to say I am THRILLED with the outcome.

 I knew from the start that I wanted to use the feather stamp and create a dramatic, full skirt of feathers. I stamped pages and pages of feathers in Club Scrap Fushia, Peridot, and Ocean ink. I then cut them all out by hand.

I used a piece of muslin to create the skirt. I wanted it to have some movement and I knew I couldn't achieve that with paper. I started with a full skirt but then decided on only a train. I sprayed the muslin with Ranger color wash.

I started at the bottom of the skirt and glued each feather on. I used a flower ate the waist to add a little flair (and to cover the seams).

For the skirt I used the beautiful printed green paper from the kit. I decided to paint on the top and added a ribbon from my stash at the waist. And the finishing touch was a bling necklace!

Off to work on my Fire and Ice Dress! Thanks for stopping By!

Anne Marie

Club Scrap Lock and Key Blog Hop!!!

   So I am taking a brief hiatus from my paper dresses. Although my plan is to complete, "2013 A Year of Club Scrap Dresses". I am not sure when it will happen or what my plan will then be for 2014 but that is all for another time.

    I have been working on handmade Christmas gifts. This weekend I made two gifts for my niece. The first one is a retreat project so I can not share it yet. The second is this: 

  My niece is obsessed with keys. She loves anything with keys. Jewelry, clothes, you name it. So when I found the key in Hobby Lobby a few months ago I knew she would love it and I planned to decorate it for her for Christmas. How perfect it was when I got the Club Scrap Lock and Key kit.

   I started by painting the key with black acrylic. Then covered it with the AMAZING teal print. I sanded the edges and inked them with Club Scrap India ink.

Then I added some Club Scrap ribbon and beads from my stash and the adorable metal keys from the kit. 

   I am so excited to have gotten a few Christmas gifts made but it going to be a challenge waiting so long to give them!

    Your next stop on the hop is Anne over at http://crzymomstidbits.blogspot.com/

If you missed the start of the Club Scrap Hop head to CS Creates to start from the beginning!

Wishing you a wonderfully creative day!

Anne Marie

Paper Dress Number 3

Welcome to the  Club Scrap Creates Tribal Blog Hop. So for this months dress I received moral and creative support and I actually had this dress finished a week in advance. Considering I made last month's dress the night before, this was an amazing feat!

So here is my Tribal creation!

So for this dress I tried a new technique. For the skirt I cut strips of paper and then using my scor-pal I scored 1/4 inch in on each side. I did this for all 5 strips. I then glued the strips together on those 1/4 inch strips creating a seam. I used sewing principals but instead of sewing the seam allowance I just glued them. 

Hear is a picture of the back so you can really see the strips.

And as always, accessories. Just a simple necklace from black wax linen thread!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

The next stop on the Club Scrap Blog Hop is Anne over at crzymomstidbits.blogspot.com. 

If you missed the start of the Club Scrap Hop head to CS Creates to start from the beginning!

Wishing you a wonderfully creative day!