Guest Designer Tuesday - Karen Siefert

Hello! Welcome back to another week with our July Guest Designer Karen Siefert.

Karen has a couple of projects that she is sharing using the July Express Kit, check them out....

This is the cutest idea for a quick Birthday treat! A handmade topper in an Orange! Cute and yummy!!!

Karen used some of the elements from the kit to redecorate some of her scrap area! 

This duo of bookmarks are so cute! They would make a nice  little welcome back gift with the new school year approaching soon....

Thanks For Stopping by!!

The July Express Kit has become one of my favorites and the creativity that it has inspired makes me love it even more. This card by Karen Seifert just made me happy. The colors, the way she mixed patterns and the diecut are a big hit.

Here's a layout I did about our introduction to lacrosse this summer. See what I mean? One of the greatest kits ever.

Rosann

Creative Friday with Katie

TGIF Friends!!  It's County Fair weekend here for us, so we are pumped for the weekend.  Hope you are too, and that you can fit something crafty in. 

 

I don't know about you but sometimes I need a little help to get going when it comes to working on pages and getting creative.  Each month when the MWExpress Kit comes out, MemoryWorks shares some Ideas.  THIS is a PDF that gives you ideas and sketches on what to do with your kit.   It can be found each month in the MWExpress Kit page, under Ideas and Inspiration. 

 

I pulled a couple sketches from that page and started working on my layouts. 

 

All of the supplies came from this month's MWExpress Kit.  The camera accents from Fancy Pants are a fun addition to these layouts. 

 

I don't follow the sketches in the PDF to a T... but I do like them for a jumping point and then I can be creative from there. 

I used another sketch from the PDF here, and loved adding the accents on this page.  Bright and colorful for a birthday layout. 

 

 

 All supplies from the MWExpress Kit, plus some Aqua Thickers. 

 

 

Thanks for stopping - here's to a CREATIVE weekend!! 

 

Cards & Tags Thursday VIDEO!

Jody here from TeamWorks! It's great to be back on the blog today.  The heat here in Southeastern Wisconsin is awful, so I've been staying cool by crafting with my girls in my studio and playing in the sprinkler!  That's good 'ol Wisconsin weather for ya,  rarely a happy medium.

And, since I believe in taking full advantage of bad weather for my creative time, I did a video for you! 

This how I paint, ombre style!  Enjoy!

You can find the Ranger Non-stick Craft Mat HERE, the Mr. Huey's Spray Inks HERE and Dear Lizzy Die Cut cards HERE.   Don't have a Memory Works Consultant, just use our Consultant Locator HERE!

For more information on the tags, you can visit my blog. 

Happy ombre scrappin' everyone!

Challenge Wednesday

Hi everyone... Janey here.  This month's challenge is hosted by Design Team Member Meg.  She has asked all of us to come up with a project (card, layout, tag, whatever) as long as we include three supplies.  She wants us to go fishin' in our stash for paper, stickers and a button (or flair).  Seemed pretty easy until I had to come up with it...lol.  So I went to the MemoryWorks July Express Kit and came up with "Life's a Wave" card.  I have a special someone that will be getting this card for his birthday this weekend.  I hope he likes it!

I used stickers, buttons, some twine from my stash, Tim Holtz ink and some pop-dots.  Great challenge!  There is still time to participate in this month's July challenge.  Now let's see what you come up with.

Keep on Scrappin'

Express Kit Monday

In case you haven't already noticed, the July kit is A.MA.ZING. I love the colors and the supplies. TeamWorks Member Cathie Hollins has really highlighted how great the kit is with her projects. She used scraps to cover a black foam insert from a small box, creating a simple but fun frame for a picture of her hubby and her oldest grandson.

 Cathie also created some fun and amazing cards.

My cousin graduated HS and is head to college in Vermont. Here's the card I made for her. 

Of course you can't have a kit without some awesome layouts. Cathie found the perfect photos for the kit.

Me? I fell in love with the pastels and geometric shapes.

Enjoy,

Creative Friday

 

Happy Friday - Amanda here again to bring you a few more of the creative projects I've been working on.

As a mother of two boys, I don't often have the opportunity to use Doilies in my layouts or projects. But I bought three different sizes to use on some of my items for Wedding Week. And wouldn't you know, I have found LOTS of ways to use them, and some aren't too girly at all - like the 4th of July Jars I showed you last Friday and today's CD holder.

I made the CD holder by first downloading a template from Creating Keepsakes Magazine.

I used paper, Cardstock Stickers and Chipboard Stickers from Simple Stories I {HEART}SUMMER.

The enamel dots are from My Mind's Eye and the Doily is From Bo Bunny.

I also made this Memory Folder from Teresa Collins

I used papers from My Mind's Eye - Collectable, a Bo Bunny Doily and 

tons of tiny embellishments from my stash! I am a firm believer in using all those odds and ends!

Lastly is this Layout of me and my sweet Eva - I was trying to take photos of my younger son, who was leaving for camp in a few days when he asked to take photos of me - and you know we have to indulge them, at every age! And this was one of the photos he took.  I think he did a pretty good job! 

I used Crate Paper DIY for my main paper and pieces from Carta Bella, So Noted -

one medium Doily from Bo Bunny a Chipboard Sticker from Carta Bella, So Noted, 

two different  types of Thickers letter stickers and one My Mind's Eye Collectable Layered Sticker.

I hope you have enjoyed all of the Doilies today - I know I really liked playing with them.

Have a good weekend!