Brink Magazine with a linking party!

With so many print magazines out of circulation, Online magazines are thriving. What makes online magazine so successful? According to Brink Magazine it’s easier to react to trend quickly as their Editorial calendars are not far out of 6 months as it is the standard, only a month or two that gives them more leeway to be able to move things around and affect changes, to make the magazine as successful as can be. I had the pleasure to meet Kyle the Editor in Chief last night as we discuss the magazine and the upcoming Fashion show challenge.
I’ve had the privilege for the past year to work with Candy Rosenberg on Scrap n Art, October is going to be my last month as an editor on the magazine.
What are your favorite online magazines?

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Ellen gorgeous Christmas Card!



If you have a teenage girl you know this will be a perfect project to make!

I made this recipe today and it was fabulous!

 

Don’t throw away an old table, here’s what to do with it :)

 

Give new life to an old clock!

 

Thank you ladies for sharing your talent with us this week!

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Got a project that should be getting  attention?

Welcome to our weekly linking party, where you get to showcase your art for free!


Well, it's where you get to feature your creations just by linking them here. Yep ... that's it. Simple right?  Just a few rules to follow:

1. Be a follower if you are not one already. Grab our badge on the right --------> for your blog while you're at it. Link any projects YOU have created.
2. No giveaway linking please. There's no limit to how many items you can link. Link parties are all about linking. So visit a few of the other links to discover new friends and link, link, link.  This is FREE advertising for your projects!

Please be kind and link back to this party on your posts. Invite  your friends on Facebook or Twitter about the party, the more the merrier!

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Inspirational ideas from our design team!

Introducing our Guest Designer Michele Ciola

I created this mini-album using only background paper from The Rubber Café stamps. It was a Design Team challenge and I had so much fun creating various papers to go with my toilet paper roll album. Yes this entire album is made from FLATTHENED TOILET PAPER ROLLS! 

I hope you enjoy the project and are inspired to recycle your items into something fabulous. For more details and additional photographs of this album, please visit my Creative Mayhem blog or my design team post at The Rubber Café.  Enjoy!







Supply List:
Stamps: The Rubber Cafe: C-392 Small Trailing Butterflies, S-113 Steampunk Charity Wings, S-113 Steampunk Charity Wings,  I-987 18th Century Proclamation, S-120 Through the Window,  I-985 Bingo,  S-114 Vintage Treasures,  I-985 Paris Nights, Chipboard: Want2Scrap Flourish; Embellishments: Nestabling Heart Circles ;  Adhesive: Scrap Happy Glue; Paper: Bazzill and Kraft cardstock; Ribbon: Making Memories, misc stash; Glue Scrap Happy Glue; Stickers: Making Memories, Misc: Metal embellishments from stash and garage sales. 




Maggie Lamarre







Supply List:
Embellishments: Want2Scrap “Nestabling: Labels One Black Rhinestones,” “72 Count: Lavender Rhinestones”; Chipboard: Want2Scrap "Nestaboard Label one"; Adhesive: Beacon Adhesives “Zip Dry,” Glue Arts “Adhesive Squares: PermaTac Minis”; Ribbon: May Arts "Sheer/Looped Trim 5/8": 367-58-01 (White)"; Paper: Prima Marketing "Breathe"; Paint: Deco Art "Faux Glazing Medium," "Glamour Dust: Crystal, Gold Glitz"; Stickers: K&Company "Brenda Walton: Flora & Fauna Botanical Butterflies Layered Accents"; Misc: Doily, rub-ons



Carole Palmiere








Fall card!

Davi Reid

Davi’s  Fall card! 

 

Maggie

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Tips and trick for using a digital template tutorial!

Fort Desoto Beach 

 

  Hi, I’m Maggie Lamarre, My family and I have been going to Fort Desoto for years it's one of those not quite best kept secret the locals knows, it's not as crowded as Daytona beach  or Cocoa beach on a regular basis.

 

 

 

What is a digital template?

A digital template can be described as a sketch that is interactive, they are dimensional, are in layers that can be used in any graphic programs.

With templates you get to reorganized the layers or remove them as you see fit, templates allows you to create projects very quickly, as the design scheme is already formatted for your use.

Sketches are flat file blueprints with no interactive layers. Both sketches and templates serve the function of helping you design  page, by giving you specific dimensions for photos, papers, and embellishments. In traditional scrapbooking Making Memories, Anna Griffin to name a few have created albums containing pages that are almost done with the papers, embellishments placed on the page, templates are similar but you get to changed them as you see fit.

What makes template better?

Using a template allows you to move  layers, delete, adding more embellishments. You can go a step further by combining other elements from another templates together to achieve a desired design.

I didn't like the flowers on the template for a beach layout, instead I use the pleated background from this template as an embellishment by reducing the size, deleting the other layers as seen below.

 

 

I wanted to add more to the flourish, I combined the smaller flourish from the the top and the bottom together to create a fuller embellishment on the bottom.

 

 

When using a digital template, you can make it look realistic by paying attention to details, for instance on the title below the letters sit right above the chipboard, realistically if you were to be adhering the letters there will be a noticeable gap. Many times when you apply a rubon over a chipboard there will be a slight separation that always happen to me. I mimic the same by cutting the title in two, then using a soft brush I created a slight shadow under to show where it would have created a gap on the chipboard below.

 

 

Here's the finish layout!

Supply list:

Digital Kit: Viva Artistry "Gidget's Beach"; "Flourish Template"

I would love  for you to share your tips and tricks on how templates have help in your creations.

Have fun Create your Art!

Maggie

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Our linking party going on strong here

ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and a linking party!

Hi Everyone,
I’ve become a reality show fan from HGTV Design Stars, CBS Amazing Race, NBC Sing Off. I’ve been waiting for weeks for Dancing with the Stars to see JMartinez. He is an amazing Hero who sacrificed so much for this country. I simply luv his positive attitude through adversity.
I’m currently living out of boxes since I’ve moved and in need of bedroom, bathroom, decorating ideas I’m looking forward to the ideas you will be sharing with us this week.

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Don’t you wish you grew in this fabulous nursery?

this fabulous card

Don’t throw away your clothes this Fall refashion them.

What a fabulous cake for a football fan?

Fabulous Fall pumpkin decorations

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Got a project that should be getting  attention?

Welcome to our weekly linking party, where you get to showcase your art for free!


Well, it's where you get to feature your creations just by linking them here. Yep ... that's it. Simple right?  Just a few rules to follow:

1. Be a follower if you are not one already. Grab our badge on the right --------> for your blog while you're at it. Link any projects YOU have created.
2. No giveaway linking please. There's no limit to how many items you can link. Link parties are all about linking. So visit a few of the other links to discover new friends and link, link, link.  This is FREE advertising for your projects!

Please be kind and link back to this party on your posts. Invite  your friends on Facebook or Twitter about the party, the more the merrier!

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Inspirational ideas from our design team!

Maggie Lamarre




Celebrating the good times and remembering what made us a family!



Supply List:
Adhesive: Beacon Adhesives “Zip Dry,” Glue Arts “Adhesive Squares," "Glue Glider Max: PermaTac”; Paper: GCD Studios "Cosette: Kaleidoscope"; Die-cuts: Provo Craft "Cricut Expression Machine," “Cuttlebug Machine,” "Cartridge: Martha Stewart Elegant Cake," Sizzix "Flower Die: 16"; Embellishments: Prima Marketing "Accent Gems: 530945"; Paint: Ranger "Stickles: Gold"; Misc: Brads, sewing machine, tag, twine



Carole Palmiere









Image is a digi stamp colored with Letraset Promarkers. Patterned paper DCWV Fall Harvest Mat Stack. Solid cardstock from Stampin Up (Crushed Curry). Stitches were made using orange floss and Bazzill In Stitchez paper piercing template. Buttons from my button jar. Twine from The Twinery. Card is A2 size.
Have a fabulous week!
Maggie
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http://www.passionatelyartistic.com/2011/09/abcs-dancing-with-stars-and-linking.html

Faux Tiffany stained glass tutorial

Recreating the look of Tiffany's stained glass window is a cinch with a few scrapbooking supplies and a recycling  kitchen door.

Welcome to

 

Hello I’m Maggie with you to share a very fun tutorial on how to recycle a kitchen door cabinet with just a few products into an amazing faux stained glass a la Tiffany :)

the best part is you don’t have to worry about flying pieces of tiles or cutting them the wrong way.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Tools: Lea France “Photo Collage: Compass Stencil”; Embellishments: Want2scrap "Light green rhinestone"; Paints: Krylon"Pink, Black"; Jacquard: "Pearl Ex powdered pigments series1 and 2, colours of your choice; Misc:Kitchen door cabinet;brush, butterfly, lace,Triple thick sealant.

Let's begin!

• Clean the kitchen cabinet door with a damp paper towel, dry. Spray paint the door black let dry, place the Lea France "Photo Collage stencil" on the door, use a fluid motion to spray paint the door with pink spray, remove stencil, let dry.

• Using your brush and the pearl ex colour of your choice fill in the quadrants inside the stencil,  let dry.

• Remove the stencil using a smaller brush, remove any excess pearl ex, that have seeped under the stencil.

• Once all the quadrants have been filled and dry, add the Want2scrap rhinestone, seal the kitchen door by using  Triple thick sealant, let dry.
• Add butterfly embellishment to the center of the stencils, add lace to the side of the door.

Voila done, very easy to recreate the stained glass effect! Please let me know if you have any questions?

 

Have a fabulous week, don’t forget our linking party going on this week

Maggie

Jewelry making using artist trading card sheets

 

 

Creating jewelry to match any outfit is incredibly easy and quite rewarding. It is even more exciting when you can use readily available materials.

 

 

Welcome to

 

 

 

I was so inspired by these beautiful ATC sheets from TJ Designs by Tweety Jill that I decided to create a one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry. All it took was the ATC sheets from TJ Designs by Tweety Jill and scrapbooking tools!

 

 

 

 

 

1. Insert the faux suede necklace onto the bezel as seen below.

 

 

Add jump rings onto the bezel loop. Insert the stars onto the jump rings as seen below.

 

2. To create the template for the frame, take a scrap piece of paper and lay it on top of the frame. Run your fingers over the paper to create an indentation on the paper. The indentation will serve as your cutting line for the template. Once cut, insert the template onto the frame, as seen below, to make sure it fits correctly before cutting the actual ATC sheet.

 

 

 

4. Using the template as a guide, cut the TJ Designs ATC sheet. Make sure to center the template on the flower.

 

5. Use laminate (Glossy Accents) to adhere the ATC sheet onto the bezel frame. Add Ranger Stickles onto the center of each flower petal. Let dry. Fill the frame with Glossy Accents. Add five pearls. Let dry for one hour.

 

 

 

6. Once the frame is dry, add frame onto the jump ring with the stars. Your project is complete. Here is another look at the finished necklace.

 

Supply List:

Paper: TJ Designs by Tweety Jill "Art Cards Collage Pack: Drawn from Nature Flower"; Stamps: TJ Designs by TweetyJill "Butterflies & Nature's Wonders"; Paint: Ranger "Stickles: Vintage Photo"; Laminate: Ranger "Glossy Accents"; Embellishments: Want2Scrap "Pearls: White 72 Count Self Adhesive"; Hardware: Blue Moon "Faux Suede Necklace"; Bezels, Frames & Filigree: Hirschberg Schutz & Co; Misc: Bent nose pliers, jump rings, round nose pliers

Have a fabulous week,

Maggie
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