Lisa's Workshop: May 2016

Friday, May 27, 2016

Father’s Day Blog Hop!

Hello & Welcome!!

You have reached the 5th stop on the CM Father’s Day Blog Hop. My fellow CM Advisors and I are sharing ideas and inspiration for your Father’s Day layouts and projects featuring Creative Memories products. If you’re hopping in order, you’ve arrived from Sarah’s blog. At the end of my post I’ll send you on your way to Noreen’s Blog. Be sure to visit each stop – there are lots of wonderful ideas being shared! (More info, including the complete list of Blog Hop stops, is at the bottom of this post.)

Cheers to Dad!!
This page would be a perfect place for photos of Dad at the grill, or enjoying some of his favorite food & drink but you can also use the punch art on all sorts of other types of layouts!

Background papers (including that darling tie print!) are from the Hello Baby Boy collection.

Punch art burger and a nice glass of beer…ginger ale…whatever you choose Smile

You can easily customize this mug by choosing different paper to “fill” the glass to reflect the beverage of your choice!

To make the mug you’ll need these shapes:
Word Bubble Punch – white cardstock (3)
Shape Maker System Square- 1 white and 1 yellow
Custom Cutting System Ovals– white cardstock.
     1st cut: 5IB. 2nd cut: 5IG
     (See this blog post for CCS labeling/cutting instructions)

Cut 1/4” from the two adjoining sides of the yellow square using the Personal Trimmer. Round the bottom of both squares using the Two Way Corner Rounder.

Burger

To make the burger you’ll need these shapes:

Shape Maker System Circles: Light Brown Cardstock (2) Dark Brown Cardstock.
Shape Maker System Square: Orange Cardstock
Shape Maker System Circle Tag: Red Cardstock
Blossom Place N’ Punch: Green Cardstock

Cut down the orange square and layer your items between the two light brown buns.

Title Box

I snipped out “Cheers!” and letters to spell “DAD” from one of the pieces of paper in the Achievements Pack, mounted it on part of a paper from the Hello Baby Boy paper pack and created my title for the page.
Click Here to take a spin through all of the classic designs in the Achievements paper pack.

Click Here to take a spin through all of the adorably fun designs in the Hello Baby Boy paper pack.

Adhere all the shapes together using your Tape Runner and adhere it to the page.
Add a little detail to the mug and the top of the bun using the fine tip of a Black Dual-Tip Pen.

Thanks for stopping by! I will send you on your way to the next stop in the CM Blog Hop - Noreen’s Blog.

Here is the complete line up for today’s Blog Hop: CM Father’s Day Blog Hop

Please contact your Creative Memories Advisor to purchase any Creative Memories products.
If you don't already have a Creative Memories Advisor, I’m happy to help!

You can find more information about the Creative Memories products used in this project on my CM Advisor site at:
http://www.creativememories.com/user/lisagraham
or if you’d like to contact me directly you can do that by clicking on the “Email me” link at the top of this page.

Saturday, May 7, 2016

National Scrapbooking Day 2016 Virtual Crop

Happy NSD – I guess we should call it iNSD because CM has The First Annual Creative Memories Worldwide Virtual Crop happening right now!! CM, and thousands of scrapbookers, are sharing ideas and inspiration from around the world in celebration of the iconic event that Creative Memories is famous for inventing in the mid '90's - National Scrapbook Day!

Pop in at your leisure to this super fun Facebook event from your favorite scrapping spot for just an hour, or stay the whole day! CM is providing page sketches, inspiration and tips and PRIZES!! Don’t worry – there is plenty of support to encourage you to complete pages, card projects, or even just organize your photos! Whatever's on your creative "to do" list is fair game. It's always more fun knowing there's a whole great big group of folks being creative with you, even if they're creating on their own turf, yes? :)
I hope to see you pop on for however long you can stay and also that you will share pictures of your finished pages and projects to inspire other crop attendees!

The ideas will stay in this event, too – so be sure to “join” the event so you can see them after the Virtual Crop is over. Do this by clicking on the event link or searching FB by using hashtags. The hashtag for this event is #‎cmworldwidevirtualcrop be sure to include it when posting ideas. You can search for ideas from past virtual crops, too, by searching Facebook for #CMVirtualCrop1, #CMVirtualCrop2 and #CMVirtualCrop3.

Below are some of the ideas that I contributed for the crop with a little bit of information about the products and techniques used.

Challenge #1 – Sketch Challenge

Left hand side
Right hand side
Papers, Journal Box & “Love” artwork : Hello Baby Boy paper pack
Stickers – Hello Baby Boy (blue heart scalloped circle)
Hello Baby Girl (pink heart scalloped circle)

Challenge #12 – Card Sketch Challenge
Paper: Hello Baby Girl
Stickers: Hello Baby Girl
Pearl Embellishments: Hello Baby

Challenge #9 Color Inspiration (Blue, orange, green & red)

Papers used: Cranberry Cardstock and papers from the Look on the Bright Side pack.

Challenge #10 – Punch Art Challenge

Paper: Look on the Bright Side paper pack
Lanterns: Shape Maker System and Circle Cartridge for round lanterns, Square Cartridge for rectangle cartridge (cut square in 1/2 and round with Corner Rounder).
Fold accordion style and flatten slightly.
Border Maker System & Picket Fence Cartridge (line to hang lanterns from, top & bottom piece for lanterns), Diamond Scroll Cartridge (for hook).

You can learn more about the labeling system used for CMs Custom Cutting System here.

Challenge #15 – How To Technique.
Background striped paper, “Once Upon a Time” strip, green and yellow for flower: Hello Baby Boy Paper Pack
Yellow flower: Look on the Bright Side Paper Pack
Grey flower center: Hello Baby Cardstock Pack
Title: Mint ABC/123 Stickers