Vintage Chic Power Palette Inspiration & Digital Freebie!

CM has hit a home run with it’s newest Power Palettes.  These photos will give you just the slightest idea of how beautiful some of these items are. You need to see & feel everything to really appreciate it!  Especially fun are the new embossed cardstock papers – double sided & beautiful!  Knowing not everyone is close enough to stop in & see the new items I’m sharing some pictures – which are the next best thing .

Easter Eggs – from the CM Project Center.  Click here to see the ingredients & instructions for this layout.

This layout  features the LE Easter Embellishments. (Hurry! These are only available while supplies last or until the end of April – whichever happens first.)

LE Easter Embellishments

Boys & Their Toys – from the CM Project Center.  Click here to see ingredients & instructions for this layout.

The title is created using the Vintage Chic ABC Tiles.

You can see the tiles in this photo below – and the number to the right shows how many of each tile comes in the package.  Thanks to CMC Kathy Stone for sharing this photo!

Cards by Maureen Feist, CMC

Fun folded circles and squares, two punch out designs & lots of layering fun! Most of these papers are Embossed Cardstock – a few Designer Print Papers are used.

All cards are 4.25x5.5 to fit into standard card envelope.

The cross card is adapted from one posted on the Project Center and the chick & egg from an original idea by Julie Stuart.

This group is not Easter necessarily and can be used for Birthday, Baby, Mother's Day, Thank You, or most other occasions. The folded circle is actually 4 circles punched using the Shape Maker System folded in quarters. You'll want to put a lighter colored paper mat on the inside of darker color embossed cards.

Tools used to create these cards: Shape Maker System, 7” Trimmer, 12” Rotary Trimmer, Wavy Blade, Tape Runner, Foam Squares, Border Maker System – Scalloped Stitch Cartridge, Vintage Chic Power Palette, Cardstock: Brown, White, Cloud. Limited Edition Easter Embellishments

The 12x12 Vintage Chic Power Palette System is a coordinating collection of decorative  papers and embellishments that give you the power to complete scrapbook albums easily! Purchase the entire system and save money. Components also available individually.

Included in the Vintage Chic Power Palette System:

18 sheets of 12x12 embossed cardstock

24 sheets of 12x12 designer-print papers

184 ABC tiles

4 rolls of sticker ribbon

12 designer pockets

60 designer mats and journal cards

24 tags

30 tabs

The Vintage Chic Power Palette is also available in a digital format – for use with Storybook Creator Plus or Universal Format with most other digital programs.

 

Vintage Chic Predesigned Pages

Vintage Chic Digital Overlays

and a Vintage Chic Digital Freebie!!  Available to download here in the Project Center

Click here to see all of the items in the Vintage Chic product line.

Sneak Peek–new Creative Memories Products coming soon!

Thanks to my Upline, Amy, who shared some of the new products that were unveiled at CM’s leadership convention!

Most of these should be available in March – you can see all current CM products on my CM website! 

Another great tool system is on the way – the Shape Maker System.

Introducing the Shape Maker System from Creative Memories! New in March 2013, this new system will launch with three cutting cartridges: the square, the round and the puzzle shapes. But watch for more shapes to come! And don't miss miss the new Tools Organizer in the video! This is the perfect place to store and transport your Shape Maker or Border Maker system. The movable dividers make it completely versatile and customizable.

 

  Very excited to see this – a new tool carrier that will fit the Border Maker System!!

Introducing the Creative Memories Fast to Fabulous Album Collection! Create an album quickly and easily in under an hour. Just add photos, embellishments, a little journaling and you're done! Albums come with preloaded pages and feature double-sided preprinted pages, stickers and accents that turn your memories into an instant treasure. They makes an amazing gift for a friend or yourself. The albums include preprinted pages and page protectors to protect your cherished photos.

“Just Delivered”

Baby Stacks

Candy Shoppe Power Palette

 

 

Vintage Chic Power Palette

More details coming soon!

K–8 (and then some) Auction Album using Power Palettes

I donated an album for our school’s auction that will be on May 5th.  I wanted it to be simple enough that a non scrapper could look at it and think “Hey, I can do that!”  but nice enough that scrapbookers would want it, too!

I used mostly the Cheerful Power Palette and the retired Primary Power Palette.  These all worked so well together!  Titles and the custom elements were cut on my Silhouette.  I matted each sticker, title & other elements in black  cardstock throughout the album so that it would give the album a unified look. 

The album is designed to showcase pictures from a child’s years at St. Michael’s school (K – 8) but they can be rearranged if needed and adapted for other years & schools. 

Title Page – designed in Make the Cut and cut with my Silhouette

For each grade I did a page with the year’s title and another layout left mostly empty so a class photo, larger school picture, report card or other item could be displayed.  I also included a set of Storybox Photo Mats & Journal Boxes in the auction so that they could add more photos if they want.  Photo Mats are pieces of pre-cut paper that are just a tad bigger than a 4x6 photo so they make matting photos a breeze! I also donated  a new Tape Runner, Dual Tip Black Pen, ABC Stickers and an hour of my time to help the winner of the auction get started.

Most of the stickers and elements I adhered with Foam Squares to make them pop off the page a bit.

Besides pages for each grade I did some for holidays – hoping that pictures of class parties and other fun holiday happenings can have a home.  I also did pages for Holy Communion, Confirmation & one that can be used for anything school related or sports.

You can view the whole album below (except for one of the Christmas pages I forgot to take a photo of). 

St. Michael Auction VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

I hope it raises a bunch of money for the school!  If you’re local, stop by the auction – they are going to have lots of wonderful things to bid on!

May 5th at St. Michael’s School in Livonia, MI – let me know if you’d like more info!

Teacher Gifts!

It’s not too early to start thinking of these – the end of the school year will be here before you know it!
I made dry erase boards for my boys’ teachers this past Christmas – they were very well received!  You can use a dry erase marker on the regular (not metal) Photo Panels from Creative Memories Digital Center.  Create & customize these in a snap with Storybook Creator Plus, your photos and/or artwork!
I love working with digital – after you create the first project it’s so easy to tweak it a bit for your next one!  I used the same basic design for each teacher – customizing it just a bit for each of them.
I worked with the Cheerful Power Palette. Are you familiar with Power Palettes?  They are a set of (digital or traditional) papers, stickers & other embellishments that work together beautifully.  (Both traditional & digital Power Palettes are on sale – 30% off in March!)  The Power Palettes are generic in theme and work with most photos.  Addition Kits are available in a variety of themes for each Power Palette (Christmas, Birthday, Halloween, etc.) 
I used the Cheerful School Addition Kit to create the Photo Panels.
This one was for my son’s 2nd grade teacher.

Mrs. Coughlin teaches 4th grade & loves turtles – so I took off the ABC element and added a cute turtle from the Cheerful Tropical Delight Addition.
I hot glued a metal washer to the back of each Photo Panel and attached a magnetic dry erase pen to the back of the board.


I don’t know what brand these were or even where I bought them but I’ve seen them at Staples and other office supply stores.
Just for kicks – you can also use the dry erase marker on a regular ole’ Photo Panel

Monthly Project Sheets - March

One for You, One for Me - featuring the Mini Every Day Display & Love Mini Display Accents this project is made for sharing!

Click here to download the pdf file of the One for You, One for Me project sheet.

Irish Blessings - Featuring the Enchanted Power Palette and displayed in a Page Frame but this would be cute in an Everyday Display or scrapbook, too!

Click here to download the Irish Blessing project sheet

Plastic Drinking Cup Mini – Lights

I got this great idea from Jo K. – thanks, Jo, for sharing!
It’s a set of cute little mini-lights that use Solo plastic cups (3 oz. size) as shades.  Once I gathered all the materials these took only about a half hour to make.

The light strand is a set of 10 – I found it in the Dollar Spot at Target – they came with either pumpkin or skull plastic covers and were $2.50.   I also got the Solo 3 oz. plastic cups at Target – they have colored ones.  You can see a bit of the green cups peeking out – they coordinate with the Cheerful Halloween Additions I used. 

To make these first cut a plastic cup open and remove the top piece and bottom ridge.  Use the middle of the cup as a template for your covers and trace around it on paper.  Cut out the covers and stick them on the cups.  I used the Creative Memories Photo Tape to adhere the edges of the paper to the cup – don’t use the CM Tape Runner for this project – it shows through the paper when the lights are on. 
I used the Cheerful Halloween Additions which has 8 pieces of 4x6ish Storybox paper –each one big enough to cover one cup.   I had 10 lights to cover and  I didn’t want to cut into the 4 pieces of 12x12 paper that came with the kit so I used a few of the coordinating Storybox papers from the Cheerful Power Palette.  The colors coordinate perfectly!  I punched a few halloween shapes from the CM Halloween Micro-Maker and glued them to the inside of a few of the cups.  This is what those look like when lit:
     I also saw some blue cups that I think I’ll have to get and use with the Winter Cheerful Additions!

I’ll be up at the Novi Sheraton this weekend at Camp Crop-A-Lot – stop up & say “Hi” if you’re in the area!!

Some examples of the new Cheerful Seasons and Reminisce Cricut – CM Cartridges

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I had a little time to play work with the newest CM products and LOVE the new CM – Cricut cartridges!  Most of the cuts on these have just a few layers and only a couple have teeny weeny pieces!  I am so glad for that!  Here are a few cuts I made with CM cardstock and the Reminisce Cricut cartridge.

When Provo Craft updates their website I’ll be able to link these cartridges to my Gypsy or use Design Studio to weld multiples of the same border together to make a larger, continuous one (vs. putting separate identical cuts together to make a border.)

I did a quick layout with each of the new Power Palettes.  I’m a pretty simple scrapbooker and love using the Designer Print papers from the Power Palettes –I they are very nice on their own and most need very little (sometimes nothing at all) added to them. 

Layout below uses elements from the Reminisce Power Palette and “Cherish” cut with the Reminisce Cricut Cartridge.

Elements used on this page include Designer Print paper,  paper flowers, paper frame, paper ribbon, Medium Photo Corners and Foam Squares. 

 

Just a few cuts made with the Cheerful Seasons Cricut cartridge.  The little bluebird has a bit of detail added from the new limited edition CM Chalking Inks.

Thank goodness for the Precision Point Adhesive Pen and Pick Up Square…those things are perfect to use with the thin/tiny die cut pieces. 

Another simple layout below featuring the Cheerful Power Palette.  I used Cheerful Tone-on-Tone Paper, paper ribbon and a paper tag.  The page was laid out using the new Page Planner Templates.  “Snow”, the snowflake and “2004” were cut from CM cardstock using the Cheerful Seasons Cricut cartridge!

Want to learn more about Power Palettes?  Click here for a video explaining your options.  I ♥ Power Palettes!

I will be working more with the Cricut Cartridges but will have to wait a bit to work again with the new Power Palettes.    I packed them up & sent them with Michelle P.  who is having a “Party on the Go” – it’s like a catalog party but with lots of products to see, feel & try out instead of just  looking at the catalog!  Contact me if you’re interested in hosting an event & earn DOUBLE hostess rewards in August.