Imaginisce CHA Projects

I have one last CHA Project Post to share with you . . . Imaginisce! I had so much fun creating with all of the new lines. Here's what I made!

APPLE CIDER Collection










COTTAGE CHRISTMAS Collection










DIN0-ROAR Collection










ENCHANTED Collection

My overloaded scatter-brain forgot to take pictures of these layouts before sending them off to Imaginisce. (Doy!) So the only picture I have to share of them is the one they posted of their booth on the Imaginisce blog. :)



Enjoy your Sunday!
Jana

Imaginisce Bday Bash Collection

Birthday season is about to settle upon our household. Camryn's birthday is next week and then the rest of my kids' birthdays are in August. Party time!!!

Imaginisce has come out with the CUTEST birthday collection I have ever seen. I literally giggled when I opened up everything in the new Bday Bash Collection . . . I mean, come on! Look at those adorable candles and banner ribbons! And the COLORS!!! If you know me, you know I have to use on practically every page I make . . . I LOVE that they paired chocolate brown with Primary colors in this collection. The result is fun, but not too childlike. I really think you could scrap any age, any person's birthday with this collection.

This collection makes me WANT to tackle the stacks of birthday photos I need to scrap! Hehehe!
Here are a few pages I have made with it so far. :)


Pony Party







Make a Wish





Cake

Have a great weekend!
Jana

Thank You, Imaginisce!!!

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I just wanted to say THANK YOU to Imaginisce for such a fun week Guest Designing on their blog. I loved working with their lines and can't wait to see what they have up their sleeves next! :D

Here are my last two pages for them using the darling Splash Dance collection.

Soaking Wet
Lots of stitching and happy chipboard and puffy stickers on this one. :) (These are the ones my kids kept wanting to steal off my desk! LOL!)







Ocean Adventure
More of the i-rock tool on this page! LOVE that thing. -- Poor Maryn. On this day we visited the beach she was wading in the water and was swept off her feet by an unexpectedly strong wave. She panicked when it started to pull her a bit and Jensyn ran to her rescue . . . thus the title "Ocean Adventure" (and the reason I put the "Into the Ocean" sticker next to Maryn. Heee!). :)






Have a Happy (inter)National Scrapbooking Day tomorrow!!!
Are you planning on getting your scrap on?! :D :D :D

Have fun!

Scor-It-All Dimensional Leaves Tutorial

I have a tutorial featured in the May 2010 Newsletter for the Scor-It-All board (one of my very favorite tools!), and thought I would share it here on my blog as well. :)

With it's raised metal scoring bar, the Scor-It-All allows you to score through a double-thickness of cardstock which means I can create these really fun leaves for my projects. :)

DIMENSIONAL LEAVES TUTORIAL by Me! :)

STEP 1
Cut a rectangle from green cardstock. Place it on your Scor-it-All board so that it is centered, lengthwise, and score a line to create the center vein on the leaf.

STEP 2
Fold the rectangle in half along the line you scored in Step 1. Cut a simple leaf shape.



STEP 3
To create the veins in the leaf, place folded leaf shape on the Scor-it-All board at an angle. Make a score line for the first vein. Move the leaf shape slightly and continue to make evenly spaced score lines all the way to the other end of the leaf.



Open the leaf to reveal the symmetrical, textured vein lines. Beautiful!



TIPS:

Leaves can be any size and color. They add dimension to layouts, cards and other projects.

Use leaves to create the feel of a jungle or combine them with flowers, vines and other elements

For a totally different look, highlight vein lines and edges of the leaves with ink or chalk, or distress with a sanding block.

AT THE ZOO



SUPPLIES:
Scor-It-All board; Cardstock (Bazzill, Prism); Patterned Papers and Dimensional Stickers are by Imaginisce; Letter Stickers, Mini Letter Stichers and Chipboard Letters by My Little Shoebox; Journal spot by Sassafras Lass; Buttons by Basic Grey

I wanted to end my post by telling you WHY this is one of my favorite tools. :)

With it's raised metal scoring bar and metal-lined score tool, this set simply creates the highest quality score I have seen in a portable tool. I come from a family that owns a print/copy store with large, professional bindery machines. I have tried all kinds of scoring tools including ones with premeasured grooves and scoring attachments for trimmers, and have always been disappointed that I couldn't get a quality score. The plastic tools used with boards with premeasured grooves would quickly go dull and not create a crisp score. Trimmer attachments worked inconsistently and would tear or cut through my cardstock. UGH! Frustrating! When I found the Scor-It-All board I fell in love because you get a professional looking score every single time. :) I LOVE IT!!!

(You should know that, YES, Scor-It-All did give me my cute NEW pink Scor-It-All tool when I joined the Design Team . . . but I already owned the 12 X 12 board of the "older" model and have been using it for a long time. When I was asked to create projects for their site, I couldn't help but say YES because it has always been one of my favorite things to use. I gave my dad my "old" tool to use at his print shop for smaller bindery jobs. :) )

Have a great day!