Shimelle Canvas Tutorial

Hi Everyone,

I hope that you are having a great week so far!  I had a tutorial up on the American Crafts Blog yesterday using the new Shimelle collection.

I created this fun canvas to liven up my scrap room.  The colors and patterns in the Shimelle collection gave it such a bright and cheery look!

Supplies: Cardstock (71420 - Glitter Mustard, Cardstock (71274) - 8.5x11 Black, Shimelle (368151) - Baxter Paper, Shimelle (368137) - Crane Paper, Shimelle (368149) - Curie Paper, Shimelle (368158) - Dowdy Paper, Shimelle (368143) - Earhart Paper, Shimelle (368136) - Goodall Paper, Shimelle (368150) - Goodfield Paper, Shimelle (368138) - Grady Paper, Shimele (368157) - Granville Paper, Shimelle (368142) - Hall Paper, Shimelle (368147) - Harding Paper, Shimelle (368152) - Haynes Paper,   Shimelle (368145) - Herschel Paper, Shimelle (68141) - Hopper Paper, Shimelle (368139) - Hurley Paper, Shimelle (368148) - Jemison Paper, Shimelle (368140) - Keller Paper, Shimelle (36815) - Leavitt Paper, Shimelle (368146) - Resnick Paper, Shimelle (368155) - Swanson Paper, Shimelle (368159) - Winlock Paper, Shimelle (63210) - Silhouette Cut File - Word Banner, Cut Up (64200) - Craft Scissors 5" Blade

1.  Apply gesso generously to the front of a 12x12 canvas.

2.  Once the gesso s dry, apply watercolor paints to canvas and set aside to dry.

3. Using a punch or die cut machine cut out enough hearts to cover the front of your canvas.  I cut out roughly 4 medium shape hearts for this.

4. Line up hearts on canvas and adhere down using liquid or permanent adhesive.

5.  Use a die cut machine or template to trace a large heart onto glitter cardstock and cut out.  Adhere to front of canvas.

6.  In Silhouette Studio open up the Shimelle word banner cut file (made by American Crafts), resize to your liking and cut onto black cardstock.  Adhere to canvas.

All finished and ready to display!

Easy, cute, and a perfect addition to any room's decor!

Thanks for stopping by today!

New products for WOW! embossing powders

Hey everyone!



Have you seen the new stamps that WOW embossing powders are debuting at Winter CHA? They are so fun!

Introducing Collage, Canvas and Blizzard:

and wait until you see these new colors.....

Our embossing glitters are always a HUGE hit!!! You'll be thrilled to find out we have A LOT of NEW ones that we are debuting at CHA Winter.

Introducing the Girl's Night Out collection

and the....

Desert Sands collection

We are so excited about CHA!!!!! If you are at the show please come by the booth and say hello! :) #1687
WOW is pleased to announce that we will be having Suzy West and Marion Emberson doing make n' takes in the booth.
Marion--Saturday and Sunday
Suzy--Monday and Tuesday

St. Patty's Day Instagram blog hop

*Update - winner of the IG Blog Hop announced:
Acelve d-sign Mar 19, 2012 06:49 PM

My name is evelyn you can find me on Instagram : geekgalz.
Evelyn, please send me an email @ myfrogprince@comcast.net so that I can mail out your prize. Thanks everyone for playing along.




Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by! I assume you are here for the St. Patty's Day Instagram blog hop - glad you found us!

We are a group of INSTAGRAM buddies that were invited to do an Instagram blog hop. Thank you Jessy Christopher for organizing this!

First I have something GREEN to share with you. Here is a recent layout that I completed using Ruby Rock-it's new Nostalgia line.


Did you notice that I used Instagram photos on my layout? I just couldn't help myself.
I Love the colors in this line and their GREEN textured cardstock was just begging to be sanded down. And because I love ink and texture so much, I added some canvas paper and Mister Huey's spray ink.

and now for the GREEN giveaway.....



Here is what I am offering up:

- Smash date stamp by K&co.
- Studio Calico paper
- 2 feet. of chevron grosgrain ribbon

fun stuff right? Here are the blog hop rules for your chance to win my giveaway:

- become a follower
- leave an answer to the question - Does your family celebrate St. Patricks day?
Do you have a special tradition that you do to celebrate the holiday?
- Be sure to leave your email address or link to your blog, so that I can contact you
if you win.
- Visit the line up of my IG buddies participating in the blog hop for chances to win the fabulous prizes that they are offering up!


Here is the line up of all my instagram buddies that are giving something GREEN away on their blog.

BLOG HOP LIST: (in no particular order)

YOU ARE HERE Gina Lideros IG name: ginalideros

Laura Banasiak IG name: laurabanasiak

Leah Farquharson IG name: bluebirdchicllc

Jamie Lee IG name: jyylee

Faridah Hajarmustika IG name: mustikmonkeys

Suryanti Halim IG name: isur

Katy Hedger IG name: polkadotlove

Wati Basri IG name: watibasri

Jenny Gecos IG name: mrsjennyg

Allison Waken IG name: allisonwaken

Kristine Davidson IG name: kristined

Sasha Farina IG name: sashafarina

Lindsey Hansen IG name: lindzeyhanzen

Leena Loh IG name: findingnana

Nina Burgess IG name: ladybugnina

Azura Alyssa IG name: azuraalyssa

Sophia Allison IG name: sophiaallison

Vee Jennings IG name: strawbvee

NattArida Smith IG name: tinynatt

Amy Lynne Lassiter IG name: amlynnelassiter

Helga Vergara IG name: helga_vergara

Michelle Lanning IG name: michellelanning

Juanna Sia IG name: juannahope

Daniela Dobson IG name: danieladobson

Jeanne M. Wigoena IG name: jeannew

Michelle K IG name: michellek

Vanessa Rupp-Hayden IG name: veerupp

Jessy Christopher IG name: jcchris

Blog hop starts 17 March, 7am PST and ends 20 March, 11.59pm PST. Happy Hopping and Good luck!