Product Shuffle - Napkins

Happy last day of 2015!

Preparing for our New Year's Eve party at our home tonight, the girls asked for a Pinata. We found one on clearance for 2$ at a local store.  Here is it.

It was kind of cute, but more fitting for a birthday party than a New Year's Eve party.  So we headed to my craft room and set out to alter this pinata.
I made the numbers with my cricut using foiled cardstock from Fancy Pants Design.  I then cut a large circle in a 12X12 pattern paper I had in my stash.  Since the Pinata was about 20 inches in diameter, the 12 inch circle did not cover all the dinosaurs.  I then added glue to the back edge of my circle and added 4 ruffled napkins.  I folded the napkins accordian style and simply pressed them in the glue. Here is the finished product.

The kids are eager for the countdown and make the candies fall from our new beautifull pinata.

I hope you all have a wonderfull evening and I wish you all the best for 2016!  See you all next year!

Product Shuffle - Circle Punch

Good morning!
If you are like me, you are counting down the days until Christmas.  I love Christmas!  I watched my girls decorate the Christmas tree last weekend and it got me in the mood to start my Christmas cards.
Another really simple project for you.
All you need is pattern paper, a circle punch and some ribbon!  Simply use a circle punch to create 3 circles.  Attach a ribbon and a bow on top to create a Christmas ornament.

Super easy right?  I used scraps of Basic Grey Christmas paper and some ribbon I found in the bottom of my ribbon bin.  Here is the full card inside my Christmas tree.

I hope you all have a great day and get to spend some time crafting over the weekend! Time to make more cards!  See you soon!

Inspiration Station - Getting in shape!

Hello, everyone! Aurelie here today for another round of Let's Capture Our Memories' Inspiration Station - where I aim to inspire you by being inspired. This time around, it's all about choosing a shape and running away with it. Oh, yes! I recently saw a scrappy challenge sent out by a friend of mine, Michelle Arseneault Gallant, about using 10 of the same shape on one project. She specifically asked for triangles, circles or squares, but when I rummaged through my punches, I found heart punches and just knew I had to use those instead. Wanna see what I made? Here it is:

Now, instead of using all punched hearts from patterned papers, I also used some heart rubons, a heart-shaped enamel sticker and a heart-shaped button. It so perfectly went with the three hearts on Éloïse's little onesie she wore when she was a mere three months old. Set on a piece of white Bazzill cardstock, I mostly used a new Pebbles collection hitting the Let's Capture Memories store soon called Winter Wonderland - 6X6 patterned papers, stickers, and alpha (that glittered 3 is awesome in real life!). I also added some Heidi Swapp Color Shine, American Crafts alphas and ribbon (thanks, Elisa Delora), My Mind's Eye rubons and chalk ephemera (thanks, Stampy Pam!), a Prima button, a Jen Hadfield by Pebbles enamel sticker, a Stampin' Up paper clip, and some stiching using Crafter's Workshop and Bazzill Basics stitching templates with DMC floss.

Wanna see what Michelle made with her own challenge? It's a beauty!

Hope you're inspired to "get in shape!" Happy scrapping!!

Aurelie

LCOM Sketch #135 - Reveal + News

Hi everyone,

Today is bitter sweet for me.  It's the last reveal for October.  It's the last reveal for our current Design Team and it will, unfortunately, be the last reveal here for a little bit.

Although I have an AMAZING group of friends that help me with LCOM, it is still my responsibility to get things done.  As you know, I'm a full time working mother of 2 pre-teen kids. We are a very active family and in the last year, we have been dealing with health issues that make it difficult to keep on top of things here at LCOM.  The store is still open!!! I'm not closing, just stepping back a little on the online front and trying to see if we (my family) can come up with new ways to incorporate LCOM back into our internet lives.

I am so thankful for the Design Team and all their beautiful work they've created.  I am truly grateful for all of you who have followed us and supported us over the years and continue to support us in what we do.

We will still be posting our Color Spots, Inspiration Station and Product Shuffle features, although they may come to you sporadically.  Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest to stay up to date with all LCOM news.

So, with that being said let's get to this week's reveal!!  Our sketches this month come to us from Pagemaps.  Our team members have outdone themselves yet again!

Gisele Julien

Christine Perez