Kiwi Lane Blog Hop!!!

Good Morning Kiwi Lane fans!! This morning we are all sharing our projects with the Tiny Wacky and Tiny Celebrate Designer Templates. If you are just starting out, please head to the Kiwi Lane Blog and follow along. If you got here from Kristy's Blog, you're on the right track! Make sure to comment along the way, one random winner from ONE of the participating blogs (including the Kiwi Lane blog), will be given a $25 gift certificate to the Kiwi Lane Shop that will be announced on the Kiwi Lane blog on Thursday, April 10TH.

Here's today's lineup:

Kiwi Lane http://kiwilane.com/here/blog/

Gail Owens http://glowormdesigns.blogspot.com
Catherine Povec http://www.tybearsmom.blogspot.com
Jennifer McDermott http://wonkywares.blogspot.com
Kristy Lee http://lifescrapped.blogspot.com
*** Heather Conklin http://goldiecar.blogspot.com/ ***
Misty Buck http://www.mistylynnwhat.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Nicholes http://craftingmoments.wordpress.com/
Barb Rapp http://www.mommaducksblog.blogspot.com/
Christina Steel http://tinasscrapcrap.blogspot.com/

I was lucky enough to work with the very fun Tiny Celebrate Designer Templates. I still had a few birthday photos from my little munchkin that very much needed scrapping, and this was the perfect venue for them. I started with My Girl from American Crafts papers, and my fantastic Tiny Celebrate Designer Templates.

For this layout, I used a January 2 page layout from PageMaps as my base, and like most sketches... I changed up quite a bit of it.

One of my favorite parts of the Tiny Celebrate Designer Templates were these balloon shapes. I really liked that there were two sizes, and I could easily ink and then pop them up with dimensional adhesive. I even tied some twine around each of them in order to make them more like birthday balloons.

The second thing I loved about this set, was this fun pinwheel. Once it was folded, it made the perfect embellishment for the layout. I even used an enamel dot to pin down the edges. 

This layout didn't feature ice cream, so I took the ice cream top, and turned it into clouds. 

Another view of the fun pinwheel from the Tiny Celebrate Designer Templates. 

OH! I cannot forget about the banner! I took the ice cream cone, and cut off the bottom of the triangle to create this adorable banner.

Make sure that you leave a response before 11:59 PM MST on Sunday April 6TH for that $25 gift certificate to the Kiwi Lane Shop. If you become a follower (or already are), I'll pick a commenter at random to win a cute little embellishment pack on Monday! Have fun!!

Now... Head on to my fabulously scrappy friend, Misty Buck http://www.mistylynnwhat.blogspot.com/ to see the amazingness that she has created this morning!

Supplies Used:
Tiny Celebrate Designer Templates, American Crafts My Girl papers, American Crafts & Coredination cardstocks, Twinery twine (Cantaloupe), enamel dots (My Mind's Eye), Lawn Fawn (Quinn's ABC, Quinn's ABC Lawn Cuts), Amy Tangerine stitching template and twine, Tsukineko/ImagineCrafts Radiant Neon Inks 

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ScrapbookSteals & Love My Tapes Blog Hop!

Good Morning fellow ScrapbookStealers! Heather here. You're here for the Love My Tapes Fabric Tape Blog Hop! If you are following in order, you should have gotten here from ScrapbookSteals. Don't forget to visit everyone's pages and leave a comment.  Scrapbook Steals will draw a name from all the comments to win a $20 Scrapbook Steals gift certificate. Remember, you have until 11:59MST on Sunday, October 14th, to leave your comment.  Every comment is a chance to win! Here is the blog order, just in case.

1. ScrapbookSteals - http://scrapbooksteals.stealnetwork.com/
2. Heather Conklin - http://goldiecar.blogspot.com/  (You are here—leave a comment!)
3. Robin F.M. Jones –http://www.custom-comforts.blogspot.com/
4. Gloria Stengel – http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
5. Kat Ancheta – http://creat-w-kat.com/
6. Teresa Fenstermacher – http://teresajaye.blogspot.com/
7. Katherine Shamel – http://www.delightfuldesignsbykatherine.com/blog/

I had SO much fun being a guest designer for ScrapbookSteals. I had never used Fabric Tape, and Love My Tapes' Fabric Tape was wonderful!
For this first card, I used the Fabric Tape instead of ribbon. It seriously is so easy to use!!

After making a really simple card, I then decided to try my hand at weaving the Fabric Tape. Because it is sticky, it was easy to create the pattern. To make it all meet, I kept the paper lengths longer until it was time to cut the edges clean.

I love a pretty Moleskine notebook. This one was super fun to cover the seam in the notebook. To make the Fabric Tape stay longer, I ran it over the edges of the notebook. LOVE THIS!!

And my last card, an adorable Christmas card. The trees are simple half circles, that have Fabric Tape on one side. Then, they are folded into thirds and adhered to the paper. There is also a top and bottom border using the tape as well. 

I really loved using Love My Tapes Fabric Tape. It was super easy to create projects with, and cannot wait to snag a few more patterns and colors to add to my collection. If you want to purchase Love My Tapes Fabric Tape, make sure that you head over to ScrapbookSteals.com to pick some up today. SS has a steal each day at 9 AM and 9 PM MST. They also have some great contests, sketches and various techniques and information on their great blog!

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I will be choosing my own winner from the comments on this blog using Random.org. I have a few Christmas sticker sets and some matching American Crafts ribbon to send on to some lovely commenter. I'll choose someone on Monday morning :)

I also have a giveaway to celebrate all of my followers here.

Now that you've seen my work, please head on to Robin F.M. Jones' blog: http://www.custom-comforts.blogspot.com/ to see what she has created using Love My Tapes Fabric Tape.

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