Show Us Your Stuff

This month at Show us Your Stuff we have an awesome sketch below is my take on the sketch don't forget you need to have a hand made item on your LO, here is my take and the sketch.

Welcome to the Co-Hop!

Welcome! We're so excited you're here! Today is the first day of the Paper House Production Travel Co-Hop with Xyron, and what a week this is going to be! Not only will we have some great projects to show you, but you can win some great products each day from Xyron. AND, if you hop over to Xyron's blog each day as well, you can win some great products from Paper House!

For this Hop I have made a memory file I am just loving these files for large numbers of photos and the fact that whole story can be together.

I have used many collections from paper house productions to complete this file and the instructions are below.

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Instructions for Travel Memory File
Requirements
1 Sheet of 12 x 12 paper United States Map – East
1 Sheet of 12 x 12 paper United States Map - West
2 Sheet of 12 x 12 paper Grand Cannon left side or right side
1 Sheet of 12 x 12 paper Stable Wall  
1 packet of Road Trip Cardstock Stickers
1 packet of Road Trip Epoxy Stickers
1 Packet of Road Trip Canvas Stickers
1 Packet of Road Trip 3D Stickers
1 Packet of Road Trip Chalkboard Stickers
2 banners 1x 12inches long 1x 8 inches long 
1 x A4 File folder of your choice you can cut down a foolscap one to A4
5 foot of cream ribbon or seam binding
1 12 x 12 Hambly overlay 
Calico Lace 
Old Buttons

Tools 

Normal tool kit
Xyron Tape runner 
Xyron Glue Stick
Xyron Sticker Maker

Steps 
1. Take your file folder and the United States Map papers and line the inside covers of the file folder and cut off the excess paper. Now on the outside front cover I have added the long sticker from the cardstock sticker sheet across the top and then added 2 banners and the road trip 3D sticker as well as the are we there yet sticker.

2. Take the 12 x 12 sheets of Grand Cannon Paper and adhere them together back to front. Now cut 2 x 5 x 12 inch pieces. Take one and fold at 5 inch mark and score with the next piece fold and score at 4 inch mark. 

To make into folder stack the page folded at the 4 inch mark on the bottom and the 5 inch on top so that when folded in ½ they layer so you can see the layer to join together on the score line punch 2 holes 2 inches apart thread through some ribbon and on the outside tie a bow. Now on the back add tape and adhere to the inside cover of your memory file in the center.  

3. Take your Hambly over lay and cut to be 12 x 6 inches fold and score in half

4. Take the stable wall paper and cut a piece that is 10 x 8 and adhere this to the inside of the back cover in the center. I have also added some lace and calico as well as a calico bow to help dress the page

Now cut a piece that is 8 x 4 inches fold and score in ½ so it become approx. 4 x 4

Now lay this piece inside the Hambly overlay and lay both in the center of the memory file and punch 2 holes on the score line and tie together with ribbon with the bow on the outside of the memory file 

5. Now you need to print photos of your trip and add them to the pages and embellish as desired using the packets of embellishments.

6. You are now finished your memory file

Tip you can use scraps of fabric and lace to also decorate the memory file

Thank you for calling by Kim   

Long Live the King Of Rock and Roll with Paper House Productions

The King is a live and well and Paper House Productions have the scrap supplies for you to scrap your photo's of the King. I didn't have a photo to use and looked at the papers and worked out that I could use the papers to do the LO.

You will find the requires and instructions for this LO below.

Instructions for Elvis LO

Requirements

2 sheets of the 12 x 12 Elvis TCB paper

1 Sheet of 12 x 12 paper Elvis King of Rock n Roll

1 packet of Elvis cardstock stickers

Tools 

Normal tool kit

black Ink

Steps 

1. Take your 2 12 x 12 pages ink the edges on one with the other cut the ord Elvis as individual letters as well as Elvis 3D foam mount these cut out letters and image ready for adhering later   

2. Take the  12 x 12 sheet and cut out the image of Elvis’s head and from another section cut a piece that is 5 x 7 inches ink edges and adhere as per image of LO

3. Take your cut head of Elvis and adhere as per image of LO

4. now add your Elvis letter’s and cut out Elvis to the LO

5. using the stickers embellish as per image of LO.

6. You are now finished your LO

Tip you can use this LO as base for a photo of Elvis and just adhere over the image of Elvis on mat. 

Thank you for calling by Kim  

What is a Mother?

Hello everyone it is another post from Kim again today and I thought that with this post I would do a tribute to my mother and define what is a Mother as Mothers day is this Sunday. I will say now this is a very long post but I do hope you enjoy seeing what can done with the Memory Maze chippies.

To complete my tribute I thought I would make a memory file and fill it with lots of Memory Maze Chipboard.

I have decided to start this post with a short poem,

 "What is a Mother?"

A mother is someone to shelter and guide us,

To love us, whatever we do,

With a warm understanding and infinite patience,

And wonderful gentleness, too.

How often a mother means swift reassurance

In soothing our small, childish fears,

How tenderly mothers watch over their children

And treasure them all through the years.

The hearth of a mother is full of forgiveness

For any mistake, big or small,

And generous always in helping her family

Whose needs she has placed above all.

A mother can utter a word of compassion

And make all our cares fall away,

She can brighten a home with the sound of her laughter

And make life delightful and gay.

A mother possesses incredible wisdom

And wonderful insight and skill-

In each human heart is that one special corner

Which only a mother can fill!

Author: Katherine Nelson Davis

On the cover I have used the Picket fence and coloured with Heidi Swapp Glitter Pens

On page 2 I have used the awesome Butterfly Corner large and again coloured with Heidi Swapp Glitter Pens

Page 3 

Page 4

I have used the cute little flower flourish from the wheelbarrow set and again have coloured it with the Heidi Swapp Glitter Markers

Page 5 

Page 7

On this page  I have used a bird from the wheelbarrow set and again coloured with the Heidi Swapp Glitter Markers

Page 8

On this page I have used one of the funky Steam Punk Owl set 

Steampunk Owl Set

Page 9

I just love these beautiful vines they come from the Birds in Garden set

Birds in Garden Set

Page 10

Page 11

And finally Page 12

I just love the Vintage Frame Layered Oval frame which comes as a set of 2 so they could be layered. 

Thank for allowing me to share my large blog post with you and I hope you have enjoyed it. Kim

Its all About Mothers at Memory Maze

This months theme at Memory Maze is "All about Mothers", so for my first share I have decided to use a photo of my beautiful daughter with her great grandmother.

 I have decided to only roughly ink the wheelbarrow to give the illusion of rust and then I have hand cut the flowers to form the layers of flowers in the wheelbarrow.

I have used the following Memory Maze products on this layout

Wheelbarrow and Watering Can set

Title Treasured Moment

I thank you for coming to look at my creation and I look forward to my next post with you where I will be sharing a Memory File I have created using more Memory Maze Chipboard

See you for my next post this week
Kim

Look Pretty Play Dirty Country Girl - Paper House Productions

Today I am sharing a page I have made for Paper House Productions using their Country Girl Collection Pack, this pack is a soft and subtle colour range of papers and have work quite well with the photo of Country Girl Ryley Menz.

Here is my layout.