Momenta and Helmar!

Hey, everyone!  I'm on the Momenta Blog today sharing a fun project using Momenta AND Helmar! We are in the throes of getting ready for back to school here and I wanted to make a fun and easy project for the kids' teachers to give them at open house. As a teacher myself, I know how much it means when a student brings a gift and that it's always a huge bonus when the gift is useful!

So, I started with a 4"x6" acrylic picture frame and inserted a fun piece of Momenta paper matted w/ matching cardstock. Then, I put another piece of patterned paper at about 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" matted with cardtock on top of the acrylic. I normally worry about adhering paper to acrylic, but not this time- with the Helmar tape runner, I had no doubt that it would stay put!

I added a ribbon and secured the bow with some Helmar 450! Then added the "just a note" stamped cardstock and simply peeled the backing from the sticky notes and stuck them right down. When the sticky notes run out, the teacher can just put a new pad right where the old one was- so it's re-fillable! The kids wrote a note to their teacher and I stuck that to the back and the project is done and ready do be delivered at open house next week!

Here's a front view of one of them:

And, here is a side view! You can see how it will sit easily on the teacher's desk without taking up too much room, ready to be used!

And, here they are for their group photo! One for each teacher!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are enjoying the Momenta & Helmar event as much as I am!

Helmar Products Used:
Quick Fix Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner
450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Momenta Products Used:
#17374- Doodle Floral 6x6 Coordinating Cardstock Pyramid Pad

Clearsnap and Momenta Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Momenta & Clearsnap Blog Hop!!  If you arrived from Megan Aaron's blog, then you are in the right place!  If not, jump back to the Clearsnap Blog so you can start at the beginning and not miss any of the scrappy goodness along the way!

You have a chance to win two prize packages each valued at $30.00!

 All you have to do to be eligible to win is visit the participating blogs on the hop and leave a comment on each one! Of course, we would love to have you follow our blog, too!

Deadline to leave a comment to win is 11:59pm (ET), Sunday 8/19.

Winners of the Clearsnap prize will be announced on the Momenta Blog on Monday, 8/20/12!

Here's one of the prizes you can win!

Now, onto my project!  I used the super fun Design Adhesive to create this fun card!  I cut the balloons and birthday hats out of the centers and just used the circle designs and some white embossing powder to create the background.  Then, I embossed one of the whole designs onto the green paper and stamped the sentiment using some of the Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx.

Here's a closeup of the design so you can see the great texture and pop that you get when you emboss these great designs!

These Clearsnap products were so fun to play with!  The Design Adhesives were really fun and I can't wait to try some of the other designs.  And, the Mix'd Media Inx was awesome!  The inkpad was nice and juicy and stamped a clear, precise image perfectly on the first try!  Thanks, Clearsnap!



Clearsnap Products Used:

Mix'd Media Inx Inkpad- Denim

Design Adhesives- Let's Party

Momenta Products Used:

#17374- Coordinating Cardstock Pyramid Pads 6X6- Doodle Floral

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible for the Momenta and Clearsnap Prizes!  Now, hop over to Denise Hahn's Blog to keep the fun going!

Altered Friends Frame

Hey, everyone-- this is the post that's shared on the Momenta Blog today! I'm excited to share this fun frame with you!

I started with a simple $1.00 wooden frame and painted it black. Then, I punched LOTS of circles out of some bright pink cardstock. Often, I would only punch a half or partial circle so that they would go on the edge of my frame and I wouldn't have to worry about trimmimg them later. I glued them on to my frame to create the fun polkadot look. Then, I went a little crazy and covered the WHOLE thing in glossy accents to give it an epoxy look. It took about a day and a half to dry (torture for those of us who are impatient!), but I LOVE the results!

I'll admit, my work wasn't perfect. There were some bubbles in the finish, but that was easily fixed with some blingy stickers! And, I also added the large title sticker. I put all of the stickers on while the glossy accents was still soft and tacky to make sure that they stayed put for a good long time!

The last thing added was the photo of these two goofy girls that they took of themselves!

The large sticker is puffy with some bling already on it! It's perfect for this project, but will also be perfect as a title on a layout!

My daughter just LOVES this frame and can't wait to display it proudly in her room. Now, I'll probably have to make another one for her friend!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed the project!

Momenta Products Used:

ST-3504: Mini Bubbles & Bling Stickers/Earthtones

PA-2375: Embossed Cardstock Pad/Brights

ST-1767: Serendipity Puffy Message Sticker/Friends

Helping Hands. Happy Hearts

This is my layout that is featured on the Momenta blog today!

This past April, we were lucky enough to be invited by our friend Anne to help her cook a dinner for the guests of the Ronald McDonald House in Portland, Maine. It was an incredible experience for us all. We made our whoopie pies that morning and brought them with us for dessert and then cooked a yummy dinner for about 30 people while we were there. While things were cooking bubbling away on the stove, we had the chance to take a tour of the facility and to sit and talk to a few of the families. We were lucky enough to see photos of their kids who were in the hospital and offer some comfort through hugs and yummy food.

We had a wonderful time but most importantly, my kids were able to experience the wonderful feeling you can only get by helping others. If you have an opportunity to find a Ronald McDonald House in your area to volunteer at, I urge you to do so! You won't regret it!

I loved the primary colors found in the Family Outings paper pad and thought they would work perfectly for this project!

Here's a closeup of the title using some of Momenta's fabulous puffy alphas! They are the perfect size for titles and their puffiness gives some great dimension!

And, here's another closeup where I covered a Basically Bare cardboard heart with some embossed cardstock and added more yummy Momenta stickers for a subtitle.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired to not only do something creative, but also to do something for others!

~Nicole

Momenta Products Used:
PA-2250 Family Outings Premium Cardstock Pad
ST-4826 Black Puffy Lowercase Stickers
ST-2661 Pure Puffy Polka Dot Alphabet Stickers

My Sketch World meets Momenta

Hey, everyone!  It's reveal time at My Sketch World!  Using Lucy's July sketch, this simple, but beautiful card that can come together in just minutes using Momenta's Black Tie Scrapbook Pad. The pad includes beautiful textured cardstock and 5 sheets of punch outs that include letters, numbers, card sentiments and images. They are all just gorgeous in black and white with touches of silver. Everything you need is right in one easy pack!

Using the sketch, I created this card for a wedding. Isn't it gorgeous? The touch of red just makes it POP! The flower image is one of the punchouts from the Black Tie Scrapbook Pad. I simply popped it with some foam tape and added a small red bow and POW! The red gem stickers are also Momenta products!

This is the inside of the card! Check out the beauty of the embossed cardstock! And, the oval shaped sentiment is also another punchout from the Black Tie Scrapbook Pad! It could be used on a layout, as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!  Check out what the rest of the My Sketch World's DT did with the July Sketches on the MSW Blog!
~Nicole

Momenta Products Used:
PK-2147- Black Tie Scrapbook Paper Pad
ST-3504- Earthtones Dots
Sketch by Lucy Chesna

Berry Picking!

This is my layout that is shared on the Momenta Blog today!

Hey, there everyone!  It's that time of year-- Strawberry Season! It's always one of our first "summer activites" after school lets out. We are lucky enough to have a huge strawberry farm just minutes from home. This year was a tricky season for the strawberry farmers and they had to close down the picking for a few days to let the berries ripen a little more. I knew it was going to be crazy busy on Sunday when they re-opened. I woke up early, ready to go! We arrived at the field at 6:45am with our boxes and there were already LOTS of people there! I was sure we'd be the only ones crazy enough to be there that early! The picking was great and by 8:30am we were home with 20 quarts of berries! Then we started jam production... but that will be a different layout!

For today's layout, I wanted to scrap our strawberry picking tradition. I scrap it every year, so it's a challenge to have the layouts not all look the same. I wanted to use the current trend of flags and banners along with the bright colors of Momenta's vacation collection.

Here's a closeup of the title work using some of Momenta's awesome stickers! I love how versatile these are! They stick so well, but are also easy to move around if they need to be shifted without ruining the paper! Because the word "strawberry" was so long, I decided to use some smaller stickers turned sideways for "straw" so that the title wouldn't overwhelm the page.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired and that your summer is off to a great start!

Momenta Products Used:
PA-2389: Vacation Pyramid Pad
SP-4826: Puffy Black Lowercase Alpha Stickers
ST-2561: Pure Puffy Polkadot Alphabet Stickers

Altered Journal for Momenta

Hey, everyone! I'm sharing a fun journal that I altered for my son on the Momenta Blog today!  I made one a long time ago for my daughter and he's never let me forget that I haven't made one for him yet. I was given the notebook a while back and I instantly knew it was one that would be perfect for altering!

Here's what I started with:

Since it was for my son, I decided to use a collection that looks rather masculine. So, I decided on the Vacation Pyramid Pad. It's masculine textures and distressed look made it perfect for the job!

As I was working, I needed the right size and color sticker. These large, glitter alphas were perfect, but a little too bright. So, just a few dabs of a black ink pad toned them down just enough!
Here's a before and after photo of the stickers... well, technically it's "after" THEN "before," but you get the idea!

And, here's what I ended up with! He's so excited to journal about this summer's adventures!

Here is the back! Isn't this collection just perfect for an adventurous guy?!

This is the inside. I covered the pen in paper so it would match and even created a pocket to hold ticket stubs and other mementos of the summer!

And, of course, not my daughter wants ANOTHER journal because "his is cooler than hers"!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired to make a fantastic summer journal for your kids-- or even yourself! Have fun!

Momenta Products Used:
PA-2389 - Vacation Pyramid Paper Pad
ST-3204 - Mini Puffy Alphabet Stickers
ST-5263 - Puffy Alphabet Stickers Small
ST-2037 - Turqoise Puffy Glitter Alphabet

Beautiful

Hey, there everyone!  The sun is finally shining so that I could get a good photo of my layout!  It was for the Momenta blog featuring some yummy Basically Bare heart chippies!  I used Momenta's Kaliedoscope and Free to Be Me Collection for this project, along with some fabulous stickers and a sketch from Becky Fleck.  I just LOVE how it came out!

And, here are a few close ups....
Here you can see how I split the journaling to add the subtitle in the middle.

And, here you can see the flags- I used a square punch to make the ends.  And, you can also see the fabulous heart shaped chippies from Basically Bare!  I love these for so many reasons-- the biggest one being that they are symmetrical.  Why is that important?  Well, because if you are anal-retentive like me (big shock, I know) and you can't decide which side of the paper you want to use, it makes it easy to flip the paper over (and over and over) to decide which one you want to use before making the final decision.  I also really like that the packages came with three different thicknesses in them.  Truly yummy all the way around!  Thanks, Basically Bare & Momenta for a fantastic partnership!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!  I hope you were inspired and that you'll come back again soon!

Flower Wreath Tutorial {Momenta}

Hi, everyone!  I have a really cute and easy wreath project to share with you that was shared on the Momenta Blog today! I used the Chloe's Garden paper collection to make my wreath, but this would look fabulous with many of Momenta's collections!
First of all, gather your materials:

Momenta papers of your choice, a floral foam wreath, pearl-headed pins (roughly 200), hot glue gun, flower punch, scissors, two spools of wide ribbon, mouse pad (not shown).

Next, start punching flowers! The number of flowers you need will depend on the size of your wreath, but I needed about 400 by the time I was done. I decided to bring in some help-- he's easily bribed with Power Rangers on Netflix and some icecream sandwiches! (and he's cute, too!)

While he was punching, I wrapped the wreath with the ribbon. I used the hot glue gun to secure the end and then just started wrapping. It doesn't need to be perfect, so just go for it!

Here's what it looked like after it was wrapped with ribbon.

Now, add a loop for a hanger. This piece of ribbon is about 10" long. I glued one end down with hot glue, made the loop and added a 1/2 turn and then secured the other end with hot glue.

Now, on to the flowers! Layer two flowers on top of eachother and lay them on the mouse pad (you don't have to use a mouse pad, but it sure does make it easier to push the pin through without stabbing yourself in the finger!). Push the pin through the center of the flower.

Now, gently bend the flower petals up toward the center to give the flower some dimension.

Now, push the pin into the wreath. And, start on your next flower.

Keep adding flowers to the wreath giving a random appearance to the pattern of the flowers. Put the flowers close enough together to cover the ribbon.

Just keep pinning flowers until you have gone all the way around your wreath and you are happy with how it looks. And, that's all you need! Isn't it pretty?

Here's a closeup of the flowers as they go around the wreath. I just love the way the pearl-headed pins look as flower centers.

This project is easy, but a little time consuming. But, you can easily walk away and come back to it. It took roughly four episodes of "Power Rangers" and two ice cream sandwich breaks to punch all of the flowers out. And I pinned here and there throughout the day until it was done. The kids are really excited with how it looks and want to hang it in the entryway of the house!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed the project and are inspired to try one for yourself!

Momenta Products Used:

PA-2384- 12X12 Pyramid Paper Pad: Chloe's Garden

Super Easy! Super Cute!

Hey, there everyone!  This is the card I have featured on the Momenta blog today!  I made a wedding version of the card, but it can easily be adapted to any occasion, especially birthday, graduations, anniversaries or Mother's and Father's Day!

First, make your card base. This one is a 4" by 6" card, so my card base is cut at 6"x 8" and scored and folded at 4".

Then, I matted some of the beautiful textured/embossed white cardstock from the "Black Tie" pack on some black cardstock from the same pack. Then, I adhered that onto the front of my card.

 

Next comes the FUN part! I cut my a piece of patterned paper from the "Black Tie" pack at roughly 2" by 3 1/4". Then I used one of the die cut border pieces from the same pack along the top of the "bag."

Then, I turned by "bag" over and attached some tissue paper and a ribbon (the handle) with some adhesive. I also added some foam tape to the back.

Lastly, I added a foil treated sticker (so the sentiment has a great metallic shine!) to the front of my back. I removed the backing from the foam tape and stuck the the whole "bag" to the front of my card!

So easy! So cute! So versatile! Aren't those the BEST types of cards?!

 

Momenta Products Used:

PK-2147: Black Tie/Foil Treatment 12X12 Scrapbook Pad

ST-3055: Black Tie/Foil Treatment Chipboard Word Sticker

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!

 

Getting Wordy with Momenta!

Hey, everyone!  I'm on the Momenta blog today sharing a fun"boy" layout based on a sketch by Heather Landry! First of all, here's the sketch:

I was totally inspired by the hexagons on the sketch- which seem to be all the rage these days. Heather even provides an SVG file on her blog to cut these little babies out! Since I am not very techno-savvy when it comes to SVG files, I printed out the image and adhered it to the back of my patterned paper. Then, I just cut out the hexagons, flipped my paper back over and BAM- there they are! I cut about 40 of them to complete this layout- that includes a few extra to pop with foam tape to create some dimension.

So, I MIGHT have got a little carried away with the stickers... I started out having a hard time deciding which of them to use-- they all describe my boy! So, I ended up creating a word collage! The colors of the stickers match the paper really well and I love how it came out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!

~Nicole

**Photo by Patricia Takacs of Kivalo Photography

Momenta Products Used:
PA-2390: Black & White Embossed Cardstock Pad
PA-2389: Vacation Pyramid Pad
ST-2128: Boys Will Be Boys Puffy Title Stickers
ST-3204: Black Uppercase Mini Glitter Alpha

Origami Dress Cards

Hi, everyone!  This is the project of mine that's featured on the Momenta Blog today. 

I spend a lot of time online looking for ideas and inspiration. Every once in a while, I come across something so fun that I have to try it immediately and then I can't stop! These little origami dresses was a gem of a find! I used a tutorial found on this blog and created these fun little dresses.

Aren't they the CUTEST?! And, they are amazingly easy! The paper in the Momenta Super Paper Pads are perfect for Origami projects, because the paper is nice and thin and easy to fold. And, the colors of the "Free to Be Me" Collection are just perfect for a project like this!

I used these sweet little dresses on two cards. This first one is just perfect for a friendship themed card. I made this one using the dresses where I started with three inch squares.

And, this one made using a four inch square for the "mom" and a three inch square for the "daughter" is a perfect card with a Mother's Day theme!

What other themes can you think of that these dresses would work for?

Momenta products used:

PA-2263: Free To Be Me Super Paper Pad

ST-4726: Kaliedoscope Clear Layered Stickers

ST-1739: Vibrant Bubbles and Bling Stickers

I hope you enjoyed the project I shared today.  Be sure to come back soon-- i've recently reached 100 followers and I think that a celebration is in order!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you were inspired!

Momenta and Purple Cows!

Oh what a week this has been with the fantastic partnership between Momenta and Purple Cows! I am excited to share my projects that are on the Momenta Blog today!   Be sure to visit the Momenta Blog for information on how to win a fantastic prize!!

First up is a layout that I made using the awesome "Punch It" tool from Purple Cow's Craft Geek line. I got the really cool "Summer Punch." Not only is it easy to use, it has a ton of possibilities and can punch anywhere on your page thanks to the fabulous design. I love how this one also has a bit of embossing included in the design.

To make the punched strip, I simply lined up the punch and went across my paper in a straight line. Then I trimmed out the strip with a pair of scissors to leave me with the fabulous design you see here.

Next up is the "Pin It" tool. This thing works like a charm! The designs of the pins are super cute and come in a variety of metallic finishes. On the card you see here, I used the pin that looks like intertwined scalloped hearts and tried to mimic the pattern of the pin with my papers. I like how the pin joins my two paper hearts together. I was a little leary of how well it would punch through multiple layers of paper, and I was very impressed with how easily it works. And, again, because of the ingenious design, you can pin your piece anywhere on your card, layout or project!

See how the pin looks up close?

And, here it is on the completed card! I love how the pin adds dimension and shine, and gives the card a finished look!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!

Momenta Products Used:

PA-2240- Family Forever 12X12 Premium Paper Pad

ST-4838- Family Forever Sticker Kit

ST-4791- Puffy Title Stickers Family Forever Glitter Treatment

Purple Cows Products Used:

Pin it #7000

Punch It- Summer #7203