Maya Road Laundry Room Banner

I have lived in my house for 12 years, and for 12 years, the state of my laundry room has made me crazy!!  I had shelves built and a sink installed, but never got around to painting it.  And then Pinterest and spray paint empowered me!!!  It still isn't finished, but the washer/dryer area is painted in bright, fun colors.  Which led me to tackle another project that had been waiting -- a little bit of home dec to tie the room together!

As soon as I saw the Maya Road Canvas Laundry Day Set, the Vintage Wooden Spools, and the Sew Cute Chipboard, I knew I wanted to make a banner!

I alternated Laundry Day shapes with Canvas Flag Banner pieces and wooden spools strung on narrow ribbon.  The canvas pieces were attached mini wood clothespins.

I had a ball decorating each canvas shape with wash day words and images.  Stymied as to how to make a laundry basket -- I settled on the birdcage from the Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers set -- PERFECT!!!  My most favorite ever Pink Paislee chippie letters and more Maya Road embellies -- Mini Ruler, buttons, Laundry Day Mini Chipboard, and Heart and Hand Chipboard!

I raided my stash for safety pins, charms, and the awesome overall fasteners!  I have had those for years and years, saving them for the perfect project!

My laundry room is now a pleasure to work in -- the valance is a tension rod with Dollar Tree napkins draped on it -- and I am on to the next project!!

Thanks for Looking!

Welcome Sophia Elizabeth!

Some dear friends of mine from church recently welcomed a new great-granddaughter, Sophia Elizabeth, born Feb. 14!  I was going off to Scrap and Spa, in Union Pier, Michigan, for my annual scrappy weekend and a mini album was the perfect project to take! 

I started with an 8x8 acrylic album I have had so long I don't remember the brand! I chose Crate Paper's Emma's Shoppe collection with lots of embellies from Flamingo Scraps and my stash.

I really love working with acrylics though it can be a challenge to work out both sides looking neat!!

This is my finished cover -- I fussy cut the princess, added Prima bling, buttons, and made a charm of their songbird tiles!

I just love the Studio Calico Wood Veneer Potty People on this page -- a Four Generation picture is so special!

I recently found an old manual typewriter at a thrift store -- $5 and a new ribbon and I was in business!
Here I made jewelry hang tags with time, weight, and length on them.
I made plenty of tags of all sizes to tuck behind photo mats and on pages!

The page on the left is Webster's Pages Sunday Picnic with Prima flowers and leaves.  It coordinated beautifully with Emma's Shoppe!

Prima Trinkets by Marion Smith, seambinding, garment pins, pearls, Maya Road Trinket Pins, Crate Paper Bingo Chips, and miscellaneous embellies and trims ornament these pages!

On the back cover, I used a Maya Road stamp.

One of my favorite things about making minis is lavishing ribbon and trims on the binding rings and tucking in charms!

My friends loved this little book and I had such fun making it!!  I got some other projects done while in Michigan -- can't wait to share them with you!  Thanks for Looking!

Expecting New Arrivals and Nesting!!!

NOOOOOOOOO!  It would be a major medical miracle if I were THAT kind of expecting!!!!  But I did go into SERIOUS nesting mode around about the time sneak peeks of new CHA Winter 2012 releases started.   Though my whole house is undergoing a purge and organize regime, most of my time has been spent on my craft room and the spaces that house Flamingo Scraps!  I noticed that craft room re-dos were being discussed all over Facebook and very popular on Pinterest! 

And can I just say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Pinterest!!!  My mojo that was lost, now is found and I attribute it all to pinning!!

Everything used to be in stacked plastic drawers in the middle of the room --
this layout is much brighter and easier to get around in!
Almost everthing is in an open container -- you won't use what you can't see!!!
Love the Hobby Lobby "clip it ups,"  especially at 50% off.  Sewing machine and carts
with pictures underneath the table.

Fabric bins from Kmart, Michael's, and Big Lots
are labeled with chalkboard paper tags!

Ribbon in bins by color, buttons by color in glass jars,
bling, glitter, paints and mists -- I spray painted baskets I already had!

Paper storage, odd craft supplies, items for altering, stamps

Flowers!!!  The lazy susans are great for creating more room and getting to
what you have.

Some pinterest goodies -- pink tiered stand -- it is on a lazy susan --
Dollar Tree jars and candleholders, individual dessert dishes with
bling, beads, and buttons by color.

Art, artifacts, and objects that make me happy and inspire me!

Die cutting machine, dies, other large tools

Stickers, ephemera, alphas, grunge board, inks

Well, I guess I am all ready for the new arrivals!!!  Can't wait!!!  Stay tuned to Flamingo Scraps' Facebook Page, here at the blog, and our newsletters for updates on new items in the store!!!

Scraptathlon Week # 9

Week # 9 at Scraptathlon - just one more week to go and guess what?  Amanda is tied for third place!  Way to go A!!!

Here were our instructions from our hostess Kia:

It's use your STASH week here at Scraptathlon. Our victim this time around is BUTTONS! I have drawers full of buttons, I don't know why, but, I need to get past using one or two in a LO and USE some of the zillions that I have. So, for this week, your challenge is to use heaps of bountiful, bodacious, beee-yoo-ti-ful buttons as possible on your LO.

Here is Susan's take on the challenge:

This was a fun week on Scraptathlon!  And boy did we need it after Kia's Crazy Eights challenge last week!  I love buttons and I used a mixture of old and new on my layout.  I found some old photos of my kids on Cinderella's Carousel at Walt Disney World.  I fussy cut the banner to go across the top of the layout from Fancy Pants Wishful Thinking collection papers.  A little Glimmer Mist behind the photos and I even found a Carousel charm to use.  I used some Prima Pearls and Prima's Donna Downey Canvas Buttons.  The Webster's Bloomers even got some buttons glued in the middle!  Sorry for the poor photo - my scanner is on the fritz!

From Flamingo Scraps:  Fancy Pants Wishful Thinking patterned papers; Prima say it in pearls bling swirl, flowers and Donna Downey canvas buttons; Websters bloomers in Aqua and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

Other Supplies:  Carosel charm, Martha Stewart loopy punch, buttons from the stash, cardstock

And here's what Amanda did for the Buttons challenge:

I waited until the last day... I was totally lost in search of inspiration!  And then I remembered the topic challenge from the These are a Few of my Favorite Things blog right now... favorite stores!!  (If you haven't seen this topic challenge blog, check it out -- I'm always inspired!! Hi Julie!!)  Of course, I'm on the Target bandwagon.  I created a few quick Target logo masks using an ad we got in the mail, a heart mask I cut freehand, taped them down with temporary adhesive and misted the background.  I then removed my masks and filled my masked heart with some cut outs from the same Target ad.  I added a title, some glittery foam hearts and BUTTONS!!!   Whole layout came together in 30 minutes. 

From Flamingo Scraps: Cherry Metallic Maya Road Mist, Pink Paislee Artisan Alpha

Other supplies: darice foam hearts, black sharpie pen, miscellaneous red buttons, and a Target ad

Only one week left of our challenge!!  We hope you enjoy your weekend!!

LOVE THIS PROJECT INSPIRED BY KIM AT PAPER CRAFTS!!!

From the minute I saw Kim Kesti's butterfly mobile in Paper Crafts May/June 2010 issue (bonus online projects) I knew I had to try this gorgeous project!  My take is a little different, using Prima's Flights of Fancy papers, coordinating plain and patterned flowers, and glittered cardstock stickers, Prima Tropics Pebbles, Webster's Pages sparklers (vintage and scalloped) buttons (loving these!), Prima butterflies, Tim Holtz Rock Candy distress stickles and distress paint and magenta and turquoise stickles, misc. ribbon, Maya Road crystal trinket pin (hyped up a bit), Maya Mist in Iridescent Pearl, crochet thread in white shot with silver, wood embroidery hoop, and of course, misc. bling!!!!  While the focal point is the butterflies (sizzix and spellbinders), I also used other shapes cut using sizzix and spellbinders dies including hearts and scalloped circles and used the coordinating flowers for Flights of Fancy!

I did have a dickens of a time getting good photos and I'm still not sure I succeeded, but I hope y'all will get the gist!  I recommend using Kim's directions -- I will just comment on tips and tricks I used.

The ends of the 7 lengths of crochet thread are anchored by Webster's fantastic Sparklers buttons -- glue a pair together with the thread sandwiched in between -- I used zip dry adhesive on everything.  Then just continue up each length of thread using pairs of embellished butterflies -- glue only the center of the butterflies together and bend out the wings. 

Stickles, Distress Stickles, Rock Candy Distress paint, ink and bling highlight the shapes and make them pop!  Once I had the butterflies spaced, I filled in with other shapes, tiny butterflies, bling and the Tropics Pebbles and more of the buttons!

Per Kim's instructions, I attached the top ends of the thread to the embroidery hoop, covered the outer hoop with pink grosgrain ribbon and added two Prima butterflies and a stickpin.  Then I attached thread to gather at the top (Kim uses wire), tied it to a decorative ring, and it was ready to hang!!!  I'm already planning another, but this time I am going with a smaller hoop and shorter threads!

Thanks for looking!!

Daisy Buckets is going out of Business!

Sad but true, Daisy Buckets is going out of business.  I have always loved their double-sided paper collections!  The paper has a fabric feel to it and the reverse side of the UPC tear strip can be used as a coordinating border - what great idea that is!

Since Daisy Buckets is selling their inventory for 30% off, Flamingo Scraps has the newest Daisy Bucket collections at 35% off until they are gone.  We also have some older, single-sided papers and mini stamps that are already discounted.

Here are a couple of layouts I did.  First using The Nantucket Collection:

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Next using the Little Black Dress Collection:

Also available from Flamingo Scraps are Little Monsters and Posh Posies by Daisy Bucket.  So don't miss out on some fabulous papers at a fabulous price!

Color Love

When I saw the new Seaside Garden line from Webster's Pages I fell in love with the colors.  The mix of colors and patterns, while perfect for travel (all those suitcases and seahorses) also suited my Easter photos perfectly.  The aqua and yellow (you know how I am loving aqua) contrasted nicely with the pink and brown my daughter was wearing.

Websters Pages: Reader's Paradise,Underwater Oasis,Vintage Sparklers;  Prima Marketing:  Calcutta Minis Seashell; Ranger Industries: Distress Ink Pumice Stone

What colors are you loving this spring?

Hugs.

Nancy