Steampunk Mini Album

One of my dear friends, Amy Rodriguez, designs unique mini album dies and has shared her Hot Air Balloon and Dress Form Dies with me. I was so excited to get the opportunity to play with these dies. I wanted to share with you guys today the mini that I created.

From day one I knew I would use the Steampunk Debutant Line from Graphic 45 that I got from Flamingo on this mini. I wanted it to be tiered so that behind every dressform there was a hot air balloon. I also wanted the pages to be vibrant, elegant, but most of all interactive!




















Here is a video with a complete walk through of the concepts and details on each page.

Thanks for stoping by today,

Guest DT Tonya Gibbs: 2011 Calendars - Office Gifts

From Flamingo Scraps: Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante patterned papers; Tim Holtz Gears; 7 Gypsies Paddington Stamp set; Steampunk Grab bag; Prima Say it in pearls and lace bling.

Other supplies:  Bo Bunny metal brads;  Karen Foster Screw top Brads; Metal Charms; Paper Shapers Clock faces; Satin Fabric; Tim Holtz Ball and Chain; Tim Holtz Crackle Medium.

Every time I look at the Steampunk paper by Graphic 45 I’m inspired. So I figured if I made a calendar it would offer inspiration for another year. With each turn of the page month after month, I will be stimulated to create.  There are 6 chipboard pages, a month on each side. The pages are cut from the Tim Holtz Baroque die.   Calendars can be downloaded in the MS Word or PDF format from the Internet. I printed mine on a neutral cardstock for added stability.

They have been placed on the pages with an ornament hook, so they can be replaced year after year.

This project is awesome for using up random scraps, because each page can be unique.  Just remember to keep each page somewhat flat, so it doesn’t get too bulky.  The die cut will allow the calendar to stand freely on its own with the extra pages.

Want to see more?  Here's a video on my youtube channel you can watch:

More of Tonya's work can be seen here on her website or here on her youtube channel!

Flamingo Scraps -- Your Source for CREATIVITY!!!

Here at Flamingo Scraps -- we don't just sell scrapbook supplies, we ARE scrappers and paper crafters.  Our store grew naturally out of our desire to encourage other people to discover the joy, creativity, self expression, and preservation of memories that fuel our love of this fabulous hobby.  How restrictive then, would we be, if all we did was try to get you to buy buy buy -- what we really want is for you to create create create!!!  This is one of the main reasons behind our growing collection of grab bags, altering mediums, stamps, rubons, stickers, and embellishments like gears and ephemera.  The beauty of these products is that they can be used as is or combined to make your own unique items.

A few of our favorite things from Flamingo Scraps you can
use to create your own unique embellishments -- 7 Gypsies gears, ephemera and rubons; Prima flowers, bling, and stamps; Tattered Angels alterable ephemera,Glimmer Mists, Glaze and Glam; Maya Road Glitter, Chandelier Beads, Maya Mist, and Trinket Pins; Tim Holtz Distress Inks, and our Fabulous Flamingo Grab Bags!

As happenstance would have it our business began with making our own embellishments and selling them on eBay and on consignment.   Our love for creating our own embellishments has only grown as we have grown as paper crafters.  Here are some of our favorite things created with items from Flamingo Scraps and some tips and techniques for making them.

Just LOVING the new Prima Chicken Wire and Script stamps as backgrounds for tags (sizzix die cuts, distressed packing tags).  Tim Holtz distress inks add depth, color, and can tie diverse elements together.  Save and use your scraps of that gorgeous paper from Flamingo Scraps  for layered flowers and to cut tags, and dig into your stash of vintage-ish stickers and embellies -- or better yet, order up one of Flamigo Scraps Fabulous Grabs! 

Too Much???  Well, some of us can never have too much bling!  Packing tag was distressing using an experimental concoction of water, brown acrylic paint, brown Maya Mist, and bronze Glimmer Mist -- the tag was crumpled while still damp and the wrinkles highlighted with brown ink!

Close up of distressed packing tags with ephemera!

One of our favorite embellishments is watch crystals with items embedded in them with Crackle, Plain, and Sepia Glossy Accents!  The first one of these we made was in 2004 embedding a Euro from our Italy Mission Trip in a crystal.

Another long time favorite handmade embellie uses the fantastic Ranger microscope slide products -- frames, glass panes, and the new keepsake pockets!  Just discovered the 1" sets which can also be used to made bracelets!  These are really not as bulky as they may seem and make great pendants as well!  If you love these too -- let us know -- we don't carry them now, but we are always open to what our customers want!

So don't just think of Flamingo Scraps as a scrapbook store, think of it as your go-to source for CREATIVITY!!!

Flamingo Five: Hallowe'en in Wonderland

Welcome to our very first Flamingo Five!!  We picked five products then challenged our September Guest Design Team and ourselves to use all five items in our project or layout!!  So without further adieu... here are the five items:

Up first, Graphic 45 Hallowe'en in Wonderland,Wonderland Classifieds patterned paper:

And for our second item, Graphic 45 Hallowe'en in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass patterned paper:

The third item is Prima's new Craftables Flowers:

Fourth is one of our favorite staple items -- Prima Pearls & Crystals Ice bling:

And finally, the fifth item is the Flamingo Scraps Vintage/Steampunk Embellishment Grab Bag:

Full of Tim Holtz Grungeboard, watch pieces, clock hands, keys, metal gears, vintage ephemera, navy scallop ric rac, white ball trim.... every grab bag is different!!

All items available at Flamingo Scraps (limited quantities on hand!).   We all started with these supplies and the instructions to make something using all five items.  Any other items could be added to complete the project. 

Are you ready to see what we made?! 

Cindy's take:

 

I have to admit- when I opened the package containing the Flamingo Five, I had a moment of panic. My style is simple, so it is unusual that I use five supplies on a single project, let alone five that someone else picked out!

 

Fortunately, it didn't take long before I realized that these items would make a great Halloween wall hanging. I found an old wooden plaque, inked the edges with black Staz-On, and then used Mod Podge to adhere the dotted paper. I cut out Alice from the othersheet of paper and gave her a bunch of coats of Mod Podge too. With a coat of paint inside and out, and a smear of Stickles on top, the glass dome transformed into a full moon. The grungeboard pumpkin got a coat of paint and Stickles as well, and I backed it with a scrap of black paper. Then I punched out the negatives from the grungeboard butterfly and sprayed them and the Prima flowers with Glimmer Mist to make the pumpkin leaves.

 

 

 

To make the green vines, I sprayed the off-white trim with Glimmer Mist. When it was dry, I wound it around the handle of a foam brush and sprayed it with Krylon. Perfectly curled vines!

 

Supply list:  Flamingo Five; Staz-On - Jet Black; Stickles - Star Dust; Glimmer Mist - Key Lime Pie; Mod Podge; Krylon Acrylic Spray; Paint Delta (yellow) and Americana (brown, orange)

 

Jill's take

 

 

I used both pieces of paper. The flowers are in the upper left corner.  The pearls and crystals in ice are on the letters, the centres of the flowers and are the stars around the moon.  From within the vintage/steampunk bag, I used: ribbon, Tim Holtz grungeboard (moon/pumpkin).  I used my own: piece of cardstock (Bo Bunny), piece of purple pattern paper (Basic Grey) and the lettering.

 

Amanda's take

 

I don't have too many Halloween related pictures, so I ended up making a layout for my husband's book about his bike riding!

Flamingo 5 items, Bazzill cardstock, font is 1942 Report, charcoal Maya Mist and navy Tattered Angels mist.

 

What I love most about this layout is really hard to see... if you look closely to the picture above, you'll see a really subtle watermark effect on the cream cardstock.  I used my new 7 Gypsies gear stamp from the Steampunk stamp set and iridiscent pearl Maya Mist to "watermark" the cardstock with a shimmery pattern.  Just wanted something a little more than just plain cardstock!  

Susan's take

 

When my daughter Jessica was young, my Mother-in-law bought her an Alice in Wonderland dress from the Disney Store because she thought Jessica would look like Alice, at least Disney's version of Alice. Of course, I had to augment the dress with the white tights, black Mary Janes and a Headband to complete the "Alice" look!

 

I've been waiting for the right opportunity to scrap this photo of Jessica and Flamingo Five for September gave me the resources!

 

I used a Border from the Wonderland Die Cut Borders at the very top of the Layout. Bazzill card stock is the base of the Layout and the smaller photo mat. Everything else is from the Flamingo Five Set as follows:

1. G 45's Wonderland Classifieds - The fussy cut Alice, the dotted frame and the bigger photo mat
2. G 45's Through the Looking Glass - The fussy cut Mad Hatter and the horizontal paper strip under the photo.
3. Craftables Flowers - I used Bronze Glimmer Mist on the bigger bloom and Blue Raspberry Metallic Maya Mist on the smaller bloom, then layered them.
4. Pearls & Crystals Ice - Large Pearls used as flower centers
5. Steampunk Embellishment Grab Bag - Grungeboard Moon, Vintage Key, Navy Blue Velvet Ric Rac Trim and Vintage Clock Hands emanating from one of the flowers.

This was a lot of fun!

 

Suzanne's take

 

I have to admit I was worried about this first Flamingo Five challenge!  I'm an "organic" scrapper, could I work with pre-determined products?  Well, the answer is up to you, but I am pretty happy with the result!  I have wanted to scrap these silly pictures of my cat and was inspired by the Cheshire Cat in the Jack o' Lantern. 

 

 

I used both sheets of Hallowe'en in Wonderland patterned paper (1,2), the Prima E-line pearls and crystals in Ice (3), the Prima Craftables Flowers (4) and the lace, rick rack, clock hands, tiny paper bag, gear, and grunge butterfly from the embellie grab bag!  It must be said that Tim Holtz Distress Inks and a teal water color pencil helped me pull everything together!  Now I can't wait for the next Flamingo Five!

Now that we've made it to the end, we hope you enjoyed our very first Flamingo Five and you'll come back and join us on the 15th of each month to see what we made with a new batch of five goodies from Flamingo Scraps!  We hope that we have inspired you and we'd love to see what you make if you do, so please stop by and share it with us!

Straight from the Runways and into your Scrap Room!

I get tons of catalogs in the mail and the Fall fashion ones are starting to arrive.  No surprise that the Pantone Fall color palette is well represented - it's right on the money!  As predicted, the gorgeous, scrappy goodness arriving at Flamingo Scraps is coming straight off the runway as well.

Check out how the palette has matched up with Maya Road Maya Mist (MM), Tim Holtz Distress Inks (TH Ink), Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (GM), Glimmer Glam (GGlam) and Glimmer Glaze (GGlaze).

Scrapping and paper crafting supplies coming out of Summer CHA are not only matching the colors but the fashion trends as well.  Vintage, distressed and Steampunkishness are leading the way in what you will be wearing as well as what you are scrapping!

 

Check out this teal bustier..........

And here is the paper called Victorian Transformers from G45's Steampunk Debutante....

 This fabulous new pleated, ruffled ribbon trim is from Maya Road.....

.......and echoes the ruffle found on this jacket.

 Flowers are hot on the runway this season - but scrappers have always known that flowers are fantastic - and no one does this better than Prima!  Note the somewhat surprising flower on this purple leather jacket.....

.....and one of my favs from Prima this season - The Guava Peony Etude.  Now this would jazz up any jacket, layout or paper crafting project!

Vintage is found both in scrapping and paper crafts and fashion.  That means lace and more lace!  Compare this beautiful Clementine Chic trim from Prima.......

....with this romantic sweater.

Ever wished you could wear some of your favorite scrappy supplies or scrap with some of your fave clothes and accessories?  Well, this year it seems you can!!!!