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Paper Crafting: Vintage Inspired Christmas Ornament Swap

08 Sunday Dec 2013

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ScarletCalliope Vintage Christmas Ornament Swan 1

This past weekend I went to a very special event hosted by my friend, Kim Caldwell. The event was called Winter Wonderland and was held at the magical Disneyland Hotel. A wonderful part of the creative retreats that I attend is the swaps among the participants. It’s so much fun to create a set of identical ornaments and receive a set back from your friends that are so beautiful and gorgeous, and handmade!

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There were several swaps for this event but I only joined the vintage Christmas Ornament Swap. Since I have 2 other ornament swaps PLUS a Secret Santa swap going on, I didn’t want to overload myself!

For this swap I created a Victorian-inspired Christmas Ornament, with a swan as the focal point, complete with vintage glass glitter and tinsel around the edges.

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I created a sweet bow, using Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon, and attached it to the vintage-style bottle brush tree and used Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon as the beautiful hanger, as well. The ribbon I used is Buttercream, from the “I Do” Collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

XO,

Christine Barler

PS:  Did you get a chance to see my tutorial on using the Martha Stewart Scoring Board? I made a VIDEO tutorial with all of my best tips for making no stress paper rosettes! Check it out!

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Paper Crafting: Happy Birthday Card for Dawn Rene!

05 Thursday Dec 2013

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Today is a very special day for the Lovebug Creations Creative Team.

It’s Dawn Rene’s birthday!

Phenomenal!

To wish her a happy day I created a Circus-Themed birthday card and I’m so excited to share it with you!  First, I have to tell you about the Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon. I used Simply Blue, from the Star Spangled collection, and William, from my favorite collection, Family Ties.

And, I used some Dark Yellow Mama’s Mesh to give this project a little texture and interest.

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I picked up a Graphic 45 Stack, Le Cirque, from my favorite scrapbooking store, Paper Tales, in San Diego, CA quite a while back and I’ve been hoarding it waiting to use it. Dawn Rene’s card is the perfect reason to break out this paper and start creating. This card took me to Doodle Town!

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There’s so many great vintage circus icons in this paper collection that my mind was on overload trying to narrow down the choices!

ScarletCalliope Happy Birthday Card Dawn Rene

Happy Birthday, Dawn Rene, and many more!  Please leave a Happy Birthday greeting in the comments for Dawn Rene to read and then visit the Lovebug Creations Blog to see the other amazing cards made for her.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

XO,

Christine Barler

PS:  Did you get a chance to see my tutorial on using the Martha Stewart Scoring Board? I made a VIDEO tutorialwith all of my best tips for making no stress paper rosettes! Check it out!

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Paper Crafting: Halloween Fun

18 Friday Oct 2013

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ScarletCalliope Halloween Treat Jar 1

This week I have an easy Halloween project for you. All you need is a jar, some filler, some of your favorite Halloween-themed paper embellishments and some gorgeous Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon.

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The jar is filled with some cute candy corn filler that I bought at the craft store and decorated with some gorgeous Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbons.

Alternatively, you could add in some real Candy Corn, but make sure that it’s Brach’s or the Candy Corn Snobs are going to get upset!  You think I’m joking, don’t you? Nope, I have a friend whose name begins with M and she is a Candy Corn Snob!

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I used some scrapbook paper from the Dollar Spot at Target, layered with a scalloped circle edged with a black stamp pad, another scalloped circle (I do love me some scallops!) and topped with a bat stamp from the dollar section at my local craft store.

Next, I tied on some beautiful Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon and finished it with a Halloween Kitty brad.  Here I’ve used Purple People Eater and some Simply White Rumple Ribbon.

It’s easy to make and super cute to add to your Halloween decorations or to give away to one of your BFF’s!

 

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Thank you so much for stopping by!

XO,

Christine Barler

 

 

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Paper Crafting: Happy Birthday Card for Zeni!

20 Friday Sep 2013

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Birthday Zeni

Hi everyone!

Today is a very special day for the Lovebug Creations Creative Team.

It’s Zeni’s birthday! Write on!

Birthday cake and candle Zeni

To wish her a happy day we created birthday cards for her and I’m so excited to share mine with you!  First, I have to tell you about the Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon. I used Princess Party Pink and Eyes of Blue.

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I picked up a DCWV Stack at the craft store a while back and I’ve been waiting to use it. Zeni’s card seemed like the perfect opportunity!  The Stack is called Vintage Collector and I am really fond of it because not only does it have images of vintage typewriters, which I collect (really, what don’t I collect?), but it also has pics of vintage cameras. And bottle caps, and inspirational sayings on chalk board and hot air balloons!  It’s so cute and I adore the colors.

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I tied the Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon into a sweet double bow and surrounded it with some girly accents from my stash. It needed just a little bit of fancy sparkle so I added some pearl-colored sequins. The paper stack came with a nice sentiment coming out of the typewriter but it wasn’t just right so I typed up my own and printed it out on vellum. I know I’m older than some of you but do you remember typing up letters back in the day on a typewriter and using paper so thin it was almost like tissue paper?  I think they did that to save on postage when mailing letters overseas. Anyways, I’m such a stickler for random details so I just had to create what I had in my mind.

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I’m crazy about how the pink and turquoise ribbon really create a burst of color for this card. I hope Zeni likes it!

Happy Birthday, Zeni, and I hope you celebrate all month long.  Please leave a Happy Birthday greeting for Zeni to read and brighten her day! If you want to see the other amazing cards made for her you can see them on the Lovebug Creations Blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

XO,

Christine Barler

PS:  It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. Did you find out if you were the winner of the Something Wicked This Way Comes Blog Hop?  The winner was announced on the Lovebug Creations Blog. Find out if you’ve won!

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Design Team Call: A Gilded Life

08 Wednesday May 2013

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A Gilded Life Call for Design Team Members

A while back I was a member of the Gilded Girls Stash Society from Shea Fragosa and Debbie Murray, but I had to stop because I kept stashing and hoarding and I’m still really struggling with using the vintage pretties that I got in those couple of months. I just like to have it and look at it!  Anyone else feel that way about their stash?

Gilded Girls Stash Society

If you’re anything like me, you love vintage trim, antique flowers, silver sequined ribbons and this is your perfect opportunity! They’ve announced a Design Team Call and the benefits are pretty nice.

Gilded Girls Stash Society

They are looking for projects featuring stitching, jewelry, papercrafting, collage, and mixed-media. They want you to pull out all the stops and show them what you’ve got! And when they say pull out all the stops, that means embellish and decorate, and when you think it’s enough, don’t stop. Keep going!

Gilded Girls Stash Society

I can’t possibly put this design team call into better words so I’ll just give you what Shea Fragoso and Debbie Murray are saying:

“Are you a romantic at heart, with a passion for all things worn and wonderful, glittery and glamorous?

Are you a versatile artist/crafter that would enjoy working with the products that A Gilded Life offers, and a desire to work on a small design team with the potential for widespread exposure?

Then we are looking for you!”

Deadline for submissions is June 5.

Gilded Girls Stash Society

Check the What Happens Next blog for all of the details!

Good luck, Friends!

xo,

Christine Barker

Swap: Spring Is In The Air Tag Swap

23 Tuesday Apr 2013

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I feel so lucky to have so many talented friends. One group of friends, some that I’ve never even met, are involved in swaps hosted by my amazing friend, Julie Weller.

Julie puts out the call on Facebook to see who wants to join in.  The last swap we made, Spring is in the Air, happened just before Easter.

ScarletCalliope Spring Tag Swap

For this particular swap the guidelines were to make Spring-inspired tags and to use the colors that were shown in the swap button.

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Part of the fun of receiving the swaps is the beautiful and creative way that the girls package them up.

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Here they all are, each one different but so beautiful!

The tags were made by Julie Weller, Jeanine Weiss, Mariasela Vallejo,  Michelle Duke, Tashia Jacques, Teah Barrow, Sherry Bamsey and me.

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This is my tag. I created the balloon with the Cricut Victorian Romance cartridge, a piece of vintage doily, white pom poms, paper flowers from Prima Marketing and of course, some beautiful On the Edge Rumple Ribbon in “Icy Sky” from Lovebug Creations.

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Some people have asked me how to join a swap. The best way is to host your own and make the announcement on your Facebook page. But, if you aren’t ready to jump into the Hostess seat, I recently found out about a great place to join other swappers, Swap-Bot. “On Swap-bot, you can host swaps, join swaps, and chat with other swappers from all over the world.”

Thanks for visiting and let me know if you sign up to join a swap on Swap Bot!

xo,

Christine Barker