Paper Casting

Have you ever heard of paper casting? Jonnelle introduced me to it yesterday and I can't stop!! Want to try it? I'll tell you how...You will need bathroom tissue, a rubber stamp , and a dry towel or paper towels.

Here's how you do it...

1. Tear off about 8-10 squares of bathroom tissue and stack them on top of each other. You can use more or less squares depending on how thick the tissue is and how puffy you want your image. Moisten the paper in the sink. You will want to get it pretty wet.

2. Lay the bathroom tissue stack on your stamp. Press image into stamp. Use your fingers to push paper into the details.

3. While the paper is wet, tear sides for uneven edges or use the side of the stamp to tear straight edges on your image.

4. Using a dry towel or paper towels, press onto image to soak up excess water. Try to get as much water out as you can.

5. Carefully remove image from stamp and let dry.

After the papercast is dry, you can color these with chalks, inks, or other mediums. I used ink pads and a sponge dauber on mine!

I'm totally in love with this technique! Why don't you give it a try! If you do, please send me a picture of it or come back here to tell me how you liked it!

Stamps: All Holidays, Bloomin' Beautiful

Cardstock: Really Rust, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue

Ink: Really Rust, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Toilet Paper!!

Lovely Letters Gift

I was asked to make personalized notecards to give as a wedding shower gift. The bride is using "Pistacio"as one of her wedding colors. The closest I could come was Certainly Celery! I sort of cased this card but added another layer! What do you think?

I got the Lovely Letters set FREE from Stampin' UP! They are so generous with their demonstrator rewards programs! What a fun company to work for! If you are thinking about joining, I'd love to have you as part of my growing team! Call or email me for details!

On another note, Ben really wanted me to "put this picture on my computer"! He's my CRAZY 5 year old! He's definitly a handful but he's so hard to get mad at because he is just SO funny and absolutly adorable! I feel sorry for his teachers!

Have a wonderful day!

Reminder: Button Share!!

I've been dying to use the new Stampin' UP! Corduroy Buttons but just can't decide which colors to order! So, I've decided to do a Corduroy Button Share so we can get ALL of the colors! Here's how it works...there will be 8 spots in this share (I'll do another group if there is enough interest). Once all 8 spots are taken, I will place the order. You will get 3 buttons of each color (1 of each size) for a total of 24 buttons. The colors include Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie and Summer Sun.Cost for local customers is $11.50. If you need your buttons shipped to you, your cost will be $13.I will be placing the first round of orders on May 1st, if all spots are full. There will be 8 spots in each share. If round 1 fills up, I will start another round. You are more than welcome to buy more than one share! You may reserve your spot by emailing me at leaving a comment here or emailing me at wiemannfamily@verizon.net

Rock-A-Bye Boy Pages

Here are the boy pages as promised...! For some reason I cannot get the first two to rotate! If anyone has any advice, let me know!

We're off to the park! Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!!

Scrapbooking

Last night was Scrapbook Night at the Wiemann House! I held a class using the Rock-A-Bye Simply Scrappin' Kits and it was SIMPLE! Here are the layouts that I created! Excuse the glare on the pictures.I was trying to get these taken before the little ones woke up this morning and insanity began!

Simply Scrappin' Kits make scrapbooking SO easy! Stampin' UP! offers a variety of kits for your scrapbooking needs! Browse my online store by clicking the "Shop Now" button on my Stampin' UP Website to take a look!

Come back tomorrow to see the boy layouts! And don't forget to subscribe to my blog for a chance to win a prize!

No Stampin' On This One!!

Last week I made 16 cards with less than 1/2 of the Petal Party Simply Scrappin' Kit and the Chit Chat Rub-Ons. I love how easy and cute they were! Here is one of my favorites! I'll be posting the rest of them sporadically!

Well, it's a rainy, yucky Monday and I am so thankful that I don't have anywhere to be today! I just got JP off to school and now I think I'll head upstairs and start cleaning. I've promised myself that if I can get the boys rooms and the upstairs bathrooms cleaned this morning that I can stamp this afternoon!

Birthday Card Gift Set

I made this gift set awhile ago but never got around to posting it. I'm planning on having a class using this set, Crazy For Cupcakes. But, I keep getting more ideas than I have time! I'll schedule it one of these days!