Fit for a Princess

Hello Imaginisce fans. This past weekend, my middle daughter turned 4 years old and we had a Princess & Knight themed birthday party to celebrate.  Imaginisce has all kinds of products perfect for creating things for your little princess and I want to share with you some things I made for mine. 

You might remember this album I made a few months ago using the Enchanted line.  It was made specifically with this party in mind.  I can't wait to finally add photos to it.  For more details on the album, check out THIS POST.

(Album by Clear Scraps)

Next up is an altered canvas bag that doubles as a gift bag.

I used the i-rock tool and crown stencil to add some bling to the bag.  Some fashion flowers and ribbon  attached to a pin/badge combo made a nice little removable pin that I attached to the handle.

Last, but certainly not least, is a crown for the birthday girl and some party favours for the guests.  Imaginisce has all kinds of fun hair accessory items in the i-top line that make customizing hair accessories to your theme quick and easy. 

Design Tip:  In lieu of using paper with the i-top to make the flower centers, I used a small fashion flower.  It is the perfect size for covering the medium twist daddies.  The fabric of the flowers is a much more durable choice for a headband.  Also, the sheer flowers allow some of the silver of the twist daddy to show through giving it a really neat effect.

So there you have it.  From albums to gift bags to hair pieces, these are just a few of the things you can make to celebrate your little (or big) princess in style.

Thanks so much for visiting!

All about 3D

Hi everyone, today I get to host on the blog and I have dedicated my post to 3D projects...

You might think that Scrapbooking products are only to be used on flat image projects like layouts and cards, but that is why I wanted to show you...that they can be used for 3D projects too.

Some might think 3D projects are hard to do and time consuming, but with a little help with templates (some bought and others free on the internet), it becomes quite a fun thing to do, at least I know once I see the end result, that I really have achieved something great.

Below are a couple of projects I created using beautiful Imaginisce product, which is very versatile and be can used to make many kinds of project you dream of...

I created the Merry-Go-Round Carousel, which can be used as decorative pieces on a birthday table with a funfair theme, or they can used as place cards for each child, as the bottom base lifts open to reveal a box that can be filled with treats. 

Products used ~ Imaginisce Animal Crackers Range

Template can be purchased here

I created this beautiful basket filled with strawberries, that can be filled with candy or chocolates and can be given as a gift to someone special.

Products used ~ Imaginisce Berrylicious Range

Template for Strawberries can be purchased here and basket here 

Here I created a 3D owl birthday card, holding a mini card in his beak, sitting on a branch with leaves, is he not the cutest little owl. It could also be used a place card for a party or thanksgiving dinner.

Products used ~ Imaginisce Splash Dance Range

Template can be purchased here

Here I created a beautiful little cupcake gift box to place a bracelet for a friend's birthday. It could also be used as a treat box filled with delicious candy.

Products used ~ Imaginisce Enchanted Range

Template can be purchased here

So, there you have it, they may look hard to make, but the end result is so worth it. I really hope to see more of you trying them out. 

Spring Mix

No, we're not talking about a mix of some of these.

But, a mix of some of these.

That's right, we challenged a couple of our designers to create a layout that mixes at least two of our Spring releases. And you are going to LOVE the results.

My Unhappy Prince Charming by Michelle Unruh

Here's what Michelle said about her scrapbook page:

This was a fun challenge. I decided to try and use the Enchanted line with a photo of my baby boy when he was a bitty baby. The little frog on his shirt made me want to use the Enchanted line. I actually managed to use something from all four lines I have. The brown dot and green polka dot paper are from Berrylicious. The green strip I punched was from Animal Crackers, with the rest from Enchanted. I even snuck a little Garden Party in, using the small brown flower and brad under my title. I used a fashion flower to anchor my frog at the bottom as well as some hot rocks sprinkled around my page. Even bitty Prince Charming needs a little bling! :) With all that is going on at my house lately, I don't have much time or mojo. More like the mojo is missing!! So, I used a sketch from Sassy Lil Sketches that gave me the inspiration I needed. Side note - I wish I could shrink him back to this size again!!! He was so fun (still is, but sassier! LOL) and so darn cute! I miss that baby smell!!! Dreft laundry soap mixed with Nivea lotion on a freshly bathed baby!!! Heaven!!!

Feeding Giraffes by Aphra Bolyer

And here's what Aphra had to say about her layout:

I love the themes and patterns of Imaginisce's papers and embellishments, but I also love the wonderful "B" sides. There you will usually find smaller more neutral patterns that can fit just about any theme. I decided to really take advantage of the back sides on this layout about my kids feeding giraffes while on vacation last summer. I loved how well my photos popped off the green backside of the Just Peachy paper (from the Berrylicious collection) and how the Summer Stripe paper (also from Berrylicious) tied all my colors together. The solid blue backside of Rows of Posies (Garden Party collection) was perfect for my clouds while the yellow backside of Cherry Lemonade made for a great sun. For close-ups and details about the Cricut cuts I used, please visit my blog My Scrappy Life.

Wasn't that fun? Ok, now we want to see you mix it up and flip it over. You might just surprise yourself. And be sure to show off your creations at our Facebook page. We'd sure love to see!

Bling'n the Mini!

Are you ready for some more I-rock inspiration?

Well, today we are "Bling'n the Mini!" What better way is there to finish off a mini album than to add a touch of bling? There is no easier way to make your project go from looking ok...to WOW! in just a few minutes, using the I-rock.

Below are a few sneak peeks of what a few of our design team members have created. But...you will have to visit each of the designer's blogs to find out what they made...

Samantha Hauzer

Rhonda VanGinkel

Heather Leopard

Now, after you've visited each blog on our mini blog hop and left a little comment, make sure you hop on back to the Imaginisce blog and leave one final comment for your chance to win an AWESOME prize!

We would love for a lucky follower to have their own obsession with bling. To make sure that happens, we are giving away an amazing
i-rock bundle of goodnessto a randomly drawn follower who hops to each of our designers blogs, leaves a comment on each of the blogs and then hops back here for a final comment about some of the ideas they would like to try with their very own i-rock.

Hope you enjoy the hop!

Guest Designer: Kristen Swain (double sized giveaway too)

We are so excited to feature the very talented, Kristen Swain. She has helped us on some of our advertising and trade show materials and really thought we should invite her to stop by our blog. 

Message from Kris: Hi! I’m Kristen Swain and I live in Maryland with my husband of almost 15 years and our two girls, Alizabeth and Annalise, our three cats and dog. I have been scrapping for over 12 years, and been designing professionally for almost 7 years now. I have been having my designs published for the last 9 years in many of the industry’s leading magazines. I started out scrapbooking, which has led me into card making and created altered items and home decor. I also like baking, painting and some other crafts, but scrapbooking is my most favorite creative outlet.


Here are some new projects Kristen created for us our feature today and they are so stinking cute!! But be sure to scroll all the way to the end of this post to learn about all the fun product giveaways you could win by stopping by for a visit today!

We asked Kristen some fun questions so we could get to know her a little better: 

What is your favorite embellishment? Well, I think my most favorite embellishment but anything pretty or with glitter usually holds top place in my heart.

What is one item or technique you use most often? My most used embellishment is definitely a button with some twine tied on it. I use them pretty much on everything I create!


What is your favorite Imaginisce tool or product? Oh that's a hard question, I certainly love the ITop tool and the button's I can create with it. But I think I will have to go with the IRock tool and gems, it works so well, I used some on a jean skirt of my daughters and they have stayed on completely, we don't even get that with the manufactured clothing!

How do you kick off your creative process? Sketch, photos, paper style, etc.? Usually it's a theme with a layout, but cards and altered items I find ideas come best when I see and think about the products I'm going to use.

What product couldn't they live without? Buttons! Glitter, my Cricut machines, a good pair of scissors and trimmer, Glue Arts Adhesive Squares.

Berrylicious Collection

Diet or Regular? regular- so bad- but yum

When and where do they scrap/craft? I do my best creating in the late mornings, just before lunch! I have an office in my home where I am able to create.

Little Cutie (Boy) Collection

What did you want to be when you grew up? I knew, I mean, just KNEW, that I was going to be an advertising executive when I grew up. But life has a funny way of changing things and I couldn't be happier how things turned out.

If you could live anywhere, where would it be? In the south, somewhere beautiful, maybe southern Florida, without the storms!

Little Cutie (girl) Collection

What is the one thing (not a person) you couldn't live without? My computer, I need to stay connected!

What's the last book you read? Finger Licken Fifteen by Janet Evanovich


And we found some fun projects Kristen created a while back with our fun Dinoroar Collection. We couldn't remember if we'd posted these, so we thought we'd share them again (too cute not to). 

Double the Giveaway: 
First, we're going to send one lucky winner a BIG box of Imaginisce goodies. And then to double your fun....we contacted GlueArts because we know it's one of Kris's favorite adhesives. They wanted to sponsor her Guest Designer spot here on the Imaginisce blog and they offered to giveaway the following to a lucky winner: a Glue Glider Pro, refill of your choice, the new 8 1/2 x 11 U Cut It Foam Sheet, Extreme Adhesive Squares and the Ribbon Adhesive. Now that's a lot of sticky goodness!!

What you need to do to be entered to win:

1. Visit Kristen Swain's blog and follow her blog, or if you're already follower leave her a comment on her most recent blog post. Then return and tell us which of her projects you like the best!!

2. Visit GlueArts Facebook page and tell them Imaginisce sent you!! Come back and leave a comment telling us you did this.

3. Visit our Facebook page and tell us "what inspires you when you're getting crafty". Come back and leave your name so we know you visited our Facebook page too!!

Winner will be announced this Friday, March 4th. 

So MANY November WINNERS....the most EVER at one time!!

The majority of these prize winners have been from posts starting back at the begging of this month. We are so busy working on new products we never found the time to round up the winners until now. Please read carefully to see if you were one of our lucky winners!!

ENCHANTED LAUNCH PARTY
We had so many winners from last week's launch party and finally figured out who those winners were...so here you go. Hope you're a winner (although everyone that reads our blog is a winner)!

Day 1 Layout Inspiration winner of an Enchanted Collection is: Victoria's Place

Day 2 Enchanted with Roly Rosies winner of an i-bond took, Enchanted Collection, Roly Rosies/pop-up Posies & Petal Roller Tool is: Jayne

Day 3 3D Project Tutorial by Adia winner of an Enchanted Collection is: Jessica

Day 4 Card Inspiration winner of a big box of PINK product is: Kim Thompson

Day 5 Melinda's Jewelry Holder Tutorial winner of an i-top tool, rings & snap daddies is: CraftyGirl (barb)

Day 6 Layout Inspiration winner of an i-rock tool is: Lesabe

OH MY CRAFTS TOOL POST
Thanks for playing along....Last week OMC posted on their blog that they wanted to know which tools were your favorite, so we of course asked our FB fans to help us out and let them know how much you loved Imaginisce tools. So here's the winner from that giveaway: AMANDA KNIGHT-BODINE

SCRAPBOOK & CARDS TODAY 
We were fortunate enough to have Kimber feature us on the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog a little over a week ago and they gave us the opportunity to giveaway a subscription to their BEAUTIFUL publication. The lucky winner is: isay

AUTUMN SPLENDOR CLASS KIT
Our very talented Cari Locken posted a great blog post about her beautiful class kit she created with the Apple Cider Collection. She offered to giveaway one of these kits and the lucky winner from her blog is: #63 Jennifer Reynard said...
Absolutely love the beautiful fall colours and enjoy the Indian Summers that we are sometimes blessed with. Love taking walks in the fall as the
air smells so wonderful.
NOVEMBER 13, 2010 11:50 AM

DINO-ROAR WALL DECOR
Winner of the Dino-Roar Wall Decor Blog Post: Staci from New Jersey

NORTHRIDGE PUBLISHING CreaTV Giveaway
This one was a big giveaway and included prizes for 3 lucky winners, but since I barely remember creating the post, I figured you all wouldn't remember what it was we were giving away. So here's the list of prizes and the lucky winners:

1. Watch (all or part) of the i-rock video & leave a comment for entry 1...you'll win an i-rock tool & some bling AND some of the Northridge publications! The winner is: EileenMV
   
2. Watch (all or part) of the i-top video & leave a comment for entry 2...you'll win an i-top tool & some of the new i-top innovations AND some of the Northridge publications.  The winner is: Cindy
   
   
3. Tell your friends to come check out this blog post....we'll pick a winner to get some great Northridge publications and paper products from Imaginisce!! The winner is: Jennifer Reynard

QUILTING WINNERS
Monday we offered up TWO giveaways on our blog past about the Quilt Market show Imaginisce attended. We'll be shipping out the i-bond tool to the winner of the first giveaway of "which tool are you the most excited about and why" was:  Anna Fearer

And the second question we asked about was do you do anything with sewing, fabric or quilting. The winner will receive an i-top tool and a ton of button daddies. Congrats goes out to: Mandi P

MY PINK STAMPER POST
We were excited to have Robyn create a fun video featuring again the fun Dino-roar collection. So the lucky winner of a Dino-roar product set is: DebC

We also picked a winner from our Facebook page as well. Congrats to: Michelle Ann Green

Whew! I think we posted ALL the winners we could find from November. If we haven't already gotten in touch with you (thank you people with emails on their profiles) then be sure to send us an email with your shipping information. Note the contest you won in your subject line too!