i-space with Erin Bassett

Hi everyone, it's my turn to share with you where I create.

My craft studio has evolved over time. When we first moved in I used a tiny 40" space and a coat closet...eventually my husband created a long workbench for me in another room and so that's where I work now.

This is the crafty portion of my workbench:

To the left of it I have a couple of Ikea Expedits stacked up for storage:

Here's a better shot of my flower and tulle storage that's on the back of that closet door:

I keep all of my i-rock supplies in this caddy...it's getting pretty full so I guess that means I need to create more stuff! ;)

Since my workbench is counter height I have room for my printers and die-cutting machines under it. It's not my favorite storage solution for them...but it's all I have space for right now.

And here's what's at the far left side of the workbench...my computer space:

I hope you enjoyed the peek into my space. I'd love to see yours...please leave me a link to your space in a comment below so I can check it out.

erinbassett.com

Matchbook Notes Tutorial

We all love the "Happy Camper" line for creating the perfect camping scrapbook layout, but it can be used for so much more!!

Today I'm going to show you how I created this adorable 5"x5" matchbook notebook:

Supplies:

• 1 Sheet of "Thermal Jammies" patterned paper
• 1 Sheet of "Don't Feed The Bears" patterned paper
• "Story Telling" Sticker Stacker
• Notebook paper (I used copy machine paper)
• Magnets
• Doily
• Button
• Twine
• Clips (1 for the cover & two office binder clips for to glue the notepad together)
• Ribbon
• Chalk Ink
• Scallop punch (you may want another design for the flap as well)
• Hole punch
• Brown Pen
• Letter die-cuts (you can download my "notes" Silhouette Studio cut file here.)
• Adhesive (I used my ATG gun, Tombo Mono Multi, and Glossy Accents)

Instructions:

Note: I used my Silhouette (shape: "matchbook notepad simple") to cut out my matchbook, but my instructions will show you how to create the base of the notebook without a die-cut machine.

1. Cut "Thermal Jammies" paper to 12" x 5". Punch one of the short edges of your paper with a paper punch of your choice (this will be the bottom tab) and then trim the overall length to be 11".
2. Score your paper, starting with the punched edge, at 1", 5 ¾", and 6 ½". Fold on the score lines.
   
3. Use a scrap of the same patterned paper to cover the 1" flap you've created... just flip it so the pattern on the other side (stripes) shows and punch it so it matches the punch you originally used. Ink the edges and folds of the notebook.
4. Cut a ¼" piece of brown striped paper off of the edge of the Sticker Stacker sheet. Add that to the flap along with a button.
5. On the back side of the flap place a magnet on the flap and onto the front of the notebook where they meet. (I used Basic Grey magnets.)
6. Adhere a doily to the cover. Because my magnet was under the delicate parts of the doily, I added a drop of Glossy Accents over the doily that covered the magnet so that it would not rip.
7. Scallop punch a 4 ¼" x 1" piece of "Don't Feed The Bears" patterned paper. Adhere that to the bottom edge of the sticker and then adhere it to the cover.
8. Use a die-cut machine to cut out "notes" out of the same paper...I used my Silhouette and you can download my cut file here. Adhere it to the front of the sticker. Add some faux stitches around the scallop under the sticker and the "notes" die-cut.
9. Use a small hole punch to take a little "bite" out of each side of the cover of the notebook so that when you wrap the twine around it it won't slip. Tie the twine into a bow.
10. Add the clip with ribbon tied to it to the sticker.
11. To create the actual notebook paper that goes inside, cut a stack of paper to 4 ½" x 4½" ( I used about 40 sheets) and place a binder clip or two onto it to keep it steady. Apply a thin layer of Tombow Mono Multi to one edge and allow to dry and then remove the binder clips and adhere it to the inside of the notebook.

Here's how the inside will look when you have everything in place.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Stop by my blog to enter my drawing for a big Imaginisce goodie box!

Click it with Cricut - Spotlight on Spring & Mother's Day!

A mother is a person who

seeing there are only four pieces of pie

for five people,

promptly announces she never did care for pie.

~ Tenneva Jordan

Mother's day is almost upon us and we are well under way with Spring athough someone should remind the weather man. Today we have design team members Sophia and Erin who will be focusing on both Mother's Day and Spring using the Imaginisce Garden Party collection and a variety of Cricut Cartridges to show just how versatile these two companies can be when combined on the one project.

Hi everyone, this is Sophia and I have the pleasure of showing you a little project I created for my Mom for Mother's Day. I wanted to keep it simple and easy, but yet effective and appealing to the eye. My project is an off-the-page decorated wooden tea-towel holder for her kitchen.

Steps to create off-the-page project:
Added background paper to fill in the gap in the wooden block as per image below.

• Then I cut a piece of cardstock slightly smaller than the background green paper and used my corner rounder on the edges. Then, cut my letters to spell Mom using (Cindy Loo) cartridge.
• M - as per page 64 < Bird > on size 4 inches.
• O - as per page 46 < Vine1 > on size 4 inches.
• Added some I-rocks to give more impact on the letters MOM, adhered that to the centre of the green pattern paper.

Then I added some Roly Rosies, tiny flowers and some leaves to finish it off. You can see some close ups below.

I also created a sweet and simple card with a matching envelope to go with it.

Steps to create card and envelope:

• Cut 1 x Card Shape as per page 39 < Lamp1 > on size 4 inches (Sentimentals)
• Cut 1 x Envelope as per page 39 < Lamp1 > on size 4 inches (Sentimentals)
• I inked around the edges of the card with brown liquid chalk
• Added a pop dot behind the heart cut form the envelope, to give a 3D effect on the card
• Cut 1 x Shadow swirl design as per page 47 < Vine2 > on size 2 inches (Cindy Loo)
• Cut 1 x Swirl design as per page 47 < Vine2-s > on size 2 inches (Cindy Loo)
• Glued the smaller swirl onto the shadow swirl and added some I-Rocks for dimension
• I stitched around the heart on the envelope, just to finish it off with a nice soft touch.
• Added some alphas on the card and envelope to spell out Mom

Supplies used:
Cricut Cartridge Shapes - Sentimentals
Cricut Cartridge - Cindy Loo
Imaginisce Garden Party Paper Ranges
I-Rock Bling & Tear shape
Embroidery Cotton
Roly Rosies
Cream Cardstock

Thanks for joining me and I hope you enjoyed my project...♥

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Hi everyone, it's me, Erin Bassett here now sharing with you how I used my Cricut, Gypsy, the "Paper Lace" cartridge, and some of our awesome Imaginisce products from the Garden Party collection to create this simple home decor piece for Spring.

• I picked up an inexpensive 5" x 7" frame and took my d-stress tool to the edges of it to distress it a bit and allow the natural wood to poke through.
• I then used my Gypsy, the "Paper Lace" Cricut cartridge, and the pink "Wildflowers" paper from our Garden Party collection to create the background. I cut < Mod1 > + Lace 2 at 7" x 5" and then placed it in the frame under the glass.
• Next I cut a piece of white Bazzill Swiss Dot cardstock to 5" x 7" and placed it in the frame and then replaced the easel on the back of the frame.

To create the butterfly:

• I took a piece of blue cardstock an cut < Flower6 > + Lace 2 Shadow at 5.01" x 3.05".
• Then on a piece of Blossoms of Blue I cut out < Flower6 >; + Lace 2 at 4.88" x 3.06".
• Then on a piece of Rows of Posies I cut out < Flower6 > + Lace 2 Shadow at 4.75" x 2.98" and stamped on it with the Flower Cluster stamp and my favorite chalk ink: Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalk Ink in "Tahiti".
• I inked the edges of the Blossoms of Blue die cut with the same ink and then glued the patterned paper die cut pieces together. I mounted it onto the cardstock die cut piece with foam adhesive.
• I then added a few silver Rhinestud Hot Rocks with my i-rock.
• Lastly I took the spring banner off of the Johnny Jump Ups sticker stackers sheet and popped it up with foam adhesive on top of the butterfly. And lastly, I mounted the butterfly/banner stack onto the top of the glass.

Happy Spring!

GIVEAWAY

Weren't today's projects just beautiful and so inspirational. Well we'd love it if you would leave a comment letting Erin and Sophia know just how much you enjoyed their creations and as a thankyou we will be giving one lucky follower:

A CRICUT CARTRIDGE

AND CO-ORDINATING IMAGINISCE COLLECTION

Winner announced at the end of the week!

Little Cutie Release - Day 1

DRUM-ROLL PLEASE!
Introducing the latest collection to hit the shelves, our one and only...

Little Cutie!

 

Little Cutie is the perfect collection that incorporates papers and embellishments for both girls and boys with everything blending beautifully so you can mix and match every piece.

And don't think for a minute that you are limited to using Little Cutie for babies alone, as our design team are about to blow the lid on that myth. Just wait till you see what they have done with our latest release!

 Today we are focusing on projects for girls of all ages!

by Keely Yowler

by Liz Qualman

By Erin Bassett

by Marielle Leblanc

by Kim Holmes

by Sophia Allison

by Tracey Taylor

Keely has made this adorable multi-fold dimensional card and if you pop over to her blog HERE you will find out just how she put it all together.

by Keely Yowler

by Robyn Schaub

by Beth Moore

by Sophia Allison

by Erin Bassett

by Kim Holmes

by Erin Bassett

by Erin Bassett

by Shemaine Smith

by Lydia Jackson

by Erin Bassett

by Keely Yowler

And to finish off our first day of Little Cutie release inspiration we have a unique card from 'Pinky'. And if you pop over to Pinky's blog you will see how she has created this precious acrylic card in her video tutorial. You might even spy another new product from Imaginisce... I wonder what it could be?

by Cristal 'Pinky' Hobbs

OUR GIFT TO YOU
Have you enjoyed today's projects from our amazing design team? And have they inspired you to put our 'Little Cutie' on your wish list. Well we might be able to make your wish come true as today we are giving away the complete Little Cutie collection to one lucky follower.
All you have to do is visit our website product gallery HERE and tell us which project you would love to re-create and why.

SECOND CHANCE

If you would like to increase your chance of taking home our latest release then pop over to our facebook page and grab one of our Little Cutie avatars to wear during the release week. Two lucky people who are spotted with either the Little Cutie doll or Little Cutie Sailing Boat avatar will win their very own collection.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see what our design team have created using the 'Little Cutie' range for boys.

Winners announced Friday

Fun at Remember When Scrapbooking

Design team member Erin Bassett recently paid a visit to Remember When Scrapbooking in Southern California and had a blast with the huge group of ladies that came for the "Love in Paris" crop extravaganza!

Erin showed them how easy it was to use the i-top to create fun and fabulous rings and hair accessories. Here's a few of the ladies and their creations:

Don't you just love how different they all look! The great thing too is that when they are tired of those flowers they can just un-snap them, switch out the flowers, and snap it back together again...easy peasy!!

The i-top has a fabulous array of super cute accessories so you can mix and match your own personalised custom made jewellery every time you walk out the door.