"God Bless America"

Today we wrap up our week of Memorial Day inspiration. We hope that you've found some ideas to create your own projects in honour of this day.

Sara Zenger

"God Bless America"

I have a picture frame near my front door I like to change out for the season or Holiday and Memorial Day is no different!

Using our new Perfect Vacation Collection I was able to create this flag out of paper and our amazing iRock and Gems were perfect for creating a shining star on my flag.

I will hang this proudly!


Supplies used:

Imaginisce - Perfect Vacation, iRock, iRock Gems

Other - Cameo

"Thanks a Latte!"

Gift cards are always a great choice for teachers and Sara has created this darling card for a gift card to fit inside! Check it out!

Sara Zenger

"Thanks" Gift Card holder

It's that time of year again when we need to start thinking about saying 'Thank You' to the teachers who have guided your children through the school year.  I like to get them something that is practical and I know they will use. 

I went for my Imaginisce paper and found some soft neutral papers in the Out Door Adventure Collection and the Bushel O' Fall Collection and I used the perfect digital cut file for my Cameo in the Sillhoutte store to create this adorable coffee gift card holder.

I used pop dots when assembling the layers to give the a cup a fun feel!  What a great way to say Thank You for all you have done! 

Supplies:

Imaginsice: Out Door Adventure - Paper

                   Busel O' Fall Collection - Paper, Tags, Gems, Buttons

Other: American Crafts Card Stock, Adhesive

Spring Home Decor

We hope that you've enjoyed our spring themed projects this week.
We're closing off the week with another incredible little home decor project! Isn't it lovely?

Sara Zenger

Spring Decor

Spring is in the air and I have a cute little home decor project to share with you today!

Using a digital cute file and my Cameo I cut this little bird house out of paper from the Welcome Spring Collection from Imaginisce!  How cute!!!  

I wanted to add a little more to my spring look in my house so again, using a digital cute file I cut out 3 butterflies that are the same size but from different papers.  I adhered their wings together but before gluing the last 2 together I put the twine in the center.  I repeated this to create 5 butterflies for my garland! 

Think spring and create some bright and fresh projects of your own!

Supplies:

Imaginisce - Welcome Spring Collection: Paper, Die Cut, Gems

Other- American Crafts: Adhesive, Double Sided Tape

Valentine Bookmarks & Frames

Happy Monday!!

It's getting close to the special 'amour' day ... Valentine's Day ... when we like to show our love, admiration, feelings of affection, tenderness, etc to those near & dear to us.  So, this week on our blog we will be sharing some ideas for Valentine's gifts.

Michelle Philippi

Bookmarks for Valentine’s Day

Hello Imaginisce fans!

I’m back today with a some fun and easy little bookmarks that I made to give to my daughter for Valentine’s Day.

I started by diecutting some small bookmarks, punching some hearts, and then stamping this little heart birdie and a lovey sentiment.

Then I made a little paper pouch to house them in, along with a die cut tag that had the coordinating little heart birdie.

I threaded some baker’s twine through the tops of my bookmarks.

And packaged them up all cute-like and ready to give to my little red on Valentine’s Day!

xoxo

Michelle

Supply List:

Imaginisce:  Patterned Paper (Welcome Spring), Die Cut Tag (Welcome Spring), Stamp (Welcome Spring)

American Crafts:  Primio Baker’s Twine

Sara Zenger

Decorated Frame

Valentines Day is a day to celebrate the ones you love and what better way to do that than with a handmade gift!

I wanted to give a gift that can be displayed for years to come.  I started out with this great plastic frame and I knew I was going to need to use lots of the new My Baby (Girl) Collection for this project.

I started with a background sheet and then added some border punched strips.  After I added my 'love you' sentiment I used pop-dots to add dimension to the die cut shape and sentiment.

I topped the project off with some pink and white twine and now its ready for display!

Supplies:  
Imaginisce:  Pattern Paper (My Baby- Girl), Die Cuts (My Baby - Girl)

American Crafts: Knock Out Punches, Pop-Dots, Adhesive, Twine

Scraps - Day 4

Are you in a bit of a rut right now with your scrapbooking?

Do you need a challenge?

Then we want to challenge you to use up your scraps.  You've seen some of the projects that our DT have created these past few days and just how easy it is to use up those extra pieces of paper/embellishments because, heaven forbid, we don't want those to go to waste!

We've got some more great ideas to share with you today!

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Sara Zenger

"Wild Child"

I have just what I needed for this project, a big bag of Imaginisce scraps!  I always keep my scrap paper and those almost use up sticker sheets, you never know when you will need them.

I am working on a Project Life album for my son's school years and this Scrap Challenge was just what I needed to get a jump on this project!

As you can see I did one double sided Project Life page and boy double sided paper sure does come in handy for stuff like this! 

Keep your scraps and challenge yourself to use them!

Supplies:

Imaginisce: Pattern Papers (Outdoor Adventure, Childhood Memories), Die Cuts (Outdoor Adventure, Childhood Memories), Stickers (Outdoor Adventure, Childhood Memories)

American Crafts: Adhesive 

Courtney Lee

"You're 61?"

I loved loved loved using up some Perfect Vacation papers for my dad's birthday card. He has a great sense of humor and will love this card. He is 61 going on 40. 

This line is super versatile … I am even going to be using it for a Valentine's card coming up in a couple weeks! 

Supplies:

Imaginisce: Patterned Papers (Perfect Vacation), Die Cut Tags (Perfect Vacation) 

American Crafts: Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Chartreuse, Heidi Swapp Color Magic Resist Striped Alphabet 

Final DT Introductions

Today brings us to our final day of introductions for our 2014 Design Team.

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Guiseppa Gubler

Hi I am Guiseppa, not only do I have a love for paper crafting, but I  am addicted to Zumba.  I recently became an instructor.  I love dance.  My mother put me into dance when I was 3 years old and I danced up until I married my husband,   So, it only seemed fitting that I used my dance training to do Zumba!  I get to dance and stay in shape doing it.

I have been married to my number one supporter Sam for nearly 16 years now and we have 3 children; Braden 17, Janica 15 and our little Angel Sterling passed away nearly nine years ago from "The Bubble Boy Disease."  Never has scrapbooking meant so much to me as when he passed away.  I have all those wonderful memories of him preserved through scrapbooking. I have been published in several scrapbooking magazines and have had the privileged of designing for multiple manufacturers, including Imaginisce.  When I am not scrapboooking, I enjoy spending time with my family.  You can often find us in the mountains camping, hiking, fishing and exploring on out 4 wheeler.  I also enjoy reading and traveling. 

~ Guiseppa

Guiseppa's Work:

Monique Liedtke

Hi everyone! I’m so very happy Imaginisce wants to have me design for them for another year! I really love their products and now I get to play with them for another year! Here’s a bit about me: my name is Monique Liedtke and I live in The Netherlands together with my husband of 17 years and 3 wonderful kids: 1 daughter (Manon, 17) and 2 sons (Timothy, 14 and Mats, 9) and one super cute Cocker Spaniel (Jippie). It will be no surprise that they are the main focus of my scrapbook pages. I started scrapbooking about 10 years ago and am totally addicted! I scrap almost every free minute I have!! My other hobbies are reading, cycling, knitting, watching English detectives, travelling and walking. I work in a little HR office in town for 15 hours a week, which I love to do too. The reason I scrapbook is because I just can't think of anything more fun to do! My scrapbooking style consists generally of straight lines for the base, with lots of whimsical touches, fun embellishments and machine stitching; I love to use as many colors, designs and details in my projects as possible. My favorite techniques are sewing (with the sewing machine and by hand) and layering and I love trying out new techniques. I love to create everything, from layouts to cards to mini albums to home décor, but creating layouts is what I do most.

Here are a few of my favorite Imaginisce projects. For more projects please visit my blog: www.moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.nl.

~ Monique

Monique's Work:

Sara Zenger

My name is Sara Zenger.  I live in northern NY with my husband, our 9 yr old son and 2 yr old dog. I am so excited to be returning to the Imaginisce team for 2014! 

My style changes depending on my photos and the products I am working with. I love layouts that have white space and unique design! My go to stash of scrapbooking supplies include foam tape/ pop dots for dimension, white and kraft cardstock because it goes with everything and punches because they work on every layout and every time you use them it can look unique! 

I love making layouts, cards and other paper craft projects.  I feel the need to make a new banner for each approaching holiday and I adore decorating my own gift bags!

I am excited to see the new products Imaginisce has for 2014, I know they will be awesome!

~ Sara

Sara's Work:

Jodi Wilton

My name is Jodi Wilton, and I live in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada.  I have been married to my husband for 10 years, and have three wonderful kids (my main scrappy subjects!).  I have the pleasure of running my own daycare from my home, and have been doing this for over 7 years.  Some of my favorite things to do is scrapbooking (of course!),  going to the movies, and when time and energy permits- going to the gym!

I first got interested in scrapping when I worked on a cruise ship. I wanted a way to document my travels, and the millions of photos that I was taking! Ever since then, I was hooked! My style is always evolving but I love color and cute designs! I describe my style as simple, clean lines with a hint of whimsy in there too.  I am so honored to back on the Imaginisce Design Team for another fabulous year! I hope to inspire and be inspired!

~ Jodi

Jodi's Work:

Aimee Kidd

Hi! First of all, I am super excited and honored to be a part of Imaginisce team for a second term!! A little bit about me...I am happily married to the love of my life Chad and I’m blessed to be a stay-at-home mom to 3 awesome kids: Chris, Joshua, and Gracie.  I love scrapbooking because it is a stress reliever and a joy for me.  I have been scrapbooking since 1995 but my love of paper crafts started when I was little. I always had a stash of construction paper, stickers (lots of stickers!), scissors, and glue lying around. I still have my sticker albums which I treasure to this day! When I’m not scrapbooking my other passions are photography, cooking, volunteering at my kid’s school and having lots of fun playing with my family.

~ Aimee

Aimee's Work:

Marcia Dehn-Nix

Hello! My name is Marcia Dehn-Nix. I am married to the most wonderful guy and we live in Minnesota (where winters are way too long and summers are way too short!). We have three kids. Our oldest just finished college and recently got engaged! I have been scrapbooking for about 15 years. My scrapbooking evolved out of a love for photography. In fact, I used to be a wedding photographer! I do have a 9-5 job working as a software engineer creating software for electrical utilities.  Besides my love for paper crafting, I have a soft side when it comes to cute, furry animals.  My family fosters kittens and puppies on occasion for a local rescue.  Currently in residence is the family dog Stachel, and 3 cats; Delta (a stray my hubby brought home from the airport on Christmas Eve a few years ago), Spook (a former foster kitty of mine that I could not part with), and Xena (my latest stray acquisition).

I am excited to be a part of this awesome design team!

~ Marcia

Marcia's Work:

Suzanna Lee

 Hi there, Suzanna here! Again! I am honored to have been invited back for another year with Imaginisce! My husband and I have been married 14 years and are looking forward to many more decades to come! We have two children, Nikolas age 11 and Mia age 7. We have a cat (who thinks she's a dog) named Belle. These 4 are the prime targets of my pictures and thus my scrapbooks. When not hiding behind a camera or scrapping, I work part-time as an outpatient orthopedic Physical Therapist or carting kids back and forth to the pool! Somebody has to provide the financial support their swimming and my growing stash! I look forward to another great year with Imaginisce and getting to know the new ladies that are joining us this year!

~ Suzanna

Suzanna's Work:

Cari Locken

(Design Team Coordinator)

Hi there! My name is Cari and I live with my hubby and our three kids in British Columbia, Canada. I began scrapbooking when I was young but really got into in 1997.  I have always loved photography so this was a great way for me to showcase my photos and share the stories that went along with them.  I have always had a love for crafty things. I'm fortunate to have had my work published in numerous scrapbooking magazines and have had the privilege of designing for a number of scrapbooking manufacturers over the past several years. 

I am thrilled to be a part of such an awesome company once again and working at the DT Coordinator for such a fabulous group of talented designers just makes my job so much fun!

~ Cari

Cari's Work:

Please give these returning members a warm welcome to our 2014 Design Team.

We are super excited for the new year and all that's in store!

Please join us next week as our DT shares with you some great new projects!

New Years Inspiration

Hard to believe that Christmas Day has come & gone. But we still have another big celebration to come! New Years!

And we've got some great crafty ideas to share with you to help you ring in the new year.

Suzanna Lee

Happy New Year!! Happy New Year? Crazy and cliche to be saying but I cannot believe another year has just flown by! My first year with Imaginisce, an amazing year with Imaginisce. I hope you have been inspired by my creations and I look forward to seeing you around next year as I have been blessed with another year to create for Imaginisce!

I have today a Project Life style layout of our family New Year tradition to share with you. Combine a little of Christmas with some Childhood Memories, add a splash of Black Ice and you have a stunning PL style new years layout!! 

Just because these aren't New Year themed papers, doesn't mean you can't use them as such. I chose the colors red, teal, yellow and grey and used them as the basis for my color palette and layout. When putting the page together, I looked for those colors in my stash of Imaginisce and went from there.

 A little help from some cut files and it came together without a hitch (or gutter ball if you follow my humor!). Note the use of lots of stark white to off set the darker, in door cosmic bowling pictures.

Thanks for stopping in today and I look forward to seeing you around next year! My your entrance into 2014 be safe and happy!

Supplies:

Patterned paper, 5x7 card, die cut journal spots, letter stickers: Imaginisce

Other - die: Avery Elle, LIfestyle Crafts; stamps: Unity Stamp, Elle's Studio, Technique Tuesday, Pebbles; cut file: Miss Kate Cuttables, Chic Tags; ink; VersaFine, Momenta

Sara Zenger

Hard to believe but its time to celebrate a New Year!  What better way to celebrate with a little party! 

Today I have created some New Year's Eve themed cupcake toppers!  Our Black Ice Collection is perfect for this project, giving my project that classy New Years Eve look.

I used my cameo to cut out the clock face and hands and then used the iRock to add the gems (love these!) and some foam tape between the layers to have room for the stick. 

Happy New Year!

Supplies:  Imaginisce - Black Ice Paper , Gems, iRock, Foam Tape, Glue Dots

                  Other - Cardstock, Adhesive 

Marcia Dehn-Nix

'Cheers'

Didn't have time to send out all your Christmas cards? Don't worry, You are not alone. I am going to be sending a few Happy New Years cards instead. The Black Ice collection works perfectly for an elegant card. Some i-Rock bling helps make the card more festive too.

Imaginisce Supplies: Pattern paper: Black Ice; Stickers: Love You More; i-Rock; Metallic Hot Rocks; 

Gold shimmer cardstock, Silhouette studio file