Sunday, November 8, 2009

A Tin, a Mini-Album, and Two Flowers

As part of Kiki-Art's team, I am sometimes responsible of coming up with scrappy recycling projects. For this past week, I altered a tin I was about to throw away. I had already used all of the flowers that came inside of it, so I truly did not think of a reason to keep it until I was faced with this challenge. I am very excited about the outcome, so I decided to create a mini tutorial. (Keep in mind that I am not including measurements because I do not expect you to have the same alterable item as I do. )

Here is what I created:


Supplies needed:
1. Empty tin
2. Patterned Paper
3. Adhesive
4. Recycled Straw
5. Left over chipboard (not shown, but used to create the mini-album)
6. Bling Swirls

Steps to follow:

1. I covered the bottom of the tin with Kiki-Art's patterned paper. Notice that the 12x12 strip did not cover all of my tin. To fix this, I cut a smaller strip of Kiki-Art's paper and adhered it to the tin first.

2. I then took some straw I found amongst my scraps and used it to cover the place where both patterned papers met.

3. I created a blossom (see bottom for tutorial) and adhered it on top of the straw towards the bottom of the tin.

4. I cut Kiki-Art's heart bling in half. I used the left side of the heart a swirl to decorate the center of the tin.

5. In order to cover the tin's lid, I traced the circumference of the lid on Kiki-Art's paper and then cut around it. I then adhered the small strips of Kiki-Art's paper to the border.

6. I used acrylic paint to cover the separation between the circle and the border.

7. I used the straw to add detail to the border of the lid.

8. In order to create the flower I used to decorate the lid, I cut two small circles and tore all around the edges. Then I created a daisy (see bottom for tutorial) and added a brown brad to adhere them together.


Simple as that!! The tin is now done!

To make the mini-album, all you have to do is cut circles out of chipboard in order to decorate them with patterned paper. ( I used a variety of Kiki-Art's Awesome paper) Once you are done decorating the mini-album, you have to punch a hole through all of the pieces you created and attach together with ribbon, a book ring, or whatever other way you want. (I chose to use some of the straw.)

It is important that the circles you create fit inside of the tin you decide to decorate. Here is the finished product with the mini-album inside: :)


Instructions for Blossom:
1. Draw a swirl on a square sheet of paper. (I used a 2'x2' piece of Kiki-Art paper).

2. Cut the swirl out of the square and all around the lines you drew.

3. Start rolling the swirl from the outside in as seen in the picture below:

4. Roll until you can't anymore.

5. Let go of the swirl, and "VOILA!" your blossom is done! (you may have to arrange the "petals" a bit to make it look the way you want it to.)

Instructions for Daisy on top of the lid:
1. Cut 7-8 slits into TWO circles.

2. Take each petal individually and fold in half.

3. Place each "circle" on top of the other, alingning the petals until you like the way they look together. Place a button or a brad in the center of the flower.

I hope you have enjoyed these tutorials! I know I still owe you the flower tutorial... Stay tuned for that!

Love in Christ,

Nana

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Kiki-Art Kits

I didn't even think of taking pictures of ALL the awesome product that Kiki-Art sent me, but thank Jesus one of the other ladies from the DT did. Here are the pics:

Amor:

Jardin:

Magica:

China:

Familia:

Chipboard Shapes & Album:
Make sure you check Kiki-Art out. Their stuff is awesome!!

Love in Christ,

Nana

KIKI ART ROCKS!!!

I received my box FILLED with all of the Kiki-Art goodies on Saturday and have been very busy creating!! I want to show you the first layout I created using their Antologia Magica paper:I titled this layout: Sonar no cuesta nada. (To Dream does not cost anything).

The journaling reads as follows: Since you were born I have always prayed that the Lord would teach you how to dream according to His commandments, in order that all your dreams would come true.

To create this layout:
1. Tear the edges off of the Burbujas paper, and rip one of the corners in order to show a piece of the glittered chipboard. Cut a butterfly from the Mariposas paper and adhere to the pink chipboard. Then sew the ripped edge to give the effect as if the butterfly is trapped.2. Cut one of the strips from the Burbujas and Maripossas paper and make pleats. To keep them in place, sew them together.

3. Cut a 5 3/4" x 9 1/2" rectangle from the Burbujas y Mariposas paper and use the back. Place this rectangle towards the left side of the sheet. Stitch with white yarn all around the border.

4. Use a scalloped punch to cut out the border used to embellish the picture and adhere it to your picture.

5. Cut a 7"x5 1/2" rectangle from the Mariposas paper and place it towards the right of the layout. Sew a nice pattern around the edges using white yarn.

6. Cut 4 butterflies from the Mariposas paper and adhere a pop dot on the back of them. Decorate each butterfly with a piece of bling from the bling heart. Place on top of the pink rectangle (see picture).

7. Cut 2 of the bling hearts in half and use each side individually to create the swirls seen in the picture.

8. Create 3 flowers (come back for tutorial) and adhere them on pink rectangle.

9. Cut your title in white and adhere where desired.

10. Us the Fun Tape around the entire layout to add detail.

11. Journal around the pink rectangle using a white pen.



Every single thing in this layout is created using Kiki-Art products. Even the bling is theirs!! This company is AWESOME!!!

I will be posting a small tutorial on how to create the flowers I made for this layout, so make sure you come back later to check that out... :)

Love in Christ,

Nana



"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions" (Joel 2:28)

Friday, October 30, 2009

Christmas is in the air... :)

I have been very curious as to how one makes the digital scrapbooking kits. I have gone all over the internet searching for tutorials or some type of guide that would tell me what to do, and today was guided by Jeff from BWScrapbooking. I told him I would send him samples of my papers, and here are the ones I created to send him:
You need to understand that this is my first official try! I have made paper before, but never with the desire to actually put it out there... I am very pleased with the outcome and cannot wait to start making digital kits.

To make these papers I used templates from Thaty Borges. She has AWESOME stuff, so make sure you check her out here.

Thanks for looking!

Love in Christ,

Nana

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Grow...

Today I have a layout to share... :) I was trying out for the Imaginisce Design Team and I had to create a project using 75% Imaginisce product. I thought this was an awesome challenge, especially because all I had was paper. So, as you probably already guessed, I created my own paper piecing embellishments to match the line. Here is the picture of the paper I used to create my patterns:

The designs are extremely tiny, so I literally hand drew all of them, and came up with this cute layout:

I must say that I had a BLAST! I absolutely love seeing how the little pieces come "alive". (Imagine how God must have felt once He breathed His Spirit into us!) So now it is a matter of waiting until November 1st to see if they liked it as much as I did... :)

Love in Christ,

Nana

"Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. " (Genesis 2:7)

Thursday, October 22, 2009

What I have been up to...

I know that it has been a while since I come around here, and to be honest, I really missed it. I love being able to come here and just talk... just share transparently what is and what is not. :) So, I want to start sharing with you the different projects I had been working on.

For the month of November I am going to be teaching a lot more than I have ever done since the store was re-opened, and I am a bit nervous. I spent hours second guessing my every move as I created the class projects until I realized that ultimately I do ALL things for the Lord, and that I already have His approval. So, here is what I came up with:

Happy Day: Glimmer Mist Technique LO (with hidden mini-album)

Mini Book of Me: Circle Explosion Album (with Distress Inks technique)

Christmas Cards: (Paper Piecing)

Explore Tag Album: (just a fun album to make)

Thanksgiving LO: Learning how to use the Distress Stickles

I truly had a blast creating these and I am sure that I will have even more fun once I teach them. There is just something about seeing the light bulb turn on in other people's creative minds... I love it!

I have also been a bit overwhelmed with the many things I have going on, but it has slowly (but surely) led me back to my first love: JESUS. I was telling Freddy the other day that there is a great danger about KNOWING God mentally vs. KNOWING Him in your heart. As I look at the people that surround me, I often times wonder if they have come to a place of complete and utter emptiness and depravity, that they finally understood that they NEED Christ! I am more convinced now than ever, than unless you get to a place where you REALIZE you NEED Him, your relationship with HIM will only be one of convenience and out of the common sense. Once you realize that you NEED Him, you will take hold of Him and you will surrender to the only One who will never give up!

May I ask you, where are you?

Love in Christ,

Nana

Monday, October 12, 2009

Kiki Art Design Team Members


I wanted to show you all the rest of the people that made it into the team. Here are their names: (As I get the info of their blogs, I will be adding the links here, so check often!)

Francophone team

Allophone team

Anglophone team

Hispanophone team

Love in Christ,

Nana