Dusting off the old blog...

Oh my. How time flies! I'd say it's about time to dust off the old blog, clear away the cobwebs & get back at it! This happy mail definitely did the job to get my mojo flowing...

The September AND October Hip Kit and Add-On Kits arrived on my doorstep! Whoohoo!
Here's a little sneak of what's inside these glorious packages...

The September 2013 Hip Kit is full of Fancy Pants Collecting Moments, Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste and Maggie Holmes Flea Market from Crate Paper with a touch of Dear Lizzy & Studio Calico goodness. The September 2013 Add-On Kit features Maggie Holmes' Flea Market chipboard accents. Totally cute.

The October 2013 Hip Kit and Add-On Kits are the ultimate fall kit! A perfect mix of gold & orange with a touch of navy - LOVE the mix of colors in this kit. See those Thickers in the bottom left? Gold glittery goodness.

Here are a few Halloween cards and a layout that I created with the fun October kit...

Seriously love the gold washi in this kit. It adds just the right amount of shine to projects. I also added a bit of Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Gold...one of my favorite mists right now.

On this 'hey bootiful' card, I used my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to add some sequins & dressed up the skeleton sticker with a bow tie made from a couple of little paper triangles and an enamel dot...doesn't he look dapper?

I'm definitely a 'cute' Halloween type...no spooky Halloween stuff for this girl! So check out the cutie pie on this card. Love this sweet little squirrel from the Basic Grey sticker sheet. I used the candy corn sticker and added a bit of glitter for some sparkle.

 

This layout features a photo of my sis and I, circa 1980ish in our crazy, inflatable costumes. Don't ya love my sister's green pants and how I accessorized with a belt? So stylish! HA!
Instead of using the overlay on top of my photo, I used it as another layer behind the patterned paper. I like how the transparency adds another dimension/texture to the project.

For more inspiration using the October Hip Kit and Add-On Kits, check out the Hip Kit blog here. All kits are available for purchase (and subscription!) here.

Happy scrapping!

xoB

A Washi World

I saw these photos on the fabulous Hello Sandwich blog and couldn't believe my eyes! Washi heaven. These are some photos that Ebony Bizys of Hello Sandwich took at the 2011 mt Masking Tape Expo in Tokyo. Many of my favorite washi-style tapes are mt masking tape from the Kamoi Kakoshi Company in Japan, so I was so excited to find this! 

I do believe there would be much less road rage in the world if we drove washi covered cars. Heck, let's give up cars altogether and ride washi covered bikes! Is this not the cutest thing ever? Seriously. So stinkin' cute. Pretty sure I'd ride my bike more if it was this cute.

Check out this AMAZING display that she captured...

The tape comes on these long rolls and then are cut down to the smaller rolls...

You can read all about how masking tape is created here. It's so interesting!

Hope you enjoy!

I Heart Washi Tape

Seriously, I love this stuff...and anything remotely similar, i.e. Tim Holtz's Tissue Tape, 7Gypsies Paper Tape, American Crafts Mixed Tape and this, that I spotted at CHA...

New Decorative Washi Tape from Hambly Screen Prints

I must get my hands on this...I sort of squealed when I saw it. :)

Completely love the birds on the wire!

And this from Smash Book...

That totally sums up how I feel about Washi Tape.

Cath over at Moxie Fab World (loving all the inspiration over there!) had another challenge that I played along with. The challenge is to create a project using decorative tape in an innovative way. So I pulled out some washi tape that I bought from PrettyTape on Etsy, a roll of Tim Holtz Tissue Tape and a couple of stamps.

I wove the tapes together and stamped over it with some black StazOn ink. The washi tape that looks like a weird mustard-y color is really more of a chartreuse green and much prettier in real life. I also embossed the stamped images with clear embossing powder to give it a more finished look.

There's still time to play along with Cath's challenge...the deadline is midnight EST today. Some of that yummy Hambly Decorative Washi Tape is up for grabs!

xoBC