Vicki Boutin

Scrapfest U and a Little Demo

What a weekend!  As you may recall Scrapfest U was at Hockley Valley this past weekend.  It was an amazing event!  The venue was beautiful with great food, nice rooms for the classes and a very friendly staff.  The ladies who attended were wonderful and so much fun!  I was especially excited to see two dear friends who decided at the last minute to come and hang out...

Thelma and Louise!!!  (AKA Dorrie and Laurie)...what an awesome surprise!!

I was able to grab a few photos this time around!  I often take my camera with me and it never sees the outside of my camera bag!  This time my camera came out to play for a few minutes.

A quick one from my second class on Saturday.

That's me, Lisa (Miss Scrapfest) and Kathy Thompson Laffoley (a wonderful photographer and lady!)

The whole crew.

Great time!  Can't wait for the spring for Scrapfest!!!

 

A few of you have emailed me recently after seeing a project I did in the latest issue of Scrapbooks, Etc.

 

    
  

This is the cover and if you notice the photo in the lower right corner is a close up of a coffee filter flower I made.  Here is the layout ...

  

  

 

Notice the stamp on this page?  It is a coffee ring!!  I love this stamp from Studio Calico!!!

 

I promised last week that I would do a little demo on how to create the coffee filter flowers and here it is!

 

     

 

1.  Fold a coffee filter in half.

2.  Fold the outer sides towards the center in a "pleated" fashion.

3.  Twist the bottom of the flower to hold the shape.

 

     

4.  Mist the flower shape with Glimmer Mist and dray with a heat gun.  Mist the flower again with a second, darker color and dry.

 

     

5. Flower misted with two shades of glimmer mist. 

 

     

 

6.  Trim the twisted end of the flower and tape.

7.  Cut a small triangular shape for the base of the flower.

8.  Round the base of the flower with a pencil.

 

     

 

9.  Attach the rounded base to the flower.

 

     

 

Here is a card with the completed flower!  I used the Hero Arts Antique Flower Background Stamp to stamp the base of the card with an ink pad that was slightly darker than the cardstock.  The "Happy Memories" phrase is from the Captions Messages from Hero Arts.

Let me know if you have any questions!!  Hope you give it a try! 
 
 
 

Friday...How Did That Happen??

I can't believe how fast this weekend went!  Today is Friday, can you believe it?  I had such big plans for this week!  Like the flower demo!  It will definitely be posted on Monday.  I need to buy coffee filters.  Thought I had some but I do not.  I will make a flower, spritz it and post the steps on Monday.

Halloween has come and gone but I haven't posted any photos...again...can't believe it's Friday!  It was freezing here on Saturday but the kids were troopers!  Here are a few photos....

The first two are from their school parade...

 

These are from Halloween night... 

Here are a few from our annual Halloween Party.  We have been doing this for 7 or 8 years!  I need to find a photo from the early years to compare...

Brittney

Payton

Katie and Devyn

 
 The kids...Alan (hates having his photo taken), Brit and Riley.

My babes.

I am off to Scrapfest Utoday!!!  Can't wait!!!  I am all packed up and looking forward to another awesome Scrapfest event!  I will take some photos and tell you all about it on Monday!

Also, a few other workshop notes...

I have added a bonus class for the ladies attending Saskatchewan Scraps !!  If you are interested the info is posted on lovely Leica's blog here.

I sure do love teaching at Scrapalicious and I will be there on Saturday, November 28th with two classes I am very excited to teach!!!  I will be putting the finishing touches on the denim album this week and I will post a few peeks!  Hope to see you there!!!
 
 Have a great weekend!!!  I will check back in on Monday!!
 
 
 

I Love Fall!

We played in the leaves on Monday.  It was a gorgeous day, so after school we grabbed the rake and enjoyed a little fall fun.  I love this time of the year and my kids do, too.  I can't wait for this weekend!  Halloween is another favourite around here!  It will be nice to have trick or treating on Saturday rather than a school night.  Do you have big plans for this weekend?  Are the kids costumes ready?  I would love to hear what types of characters your kids are going out as.  We have a ninja and a devil or princess (or both!).  I will post some photos on Friday after the party at school.

This past weekend I had the pleasure of teaching at Marchant Paper Memories in Kingston, ON.  What a great store!  I wish I would have had time to shop!  There were so many little goodies...I will have to go back and take a good hour to explore!

Here are a few photos (thanks Sheri!)

Most of the gang.

Susan (the owner) and I.

Sharon, me and Shari.

I promised cards last week and I will post them soon.  I also want to do a little demo for the flowers I made from Coffee filters in the fall issue of Scrapbooks, Etc.  I will post the layout and images for that tomorrow or Friday.  It is a super fun technique and easy, too! 
 
 
 

Hey, It's Monday!

And what a beautiful Monday it is!  The sun is shinning, I am back from BC and I so enjoyed sleeping in my own bed!!!  The BC Creative Expo was a big hit!  My mom travelled with me and we had a very nice time.  The classes were good, I saw a bunch of my scrappy friends and we are already planning our visit for next year!  Thanks to all of the people who attended my workshops, thanks for the laughs and catching up with my girls and thanks to Kerri, Marsha and the rest of the gang for a great event!

Before I left for BC, I created a few projects for Lily Bee Designs.  I have talked about this company in the past and told you all about there beautiful paper lines and I am happy to report that I am the Guest Designer for the month of October!  You can visit the Lily Bee blog HERE for great project idea.

Here are some projects using Lily Bee Designs products...

A close up...

Thanks to Kristen for letting me play!!

This weekend I am off to Kingston on Saturday to teach at the Marchant's Paper Memories.  I am really looking forward to going to this store...I think I bought stamps there years ago...my first ever "paper" craft related purchase!  I will be teaching the Gypsy Magic class and I think the crew there will be in for a good time!  Can't wait!

For anyone attending Scrapfest U in November, I have added a post on the FORUM with a little more info on my classes.  If you have any questions, post them on the thread or email me.  That event is about 3 weeks away!  We are going to have so much fun!!!

I will post again tomorrow.  I have a few cards to share and a little bit more info regarding upcoming classes!!!
 
 
 
 
  

Back From the Netherlands and the RAK Goes to......

I am back!  Actually, I was back on Tuesday night at midnight but I had a little trouble with jet lag yesterday.  First thing I am going to do is announce the winner of the card making RAK!  I will be sending out a set of stamps, a few card bases and embellishments to....

Cute cute cute!!! I love the brightness of the card. Great blog too!

Thanks for sharing
Jennifer D

Posted by: Jennifer D | October 01, 2009 at 12:31 PM

I will email you for your address today!  Congrats, Jennifer.  Thanks for all of the posts ladies!!!

I had a wonderful time in the Netherlands at the Cherry Pie event!!!  The hotel was gorgeous, the Cherry Pie team/teachers were so friendly and helpful and the ladies who came to play were AMAZING!!  It was truly an awesome experience!  If they decide to hold the event again in the spring and you are able to attend, I say GO!  You will not be disappointed.

Here are a few photos...

 

This was the hotel in Venray.  It was GORGEOUS!  The perfect place to hold an event like this.

 

 

This is the Cherry Pie Crew and a few of the teachers.  Great bunch of ladies!!!

 

From top left to bottom left...Natasja Verbeek (teacher and event organizer), me, Manita(store owner/event organizer), Nathalie Kalbach (AR) and Birgit Koopsen.  Melodee Langworthy was there too but her classes ended earlier in the day.

 

I have to thank the ladies who helped me with my classes...Anya, Judith and Annemeike.  You were all so friendly and willing to run around for me!  I love the ribbon and fabric, Judith and thanks for the candy, Annemeike!!!

A special thanks goes to Natasja!  What a great lady!  She is a super talented scrapper and the best host ever!  She picked me up in Dusseldorf and took care of me every moment until it was time to drop me off again in Dusseldorf!  Thanks for introducing me to your lovely family and your many furry friends!  We didn't know each other prior to the Cherry Pie Event but I am happy to call her a friend now!!!

 

 
 
 

A Little Kaisercraft...

The folks at Kaisercraft asked me to play with some of their new releases and I of course said, sure!!! I love the Loire Valley line and the Pina Colada line and I created two layouts using these releases...

Loire Valley

I cut the large flowers out and spritzed them with Glimmer Mist to add a little sparkle!  The birds are rub ons that I layered on the layout.

Pina Colada

 I loved the colours in this line!  Perfect for summer photos!!!

The large flamingo rub on was probably my favourite element in  the entire release!  I had to colour it in!  I used coloured pencils to colour it and then spritzed it with Glimmer Mist.  The coloured areas resisted the ink and made a dappled effect.

Hop over the Kaisercraft blog and check out all of their great products!  You will love their packaging too!

 

 

 

 

World Card Making Day and a RAK....

It's almost here!  This Saturday, October 3rd is World Card Making day or WCMD!  I love to make cards and was happy to participate in this crafty celebration!!!  Let's start with my card...

Materials:

Stamps- Hero Arts (Thanks So Much), Fontwerks (butterflies, Embroidery stamp)

Patterned paper and buttons- Sassafras

Cardstock- Prism Papers 

Adhesive- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Mist- Maya Road 

Ink- Ranger Inks

I love the butterfly stamps from Fontwerks and I wanted to jazz them up a bit so I misted cardstock with copper Maya Mist...

And then I stamped the butterfly images on the spritzed cardstock with Archival Ink and I cut them out.

 Go take a look at the WCMD blog and the Moxie Fab World blog for lots of exciting blog links, ideas on how to celebrate World Card Making Day on Saturday, Oct 3rd, contest and don't forget the 25% off of the store (see this post for all of the details HERE.)

Make sure to post a comment on my blog for a chance at the Card Making RAK and post on the WCMD blog and the Moxie Fab World blog for chances to win some great scrap goodies!!!!!

I will draw a name on Wednesday, October 7th.

Have fun crafting on Saturday!!!!

 

 

 

Did you know???

Did you know....this is like a "John Tesh" blog post!  Do you know what I'm talking about??  Either way...here we go....

Did you know...that Saturday, October 3rd is World Card Making Day!?!?!?  I know!  How cool is that??  Card makers all over the world will be celebrating the goodness of handmade cards!  Are you going to celebrate on Saturday and whip up a few cards?  If you do you can post them on the World Card Making Day site sponsored by Paper Crafts!  There is a gallery full of ideas at the site and lots of prizes to win!  Also hop over to the Moxie Fab Worldblog and see what Cath has been up to!  There is some amazing crafting talent from sea to sea!  She has giveaways posted at Moxie Fab as well!  All of the winners will be announced on Oct. 6th.

Did you know...If you want a chance to get your card published in Paper Crafts go HERE and read the contest details!!

Did you know...you can visit the Paper Crafts/CK store and use this code FXZM-WRRL-JHKZ to receive 25% off your purchase until October 12th!

Did you know...that I have to sweeten the deal and also offer a little something!  How about I draw for a Card Making RAK when I return from the Netherlands????  Post on the THURSDAY THREAD for a chance to to receive a set of stamps and goodies!!!  Not today!!!  Post on Thursday when I post my card!!!

Did you know...that I had a BLAST at Scrapbookin's Adventures Big Event in Parksville, BC this past weekend!  What a beautiful place!  My lovely hotel room overlooked the ocean!  I bet you would love to see a photo...sorry!  I didn't bring my camera!  What a sad excuse for a scrapbooker I am!  Thanks a million to Jen and her staff and all of the ladies who attended my classes!  It was great to Kah Mei from Fontwerks, as well!  Wow!  Does she have some great new stamps!!!  I actually used a few for my card that I will be posting on Thursday.

Did you know...(this is the last one for today!)  That I will be teaching at the Cherry Pie Creations Event in the Netherlands this weekend??  I can't wait!  Packing up now!  Here is a project I just finished up for the event.  I will also be teaching this at Scrapfest U in November!

Ok!  Need to go pack!!!  Watch for my post on Thursday and the Card Making Rak!!!

 

 

Checking in Before I Check Out!!!

Hey!  It's Thursday night and I am all packed up for BC!  I will be at Scrapbookin' Adventures in Parksville this weekend!  I am really looking forward to teaching my new Cosmo Cricket class and hopefully I will get a little cropping done on Saturday night, too!  I have been buried in a big Scrapbooks, Etc project this past week as well as getting class stuff ready so it has been a ghost town here on this blog!!  Thanks to all of those who posted re: Dev's dancing!!  She is loving it!

I wanted to mention a new event that I will be adding to my workshop schedule.  I have been teaching in Smiths Falls at a store called Tomorrow's Treasures for the last two years (I think it's been that long! LOL!) and I found out this summer that the owner had decided to close the store.  So sad.  It was a great little store the ladies and store owner, Angie were WONDERFUL!!  We had a weekend event planned for November and I was really sad (again) that I wasn't going to get to see the usual gang!  In speaking with one of the girls (Dorrie) that always attends this event she mentioned a store in the area that might be interested in hosting a weekend crop with workshops.  I am happy to announce that Dorrie was right!!!  I will be at Scraptease in Carleton Place, Ontario on the weekend of November 13th!  I am working on the classes for the event and I will keep you posted.  We had discussed a Denim album at the last weekend in Smiths Falls and I ordered a bunch of them and some other pretty things.  We will be mixing in a bunch of techniques in that class and I will come up with some other special things, too!!!  Christmas workshop??  The Cosmo/Glimmer Mist class, maybe??  More details to come!

Also, if you were thinking of attending Scrapfest U but you have yet to commit...their is a new incentive!  A lower price!  Go here to check out the details!  It is promising to be a wonderful weekend!!!  I just received the product for my 7 Gypsies class and I will have a sneak peek for you next week!

Ok!  Off to bed!  Have a great weekend!!!

My Tiny Dancer and a few Projects

Dev had her first dance class yesterday.  We went with ballet this time around as I was told it is a good place to start.  She looked so cute in her little get up!  When she came home from school she wanted to get dressed but I encouraged her to wait until after she ate her spaghetti!

She couldn't wait to get in the car and go!  We watched some of the older girls dance when we arrived and then it was her turn.  The class was in a little room at the back of the studio so I let her go and get settled before I went to take a peek.

 

 

 

She was so fun to watch!  Very focused and eager to get it right.  She came out for a bathroom break and wanted to know when she was going to get to "dance" like the other girls.  (the other girls were about 12 and twirling and jumping!  lol!)  I had a proud mommy moment last night.

This week I had the opportunity to work with a beautiful kit from The Paper Passion.  A friend of mine (Dorrie) is a big fan of their online store, community and their kits and she introduced me to the owner Rosa.  I went to check the site out and fell in love with the "shop" and her APRONS!!!  This is my fav...

 

Isn't it sweet!?!?!?  I will have one!

So here is a layout I completed using the September kit.  It was full of goodies from Pink Paislee!!

 

Some close ups....

 

I layered stamps, rub ons, fabric, tags, Thickers...a little bit of everything!

 

I inked these Bazzill chips with Distress ink and stamped on them.

Here is a card....

  

 

If you are looking for a fun kit for the fall go check out the September kit HERE at The Paper Passion!  Thanks again, Rosa for letting me play!!!

More projects to come this week!!