Project Life Supplies Swap - Reminder

See my original post/idea here!

You have only TWO DAYS left to sign up for my Project Life Supplies Swap. So far there are six of us, and we would love for more of you to join!

I'm loving all the INSPIRATION I've been seeing from the participants so far, and the excitement! This post on Thinkin' Outloud and Ginger's Instagram (see below) and the nice emails I've received. Thanks for being awesome readers...

I've been putting things aside for the last week that I want to include in my package! I'm so excited! I LOVE MAIL!! And exclamation points!!

If you want to join in, there's still time! Shoot me an email with your address and I'll get you a swap buddy.
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I have an idea!

A swap idea...a Project Life Supplies Swap idea!!

One of the things that I love most about blogging is the people I have met through my blog. You people out there make all of this worth it. And I will take any opportunity to make more of those connections. And a supplies swap can be a good way to do that. Plus you get free fun things and happy mail!

The rules of the game:
1. The supplies should be Project Life compatible. I'm talking about journaling cards (3x4, 4x6, etc), washi tape, label stickers, etc.
2. You don't have to share official Project Life materials! A lot of the supplies I use are not specifically made for Project Life, but they are totally wonderful and work just as well.
3. Be creative! You could make cards of your own design with materials you have on hand. Or if you are clever with Photoshop why not make digital cards? The sky is the limit here!

Optional: Share the swap and your package on your blog!

If you want to play along all you need to do is email me your name and address (lisakercher@gmail.com). I will arrange swap partners and send that info off to you. It's up to you what you want to include. I am not setting a "price point" or required envelope size or anything, but I am asking you not to cheap out! Send what you feel comfortable sending! And remember the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Deadline for replies: January 16, 2014
I will get your swap partner information to you by January 19th.
Deadline for mailing: February 7, 2014

Please join this swap group only if you can commit to it! I will probably run it again in the spring, summer and fall, but I will ask you to sign up separately for each one if you are still interested.

I am going to try my best at Project Life this year, but I have changed the parameters for myself. I'll share the particulars next week. I got a start on my mini album this week and I am excited to start adding to it! And I think this swap will keep me excited...I hope it excites some of you as well.

Happy New Year!

later loves

Friday DIY

Hi Peeps! I have been diligently working on this Friday DIY...heck I started it last week...and finished the layout earlier this afternoon. And then I realized that I had forgotten to work on my Trends and Technique post for today! HA!

I have this lovely mess on my floor, transplanted there from various other corners of my house, and not much to show for it!

This week's DIY is very reminiscent of my Techniques over on the other blog, but I thought I would share it here instead...it will probably make it's way over there as well! Especially now that I have left myself in a bit of a pickle!

So thar she blows!

You will need:

- rub ons

- alcohol ink

- blender tool and felt pads

- transparency

Step One: Cut out the rub on you want to use.

Step Two: Rub it on to the transparency. I like to use the remnants of Hambly sheets, instead of buying new ones.

Now you have a nice rub on, on a clear background.

Step Three: Cut out your rub on. It doesn't have to be exact, but make sure it looks clean because the edge will really stand out once you colour it.

Step Four: Now flip the rub on over so it's facing down, and pull out your alcohol ink and applicator.

Step Five: Apply some alcohol ink to the felt pad on your ink applicator.

Step Six: Apply the ink to the back to the transparency.

Smudge it around until the entire shape is covered.

I really like how the orange-yellow alcohol ink looks against the bright teal of the rub on! Eek!

Let it dry...it should only take a second or two. Then position it on your layout. You can glue it down with pretty much anything, except for a white paper adhesive...then you will see the adhesive show through the transparency.

And then build your layout! You could make a whole bunch of these to place around your layout. Or layer them to make a fun 3D flower.

Here is my finished layout:

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I bought a couple of sheets of the new Hambly paper and a transparency yesterday. It's not as amazing as I have come to expect from them. And no new rub-ons. And the stickers were back-ordered. That's fine...I'm out of craft money this month anyway...already...

I did manage to finish another layout last night during the storm...

I think I will post this one on the TNT blog as well...I used the test sheet from the spray ink demo I did last week! I love using leftovers and remnants as backgrounds! The background of the layout in the DIY was leftover from one of the TM show and tell. I yoinked a bunch of the misprints from the store to use...okay, I yoinked them all! They kind of have my name written all over them!

Funny thing about this layout: I planned it all out before printing the pictures and I was sure the photos were vertical. But alas, they are not! So I just flipped them and glued it all down. What do I care which way the photos sit on the layout...as long as they are there, and so is the story.

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I worked out this morning. i feel really great.

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any more takers for the SUPPLIES SWAP? I wrote that giant and bold for all the skimmers out there so that even they might take notice and read these few lines. I only had Veronica and Electra reply in the positive at my last request.

This isn't going to be a big deal. Very low commitment, but with a deadline, and we're all scrappers here so it shouldn't be hard to find some extras in your stash that you don't use anymore. A couple of things, a handful really. And trust the mail lady, it doesn't cost much to send a little package in the mail...

So leave a comment, or drop me an email if you want to participate. I'll give it another week, and if I have no more takers the three of us will swap with each other and call it a success.

that's all she wrote.

New stuff

I designed a new class for TM last night at the crop...a messy art journal

Check out the TM Classes Blog to see some more pictures, and for all the boring details.

I love messy classes like this!

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I'm currently participating in a supplies swap through a blog I follow. Essentially, Elaine took names of people who would like to participate, then assigned partners to everybody. It's now up to us to contact our partner, get addresses, decide details (cost, amount, handmade extra, etc.) and send the package. I'm swapping with someone in the States! It's a fun way to clean out some of your unused supplies, and get a little fun mail in return!

I would like to have a supplies swap as well! I think this is a genius idea! Especially with all the spring cleaning going on in houses around the globe right now...not mine, but I've heard it's a popular phenomenon.

Leave your name and email in the comments section if you would like to participate. I'll give it a week to get names, then do up a post with the what's-what. Yay!

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Here's an antique mall find that I picked up ages ago, but never shared.

It's a wonderful old sewing basket. It's full of my yarn and sits beside my rocking chair.

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