Kiwi Lane & Imaginisce

I was really excited to find out that Imaginisce and Kiwi Lane Designs would be working together this month doing a product swap between Design Teams :)  I love Kiwi Lane and all their great templates!  I had the pleasure of working with the Tiny Holiday Accessory Pack and paired it with Imaginisce's Outdoor Adventure line to scrap one of my favorite photos of my husband and I when we went to Aspen, Colorado last October.  Aspen is really beautiful and my husband took some absolutely awesome photos!

From accessory pack I used the tree and leaf templates.  I cut out two trees and layered them together to look like one large tree.  The leaves were cut out of fall color paper.  To add the leaf veins, I folded the leaf and inked the fold.  It added some great detail and dimension!

The templates from Kiwi Lane are fun and easy to use.  Just trace the shape on to the paper and cut it out.  Then add it to your layout.  Visit Kiwilanedesigns.com to see all the fabulous templates they offer and see how they use them to create beautiful projects.

Have a fabulous day!

Kid's Craft with Imaginisce

So I was going through my desk not long ago and unearthed a page I had torn out of a magazine over 3 years ago.  It was a cute and simple way to make a Job Chart.  I didn't need it back then because my kiddos were so little.  Which explains why it got lost in my desk!  But now the kids are getting to be around the age where they can handle a few job assignments.  Our house will be getting much busier in the coming months and a little organization won't hurt.  This project is super easy to make and can be fun for kids to do.  

To start out, you need three basic supplies, all of which I just found around my house.  

Bamboo Skewers, Straws and corrugated card board (I cut a lid off of a box).

To start:  

1.  Cut the corrugated cardboard into 2 pieces.  The first measuring 7 1/2 in. long by 4 in. wide.  The second piece 7 1/2 in. long and 2 in. wide. 

2.  Using approx. 8 bamboo skewers, slide the ends into the corrugated cardboard pieces.

  3.  Cut the straws into 8-1 inch pieces and cover the straws with washi tape.

4.  Slide the wash tape covered straw pieces onto the bamboo skewers that you have placed in the cardboard and then attached the smaller piece of cardboard to the other side.

5.  I used chipboard as the backing. The chipboard backing should measure that 12 in. wide by 7 1/2 in. tall.  Cover the chipboard with patterned paper before gluing all the pieces to it.  

6. Glue the cardboard bamboo piece to the chipboard. 

Once you have done that, than you can cover the cardboard pieces with patterned paper and embellish it to look all pretty :)  I used a combination of Imaginisce's Love You More, Childhood Memories and Good Dog Collections for the patterned paper.  

Complete Supplies List:  Bamboo Skewers, Straws, Corrugated Cardboard, Chipboard, Imaginisce's Love You More Collection, Childhood Memories Collection, Good Dog Collection, May Arts Ribbon, I Rock and gems, Quickutz Alligator Font, White Cardstock, Xmas Red Stickles, White Ink, White Gel Pen.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my kids craft project!  Have fun with making your own!

Have a fabulous day!