WRMK...For the Record...It's a beautiful day!

Okay, so I think it is safe now to put away the winter coats. We have actually had 2 nice days in a row...but you never know, this is CHICAGO! In light of the wonderful weather we have had I thought it was fitting to share this layout with you. I happened to sneak up on my daughter the other day while she was sitting out in my cousin's backyard. The We R Memory Keepers "For the Record" line was perfect for this picture with all of it's serene blues mixed in with the earth tones(actually one of my favorite color combo's). For my layout I used a sketch from ScrapbookSteals.com. They offer many sketches, challenges and discounts! Make sure you check them out! This is the sketch I used created by their winter design team member Bev Code...

This is my vision of the sketch. I used WRMK For the Record and for the circle I used the WRMK circle cutter.

Paper Issues Birthday Bash Winner...

I hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating Cassie's birthday week. We know we all did! Now is the time to announce the winner of my giveaway..... If you are floridagirl....CONGRATS!! You are the lucky winner of giveaway! Send me your mailing info and I can get that out to you right away!

Cassie's Birthday Bash with giveaway!

So by now I am sure you all know who Cassie is...she is the wonderful owner of Paper Issues. All of her friends have gotten together this week for an awesome week long birthday celebration for her birthday.

To celebrate I have a giveaway for you today and all you have to do is become a follower of my blog and if you haven't already become a follower of the Paper Issues blog. Leave me a comment letting me know you did this and you will be entered in my giveaway drawing with the winner announced on Monday 4-29. My giveaway is some wonderful Ruby Rock-It products which include a chipboard mini album, a paper quilling kit, chipboard buttons and beautiful lace trimmings...you can see more here.

Thanks for stopping by and be on the lookout over at Facebook for more announcements for more giveaways!

Easter Love using vellum...

Hello everyone. Today I am going to talk to you a little bit about a product that sometimes goes a little un-noticed...Vellum. Ruby Rock-It has this wonderful line of Vellum in a variety of patterns and a couple of different sizes. Now I know some of you may shy away from Vellum not really knowing how to adhere it or how to make it pop...well, I am going to share a few tips with you today that are going to make you want to run to the store and pick up all this yummy Ruby Rock-It goodness. Let's get started with the finished product so we can notice the tips I am going to share with you really make this Vellum stand out...

For those of you who are not that all familiar with Vellum it is a translucent crisp type of paper. Since it is translucent it sometimes gets lost on your page so the first tip I am going to share with you is how to make the Vellum not get "lost" on your page.  For my layout I was using a soft light background so my vellum kind of blended in. To solve this I scraped up the edges and then used a coordinating color of ink to ink the edges. I also curled up some of the corners and tears. Doing this made the Vellum stand out a bit more. Adhering Vellum can be tricky unless you have the proper tape. Therm o Web has just that. It is a Vellum Tape runner that is a virtually invisible permanent double-sided smooth adhesive. See, you can not see the tape through my Vellum. There are also some spots that I wanted to be a little raised up off the paper, I used Therm o Web's 3D foam adhesive squares. These are not translucent so I made sure I adhered them in a spot that I could put embellishments on top of to cover up the adhesive.

See, Vellum is not that scary to use and is much easier to work with now that you know these easy little tricks! So go on...go get yourself some and lets see what you create and maybe you can share a tip or two also.


Products used:
Ruby Rock-It:
FV33- A5 Vellum x12 sheets - Dots
FV64- A5 Vellum x12 sheets - Floral
BWT53-Wedding Narratives - 20pces - Pink
SM14- Bella! Smitten 12x12 Cardstock - Besotted
SM77- Bella! Smitten 12x12 Cardstock - Fancy
TH20- Bella! Two Hearts 12x12 Cardstock - Florentine
JA48- Bella! J'adore 12x12 Cardstock - Love
BGN92- Bling Floral Strip Blue

Therm O Web:

Vellum Adhesive Runner 

3D White Foam Squares • Combo Pack

Sticky Tape Mini Runner

Zots Singles • Medium

Ruby Rock-It Kinda Krafty Blog Hop!

Hello Ruby Rock-it Fans! Today, we are celebrating our beautiful New Kinda Krafty range, that made it's debut a few weeks ago, and has been very well received! It is full of bright and bold contrasts against a beautiful neutral kraft background! Come and hop along with us, leaving comments at each blog to enter to win an awesome Ruby Rock-it prize pack! You could win your very own KINDA KRAFTY range!
Here's the order of blogs in case you get lost along the way!
RRBF Blog
Kris Berc
Carrie Walz -YOU ARE HERE!
Beckie Dreyer- NEXT STOP...
Erin Yamabe
Pattie Beltran
Lisa Webb
Becky Olsen
June Goh
Liana Suwandi
Lisa Novogrodski
RRBF Blog
MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ONCE YOU’RE DONE HOPPING ALONG THE KINDA KRAFTY TRAIL!

RUBY ROCK-IT KINDA KRAFTY HOP RULES-LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT'S BLOG TO BE ENTERED TO WIN THE KINDA KRAFTY PRIZE PACK. COMMENTS MUST BE POSTED BY SUNDAY, APRIL 7TH AT 11:59PM PST TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RANDOM DRAWING. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON OUR RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ON MONDAY, APRIL 8TH! 
Products used:
Kinda Krafty Spot 
Kinda Krafty Quad 
Fundamentals Sparkles Chipboard Letters 
Vintedge Border Stickers 
Vintedge Paper Twine 
Sugar Candy Embossed Cardstocks 
Paper Boy Border Stickers
Therm*O*Web Sticky Tape Runner 
Therm*O*Web 1 1/2 iCraft Dots 
Them*O*Web 1/4 SuperTape