Cardboard Love

Hey everyone!!!

aw here!

Happy Monday to you - hopefully you aren't having a case of the Mooooondays this morning (as said like the lady in Office Space)...

And if you are - this week's prompt is sure to cheer you up.

We are talking about the ever versatile CARDBOARD.

A million gajillion ways to incorporate it...

So let's find out a bit about our Guest Designer Alex Michiardi - and peep the amazing way she rocked the cardboard prompt....

I feel so honoured to have been asked to guest design for this week prompt. It’s my very first time guest designing! Thank you so much girls (especially Rhi and Kara) for giving me this unique opportunity and for your interest in my work.

Today (the 22nd), Damien and I will be celebrating our 6th anniversary together. So I designed something special for the occasion. I had a lot of fun doing this project! “Cardboard boxes”.

I took a small cardboard box I had. Not very original for the moment… I sewed a zipper on it, layered some paper + Gesso to cover the entire box. I finished by adding a piece of felt + button, and I had my box “6 years” done. Then, to fill this box, I took another cardboard box which I cut into small squares. I assembled them in column by stapling pieces of felt. In total, I have three different columns. I chose some pictures of us and added them in chronological order to the cardboard pieces. I also recycled slide frames that I painted and used as embellishments. In the example, I hang the 3 columns on a bamboo stick, but you can think of other cute ways to display this project.

Have fun!

and last but not least...the TAIF ladies.

Mandi Mandi she's so fine...she's so fine she blows my mind - Hey Mandi! (so original huh?) This amazing piece of goodness will be posted in its entirety in Mandi's portfolio.

Dani California:

Debee the Magical

Ashlicious

(I made cardboard letters for my son Sandler - I made # and lowercase too!)

Rhi-Rhi---the firefly

The glittery Kimmie (I used a cardboard sewing board that's used to cut patterns...I made a bulletin board for my kids room for their art work and the scrapbook pages they make...sorry for the photo...this board is HUGE so it was hard to get a good shot)

and the Queen Bee Kara will post throughout the day - so keep checking back!

If you choose to play along - which we all hope you do - you will get a chance to win something extra special fabulous from The Sequined Shoe etsy shop.

We love girls that play along!!!

Just ask this cutiepie who won the RAK from Oh, Hello Friend...for the last prompt! (yes Susan - its true!! you won!)
Have a perfect week!!! Reduce Reuse Recycle - tear up some cardboard - and get artsy, crafty, painty, inky!!!

xo...

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File Folders

Hey guys! It's me....Kimmie!

Holy post Batman...we are packed with awesomeness this week!

This week's prompt is:

FILE FOLDERS

And you know the drill...make a scrapbook page, mini album, canvas, or whatever project you'd like using them.


Also this week some of the projects were made with supplies from The Paper Pixie!


We are so excited to announce this week's guest designer:

AMY TAN(gerine)!!

I couldn't have been more thrilled when Kara asked me to guest design for TAIF. What a talented group of ladies who always inspire and share such wonderful ideas. She asked me to play with file folders (fun!) and I created a mini album highlighting delightful moments from this summer. Using a technique I learned from a friend, I cut 3 file folders in half, put them together so that the tabs show up nicely. I added the happy bits, photos and embellishments, mostly from American Crafts, Hambly, Love Elsie, and Every Jot and Tittle. Then used my paper piercer to poke holes in the middle to hand-stitch little buttons (the ones with 2 holes work best) on the outside to bind it all together. Makes for a fun little mini that brings a smile to my face and hopefully one to those who look at it. Can't wait to see what you all create!

Here is her SUPER take on file folders:

Kara



Kimmie



Ashley




Dani:





Mandi:

Debee





Our other girls will be popping in later with their projects!!

Also, we are proud to announce the cool cool cool Dani Johnston as a permanent TAIF girl.

Her is Dani's about me:

Tell us a little about yourself- twenty three. college student for life (well, it feels like it anyways...). Married to a boy I've known since I was eleven. three furbabies who happen to all be redheaded. part time wedding photographer. really really really crazy about organizing things, except my art space, which I have to have a mess. spending a lot of time lately doing some soul searching and creating myself. that's a biggie for me right now. lover of rainy days, wearing moccasins and comfy beds.

How long have you been creating art?

It's probably cliche for creative people to say as long as they can remember, but it's the truth! I've always loved drawing, coloring, writing, taking photos and just being creative in general and I was always very supported in all my artistic endeavors. I've been in some type of art class most my life and I study art history and photography in college. Creating things has always felt like something I needed to do, I never really question that - although I do question everything else about it! :) I've had my droughts though, and they are the worst.

Your biggest source of inspiration?

Everything! It's surprising to me how every little thing in life has the opportunity to inspire.
My biggest source though, honestly, would have to be magazines and the internet, just because that's usually where my lazy time is spent! Second to that, truly is nature and the natural world. It really does fill my heart and mind every time I'm a little closer to the earth.

Your blog?

I love it. I seriously, just can't get enough of blogging and the blog world.
I'm here: http://danijohnston.typepad.com/dj

Your favorite arty product?

This always changes... but right now I'm addicted to blank journals.... it thrills me to fill them up. Do they count? I hope so, there's something so special to me about having my whole life at the moment recorded in one journal. And then of course the thrill of filling it up and starting a new one!

Your go-to technique or thing you love to do?

Flicking paint makes everything better.
And I love using song lyrics for my journaling..... I find them really powerful.

What is one random fact that you feel the world should know about you?

One of my nicknames is Roo.

So help us welcome her properly:)

This week's RAK is also sponored by OH, Hello Friend Etsy:


You KNOW you want it...so come on and play along...

You guys have been doing AMAZING work and we can not WAIT to see what you come up with this time!

Happy Monday!!

Quickie note-

Whooops! Forgot to post the winner for the gorgeous Dig Deeper kit!

The winner is Lusi! Lusi, drop me an email by karahaupt @ gmail.com and we'll work the details out! :D

Also. Ya'll have one more week to get in your sheet music prompts for a chance at The Paper Pixie RAK!

sheet music

Ladies and gentlemen... I am pleased to introduce to you, our very special guest designer this week at the Art is Found-
Thee Kerry Lynn Yeary!



And yes, I do think the extra e on "the" is quite appropriate, as there is no one quite like Kerry in our little scrapbooking world. Or in the whole world, for that matter. Here's what she has for us this week:

hi everyone! i'm so honored that kara and the taif girls asked me to create this week with on of my absolute favorite vintage items, vintage sheet music.

sigh. i love it.

i use it so much when i create because i adore the faded worn color and the way it adds an immediate feeling of history. for this weeks prompt "sheet music" i created some cut paper flowers out of the sheet music, randomly dipped the edges in paint, added some amazing vintage letters i have collected thrifting and then adhered them to some magnets. then i popped them on two vintage wash boards i have had for awhile. it's the perfect addition to our mantle, and a visual reminder of what i love best.





have fun & i can't wait to see what everyone creates!
-Kerry

And here's what our team did with sheet music:

Mandi

Kara

Debee

Kimmie

Rhi:


Ashleyyyyy--

And guess what?!
We will choose a random participant from this prompt to win a prize from The Paper Pixie. We all loved the lovely bits in Kelly's shop so much, we will be using some in a later prompt. You could use them with us too if you win, or head on over to her shop to get some goodies for yourself.

Now go find some old sheet music, and play along! :)

Sewing Pattern Love

Hi lovelies, its Rhi here!

The submissions for a Photo as Title were ceraaaaaaaaaazy good. So good the random number generator had to be left to decide, and she picked....

Elise Blaha with this little beauty. Woohoo. You get the pretty tags from Elle's Studio my dear. Email me (rhi) and i'll figure out how that works.

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Before we begin; the winner this go round (although you are all winners in my heart... cheeeese) is being provided goods by the ever great and mighty Dig Deeper Kits. We know we all love them! I flippin' do. And Ms Kristina Contes does too, as she is guest designing for them next month! You heard that here first!

Have a gand at this little sneaky peak of what you will win!

Onwards and upwards.

Sewing Pattern Love

Lets all show the humble sewing pattern some appreciation.

Whether that be the actual transparenty (thats a word, yow) type paper, the cover, the pretty ladies/men/children that advertise the clothing items, or even just inspiration taken from it.

The geometrical lines of the instructions, the sheerness of the material, the step by step directions.
Go with it guys and gals. And link us up here with your goodness.

I am so excited to introduce our guest designer this week. She is part of the reason I started "scrapping", I could go on for a very long time of all the things I love about her work, and all the reasons I want her to blog more. But I will refrain, and show you. Amber Skolnick, come on doooooown.

Hi everyone! I am super excited to be the guest for this prompt. I am very inspired by both the blog and the girls in charge of it. For this prompt, I was asked to play around with "sewing patterns". I think the "patterns" add an interesting texture and dimension to a layout. This is something that I would never have thought of. For the "dad and jane" layout, I used the actual pattern, I adhered the pattern to the cardstock and then painted around the edges of it. For the "raggedy ann" layout, I used part of the instructions and some pieces of striped fabric that was leftover from the raggedy ann doll my mom made me. I didn't exactly mean to do a "dad" layout and then a "mom" layout, it just happened that way. I especially didn't mean to "diss" on dad and then tell my mom I loved her in the "doll" layout, but I guess sometimes that's how it goes. Thanks again girls for letting me play!

Amber's goodness:

And the TAIF girls,
Queen Kara (pronounced care-uh)

Magical Mandi

Debee the artist

RhiRhi, (full book can be seen here)

Ab-fab AshAsh,

Kimmie the bright and bold

Have fun this week!