Home is where the ART is.

I love finding new ways to use paper!

I made these fun wooden plaques using the $1 wood ovals from Michaels.

I painted the sides with dark brown and then used hot glue on the front to paste down my favorite Cosmo Cricket Gretel paper.  I sanded the paper to give it a good edge, flush with the wood and to antique it a bit.

The letters were cut from my Cricut and then decorated with lots of little flowers, ribbon and buttons.

I stapled some gingham ribbon on the back of each piece of wood when I was finished.

It's a fun, easy project, and a great way to display your favorite paper patterns.

Meat Tornado

"The less I know about other people’s affairs, the happier I am. I’m not interested in caring about people. I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes."

-Ron Swanson

Mike and I love our Thursday night line-up, not the least of which is Parks & Recreation.  My hubby's favorite character is Ron Swanson and I wanted to do something a little...different...with this year's Valentine for him.

I made this unique greeting using one of Ron Swanson's famous lines from the show, "You had me at meat tornado." and then embellished the card with lots of shiny German glass glitter.

I cut out a heart, popped it with some foam underneath and embellished it with more glitter. 

Love it.

Mike said it's probably the best card I have ever made him.  Boom.  Done.

You ROCK!

Everyone I work with at Red Lion ROCKS, so I wanted to make the sales & catering team special Valentine cards this year.

I found this cute idea in a magazine, and started working on these bad-boys assembly line style.

It was nice to put my Cricut to good use, too!

I made this simple pocket by hot-gluing three sides of the polka dot paper.

The most difficult part of my venture was the city-wide search for Pop Rocks. I had no idea how difficult they would be to find. I hit up almost every Sun Mart, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, 7-11 and Conoco in Tri-Cities, Washington!

Thanks for stopping by!  You ROCK, too!  :)

xoxo

Genevieve

Digital Age

Ahhh, Christmas morning. 

Two little people enjoying the magic of the holiday and having fun....playing with digital devices??? 

Wow.  When did this happen?

Cousins sitting side-by-side with their iPads and iPods -too cute to pass up this photo opportunity!

I thought I would make an ironic scrapbook layout to showcase their modern toys by making the page in a Vintage style. 

I used www.picnik.com to make the picture look like a Polaroid. 

The paper I used is from Sassafras Lass.  I embellished the page with a paper doily and some handmade crocheted flowers. 

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

Genevieve

Soup for the (Crafting) Soul

I saw the Homemade 6 Bean Soup line from Jillibean Soup this week and just had to have it!

I dug up some pictures I had of me crafting away from a few years ago.  Scrapbooking is such a huge part of my life and I wanted to have fun with the handmade, crafty feel of this paper line.

I had lots of fun with this one and was able to layer tons of embellishments

(which always makes me feel justified in my scrapbook spending. 

See honey, I do need all of these things!)

I used some great K and Co die-cuts that have been in my 'random stuff' drawer for years,

 along with LOTS of glittery cardstock flowers.

Here's a quick look at the Jillian Bean Soup collection, too.  It's super cute!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy crafting!

xoxo

Genevieve

100% Boy

I am lovin' the new Crate Paper Toy Box Collection!  It is so flippipn' cute!

I have hoarded it for weeks, just looking longingly at it here and there. I finally had the chance to use it this week and love it even more than I did when I bought it!

My son received a vacuum bug catcher for Easter and we were on a mission to catch something awesome. He loaded up the stroller with all his supplies and topped it off with his favorite hat.

Boys are so much fun.  :)

xoxo

Genevieve

SEW Much Fun Card Class (with special raffle!)

May inspires a "spring cleaning" vibe for me and I wanted to create a card collection that felt simple and refreshing.

Join me at Scrappin' Time for this fun class on Sunday, May 1 (1-3pm) to make lots of darling, hand-stitched cards for any occasion!

This class is at a special, discount price too, of only $15!!

Call, or stop by, Scrappin' Time to reserve your seat!

5915 South Eastern Avenue #106

Las Vegas, NV 89119

702-898-7414

Hope to see you there!

xoxo

Genevieve

P.S. I have a special, secret raffle planned for all attendees.....

Layout Love

Sometimes I get so into "card making" mode that I forget how much fun it can be to make a scrapbook page!

I've re-discovered my love for scrapbooking recently (my first love when it comes to paper crafting).

This season's adorable paper lines and embellishments have really made crafting a breeze!

Another thing I love about making pages is that I can use lots of my embellishments. 

I love decorating my pages with flowers, bling, rub-ons...basically whatever I can get my hands on.  :)

I really love this layout.  I'm really into banners right now, and I tend to use them everywhere. 

I love the ginham print on the paper and the collage feel.

Shabby chic layouts are so much fun to make. 

You really get the opportunity to use lots of fun goodies, from yarn to resin!

Be sure to stop by my Etsy shop and check out all the handmade layouts I have available!

Thanks so much!

xoxo

Gen

Cookie Swap Bucket

Just finished this custom bucket order.  It was so much fun to work on!  It's my first Christmas themed bucket order and I just love the way it turned out!

I used a lot of the Very Merry line from October Afternoon (one of my new favorite brands), as well as my new Winter Frolic cartridge from Cricut.

I made some glittery Christmas cookies using my SCAL software.  I inked the edges of each cookie to give it a "baked" look.

This tag was lots of fun too.  It's all about paper piecing!  I made the gingerbread men by hand and added green brads for buttons.  I then inked and stitched the tag.

The hot chocolate tag was also made by hand using my Winter Frolic cartridge and a Swarovski crystal.

Finally, I added this HUGE green ribbon and attached some jingle bells with thread.  Yummy!

Interested in ordering a custom bucket?  You can check out my Etsy shop for details:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/22864535/custom-made-to-order-paper-crafted

Thanks so much and have a very Merry Christmas!

XOXO

Genevieve

Free Shipping Weekend!

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday weekend!

I'm planning on making lots more holiday cards (Halloween and Christmas are my favorite themes to work with!) and am looking to make more room in my shop.

Now through Tuesday night, receive FREE SHIPPING (U.S. and Canada) when you purchase at least 5 cards!

Stock up and let me send them to you on my dime!
(I'll refund you the shipping charges after checkout.)

You are welcome to shop at any of my card shops for the sale:

Etsy: http://www.gspeegle.etsy.com/
My Website: http://www.gensscrapbookkitchen.com/
ArtFire: http://www.artfire.com/users/BellaStitchery
eWillow: http://ewillow.com/storefront.php?id=93

Happy shopping and thank you SO much for supporting handmade!

XOXO
Genevieve