Vintage Chic Designs - Part 2

Another completed album! My new style of workshops really has me and my ladies on a roll! I think this may be the quickest album that I
have ever completed, but I don't think that it lacks in anything. In fact some of the pages I designed are my favorite. Take a look and let me know which ones are your favorite! To see the first half of the album, please check that out here

 

All pages are designed by me, using Creative Memories Vintage Chic paper. Right about now, I am wishing that I had more of this paper, but in reality, I have so many other great choices of paper to move onto.

Not only have I designed a completed album, but I have added my pictures, all that is left to do is the journaling!

This picture here of my girl just makes me happy! When I look at it, my eyes lock on her eyes, and I love the smile I see all the way through her, reflecting out of her eyes.

This was taken a few years ago in Kelowna at a lavender farm, and I can still smell the beautiful aroma. There was a beautiful little spot on the upper level where you could get lavender tea, lavender scones, lavender lemonade. It was so beautiful, and this is a day I hope to not forget. There was nothing outstanding about it, except for the way I felt when I was there. Purple is one of my favorite colors and I loved seeing the color at every glance, no matter where I was. From the baskets of dried lavender to the dried bouquet to the specs of lavender in my scone, I felt like I was in a place where time could stand still.

 

 

You are a touch away

Yet I cannot reach you.

I want to whisper, so only you will hear;

By the guidance of the moon

Meet me, under the willow tree.

When you reach me,

Hold my hand in yours

With the other, touch my face and

Kiss me once, kiss me twice

Take my breath away with your love

When you come to meet me,

Under the willow tree.

         

                                                                                                           Tannis Ross

We were on a boat ride when I looked to my right and saw this big beautiful willow tree. There has always been a spot in my heart that goes a little pitter patter when I see a willow tree; since I was a child and saw my first willow tree like this in Vancouver, BC while visiting my aunt. I swear on this day, the sight of this tree took my breath away!

I hope you like my Vintage Chic designs, and that they inspire you! Please consider following my blog by entering your e mail address, and I hope that you will follow me on Pinterest for some more inspiration.

Thank you for stopping by!

Tannis

 

 

Vintage Chic Designs

Here we are, half way through January already! Happily, as of today, I am also half way through designing pages with my Creative Memories Vintage Chic paper.

Oh I have had it stashed away for a while, but with my new workshops, our goal is to work with existing paper that we have, to get our back stash of paper used. Of course so we can all go and buy some new and exciting paper!

Take a look at what I have designed so far!

 

 

Half way there! This album has been so much fun for me to design, and I have another 5 layouts done, but I will need to save that for my next blog post. Stay tuned! If you like what you see here, please follow me on Pinterest and pin the images to your own boards for inspiration! You can find me here at A Pinch of Creativity, just click the name!

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!

Tannis

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ~Hilaire Belloc

I like to dream of the places I will travel. I like to remember the places I have been, what seems like so long ago.

Now, I dream of places like Italy, Greece, Denmark, California, Africa. I won't make it to most of these places, but it is fun to dream. It's also been fun to make the travel album that I have been working on with my group. We are using the Mediterranean Market paper from Creative Memories, and are nearly done!



I just wanted to share some of the pages I have designed here, and hopefully it will help you to be inspired to either begin or continue with any travel albums you are dreaming of starting!

 

 

 

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Enchanted

I have said it before, I will say it again, the Enchanted paper from Creative Memories has got to be my favorite to date so far! I love it's versatility! I can use it for cards, I can use it to make my journals, I can scrapbook Christmas with it, or every day life!

My ladies and I are working on a full album, using the Enchanted paper, and we are only on our second layout, but I am really looking forward to the pages I can design for them!

Here is our latest pages, I hope they can inspire you to do the same or a similar layout!

To see the pages from our last class, please check them out here, and to see a workshop I did making cards, gift tags and a chipboard album, please click the link to go here!

Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely weekend, and don't forget to do something creative!

Tannis

Enchanted

My ladies and I started a new scrap booking album, using the Creative Memories Enchanted paper. I know I am going to love designing these pages! We had someone new join us, so I wanted to make sure the first class was not too complicated.

I hope you like the layout, and I hope it inspires you to do the same layout, or change it up and make your own!

What do you think? If you like it, please consider "pinning" it to Pinterest or sharing my blog link with someone you think may like it!

Happy Creating!

Thanks for stopping by.

Tannis

Plain Old Scrap booking

Wow, these last couple of days have been great! All I've been doing is scrap booking. For me! My albums!

Usually I am under the gun to design pages for one of my workshops, or I am making cards, or something to sell. The last time I did any  scrap booking for me was in November at my scrap booking retreat. That seems like ages ago. This weekend though, I committed to trying to finalize some of my albums, and I completed over 16 pages! It feels great. I know I won't be able to keep up the momentum, but I hope that it helps to keep me inspired to scrap book my life a little more often. I have a renewed love for my pictures, my pages and my story. I will share with you, as I take pictures and organize them, but for now, here is a before and after of a layout that I quite like. 
 
This is using the Creative Memories Simply Beautiful (I know, shame on me for using retired product still, but it remains to be a favorite with me), with my two favorite colors, grape and green apple (the two best colors ever!).  Tools used were the hexagon custom cutting tool from ages ago, the butterfly punch, corner rounder and the frame chain border cartridge, as well as the scallop stitch border cartridge.

This was my daughters Twelfth birthday. This picture right here, pretty much sums up how she feels about cupcakes!

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Tannis

Hexagon Craziness

So I am going a bit crazy with the new Hexagon border punch, and  Jumbo Hexagon with the custom cutting system!

I just wanted to share a layout I did with the Mediterranean Market Paper for my travel album workshop. I sure hope I can remember all the instructions for my class! Check it out:

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Tannis

Valentines is Not Just for Lovers

I don't normally make a big deal out of Valentines. For those who know me, they know it's because my birthday is the next day, and I always feel ripped off. Much like those who have birthdays near Christmas time must feel. It's two separate celebrations people! So don't be going and getting me a Valentine Birthday card!

That being said, Creative Memories did come out with some fantastic new Valentine's paper, that is not so lovey dovey and I really like it. The stickers and embellishments are very Valentine focused however. I do think I did a good job at creating some things that are not so lover focused though. My daughter likes to get Valentines, and she wanted me to make her an album of just her cat Angel. I did that, but of course I could not stop there. So I made some cards that I thought were a mix of both Valentine, and wedding type, as well as some gift tags.

Check them out and let me know what you think!

Photo Book

Cards

Gift Tags

I will also be hosting a workshop, so let me know if that interests you at all. I can do it in your home, or mine.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tannis

New Hexagon Border Punch

It's a new year, which means new opportunity to create some great new craft projects! I am not one for making New Years resolutions, I may have certain hopes for the year, have a mental list of things I would like to continue to do, and perhaps a few things I would like to start to do. Nothing specific. With January though, comes clean up time! When the tree gets taken down, the living room always gets an overhaul. I love that feeling.

The same thing goes for my crafting area! A complete overhaul! I wish I had the fore thought to take a picture of exactly how messy my craft room looked  two weeks before Christmas! Let me put it this way, no one was allowed to go to my basement, and if you tried, you would trip over boxes, a vacuum, a turned over chair, and you would have to step over piles of paper to get to the bathroom! My last craft sale ended and I did not take one moment to put anything back where it belonged! A tornado may have made it's way through that room in fact, because that is exactly what it looked like. Shame on me, it stayed that way for about three weeks! Slowly though, I am working my way through it, organizing supplies, completed projects, and new goodies to play with.

Ah, there it is, the new goodies to play with, my inspiration for pushing up my sleeves, blasting a little Prince music, and cleaning it all out! Just before Christmas, I purchased some new tools and paper and some fun things to get down and creative with. I am really looking forward to playing!

One of the new tools, is a Creative Memories border punch cartridge. I love the border maker so much, and I love it even more, when they come out with a cartridge that I love. The new one is a hexagon shape. This was the New Years layout at my last scrapbooking class I taught. Check it out!

One of the other albums that this same group of ladies is working on is a travel album. I love the paper, it was a limited edition Mediterranean Market Paper pack and I am having so much fun creating some bright, fun pages. Now all I have to do is take a hot Caribbean vacation so I have pictures to put in it! I guess if I ever do, lucky me, I'll have an album already made!

Happy Creating everyone! I will be back soon with some more!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tannis

Creative Memories Nordic Christmas

It's that time of year again, Christmas fairs, Christmas Card Making parties and Christmas baking!

When Creative Memories comes out with new Christmas Paper, I just have to put it to good use and make some Christmas Cards and gift tags. I wanted to share with you, a sample of some of the Nordic Christmas inspired cards and gift tags.

Anyone who has signed up for a Christmas Card Making class with me, will be making a sample of these here cards! What do you think of them?

Thank you for stopping by!

Tannis