when I’m waiting for a call back from a really important person…. CREATE. Today has been the longest day EVER. Hopefully, I will be very happy in the end. But the waiting is KILLING ME. So here is what I created today. I made all the ribbon flowers last night using some Maya Road ribbon. Their ribbon is perfect for making flowers. The weight and width are really easy to work with and the color choices are great. FYI… make sure you have good thread. If you don’t it will break when you tie the double knot… trust me when I say this…

I’m not sure what I’m going to do with the other four flowers but I do know they will make it on some project for sure. I just love them.

in the June issue of Memory Makers. Hillary Heidelberg featured the February kit and created an adorable layout titled: the Ringbearer. Yeah, Cocoa Daisy! Just wait until you see the June kit… it is wonderful and my little Owl mini album will be one of the add ons!

Using Crackling Medium
By Lisa M. Pace

Supplies Needed: Acrylic Paints, DecoArt Weathered Crackling Medium, Paint Brush and chipboard (example is Maya Road Scroll Corners)

I have found that when using crackling medium, foam brushes are not as effective as using a paint brush.

1. Choose your paint colors. In this example I am using Making Memories Pink Lipstick and Spotlight.
2. Using your paint brush, paint your chipboard using the paint color you want to show through the cracks. I used Making Memories Pink Lipstick.

3. Set aside and allow to dry.
4. Once the paint is dry, using your paint brush, apply DecoArt Weathered Crackling Medium over the painted surface.

5. Allow to dry completely. Depending on the thickness of your application and the humidity this can take from 15 min. to an hour. Please note: The thicker you apply the crackling medium the larger the cracks will be.
6. Once your crackling medium is dry, using your paint brush, apply thin coats of paint using your second paint color. I used Making Memories Spotlight. You want just enough paint on your paint brush so that your brush will glide smoothly over the crackling medium. Do not go back over any of the wet paint. You will be painting over the crackle effect and the first paint color (Pink Lipstick) will not show. Just paint a section and move to the next.

7. Allow to dry.

8. Once dry, adhere your finished embellishment to your project or layout.

You can paint over your dried crackled embellishment with any of the Making Memories Glazes, accent with rhinestones, buttons, Stickles, etc.

Have fun!

which means Cocoa Daisy kit debut for May. I loved creating with this kit and it looks as though our guest designers (yep two this month) had a wonderful time as well. Sharon and Brittany Laakkonen created some wonderful layouts. They are a fabulous mother and daughter team.

This month I got to create some templates for one of the add on kits. The kit is a card kit. It comes with everything to complete 5 cards including my templates. You will get 5 templates… a cupcake, bird, flower, angel and butterfly. Here are a few of the cards I created.

Here is a layout I created using the May kit. I am a reality TV junkie! Seriously I love reality TV. When I opened the kit and saw the chipboard piece I instantly thought it looked like a TV and well, the rest is history… hope you like it. The chipboard letters spelling out Survivor, 48 hours and Big Brother are all Maya Road.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Friday night and Saturday, I got to hang out with some of my Maya Road friends… Caroline, Jess, Heather and Aubrey. I think we covered all of the DFW metroplex… in a very short amount of time. Friday night we cropped in Lewisville at the Scrapbook Warehouse. Each person brought a make-n-take for all of us to create. There were lots of laughs, stories and just plain fun!

Then Saturday we all went to IKEA. That is a field trip in itself. I love that place and it is just too convenient for me… only a few miles from my house. After our IKEA adventure we headed to Colleyville to do some make-n-takes at the Scrapbook Pad. What a wonderful store. I loved everything about it… the colors, the layout, the employees everything. I plan to go back on a Friday when Heather is working a crop to hang out and scrap.

After that we went to eat at Celebrity Cafe. After a great lunch, Jess and I had the most incredible coconut ice box pie! OMGosh it was so good. We were going to share a piece but then, me being me, decided maybe we wanted our own piece. Thankfully, Jess felt the same way. Baby Noah and Daddy David (that makes me laugh) met us there and talk about a cutie. That little Noah just makes me happy. He is so darn cute. I guess I should say David you are cute too… don’t want any hurt feelings or I might end up with a really bad chore at CHA. But you know, Noah just tops the cuteness. I’m begging Caroline and David to go someplace… anyplace, so I can babysit and spoil that little guy rotten.

After our lunch we headed to Richardson to pick up items from the Magic Scraps garage sale. I found some glitter. You all know how I love glitter. After all that it was time to go home and back to the real world. It was so fun and I cannot wait to do it again.

I get to help Caroline Saturday at the Scrapbook Pad with one of her classes. She has the cutest mini album created using one of the little tins that the ribbon slides come in. It is too cute! So I have a fun Saturday to look forward to. I’m working on a little ribbon flower project today and hopefully will have it completed tonight. I will post it tomorrow.

Caroline gave me some great Maya Road ribbon that is about 3/4 to an inch wide. It makes the best flowers! Their ribbon is the perfect weight for flowers.