Good morning all you lovely people. I just wanted to remind you that class is today Sunday at 1 p.m. Pacific Standard Time and I hope to see you there. Also I wanted to share a link with you to my YouTube page. Click the very first video and that video is a updated tour of my crafty space . I hope you guys enjoy and thanks for watching. and I hope to see you guys in class today .big hugs.
Ashliegh
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Class reminder and crafty space room tour.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Merry Christmas and a Happy New year
Hello everyone! I just wanted to take a second to hope all of you had a very merry christmas and I'm wishing for a Happy New Year for each and every one of you. I also want to thank all of you that have made my crafty journey absolutely fantastic you guys are the best and I love you for it. Big squeeze hugs to all of you!
Ashliegh
Thursday, December 19, 2013
New additions to our Ustream classes.
Hello everyone
I want to announce an addition to our ustream classes. Beggining in January 2014 every last wednesday of each month we will be dedicating that class to making 2-3 Christmas cards to get a jump on our cards for the year to come.
I am super excited about this because the card designs will be coming from all of you. I myself am in no way any good at designing and making cards however if someone creates them I can re create them. So this is a learning opportunity for me tought by you our class patrons.
So if you would like to submit a card design to be made in class by me you can either mail me the card or you can email me a picture of the front back and inside. You will need to email me at scrapsbuttonsnbows@gmail.com to recieve a mailing address or to submit your design to be tought in class.
Also we are going to be incorporating projects that revolve around using your stash from minis to modular items we are all going to use our stashes. so there will be projects where paper I am using is no longer available and that will be our use your stash series. plus we will also be doing the 1 mini album a month for our tower we are building at the begining of january.
I look forward to this new year and all of the wonderful things we have planned. As a reminder we will have class this Sunday December 22nd 2013 at 1 pm pst I look forward to seeing you all there . We will be continuing with the shadow box mini album.
Thank you all and best holiday wishes
Ashliegh hepinstall
Scraps buttons n bows
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Class change
Hello everyone
I just wanted hop on here briefly and let you guys know that class for this evening Wednesday December 4th is going to have to be cancelled I will reschedule it for tomorrow Thursday December 5th at 130 Pacific Standard Time. We will continue working with the change it up Christmas mini albums and I look forward to seeing you all there have a great week everyone
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Ustream class update for Wednesday November 27th 2013
Due to a last minute family holiday event we will not be broadcasting live on Wednesday November 27th. That class will be canceled for this week only however i will be doing a short 1 hour recorded stream that will be view able by 5 pm PST on my Ustream channel tomorrow. In this video i will continue to build pages in our change it up Christmas albums.
We want to wish all of those celebrating a very Happy Thanksgiving! For those of our crafty friends that do not share this holiday with us I do want to wish you a very Happy Holiday Season. This is my favorite time of the year!
We will be back on for our usual Sunday show. That is every Sunday at 1 pm PST on our Ustream channel and here is the link http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scrapsbuttonsnbows
This Sunday we will finish up the year of well wishes mini album and go over all up coming projects and shows. I can not wait until Sunday and hope to see you all there.
Hugs to all of you my crafty friends!
Ashliegh
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Here are the measurements for the change it up mini album pages we were working on last night in our Ustrean class.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Christmas Rosette Cupcake!!! Yummy!!!
Last night on our Ustream we worked on the Christmas rosette cupcake. It turned out so cute and what a wonderful way to give or receive a Christmas gift this year. As promised on last nights show here are the measurements to make this fantastic cupcake. Enjoy!
First you need to start by finding the right cup the cup i used i found at Joann's along time ago you really just need to find one similar in measurements for this to work this cup stands 2 3/8 tall by appro. 3 7/8 wide . Next you will need to cut a strip of decorative paper 2 1/4 wide by 12 inches long and another 2 1/4 wide by 6 inches long then you must take your paper and score at every 1/4 until the end. Attach these two papers end to end create a circle and this is what goes around the outside of your cup.
Next you need to take you decorative paper and cut a strip that is 2 inches wide by 12 inches long and another that is 2 in wide by 6 in long score them at 1/4 all the way until the end fold the creases and attach end to end and create your rosette
Next you will need solid card stock but use the same measurements as the one we just did but before you fold your creases you are going to want to border punch one side of the strip any border punch will do then fold your creases and attach your ends together and create your rosette
Next you are going to follow the same directions of the previous two rosettes 1 will be made of solid card stock the other of patterned paper the measurements for these two are the same 1 /12 inches wide by 12 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide by 6 long you are going to create those 2 measurements for each patterned and solid paper
And finally you will take a strip of patterned paper to create the top rosette and its measurements will be 1 inch wide by 12 inches long score it at 1/4 of an inch all the way across attach end to end and create your rosette.
you will also need to do 1 more rosette and it will be attached to the bottom of you rosette tower and that is what hold the top of the cupcake to the bottom and keeps it from sliding around and those measurements are 1 1/2 inches wide by 12 inches long you will also need another strip same width by only 6 inches long attach them end to end once you have scored them at 1/4 of an inch all the way across.
And those my friends are the measurements for you Christmas cupcake if you have any questions please feel free to ask and also there is a video on ustream as well as you tube. Happy crafting my scrappy friends!
All links to my ustream and you tube channels are to the upper right on your screen.
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Monday, November 11, 2013
A year of well wishes mini album page tutorial video!!!
I have been unable to solve issues for my ustream channel. some people can not watch my videos on certain devices and i am an equal opportunity scrapper so i have made a video with measurements showing exactly how to create the pages for this mini. Enjoy and as always thanks for watching and happy scraping.
Here is the link directly to my You Tube video for the well wishes page tutorial:
http://youtu.be/JpMZfDO9jm8
Ashliegh
Friday, November 8, 2013
November is prostate cancer awareness month and guys all over the world are not shaving there beards to raise money for prostate cancer research. So this month has been dubbed MOVEMBER for those who do not know the MO at the beginning of November is short or slang for mustache. I hope you guys have enjoyed this mini it has been 5 months from start to finish but when i started i didn't know how i wanted to finish it and so it sat and this month seems so fitting to finish it i instantly knew what i wanted to do.
I love this mini and it will be an awesome keepsake for someone to snap photos of them self's or there spouse as they go threw the month of MOVEMBER.
Here is the direct link to my you tube video on this mini stop by and take a peek it turned out so cute!
http://youtu.be/zezS0tIq0Ps
Huge hugs ashliegh
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Ustream class Wednesday Nov. 6th video update
Last night's Ustream class is now available on my Ustream page. I am sorry that it was not available right after class last night it was marked private and i did not catch it until it was brought to my attention. Thank you Robin! So it is up and view able on Ustream right now. you can click the Ustream link to your right and you will be directed to my Ustream page. Thank you all for your patience and as always Harpy Crafting!!
Ashlegh
Measurements for making your envelopes!
As promised here are the written measurements as well as a link to the you tube video on how to make you own envelopes for "The year of well wishes mini album". Happy paper crafting everyone.
Start with an 8.5 x 11 sheet of card stock put it in your scoreboard with the 8.5 width at the top score at 5/8 of an inch from the left and 7 7/8 of an inch on the right rotate paper so the 11 inch length is left to right at the top of your score board and score at 1 3/4 and 7. Crease all of your score lines and continue following the video for tips on how to make this envelope come together. Thanks for watching and happy crafting
http://youtu.be/t1RxTxdoyx0
Monday, November 4, 2013
Memory Map The Lost Video Now on Ustream!!!
Hugs Ashliegh
Sunday, November 3, 2013
A year of well wishes mini album!!
Ustream class Nov. 3rd Lost video
Here is an update today our video was lost due to a crash at the end of class. So for all of you that are following along and need the measurements here they are:
Front and back cover- 6 1/4 inches wide by 7 3/4 inches tall
Spine- 3 inches wide by 7 3/4 inches tall
Paper to cover front and back pages- 7 1/4 inches wide by 8 3/4 inches tall.
Paper to cover inside and outside of spine- 5 inches wide by 7 3/4 tall (the extra inch on either side is to attach front and back covers to the spine).
Paper to cover inside front and back covers- 6 inches wide by 7 1/2 inches tall
To create the hidden hinge to attach pages to you will need to start with a piece of card stock that measures 6 1/4 wide by 7 1/4 inches tall.
The following are the score lines for the hidden hinge. This will allow you to create a hinge to attach your pages to. You will need to score from left to right:
1/4, 5/8, 1, 1 1/2, 1 7/8, 2 1/4, 2 3/4, 3 1/8, 3 1/2,
4, 4 3/8, 4 3/4, 5 1/2, 5 5/8, 6.
Thank you to all who attended class today. I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday Nov. 6th at 6:30 pm PST. Also i would like to give a big shout out to Lois Radford and say thank you for all that you do for my self our show and all of those who attend you rock! Big Huge Hugs my friend!!!!
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Crafty update!!!!
Monday, October 7, 2013
Welcome!
My name is Ashliegh. I am a married mother to 3. I have 3 beautiful grand babies and i have been happily married to the love of my life Mark for 5 years. We also have 2 4 legged children Who are my favorite (shh don't tell my hubby or kids).I have only been crafting for about 2 years. I love it! It is more than just a hobby for me it is my passion and my addiction. I love most being able to share with what seems like the world the things i create.
I love making mini albums. My favorite paper lines are Graphic 45 and Marion Smith. My style is very much vintage with a mix of cottage and shabby chic. One of my favorite things to do is to embellish with paper flowers and my favorite flowers to use are wild orchid craft flowers.
In the future i would like to try my hand more at mixed media, working with spays, gesso, masks and pastes. It is something i have always wanted to improve upon. I have done a few projects with mixed media and i have loved how they have turned out but i would love to venture out with color and kind of get away from my safe browns creams golds and blacks. I'm guessing practice (a lot of practice) will improve my skill.
I have decided to start this blog for the main purpose of keeping a crafty diary of my journey. But also to share with you my journey. My ultimate goal is to maintain a posting schedule of at least 2-3 times a week. I think for now until i figure this thing out that is a very workable goal.
Here on my blog (once i figure it out lol) you will be able to keep up with my crafting adventures and read about my day to day crafty experiences. You will also be able to keep up with what is going on in my other media channels. I will be posting here for Ustream updates, project shares, you tube video links and giveaway updates. As well as anything else fun and funky in my crafty world
I am looking forward to this new chapter of my crafty life. My hopes are that all of you will be able to join me in my new adventure.
Huge Thank yous and gigantic hugs to you all.
Ashliegh