Right at Home Scrapbooking

Happy Birthday America Sale

  

  We think the birth of our nation is a fabulous reason to celebrate, don't you?  Of course if we are going to celebrate we will need to do it "Right at Home" style....

    Come on in on Sunday, July 5th and pull a star out of our hat ......We will have stars worth 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and even one worth 50%!!!  In addition we are going to automatically add 4% to the percent you draw. (10% will become 14%, 20 will become 24%, and so on) Anyone shopping on their Summer Stroll or Passport will receive 24% automatically!

    In addition we're planning to have some in store specials that you're bound to love. 

• Buy 4 Making Memories Slice Design cartridges (at 10% off) and you can purchase the machine for $105.99 thats a $44.00 savings!
• Making Memories Slice Design cartridges on sale at 10% off - Of course we will add the 4%.
• Making Memories Just Chillin' line - 24% off .
• Buy a Bind It All for $75.00 and receive a free project worth $20.00.
• Copic Markers on sale at 10% off (yup, you guessed it - we will add the 4% discount as well).
• Sign up for our next Friday night crop on July 10th and bring a friend for free!

 

Come in wearing Red, White and Blue and get a special gift from us! (while supplies last.)

  

Buttons, Buttons Everywhere!

Hi everyone, my name is Kathy and for my first post I’m going to show you how to make your own buttons out of an old childhood favorite, ShrinkyDinks!!  This is a great project to do when you want that perfect embellishment to finish your project. 

First you’ll need to gather your supplies.  You’ll need shrink film, shape punches (should be at least 1” in size), markers, colored pencils, hole punch and your oven. 

Step 1

Cut shapes from your shrink wrap using your shape makers, or you can also use a die cutting machine.  Make sure the shapes are not too small, remember, they shrink when cooked. 

Step 2

Color the rough side of your shapes using markers or colored pencils.  You can stamp images on your shape as well.  Don’t get too detailed, remember everything will be smaller when you’re done.

 

Step 3

Using your hole punch, punch the button holes.  Make sure you do this before baking, otherwise you won’t have a button, you’ll have a cute plastic embellishment!  Don’t make the holes too small, they shrink and you’ll have a hard time getting a needle and thread through them.  This step can be done before coloring as well.

Step 4

Place your completed shapes rough side (the colored side) up on a piece of foil on a cooking sheet.  Bake them according to the directions on your shrink film.  (My directions were 325ºF for 1-5 minutes)  DO NOT WALK AWAY!  Keep an eye on them, they cook fast.  They will curl up, don’t panic they do flatten out.  After they flatten, leave them in for 10 – 15 more seconds.  Remove the buttons & let them cool.

 

That’s it!  Now you have the perfect embellishments to complete your project!

 

Here’s one layout I created with some of my button creations.  It also includes papers from Scenic Route’s Liberty line.  Have fun making buttons and stop on over to our Gallery to share your creations.

Yard Sale .... part Two!

Thanks to everyone who came in and shopped our first yard sale.  We had lots of fun and we hope that you did as well.

This week we will be preparing for our big Fourth of July celebration (getting the popcorn machine all shined up) so we decided to leave everything out on the tables for your shopping pleasure.  There are still lots of good stuff available, some ladies have added to their stash, and we are busy cleaning yet again so we are putting new items in the store bins as well.  We will leave the tables up through Friday, July 3rd so come on in.

Colors of Summer

That's what was in my box of goodies this month from Right at Home!  As soon as I opened the box, I knew I'd be scrapping pictures of our vacation to Gulf Shores, AL.  Since I took about two hundred pictures, you might be seeing those a lot.

For this first layout, I was dying to use as much of those cute patterns as possible, soI made a color block of 3 x 3 inch pieces of Bo Bunny Mango Luau patterned paper.  Since the papers are now double-sided, I got eight different blocks.  Then, I used the fun Bazzil card stock edge strips to border the block.  I cut out the flowers and backed them with brown cardstock.  I love the Bazzil paper brads in the center...just perfect for those big flowers!  The title is none other than American Crafts Thickers and Bo Bunny cardstock stickers.  To tone down the bright colors a bit, I used kraft colored cardstock and some pages from an old novel for the butterflies and part of the flower centers.

  

This next layout is mostly one sheet of the Mango Luau paper, front and back, and then some scraps from the first layout.  How versatile is that double-sided paper, hun?  I cut out more of those great big orange flowers and accented them with buttons to really make them pop.  To draw your eye to the title, I tied on some twill ribbon.  The last thing I did was to back the Bo Bunny cardstock alpha stickers with cardstock, so they would show up better and so I could pop them up and overlap them a little.   

 

This last layout is made mostly with the Whitewash C'oredinations cardstock that was in my kit.  I LOVE that paper.  The inside is a different color from the outside, so it begs to be torn and distressed.  Immediately, I knew I wanted to make a sophisticated layout for the picture of my kiddos in the sand dunes.  I tore the paper to imitate the dunes and then I used the scraps to make the grass.  The fence is made from torn strips that have been stamped and "strapped" together with twine.  The circle also includes that twine and every single sweet brown brad that came in my box.  After making the clouds, I realized that I used every last bit of the C'oredinations....it was sooo much fun to play with.

  

All of these Bo Bunny products and the C'oredinations cardstock is available in the Right at Home store.  Come in and pick some up for your summer layouts!  While you're there, take a peek at these pages...they're always so much better in person, don't ya think?

Yard Sale Today

Just a little reminder that our Yard Sale is today, Saturday, June 27th.  Pop on in from 10 AM - 4 PM and take a look at all the great bargains that everyone has displayed on their tables..and 9 AM for everyone who has table set-up to get first dibs on all the good stuff.

Hour Change for Friday, June 26th

Our hours tomorrow, Friday, June 26th will be 11 AM to 5:30 PM...closing a little early to celebrate my Grandfather's 90th birthday!

How many Yards of Ribbon?

More fun A*Muse*A*Palooza games...click on over to A Muse's blog to place a guess...post below from their site, and a chance to win too!

 

This week we've got another fun guessing contest for you!  Linda's mother, Vi, has filled this suitcase with spool after spool of yummy A Muse ribbon!  How many yards of ribbon do YOU think are in the suitcase?  (And remember, there are at least two layers of ribbon spools, which means they're underneath too!)

Simply leave a comment on this post with your guess!  It's just that easy!  But make that guess a good one because while the contest is open until midnight this Friday, June 26th, it's one entry per person!

The correct answer will be chosen, at random, from all correct guesses!   And if no one guesses the correct answer, the person with the closest guess wins!  We'll reveal the winner AND the prize this Saturday, June 27th!

Good luck! 
 

A Muse is also running a fun challenge ... click here for more information.

 

This week we've got another fun guessing contest for you!  Linda's mother, Vi, has filled this suitcase with spool after spool of yummy A Muse ribbon!  How many yards of ribbon do YOU think are in the suitcase?  (And remember, there are at least two layers of ribbon spools, which means they're underneath too!)

Simply leave a comment on this post with your guess!  It's just that easy!  But make that guess a good one because while the contest is open until midnight this Friday, June 26th, it's one entry per person!

The correct answer will be chosen, at random, from all correct guesses!   And if no one guesses the correct answer, the person with the closest guess wins!  We'll reveal the winner AND the prize this Saturday, June 27th!

Good luck! 
 

A Muse is also running a fun challenge ... click here for more information.

Easy Inspiration

Today, I want to share an easy way to be inspired by modern art: use it to create your background! 

Mark Rothko is one of my favorite abstract artists.  In case you're not familiar with his work, here are three of his paintings:

I love the way his blurry colorblocking looks.  When I look at these paintings, I see a border with blocks of color inside.  Essentially, this:

Now, given how much I paint on my pages, it would be easy to look at these paintings and find inspiration by copying those blocks of color directly.  What a cool background for a page or a tag, right?

But, I decided to push the inspiration a little farther out and use patterned paper.  I had some Cosmo Cricket paper leftover from their Christmas collection, "Oh Joy":

But the patterns were too bold.  I needed something softer.  Luckily, the other side of the papers (don't you love double sided paper)...

...was absolutely perfect!  I cut strips (as you can see below):

And then I glued them into place to create my Rothko-esque background:

And here's the finished layout:

 

You can see that I turned the background sideways.  I added my photo, some flowers, a title, some journaling, and a few doodle dots!  Super simple!

Now it's your turn to be inspired by art!  Pick an artist you like or just head to your local museum or art gallery for some easy inspiration!

xxoo Julie

Summer Passport - CT and MA stores - Last call for passports

This is a fabulous opportunity for a fun tour date with friends!  Passports will be on sale until July 1st - after that date they will not be available for purchase.  You will receive an album, layout and front and back cover pages from your home store - a great discount of 20% off at each store - plus a page for your album.  By the end of your tour you will be well stocked with supplies and have a completed album to store those summer memories in.  All this for $19.99 - Hope to see you soon.  Sharon

Summer Wreath class

This beautiful wreath will be taught by Kathie Deluca at our Home on Sunday, July 19th.  Kathie designed this piece using South Seas and and Tide Pools from Creative Imaginations.  Throw in some shells, a little ink and ribbon and you have a beautiful wreath to adorn your home for years. 

Class will be held: Sunday, July 19th at 12:00 PM.  Plan to spend approximately 3 hours with us

Cost $45.00