Hawaiian Luau Invitations (4 Technique Junkies Techniques!)

I've been busy getting ready for the end of the school year and for my children's birthday parties! Here are the invites that we just made for the girls' Hawaiian Luau Party (thank you so much to Vernell for helping me finish them up today!)


These cards use a wonderfully dynamic structure based on Flap Fold Card from the Technique Junkies June/July 2007 Newsletter! The structure helped me by using small papers (didn't want to tear through all my nice 8.5x11 or 8.5x5.5 pieces for mass inviting!) including one 5x7, one 4x6, 1/3 of a 4x6, and 1/2 of a 3x5 POP from Club Scrap per card with a few spare scraps to make ATCs with!


For the ocean wave-like pattern, I used the Cling and Scrunch technique from the Technique Junkies June/July 2007 Newsletter, using the Color Washes and Club Scrap's glossy Asian Artisan 1/04 Blue Frost paper. For the Hibiscus square, I used the AquaPainted Rubber AND the Watercolor Crayon Painting techniques from Technique Junkies' Free Watercolor Crayon Tutorial samples along with the gorgeous Surf's Up! 7/06 CSt Hibiscus Collage WM Stamp. This stamp creates the blue, fabric-like, background and leaves the flowers as a negative image, perfect for painting in with other colors!

I would highly recommend joining Technique Junkies if you enjoy inking techniques! Every other month you receive a wonderful full color newsletter filled with different stamping and inking techniques. Online, as a subscriber, you can also access more step by step images and descriptions, a wealth of additional sample images, bonus online techniques, and accress to their yahoo group filled with plenty of tips, samples, challenges, and more! All for only $3 per issue with unlimited online access to those issues' web pages (you can only access the pages for the months where you've subscribed)!

Supplies Used:

• Club Scrap: Surf's Up! 7/06 CSt Hibiscus Collage WM Stamp and Blue paper; Stratosphere 4/07 Light Blue paper; Farmer's Market 10/06 Blue Paper; Science 9/05 Sapphire Paper (to scan on top of); Textiles & Notions 9/04 Stewart Superior Palette Noir Black Ink Pad; Asian Artisan 1/04 Blue Frost paper; Evergreen Blue 12/03 paper; Polynesian 7/01 B&B UM Stamps; Party Pack 2006 UM Stamps; Niji Waterbrush;
• Ranger: Adirondack Color Wash in Denim and Stream;
• Staedtler: Karat Watercolor Crayons;
• Technique Junkies: June/July 2007 Cling and Scrunch and Flap Fold Card; Online Free Watercolor Crayon Techniques;
  

Mini Badge Book

I love the idea of creating Mini Badge Books! These books are the perfect size for carrying in your purse and have ID badge holders acting as page protectors! This quick little book is just one way to fill a Mini Brag Book!






Supplies Used, all from Club Scrap:

• Stratosphere 4/07 - Dark Blue, Fucshia, Green, & Light Blue papers;
• Refresh 2/07 - Sr Light Green 12x12 Print, Dark Blue, Dark Green, & Light Blue papers; CSt UM Stamps; Club Scrap DigiDeluxe Kit;
• Fizz 1/07 - Borders & Backgrounds UM Stamps; CSt Crazy About Fizz UM Stamps;
• Ivory Elegance 12/06 - Dark Brown paper;
• Farmer's Market 10/06 - Club Scrap DigiGoodies Kit;
• Wheel & Sprocket 8/06 - Borders & Backgrounds UM Stamps;
• Surf's Up! 7/06 - Salmon Hibiscus Print;
• Collections 6/06 - Saddle Brown paper;
• Nature's Wonders 5/06 - Mango paper;
• Musical Interlude 12/05 - Maroon paper;
• The Written Word 11/05 - Medium Blackberry paper;
• Down to Earth 4/05 - Brown paper;
• Textiles & Notions 9/04 - Sr Rule Stamp; CSt Ironing Board Grid Stamp; Stewart Superior Palette Ink Pad in Noir Black;
• Ranger Adirondack Ink Pads in Bottle, Ginger, Lettuce, Purple Twilight, Red Pepper, & Watermelon;
• Ranger Archival Ink Pad in Cobalt;

Hand Stitched Journal and Paper Bag Books

I must admit that I'm fairly addicted to making handmade books! I just love this hand-stitched journal project that Club Scrap put out in many designs, inclusing this Paisley version!


Here's a sneak peek at another project! This unique Paper Bag Album skips the lunch bags and goes for a more streamlined Kraft Bag. You will learn to (or practice!) use Japanese Stab Binding while folding extra pockets into your pages.


You can choose to seal your pockets' edges with additional stab binding, simple whipstitches, brads, eyelets, staples, etc! And, the class can, optionally, come with additional supplies to fill the pages with coordinating papers and prints! I've actually left the threads long on my Textiles & Notions cover because I want to add some sewing themed charms to the tails! This little book will be wonderful for scrapping about my children's knot tying lessons with Scouts, the girls' Sit-Upons, my son's Cross-Stitching, and the gorgeous Korean Gwi Ju Meoni pouches that my children just made!