Tammy Tutterow

Ella Spring Training 2011!

I am super excited to share that I will be a part of the super cool and super exciting Ella Publishing Spring Training!  

I have three segments that I will be teaching that focus on three really great techniques.  As I put the final touches on my classes I keep adding more and more.  I think I am bringing some ideas that will hopefully be things that students will be able to use again and again in their papercrafts, whether it be pages, cards, decor items, or even fabric crafts.

The other teachers have really great information they will be sharing too and I know that you aren't going to want to miss a minute of it!

Check out the Ella Publishing website to get the full scoop on Spring Training 2011.

Trash to Treasure: Fun Stuff Bin

I love fun little bins to that I can use in my crafty space that I can use to organize my supplies while looking super cute!  This fun little wodden bin was a post-holiday clearance aisle find at Hobby Lobby.  It was bright orange and all about Halloween.  

With a quick re-cover with sunny yellow paper from Glitz Design's Hoopla collection, I have a fun little cheery bin for only a few dollars.

I did a simple re-cover of the outside with the cheery yellow polka-dot side of Polka.  I recovered the inside with the white side of Zebra.  I decoupaged the paper onto the bin using Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi Medium.  Once the medium was dry, I sanded the edges and brushed on Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

After I replaced the ribbon bow that came on the box, I added a fun label to the front.  Because the box was originally orange, I also recovered the bottom of the box with a scrap of Frames.

I adhered a cardstock Journaling sticker to a scap piece of paper.  I cut around the sticker leaving a very small border of paper.  I added Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the edges.  I added four round Glitzers stickers to the label and then layered white foam Thickers stickers on top to spell out "stuff".  I used Green Alpha Teeny Alpha Stickers to add the work "fun".  I used Adhesive Foam Sqaures to adhered the label to the front of the box.

The make-over took only about an hour, most of which was just decoupage drying time.  It was certainly a fast bargain make-over that adds a fun and sunny little catch-all to my space.

----------Supplies----------

• patterned paper: Glitz Design Hoopla- Polka, Zebra, and Frames
• stickers: Glitz Design Cardstock Hoopla Journaling Stickers; Hoopla Glitzers
• alphabest: Glitz Design Teeny Alpha: Apple Green Block; American Crafts Thickers: Egg Nog Foam Alphabet Stickers
• ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink
• adhesive: Claudine Hellmuth Studio Matte Multi Medium; Therm O Web Adhesive Foam Squares

Sketch Support: Mini Guest Designer Emma Tutterow

If you have been to the Sketch Support blog this week you know that we are featuring the children of some of the team members as "Mini" Guest Designers.  Today is my sweet little one Emma's turn to be featured.  The post about her there has some fun questions that she answered about scrapbooking.  The answers and pages from all of the Mini Guests are so fun!

Emma was super excited when I told her what we would be doing.  She was very excited that some of her art would be featured online like mommy's is.  Emma is a very creative little soul who refers to herself as an artist.  She loves creating things with paper and found items and cut the most intricate things you have ever seen with saftey scissors!  For the Sketch Support feature she made her very first scrapbook page following this month's one page sketch.

She recently attended an American Girl Fashion Show and decided that should be the topic of her page.  We went to Michaels and picked up an American Girl paper pad.  She was super thrilled at all of the paper options it gave her.  It turned out to be a hard task to narrow down the choices to just a few.

She felt like the sketch was very easy to follow and said it was like a map.  I handled the measuring and cutting.  Emma did the adhesive and placement.

She chose fun purple sparkle gel pens to handwrite her journaling strips.

She decided she wanted hearts and stars for embellishments so she sorted through the bins of mixed pieces that I had for each of those.  She was really drawn to any that had glitter on them.  She girl loves her some sparkle!

She loved my little tiny squeeze bottle of Multi Medium for gluing her embellishments.  It was the perfect size for her and easy to manage the amount dispensed.  If I had let her, she would have glued every star and heart I had to that page.  She really loves lots of embellishments!

Later in the evening I found her curled up on the couch scribbling furiously in a notebook.  When I asked her what she was writing she showed me list of ideas for themes for more pages.  The girl is hooked on scrapping!  It was really a treat taking the time to work with her and help her build a page.  And yeah, in case you are wondering, she painted her finger nails with purple marker.  Stylish, huh?